University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 13 40 30 4E5 34 j 37 - Vf ,7 ' 9 24 3 . f n, -3) . x . . 4? 71, , S 32 v ' I, rt y T ird Rotr: HAYES. MITCHELL. MINTER. W ATKINS. ANTONIO. PITTS. SIEGLE. WELLS. LUTTON. GOFF. MOORE. PETERSON. LEMSTER. Second Rote: HARRIS, WHITE. MrCALL. SKLAR. DENNY. O. NESMITH. STUKEY. LAXDES. D. NESMITH. CLAWSON. DEES. SMITH. First Rove: LTNDLEY. KINCAID, DECKER, GUIESE. KELL, LAUB. HUMPHREY. FERRIS. PHELPS, HAPGOOD. GIANNANGELG. LAYMAN. ed just as the first quarter had ended, a scoreless tie. Both teams were very able on the defense but when it came to offensive tactics neither side had suf- ficient persistency to penetrate its op- ponent ' s goal line. Once the Jayhawker eleven was within the 15-yard marker but that was for one brief down. Bob White had just made a twenty-yard run to place the ball within scoring dis- tance. After an ineffectual thrust or two, the ball was lost and the alternat- ing parade continued once more, up and down, up and down, with Fred Harris getting off some beautiful punts to keep the Coloradoans at some distance from the goal line. Pete Peterson played a very good game in the back- field. Several times when a shifty back had eluded the front line of defense. Peterson promptly brought both the ball carrier and his goalward ambitions to the ground. ' Several reasons might be ascribed to the lack of visible offensive strength of the Jayhawkers. These reasons were personified in the form of the St. Bene- dict ' s, Missouri, and Tulsa visiting foot- ball teams and coaches. Perhaps it was well that the Red and Blue offense still remained an unknown factor. It should be just that much more effective at a later date in the season. All of which brings up the subject of the long list of worthy opponents which the Jayhawk- ers must face before retiring from their moleskins. The remaining home games will include Oklahoma. Michigan State, and Nebraska which should be a pro- gram excellent enough for the most avid devotee of the gridiron game. Ex- perts predict that no breather can be found in such a schedule. It will have to be a tough team to go through such a season with any degree of success. Reserve strength should be an important factor in the aforementioned tough- ness of the football team. The 1934 edition of the fighting Jayhawks makes up in spirit what it lacks in numbers. The turnout was much lower than in other Big Six schools and less than the number reporting in previous years. Speaking of reserve strength, as in- deed we were, the K. U. coach seems to have spotted a likely little linesman in the person of Clyde Tiny Moore. 250-pound tackle from Elkhart. Kan- sas. One must be careful in speaking of Tiny and reserves at the same time. It is most likely that he will be a regu- lar by the end of the season. The way that he adequately took care of two or three linesmen in the Colorado game would indicate a favorable outlook con- cerning his future status on the team. On the offense, he seems to have a dy- namic sort of thrust which takes him through to the opposing backfield. If he can add just a bit more speed to his scrimmage line sallies, he may prove quite a bother to adventuresome backs or opposing punters. Moore turned in an excellent performance at the Colo- (Continued on page 62 I rrro. LINDSEY,

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Football for ' 34 THE JAYHAWKEB BY BOB BRADEN With crisp autumn days, football again steps into the limelight on Mount Oread, and the Jayhawkers start on a strenuous schedule . . . DOUBLE parking along Mississippi Street could mean but one thing. The football season was just getting un- der way and the lure of the gridiron had brought out groups of interested spec- tators to watch practice sessions of Jay- hawker football candidates. What a lot of new faces there seemed to be. But there were some familiar ones too. Quite a few of the linesmen had seen at least one year ' s service with the Red and Blue, but there were few veterans in the backfield. The Kansas team for the 1934 season was undoubtedly going to be a wide open affair with a scrambling for positions left open by last year ' s stars. The gap left by Mehringer at tackle was going to be a difficult posi- tion to fill with equal merit. The hack- field was going to miss the line plung- ing of Ray Dumm and the swift run- ning attack of Ed HalL But, another season, another team. Kansas was the unknown factor in Big Six circles. The stars from last year ' s freshman team should be the determining factor in the success of the Jayhawker gridsters. As the afternoon practices continued the Kansas eleven began to shape into a formidable team. The line seemed to have the same power and drive that Kansas teams were destined to have in the past. Many of the same linesmen MIKE SHOWS ' EM HOW AD GIVES PUNTING INSTRUCTIONS appeared at their old posts for another season. Burt Hammers was still holding down a wing berth. Dees and Dean Nes- mith were at the tackle positions to which they had switched from guard. Milo Clawson, starring at tackle op- posite Mehringer last year, was now at an end position. Sklar, sturdy regular of last season, was occupying a guard post. Watkins and Phelps, both veter- ans, were alternating at center. Tommy McCall, member of the Kansas Big Six championship team of 1930, was at the other guard position. This lineup seemed to give Coach Lindsey what he desired in the way of a powerful de- fensive line. What prospects did he have in the backfield? Ole Nesmith, Peter- son, White, and Harris were the vet- erans who had returned. A newcomer, Mano Stukey, gave promise of becom- ing a regular. He will be remembered as a star of last year ' s frosh eleven. Several other sophomore backs of WHITE HURDLES A C. U. TACKLER promise were: Hapgood, Antonio, Deck- er, and Giannangelo. Out of this ma- terial, Ad Lindsey was to choose a combination which he hoped would prove effective against the forward walls of the opposition. Immediately prior to the Colorado game, it was an- nounced that the regular backfield would probably consist of: Peterson at fullback, Stukey and Harris at halves, and Bob White at the quarter position. The absence of Ole Nesmith in the starting lineup was due to a slight phy- sical injury which kept him from the game. It was taken for granted that Ole would be one of Kansas ' outstanding backs this season as evidenced by his fine record last year. The illustrated Football Annual, national football magazine, recently gave him the honor of being one of the Midland ' s finest backs. The day of the Colorado game dawned neither bright nor clear. Hard rains had deluged the playing field for two days preceding the game. By noon, the sun had broken through and a fine day offered itself as a good example of football weather. The crowd was on hand a bit earlier than usual be- cause this was the first game of the new season and also because the field was to be dedicated officially by the American Legion as Kansas Field. After the dedication ceremonies, the powerful Colorado team rushed onto the field for a brief limbering up. Last year, this gold jerseyed team had lost only two out of nine engagements and it was no secret that K. U. was to enter the game on the short end of the betting odds. The Rocky Mountain foe was to prove a real test for the Kansas team. A short time later, the white-jer- seyed Kansans came upon the newly dedicated field and the game began. Although the inundation of the pre- vious day had indicated it would be a mud battle, the game progressed with- out serious disadvantages arising from uncertain footing. The turf was just soft enough to be kindly disposed toward the players of an opening football game. The ground also seemed soft enough to prevent any sudden dashing runs, twisting line thrusts, or sweeping broken field runs. In fact the game end,-

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THE JAYHAWKER R. ussian language BY RAY REED A humorous sketch of the antics of the Greeks during rush week . . . AVIID laughter or tears or bored nonchalance, the youngsters of the Kansas fraternities and sororities donned various shapes of buttons and pins and committed themselves to the various campus organizations on a cer- tain Sunday eve not long ago. And now the age old reports and stories come drifting back about things that occur- red during that illustrious week when everyone seemed to know what club he or she was going to choose except that he or she itself. Now that most of the trouble is over, it seems that several of the sourer grapes are getting sweeter, and things that never could be forgot- ten have been forgotten. But the one tiling that the freshmen themselves have not forgotten is the treatment they re- ceived while in the status of rushees. Wonder what was said when the first someone said to polish the first shoes or wash out the first stockings. Some kind soul really ought ' to establish a pamphlet telling of the after life of freshmen. And they treated us so nice was probably the most used phrase on that first Saturday morning when the famous freshman discipline began to take effect. Someone really should have been on hand to record the ex- pressions uttered when study rules and campuses were first limbered up and put in good working condition. But none of these equaled the feelings wrought in that individual who found that all the stories told about this or that club were not true and that his choice for the best was sadly in error. But the greatest let down from the week of renown seemed to be in a certain sorority in which a new pledge remarked that she didn ' t know any of the girls after rush week was over and the alumni who had done the rushing had gone home. And then one of the Phi Belt lads remarked that he had joined up because there were fewer fel- lows his size than anywhere else and therefore fewer brothers to wear his clothes. Smart boy! We heard of a Delt lad who thought he ought to be intro- duced all over again to his future broth- ers because he didn ' t recognize any of them in their own clothes after rush week was over. It seems that the girls of Pi Phi and the boys of the A.T.O. club led in quan- tity in their separate fields; but we kinda expected something like this from these two since the redecorating of the Pi Phi front room brought those fur- niture bills, and then the old proverb of the boys on West Fourth that next to quality, quantity is best. But not count- ing this, we have inside information from every club that they managed to get the best of the best. Of course, the Chi-0 girls feel very proud of getting a full fledged beauty queen material. Take little Miss Marty Davis or Helen Johnson and Betty Haas who would share honors with the best of the beauty queens. Or there might originate a con- test for the most striking young lady in appearance which would mean a cup to a little Miss Billingsley or a very at- tractive Miss Katherine Hurd or a very noticeable Miss Mary Francis Martin. And then the Gamma Phi ' s say their Dorothy Ann Martin would top the list in any kind of a beauty contest. But all that is to be decided at a later date. It is much funnier to hear about these new pledges from the older mem- bers of the fraternities and sororities of which they have just become one. From what we hear out of the brothers of Sig Alph, another Harrington is with them and is to outdo his well known predeces- sor. And the sisters of Kappa are pray- ing that they brag of another Phi Beta Kappa in their youngster by the name of Ainsworth; and we can hardly go by the house of Gamma Phi ' s without hear- ing what the boys all think of a Miss Elinor Kirkmeyer, as told by the sisters. And those guys wearing the pin of Phi Delta Theta seem to think that Bausch and Cunningham were only second class athletes when compared with some member of their younger set by the name of Tricket. Now we are wondering what memor- ies came into the heads of all the freshmen when they first found out for sure that they were freshmen: I imagine that rush week was easily forgotten memories with a paddle. But some memories are rather hard to do away with. In fact, one of the groups of girls has a memory of losing a niece of one of the founders to the Kappa girls. And someone said that a very attractive Miss Kehl decided on the key girls after being rushed another club by one of the Sigma Chi fellows. And now we hear of one of the Sig Chi pledges who can ' t figure how the brothers acquired all the cars that were seen around during rush week. We heard that the Acacia ' s talked about their cars and their palatial three acre estate again; it seems that every year that estate grows another acre, some day its going to work up to And in our back yard we have the city of Lawrence. Or perhaps someone told you of one of the rush weeks darlingest rushees who decided that she would like Gov. Alf to sit in the front room of one of the houses on Indiana and then all of a sudden changed her mind and decided that Alf would like the new Pi Phi front room much better on his visits. And someone said that the Phi Psi ' s had a room refinished in Re- (Continued on page 63)