Page 4 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Nov.12, 1952
Jayhawks Plagued By List of Injuries
The Kansas football team regained the limited services of one of its mainstays yesterday, but the injury situation remained bleak as the Jayhawkers prepared for the coming of Oklahoma A&M Saturday.
Head Coach Jules Sikes had seven gridders on the doubtful or definitely-out list following Tuesday's workout with defensive halfback Pat Murphy pulling a leg muscle to add to the list of woes.
Konek missed the K-State game and got into only one play in the Nebraska game Saturday before he was taken out.
Two other starters are on the doubtful list for the contest with the Cowpokes. Co-captain Charlie Hoag, who missed the Nebraska game, began running Monday, but a knee injury suffered in the Kansas State game may still hold him to limited action, if any. The senior halfback, making a strong bid for all-American honors, needs 89 yards in the final two KU games this season to run his life-time rushing total to 2,000 yards, and is just 76 yards short of the all-time conference pass catching record for a back.
Sikes can definitely count on one regular being out for the A&M game. Halfback Konek will miss the game entirely according to team physician Alexander C. Mitchell. The defensive standout reinjured his knee, which has been bothering him for three games.
Two-way performer Galen Fiss operated on offense for the first time in two weeks yesterday and quite likely will see action, at least on offense, Saturday. The big full-back and linebacker missed the last two games with a shoulder dislocation.
Price Leads Pros In Ground Gain
George Mrkonic, a defensive starter at tackle, also reinjured a knee against the Cornhuskers and is listed as a doubtful performer. Should the big fellow miss this
Philadelphia- (U.P.)—Eddie Price, chunky back of the New York Football Giants who loves the game best when he's carrying the ball, vaulted back into the lead in the National Football league's ground-gaining race with a sparkling 106-yard total against the San Francisco Forty-Niners last weekend.
Price, the leading rusher in the league one year ago, stepped past his hottest rival, Hugh (King) Mc-Elhenny of the Forty-Niners in their heralded head-on collision at the Polo grounds.
NCAA Allows 8 Bowl Games
Price, a tireless workhorse, has carried 132 times this season for a 4.4 average but, in four of the seven games played, gained 100 or more yards. He is the holder of the league record for season carries with 271 rushes last year.
The sponsors of each bowl game were obliged to comply with certain NCAA by-laws before gaining certification, including a rule that guarantees the competing institutions not less than 75 per cent of the gross receipts.
Kansas City, Mo. — (U.P.) - Eight bowl games were certified today by the National Collegiate Athletic association under its new regulations governing the control of post-season football competition.
They are the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.; Cotton at Dallas, Texas; Sugar at New Orleans; Orange at Miami, Fla.; Gator at Jacksonville, Fla.; Tangerine at Orlando, Fla.; Sun at El Paso, Texas, and Salad at Phoenix, Ariz.
Also, no team is allowed to compete in more than one such game during any academic year.
game it would be the first time in three years that the Jayhawkers would be without his services.
Three gridders are expected to recover from less serious injuries in time to start Saturday. Center Warren Woody got a separated knuckle in the first half Saturday, and defensive halback Harold Patterson suffered a slight brain concussion in the contest, but both should be ready for at least limited duty.
The Kansans have been plagued by injuries all season, but this week could see them at one of the lowest physical ebs.
The A&M squad had an open date last week and have had plenty of time for rest and healing of injuries.
Aggies Will Bring Rebuilt Team Saturday to Try to Break Losing Streak
A thin but rugged Oklahoma A&M team will invade Lawrence Saturday in an attempt to snap a six game losing streak suffered in the postwar series between the Jayhawkers and the Cowboys.
Kansas has won every game since 1946, but the combination of an ever-increasing KU hospital list with a greatly improved Aggie squad could produce an A&M victory, although the Jayhawks will be favored.
Kansas initiated the current series by edging the Aggies 14-13 in 1946. The 1947 squad, rated the best in Kansas history, had its hands full with A&M and eked out a 13-7 win at Stillwater. In 1948 the score was also 13-7, but the-Jayhawks blasted A&M 55-14 in 1949 and 40-7 in 1950 to run the string to five straight. Last year at Stillwater, Kansas won 27-12 over a battling Aggie squad that won only three games during its season.
Coach J. B. Whitworth's Aggies are being called the "scrappiest" A&M team in years. Although they have a 3-4 record for the season, their losses all have been close. The Cowboys, who have only
13 lettermen and four seniors on the squad, have been beaten by Arkansas 20-22, Texas A&M 7-14, Houston 7-10, and Tulsa 21-23. They have defeated league-leading Missouri 14-7, Wichita 35-21, and Detroit 21-6.
A&M has several outstanding players which should give KU trouble Saturday. Two West Point transfers have bolstered the Aggie line, which has been tough all season. Top linebacker is Elmer Stout, a 1950 Army all-American selection. Lew Zeigler, first string tackle, was the top West Point inselection in 1950.
The Aggies have two other linemen who have helped tremendously in carrying the short-handed Cowbovs through a rugged schedule.
F. A. Dry and Skip Warren, center and defensive end, both received honorable mention on the all-Missouri valley team last year and should repeat this year. Both have done Aggie place kicking and have been 60 minute men for most of the games. Coach Whitworth has said that they are the most versatile linemen in the midland area.
Du Pont's manufacturing side offers opportunity to mechanical engineers
The young mechanical engineer interested in production finds plenty of opportunity at Du Pont. His skills are in great demand because so many of this Company's products are made in equipment which must "operate continuously on automatic controls.
Morethan half of DuPont's M.E.'s are currently engaged in some phase of production work. T"ere are three main categories.
1. MAINTENANCE SUPERVISION. Resourcefulness and initiative are needed in men selected for this work. Among their many duties are the scheduling of preventive maintenance and emergency repairs to minimize down time, suggesting equipment improvements to reduce the maintenance load, and estimating costs of changes or major repairs.
Normally, the supervisor establishes maintenance procedures. directs transfer of personnel from one group or area to another, and assigns duties. He sets up office and field work methods and controls the supplies of spare parts and stores.
The importance of this work is emphasized in some Du Pont plants where more men are needed to maintain the equipment than to operate it. At one plant, the division maintenance superintendent, a man with several years experience behind him, is responsible for 1,500 pieces of equipment and 100 miles of pipe. He has 120 men under him, including 10 foremen.
2. PRODUCTION SUPERVISION.Other mechanical engineers at Du Pont use their knowledge of mechanical equipment in solving production problems. They must see that raw materials are on hand, that maximum yields are obtained with minimum loss, and that the products meet
Production supervisor T. B. Kelly (at left), B.S. in M.E.
Cornell, checks bagging and schedule with operator
J. D. Mckhug (at right), B.S. in M.E., Rochester '50, and draftsmans discuss working drawings for plant equipment improvement.
rigid specifications. In addition, they must train men in proper equipment operation and maintain good personnel relations.
One area supervisor, also an experienced man, usually has charge of from 125 to 150 people, including 6 to 10 foremen;
Keeping compressors in top running condition is a typical maintenance-group problem.
3. PLANT TECHNICAL. Other M.E.'s at Du Pont are assigned to the teams of plant technical men responsible for process and production improvements. In this work, they help solve problems on machine design, strength of materials, controlinstruments, packing materials for high-pressure equipment, etc.
Actually—in maintenance, production and development—the possibilities are almost unlimited at Du Pont for the M.E. who likes the manufacturing side of industry.
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