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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Sept. 15, 1952
TCU Game to Reveal KU Backfield Prowess
Wraps will be taken off the highly-regarded Jayhawker backfield Saturday in the tussle with Texas Christian.
Offensively and defensively, the backfield has been rated hard to equal in the Big Seven conference or in the nation for all-around performance.
Such well-established offensive stars as Charlie Hoag, Bob Brandeberry, Jerry Robertson, John Konek and Frank Satabini, are expected to flash the brilliance which has had Jayhawker fans licking their chops in anticipation of opening day. In addition, the new faces of Gil Reich and Galen Fiss will be seen in offensive roles.
Reich is a transfer from West Point. In the annual Varsity-Alumni game last spring, he led hisVarsity teammates to a 14-0 triumph over the Alumni. Reich turned down an offer to return to West Point this fall in order to remain at Kansas.
Fiss saw action in high school as a charging fullback. While playing at Kansas, he has been converted into a defensive linebacker. Last season Fiss put in some playing time with the offensive platoon, but
GIL REICH
never started a game with the offense.
Charlie Hoag—after a lean season last year with an injured groin—appears headed for all-American honors. Hoog already owns the KU career ground gaining record. He carried the ball 1,445 yards in 18 games to capture the all-time record. Every yard he adds this season will raise the all-time total higher.
Playing left halfback, Hong is an exceptional fast starter. Although not shifty, he is quite fast in the open field on the straightway or
cutback. Hoag also may see some double duty with the defensive platoon.
Brandeberry, all-Big Seven offensive halfback, ranked second among conference ground gainers last season. He netted 649 yards, and eight touchdowns in 136 carries.
Although never starting a game as a sophomore, he rushed for 80 yards in 15 carries that year. Driving hard his second year of Varsity ball, Brandeberry has earned the reputation of being a rough back to contend with.
Sharpshooting Jerry Robertson is expected to be making with the passes for Kansas again this fall.
Robertson, who sparked the Jayhawker aerial offense last year, will share the post of offensive quarterback with Gil Reich, KU's sparkling transfer from Army.
Robertson was ranked second in the Big Seven on individual passing records last year by completing 52 tosses in 113 attempts. His passes netted a total of 925 yards and eight touchdowns.
His outstanding performance last year was against Oklahoma when he completed 15 out of 31 tosses for a total of 121 yards and two T.D.'s in a 35 mile-an-hour wind.
A record of 925 yards in a single season also gave him third place on all time individual scoring records.
With Robertson and Reich sharing the offensive quarterback slot in the backfield, the Jayhawkers have good prospects of strong aerial and ground attacks.
Konek was a regular defensive half from the outset of last season and split the offensive chores with Brandeberry. Besides being the fifth ranking Kansas ground gainer, he took care of the point after touchdown booting for the Jayhawkers. He made 33 of 43 attempts for a 76.7 per cent for his efforts.
Hal Cleavinger, another defensive half, is capable as a ball carrier and blocker, although he is seldom placed in this capacity. Cleavinger received a facial bruise which put him on the sidelines for several days, but he is again in action.
Frank Cindrich does not have an enviable position in playing left halfback behind Charlie Hoag. Last year he filled in very well against Missouri and Oklahoma when Hoag was sidelined with a groin injury. In nine games last fall he netted 194 yards in 48 carries.
Frank Sabatinim may have a big pair of shoes to fill if Coach J. V. Sikes gives him the nod to start for Bud Laughlin. Laughlin was told to report induction into the Army even though he is a member of the Air Force ROTC unit at KU.
Sabatini earned a letter as a sophomore last year. He ranked seventh on the Kansas club netting 49 yards in 13 carries. He may see double duty with the defensive platoon again this season.
A new miniature walkie-talkie radio, one half the size and weight of its predecessor, is the Army's latest version of mobile communications.
BIG MAN WITH AN ARM—Quarterback Jerry Robertson is expected to carry a large portion of the offensive duties this season. Jerry ranked second on the Big Seven passing tables last year when he hit 55 out of 113 tosses for 925 yards and eight touchdowns.
Seven Lettermen Begin Workouts For Tough Five Meet Track Season
Seven track lettermen were welcomed back to fall workouts by Head Track Coach Easton as head jazz weekends themselves for a five-week schedule.
The returning roster includes captain Norm Bitner, a third place finisher in the conference indoor and outdoor two-mile hauls last year; Wes Santee, Olympic team 5,000-meter hand, and indoor and outdoor Big Seven mile champion; Keith Palmquist, Minneapolis, Minn. senior; Art Dalzell, conference outdoor 880 king; Dick Wilson, Albany, N. Y. junior, and Lloyd Koby, leadoff member of the Jayhawks' American record four-mile team of last spring.
Sorely missed this fall will be Herb Semper, red headed two-time NCAA cross-country king who set a new conference record of 9:14.9 for the old two-mile flat course last year.
The Big Seven will return to hill and dale running this autumn for the first time since 1929. Conference coaches voted for a three-mile course in last May's meeting. The league meet will be held Nov. 15 at Lawrence for the fourth consecutive year.
Kansas will sail into a four meet dual slate working on a string of 19 consecutive dual victories. The Jayhawks have not been beaten since Missouri turned the trick in the opening meet in 1947.
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Fall intramural sports will kick-off about Oct.I with touch football. Fraternity and Independent leagues will be organized. Also include in the fall sports program are individual golf, handball, tennis, horseshoes, and badminton.
"Teams should be practicing, preparing for the coming season," Walt Mikols, director of men's intramurals, said. Entry blanks are being readied to be sent to all organized houses.
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