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Former Wildcat Star,

Basil Hayden,
GIVEN ONE YEAR

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Basil Hayden, of Richmond, Ky.,
forward and captain who
led the University of Kentucky bas-- .
ketball team to a southern championship in the annual Southern Conference tournament at Atlanta, Ga., in
1921, was selected as basketball coach
of the University of Kentucky team
for the coming season at a meeting of
the university athletic council in the
. private dining room of the Phoenix
hotel from 6 to 8 o'clock Tuesday
nieht. Terms of the one year con
tract were not made public, although
it is understood that they are "liber
al."
Those in attendance at the meeting
- were S. A. Boles, E. A. Bureau, Prof.
Enoch Grehan, John Stoll, L. L. Hag-giLouis Hillenmeyer, Dr. W. D.
Funkhouser, Henry Cogswell and
Gavle Mohney, two student members
of the body.
Arntson Proposition Abandoned
.The attempt to secure Neal Arntson, Louisville Manual High school
coach, as head coach of all athletics
. at the university, was definitely abandoned Tuesday morning when Mr.
Arntson refused to accept a one year
contract calling for $6,500 with the
provision that an additional $500
would be added to his salary each
until $7,500
year he was
was reached.
Arntson's refusal and the election
of Hayden has relieved the athletic
situation at the institution to a great
extent and will give the athletic council time to delve fully into the personal records and accomplishments of
many prospective football coaches
an opportunity that would not have
been given had Arntson accepted the
offer or had the council decided to
take the Louisville coach at his own
terms a flat $7,500 per year contract.
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Couldn't "Touch" Him
Basil Hayden is remembered by
Wildcat football fans and students of
1919, '20, '21 a& '22 as an outstanding player and a forward whom no
man could "touch," and, on the other
'
hand, as a man whom no other man
could fool when Basil had the ball in
his own hands. He had a great habit
of completely tying up his opponents
end going on down floor for a sure
crip shot, and it was through this
acquired finesse of the game that he
was selected, along with three other
Immortals of '21, on the composite
team. Other Kentucky men
team were Bill
on this
King, Bobby Lavin and Paul Adkins.
Besides his basketball ability, Hay-de- n
was also a star on the track, hold- ing the javelin record at 163 feet,
three inches for many years, and being an expert discuss heaver. He also
was a substitute on the relay team.
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Gayle Mohney Is Lost To Net
Squad For 1926-192- 7
Season
Chance For Title Dealt Blow
The University of Kentucky basketball team will be without the services
of Gayle Moh'ny, crack forward and
crip shot artist, during the coming
strenuous season, Gayle informed this
reporter Monday.
In taking- - this action he said he was
doing it to protect his health and
allow his ulcerated stomach to heal
sufficiently to allow him to take full
participation in the 1927 football sea-

son at the university.
Mohney's announcement was a blow
to the Wildcats' chances of equalling
the the fine record hung up by the
team which last season went through
its Southern Conference schedule undefeated and which lost to the Missisof the
sippi Aggies in the
Gayle, as
tournament in Atlanta.
a crip shot, was without peer in the
state and few could touch him in the
South. He generally stuck close to
the basket and with Paul Jenkins and
others feeding him the ball he won
many a ball game by his ability to
prop the ball through the mesh at
close range.
Outside of Jenkins, Kittrell, Elliott,
Farmer, Ropke, Wallace, those who
made thir appearance in Wildcat basketball suits for the first time Monday afternoon were a green lot a
tough assignment for the man who
will coach the squad during the coming months. The loss of Mohney, Underwood, M,cFarland,
Besuden
and
Carey from last year's team will be
keenly felt, as it will be remembered
that these were the boys who carried
the Blue and White through the most
successful season in many years.
In all about 20 men were issued
uniforms and they have been taking
a few easy cracks at the basket, long
ones and short ones, from easy angles
and difficult angles during the week.
Elliott still has his left hand shot
with him and as far as this reporter
could find out he didn't miss but one
or two of these during the entire time
the squad was racing around the hardwood the first day. Van Burcn Ropke
gave evidence of becoming a successor
to Jimmie McFarland when he sank
'em high and dry from all angles' and
distances. Bob Farmer, of the Maxwell Athletic Club, is now wearing a
Kentucky uniform and out to displace
somebody
at center or forward.
"Rabbit" Wallace, little but loud, was
hitting the basket with old time vigor
and may give somebody trouble when
it comes to making up the team to
play Cincinnati in the initial game
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Hayden was made head coach at
Kentucky Wesleyan following his
graduation in June of 1922.
Then he went to Stanford High
school as principal, and also coached
the Stanford teams. At the end of
the 1924 school year, however, he
left athletics and went into the insurance business in Richmond and
this has been his occupation since.
He is married and will bring his wife
to Lexington for the winter.
Hayden met his candidates at 3:45
o'clock Wednesday afternoon for the
first time.

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And now we come to the end of
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M!ost everybody is expecting me
to tell the whys and wherefores of a
season df ups and downs mostly
downs for the University of Kentucky football team which I cannot

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around Lexington.
As far as the why and wherefores
of the season are concerned, we are
about a month late with our opinions,
for all the other "wise" birds of the
city have already buried the Wildcats
of 1926 under six feet of unjust crit
icism, irony, sarcasm, slurs and these
As for us, we
come to praise the Wildcats, not to
bury them, as Anthony or was it
Shakespeare would say if he were
living today. But why shouldn't we?
AH through the season we praised
them and why shouldn't we have
done so under the existing circum
stances? and we should not ridicule
them now just because they didn't
win but two games and didn't beat
Centre.

For
many games did Alonzo
Stagg's Chicago Maroons win this
year .' Yes you can count them on
your two fingers.
How many games did Georgia Tech
win? About three.
Did Harvard beat Yale or little
Geneva this year? Not that we can
remember!
How

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SEASON
DISAPPOINTS
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(By WARREN A. PRICE)
One of the most unsuccessful football seasons ever suffered by a University of Kentucky football team was
experienced during the past season by
virtue of winning two games, tying
one, and losing six.
Judged to be as invincible as Napoleon's army before the battle of Waterloo, the Wildcats at the beginning of
this season presented an array of material that struck terror into the
hearts of their Southern Conference
opponents. .Like Napoleon, their conquest was easy the first week of the
campaign, registering a decisive victory over the Maryville College eleven, 25 to 0. But in search of bigger
meat over in the Yankee domain
across the Ohio river, Kentucky lost
a very spirited game to the Hoosiers
Everything went well
of Indiana.
during the first half of, this conflict,
but an influx of, Crimson reserves in
the second half dispelled all gloom ni
the hearts of Indiana's followers.
Kentucky lost to their second Big Ten
opponent in as many years.
In the next game the Wildcats had
to play Washington and Lee and Old
Man Tough Luck. In the most brilliantly played game seen7 on Stoll field
this year, Kentucky played the Generals off their feet and should have
emerged the victor by a
margin, if fate had been kind.
As it was the score stood at 13 to 12
in W. and L.'s favor.
The following Saturday the Wildcats .reached the peak of their form,
which had been very inconsistent dur- -

Are they getting rid of their coach
es?
Well, Mr. Stagg has been at Chica
go for 48 years and he'll be there as
long as he wants to stay.
Coach Alexander down at Tech will
not likely leave for a few years yet.
And Mr. Horween up at Harvard
has been
at a higher sal in her history and yet her supporters
ary for next year! And yet his team are sticking by
her and her coach and
lost to Geneva and to most everybody
losing like gentlemen. This is laudelse up East.
able in any student body and anyq
Getting, back to. the Wildcats why bunch of townspeope.
should all the harsh things be said
about a team just because it has a
It is known fact that certain mem
bad year? Centre had the Doorest bers of the team did not
train as they

21 Varsity "K's" Are Awarded,

24 Freshman Numerals Given
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"four horsemen" completed and so did
Centre receive its drubbing.
In the sfecond quarter Kenjfcucky
scored three touchdowns, two after
prolonged marches down the field
when Mcintosh plunged over the line
and another when Jeffries wheeled
through left tackle and raced 45 yards
to complete the scoring for the half
with the count standing 28-A
marked feature was the scoring of
four points after touchdown by Jeffries and Miller. A few Cats observed
this from the sidelines and might have
remarked how they will ha've to step
next year to keep their places from
the invading freshmen.
During the last half the team scored
four more touchdowns. Captain Miller plunged over for the first one
after his team had marched 55 yards
down the field, gaining at will. Blan-to- n
scored on a forward pass from
Jeffries, Mcintosh on another line
plunge, and Covington on a beautiful
return of a Centre punt.
Again Jeffries kicked the goals.
The statistics made 19 first downs
to Centre's five and according to many
spectators who also' witnessed the
Georgetown game were superior to
the Cubs in their game at Danville.
They gained 371 yards through the
line to Centre's 72 and completed five
out of 11 passes for 63 yards.
The
Lieutenants fumbled five times while
the Kittens did not commit a bobble.
Len Miller's and Jeffries' punts averaged 38 yards to 30'for Centre.
The line-u- p
and summary:
Kentucky
Pos.
Centre
Shelton
Blanton
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The University of
Florida Alligators were the victims,
18 to 13, and Kentucky received the
honor of winning the first game
played a thousand miles from home.
After tying the V.P.I. Gobblers, 13
to 13, the Wildcats again journeyed
South, stopping this time at Birmingham to take on their ancient rival, the
Crimson Tide of Alabama. With six
Regulars siting on the side lines
nursing injuries, the Kentuckians held
the Southern Conference champions
to a 14 to 0 count.
The next Saturday V.MII. ran away
with the bacon at Charleston, beating
the Blue and White gridders, 10 to 9.
The Centre Colonels came over to
Lexington the following week and
took advantage of a Wildcat siesta,
which ended just as the timekeeper's whistle announced the end of
a sixty minute period of aggressiveness and fight on the part of the Colonels and a session of listlessness and
somnolence on the part of the Wildcats. The score of 7 to 0, which
ruined Kentucky's chances for a state
championship. The Tennessee scrap
concluded a season of nightmares and
setbacks in a sea of mud on Thanksgiving. Fighting against superior
odds, the Wildcats lost, 6 to 0.
The Tennessee game bade farewell
to four of Kentucky's performers, who
have been upholding Kentucky's honors on the gridiron for the past three
years.
Captain
These men are:
Frank Smith, Denver DeHaven, Henry
Portwood and Ted Creech,
should train if they expect to make
good football players. But the Wild-

cats have always been noted for their
activities during any
strenuous athletic season and 1926
was no exception. We attribute such
a condition partly to the coach, for it
is his duty, when not on the football
field, to see that his players DO keep

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Substitutions: Kentucky
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team which represented Kentucky this
year averaged 20 years and many
were under this age. A few of the
regulars were only 18 and Captain
Frank Smith is only 20 years old. The
Alabama eleven averages around 23
years and the majority of the regulars
are not younger than this. The Centre eleven that roamed the gridirons
of America with such a success a few
years ago was an old team McMillin
being over 25 years of age.

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Intra-murbasketball will soon get
into swing on the campus. The intramural department has published a
group of rules to govern the play in
this sport, and has also taken necessary steps to organize teams. Among
the fraternities, there will be two divisions according to the size of the
chapters. The winners of the series
of games among the two groups will
meet in a final championship series
to decide which will be fraternity
champions, and which will win the
trophy offered.
large silver basket-ba- ll
The fraternities will have their organization, and there will be similar
organizations among the independent
teams and in the R.O.T.C. The military teams will play according to companies, the winning team receiving a
The, outside orhandsome trophy.
ganizations, independent teams and
church teams will have their own
league.
The winners of the above three
classes will participate in a three
game series at the end of the season
besket-ba- ll
to determine the
championship of the University
Teams are urged to
of Kentucky.
organize as soon as possible, and get
as much practice as they can. There
are no scholastic requirements connected with a player's status as far as
All
basketball goes.
teams desiring to enter any of these
divisions should register with the
department at once.
The following rules are those made
by the department in regard to play,
eligibility, etc
A fraternity team
must be composed of members or
pledges of the fraternity which they
represent, and who are enrolled as
regular students in .the .university
No varsity letterman in basketball at
U. of K. is eligible to compete. No
man shall be eligible to play unless
his name shall have been submitted to
department on the
the
entry list provided. All games must
be played on scheduled time; either
team failing to appear on the floor
within ten minutes of game time shall
forfeit the game to their opponents.
No games shall be postponed without
departthe consent of the
ment. Divisional champions will be
decided on a percentage basis. In the
case of a tie, the tieing teams will
play off for the championship. Teams
must select their own referees, and
the latter must meet the approval of
the captains of both teams.
All
games must be played according to
official rules, and shall be composed
quarters.
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varsity football men
were awarded the coveted "K," symbolic of a season's successful partici
pation in a University of Kentucky
sport, and 24 freshmen were awarded
numerals for participation in Kentucky football during the past season
at a special meeting of the university
athletic council in the offices of S. A,
"Daddy" Boles, athletic director, Monday night. Eight of the 21 Wildcats
given letters have never received
letter in any sport while they have
been students at the university.
The varsity men receiving letters
are Captain Frank Smith, Alfred
Portwood, John Ross, Marcus Franklin, Frank Phipps, Denver DeHaven,
Scott, Ray Ellis, Gayle Mohney, A,
M. Edwards, Ray Schulte, Ted Creech,
Charles Wert, Clair Dees, Paul Jen
kins, Ike Ott, Elmer Gilb, Beverly
Waddell, Henry Portwood, S. A. Belt,
Manager Dick Conn
James Pence.
was awarded a manager's sweater.
ine iresnmen players receiving
numerals are C. C. Auterreib, H. M
Blanton, W. E. Covington, W. T.
Drury, G. Dundon, A. R. Eastwood,
W. Ford, Irvine Jeffries, Wayne Lee,
J. M. Lyons, Casper Mauzy, Len Mil
ler, Robert J. Miller, R. Mcintosh, E,
Petry, L. Rhodemyre, H. B. Stone,
K. C. Thompson, T. A. Walters, D.
Moore, Franklin, William Tuttle, B.
C. Coffman and R. Woodall.
Those present at the meeting Mon
day night were S. A. Boles, Dr. W. D.
Funkhouser, E. A. Bureau, Louis Hillenmeyer, L. L. Haggin, Prof. Enoch
Grehan, John Stoll, Gayle Mohney and
Henry Cogswell, the latter two stu
dent members of the council.
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Covington Stars As Big Green Team
Downs Centre Freshmen, Score 55-- 0
The "Big Green" came into its own
last Saturday by humiliating the Centre frosh, 55 to 0, before 2,000 spectators at Cheek field in Danville.
Borne, seemingly, on the wings of
the chill north wind which swept
through the stadium, another Covington inscribed his name by the immortal "Herb's" on Kentucky's scroll of
gridiron fame. But this time he was
not playing for Centre; he wore the
Green of Kentucky and wore it well.'
Receiving the initial kick-oon his
own
line, this wayward son of
Centre sowed his wild oats through
the Centre team and treked his phantom way to the enemy goal line 87
yards distant.
Not a murmur from the stands.
Already the Gold and White banner
was trampled in the mud. Will Ed
Covington was paying his debt to
"Herb."
The game was a rout in which the
only doubtful phase was the number
of touchdowns Captain Len Miller and
his mates could score on the inferior
As the game proCentre eleven.
gressed so did the score until Kentucky piled up the greatest number
of points made against a Gold and
White eleven since 1916 when the
Cat's bested the Colonels 68-Will Ed was the cog which functioned best in the Big Green wheel.
But even he could not have done his
rolling without the aid of three other
backfield stars who gave him perfect
interference. They are Captain Len
Miller, of Lexington, Ralph Mcintosh,
of Evansville, and Irvine Jeffries, of
Louisville.
Thus is Coach Eklund's

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