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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 14, 195
33 Grads Signed to Play In Varsity-Alumni Game
The alumni roster for the varsity-alumni football game at 3 p.m. Saturday rose to 33 today with the addition of 18 more former students who announced their intention to play.
Otto Schnellbacher, football and basketball all-American at KU, heads the list of new entries. He is now in business in Topeka and a candidate for alumni president of the university.
Two pairs of brothers—Bryan and Ken Sperry and Arch and Duane Unrush—have also said they will play. The Sperrys, although small in size, made up for this shortcoming with tremendous hustle and drive. They were members of the 1947 Orange Bowl team. The Unruhs
Joplin, St. Joseph Split Twin Bill
The Joplin Miners gained an even split with league-leading St. Joseph in a doubleheader at Joplin that marked the only activity in the Western Association baseball race last night.
Joplin won the opener, but dropped the nightcap. The Saints managed to triumph although they got only two hits off two Joplin pitchers—starter Bob Dawkins, a lefthander, and reliefer Ed Desimon. Three Joplin errors aided the paceetters.
Don Gibbs tossed a four-hitter for Joplin the opener. Rogers Fister was tagged with the defeat.
Rain and cold weather forced postponement of the Hutchinson-muskogee and Fort Smith-Topeka contests. Tonight's schedule: Hutchinson at Muskogee, Fort Smith at Topeka, St. Joseph at Joplin.
played here in 1951 and 1952.
Today's 13 other entries to the alumni lineup are: 1952 co-captain and all-American tackle Oliver Spencer; 1950 tackle Bob Talkington, who, at 245 pounds, is the heftiest man the alumni can boast; 1948 halfback Floyd Temple, now Dutch Lonborg's assistant; 1949 guard Dick Tomlinson, at present an assistant coach at Denver university; and 1951 offensive center Wint Winter.
Bob Drumm, of the 1949 team;
1949 guard Jim Foulks; 1942 end
Bob Hagen; 1952 end Bob Mayer;
1949 halfback Willie Modrie; 1947
fullback Gene Sherwood; 1949
tackle and guard Grace Prairie,
coach Grand Prairie (Tex)
High school, and 1952 halfback Pat
Murphy.
A rundown on the alumni line-up shows two professionals, one former professional, and a half dozen former all-Americans.
Sikes Selects Starting Lineup
After running his team through a brisk practice session yesterday, coach J. V. Sikes named the probable starting lineup for Saturday's varsity-alumni game.
Sikes has nominated all-Big Seven Paul Leoni and Jerry Taylor to open at ends. Tackles will be Bud Xibler and Joe Lundy; guards, Bob Hubbard and Joe Fink, or possibly cocaptain Bob Hantla if his lame knee will permit action, and center Bill Nieder.
John McFarland is slated to be the quarterback. Ralph Moody or John Simons will be at right half; Bob Conn or George Fisher at left half, and Frank Sabatini at full.
Two of 1953's brightest prospects—co-captain end Morris Kay and halfback Don Hess—will not play because they will participate in the KU-MU grid meet just before the grid game.
Kansas City Gains, Loses One Player
Kansas City — (U,P) — The Kansas City Blues, current leaders of the American Association with 10 straight victories and 14 of their last 15 games, gained one player and lost another today.
The Yankees announced yesterday the option of Bob Cerv to the Blues for his third season here. General manager Parke Carroll said Forest Smith, third baseman hitting .352 this season, will be out of action for at least two weeks because of a leg injury.
LaVANNES SQUIRES
The return to form of LaVannes Squires, quick-thinking Wichita junior, has been named the outstanding feature of Kansas' spring basketball training by Dick Harp, assistant coach.
Squires Shows Good Form In Frosh-Filled Cage Drills
Squires, a letterman guard-for-sward, was out of most of last season because of a lung infection. He returned in time to aid the Jayhawkers in their Big Seven and NCAA drives.
The tricky sure-shot has been picked as the replacement for either playmaking captain Dean Kelley, or aggressive Gil Reich, both of whom have finished their eligibility at KU.
Harp said that this year's spring training was highly successful but that conditioning, pattern plays, and fundamentals were the only items stressed.
Kansas fans and opponents can look forward to seeing seven sophomores-to-be and a coming junior take up much of the slack left by seniors Kelley, Reich, Dean Smith, and Ken Buller. Kelley and Reich, regulars this year, were the sparkplugs of Kansas' strong defense and offense, while Smith and Buller were valuable reserves.
Dallas Dobbs, Bill Brainard, Jim Toft, Harold MElroy, Chris Divich, Loren Martin, and Dan Robison have been named as the promising freshmen along with Gary Paddgett, a sophomore, who did not play this year.
Toft, a 6-6, 225 pounder, probably will have the skill of spelling big B. H. Morn, Kansas' all-American center. Born will be a senior next year.
Besides Squires, head coach "Phog" Allen and Harp have Dobbs, Allen Kelley, and Robison as possible guard replacements. Robison is a 5-10 speedster from Topeka, while Kelley was a forward and No. 2 scorer behind Born this season.
A fifth possible guard on the 1953-54 team is Divich, a K-State transfer who is an aggressive defender.
The coaching staff has given the edge to Dobbs, if he can come through in the big games.
Washburn Tops KU Net Squad
Roger Youmang, Kansas' No. 5 man, saved the Jayhawk netters from a complete whitewashing at the hands of Washburn yesterday, as he won the only KU math in a 1-6 loss in Topeka.
Washburn ace Gene Powell, who last week won his second straight CIC singles championship, gained revenge for his sole defeat in two years as he topped little Pete Fotopoulos in three sets, 3-6, 4-6, 3-1.
Youmans picked up the lone KU victory by stopping Stan Werner, 6-4, 6-4. Werner was subbing for David McAtee.
The triumph preserved the Topeka school's unbeaten record and gave Kansas a 6-3 mark, with one match at Missouri Saturday remaining before the conference meet at Ames, Iowa, May 22-23.
All of the four top singles matches were close in spite of the one-sided score. Each went into the three-set limit and several were forced into extra games before KU yielded.
Gene Powell, W. def, Pete Fopotoulos,
3-6, 6-4; 6-3, Phil Blackburn, W. def,
Al Hedstrom, 8-6, 2-6; Danny Holcomb,
W. def, Don Franklin, 7-2, 6-7-3; Dlek
Frager, W. def, Merle Sellers, 4-6, 6-1;
6-2; Roger Younams, KU, def, Slan
Powell-Blackburn def. Patofonus-polosb.
Sellers-Franklin, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
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