Page 6 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Oct. 27, 1955 Alertness And Consistency Mark John Drake's Play A 209-pound transplanted fullback holds down the left tackle spot on offense and the right tackle slot on defense on one of Coach Chuck Mather's teams under the new two-platoon system. The lad in question is big. blond.- Consistent Player The lad in question is big, blond-haired John Drake, who shares a tackle assignment with running-mate Frank Gibson. Drake, who was backluck for four years in high school, was switched to tackle the first day of practice in 1953 and he's been there ever since. Drake is described by tackle Coach Lauri Wartiainen as a lad who plays fairly consistently all the time and then comes up every now and then with a key tackle." He's an alert ball player," Wartiainen said. John's alertness is well demonstrated by the fact that he has recovered two fumbles this year, one against Washington State and one against Iowa State. The outlook for the rest of the year should be better, according to John, and this view is shared by most of his teammates. "I think well beat Nebraska unless some more guys get hurt," John said, and I think we have a good chance of winning all of the last four games." Spirit Still Good The spirit of the team is still good, John said, and if anything, is "on the upswing." He thinks that this is due to the fact, that with the possible exception of the Iowa State game, the ball club has played as well as could be expected in every game. The Colorado game is tabbed by Drake as being the best team effort of the year. In that game the Jaya-hawkers outplayed the Buffaloes for three and one half quarters before going down 12 to 0. Lack of depth has hurt the Jaybawkers more than anything in Drake's opinion. This fact has been proven by the fourth quarter fading of the team against superior opponents who have managed to wear the club down. SMU Had Good Line John names Sam Salater of Colorado and Norm Hamilton of Texas Christian as the two best linemen he has opposed. He also thinks Southern Methodist had the best defensive line he has faced this year. Coach Wartainen said John had been hampered somewhat by injuries this year but has come a long way considering he played fullback JOHN DRAKE in high school. "If he keeps developing," Wartiainen said, "he'll be a fine college ball player before he's through." Wartiainen says that right now John is a better defensive player than on offense and John himself professes to like defense better. John played high school football at Attica, the same home town of hurdler Bill Biberstein. While in high school he lettered four years in football, playing end and full-back, and four years in basketball. He also lettered two years in track A personnel administration major, John is married and a member of the Army ROTC. After serving a two year hitch in the Army, John plans to go to work as a personnel administrator, the guy "who hires and fires them" as he put it. Harp Calls For Basketballers Dick Harp, freshman basketball coach, has issued a call for all freshman men interested in trying out for freshman basketball. Candidates are asked to report to Allen Field House at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. The Yale-Columbia rivalry marks the oldest in the history of the Ivy League. They first met in 1872 when the Elis conquered the Lions, 3-0. JUST ARRIVED! NEW SHIPMENT OF GAS ALL COLORS AND SIZES Be the first in your crowd to have some . . . fits all cars, regardless of model. You'll be the most popular person on all of those Fall weekend trips . . . if you have GAS! "I'd walk a mile for some GAS!" PERSONALIZED LEONARD SERVICE STANDARD 'The Rock' Still Sparks Notre Dame Football 706 W9 VI 3-9830 But Notre Dame will be seeking this one for a man whose memory still provides the spark of victory on the campus under the golden dome. By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Snorts Writer Navy plays Notre Dame Saturday and the Midshipmen must beat a phantom as well as a first class foe, Sure, Navy is unbeaten. And Notre Dame isn't. ◀ This will be the Knute K. Rockne memorial game. To the fighting Irish that puts a mere football game in a special class because the "Rock," dead these 25 years, still is the breathing spirit of Notre Dame. TONIGHT at 10:30 p.m. the CHUCK MATHER SHOW WIBW-TV on Channel 13 Rockne, Notre Dame Legend Mention his name to Notre Dame men in general and it kindles a zealous, devoted spark in their eyes. Mention it to Notre Dame athletes and usually they accomplish the impossible. Terry Brennan, the youthful coach who fills the shoes that Rockne once wore, shouldn't have to say a word to his boys Saturday. It was against Navy that Rockne's last team, his unbeaten mythical national champion of 1930, dedicated the Notre Dame stadium 25 years ago. Sitting up there in the stands watching them will be Rockne's widow; Jesse Harper, the "Rock' s conch; and such of Rockne's "boys" as Hunk Anderson, Elmer Layden of the famed "Four Horsemen," Frank Leahy and Ed McKeever. And since that March day in 1931 when a plane crashed in a Kansas cornfield, Knute Rockne has been the legendary pattern for inspired performance at Notre Dame. It is not sacrilege to say that football is almost a religion at Notre Dame. "Knute," the bald, stocky man with the bashed-in nose, made it that way. As a player he gave the then-tiny university its first big win against Army. As a coach, he led it to national prominence. Try Kansan Want Ads. Get Results. 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