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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1951
Coach Sikes certainly endeared himself to sportswriters earlier this week. In a game where brevity in speaking is rare—to say the very least—Sikes fell back on a capsule comment. In answering questions concerning K.U.'s chances against T.C.U. this weekend, the likeable coach said simply, "We ain't ready." But us optimists can always figure the Texas representatives "ain't a whole lot readier!"
Also, in absorbing our daily ration of Vitamin D this summer, (that means swimming to them that know us. . ) we saw several of this year's grid outfit, regularly. None of them were what you'd call fat. Few of 'em knew anything about swimming but there wasn't a thing wrong with their spirit, huh girls?
Since then the boys have had two workouts a day. Only lately reduced to one by head coach Sikes. Despite all this we'll keep our fingers crossed and pray none of our boys suffer any injuries.
Which naturally brings to mind Bobby Reynolds. Mr. Nebraska himself, as far as that school's football machine is concerned. And an All American all the way. He suffered a shoulder separation during a rough scrimmage and will be out of Cornhusker lineups for weeks to come.
We feel as though the whole school's behind us when we say we're sorry. Not only because of his personal suffering, but because of the effects on his team. They had 'er built around the lad. And it's a hollow victory—at best—for anyone to beat Nebraska—without Mr. Reynolds. We can beat 'em. But we want to beat them at their best!
About all we've heard about T.C.U., from anyone "in the know" has the team pegged—for the most part as slow. Built around Lindy Berry and a host of capable receivers. Berry likes to throw. Coach Dutch Meyer will have his line averaging well over 200 pounds, with his backfield a healthy 180. Plenty of depth.
Depth. As far as we're concerned, a horrible word. We just don't have any. Not so far as experience is concerned. Plenty of material, but little tried and true. And we can't just rig up a defense for passes and let it go at that... The Frogs also have a lad called Gilbert Bartosh, oft times referred to as the "Granger Ghost."
The talented 170-pound led the Southwest conference in total offense in '50. In 321 plays he gained 710 yards net rushing and helped the passing game enough to complete 77 out of 150 attempts See why coaches wear their hair gray?
But, on the cherry side. Let's take one of the boys on our team, and see what he did this summer. Jerry Bogue, for instance. Although he didn't work at any paying job—in money that is—Bogue did work this summer.
The talented Wichita quarterback completed a six week stint known as "running the steps." He's trying to strengthen a knee that he jammed early last season. At any rate, he ran up 42 flights of plank and concrete at Memorial stadium, an exercise designed 13 years ago by Trainer Dean Nesmith for another famous patient, Ralph Miller. And Bogue started out running three lengths and walking three. When summer school ended he was doing 15. How about that! A pre-med student he kept up with a five-hour course in Comparative Anatomy—on the side!
Win or lose, how can we fail to be behind them?
Kiner Is Proud Of Home Run Record, Threatens Another Mark ---Most Walks
Pittsburgh—(U.P.)—Ralph Kiner is proud of his new national league home run record but he is disturbed because he is destined to set a new mark in a department which curbs his fence-busting opportunities.
But Kiner threatens another mark set in 1948 by Eddie Stanky. To date he has 130 walks—18 shy of the league record set by Stanky. In the last 21 games Kiner has been walked 24 times. He drew 36 free passes in the last 30 games.
The Pirate outfielder banged his 40th homer of the season Sunday making him the first player in the senior circuit to equal or better that figure in five different seasons of play. He bettered his own mark turned in last year when he surpassed 40 for the fourth time.
Santa Fe Service 50 Years
Topeka—(U.P.)—The Santa Fe railroad will commemorate a half-century of through train service to the rim of the Grand Canyon on Thursday. The railroad, the only one entering Grand Canyon National park, ran its first train to the south rim of the Canyon Sept. 20, 1901, replacing stagecoaches which operated from Flagstaff and Anita Mine.
The Boston Braves' pitching staff paid the greatest tribute to Kiner by issuing him 22 walks. The New York Giants with such fearsome names as Sal Maglie, Larry Jansen and Jim Hearn have given him a free ride 20 times, equally Philadelphia's "gifts."
Naturally, walks lessen Ralph's chances of enlarging his home run total. While the walks issued by some of the league's top pitchers show their respect for Ralph's bat, he'd prefer a chance to take a cut at the ball.
KU Thinclads Again Led By Herb Semper
The California slugger also holds the league record for 40 or more homers in five consecutive seasons. He needs to sustain this mark only one more season to equal the level set by Babe Ruth from 1926 through 1932.
But in a long range view, Kiner is six years away from Ruth's major league standard of 40 or more homers. Ruth turned in this figure 11 times between 1920 and 1932.
Winners of four conference crowns and 15 straight dual meets, the Jayhawkers may be coming up with their best team of all-time.
Big Seven fall two-mile teams will get no respite from Bill Easons' famed Pulmotor Squad at Kansas U. this autumn.
Returning for his final season is Herb Semper, redhaired NCAA cross-country champion. Two other bets include Keith Palmquist, who placed sixth in the league field last year, and Bill Farney, who ran ninth. Both are juniors.
From last year's freshman ranks Easton is drawing the already brilliant Wes Santee, long striding Ashland product; and three other highly regarded prospects: Lloyd Koby, Sedgwick; Norm Bитner, Kansas City; and Dick Wilson, Albany, N. Y.
This quartet alarmed the conference freshman telegraphic meet last year by bagging the first four places. In telegraphic dual competition last year Santee unwound a terrific 9:21.6, four and two-tenths seconds under the NCAA freshman record of 9:25.8, which Indiana's Jimmy Smith erected in 1935.
Two freshman aspirants include Charles Crook, Wichita East high product who set a course record of 9:40.3 in winning the K.U Invitational high school cross-country meet last year; and Jack Hoearth, Shawnee Mission high, whose second place time over the hill and dale layout, was a creditable 10:11.0.
The 1951 Kansas schedule:
October 19—Oklahoma A & M, at Stillwater.
October 26—Kansas State at Law-
rence
November 2 or 3--Missouri at peace
Lawrence. November 9, Oklahoma at Norman November 17—Big Seven meet at Lawrence
November 28—NCAA meet at East
Lansing, Mich.
Dec. 1-National AAU meet (site to be determined)
Lopez May Be Goat Of Baseball Year; Clipper Came Thru
Baseball fans were hotly arguing that question today—and some of them were as hot under the collar as that torrid American League pennant chase where the Yankees now lead the Indians by .003 percentage points after yesterday's 5 to 1 victory.
Did manager Al Lopez of the Indians pull a boner when he ordered Yogi Berra of the Yankee's intentionally walked to get at Joe DiMaggio Sunday?
Or would you walk Berra and pitch to the slumping DiMaggio, remembering that: 1, DiMaggai always hit well against Feller; and 2, on Aug. 25 you tried the same thing, that time walking Gene Wooldling to pitch to Joe, and he walloped a single that drove in a run?
Would you pitch to Berra, who has been in a hitting streak recently and was especially promoted to the team for the No. 16 with Di-Maggio dropped to No. 5?
If you were the Indians' manager, what would you have done?
The strategy exploded with the boom of DiMaggio's bat and the ball soared up the left-center field alley for a triple that scored both Mantle and Berra. The Yanks had a 5-1 lead; the game was out of the Indians' reach; and the Yankees took first place.
Lopez made his choice—walk Berra and pitch to DiMaggio.
Grade Teachers Needed Most
Pittsburg-(U.P.)-Requests for elementary teachers head the lists of calls being received at the Pittsburg State Teachers college placement bureau, R. W. Hart, director, has announced. Music teachers are also greatly in demand, as are teachers in home economics and women's physical education.
KU Football Broadcasts To Reach Record Audience
More Kansans than ever before will be able to hear broadcasts of University of Kansas football games this fall, R. Edwin Browne, K U. radio director, said today.
The K.U. Sports network, provided this fall by the new K.U. radio division and the Athletic association, will offer broadcasts of both
MAX FALKENSTIEN
K. U. home and away games on a no-fee, share-the-cost basis to 16 participating stations.
Max Falkenstien, program director of WREN, Topeka, and a veteran play-by-play reporter of K.U. athletic events, will describe the games. K.U. will furnish the "color" announcer, engineers and all other personnel and equipment.
Browne said that most of the 16
stations will carry seven or more of the 10 games, WREN, Topeka, and KLWN, Lawrence, will take all 10 and six stations will carry 9.
TCU Grid Hopes Rest On "Knees"
K. U. has no corner on the market on bad knees among gridders this fall.
Reports from the T. C. U. campus have "knees" a main topic of conversation among the followers of the Frog grid fortunes this year. It's no secret that football hopes for the Texas team this year are riding on the results of four separate leg operations performed last winter and spring.
Husky 200-pound fullback Keith Flowers, slated to captain the Frogs in this weekend's game, also appears to have fully recovered from a knee operation. He'll be in his familiar fullback slot Saturday.
Marvin Fowler, T. C. U.'s great frosh star in 49 prior to his injury in the first three minutes of last year, is back in top shape. Fowler, along with Bobby Harding, had a knee operated on only last spring.
Gilbert Bartosh is in top shape and ready for the K. U. game. Doctors who removed a broken cartilage from Bartosh's knee last winter say it's completely recovered. Gil says "it seems entirely well."
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