University Daily Kansan Wednesday, October 17, 1951
Hoag's Return To Team Swells Jayhawk Hopes
Sideline quarterbacks were happily discussing the return of Charley Hoag—pads and all—to the Jayhawk football lineup last night.
Hoag, though still staying "under wraps" so far as fast running is concerned, will see action against Oklahoma.
Billy Vessels, on the other hand, Oklahoma's prize back, is out for a month. If Hoag's injury isn't stirred up again by the KU. star's hard running ground game, he could make the difference this weekend.
Chet Strehlow, who makes the ground attack function smoothly, also was back and taking his turn at the quarterback slot. Strehlow was carried off the field in the Utah game with a twisted neck. He appears fully recovered.
But Galen Fiss, who will be badly missed at a linebacking spot, is only a "doubful" starter.
Coach J. V. Sikes said he believed the Sooners' defense may be even tougher than last year's team. He's going by the statistics derived from the Texas A. & M. and Texas games Both teams beat Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma club yielded only two touchdowns this year, and gave up four to the same Aggie team last year. They gave one less touchdown to Texas.
K. U. led 13-7 in the third quarter before falling 33-13 before a Sooner aerial attack.
No excuses have been forthcoming from Oklahoma quarters for losses to the Texas teams, other than "being beat by a better team." Closest item to an alibi would be in discussions concerning the loss of their top fullback, Leon Heath, through graduation.
But there line is anchored by Tom Catlin, Jim Weatherall, and Bert Clark. All veterans and potential all-American material.
JOHNNY IDOUX, former University of Kansas footballer, is now co-captain and rated "the best" by teammates on the El Toro's "Flying Bulls," who represent the Marine Corps Air Station, at El Toro, California. The sparkplug of this year's famed Marine team, he's a defensive
A copy of the Weekly Gridiron Record crossed our desk the other day and on the back of the pamphlet are some quotes of note. Like to pass on a few for your enjoyment.
guard.
"This year carries special responsibilities for young men engaged in athletics. They have inherited a situation not of their making. It's freighted with distrust, ridicule and synicism. Thousands are quick to condemn sport because of the short-comings of a few..."
"There will always be cheaters on the field and in administrative positions... But don't believe for a moment that athletics are inherently dishonest. If you subscribe to that theory, there will be little left to treasure in American life. You can help restore a nation's faith by practicing loyalty—to your coach—to your team—to your school."
"Loyalty is a term often used when we wish someone to perform to the maximum of his talent... How many times have you seen teams turn defeat into victory because the band played Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame, We're Loyal to You Illinois, Hail to the Conquering Heroes, or Go You Northwestern?—Arch Ward, Chicago Daily Tribune.
Another fine source: Elmer Layden, former Notre Dame football coach, says "Over-emphasis on football never comes from the players. They are willing to play with what they have. They put out to the limit, but have a perfectly sensible attitude toward victory or defeat. The players are great. If outside influences and pressures could be controlled, college football would be the perfect sport."
For one thing, Sonny Grandelius,
an All-American ballcarrier, is gone.
"We've got several guys who can fill
Sonny's shoes," says Munn, "but
what I want to know is can any of
them run in them?"—Charles Burton,
Dallas Morning News.
On the lighter side, Biggie Munn, the Michigan State mentor, takes a dim view of the ranking of his Spartans as the Midwest's and perhaps the nation's top team.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Sigma Ph Ep. 18, Ep Kappa Tau 0
Tenn, Demons 11, Oread Hall 6
Delta Tau, Delta 14, ATO 7
I-M Schedule
SCHEDULE Oct. 18
Sigma Pi vs. Sigma Chi Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Delta Chi TKE vs. Triangle.
Patronize Kansan Advertisers
Fraley's Picking Oklahoma But 'Not For Fun' He Claims
New York—(U.P.) Fraley's follies and the weekend football "winners" along with a bit of this and some of that.
GAME OF THE WEEK
California over. Southern Cal—both are unbeaten but Cal figures to have too many guns with too much firepower. Comparative scores indicate equality, but Cal was looking past Washington State to this one.
TELE-VIEWING
Ohio State over Indiana—Watch that Buckeye bounce.
Cornell over Yale—The Blue gets a shade deeper.
Northwestern over Navy—On a hunch.
Brown over Colgate—It's your money.
Penn over Columbia—Force of habit.
THE EAST
Notre Dame over Pitt—J'hear about the flunked football player?
Michigan State over Penn State-
Said two and two was six.
Army over Harvard-The coach asked a new exam.
San Francisco over Fordham-
San after all, the boy only missed
by one.
THE MID-WEST
Michigan over Iowa—The Persians started it.
Wisconsin over Purdue—Fishing is a universal sport.
Nebraska over Minnesota—They were hungry.
Oklahoma over Kansas—But not for fun.
Also: Iowa State over Missouri,
Cincinnati over Western Reserve,
Colorado over Kansas State and
Bradley over New Mexico Aggies.
THE SOUTH
Tennessee over Alabama—Thesus, a Greek prince, started the fight game.
Kentucky over Villanova—He was Patron Saint of undertakers.
LSU over Georgia-That was in 900 B.C.
Maryland over North Carolina— Contrary to belief, Joe Walcott was not fighting then.
THE WEST
Illinois over Washington — The Greeks began football, too.
Oregon State over Washington
State—Caesar outlawed it in 28 B.C.
UCLA over Oregon—Said it was too sissy.
Stanford over Santa Clara—How about that!
Also: Loyola over Nevada, Colorado Aggies over Utah State, Wyoming over Brigham Young and Denver over Utah.
THE SOUTHWEST
Texas over Arkansas—Here are startling records.
SMU over Rice—An Englishman
placed the piano 122 hours non-stop.
Texas Aggies over TCU—A Californian picked 100 turkeys in one day.
SMU Has UP Coach Of Week
Baylor over Texas Tech—He was better than old Fearless!
Showing of the Utah-Colorado football films scheduled for 7:30 tonight in Strong, have been moved up to 8 o'clock, the athletic office announced Tuesday.
The televised account of the K-State game last Saturday, which will be shown between 7-8 p.m. tonight, prompted the change.
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The Record Nook
New York—(U.P.)—Special preparations? He doesn't believe in them. The usual routine was good enough.
9th and Mass. St.
"The Friendly Shop"
Hard work? He doesn't believe in that either. Football ought to be fun for the boys.
Fiery pep talks? They'd be a waste of time coming from a Grandfather with a soft Texas drawl.
Yet disdaining the usual tricks on his trade, he directed his team to a smashing defeat of Notre Dame on Saturday. He's the United Press coach of the week, Rusty Russell of Southern Methodist.
"We didn't feel we had the power to run over 'em like we did Missouri, so naturally we stressed passing. But there was nothing unusual about the preparations," he says. "Our scout reports were excellent but they did not show any glaring weakness in the Notre Dame defense."
SMU did pass. Fred Benners threw 44 passes and completed 22 for 326 yards and four touchdowns in the 27-20 triumph. But Russell wasn't sure he'd use that aerial barrage until the first play of the game.
"If we hadn't run the kickoff back to our 30 from the goal, our plans probably would have been different from the start," he explains. "If we'd been on our goal line, we would have put runners in there instead of Benners. However, as it worked out,
we were in a position to pass from the start."
This is Russell's second year as head coach at SMU.
Plenty Of Vets In '51 Cagers
Nearly two teams of lettermen are out for this year's basketball team, Coach Forrest C. (Phog) Allen said Tuesday.
Led by the Big 7 scoring leader, Clyde Lovellette, other monogram winners are Wally Beck, Charlie Hoag, Bill Hougland, John Keller, Dean Kelley, Bob Kenney, Bill Lienhard and Dean Wells.
Other boys who were out the first evening are: Jerry Alberts, Don Anderson, B. H. Born, Kenneth Buller, Larry Davenport, Everette Dye, Don Franklin, Bob Godwin, Paul Guess, Bill Heitholt, Weston Johnson, Dave Lyon, Eldon Nicholson, Gary Padgett, Dean Smith, La-Vannes Squires, John Thompson, Wesley Whitney, Rich Young, Larry Greiner, Bill Cunningham, Gene Fotopoulos, and Ned Wilson.
Nine probable candidates for the team are in football uniforms.
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