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Busy Hands. A workaday end and halfback under Bob Zuppke at Illinois Halas had his greatest moment when a football blew up as it was kicked off by an Illini opponent. Halas grabbed the deflated ball and took off, waving it like a handkerchief as he ran "I got all the way to the 40 before somebody thought to tackle me," he chuckles. Signed as a rightfielder by the New York Yankees in 1919, Halas played in 12 games and batted .091. The Yanks lost little time replacing him with an ex-Boston pitcher named George Herman Ruth. Back...
Only a few crusading individuals, usually from the Student Senate or the campus newspaper, The Daily Illini, ever protested against such things as the ban on political speakers; most students were probably unaware that it existed. The one generalization which seems to me most nearly true of the Illinois undergraduate is that his sphere of interest begins with himself and may extend as far as the University but usually not beyond his own dormitory or fraternity house...
...sports," says Captain Bob Starnes of the University of Illinois' basketball team, "it only takes one shot or one play to make you a hero or a bum." Starnes should know. Last week, when the No.3-ranked Illini took the floor against home-state rival Northwestern, they were solid favorites on the strength of eleven victories, only one loss (to Notre Dame, 90-88). On its sorry record (three wins, eight losses), Northwestern did not belong on the same floor. But by half time, relying on a collapsing zone defense that stalled Illinois' fast break, Northwestern...
Gongola, who is 29, will serve as backfield coach, giving special attention to developing quarterbacks. With five boys fighting for the quarterback slot, Gongola's experience in tutoring signal callers should prove extremely valuable. One of the greatest punters in Illinois story, the new Crimson coach played the Illini squad that defeated Stanford 40-7 in the 1952 Rose Bowl game. He has been coaching since 1958 at University, where he developed Canty, who ranked fifth nationally forward passing last season...
When the University of Illinois' Daily Illini last month deplored excessive necking at campus parties, Biology Professor Leo F. Koch, 44, sent the newspaper a forthright, academically, free reply: "With modern contraceptives and medical advice readily available at the nearest drugstore, or at least a family physician, there is no valid reason why sexual intercourse should not be condoned among those sufficiently mature to engage in it without social consequences and without violating their own codes of morality and ethics. A mutually satisfactory sexual experience would eliminate the need for many hours of frustrating petting and lead to happier...