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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 14, 1967
Twinbill features unbeaten teams
By Mike Jones
Two undefeated basketball teams will compete in the Sunflower Doubleheader at KU Friday night.
Texas A&M has not lost in five starts and Cincinnati has won it's first three games this season.
The Aggies will face Kansas State at 7 p.m. Friday, with KU meeting Cincinnati in the nightcap. Cincinnati has beaten Indiana State, Miami of Ohio and South Dakota. Texas A&M holds victories over Louisiana Tech, Trinity, West Texas State, Southwest Texas and North Texas State.
The Jayhawks could be without the services of veteran forward Roger Bohnenstiehl. Bohnenstiehl has had the flu and didn't practice Monday or Tuesday. Vernon Vanoy has been switched from center to forward and has been working in Bohnenstiehl's position.
Cincinnati is predicted to battle Louisville for the Missouri Valley basketball crown. They return four starters from a squad that finished with a 17-9 record last year.
The Bearcats are coached by Tay Baker, a strong disciplinarian, who has compiled a 38-16 record since becoming head coach two years ago.
Baker stresses defense and rebounding. His team is led by 6-9 Rick Roberson who averaged 15 points a game last year as a junior. The Bearcat backcourt is headed by 5-11 Dean Fester, a senior who many say strongly resembles former KU star Del Lewis, both in ability and appearance.
A pair of sophomores have broken into the Cincinnati strating line up. Don Ogletree, 6-0, with Foster in the backcourt and 6-3 Jim Ard holds down a forward position. Ard was picked as one of the top ten sophomores in the country by Sports Illustrated magazine.
K-State will be trying to end a short losing streak against Texas A&M. The Wildcats have lost their last two games by narrow margins to Tulsa and Indiana after opening the season with lopsided victories over California State and Minnesota.
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Pepper explains recommendations
--to gain uniformity with high school and professional teams. Neither permit the shift.
Recommendations made by Big Eight football conches concerning oranges, the new punting rule, and interior linemen were explained Wednesday by KU coach Pepper Rodgers.
At the conference meeting last weekend in Kansas City, a recommendation was made to impose a 15-yard penalty against the home crowd when situations occur similar to the orange throwing at the Kansas-Oklahoma game. Nov. 18 in Norman.
They decided, however, that in future games, officials will direct both coaches to pull the teams off the field until the situation has been alleviated.
Faculty representatives and athletic directors voted against the recommendation because of the difficulty in telling which team's fans are responsible.
The football coaches also recommended reverting to he old punting rule, because the presto gain uniformity with high school and professional teams. Neither permit the shift.
cut one is hard to ncminister,
Rodgers said.
Again, Rodgers does not think the rule will be changed, but if it is, it would not affect KU.
The present rule states that the interior line can not leave the line of scrimmage until the ball is punted. The old rule allowed linenes to go down field as soon as the center snap had been made.
Other recommendations included that the rules committee keep the present 25-second period between plays. There is a move being made to reduce the time to 20 seconds.
The coaches also recommended that interior linemen not be permitted to shift once they assume the three point stance. Presently there is no restriction on shifting except that the linemen must remain stationary for one full count before the ball is snapped.
Rodgers said the recommended rule would aid officials in watching the return rather than watching for the technicalities implied in the present rule. He does not think the rule will be changed, however.
It was also recommended that the goal line be colored white instead of gold and decorative markings in the end zone extend to the goal line. Presently there must be a space of two feet between the goal line and any markings.
Rodgers said the fact that KU did this did not have any influence on the recommendation. He said one of the reasons the recommendation was made, was
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