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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 28, 1961
University Daily Kansan SPORTS Jayhawker Frosh ToHaveScrimmage
Forty-six freshman football candidates will see action in their first college scrimage tomorrow at 4:30 p.m.
"The scrimmage will give the coaches a chance to see how everyone plays," commented Coach Tom Triplett.
Tom Triplett
TRIPLETT, IN HIS FIRST year as the yearling grid coach, said practice sessions at present involved work on the fundamentals and getting prospects at the proper positions.
"A player may have played one place in high school, but we're putting them where we think they'll play on the varsity," said Coach Triplett.
THE FRESHMAN ELEVEN meets Kansas State Oct. 26 here and battles Missouri on Nov. 10 in Columbia.
In competition with the two schools last year, the Jayhawkers tied KSU, 0-0, and whipped the Little Tigers, 34-7.
Besides the 46 men now out, narrowed down from 62 who initially reported, there are four players on the injured list.
TRIPLETT'S ASSISTANTS with the freshmen are Roger Hill, stand-out defensive backfield performer on last season's varsity, Bill Crank, starting quarterback for KU three years ago who was also on the squad last year and Don Pfutzenreuter, a guard for KU a few seasons back.
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In Chuck Lamson, whom the Jayhawkers faced as an outstanding defensive halfback at Iowa State three years ago, Wyoming will present a versatile quarterback, particularly dangerous on the rollout pass-run option.
Cowboys Bring Streak Here
Upset by a traditional foe, Texas Christian, at Fort Worth in its opener, Kansas digs in against a new enemy, Wyoming, here Saturday in its 1961 home football opener. Kick-off time is 1:30 p.m. in Memorial Stadium before an expected Band Day throng of 30,000. It will be the first football meeting between the two clubs.
The Skyline co-champions, coached by Bod Devaney, former Michigan State assistant, will bring a four game winning streak into Lawrence. They won their final two games of last season, 10-7, over Texas Tech of the Southwest Conference, and BYU of their own league. They have opened this campaign in the same fashion, bombing Montana, 29-0, and upsetting North Carolina State, 15-14, last Saturday.
offense average and 325 rushing mean.
THE LATTER VICTORY WAS highly significant since the Wolfpack was rated as high as seventh in national pre-season polls. Furthermore, the Cowboys wiped out a 14-0
deficit to achieve this conquest in the second half.
The Cowboys now own a record of 19 wins in their last 22 games, including a 14-6 win over Hardin-Simmons in the 1959 Sun Bowl. The only defeats during this span have been to Air Force, 20-7, in 1959 (this was avenged 15-0 last year); and to Arizona, 21-19, and Utah State, 17-13, last year. Wyoming also lost its last meeting with a Big Eight foe, bowing to Kansas State, 12-7, in the leadoff game of 1957 (they hold an all-time 4-2 edge over the purple).
CO-CAPTAIN LAMSON LEADS the squad with 189 yards rushing on 22 carries and 37 yards on three completions in six attempts for a 226-yard total. Lamson had the best day of his career against N.C. State, rushing for 131 yards, passing for an additional 28, scoring Wyoming's first touchdown and kicking the game winning extra point in the final period.
Devaney's forces have put together this surge with a smothering defense and a versatile attack off a multiple offense. The Pokes return six regulars and 14 lettermen from a club that led the nation in total defense (149.6) and rushing defense (82.4) last year, ranked sixth in total offense (333.3) and fifth in rushing offense (225.3).
Lamson's performance over-shadowed the brilliant passing of State's All America quarterback Roman Gabriel who kept the Wolfpack in the game with his pin-point accuracy. Gabriel added the 23rd touchdown pass of his career and gained 115 yards over Wyoming's hard-charging line.
THRU THEIR FIRST two games, the Pokes are running ahead of last year's attack pace with a 395 total