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New Formations Important As Hawkers Post Easy Win
There was something old and something new for the Kansas Jayhawkers Saturday as they rolled to their most impressive win of the season and the second highest scoring total in the Jack Mitchell regime in blasting Oklahoma State from Memorial Stadium, 42-8.
The new was an offensive formation devised by Coach Mitchell which provides for a much more varied and quick-hitting attack. Although the Hawkers had introduced this "flanker offense" at Norman last week, Saturday's win was the initial use of it as the basic offense.
FROM THE NEW FORMATION,
which featured more passing with
greater success on new and different
patterns, and the draw, KU ran with
ease through the much bigger O-
State defense for 253 yards rushing
and 102 passing and two touchdowns
in each of the final three periods.
Also new was the Jayhawker defense. The Crimson and Blue shuffled from a 6-1-4 to a 4-3-4 throughout most of the game and harnessed an active Cowboy aerial game effectively.
In the first half the visitors got only 28 yards passing, completing a mere four of 12 attempts. In the second half, mostly against the Kansas third and fourth units, they were able to throw 23 times and complete nine for 74 yards—mostly in a desperation attempt to catch the Hawkers.
AGAIN AMONG THE NEW, was the thrilling 53-yard scamper by sophomore Tony Leiker as he cracked right tackle on a double reverse in the final minute of play to raise the Kansas point total under Coach Mitchell to one point less than amassed against Kansas State last year.
And the old was the familiar outstanding performances of John Hadl. Curtis McClinton, Roger McFarland and the entire offense and defensive lines.
Hadi, rejuvenated from an early season slump with the aid of contact lenses, passed successfully on seven of 15 tries for 102 yards, rushed 10 times for 45 yards, scored one touchdown, threw for two others and an extra point, and intercepted a pass plus handling the punt returning duties, punting five times for 40.5 average, including boots of 61 and 74 yards.
McCLINTON CONTINUED to spark the KU passing attack with well-timed catches and devastating running as he snared two Hadl flips for 41 yards, both helping to set up the first two Kansas scores. He rushed only three times, but once for the fifth KU touchdown.
On McClinton's score, it looked like the McClinton who rambled through all comers last season as he streaked six yards behind the line of scrimmage before bolting around left end, weaving in and out for the score with only one defender touching him.
For McFarland it was a day of opportunism. The spirited Texas junior was in the right place at the right time to gather in two passes, one coming for a score in the third quarter as a Hadi toss spun through the finger-tips of end Pack St. Clair and into the awaiting arms of McFarland, standing in the end zone.
McFARLAND SCORED AGAIN with :23 remaining in the second quarter as he caught another Hadl pass, thrown as the KU quarterback was falling under the weight of two tacklers. McFarland, who also was a
big factor in the toughened KU pass defense, tipped the pass into the air, swayed off balance, recovered and clutched the oval as he dove for the second Hawker tally.
In the line, KU seemed far superior, and as Mitchell said after the win:
"Our line has probably whipped everybody we have played this season."
THE KU FORWARDS, including the third teamers, struck quickly and viciously on offense to provide ample holes for the Hawker backs.
Sophomore fullback Ken Coleman frequently had huge gaps in the O-State line to run through as he
charged up the middle all afternoon to lead all rushers with 78 yards on 14 carries, using the draw for substantial vardage.
Also, the Kansas pass protection was outstanding. Hadl got caught only once and frequently had enough time to choose from one of several receivers before the O-State lineman could come close. On one occasion, Hadl had six full seconds to throw.
O-State got only 58 yards in the first half and a mere six in the third quarter. It was not until the Pokes met the KU third unit in the final 17 minutes that they were able to move the ball with any effectiveness.
KU Should Be Wary of MU
"Watch out for the Missouri line," was the advice given by several Oklahoma State players to the Kansas Jayhawkers after Jack Mitchell's crew defeated them Saturday.
Comparing the "Big Three" of the Big Eight—Missouri, Colorado and Kansas—the Oklahoma Staters said that Colorado and Kansas played somewhat the same style of ball and rated the two clubs equal in their showing against OSU.
THE CONSENSUS WAS that Kansas and Colorado were all back-field with this especially applying to the Jayhawker club. Conversely Missouri did not have the "horses" in the backfield but utilized a fast, hard charging line to make itself "double tough."
"When you meet Missouri you are really in for a good battle," said Cowboy fullback Bill McFarland, who averaged four and one-half yards per carry. "Kansas has a real fine backfield. They're a good ball club."
"A REAL FINE BALL CLUB," said center Roy Peck. "The line play was real tough but not as tough as
Missouri's. The Missouri line is a lot cuicker."
"The difference in Kansas and other ball clubs we've played this season is the backfield," said tackle John Gardner, "that's Kansas' strong point. They're really tough back there."
"I think Kansas had several lucky breaks," said end George Walstead. "The KU backfield was very strong." Walstead also cited the hard blocking of Curtis McClinton upon the defensive end.
AFTER GOING IN MOTION McClinton would double back to throw what appeared to be the OSU ends a block that "came out of mid-air." "It was a tough day for defensive ends," said Walstead.
"John Hadl was the difference out there," said Cowboy Head Coach Cliff Speagle. "I think everyone in the stands could see that. That boy did everything but sweep the stadium."
The OSU coach declined comment upon the comparison of Missouri and Colorado to Kansas. "The teams play different kinds of ball," said the OSU mentor.
Official Bulletin
TODAY
KuKu Pep Club: 6:30 p.m., Oread Room, Kansas Union.
New Foreign Students: Seminar on Life in the U.S. 4 p.m., Forum Room, excuse from classes to attend, but please be in attendance if not in class.
Kansas Society, Archaeological Institute in Room 6534 of the Rockland Room. Kansas Union Speaker, Prof. Charles R. McGimsey U. of Arkansas: "Recent Developments in Arkansas Archaeology"
Quill Club: 8 p.m. Kansas Union, check bulletin board for room. Manuscripts will be read and discussed.
Stephenson Wins
All the play in intramural footfall last Friday was in the independent A and B divisions.
Stephenson downed Battenfeld, 13-0. ASCE nipped Jolliffe, 14-13, and Foster dropped Oread, 9-7, in A action.
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Neurotic persons work best amid noise, according to University of Oklahoma psychologists.
In B play, Phi Beta Pi won by forfeit over JRP No. 2 and both the Bees and Carruth-O'Leary forfeited.
A recent study of noise shows that people with personality complexes work better in a din, probably, the researchers reported in the Catholic Digest, because noise distracts neurotics from their own unresolved emotional conflicts.
Noise Helps Neurotics
Monday, October 30, 1961 University Daily Kansam
Modern Book Review Forum: 4 p.m.
Music Room, Kansas Union. Stewart Levine reviewing "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller.
Epicapish Hoty Communion and Breakfast: 7 a.m. Canterbury House.
Episcopal Evening Prayer. 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
El Atenco e la reunirse a las cuatro de la tarde el miércoles, el primero de noviembre en la sala once de Fraser Hall. El programa será un discursos por Florentino Colmari Martí de Cid sobre la literatura precolombiana. Refrescos. Todos invitados.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
University Women's Club. 7:30 p.m.
Watkins Room, Kansas Union.
Dotson Leads KU to 17-43 Victory
The Kansas cross country squad, in their final tune-up meet before the Big Eight championships here Nov. 11, handily defeated a Oklahoma Sooner squad 17-43, Friday at Norman.
Kansas' ace Bill Dotson continued his string of first places by crossing the finishline first in 14:54.5. Dotson has yet to be beaten this year.
Charlie Hayward, who has yet to place anything but second, came through again finishing two and one-half seconds behind Dotson.
Dotson and Hayward were far in front of the rest of the pack. Third place Dan Ralston was 15 seconds back of Hayward.
Kansan Classifieds Get Results
Lee Smith was the only Oklahoma runner to break the top five. Smith, who had placed second the week before in a Fort Hays-Wichita-OU triangular, finished 15 seconds behind Ralston.
Fifth-place Bill Thornton finished on Smith's heels but could not finish ahead of the Sooner ace. His time was two and one-half seconds slower than Smith's.
The win gave the Jayhawkers a 5-0 season record and was their 38th consecutive dual victory over a league opponent.
Doing easily what others find dif-
ficult is talent; doing what is im-
possible for talent is genius.—Henri-
ri-Frederic Amiel
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