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University Daily Kansan Friday, October 8, 1954
Injury-Hit Jayhaws To Play at Iowa State
By JACK LINDBERG
Kansan Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawks play their first game away from home to-morrow against Iowa State at Ames in a contest that football people rate as a toss-up to decide who will occupy the cellar of the Big Seven. Game time at Clyde Williams field is 2 p.m. and it will be played before an estimated crowd of 15,000.
Both the Cyclones and Jayhawks have new coaches this season, and both coaches inherited small squads without much depth in material. Vince Di Francesca, the Iowa State mentor, and Chuck Mather, the Hawk coach have well coached teams considering the experience and manpower.
The KU team leaves Lawrence at 6 p.m. today by bus for Kansas City where it will board a plane at 8 p.m. for Ames. The team is scheduled to arrive at Ames at 9:30 p.m. Coach Chuck Mather indicated that only light workouts would be held today.
Iowa State opened its season against South Dakota State and scored an impressive 34-6 victory. In the second outing against Northwestern the Cyclones played the Wildcats on even terms for three quarters before going down 27-14.
Iowa State opened its Big Seven season Saturday against Nebraska, and as against Northwestern, played three good. quarters. against. the Cornhuskers. The score after three periods was 14 all. In the final quarter the Huskers exploded for 23 points to send the Cyclones down to a 39-14 defeat.
The Javahawks face another fast-moving runner in Max Burkett, 203-pound Cyclone fullback. Burkett, good enough to earn all-Big Seven selection last season on a last place team, currently is running 11th among the nation's major college ground gainers and fourth in the Big Seven, with 233 yards in 29 carries for an average of 8.04 yards per try. Last season Burkett averaged 3.14 yards on 109 carries.
The Iowa State team has 15 lettermen returning to action this season, and nine starters on this year's team are letter winners. Junior quarterback Gary Lutz and senior tackle Jim McCaulley have failed to letter. The Cyclones do not rely on sophomores as much as Kansas, with only 15 sophs on the squad.
KU goes into its fourth game weaker than at any other time this season. Dick Reich, Bob Conn, and Rex Sullivan will not play, according to Coach Mather. Reich might be used, however, as a placement and field goal kicker.
Mather's supply of left tackles is also at a low ebb Gene Vignatelli. John Drake, and Mike Rogers all work for court, but they will all see limited action.
Other men on the Jayhawk squad that are suffering from injuries are right back John Handley, tackle Ibrahim, and guard George Remsbury.
Mather is expected to start with John Anderson and Don Martin at the ends with Bill Bell and Don Bracelin in reserve. At tackles will be Vignatelli and Dick Knowles, with Drake and Gene Blasi seeing action. The guard spots will be handled by Dud Budrich and Bob Hubbard, with Don Pfutzenreuter and Dick Todd substituting.
Frank Black will start at center, with Norman Redd and Brock Snyder in reserve.
The quarterbacking will be handled by Bey Buller and John McFarland. At left halfback will be Ralph Moody and Dwight Dinsmore. Dick Blowley and Handley will play at right half, and Bud Laughlin and Ted Rohde at full.
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Probable Lineups
Iowa State
LE: Wostouplai, 185
LT: Brown, 215
LG: McDermott, 222
C: May, 180
RG: Thalacker, 183
RT: CaMcauley, 208
RL: Alleman, 200
QB: Finley, 191
LH: Lutz, 151
RH: Alexander, 177
FB: Burkett, 203
Kansas
Kansas
Martin, 199
Vignateil, 217
Hubbard, 215
Black, 216
Budrich, 206
Knowles, 207
Anderson, 217
Buller, 168
Moody, 192
Blowey, 178
Laughlin, 207
A 41-man Jayhawk freshman grid squad travels to Manhattan this afternoon to tangle with a strong K-State eleven in the first of two scheduled contests for the KU frosh this season.
KU Freshmen To Play Cats
Coaches Dick Shine, Red Morrow, Al Gebert, Frank Sabatini and Ralph Sabach will guide the team from the sidelines and open against the Wildcats with an all-Ohio backfield.
The number one unit will be under the direction of Dave Preston, 6 foot 1 inch, 185-pound quarterback from Warren, Ohio. At the halfback slots Coach Mather is sending two of his former Washington high boys, John Taylor and John Francisco. Bill Horn, 190-pound fullback from Mentor, Ohio will round out the backfield.
Leading the backfield at the line positions will be: Jim Allison, 195, Raytown, Mo., and Jim Letcavits, 175, Massillon, Ohio, at the ends; tackles Ted Stahura, 200, Gary Ind, and Bert Stueve, 195, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Joe Eaglowski, 180, Massillon, Ohio, and Jim Wells, 195, Ellinwood, at the guards; and converted tackle John Wertzberger, 215, from Lawrence, at center.
Cyclone Formations Practiced by Hawks
The Kansas football squad had light scrummage yesterday against Iowa State offensive and defensive formations. Coach Chuck Mather indicated that another light practice session would be held this afternoon, but without body contact.
Another injury to the KU team was reported yesterday. John Gibson, third string left guard, suffered a pulled ligament in his left knee earlier in the week, and he will miss at least three weeks of
By JACK LINDBERG
Kansan Sports Editor
Gen. Mark Clark wrote a book about World War II titled "Calculated Risk" in which he said an army must sacrifice so many men and so much equipment to gain a certain goal. A risk had to be taken.
Scientists, in their experiments provide for a margin of error in their work.
Sports writers, in order to impress their readers must hit 100 per cent on their football predictions in order to please their customers. One little miss and the readers think the writer doesn't know his business.
Two weeks ago the Daily Kansan had a percentage of .818 and honestly thought picking winners was easy. Last week the percentage dropped to .619 (13 out of 21 and the tie was thrown out), and reality was finally faced—we are not football experts all the time—only when the coin falls right.
Now for another selection of winners and losers.
After watching KU practice most of the week and talking to the coaches every day the choice in the KU-Iowa State game is Iowa State by six points. The Jayhawks have more injuries than Watkins hospital can handle. If the opponents don't get the KU players, opposing squadmen do in practice. Iowa State doesn't practice quite this hard, and should be in good shape.
Nebraska over Kansas State: The outija board said "N." Not knowing how to read the outija board, it isn't known whether "N" meant, no, don't pick this game, or "N" meaning Nebraska. Believing in the latter, Nebraska is the choice.
Oklahoma over Texas: Oklahoma will do its best to keep the Big Seven in the national picture. If the Sooners lose, the prestige of the conference is lost. Let's all pull for the Okies this weekend, and hope they don't show up in Lawrence the following weekend.
Missouri over SMU: There is no particular reason for this selection. The Tigers looked good in defeating K-State last week, and the Mustangs looked good in losing to Georgia Tech. Last year Tech defeated SMU 5-4, and this season the score was 10-7. The point spread on these teams has increased by one point, so SMU might be weaker this season.
Colorado over Arizona. Colorado has too many backs for Arizona. John Bayuk is too big to be a man and too small to be a horse, and those Wildcats will never stop him. And the supposedly green Colorado line isn't quite as green as everyone thought.
Other games in the national picture: Wisconsin over Rice, Ohio State over Illinois, Iowa over Michigan, Notre Dame over Pittsburgh, Oklahoma A&M over Wichita, Baylor over Arkansas, Purdue over Duke, Minnesota over northwestern, Stanford over Navy, Michigan State over Indiana, Auburn over Kentucky, Penn State over Virginia, North Carolina over Georgia, Georgia Tech over LSU, USC over TCU, UCLA over Washington, Army over Dartmouth, and Maryland over Wake Forest.
It sure would be nice if the Detroit Lions were playing Slippery Rock state because that old feeling of another low percentage week is coming.
The International club soccer team will practice at 4 p.m. today on the varsity baseball diamond. All persons interested in participating are asked to attend.
Soccer Team to Practice
Ted Rohde averaged 52.2 yards on five punts against Colorado, establishing a new Kansas record. The old record of 44.9 was set by Rohde against TCU earlier this season.
practice. Gibson's knee is now in a cast. George Remsburg, a second team guard, worked out lightly yesterday, because of a groin injury, but he is expected to play at Ames.
IM Schedule
Fraternity "A"
Fraternity "A"
Field 2 Sigma Nu vs. AKL
Field 3 Phi Delts vs. Triangle
Field 4 Lambda Chi vih. Acacia
Fraternity "B"
Field 4 Lambda Chi vs. Acadela
Field 6 Phi Kappa Psi vs. Beta
Jolliffe, 69ers Beam, Win in IM
Six eight-man intramural teams played yesterday in three independent touch football "A" games. Two teams were shut out, and the third lost in overtime.
Jolline 7, Battenfeld
Jolllie hall squeezed by Battenfeld hall in an overtime by one point after the two teams were tied at the end of the regulation period. Battenfield scored on the third play of the game when Jack Jones passed to Bob Smith for their TD. Jolllie's touchdown came when Ivo Feverborn passed to Dennis Blossom to tie the score. Jolllie outgained the Battenfeld crew by fifteen yards to take the contest in the overtime period.
Jolliffe 7. Battenfeld 6
Jim Beam 21, U.V.O. 0 Jim Beam outplayed the University Veterans organization by twenty-one points while their opponents were left scoreless. The Jim Beam squad scored three touchdowns, one conversion, and a safety for the victory.
69ers 6, Don Henry 0
In a closely contested game the 69ers defeated the Don Henry coop. After scoring early in the game the defense of the 69ers held Don Henry scoreless but found themselves unable to score another tally.
Kohde Tops Nation's Punters
Bobby Reynolds, Nebraska scored 23 points against Oklahoma in 1950.
Ted Rohde, KU's end, halfback,
and fullback, is the nation's leading
punter with an average of 46.9
yards on 15 kicks. The 25-year-old
sophomore from Emerson, Neb,
is leading George Walker, Arkansas,
by .9 of a yard.
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