Friday, July 21, 1961 Summer Session Kansan
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By Chuck Morelock
Ty Cobb never won any popularity contests, but as a player, he was in a class by himself.
During his brilliant 28-year major league career, the Georgia Peach set 90 baseball records, many of which still stand. The first player to be elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame, Cobb performed the following feats:
Had a lifetime batting average of .367.
Hit .400 three times.
Amassed 4191 hits, the only player ever to do this.
Won 12 American League batting championships, including nine in a row during one stretch.
Stole 96 bases in one season.
COBB PLAYED THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW HOW—HARD. His fierce competitive nature made him the most hated player in the game, and, at the same time, the most respected.
He wasn't a home run hitter but he knew how to get a base hit when it counted. He ended his career at the age of 42, and still managed to hit .323 for the old Philadelphia A's.
A player with Cobb's ability today would draw a salary ranging from $100,000 on up. Ty never came close to that figure because in his era ball players had to scratch for a living. Now, even a run-of-the-mill utility man can nail down $10,000 per season.
His death this week marked the passing of one of sport's all-time greats. It's doubtful if there will ever be another like him.
Hell hath no fury like a golfer scorned. I've played the game a lot myself, and have felt the pangs of frustration many, many times. However, I've never gone as far as one gentleman did a few years ago on a course in Nebraska.
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, this duffer, after slicing four consecutive balls into a creek, grabbed his brand new set of Wilsons, dumped them into said creek, took off his new golf shoes, dumped them too, and to complete the act, took off his new golf hat and tossed that in for good measure. He then walked off the links and announced he was switching to tennis.
Then there's the story about the two Chicago golfers at the 19th hole. After a few rounds at the clubhouse bar, one turned to the other and said he could hit a tee shot 1000 yards, on level ground. The other bet him he couldn't.
THE LATTER LOST THE BET THOUGH. Golfer no. 1 waited a few months, walked out on frozen Lake Michigan, where the wind always blows in gale proportions, took a swing, hit about a 100 yard drive, and saw the ball roll the other 900 yards.
This story is supposed to be true, although somebody might have stretched the point somewhere along the way.
Public relations wise, nothing boosts a football team's prestige like a good showing in a nationally televised game. Friends of mine in Michigan and California, for example, wrote last fall to say they had viewed the KU-Syracuse battle and enjoyed every minute of it.
THE JAYHAWKERS LOST 14-7 after a penalty canceled a late quarter TD. Syracuse, before the game, was well known to TV audiences whereas Kansas was not. Two and a half hours later, however, football fans from coast to coast knew Jack Mitchell's boys really had something.
My Michigan friend, a former Notre Dame freshman player now in the investment business in Detroit, said he didn't know John Hadl from Nikita Khrushchev when he turned on his set. But afterwards: "That Hadl's a terrific boy isn't he?"
The Californian, a Sacramento radio announcer, also praised Hadl, plus Bert Coan, Curtis McClinton, and the entire Kansas line.
The week-long course will be taught by three experts in the field of cosmetics, and the daily schedule will include class lectures, demonstrations, and practical work sessions in hair styling, comb-out, and makeup. A special class in advanced hair styling will also be offered.
Cosmetologists Expected Here
Approximately 150 persons are expected to attend the Kansas Advanced Cosmetology Institute Aug.7 to 11 at the University of Kansas.
There will be competitive hair styling, Aug. 10, and trophies will be awarded at the banquet that evening.
Participants will be housed in Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall and will have their meals at the Kansas Union.
Paul Wilson, associate professor of law, is serving as a temporary member of Second District Congressman Robert Ellsworth's Washington staff this week.
Wilson Aiding Ellsworth
A novel co-authored by Mrs. Mildred Gordon, a former student in 1923-24, has been sold to Columbia Studios for $112,500, reportedly the highest price Hollywood has ever paid for a straight suspense story.
Wilson is advising Ellsworth on Constitutional policy and other aspects of legislation.
Ex-Student Earns $112,500 for Book
The other author is Mrs. Gordon's husband, Gordon, a former advertising executive. Together, the two have written ten books, five for the movies. In 1557, they sold their novel, "Captive," to Fox Studios for $100,000.
The novel is entitled, "Operation Terror," and concerns the FBI. Columbia will begin filming the story in San Francisco Aug. 7 with Glenn Ford and Lee Remick playing the lead roles.
Mrs. Gordon, the former Mildred Nixon, was born in Eureka, graduated from Burlington High School, and later the University of Arizona.
B'nai B'rith to Hold Picnic
The B'nai B'rith Hillel Councilorship will have its midsummer picnic at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Potter Lake.
In case of rain, the group will meet at the Jewish Community Center.
THE Town Shop SUMMER SALE
Northcool, Worsted Tex, Linett, Ltd.
Dacron & Wool Suits Dacron & Cotton
$2995 $3375 $3995 $4395
Nationally Advertised at
$39.95 $42.95 $55.00 $59.50
Goldsmith, S. Blacker, H. I. S.
Sportcoats
$2795 $3375
$22.95
$2795 $3375 Nationally Advertised at $37.50 $42.50
Slacks for Men
Dacron & Wool Wash 'N' Wear
$849 $1149 $1349
Formerly Priced
From $10.95 to $16.95
Manhattan, Eagle, & Gant
Sportshirts
Short Sleeve Long Sleeve
$295 $395 $595
Nationally Advertised at
$4.00 $5.50 $7.95
Swimwear & Bermudas $375 $450 $675 Formerly Priced $5.00 $5.95 $8.95
Resistol Straw & Felt Hats $395 $495 $895 Formerly Priced $5.95 to $11.95
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