The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-29
KUzMA'S AHEAD OF
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Tom No. III Outstanding
HARMON'SS RECORD
By WILLIAM WEATHERSBY
AP FEATURE Service Writer

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made q football name for himself
with the Wolverines.
NobOdy-excPC maybe rela-
tives and home town cEonies-
ever expected Kuzna to touch
the amazing gridiron record Of
that other Gary lad, Tom Har-
mon
But Gary's Tom No. II fooled
them The Harm0n-leSs Michigan
football team might have been
choice pickings for several 1871
opponents If Coach Fritz Crisler
had not come up with this sopho-
more to i'll Harmon's old tail
back position
By mid-season- this I9-yesr-old
gridder had surpassed HsTmOn'S
sophomore record II scoring. had
neared his frst-year passing mark
and had become one Of the
Western Conferences greatest
kickers-
Midway through Michigan's
eight-game schedule. Kuzna
had scored two more and made
his bid as the greatest Wolver-
inc kicker since Harry Kipke
got his diploma in 1874.
Crisler has described Kuzma's
kicking, such as his 53-yard boot
out of bounds four yards short Of
the goal against Northwestern.
as @miracuIOus"
Harmon as q sophomore crash
ed over the goal line three times
He didn't start punting until his
junior year. He heaved three
touchdown passes
Kuzma. a 2O0-pounder. has Z
five-pound advantage over Har-
mon Each Of the Gary boys
stands six feet. one inch
TIE Michigan coach. always
reluctant 10 praise q sophomore
says that Kuzna IS good boy
20 have around
CriSler viii tell you Kuzma can
match Harmon in power driving
and punting. but that he'll never
equal Harmon's speed and shifty
broken field running
Kuzna doesn't pass as well
as Harmon did as Z sophomcrs"
Crisler says. But Kuxna Is i'm
proving. He got off 10 a bad
start in this department Of the
game but redeensd himself IN
the critical Northwestern bat
lie by tossing 10 and 20 yards
for both Of Nichigan's touch
downs
Kuzma had 10 60 70 summer
school after his freshman year q
bring his grades Up to Western
Conference eligibility standards
but ne -OuckIed down and got a
b average for the summer term
while coaches uoaned that his
chances were less than one 20
five
Phi Gamma Delta Welcomed
the outstanding gridman as
freshman and found him "a
great social mixer He waits On
tables al the fraternity house 70
help meet school expenses-
In a geology class last spring
Tom met Peggy Cannon. an at
tractIve Local brunette Since
then they've been studying the
stsrs together IS often As they
get a chang She's a sophomore.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, and tie
only girl on the campus Tom
dates Peggy says that Tom
really dances veil
ASIDE from studying and Squir-
ing Miss Cannon about the can
pus. Kuzns says. football s ny
whole life right now BE plans
70 study business administration
and wants 70 - a salesman
a name II football might help
-e sell when get out q school
don't you think KuEaz asks
Eith : Chuckle-
The boy from Gary has had
some trouble gaining his position
IS = Sophomore football sensa-
ton. The trouble started when
his parents Dir and Mrs Michael
d Kuzma. Tornado him 70 play
football He talked them cut Of
that Now they're ardent fans
7 was the elunSiszt OK On
eur team Al Ensrson High
School At Cary, Ten admits
The coach said once I never
had chance 10 make the
team.
Toms discrimination helped al
ter that. Ne vent % the practice
field early, spent his summers
kicking and throwing a football
When Harmon returned to Gary
IN the summers for lifeguard
duty IN the city parks. Kuzms.
who had a JOB cutting the park
grass. began exchangtng punts
with him. Next summer. Kuzma
Is going 20 be a hfeguard
Michigan's newest gridiron star
didn't begin 70 shine brighter
than the other sophomore eandi-
dates until an intra-squsd game
after spring training last year
He has held the leading role ever