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Guard Should Be Tough
Even with Benny Boydston, a two year starter, moved to end, Kansas guard play should remain at top level during 1961.
Elvin Basham, the 190-pound All-Big Eight terror, heads a cast of three lettermen. His starting stablemate likely will be Jim Mills, two-year second-liner who is highly rated. Junior Duke Collins is the third monogram winner.
THIS THREESOME is backed by three holdover squadmen and three promising sophomores. Most impressive of this lot is Marv Clothier, 6-3 207-pound junior, who missed lettering with the third unit last year. Quick and powerful he was one of the squad's most improved performers in spring practice, and is expected to press Mills for the regular right guard assignment.
MICKIE WALKER, scholastically ineligible last year, and Ken Tiger, a late reporteer from Miami, Okla., junior college, complete the holdover corps. Rookies who'll battle this twosome for playing time include John Garber, a starter with last year's freshmen; Dick Steinbock, and Bruce DeBev.
Garber is a good all-round prospect, with a kicking toe that could fill the kickoff void left by Roger Hill's departure and the extra-point and field goal duty performed so well by John Suder over the past two seasons.
TIGER, A FIREPLUG of 5-9 and 185, is a good defensive prospect, quick, tough and durable playing over center. Offensive improvement would move him solidly into the corps marked for immediate action.
This foursome likely will be the equal of any two-deep set of guards in the league. Basham and Mills typify the type of line play which has become a trademark of Jack Mitchell's regime. But both are quick, mobile, hard-to-block defenders and fleet, knifing blockers on offense.
Sophomore Willis Brooks, who played well enough in the spring to move as high as third string, will be returned to the backfield. He was recruited as a fullback out of Hutchinson, but will be fitted at right half.
Clothier's companion on the third unit last year, Kent Converse, was switched to center in spring drills and will remain at that post.
Effort Keynotes Cyclone Drills
"The 1961 Iowa State team is good enough that in 10 of the last 15 years it could have been the conference champion. Yet, so strong has the Big Eight become, that we will be rated to scramble with Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Nebraska to see who can break into the upper division with an upset," said Cyclone coach Clay Stapleton.
"OUR 1961 TEAM SHOWED the coaching staff the greatest desire to improve this past spring of any team with which I have ever been associated," Stapleton added. "Every man seemed convinced in his own mind that he could make the starting eleven and as a result we had the most spirited 20 days of work in the spring any coach could ask for."
"Another result, of course, was the hard work our athletes put into the drills, bringing about a great deal of improvement."
CYCLONE COACH STAPLETON is optimistic; nevertheless he must cope with building chores. Gone are 11 lettermen, including nine who lettered for three years, seven of whom were regulars for those three years.
Returning are just three regulars from the 1960 starting team and a total of 16 lettermen. There was a fair freshman crop last fall and 22 sophomores will probably be on the squad. Juniors number 15 with the seniors checking in for 11.
OPTIMISTICALLY, THE THREE returning regulars are tailback Dave Hopman and guards Dan Celoni and Dick Sesniak.
Iowa State, 7-3 last year, opens its season at Drake on Sept. 16th. The Cyclones meet the Jayhawkers at Lawrence on Oct. 14th, KU's Band Day.
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Hadi Can Move From Eighth to Sixth
By matching his Junior passing figure of 566 yards, Kansas' All America Quarterback, John Hadl, can become the sixth Jayhawker aerial artist to break past 1000 career yards during the upcoming season. Hadl now stands 8th in the all-time tables at 616. He can reach 1182 by duplicating last year's figure. KU's
One-Grand passing club lines up this way. Ray Evans, 2368; Dick Gliman, 1857; Jerry Robertson, 1793; Wally Strauch, 1414; Ralph Miller, 1122.
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