Monday Nov 25 1957
Rondo is the name of a short Phi Gamma Delta fraternity has
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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Nov. 25, 1957
What happened to the Kansas football team in the last four weeks is something only the individual members of the team know but congratulations are certainly in order for the coaches and team.
It was Kansas' first second place finish in the conference since 1932 and the highest since the first place tie of 1947.
We were standing directly under the goal post at the south end of Memorial Stadium Saturday when Barnes' kick rose high but true over the pile of players of the 8-yard line. Forty eight seconds showed on the clock and four unsuccessful Missouri pass plays later the crowd swarmed out on the field —Kansas fans were screaming and hugging each other while Missouri fans, coaches and players all looked a bit stunned after seeing the game stolen away from under them.
Admidist this scene of general jubilation there was one sobering scene—that of a small crippled boy and his parents slowly making their way down the stands and through the streets clogged with people and cars.
We couldn't help thinking what fine football fans this title guy and his parents are. It was evident the boy was happy—he was probably a KU fan but we think he would have been happy anyway because he got to see a football game.
How many KU students did just that before the game? About 300
The boy we feel would have been grateful for an opportunity to be able to go up to his favorite player before the game and wish him luck.
that before the game? About 309 Hundreds worked many hours on homecoming decorations, burned Tigers and crowned and kissed queens but only 30 were present at 5 p.m. Friday at a rally also attended by about 45 Lawrence townpeople to see the team off to Topeka where they spend the night before a home game. The rally was publicized both in Lawrence and at the University.
An example of the somewhat hypercritical football spirit of the local student was vividly portrayed at 5 p.m. last Friday.
A few hundred feet from the spot where the few students and Lawrence townpeople got off a few cheers for the varsity football team hundreds of students stood watching intramural games and didn't even turn to look at the team and coaches which they readily criticize and hang in effigy.
A few curious gentlemen did turn to look when the noise of the bus starting its engines caught their attention but their interest in Big Eight football was strictly on a 1-4 p.m. Saturday basis plus full-time armchair quarter-backing sessions in which the shortcomings of teams and coaches are discussed.
Among those gentlemen and ladies who didn't even turn their heads to see the Kansas players off were, undoubtedly, those types of personalities that take great pride in hanging coaches in effigy.
The followers of these teams, Delta Upsilon nad Phi Delta Theta who were too preoccupied on the intramural field Friday, receive our hearty nominations for
Paper Says Jack Mitchell To Apply For Kansas Job
BY BOB MACY
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
University of Arkansas football coach Jack Mitchell will be in Lawrence Wednesday to apply for the position of head football coach at Kansas University, according to athletic Director Dutch Lonborg. Orvile Henry, Sports Editor of the Arkansas Gazette, said he was "certain" Mitchell would be the new football coach at KU because, "he has fairly well made up his mind he's going."
Henry claims to have an inside track on the story, saying in a conversation Sunday night. "If there's anybody closer to Jack Mitchell than I am, I don't know who it is."
"The Arkansas people are already looking for a new football coach," Henry asserted.
"I expect Mitchell to be named the new coach at KU Wednesday or Thursday. He hasn't been offered the job officially but he has confirmed that he has been approached about the position. I'm positive he does know he's going." Henry said.
Henry said that due to his close contact with Mitchell he has had a lot of background on the situation and he has every reason to believe that he will go to Kansas.
He said that Mitchell was planning to come to Lawrence on Monday but that, due to the death of the wife of the Arkansas athletic director, Mrs. John Barnhill, he was putting the trip off until Tuesday or Wednesday.
Mitchell will receive the same salary as he is getting at Arkansas, $15,000. As far as money is concerned, it isn't the important thing to him," Henry said.
Mitchell termed the report that his mind was made up on the Kansas position "pretty far fetched."
The 33-year old product of Oklahoma football has a 30-17-2 record in college coaching. He started his head coaching chores with Wichita in 1953, when he was only 28. His second year there, he coached them to their first Missouri Valley championship. He moved to Arkansas in 1955.
"Before we can consider the position I'd have to discuss it with my coaches. And before I can talk to the coaches, I'd have to talk to the officials (at KU) and find out such things as salary, whether I could bring my coaching staff and other things," Mitchell said.
Henry said that Michell doesn't want to say anything about the job but that he wants "the official announcement to come from Lawrence."
While rumors were flying in Arkansas, attempts were being made to squelch them at KU.
'Far Fetched'
"We have lots of names and have also had a lot of phone calls," Lonborg said.
"We're going to have some interviews and I can't say how long it will take to reach a decision. We hope the decision can come soon so the new coach can start recruiting high school seniors, helping the boys with eligibility and other problems that will have to be met right away," Lonborg said.
No denying that intramural football is one of the most wholesome of the University's extra-eurricular activities but the attitude of intramural fans Friday was certainly not wholesome considering that those same students are quick to damn a coach and team that doesn't measure up to big-time football standards.
Phi Delts Win Title, Defeat DU,20-6,Friday
Phi Delta Theta finished an unbeaten season in intramural football by defeating Delta Upsilon, 20-6, to win the Fraternity A championship.
Dean L. C. Woodruff, athletic
Beta Theta Pi #1 struck twice by way of the passarm arm of Richard Endacott to down the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity B squad, 14-0, and enter the finals tonight. At the same time, Phi Gamma Delta downed Beta Theta Pi #2 13-6, to gain the other final spot.
The Phi Delta Theta squad had given warning signs last Wednesday when they defeated Alpha Tau Omega, 18-7, to enter the finals. It was the first time the Alpha Tau Omega squad had been scored on all year.
Had Defeated ATO
Warren Henson scored the only touchdown for the losers. For the winners it was Bill Toalson who was the standout. He accounted for two touchdowns and one extra point while Jim Steerman made the other touchdown and extra point.
The Beta Theta Pi No. 1 scoring came on passes from Endacott to
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Ise Coleman and Dale Vermillion accounted for the extra points.
In the Phi Gamma Delta scoring, Don Bradley scored one touchdown and got one extra point while Joe Reitz got the other TD.
Brada Scores For Beta
Don Brada scored the lone touchdown for the Beta No.2 squad.
Tonight's Fraternity B championship game between Phi Gamma Delta and Beta Theta Pi No.1 will finish the 1957 intramural football program.
board chairman, noted there were many interviews to be taken care of and said it could be "a matter of days or weeks before a new coach is hired, depending on how the interviews go."
Right Age, Right Type
He said he felt Mitchell was the right age, had the right type of background and would make a good coach but emphasized there were "several that would fit this category."
FINAL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
| | W | L | T | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Kansas | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 |
| Colorado | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 |
| Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 |
| Iowa State | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Kansas State | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 |
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
OKlahoma 32, Nebraska 7
Kansas 9, Missouri 7
Michigan State 27, Kansas State 9
Colorado 38, Iowa State 21
The only KU football player to ever play in the Blue-Gray game was tackle Joe Lundy in 1953.
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