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59th Year, No. 41 SECTION B
Friday, November 10, 1961
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Kansas Faces Wildcats Here
Kansas will be seeking its sixth consecutive win over Kansas State when the two ancient foes collide in Memorial Stadium tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in their 59th football meeting.
A record series crowd of 34,000 is expected to see if the rebuilding Wildcats of Coach Doug Weaver can post their first win since 1955 when the Purple and White stopped the Jayhawkers, 46-0, for their widest margin of the series.
Kansas State, although still mired at the bottom of the Big Eight standings, has shown a somewhat revitalized team capable of surprising things.
LAST SEASON THE HAWKERS ROLLED to an impressive 41-0 stomping of the Wildcats but the situation this season does not point to such a wide margin, if any.
In winning their first two contests, over Indiana, 14-8, and Air
KANSAS TRI-CAPTAINS—KU's three senior tri-captains pause before tomorrow's Homecoming game with intra-state rival, Kansas State. From left to right they are, Curtis McClinton, Wichita, Stan Kirshman, Jefferson City, Mo., and John Hadl, Lawrence.
Force, 14-12. the K-Staters surprised everybody. Since then, however, it has all been downhill.
THE CLOSEST THE 'CATS HAVE COME to winning during their present five game losing streak was a 13-0 loss to Colorado. In this game the 'Cats showed a capable defense, but, as has been the problem all season, no potency on offense.
The Wildcats, who are last in every offensive department in the conference, lost to Oklahoma. 17-6 last Saturday.
After an unexplainably poor start, the Jays have come on to sweep past four straight opponents with no trouble.
For the Javhawkers, the story has been just the reverse.
LEADING THE LEAGUE IN TOTAL FIRST downs, total rushing, and total offense, the Jayhawkers will be trying to improve their 38-17-3 all-time mark against Kansas State.
After hitting the bottom in the 6-6 tie with Wyoming, the Hawkers bounced back with authority but Mitchell seems to feel the peak may have been reached and the only way to go is down.
Added incentive for the Jayhawkers is that they must win the remainder of their games to stay in contention for the league title since Colorado, 20-19 master of KU, holds the upper hand with only two conference games to play.
Although Kansas State's record isn't impressive, Mitchell is apparently especially wary of a defeat at this point.
But, Mitchell said this week his squad has begun to go downhill after its fine showings against Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Nebraska.
Frosh-Varsity Tilt Starts Weekend
The sports activities for the Homecoming weekend begin with the traditional freshman-varsity basketball game in Allen Field House tonight at 7 p.m.
Tomorrow on the sports schedule are the Big Eight Conference cross country championship at 10:30 a.m. at Lawrence Country Club and the KU-Kansas State football game at 1:30 p.m. in Memorial Stadium.
By Bill Sheldon
Three Kansas Jayhawker gridders who are on the list compiled by the American Football Coaches Association for All America mention will lead the twice beaten, once tied Crimson and Blue in their Homecoming effort against rebuilding Kansas State tomorrow afternoon.
The trio, quarterback John Hadl, halfback Curtis McClinton and guard Elvin Basham, have all played vital roles as the Jayhawkers continue their bid for the Big Eight title.
This 194-bound guard easily deserves to be mentioned among the top 10 in the nation at that spot.
First, a look at the least publicized of the three-Basham.
HEAD COACH Jack Mitchell has maintained all season that the KU line has consistently out-played and physically beaten the opposing front
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Cross Country Title Run Here
By Steve Clark
The Kansas Jayhawkers will be seeking revenge as they host the Big Eight Conference cross country meet tomorrow morning at the Lawrence Country Club. Starting time is 10:30.
For the first time during Bill Easton's 15 year Kansas coaching career the Jayhawkers will not be defending champions.
LAST YEAR AT STILLWATER, OKLA., Jayhawker Bill Mills
capped the individual championship but KU lost the team title to a stronger and better balanced Oklahoma State crew.
This year both teams go into the meet with undefeated records. What's more, both teams enter the competition with individual performers, KU's Bill Dotson and OSU's Danny Metcalf, who are unbeaten.
Oklahoma, Missouri, and Nebraska are contenders to fight it out for the middle spots while Kansas State and Iowa State should battle to keep out of the cellar.
A darkhorse candidate for the team title is Colorado. The Buffaloes are primarily a sophomore squad but nevertheless, they remain undefeated going into the title race. Two weeks ago Coach Frank Potts' crew won the Colorado AAU championships.
NEBRASKA HAS AN OUT-
standing individual in Ray Stevens
who rounds out the conference's unbeaten runners. In a NU-KSU-Colorado triangular, Stevens copped the individual title while Colorado finished 2-34-6-8-9-10 to win. Stevens' best time is 15.07.
In comparative times Kansas has
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Grid Frosh Play Tonight
Coach Tom Triplett's freshman football team goes into today's season finale with Missouri at Columbia riding high after their successful season's opener. Oct. 26 when they downed Kansas State, 21-6.
Coach Triplett said the team did "pretty well" in the K-S game.
"WE WOULD HAVE LIKED to have played more men," Triplett said, "but several just were not ready because of injuries." Most of the injured, however, have been taken off the disabled list and will be ready for the clash with the Little Tigers.
In their first outing of the season, the Tigers were beaten, 20-12, by Iowa State. Last year, KU downed MU, 34-7.
Triplett said the same starting lineup used in the opening game will probably open for Kansas today. That would be as follows:
MIKE SHINN, TOPEKA, and Larry Ledford, Wichita, ends; Brian (Continued on page 14)
KU Varsity Basketball Has Only Four Lettermen Back Guard Tandem Frosh Prospects To Lead Hawks Ready For Game
This year the Kansas basketball varsity, long one of the most feared teams not only in the Big Eight and the area but in the nation, returns only four lettermen on a squad which lacks an outstanding big man for the first time since before the days of Clyde Lovellette in the early 1950s.
Of the four "K" winners, only backcourt handy-men Jerry Gardner and Nolen Ellison possess sufficient experience to be qualified as players of Big Eight caliber.
The other two lettermen, juniors John Matt and Jim Dumas, are scheduled to start tonight in the preview game against the freshmen.
AFTER THEIR PERFORMANCES last season there is little doubt that Gardner, a 6-0 senior, and Ellison, a 6-0 junior, will be able to handle the job against all comers in the ball-handling, play-making departments.
This tandem must be relied upon to provide the leadership and a scoring nucleus until the others acquire the under fire experience.
Matt, who saw only limited action throughout last season is being called upon by head Coach Dick Harp to handle the pivot duties. The 6-7, 205 pounder from Minneapolis must fill the shoes of such great Jayhawker centers as Bill Bridges, Wayne Hightower, Wilt Chamberlain, B. H. Born, and Lovellette.
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Nolen Ellison
Comparing previous freshman crews with this year's prospects, Coach Owens said, "We think they will measure up to some of the better teams of the past." Owens said many of the yearlings have the potential and skill to become varsity standouts.
Twenty-three freshman basketball prospects are presently working out under the direction of Coach Ted Owens in preparation for tonight's game with the varsity.
THE TALLEST OF THE candidates are Jim Gough, Chanute, standing 6- $ 1 \frac{2}{3} $ , and George Unseld, Louisville, Ky., at 6-7. Seven other prospects are 6-5.
Owens feels the squad has balance. "The backcourt is just as strong as the front court." Owens said.
"The boys are looking forward to the game with the varsity." He said the tilt would break the monotony of practices since the first scheduled intercollegiate game is in February.
OWENS IS IN HIS SECOND year as freshman mentor. Last year the KU quintet post a season's mark of 1-3. In the frush-varsity game, the freshman squad was defeated.
The frosh will play intra-squad games at 6 p.m. this year before each home varsity game.
The freshman candidates are
CENTERS -Mike Shinn\**, To-
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