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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 30, 1953
Veteran Ends, Guards Leading Way In KU Spring Football Drill Sessions
Veteran ends and guards are showing the way toward double-duty conversion as Kansas football spring practice heads into May.
Ends Jerry Taylor. co-captain Morris Kay, and Leoni, the latter an all-Big Seven choice last season as a sophomore, and guard Dick Knowles were listed by coach J. V. Sikes as "coming along somewhat faster than the remainder of the club."
It is no surprise that Kay who missed the last seven games last fall by a mild attack of polio has looked good. When shifted from backfill last spring, he progressed so swiftly that he became Kansas' top all-around end. But he never got a chance to prove this since he was used exclusively on defense through the three openers. The 6-2, 194-pounder is rated a fine blocker and adequate receiver.
Taylor and Leoni played exclusively on attack last year, giving the Red and Blue one of the best pass-catching combinations in Mt. Oread history. The stubby Chicagoan was third among league ends with 280 yards in 25 receptions and scored four touchdowns. Taylor was sixth at 222 on 16 receptions.
Don Bracelin, last year's regular defender opposite Kay, is not progressing as rapidly as the other three but is expected to improve blocking and receiving techniques by the end of drills.
Knowles was a varsity offensive specialist last season as a sophomore, after successfully making the switch from tackle, which he played in high school. He owns unusual speed for a 201-pounder, and if he continues to improve, will press for a starting job in the non-platoon football this fall.
Co-captain Bob Hantla and Joe Fink, defensive regulars for two seasons, have been holding the inside track for the guard jobs through the first two weeks. Both are coming along in the blocking department. George Helmstadter, a regular most of the last two seasons at offensive right guard, is improving somewhat more rapidly than expected on defense.
Three veteran tackles will enter the 1953 campaign with some two-way game experience. These include Joe Lundy, Roscoe, Pa., Bud Bixler, Middletown, Pa., and Dean Ragon Gary, Ind.
The scrap for starting roles between this trio plus Orville Poppe, a two-year defensive regular, and Gene Vignatelli, madeover Arma guard, is expected to be intense right up to the TCU opener next September.
Yesterday muddy fields curtailed workouts to an extent, but coach Sikes managed to get in about two hours. Most of the workout was spent in a controlled scrimmage with the emphasis on perfecting the ground game.
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By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Writer
An open letter to the board of regents:
Dear Sirs:
This reporter has been conducting a survey for the past several weeks on the question of whether or not the old University tradition that says no buildings are to be named after living persons should be waived and the new fieldhouse be named now in honor of basketball coach Phog Allen.
The replies have been unanimous in their approval of the suggestion. Kansas political leaders, various coaches, and other interested parties have responded to the proposal with vigor. Practically all contacted have made strong comments on the subject.
a contacted have made strong connections. Such men as Gov, Arn, Senators Andrew Schoeppel and Frank Carlson, Alf Landon, former governor Harry Woodring, athletic director "Dutch" Lonborg, coaches Stalcup, Harp, Easton, Sikes, Ralph Miller, and Warren Womble, Kansas City Star reporter Bob Busy, sports publicity director Don Pierce, trainer Dean Nesmith, athletic business manager Earl Falkenstien, Glenn Cunningham, Frank McDonald, and a host of others have expressed wholehearted support.
You might be reminded that at least four other buildings on the Hill were named for living persons—Templin hall, Corbin hall, Green law library, and Watson library. Therefore no precedent will be set if Allen's name is given to the new structure.
Dr. Forest Clare Allen has been affiliated with KU for 36 long and fruitful years and has amassed an enviable record in the cage sport. For a time he was football mentor and director of athletics. No college coach in the nation has won as many games as has Allen.
Is there any person in Kansas or the nation who better deserves the honor? This reporter doesn't think so and obviously the men listed above don't either.
Since it seems a foregone conclusion, as Gov. Arn pointed out, that the building eventually will be called the Allen fieldhouse, why can't it be so designated now?
why can it be so different. The matter is now in your hands, gentlemen. Bow to the wishes of Kansans as reflected by the men listed. Let Phog himself bask in the glory while he is still connected with the University.
Harridge Fines Six Players for Fighting
brawl!" was fined $250, the heaviest imposition.
Brown's shortstop Bill Hunter and Yankee second baseman Billy Martin were fined $150 each and three Yankees, pitcher Allie Reynolds, first baseman Joe Collins and third baseman Gil McDougal, were fined $100 each.
Chicago — (U.P.)-American league President Will Harridge fined six players on the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns today for their fist fight on the field during Tuesday night's game in St. Louis.
Clint Courtney, the St. Louis Brown's catcher who Harridge said was "mainly responsible for the
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Davey Returns to Boxing Ring With Impressive TKO in 10th
Detroit—(U.P.)—With a technical knockout triumph over a rough young middleweight, southpaw Chuck Davey began fitting together today the pieces of the boxing career that Kid Gavilan nearly wrecked.
The college-educated boxing master returned to the ring wars last night for the first time since Gavilan thrashed him in a welterweight title fight on Feb. 11.
And Davey, realizing he "couldn't afford" to lose this one if he was to recapture any of his gate appeal, made good. Dancing and jabbing in his old style, and ignoring an eye cut that gushed for seven rounds, Davey pounded out a TKO victory over Sammy Guiliani at the 38-second mark of the 10th round when Giuliani no longer could defend himself.
cian who examined the cut after each succeeding round.
Davey, who tipped the scales at 151 pounds, spotted his Stamford, Conn, rival seven pounds, but he was the master all the way. His only worry was Dr. Joseph Cahalan, the state boxing commission physi-
"It was a good victory and a fight I had to win," Davey said. "You can't afford to lose after you've been beaten in a title fight."
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