Wednesday, August 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Headache
Photo courtesy KU RUGBY CLUB
Doug Hassig, Kansas City, Kan., senior, takes a shot to the head in rugby action.
Scotland tour highlights year for rugby club
By STEVE HERBERT Sports Writer
Aside from being the land of kills, fine whiskey and ancient golf courses, Scotland has a history rich in medieval culture.
If its members find a field for practicing, the KU Rugby Club hopes to send a contingent there in January to sample Scottish and learn a few things about the game.
While the Scotland tour is the most important date on the club's schedule, the most immediate problem they face is finding a practice field. Shenk Sports Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, the club's longtime home, is undergoing resurfacing work.
With new construction and intramural football claiming most of the University's free space, Paul Dierdich, faculty advisor who has been unable to locate a possible site.
"Tom Wilkerson (coordinator for Recreation Services) told me we could use the fields behind Oliver Hall, but the band practices there," Diedrich said. "But that was last spring, and I haven't been able to confirm it."
A practice field will be a necessity if the ruggers are to be prepared for their first game, Sept. 3 against the Heart of America Old Boys in Kansas City. Their first home game is set for Sept. 11 against the Emporia Rugby Club.
The club plans to set up a table at enrollment to recruit members.
Diederich hopes to send a team primarily composed of KU players on the Scotland tour. But because many may be unable to attend, he will offer a few alumni and members from other clubs.
As they did two years ago for a similar trip to England, Diedrich said, club members will try to raise money through brochures that solicite money. That way, he said, the players may not have to bear all the costs.
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