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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1967
Meet the KU Player-Sim Stokes
Sim Stokes
-Hawk Talks
Sports Slants From Backstage
By Mike Griffith
(Sports, Editor)
Football games are like plays—the best and most interesting sidelights often take place off stage.
THINGS ONE would never see if he weren't in the press box at the KU-Arizona game—
The KU Frosh Hawk in the seventh row from the bottom that didn't know all the cheers.
THE DELTA DELTA Delta sorority woman working at the concession stand that had the nicest smile
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Positive thinking has a champion in Sim Stokes, 6-1, 193 lb. senior from Mobile, Ala. The versatile Stokes, who handles slot-back or split-end with equal ease, won't concede a thing to California before Saturday's game at Berkeley.
THE KU STUDENT who was being paid by the number of seat-backs he picked up after the game who grabbed a backrest from beneath a spectator when he stood up to cheer.
The come-on of a KU student attempt to sell programs in the student section, "Get your KU program right here, usually $1.98 but on special for stingy KU students for only fifty cents."
throughout the game—in spite of KUi's fate on the field.
THINGS MISSED if not in the dressing rooms of the two teams after the game—
The KU attendant telling an Arizona player that the least Arizona could do after winning the football game was to sweep the dressing room floor.
The integrity shown by a Pinkerton agent taking tickets when he told a customer attempting to gain admission to the game, "I'm sorry sir, we don't admit anyone without a ticket. It's bad for our business."
The Arizona player that made the understatement of the year when he said Kansas weather "sure isn't in the banana belt."
Dev Nelson, WIBW sports announcer, choking on a soft drink while on the air when Arizona's 220 pound guard, Jay Jawlet, can hold a loose ball in mid-air and ran 76 yards for an Arizona touchdown.
BLOOD FLOWING from a KU player's lip after he bit down hard on it in anguish after defeat.
"I DON'T mean to take anything away from California," the senior said, "but until a game is played, I only think about winning it.
Soft-spoken words of Jack Mitchell saying, "I'm proud of the way you men came back in the second half."
"That is precisely the reason I was displeased with the Arizona
Charlie Smith, Topeka Capital- Journal sports writer, commenting on the way KU was "giving, giving, giving" Arizona scoring opportunities.
The Arizona player that had a picture of Barry Goldwater painted inside his helmet.
Service of major wire circuits being interrupted by the upset of Notre Dame by Purdue, 25-21.
TABLE TOPS
By Giles Lambertson
THINGS MISSED by some spectators in the stands—
Jack Mitchell about to throw his clip-board to the ground after several back-to-back penalties against KU.
FIRTY STUDENTS sweeping the miles of rubbish from the stands.
The KU spectator shouting "repeent, repent" after Arizona blocked an attempted Kansas quick kick on the six yard line.
The group of alumni that cried for an hour after the game while sitting in the stands. Their only remark being, "It sure never was this way when we were in school—way back when . . ."
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The effort and time involved to really report a KU football game.
German shepherds and a policeman guarding the KU goalpost that no one wanted to tear down.
THINGS OVERLOOKED if not standing in the nearly defeted stadium after the football game.
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Stokes, who prefers the end position, could conceivably see more action there against California, depending upon the seriousness of the knee injury to Willie Ray Smith.
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game." Stokes continued. "We lost."
Stokes had little reason for displeasure at his own play. Switching from slot-back to replace injured Willie Ray Smith at split-end, he snared 9 passes to tie a Big Eight record.
"I wasn't conscious of any record during the game," Stokes said. "Some reporters told me about the record afterwards. I think I was open more times than I was thrown to but so were some other players. It looks a lot different from the field." he said.
Football has a positive influence on his college activities, Stokes said.
"It HAS BEEN AN asset," he said. "Many students have jobs of one sort or another that take as much of their time as playing football. They miss friendships and experiences that can only be found in athletics." he said.
Stokes said he was doing well in his studies and hoped to enter graduate school in 1967.
"I hope that every student will take advantage of the opportunities that attending KU offers," he said.
"I would even go as far as to encourage students to try traveling to some of our close away games."
Stokes said that he was ready to play more football after last week's defeat.
"I STILL HAVE two years of eligibility left and I plan to make the most of the time I have left. There is so much to be done and so much to learn that I am amazed everyday," he said.
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