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University Daily Kansan
Monday. Sept. 14. 1953
Watch Out for Bixler
JAYHAWK'S LARGEST MAN-Bud Bixler, 232-pound prospect, strengthens KU's football hopes for the season. Bixler started seven games last year, playing defensive guard and tackle. He also saw limited action at offensive tackle as well. He is expected to fill one of the tackle positions this year.
The Jayhawkers worst Big Seven basketball campaigns came during the 1947-48 and 1948-49 seasons. The Jays finished 4-8 and 3-9 to tie Colorado and Iowa State for the cellar spot.
The 1949 Big Seven baseball season was the tightest in the conference's history. KU took the flag with a modest 11-7 record. Missouri finished last with 7-10 for a 412 percentage figure.
Development of Backfield Corps May Decide Football Fortunes
The fortunes of the Jayhawker football team this year seem to be resting squarely on the backs of the backfield men as evidenced by the fact that there are but three returning lettermen backs and one other lettered man, John Anderson, who won his monogram last year as a center.
The trio of returnees—halfbacks Frank Cindrich and Don Dess, and fullback Frank Sabatini—accounted for only 23 per cent of the total ground gained by KU in 1952—440 yards. Also none of the three has ever tossed a pass in varsity competition.
Sabatini, a 2-year senior letterman from Chicago, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs 186 pounds, has gained more yards than he has carried 72 times and amassed 271 net yards, to rank behind only Charlie Hoag and Bob Brandeberry.
Pressing "Sabu" for the starting berth at fullback are Anderson, 6-2, 200-pound bruiser, and sophomore Bob Allison, 6-3, 196-pounder. Anderson is of Grand Island, Neb., and Allison is a Kansas City, Mo., product.
At the right half spot, 2-year letter winner Frank Cindrich, 6 foot, 170-pounder from Kansas City, is the only returne. As a junior last year he accounted for 169 net yards rushing and scored his lone touchdown in the Santa Clara game.
Closely challenging Cindrich is sophomore Ralph Moody, 6-2, 188-pound sprinter from Minneola who placed fourth last spring in the Big Seven freshman telegraphic track meet. Right behind Moody is Larry Carrier, sophomore from St. John. Carrier stands 6-1 and weighs 190 pounds.
At the opposite halfback position, junior Don Hess, also a trackman, seems to have the inside track at the present time. Hess saw only enough action to gain his letter in 1962, but showed considerable improvement in last spring's practices. Hess, who copped second place in the 100-yard dash in the Big Seven meet at Ames, Iowa, last year, hails from Pretty Prairie, and measures 6 feet, and 180 pounds.
High in the picture here is Bob Comm, 165-pound Wichitan, and Bob Forsyth, 6-1, 181-pounder from Medicine Lodge. Both are sophomores.
The real enigma is at quarterback, where not one candidate has played so much as one second of varsity ball here. Four senior signal-callers were lost by graduation and the other Chet Strehlow, entered medical school.
This leaves the job open to four contending sophomores, all numeral winners on last year's fresh squad. John McFarland, a 6-4, 183-pound native of Osborne, seemed to have the edge at the close of spring drills last May, and has been doing a good job in the early drills this fall.
Al Jaso, Fairless Hills, Pa., leads the other aspirants—Fuzzy Martin, Overbrook; Paul Smith, Paola, and Bev Buller, Lyons. Jaso is 6-1, and weighs 185 pounds; Martin is 6-1, 175; Smith, 6-2, 185, and Buller, a cousin of Ken Buller, a letterman on last year's cage squad, is 6-1, and weighs in at 161.
Museum Gets 62 Reptiles
A valuable collection of reptiles taken in Thailand by Robert E. Elbel was received late in August by the Museum of Natural History.
Mr. Elbel, son of Dr. E. R. Elbel, professor of physical education, is an entomologist working on plague control research in Thailand. An employ of the U.S. Public Health service, he is on loan to the State department's "Point 4" program.
The 62 specimens—mostly snakes and lizards—were in excellent condition, Dr. Edward H. Taylor, professor of zoology, said.
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