Eight From Here To Hall of Fame
Kansas City Star

     Kansas University and Lawrence were spotlighted Friday night at Wichita as the state inaugurated its athletic Hall of Fame. Eight of the 19 charter members either lived here for a good part of their lives or performed for Kansas University.
     The Hall of Fame, a Centennial project, was selected by a special committee. More names will be added annually and it is hoped a permanent shrine will be obtained.
     Eleven of the charter members were present for Friday's ceremony. The other eight were represented.
     The eight local personalities honored:
     FORREST C. (PHOG) ALLEN, dean of American basketball coaches until his KU retirement in 1956. Allen coached at KU for 39 years compiling an amazing record. He also coached at Warrensburg State, Baker and Haskell. His teams, in 49 years, won 771 of 1,004 games played. He also served as KU athletic director and is nationally famous in treatment of athletic injuries. Allen Fieldhouse is named in his honor.
     H. W. (BILL) HARGISS, one of the great all-around athletes, Hargiss won 16 college letters in four years and further distinguished himself as a coach and administrator. At College of Emporia in 1910-12, he was one of the first coaches to introduce the forward pass. For 12 years he was athletic director and coach at Emporia Teachers. Starting in 1928, he served five years as football coach and 10 as track coached KU. In track, he coached three world record holders—all of whom are Hall 'of Fame charter members.
     DR. JAMES NAISMITH, founder of basketball. He came to KU 60 years ago, introducing here the game of basketball, a game he invented in 1892 at Springfield, Mass. As head of the KU Physical Education Department, Naismith directed basketball at KU for nine years.
     BILL NIEDER, Lawrence High and KU grad, set a national high school shot-put record of 60-9% in 1952 and went on to even greater heights at KU. In the
1960 Texas Relays, he seta new world record of 65-7. And, in the Rome Olympics last year, he set another record with a toss of 64-63/4. He also was the first
collegian to put the shot 60 feet.
     E. C. (ERNIE) QUIGLEY, Quigley is, perhaps, the best known sports official of his era. He umpired more than 5,000 major league games. He refereed thousands of basketball and football games including all four major grid bowls. He climaxed a remarkable career as director of athletics
     JESS WILLARD, He grew up on a farm in Pottawatomie County, started boxing at the age of 29 and won the world's heavyweight championship on April 15, 1915, by knocking out Jack Johnson in the 26th round. He held the title for four years, losing to Jack Dempsey in 1919. Now 79, he lives in El Crescents, Calif. Willard's Lawrence home, which he occupied during his championship days and after, was located just on the edge of the city.
     JAMES BAUSCH, Bausch was one of the greatest all-round athletes in state history. At KU, he won letters in football, basketball and track. He proved to be the finest all-around track and field athlete in history in 1932 when he seta world record in the grueling decathlon at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was selected for the national James E. Sullivan sportsmanship award the same year.
     GLENN CUNNINGHAM, A boyhood disaster in which his legs were badly burned didn't stop this man, who -made an incredible recovery. He went on to become the greatest middle distance runner of his time. He has set more high school, state, collegiate, national and world records than any runner in state history. His world record of 4:04.4 in the mile stood for a decade. The "Elkhart Express" represented the United States in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics.
     Others honored Friday were: Johnny Adams, Iola jockey; Michael F. Ahearn, father of Kansas State athletics and termed one of K-State's greatest; W. S. (Bill) Bates—one of the greatest early - day Kansas basketball coaches, took his Southwestern college team to the finals of the national AAU tournament; Fred Etchen Sr., national and world's champion trapshooter; Mrs. Iva Pembridge, only woman honored a country school teacher and one, of the most famous women trapshooters in history; Walter Johnson, the Humboldt man who went on to become one of the finest baseball pitchers in the game; John Kuck, native of Wilson, Olympic and world's record setting shot-putter at Amsterdam, attended Emporia Teachers; Emil Liston, prominent high school and college coach and director, in addition to being great athlete. Was graduated from Baker, later returned there for his greater successes', Gerald Roberts, Kansas' greatest contribution of rodeo competition; E. A. Thomas, for 30-years until his retirement in 1957 executive head of the Kansas State High School Activities Assn.; Garfield W. Weede, coach at Pittsburg State, athletic director, in 1933 led his Pittsburg squad to victory in the CCC meet at Milwaukee. He was placed on Walter Camp's All-America football team while competing at Penn in 1904.

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THE NINE PERSONS who received their own plaques as charter members of the Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame at a dinner are shown after the presentations Friday night in Wichita. Left to right are William Hargiss, Topeka; Glenn Cunningham of near Augusta; Dr. Forrest C. Allen, Lawrence; John Kuck, Ashton, Idaho; Johnny Adams (foreground), San Diego, Calif.; E. A. Thomas, Topeka; Mrs. Iva Pembridge Jarvis, Phillipsburg; Garfield W. Weede, Pittsburg, and Gerald Roberts, Scott City. Ten others, including six deceased, were also named.