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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Nov. 26, 1951
Two KU Players Listed On UP's All-Big 7 Team
Kansas City—(U.P.)—Tackle Jim Weatherall headed a parade of Oklahoma Sooners for the second year in a row on the 1951 United Press Big Seven All-Star football team.
The 230-pound Hooker, Okla., star was the only unanimous choice and the only repeater, though Oklahoma repeated as a team in that it again placed five men on the mythical top eleven of the midlands.
Fullback Buck McPhail of Oklahoma City came within two votes of polling the maximum. Other Sooners who landed berths were Guard Bert Clark, Center Tom Catlin, and quarterback Eddie Crowder.
Kansas and Iowa State placed two men each, and Colorado and Missouri got single representation. Kansas State and Nebraska were blanked.
Sports writers, broadcasters and coaches and other athletic officials liked Colorado's Jack Jorgenson. 235-pound senior from Wiltree, as, Williamell's mate at tackle.
Clark, who weighs in at 198 pounds and calls Wichita Falls, Texas., home, was given Stan Campbell, Rochelle, star of Iowa State, as his fellow guard.
Honors in pass-grabbing and great all-round end play went to wingmen Mal Schmidt, Iowa State, and Bill Schaake, Kansas.
When the season started, it was rumored around that Oklahoma had a quarterback who couldn't pass. Eddie Crowder proved the rumor entitley unfounded. He was a shoot-in for all-star quarterback. And Tom Catlin, 185-pound junior from Ponca City, Okla., had almost no competition for center.
The backfield was rounded out by the selection of Halfback Junior Wren, of Kansas City, Mo., who sparked Missouri's ground game until he gave way finally to a broken
Little Man's Kick Pays Off
Chicago —(U.P.)— Long hours of place-kicking practice by one of the Big-Ten's "little men" led to Illinois' 3 to 0 victory over Northwestern Saturday and the Rose Bowl kickout.
Sammy Rebecca, whose 165 pounds were judged not quite enough to meet the charge of brawny linemen as a regular back, began practicing when he joined the Illini at the urging of Coach Ray Eliot.
It paid off Saturday.
Rebecca hoisted a 16-yard field goal in the second period and the three points meant the Big Ten title, a win over troublesome Northwestern, and a ticket to Pasadena. It was the Illini's eighth win of the season.
"A lot of hard work paid off." Eliot said. "That kid has practiced place kicking, I don't know how many hours. Summers he worked at it, I know. And every fall for three years while we've been working out, Rebecca's been off in the corner, practicing. Well, it was just the payoff."
Kebecca, a senior, was thrilled.
"It's almost unbelievable how wonderful I feel," he said. "I can't see how anything can hit you any harder.
"My heart was in my mouth, Don (Engels) juggled that pass from center a little, and I saw it, and I just stood back there until he put it down. Then I kicked it. But the line was wonderful, the way they held Northwestern off."
Brebcca was urged to take up place-kicking despite a good high school football record in his hometown. Rockford. Ill.
As a sophomore in 1949 he kicked his only other three-pointer in a game against Ohio State. The Buckeyes won anyway, 30 to 17.
Last year he converted after 17 Illinois touchdowns and this season he succeeded on 21 of 26 tries for extra points.
Rebecca's only try for a field goal was good against the Wildcats but he probably would have had other chances if it had gone wide. The Illini went into Wildcat territory every time it had the ball except once and was near the Northwestern goal on other occasions.
wrist bone, and Halfback Bob Brandeberry, 183-pounder from Yates Center who proved a dynamite in Kansas University's hardrunning assault.
Kansas dominated the second team, placing End Orbon Tice, tackles George Mrkonic and Oliver Spencer, Guard George Kennard and backs Charlie Hoag and Bud Laughlin. Roundting out the second mythical eleven were End Chuck Mosher of Colorado, Guard Roger Nelson of Oklahoma. Center Bill Fuchs of Missouri and backs Woody Shelton of Colorado and Buddy Leake of Oklahoma.
Second Team
Second Team
Orbon Tice, Kansas, E
George Mrkonic, Kansas, T
George Kennard, Kansas, G
Bill Fuchs, Missouri, C
Roger Nelson, Oklahoma, G
G Oliver Spencer, Kansas, T
Chuck Mosher, Colorado, E
Woody Shelton, Colorado, B
Charlie Hoag, Kansas, B
Buddy Leake, Oklahoma, B
Bud Laughlin, Kansas, B.
No Utes Picked As All-Stars
Denver—(U.P.)-Although the Utah Redskins captured the Skyline conference championship, they failed to place a single player on the United Press all-conference team.
However, the Utes did manage to land four second team spots and two on the third team. Denver's Pioneers, who finished far out of the running offense, all Stats are matched by poll of Skyline coaches, sports writers, radio sports-casters and university athletic publicity directors.
The Pioneers, who staged a surprising upset over College of the Pacific, landed five griddles on the first team and one on the second.
Wyoming, which relinquished its title after two seasons, earned three team slots, while Colorado A&M and Utah state and Brigham Young had one each.
Dewey McConnell of Wyoming, the nation's leading pass receiver with 40 catches for 555 yards and seven touchdowns, was almost a unanimous choice. He had 22 first-team ballouts and one second-team vote out of the 23 cast. A 60-minute player, McConnell was selected All-Conference last season with the undefeated Gator Bowl champs.
Two other stars were named on every ballot cast. Gordon Cooper of Denver received 13 first-team
KU Thinclads In Michigan; Semper Defends NCAA Title
Herb Semper and Wes Santee will lead Kansas entries in the NCAA Cross-country crown at East Lansing, Mich., today.
The conversion to a four-mile jaunt won't affect Semper—he won the meet last year, but Santee's natural speed may suffer.
Coach Karl Schlademan, Michigan State track coach and director of the 13th annual four-mile meet thinks both lads will be near the top.
However, the Michigan coach looks for Bill Ashenfelter, one of the nationally famous running family from Penn State, to cop top honors.
By duplicating last year's championship, Semper, this year's track captain and in his final year, can become the third man to reap two individual titles in the event's 13-year history.
The red-haired distance runner beat Santee for the first time last week to win the Big Seven conference record for the second straight time.
The record on the four-mile course is 19:52.3 and is held by Rhode Island State's Bob Black. Semper's time last year was 20:31.7.
Schlademan felt Walt Deike, Wisconsin's Big Ten winner; Al Holmberg, Swedish distance star from Tennessee; and Ray Osterhout, top performer from Syracuse would be among the "class" in the meet.
Army withdrew Dick Shea, the recent LC. 4A winner.
Jayhawk runners Keith Palmquist, Norm Bitner, Art Dalzell, Lloyd Koby, and Dick Wilson, will assist in the Jayhawk's bid for team honors. All are sophomores, with the exception of Palmquist. He is a junior.
The weather could have a bearing on the race's outcome. Semper has shown that cold weather and distances don't affect his stride. But last week, running in sub-zero weather, both Santee and Bitner "tied up."
Coach Bill Easton has been working hard with the KU team—aiding his men in the conversion from two-mile distances to a four-mile jaunt
He duplicated this feat a week ago, only in the snow and cold of Lawrence with a time of 9:14.9. Last March he hit 9:11.3 on the boards of Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium to pick up an indoor record.
In walking off with three Big Seven records thus far, Semper bids fair to go down in Kansas history as an all-time great. He has set the outdoor two-mile mark at 9:21.0 in the rain and moll at Lincoln in 1950.
Easton was honored for the second straight time with the referee's position. This duty is accorded the coach of the winning lad each year
The Michigan State coach has been quoted as saying this year's field is "one of the best in the meet's history."
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and 10 second-team votes, while Brigham Young's fleet halfback, Ray Oliverson, had 15 first-team and eight second-team ballots.
Cooper recently set an all-time collegiate pass receiving record formerly held by North Carolina's Art Weiner. With one game left to play, Cooper has snagged 110
passes for 1,554 yards and 18 touchdowns in his three-year football career.
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