Friday, Nov. 22, 1957 University Daily Kansar
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DON PIERCE—Kansas' sports publicity director answers the telephone during a busy day. Pierce is in charge of all athletic publicity which includes press preparations before each home game. He is a former Jayhawker football player, starring at center in the early 1940's.
Women Play Everything From Basketball To Ping Pong
Sports from basketball to ping pong are included in the women's intramural program sponsored by the Women's Recreations Assn.
be admitted. The new organization includes all women on the campus.
The WRA is a new organization on campus this fall replacing the Women's Athletic Assn. The WAA had had limited membership requiring women to earn points by participating in various parts of the intramural program before they could
The women's intramural program includes basketball, swimming, volleyball, soft ball, golf, tennis, badminton and ping pong. There is a team for every organized house and one for the independent women living in private homes participating in each sport.
Each team is given points for each sport toward a house sweepstakes trophy. Individuals earn three points for each game they win in the minor sports, golf, tennis, badminton and ping pong, and one point for each minor sport match they play. These points count toward individual medals.
These awards are made in the spring at a banquet. At this time the varsity teams for each of the major sports will be announced.
Conference Stadiums Seat 265,500 Spectators
Big Seven football stadiums (Oklahoma State won't begin competing until 1960) will seat 265,500 spectators.
Owen field at Norman, Okla. is the largest stadium in the conference and will seat over 60,000. It was built in 1949.
with an elevator for the convenience of members of the working press. The press box is equipped with individual telephones for each newsman so that he can reach a central operator in the box and request information any time he needs it.
The press box at Owen field is its highlight. The facilities offered there are said to be among the finest in the country. It is even equipped
The second largest stadium is Folsom field at Boulder, Colo. A recent addition raised the seating capacity to 45,000, 5,000 more than Missouri's Memorial Stadium and
The basketball varsity team is only an honorary position but persons named to the varsity hockey, volleyball and soft ball teams play teams from Baker, Ottawa and Washburn universities on Sports Day. Hockey, which is taken as a class and is in the intramural program, has its sports day in the fall. The volleyball sports day is held in the late winter and soft ball sports day is in the spring.
Don Pierce Well Qualified
Don Pierce, KU sports publicity director, has a huge job which includes sending out information and stories on every KU varsity team, making press box arrangements and having pictures taken.
Pierce is well qualified to write KU sports, having been an all Big Six Center on the 1940 Jav Hawker football team. He was Daily Kansas sports editor the same year.
After playing two years of professional football with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cardinals, Pierce began his sports writing career. He wrote for the Topeka State Journal, the Kansas City Journal, the Kansas City Star, the Topeka Daily Capital and the Oklahoma City Oklahoman before coming- to KU in 1945.
Pierce said that in the 12 years he has been here, "I have been blessed with a lot of good athletes to write about."
He went on to name a list of KU athletes which included All Americans, professional stars and Olympic and national champions.
When asked his opinion on the forming of the Big Eight Conference, Mr. Pierce said, "Considering the over-all sports program, there will be no stronger conference in the nation."
Concerning today's game he said,
"KU can win if the boys will play."
Broyles Fills
Faurot's Shoes
Frank Broyles, in his first year as Missouri's head coach, is doing an admirable job filling the shoes of Don Faurot, Missouri coach who won over 90 games in his 19 years there.
He may even make the Tiger fans forget Faurot if his future teams match this first one.
Broyles was a standout player and assistant coach at Georgia Tech before taking the Missouri position. Like Wilkinson at Oklahoma, Broyles is a strong advocate of defense first and offense second. His emphasis on this type of football has paid off, particularly in the way Missouri held the powerful attack of Bob Stransky and Colorado in check to upset them 9-6.
Also like Wilkinson, Broyles prefers his players lean and fast, contending that beef is for cattle.
In going to Missouri, Broyles has realigned the support of their alumni and assembled a young staff, including three holdovers from Farout days, Clay Cooper, Harry Smith and John Kadlec. He has also drawn support from the students. The theme for the Missouri homecoming decorations was, "A Tribute to Frank Broyles."
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