THE KANSAN.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOLUME III.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 11, 1907.
OH! RAZORBACKS!
TWO FARCES ON McCOOK WITH SONS OF ARKANSAS.
Scores Were 18 to 5 and 17 to 3 It is a Mystery How Arkansas Ever Scored.
In a decidedly one-sided game Kansas today again administered an ignominious defeat to the Razorbacks. The final score stood 17 to 3 against the men from Arkansas. They "strove with might and main" but it was evident after the first few innings that their hopes were vain. They changed pitchers with clock-like regularity, but it seemed that each was worse than the former. The game was called off as a farce at the end of the seventh inning.
The only scores they could get were in the first inning by an error of one of Kansas' men. From that on our boys got hits and scores with perfect ease.
Jennings was in the box for Kansas and made the varied collection of twirlers from the south look like high school ladies in a ping pong game. Throughout the entire show he favored the ball fumblers with only four hits. His opponents failed to prevent twenty entirely successful slaps at the sphere.
The score:
Kansas – 1 2 9 0 2 3 x — 17 23 2
Arkansas— 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 5 2
Batteries—Kansas, Jennings and Brookens; Arkansas, Cook, Hyatt, et al. with McNeeman and Thompson.
Yesterdays game with Arkansas was a walk-a-way for Captain Brookens's proteges. Cook, who held forth in the box for the "Razorbacks" had curves that didn't curve and a slow ball that was simply waiting to be hit and—well the slaughter was something awful. When the last out had been registered the home plate was almost worn through, so many times had it been crossed and eighteen runs had been chalked up to the Jayhawker's credit column.
Harlan did slab duty for Kansas and managed to come off unscathed except for the fourth inning when two bases on balls, three pretty singles and two errors netted the Arkansawers five of those things that count.
Angney and Hoffman wielded the big stick most effectively for the Jayhawkers, both securing a two-sacker and two singles. Angney, in spite of the anti-pass legislation, also received free transportation to the initial sack twice.
The score.
Kansas — 0 0 1 3 0 4 4 6 x—18 12 4
Arkansas—0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 —5 6 9
Batteries, Harlan, Brookens; Cook,
McNeeman.
PROF. ABBOTT'S ADDRESS.
Universities Not Made of Stone and Mortar Alone.
"It is not the stones and mortar that go to make a great university," said Professor W. C. Abbott in Friday's chapel address, "rather it is the influence of those young men and young women that come and finish their course and the influence of the educators upon them."
Professor Abbott in the first part of his talk said that while he knew it was a radical statement and deserved careful consideration before it should be made, still he believed there were students who came to the University because of the help they expected to get from some of the professors. It is this feeling of confidence in the teacher, linked with the desire for education in the student, that makes great men and women and great universities.
"While this is an ideal," said the speaker, "still we should remember the words of probably the greatest foreign educator who ever came to America, who likened ideals to stars, which, while we cannot grasp them with our hands, yet serve as infallible guides.
PROF. KAY TO IOWA.
Has Accepted Position as Professor of Mineralogy and Geology.
G. F. Kay, assistant professor of mineralogy and geology has resigned his position here to accept a full professorship of mineralogy and economic geology at the State University of Iowa. Professor Kay has been here for three years. He is a graduate of Toronto University.
Spangler Returns III.
At the annual mock trial given by the juniors at the M. S. U. law school, held last week, the case tried was that of the Roman republic vs. Caesar. The jury disagreed, the majority consisting of Theodore Roosevelt and a negro, returning a verdict of not guilty, while the other ten jurors, headed by W. J. Bryan, handed in a minority report finding the defendant guilty.
Adolph Spangler, who left school in February and went to New Mexico to work at a railroad camp, has returned to his home very ill. He is improving rapidly, but it will be some time before he is able to be out.
JACKSON BEATEN
MILLER WINS MILE RUN, COOLEY WINS TWO MILE.
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Mr. Glenn P. Wishard of Northwestern University won first place in the Oratorical League contest at Madison, Wisconsin. In his speech he called the Jamestown Exposition "the greatest insult to American patriotism in memory."
NUMBER 63
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Missouri Won by Score of 53 to 64—It Was a Close Contest Replete with Sensations.
Captain Jackson, Missouri's noted runner met his Waterloo on McCook field this afternoon. In one of the prettiest finishes ever seen in a race here Milt Miller took first place in the mile, and in the two mile Cooley took first in record breaking time and Cummins came second while Jackson came in some minutes later.
After a hard fight for several places Missouri won by a narrow margin of 11 points the final score being Missouri 64, Kansas 53.
The meet was full of surprises and sensational features. In the 100 yard dash Haddock finished second only a few inches behind Branham, Missouri's star sprinter. In the mile run Miller covered himself with glory and won an honor that seldom comes to a Jayhawker of defeating Jackson. The race was fast from the start, Cooley kept the lead until the last lap. Then Miller and Jackson forged ahead and the Kansas man with a desperate effort took the lead and finished ahead of Jackson in 4 minutes and 40 seconds.
In the two mile Cooley made a great run and took an easy first, while Cummins came in second. When the second to the last lap started Cooley was 30 yards behind Jackson and Cummins. He then began closing up and on the last lead was a quarter ahead. The men were stopped, owing to the judges mistake and lost several seconds. Despite this both men finished a half lap ahead of Missouri's captain.
In the high jump Young and Parker took first and second place tying 5 feet 4 inches. In the broad jump Butler took first at 21 feet 53-4 inches and Young took second at 20 feet 4 inches. Butler took first in the pole vault. In the hammer throw Pringle took first. In the discus Drake took a first. Kansas did not make a place in either the high or low hurdles, the 440 yard dash, the 220 yard dash, the half mile, or the shot put, and the Tigers won the relay. In number of points made for Kansas Butler comes first with 10 points and Young second with 7 points.
TRACK EVENTS.
The official record of events is:
100 yard dash—Branham, Mo.
1st; Haddock, Kans., 2nd. Time
10 flat.
120 yard high hurdles—Crouch Mo., 1st, Salisbury, Mo., 2nd. Time 16 1-5.
One mile run—Miller, Kans., 1st, Jackson, Mo., 2nd. Time 4.40.
440 dash.—Douglass, Mo., 1st,
Latshaw, Mo. 2nd. Time 51 3-5.
220 yard dash—Branham, Mo., 1st, Haddock, Kans., 2nd. Time .22 3-5.
220 yard low hurdles—Crouch, Mo., 1st, Salisbury, Mo., 2nd. Time 27 flat.
Half mile run—Tidd, Mo.,1st, Priest, Kans., 2nd. Time 2.23-5.
One mile relay—Mo.1st.Time .342-5.
Two mile run—Cooley, Kan., 1st; Cummins, Kan., 2nd. Time 10.48.
FIELD EVENTS.
Putting 16 lb. shot—Harner 1st, distance 37 ft., 10 in.; Branham 2d.
Running high jump—Parker and Young tied for first, height 5 ft.4 in.
Throwing 16 lb. hammer— Pringle 1st, distance 129 ft. 2 in.; Kurtz 2nd, 128 ft. 7 in.
Running broad jump—Butler 1st,21 ft.53-4 in.; Young 2nd, 20 ft.4 in.
Hurling the discus—Drake 1st, 114 ft.; Horner 2nd, 113 ft. 2 in.
Field event s-Kansas, 27; Missouri,14.
Pole vault-Butler 1st, 10 ft.
9 in.; Salisbury 2nd, 10 ft. 6 in.
Track events - Kansas, 26; Missouri, 49.
FINAL SCORES. Kansas, 53; Missouri, 64.
DEBATERS GET AN EMBLEM.
The Council Decides to Recognize Debaters.
At the meeting of the Debating Council Wednesday night the matter of presenting the members of the debating teams with a suitable emblem was thoroughly discussed and a committee appointed to choose some appropriate design.
The committee will have a special gold pin made for the debaters. It was not thought best to give a "K" with a gavel as it was feared that that might lessen the value of the athletic "K." Next year if more money can be obtained more interstate debates will be held and finer emblems given to debaters.
A Card from the Chancellor.
To the Students of the University: Because of the inaccuracies in the published reports of the proceedings at Baker University on May 1, it seems to me especially necessary that we should show every courtesy to the Baker team and the students who may come to Lawrence on May 18 for the ball game, in order to demonstrate the falsity of the reports that have been sent out, and the reality of the good feeling between the two institutions in question. FRANK STRONG,
May 11,1907. Chancellor.