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University Daily Kansan Friday, Nov. 14, 1952
KU Pits Battered Team Against A&M
By BOB NELSON Kansan Sports Writer
Coach Jules V. Sikes' Jayhawkers, riddled by injuries, tangle with the ever-tough Oklahoma Aggie Cowpokes in Memorial stadium at 2 p.m. Saturday in a contest KU hopes will produce its 11th straight non-conference football victory and its seventh victory in a row over the Missouri Valley conference boys from Stillwater.
The Oklahoma Aggies, coached by Coach Sikes' close personal friend J. B. "Ears" Whitworth, enter the KU tussle with a rather unimpressive 3-4 won and lost record. But this season record is misleading.
The four setbacks were to topflight competition. The winning margins totaled only 14 points. The Oklahoma A&M defensive line, manned by five sophomores and one senior, excellent linebacking and deep secondary have been tough customers to score against this season.
For the second straight week, Coach Sikes's Jayhawkers enter Saturday's contest in an injury-riddled physical condition. To make things even worse, KU will be meeting the Cowboys from Sooner-land when Coach Whitworth's club is in topflight physical form.
Oklahoma A&M healed its wounds last weekend with an open date following its 21-23 defeat at Tulsa. Nov. 1.
Kansas enters the Aggie clash in its worst physical shape of the season and will be extended all the way if it is to chalk up its 7th win in nine starts this season.
Here is the KU injury list following Thursday's practice;
Oklahoma A&M opened its season with three straight defeats. The Aggies lost to Arkansas, 20-22; Texas A&M, 7-14, and to powerful Houston, 10-7. Then came three straight victories. The Cowboys defeated Wichita, 35-21; Missouri, 14-7, and upended Detroit, 21-6. They then lost a heartbreaker to Tulsa, 21-23, the Aggies' last start.
Four regular starters will likely see the contest from the sidelines They are Co-captain Charlie Hoag left halfback; John Konek, defensive right halfback; George Mronic, defensive left tackle, and Morris Kay, defensive left end.
Hoag's chances of seeing action are very doubtful with the other three definitely out. He also failed to see action in last week's Nebraska game due to his knee injury.
Another key performer, Harold Patterson, offensive end and defensive right halfback replacement for Konek, is definitely out. Patterson suffered a head injury in the Nebraska game and has seen no action this week.
Pat Murphy, senior defensive halfback, suffered a knee injury in Tuesday's scrimmage session and will be lost for the remainder of the season.
No less than nine key players will be sidelined or playing with injuries Saturday. This is by far the greatest number of injuries to hit the Jayhawker camp at one time since Coach Sikes took over at KU in 1948.
Although bothered by injuries, three players are slated to see action Saturday. Gil Reich is still slowed by a pulled groin muscle. Galen Fiss will see his first action as offensive fullback since dislocating a shoulder three weeks ago in KU's 26-0 win over Southern Methodist. Center Warren Woody will be playing with a left hand knuckle separation picked up in the Nebraska game.
Kansas was held to its lowest rushing production in 33 games by Nebraska's stalwart defense in last Saturday's 13-14 homecoming defeat. The KU ground attack could only produce 114 yards. It also marked the first time since the 1950 opener with TCU, that the Jayhawkers have bowed when their defense limited the opposition to two touchdowns.
In an attempt to improve the Kansas scoring attack, Coach Sikes will make three offensive changes this week.
Hugh Armstrong (No. 67, 192- pound junior, Kansas City, Kan.) is slated to start at right guard in
KU-Aggie Starters
PROBABLE OFFENSIVE LINEUP
PROBABLE OFFENSIVE LINEUP Oklahoma A&M (3-4)
| | Wt. | Pos. | Wt. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 81 John Weigle | 195 | LE | 186 Jerry Taylor 81 |
| 72 Lewis Zeigler | 205 | LT | 204 Joe Lundy 70 |
| 31 Bud Godsoe | 210 | LG | 200 Dick Knowles 63 |
| 52 Bennie Davis | 205 | C | 186 Warren Woody 54 |
| 76 Bill Howerton | 210 | RG | 192 Hugh Armstrong 67 |
| 67 Jim Hodge | 210 | RT | 223 Oliver Spencer 73 |
| 82 Ken McCullough | 185 | RE | 188 Paul Leoni 83 |
| 12 Don Babers | 195 | QB | 180 Jerry Robertson 10 |
| 28 Billy Halcomb | 160 | LH | 178 Don Hess 46 |
| 44 Bobby Green | 170 | RH | 185 Bob Brandeberry 41 |
| 43 Ronnie Bennett | 175 | FB | 208 Galen Fiss 33 |
PROBABLE DEFENSIVE LINEUP
Kansas
| | Wt. | Pos. | Wt. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 11 Harry Tipps | 180 | LE | 178 Duane Unruh | 89 |
| 75 Leland Kendall | 215 | LT | 232 Bud Xizler | 79 |
| 74 Dale Meinert | 205 | LG | 191 Dick Rossman | 60 |
| 68 Skip Warren | 210 | RG | 121 Bob Hantla | 65 |
| 60 John Payne | 210 | RT | 128 Orville Poppe | 72 |
| 80 Bob LaRue | 200 | RE | 181 Don Bracelin | 84 |
| 32 Elmer Stout | 185 | LLB | 192 Joe Fink | 62 |
| 50 F. A. Dry | 210 | RLB | 194 Merlin Gish | 50 |
| 53 Willard Fox | 180 | LH | 187 Gil Reich | 16 |
| 43 Dorsey Gibson | 175 | RH | 161 Arch Unruh | 11 |
| 14 Bill Bredde | 180 | S | 185 Hal Clevinger | 40 |
OFFICIALS—Referee: Bob Miller (Missouri); Umpire: Mike Oberhelman (Kansas State); Linesman: Ben Beckerman (Iowa), and Field Judge: Ab Hinshaw (College of Emporia).
PLACE—Memorial stadium. TIME--2 p.m.
place of two-year starter, George Helmstadter.
Two backfield changes are hoped to improve KU's faltering rushing attack. Don Hess (No. 46, 178-pound sophomore, Preyria) will start at left halfback in place of Hoag's No. 1 replacement, Frank Cindrich. Hess also will draw extra point conversion duty.
Fiss is slated for fullback duty along with Frank Sabatini, who has started the last six games. The 208-pound bulldozer from Johnson looked good running in scrimmage Tuesday and is expected to play only offense in KU's final two starts.
The Kansas defensive lineup lists two changes, both due to injuries. Big Bud Bixler will move into Mrkonic's vacated left tackle spot from the right tackle position he held down in the Nebraska game. Orville Poppe will start at right tackle.
In the defensive secondary, senior Arch Unruh will start at defensive right halfback in place of Patterson, who in turn was a replacement for No. 1 starter, Konek. Any further injuries will all but "kill" the Jayhawkers' hopes of winning either the Oklahoma Aggie or Missouri games.
Some Aggie followers think Coach Whitworth has a new theory: "If you can't whip 'em, worry them to death." His batting young Cowhands have been doing plenty of that all season.
Although not deep in material, Coach Whitworth has his best team at Oaklahoma A&M since taking over at Stillwater three years ago.
In 1950, Kansas outmanned his Thin Twenty-five, 40-7, here. Last year, KU had considerably more trouble winning, 27-12, at Stillwater. Sikes' former coaching buddy at Georgia will be out to upset the Sikesmen this year.
In the Aggies' last three starts, the Cowpows have shown a much improved offense to go along with their highly regarded defense. In their last game, the Cowboys played Tulsa a close 21-23 game in suffering their fourth setback. Last week Tulsa rolled over a powerful Villanova club, 42-6. These Tulsa scores indicate a well-balanced Aggie attack and defense.
KU Win Streaks To Go on Block
Two Kansas winning streaks will be shattered in the event of an Oklahoma A&M victory tomorrow.
No. 1 will be the Jayhawkers record of six straight wins over the Aggies which started in 1946. No. 2 is the 10 game winning streak compiled over non-league opponents.
Ray Evans led the Jayhawkers to a 14-13 upset win in the 1946 by scoring two touchdowns in the first seven minutes. Marvin Small blocked the Aggie extra point after their second touchdown late in the game.
The 1947 Orange bowl crew edged the Cowboys in Stillwater on two touchdown runs by backfill Forrest Griffith, &AmdT the lead in state of play by recovering an Evans fumble deep in KU territory.
Charlie Moffet raced 45 yards with an intercepted pass in the last quarter to give the 1948 team a 13-7 win.
In 1949, the Jayhawkers wrecked homecoming at A&M by scoring a landslide 55-14 victory. Tackle Bobby Talkington and guard Carl Ellis both ran for touchdowns by grabbing Aggie fumbles in mid-air.
Bud Laughlin scored three touchdowns in the 1951 game at Stillwater to lead KU to a hard-fought 27-12 victory.
The 1950 edition scored twice in the first period, and added 27 points in the second to swamp the Cowboys 40-7.
The non-league streak started with a 46-6 win over Denver in 1950. Since that game, the Jay-Z team have beaten Oklahoma A&M U and Carolina and Loyola of Los Angeles, Santa Clara, and Southern Methodist once.
Charlie Hoag will set a new record regardless of the outcome if he plays. After the first six games on the 1952 KU schedule, the Oak Park, Il., senior had a career rushing total of 1.847 yards compiled on 323 carries. This total is 416 yards greater than the old record set by all-American Ray Evart. Hoag has an average of 5.63 yards gained.
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