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University Daily Kansan
Friday. April 3, 1953
KU to Open Baseball Season Against Cowboys Monday
Coach Hub Ulrich's Jayhawker baseball team will leave at 1 p.m. Sunday for a road trip to Oklahoma where it opens the 1953 season against Oklahoma A&M Monday and Tuesday in Stillwater. They follow with games against Tulsa Friday and Saturday in Tulsa.
Against the Aggies at Boomer park, the Kansans will face a team which lost only one of last year's regulars, the catcher. A strong hitting club, the Aggies of coach Toby Greene have a trio of snuggers in first baseman Phil Finegan, and outfielders Bob Bonebrake and Ronnie Bennett.
Basketball star Dale Raok of Kansas City, Mo., is the kingpin of a fast infield, while Marion Moss of Altus, Okla., leads the mound staff. Oklahoma A&M last won the Missouri Valley conference title in 1949, but have a strong chance to win the crown this year.
Although Ulrich lost Walt Hicks, two-year cleanup slugger by graduation, and outfielders Bill Enoch and Bud Laughlin to military service, he should have enough material to plug the pasture gaps. Footballer John Konek, a good all-around athlete who has had semi-pro experience, has the inside track for the rightfield job, while basketballer Bill Heitholt, and Bill Todd, Kansas City, Kans, junior, are jockeying for the centerfield spot.
His infield mates are John Trombold, Wichita, first base; Bill Pulliam, Lawrence, second base, and Frank Wolf, Kansas City, third. All are lettermen.
Last year's ace, Jack Stonestreet,
heads the mound corps, followed by
letter winners Brose and Wayne
Tiemeier. Stonestreet and Brose are
from Wichita, and Tiemeier is from
Numeral winners Dean Smith and Galen Flis will be calling
signals to the hurriers from behind the plate.
John Perry, last year's regular second baseman, is set in left field. He was moved to the outfield after Harold Patterson, one of Phog Allen's "skinny-legged runts", reported for practice. Patterson will take over the short stop spot.
Ulrich said he will decide on his opening game pitcher when he finds out who will fire for the Agues. He said he knows nothing about Tulsa.
No Music While He Works
The Wamego star, a high hurdler who took third place in last year's Big Seven conference meet in Norman, Okla., was being counted on heavily to capture points in that event and in the discus.
Kansas State track hopes suffered a severe jolt this week when Dick Knostman, All-American basketball center, signed to play with the College All-Stars in a coast-to-coast series with the Harlem Globetrotters. This disqualified him for track competition.
By signing to make the tour, Knostman became a professional and is ineligible to participate in any more college athletics. He is said to be receiving $1,500 for the week and a half junket.
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THEYLL BE MISSED—Former Kansas baseball stars Walt Hicks and Bud Laughlin would have provided the 1953 Jayhawker nine with plenty of batting power. Hicks (left) graduated in 1952 and the military service grabbed Laughlin (right). Hicks was one of the conference's leading home run kings in 1951 and 1952. Laughlin was a threat at bat because of his tremendous hitting power.
threat at bat because of his tremendous hitting power.
Colorado Faces Rebuilding In Spring Football Drills
Boulder, Celo—The spring football call is out at the University of Colorado with more than 80 varsity candidates ready to begin workouts next Tuesday.
Head Coach Dal Ward and his staff face a rebuilding job as they lost 18 lettermen from the 1952 outfit. Fifteen of those men were platoon system regulars and several were three-year starters.
Despite that heavy loss, the Buffaloes have 22 letter-winners on hand for the 1953 campaign. But there's much to be done in the 20 practice sessions and the Buff boss doesn't hesitate in calling this "the most important spring practice" since he's been at Colorado.
Major item on the agenda, of course, is determining the ability of players to make the switch from platoon specialties to the "two-way" game which returns next fall.
"We've never had the depth—especially in the line—to platoon successfully against other top schools. However, we've had several men who have rolled both ways in excellent style and I think we'll come up with more."
A look at the quarterback situation is bringing the most wrinkles to Ward's brow right now.
Gone are Roger Williams and Lee Venkze, who did the chores at the bakehouse for three straight seasons. That leaves the Buffs starting from scratch.
Roger Hut, a first string offensive guard last fall, is the lad who may solve that puzzle. A fast-moving.
hard-blocking lineman, Hunt will get plenty of attention at quarterback during the spring workouts.
Regulars back who should add stability to the line picture include ends Gary Knafelec and Alabama Glass, tackles Jim Stander and Bob Morton, and center Ken Huffer.
Tailback Carroll Hardy, ready for full stardom after two years in the shadow of Zeak Jordan, heads the returning backs. Although none were starters last year, Ron Johnson, Bill Horton, Don Shelley, Frank Bernardi, and George Figner saw plenty of action and should give Ward a good nucleus from which to build.
Highlighting the new faces is Homer Jenkins of La Junta, one of the most publicized frosh players in Colorado history.
Philadelphia (N) 9, Boston (A) 8 (10 innings)
New York (A) 6, Philadelphia (A) 0
Washington (A) 8, Cincinnati (N) 5
Wilmaweau (N) 11, Brooklyn (N) 3
Cleveland (A) 3, New York (N) 0
St. Louis (A) 9 Chicago (N) 4
Detroit (A) 9 Cincinnati (N) 7
St. Louis (N) 6 Birmingham (SA`
Fort Worth. 6. Chicago
Exhibition Results
St. Louis (N) 6 Birmingham (SA) 3
Fort Wayne of Chicago (A) 4 (10)
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Death of Platoon Ball No Handicap For Tech
Atlanta—U.P.) Two-platoon football hasn't died at Georgia Tech. In fact the Engineer coaches are using the "old system" to great advantage this spring.
It might seem that using defensive and offensive units during practice is an odd way to get players ready for 60-minute football. But Tech back-field coach Frank Broyles says it's the only way.
"Of course, we've reversed the system," said Broyles. "Our offensive players are working with the defensive team and vice-versa."
Broyles said all of Tech's regular performers in 1952 already are polished on either offense or defense. So they are working them in reverse.
"This way the boys who carried the mail last season, can bone-up on stopping it, and the ones who knocked down passes can learn to throw 'em."
"It if hadn't been for the death of the two-platoon system, most of our 1952 regulars could have skipped spring practice. But now we can use the time working on a phase of the rame that is unfamiliar to them."
Broyles, who developed one of the best all-around backfields in the nation last year, is working with a new crew this season. They are the defensive backfield veterans who helped
hold 11 opponents to 50 points in '52.
And Frank's proteges, halfbacks Leon Hardeman and Billy Teas and fullback Glenn Turner, are working with the defensive coaches—learning how to back up a line or how to break up a pass play.
"Regardless of what system we use," said Broyles, "we'll probably still have plenty of speed in the line. We might even be faster since we lost most of our tackles and will be using guards in their place."
Last year Georgia Tech won 12 straight games including a victory over Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl. But Broyles warns that the picture may not be quite so rosy in 1953.
"The outlawing of two-platoon football probably hurt tech more than any other team in the South. No other school had relied so much on unlimited substitution. We've been building and recruiting along twoplatoon lines.
"However, plenty of our boys just like to play football, and they're making the conversion look pretty easy. I hope it is."
Yankee Boss Unconcerned Over Ages of Star Players
(This is another in a series on prospects of major league baseball teams).
St. Petersburg, Fla.—(U.P.)-Old Casey Stengel, shooting for an unprecedented fifth consecutive American League pennant, is sneering at the experts who wonder whether father time is catching up with some of the key Yankee players.
At least outwardly, Casey isn't worried and that's probably bad news for the other seven clubs in the league.
"I haven't seen any signs of old age on this team of mine, for if I detected any, I would have made some changes," Stengel explained.
"After all, my team won the pennant and the World Series the hard way last year — on the road. How could I give up on a club like that?", Maybe time will prove I'm wrong in my thinking and that I should have made some changes, but I don't think it will."
Stengel figures he has the best defensive team in the league, the greatest pitching depth, "and enough power at the plate" to do the job.
No manager has ever won five consecutive pennants, but that isn't bothering Stengel.
"It's the players, not the manager, who win pennants," he calmly observed. "And I think I have them, whether they are a year older or not."
So far as age is concerned, the question marks are shortstop Phil Rizzuto and the big three of his pitching staff Reynolds, Vice Riseau, and Ed Lopat.
Reynolds is 35, the other three 34. Riztuz has been taking it easy this spring because of an ulcer condition which he believes was corrected during the winter. Lopat, bothered by a sore shoulder last season, also has
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been pacing himself carefully
Never Been Investigated?
Washington—(U.P.)—Rep. Robert L.
F. Sikes (D-Fla.) has called for creation of a Congressional investigating committee to investigate other congressional investigating committees.
"That's about all there is left uninvestigated," Rep. Sikes said.
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The chances are that Stengel will not go in for as much two-platooning this season. His infield is set with Joe Collins at first, Billy Martin at second, Rizzuto at short and Gil McDougald at third with big Johnny Mize and either Jim Brideweser or Andy Carey in reserve.
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