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"Despite the fact we're dead if somebody like Tom Catlin, Billy Vessels, Jim Weatherall or Eddie Crowder got hurt, we've got to risk it," Coach Bud Wilkinson told reporters early in the season while putting his charges through rough scrimmages.
After losses to a pair of Texas teams plus Vessel's injury Saturday, there should be very little life left ...Unfortunately, Mr. Wilkinson lost another stalwart right off the bat when Kay Keller, one of the best ends on his squad, suffered a shoulder separation.
Bv DON SARTEN
University Daily Kansan
But you know what? He wasn't especially missed in either of the games. Kansas fans will remember Keller as the character who put Oklahoma back in the game last year by fielding a touchdown pass from Claude Arnold.
So what happens? Gene Ball, who played a total of ten minutes in 1950, is now hailed as a better end than Keller...
Along with Jim Weatherall, he was the only returning veteran on the Sooner club.
Maybe Oklahoma's team is supposed to be greener than the turf they'll be playing on Saturday. Maybe they don't have the offense they'd have if Vessel's were still around. And reports all say the team has no replacement for Leon Heath, one the school's greatest full-backs.
Still, they did keep the score respectable against two powerful Texas teams. Rated four and five in national respect.
We'uns, on the other hand, may quite possibly be at top physical strength. Mentally, there's very little question. We want this one real bad.
Tuesday night Charlie Hoag rejoined the team, complete with pads. Since his injury in the TCU game, he's had recurring trouble with a groin injury. He tried to work out against Colorado, and showed flashes of top form, only to stretch once too often—and out again.
Galen Fiss will be missed. The hard hitting linebacker is still limping from a badly wrenched knee that occurred weeks ago. But other than Fiss, we're intact.
But he's well rested and if Mother nature has seen fit to give him a much-deserved break, and allow him to go all out—the Sooners want to "hang loose" this Saturday in Norman, Okla. . .
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Frosh, working Oklahoma plays, fumbled frequently, but seldom penetrated the varsity line with or without the ball.
Sooner Coach Feels He Needs Four TD's To Win
Despite wet and near freezing weather, University of Kansas gridders worked grimly Wednesday afternoon on preparations for the University of Oklahoma.
Coach J. V. Sikes doesn't look for a high scoring game, and was working hard on his defensive line. "Nobody's going to score too often on the Sooners" he said.
ORVILLE POPPE
In the meantime, Coach Bud Wilkinson felt it would take "at tear four or five touchdowns" to keep his team in the game Saturday.
And in frantic searches for some offensive material, he has come up with two new offensive starters. John "Buddy" Leake Jr. and Joe Gaynor, both halfbacks, will start against KU.
Oklahomaas University president George L. Cross, dubbed its number one football fan, has been quoted as saying, "it got tiresome winning all
the time. I was bored."
Jayhawk gridders, closest to "full strength" as they've been all season, hope to keep the Sooner prexy from becoming bored this Saturday. Feeling on the "hill" is running big, and a victory over Oklahoma would taste sweet indeed.
Noncommittal as to how he thought his boys would come out against the rugged Sooner defense, Sikes did part with a "we'll take care of ourselves."
In a battle that is rapidly shaping up as a defensive workout for both teams, Galen Fiss, the Jayhawk's hardhitting linebacker, will be badly missed. He was injured earlier in the season and is out with a wrenched knee.
Poses New Awards For Ball Players
New York-(U.P.)-Baseball is getting ready to give out its awards for 1951—and they are going to the wrong guys.
My studied contention is that there should be various awards for the fellows who did it the hard way. Toward this end, here are my suggestions:
By OSCAR FRALEY
The Rex "Wild Man" Barney trophy--one second hand radar outfit--to Tommy Byrne of the Browns for the most bases on balls given up by a major league pitcher last season.
The Ernie "Molasses Foot" Lombardi certificate of merit - a complete home handicraft hotfoot set - to Ted Williams of the Red Sox, for not one stolen base in 148 games.
The Pepper "Catch 'Em On Your Chest" Martin award—individual tinsmith tailormade suits of galvanized iron underwear—to the Chicago Cubs for the lowest fielding average in the major leagues.
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