Hall of Fame Gallery

   THE 19 HONOREES, who will be enshrined in the gallery, are:
Johnny Adams, jockey, Arcadia, Calif.; Michael F. Ahearn, athletic director, (deceased); Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, coach and athletic director, Lawrence; James Bausch, track and field athlete, Wichita; W. S. "Bill" Bates, coach, (deceased); Glen Cunningham, runner, Augusta; Fred Etchen Sr., trap shooter, Scottsdale, Ariz.; H. W. "Bill" Hargiss, athlete and coach, Topeka; Mrs. Iva Pembridge Jarvis, trap shooter, Phillipsburg; Walter Johnson, baseball pitcher, (deceased); John Kuck, shot put and javelin, Ashton, Idaho; Emil S. Liston, coach and athletic director, (deceased); Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball, (deceased); Bill Neider, shot put, Los Angeles, Calif.; E. C. "Ernie" Quigley, sports official, (deceased); Gerald Roberts, rodeo, Strong City; E. A. Thomas, high school sports administrator, Topeka; Garfield W. Weede, coach and track, Pittsburg; Jess Willard, boxer, La Crescents, Calif.

Hall of Fame Gallery Will Be Dedicated
Ceremony Set Thursday at Fairgrounds
Sept. 14, 1961

     The All-Sports Hall of Fame Gallery, in which the original 19 honorees will be enshrined, will be dedicated at a ceremony Thursday at 11 a.m.
     The Gallery is located in the new Exhibition Center auditorium at the northwest corner of the Mid America Fairgrounds. Biographical material, photographs and plaques commemorating the feats of the 19 charter members of the Hall of Fame will be placed in a huge case.
     The exhibit will be open to the public permanently following the dedication, E. A. Thomas, chairman, said. Participating in the ceremony will be Lt. Gov. Harold Chase and members of the Kansas All-Sports Hall of Fame, Inc., board of directors.
     F. W. (Bus) Boyd, Mankato, president of the group, will preside. Clyde Reed, Parsons publisher, vice president, will deliver a talk. Other Hall of Fame directors include Thomas, secretary-treasurer, Topeka; Hugo T. Wedell and Ray Dumont, Wichita; Fred Mendell, Hutchinson; Ray Evans, Kansas City; Maurice Fager and Jack Quinlan, Topeka, and H. B. Lee, Manhattan.
     Dedication of the permanent home for the Hall of Fame will culminate a move started June 1, 1960. At that time, the Hall of Fame was approved as a Centennial year project and work was started screening hundreds of state greats who might qualify.
     The work was spearheaded by Thomas, former Kansas State high school activities association commissioner. His group collected research material which has been made available to the State Historical Society.
     Thomas, incidentally, was one of the first 19 selected by a committee of 14 to be charter members in the Hall of Fame. These 19 were announced at a Centennial All-Sports banquet in Wichita on April 7.
     Additional sports greats will be added to the Hall of Fame annually. A selection committee will be formed to recommend to the Board of Directors, which will make the final decision.
     Those who served on the board selecting the first 19 members were Don Pierce, Paul De Weese, Dick Snider, Fred Mendell, E. A. Thomas, Elon Torrance, Ray Dumont, Pete Lightner, Wedell, Rolla Clymer, Carl Kopelk and Bus Boyd.