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59th Year, No. 51 SECTION B
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, Sept. 14, 1961
Good Forecast for Hawkers
LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE—Armand Baughman appears to have reached the end of this short run as Willis Brooks (67) spread-eagles for the
tackle. Others in the action are, from left to right, Mickie Walker (69), Fred Elder (70), Fred Eiseman (75), and Pete Quatrochi (51).
Kansas Chosen as League Favorite
1961 SPORTSWITERS-SPORTSCASTERS POLL
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Kansas | $81^{1/2}$ | $141^{1/2}$ | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $139^{1/2}$ |
| Oklahoma | 11 | 37 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| Missouri | $81^{1/2}$ | 37 | $241^{1/2}$ | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 301 |
| Colorado | 2 | $111^{1/2}$ | 28 | $451^{1/2}$ | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 383 |
| Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 1 | $61^{1/2}$ | 45 | $281^{1/2}$ | 19 | 3 | 583 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | $251^{1/2}$ | $301^{1/2}$ | 35 | 3 | $616^{1/2}$ |
| Okla. State | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 1 | 632 |
| Kansas State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 96 | 814 |
Note: to determine totals, multiply the number of votes under each position times the number of that position.
Voting in the wake of Oklahoma's first tumble in 15 years from championship heights last autumn. Big Eight area sportwriters and sports-casters also scissored the Sooner's lengthy role as pre-season favorites by elevating Kansas to the 1961 throneroom in their 16th annual poll.
The Jayhawkers dominated the forecast with the same stunning emphasis reserved only for Oklahoma in previous seasons. Jack Mitchell's fourth Mount Oread edition cornered 78 per cent of the title votes as a record 104 participants marked ballots.
THIS FIGURE MATCHED Sooner par when they were being swept into the favorite's role for 12 consecutive seasons, 1949-1960. During this span their low percentage of title votes was 73, save last year when they corralled only 56, a light omen of their topple to fifth in the final 1960 standings.
KU's elevation to the top marked the first predicted flag for any team save the Sooners since 1948, when Missouri led the forecast. First, and only other Jayhawker club to win this pre-season derby was the 1947 edition. That eleven made the experts look good by repeating as co-champions with Oklahoma, posting
Oklahoma was voted second . . . i never has been lower . . . for the fourth time in history, following a runner-up string in the first three years of this canvass.
an undefeated regular season before losing to Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
Using the inverse rating system (votes times each position for low score), Kansas shows a $139_{2}$ to 270 margin over the one-time perennial champions. Missouri's 1960 kings were ranked third with a 301-383 bulge over Colorado. Cleavage was deep between the first and second divisions with Iowa State ballooning all the way to 583 points behind Colorado. Nebraska and Oklahoma State were closely bunched behind the Cyclones at $616_{2}$ and 632, leaving Kansas State the forecast cellar-dweller.
THE JAYHAWKERS' HEAVY margin was surprising for three reasons. One was the fact that, for the first time in history, five teams were voted at least one full title share. Secondly, there was wide-spread prediction of the closest race in history, or a re-run of 1960 when three clubs still were shooting for the pen-
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Runners Needed
Kansas track Coach Bill Easton extends an invitation to all new students who have had previous track experience to try out for cross country. Easton may be contacted at his office in Allen Field House or by calling KU Ext. 464.
Gridsters Take Promotion Tour
By Steve Clark
"We think that KU will have a pretty good team this year and we hope that everyone will be able to come up and see us play. After the movie we will pass out ticket order blanks and the pamphlet "KU Football is in Good Hands!"
These were frequently the opening words of KU's football good-will ambassadors Lee Flachsbarth of Atchinson, and Rodger McFarland of Ft. Worth, Texas at any one of their more than a hundred meetings last summer.
FLACHSBARTH AND McFarland spent the summer traveling around the state making personal appearances and promoting good will for the University of Kansas and its athletic program.
In all the pair traveled 17,159 miles or $ \frac{3}{4} $ the circumference of the earth. They appeared before 5,362 persons in 101 Kansas towns.
Flachsbarth traveled the eastern part of Kansas while McFarland toured the western half of the state.
THEIR APPEARANCE WOULD usually consist of a short talk on the KU football team, its personnel and chances for the coming year, followed by the passing out of literature, a movie on the highlights of the 1960 football season, and a question-and-answer session.
What are the people of Kansas expecting of the KU football team
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Opening one week from Saturday night in Fort Worth against Texas Christian, the Kansas Jayhawkers start what could be the greatest season on the gridiron since the pigskin first soared above Mt. Oread.
Touted as one of the top teams in the nation by all but a couple of the traditional pre-season polls, and an almost certain Big Eight champion, KU faces a somewhat easier schedule than last year, but one which provides for no relaxation.
The main threats to the Jayhawkers' forecasted dominance of the Midlands should come from Oklahoma, Missouri and Colorado.
With such stiff competition facing Coach Jack Mitchell and his staff within the conference, there is good reason why the coaches have been none too optimistic during the annual two-a-day drills which precede the opening of classes.
Although Mitchell and staff have admitted to a few bright spots, the emphasis has been on hard work and more hard work.
Thus, preparation for the year has been rigorous and thorough, in anticipation of unexpectedly tough opposition next week under the lights.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN IS NOT expected to be in the thick of the fight for the Southwest Conference flag, and in the words of Coach Abe Martin, "should have a good team in time."
Although the Frogs probably will not be tough until late season, opinion is that any drop in effort by the Jayhawkers might cost them the game. In this series, which dates to 1942, TCU leads the Jayhawkers 12-3 and has been beaten only once in the past eight years by the Crimson and Blue.
THE FROGS WILL BE led by Captain Bobby Plummer, a 235 pound right tackle and Sonny Gibbs, a 6-7. 230 pound quarterback. Both are highly regarded as among the best in the country at their position.
TCU will be counting heavily on many of its 45 first year men. The team's greatest weakness appears to be at center, but the Frogs should be strong at end, guard, quarterback and fullback.
FOLLOWING THE TCU OPENER, the Jayhawkers come home to face what could be a rugged Cowboy squad from Wyoming before starting conference play with bothersome Colorado in Boulder. The middle of the schedule sees KU at home against Iowa State and traveling to Norman to tangle with rebuilding Oklahoma, followed by a home game with Oklahoma State, a trip to Nebraska and Homecoming with Kansas State. Kansas will conclude the season with games at California and at home against Missouri.
By Bill Sheldon
One day Coach Jack Mitchell says he feels the Jayhawkers are right on practice schedule and another the likeable bossman says things are not looking as well as they should with opening opponent Texas Christian only a week and a half away.
Up to this point Mitchell's feelings seem to pretty well summarize the Jayhawkers' practice. The main reason for the apparent inconsistency has been an over abundance of mechanical errors, the type of things which lose ball games in a matter of seconds.
MITCHELL, SAID AFTER last Saturday's 49-0 romp by the first three units over the second three that there had been enough mistakes made to lose three or four games.
All has not been bleak on the Alen Field House practice fields however. The effort displayed individually has been good and it is this overall hustle which has highlighted the two-a-day drills which concluded this week.
Offensively the KU starting unit is still basically untested. Although the first team has looked impressive thus far, a major portion of its work has been done against the fourth and fifth units.
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The most recent addition to the Kansas football coaching staff is hard-working, likeable Bernie Taylor, former coach at Riverside, California, high school.
Taylor, a 1943 graduate of Emporia State who received his master of science degree there in 1947, started his coaching career in his home town of Colby.
Taylor, Former Wichita Coach, Added to Staff
AFTER TWO YEARS at Colby he moved on to Dodge City where he had a highly successful 5 year coaching stint. In 1953 he moved to Wichita North High School. Four years later he became assistant coach at Wichita University. He spent three seasons working under Chalmer Woodard at Wichita.
During his Wichita tour of duty, he coached one year with Don Fambrough, now also an assistant coach at KU.
TAYLOR, 39 AND BALDING, replaces Bobby Goad on the Jayhawk-er staff. His principal duties will be concerned with defensive backfield.
Bernie Taylor