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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 5, 1954.
Many Familiar Names In KU Coaching List
Page 5
By JACK HAWKINSON
Fielding Yost? "Potsy" Clark? George Sauer? Familiar name in the world of football? Probably not to casual followers of the gridiron sport, but to many football fans these names represent some of the finest coaches ever to direct a college team.
All three of these men coached Kansas football teams during their careers and are representative of the many fine coaches that the University has had since the sport was initiated here in 1890.
Probably the most confusing issue in the coaching annals at Kansas concerns the coach or coaches of the 1890 team. Although that first team played only three games, three coaches have been mentioned as being the head coach. A Prof. Carruth of the German department, Dr. E. M. Hopkins of the English department and Will Coleman have been listed as head coach at one time or another. The present records list Coleman as the coach, but it is a situation for speculation and disagreement.
From that first season until 1994 the head coaching job changed hands many times. Fielding "Hurry Up" Post, perhaps Kansas' most famous coach appeared on the scene in 1899 for one year. He led the Jayhawks to their first unbeaten, untied season. Later, at the University of Michigan, he became known as the "great winner" of early college football.
From 1911 until 1921 seven coaches entered and departed from the football scene. In 1920 Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, head basketball coach, took over the football coaching job and guided the team to a national championship, a great 20-20 tie with a University of Nebraska powerhouse.
In 1904 A. R. Kennedy took over the coaching seasons. For the next seven seasons Kennedy compiled a great record of 53 wins, 9 losses, and 4 ties at a time when Kansas was playing some of the finest teams in the nation.
George "Potys" Clark was named head coach in 1921. He remained for five seasons. Later he was to gain fame as head coach and athletic director at University of Nebraska. Franklin Cappon, who was later to become a football and basketball coach at Princeton, handled the Jayhawk fortunes during the 1926 and 1927 seasons.
From 1939' until George Sauer appeared in 1946 Kansas football teams were in the doldrums. Thin manpower due to the war greatly hampered coaches Gwinn Henry and Henry Shenk during those years.
Moving from the University of Oklahoma after five years as head coach, Ad Lindsey, a former star footballer at Kansas, took over as head coach in October of 1932. He coached the team until 1939.
In 1946 George Sauer coached the first of Kansas' postwar powerhouses. Gaining Big Six co-championships in 1946 and 1947, Sauer guided the Jayhawks to the Orange Bowl on January 1, 1948 where the Jays outplayed Georgia Tech, although bowing 20-14.
J. V. Sikes took over in 1948 and produced winning seasons until last year when a rugged schedule and thin material caught up with him. Now Chuck Mather is on the scene and in spite of a winless season thus far, who can tell if he will not become one of the greatest coaches Kansas has yet had? The University certainly can be proud of its tradit'on of outstanding football coaches.
Nebraska Symbol—Nebraska's counterpart to KU's Jayhawker is the Cornhusker. KU's hope is that the Jayhawker will be able to swallow the Cornhusker.
Huskers Seem Likely Team In Orange Bowl
By STEVE THORPE
The Big Seven entry in the Orange Bowl will be the bridesmaid of the conference this year, with the conference ruling that no Big Seven team may go to Miami two years in a row.
Oklahoma, as sure as death and taxes, apparently has the title sewed up again for the ninth straight time. The Sooners' perennial wealth of talent already has garnered three conference victories and nothing, in the foreseeable future, is likely to halt their record of 44 consecutive conference wins without a loss.
With such all-American candidates as Kurt Burris, Max Boydston, Buddy Leake, and other stars high on the sportswriters' rankings, the devastating grid machine from Norman passed its major conference threat last week, coming from behind in one of their familiar whirlwind finishes to defeat Colorado 13-6.
The role of the bridesmaid, at this time, is a toss-up. The remaining schedule favors Nebraska's Cornhuskers. The Cornhuskers, rebounding from a poor overall record of 3-6-1 last year, now stand with a conference record of 3-1. With Kansas and Oklahoma remaining on NU's schedule the Cornhuskers' will, more than likely, end the season with a 4-2 record.
Nebraska could end the season in a second place tie with either Colorado, K-State, or Missouri. In case it is Colorado or Missouri, Nebraska would get the nod because of the league ruling that in case of a tie the team that won over the other will go to Miami.
However, if K-State should defeat Colorado and Iowa State, it would get the bid by virtue of its 17-3 win over the Cornhuskers at Manhattan three weeks ago. Anyway you look at it, it's quite a mixup and any of the three conceivably could make the trip to the land of orange blossoms.
Missouri, 2-1, Colorado, 2-2, and K-State, 2-2, are the other teams still in contention. Either Missouri or Colorado will drop from the contender's role this week end with their contest at Columbia. K-State has Colorado and Iowa State remaining on its schedule.
Roundting out the league and definitely out of contention are Iowa State, 1-3, and Kansas, 0-4. Iowa State having an average season is resting at sixth place in the conference. Kansas, with the poorest season in the history of the school, is struggling along in last place with a record of no wins against 4 losses.
The conference standings:
| | W | L | T | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | .750 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
| Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0.667 |
| Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
| Iowa State | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Kansas | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
Basketball Squad Has 1.33 Average
Kansas' 1954 basketball squads posted an overall grade average of 1.33, or C-plus for the 1953-54 school year.
The varsity hit 4.1 and freshmen 1.5. Varsity scholarship hands logged 1.0, freshmen scholarship men 1.7, thus writing a 1.4 for all players in scholarships.
—Kansan photo by Larry Tretbar
Nice Bowling Form—Bowling, just as touch football, basketball, tennis, golf, and swimming, is an important part in the University's intramural program. KU has 46 teams entered in several intramural leagues. Pictured is Elsie Lou Cochreham, college sophomore, displaying perfect bowling form for William Morris, engineering freshman (rear right) and Mr. Bascom C. Fearing, manager of the Student Union recreation room.
Mather Still High on 155-Pound Guard
Coach Chuch Mather isn't picking any soft spots for his 155-pound guard, Don "The Knot" Pfutzenreuter this season. The compact sophomore draws his fifth starting assignment Saturday against Nebraska.
The mighty molecule's previous starting calls were against Oklahoma, UCLA, SMU and Kansas State.
Pfutzenreuter was a halfback last season as a freshman, but did not see action because of chronic injuries. Switched to guard for the first time in his career during spring practice, it was believed he'd be used strictly for relief.
"The Knot" never has followed the script. He has logged considerable playing time in all seven KU games to date even when he didn't start. "Pound for pound, he's the best football player we have." Mather savs.
But this blond fireplug is aggressive, agile, and intelligent. Best of all he plays hard every down, always a lauded virtue on a football field.
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