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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1952
J. V. Sikes Named UP Coach of Week
New York—(U.P.) He's really two men—a soft-spoken milquetoast off the field and a driving taskmaster on the field.
During the football season he lives in a little world all his own, concentrating himself almost into a trance. During the off season he loves to visit the neighbors and just sit around and talk.
He is two men, to be sure, and both of them know what to do with a football team. That's J. V. Sikes with United, United Press Coach of the Week.
Eut Kansas fought TCU's famed spread formation to a standoff, then scored two touchdowns by passes for a 13-0 upset victory. Perhaps the game was seen by football's largest audience, because the game was the first piped about the enlarged television network.
His team was a decided underdog against Texas Christian Saturday. The Texans are defending champions and favorites in the rugged Southwest conference. Kansas was rated No. 2 to Oklahoma in its own Big Seven conference.
A great player under Dana Bible at Texas A&M, Sikes continued his training as end coach at Georgia under Wally Butts. He helped coach no less than five bowl teams.
This is Sikes' fifth season at Kansas, and no team of his had ever lost a game because it was out of condition. He works the boys hard with lots of scrimmage and he runs their legs off afterward.
Off the field he will play a little golf and he likes to receive visitors. On the field he is a tough boss. Sometimes he wanders around the campus almost in a trance, thinking out the next game. He is a first class worrier and a first class coach.
COACH OF THE WEEK— Jayhawk Coach J. V. Sikes was named United Press Coach of the Week today. Sikes is beginning his fifth season as head mentor at Kansas. In his playing days, Sikes was a great player at Texas A&M, and he has spent many years since in the coaching game.
Marciano Wins Crown on Knockout; Walcott Says He Will Seek Rematch
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Philadelphia (U.P.)—Jersey Joe Walcott and Manager Felix Bocchicchio changed their minds today and announced the 38-year-old ex-heavyweight champion will try to break fistic precedent by recapturing the crown he lost to Rocky Marciano last night.
Philadelphia—(U.R.)—Rocky Marciano, the brand new heavyweight champion, was hailed as "another Dempsey" today because of his slashing attack that blasted gallant old Jersey Joe Walcott into retirement.
Fighting in this same Municipal stadium where Jack Dempsey lost his crown to Gene Tunney 26 years ago last night, unbeaten Marciano of Brockton, Mass., wrested the crown from 38-year-old Walcott on a knockout at 43 seconds of the 13th round.
A crowd of 40,379 saw Marciano rise from the canvas in the first round, after the first knockdown of his career, and come on through a thrilling fight to victory.
"The left hook did it," the jubilant winner declared in his dressing room.
An explosive left hook that followed a setting up right smashed dusky Joe to the canvas and made Rocky the first white heavyweight champion in 15 years. By winning his 43rd consecutive professional victory, the swarthy, muscular son of a Brockton shoemaker became the first perfect-record king of his division.
It was a tragic defeat for Walcott in his second defense of the crown, for he was leading on the scoresheets of the three officials when the knockout blow felled him. He had made a game defense
of the title he won from Ezzard Charles on a somewhat similar kayo at Pittsburg, July 18, 1951. He made a successful defense against Charles last July 18 here in the stadium.
Walcott was bleeding from a badly-gashed left brow and his right cheek was bruised and swollen. His white boxing trunks were stained with blood, like a butcher's apron. Some of that gore came from a deep cut on top of Marciano's head and from a gash at the inside corner of Rocky's right brow, almost on the bridge of his nose.
Walcott, 10 years older than the challenger and 72 pounds heavier, dropped Rocky for a count of three with a left hook in the first round and had him in groggyland in the 11th.
But it was Rocky, scaling 184 pounds to Walcott's 196, who forced the fighting in every round and finally took the crown at which he has aimed during his brief career of four years in the ring.
The exciting brawl attracted a gross gate of $504,645, second largest in Philadelphia's history. It ranked next in the City of Brotherly Love to the $1,894,733 attracted by Dempsey and Tunney. A guarantee of $120,000 brought the total receipts (before results of the movie take is known) to $624,645. That would amount to a net of approximately $467,290, and a purse of $186,916 for Walcott and $93,458 for Marciano.
In the dressing room, Manager Felix Bocchicchio announced that Walcott must retire or "fight without my management." Walcott finally said, "I'll have to go along with my manager. He brought me this far. Now we'll go into business."
Going into the 13th round, the three ring officials favored Walcott on rounds as follows: Referee Charles Daggert, 7-4-1; Judge Pete Tomasco, 7-5; and Judge Zack Clayton, 8-4.
Frosh Trackmen Vie for Positions
Twenty-three freshmen trackmen reported this week to Track Coach Bill Easton.
Coach Easton said several telegraphic meets have been scheduled for the fall track season. The telegraphic meets will be held on the home school's track with the results being sent to a central judging board where results will be tabulated and the winner announced.
Eddie Allen, Wichita, who has been pole-vaulting 12 feet 4 inches and broad-jumping in the neighborhood of 21 feet, Jerry James, Eureka, who recently high-jumped six feet three and five-eighths inches, and Tom Jones, Glendale, Mo., a specialist in the 880 yard relay and mile, who recently stepped the mile in 4:35, are among the more promising yearlings.
name town event
Don Anschut Wilson mile
The remainder of the roster, a announced by Easton:
name town event
Don Anshutz, Wilson, mile
Dick Blair, Osborne, 100, 220, 440
Ed Chimenti, Kansas City, Mo.
broad jump and high jump
John Davis, Lakin, 100, 200
Jim Elliott, Hutchinson, 440, 880
Ellis Evans, Wichita, 100, 220, 880
Allen Frane, Wichta, mile
Bill Griswold, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 880,
mile
Paul Hunt, Kansas City, Kan., 100, 220, broad jump
Don James, West Caldwell, N. J.
600 miles
880, mile
Warren Johnston, Wichita, 220, 440
Jerry Kindig, Kansas City, Mo,
high and low, huddles
high and low hurdles
Kenneth Plumb, Sunflower, 440
Tom Pott, Wichita, 440
John Quivering, Keyes City, M
Jay Robinson, Conway Springs, 880
Tom Rupp, Hays, mile
Bob Sinson, Randall, pole vault
Ed Tollett, Holstad, 880
John Quarrier, Kansas City, Mo.
440
"We don't care whether or not they were stars—only that they would like to be better and improve their event," he said.
Ed Rabbit, Halsey, 800
Gerald Ulses, Carnett, pole vault.
"Although this is the complete list of freshman boys who have reported for fall cross country and track, we know there are many others at KU who have high experience and we would like to have them come out." Easton said.
By BOB LONGSTAFF Kansan Sports Editor
Some of the IFs on the Jayhawker football squad may be breaking the other way for the Kansas club. And injuries seem to be playing the heart-breaker role.
Already weak at the terminal points, the Jayhawkers lost the use of fast improving Jerry Bogue. Bogue reinjured his knee in the TCU game Saturday. He will miss at least the Santa Clara game with the possibility that the knee may bother him throughout the remainder of the season.
Gil Reich, stellar quarterback transfer from West Point who generaled the Jayhawkers so well last Saturday, was in sweat clothes this week with a bruised shoulder. Reich should be ready for the Santa Clara game, but his loss would be a big one for the Jayhawkers.
The vacancy left by Bud Laughlin's induction into the Army was a big one for Coach J. V. Sikes to plug. But Galen Fiss stepped into big Bud's shoes and played a tremendous game against the Horned Frogs. This week Fiss has been in sweat clothes—a knee injury.
Fiss twisted his knee in the first quarter of play but continued the game. He is placed on the doubtful list as a starter for the Santa Clara game.
If Fiss is sidelined, Frank Sabatini and regular halfback Bob Brandeberry probably will share the fullback chores. With Brandeberry in the fullback slot, John Konek will slip into the offensive right halfback position.
In the Varsity-Freshman scrimmage Tuesday, George Helmstadter received a poke in the eye with someone's thumb. Also in the scrimmage, sub-quarterback Jack Rodgers suffered a possible knee or ankle injury and had to be carried off the field.
But whatever becomes of the fast growing injury list, Kansas is going to field the best team available against Santa Clara. And that team will fight hard for victory!
Horned Frog Coach L. R. "Dutch" Meyer was disappointed in his team's showing against Kansas Saturday. Crediting Kansas as being a "very fine team," Meyer still felt that if he had had a couple of his injured players on a dry field the outcome would have been different.
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"Granting that Kansas has a very fine team, which they certainly have, and that the slippery field wasn't to our best liking, we still looked miserable," Meyer said. "The defense wasn't too bad since you don't figure to hold a good team like Kansas to less than two tallies. But our offense was 'way below par. We've got to work hard there."
We wish the Horned Frogs all the luck possible—now that the opening game is over.
Shantz' Pitching Lost for Season
Philadelphia-(U.P.)-Dr. Illianar Gopadze, team physician of the Philadelphia Athletics, predicted today that Bobby Shantz broken arm "will be as good as new" when he resumes pitching next spring.
"Any effects of his injury will be temporary," Dr. Gopadze said. "If he had suffered the injury during the middle of the season he would have been able to resume pitching in about six weeks."
Shantz, a 24-game winner and strong candidate for "Player of the Year" honors, suffered a complete fracture of the ulna bone about four
K-State Runs Intense Pass Defense Drills
The Kansas State Wildcats gave more attention to pass defense in practice Tuesday, viewing with concern the recent throwing of Cincinnati's Gene Rossi.
Ross, selected by the Wildcats on their all-opponent team last year, hurled 14 of 17 completed forward passes last Saturday when Cincinnati won over Dayton 25-0.
inches above his left wrist when hit by a pitched ball thrown by Walt Masterson of the Senators yesterday. He will be lost to the team for the remainder of the season.
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