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UNIVERSITY, DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1951
Coach Sikes 'Really Proud Of His Spring Football Squad
Bv BOB NELSON
Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
A highly spirited hour and a half scrimmage Saturday afternoon completed the Jayhawkers' second week of spring football drills. The session replaced the scheduled game in Memorial stadium which was called off due to the soggy condition of the field.
Head Coach Jules V. Sikes was obviously well pleased with his charges following the workout.
"We've got a lot of boys who are inexperienced and some of them don't even know the plays yet," he said, "but they've got a burning desire to become good football players and I'm really proud of them.
"Tm highly impressed with the team's showing and improvement—especially their team spirit—and hope they'll continue to show improvement through the remainder of spring drills like they have this week." Coach Sikes said.
The workout was entirely devoted to running plays-thrown against a five-three defense with no secondary.
Starting in the offensive line were Jerry Taylor and co-captain Bill Schaake, ends; George Mrkonic and Oliver Spencer, tackles; Jack Cole and George Kennard, guards, and Warren Woody at center.
In the backfield were Chet Strehlow, quarterback; Dean Wells and Hal Clevinger, left and right halfback respectively, and Bud Laughlin at fullback.
Opposing this starting offensive
eleven were Clarence Bender and Ron White, ends; John Griesser and Orville Poppe, tackles; Jack Luschen and Don Beyer, guards, and Merlin Gish at center.
Luschen and Gish moved out of the line to help Galen Fiss with the line-backing chores.
Line Coach A. H. "Pop" Werner and his front line assistants made frequent changes in the offensive and defensive lines as able-bodied line-men mixed it up with rock 'em sock 'em football.
The second team offensive backfield was composed of Archie Unruh, quarterback, Pat Murphy and Frank Cindrich, halfbacks, with big Frank Sabatini at fullback.
Standouts in breaking through the 5-3 defense for numerous touchdown runs included Sabatini, Laughlin, Cindrich, Murhp, and Wells.
No less than 10 players watched the scrimmage from the sidelines with either injuries or sickness.
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Don Faurot Faces Rebuilding Job During Spring Practice
Columbia, Mo.—Veteran holdovers were few—hardly enough to make two tables of bridge—as Missouri's footballers continue their spring refresher course here.
The overall Tiger crop is green, very green—and quarterback is a start-from-scratch proposition. Mizzou lettered 30 gridmen in 1950, and only 11 of these have eligibility left. Military service calls may trim the list even further.
Of the 65 candidates now in suit, the number of lettermen actually working out has been sliced to seven, with four players excused for one reason or another. Halfbacks Harold Carter and Junior Wren will be competing in spring sports—Carter in track when a bone fracture in his leg mends, and Wren with the baseball team; center Bill Fuchs has been given a waiver to devote more time to his pre-med studies; guard Jack Lordo and Harold Mickens, who won his "M" as a halfback in 1949 are among the absentees, their 1951 status doubtful because of the draft.
By positions, Missouri's meager nucleus of experienced hands breaks down like this: Ends—Maurice Udell and Bill Hampel; tackle—Paul Fuchs; guards—Bob Castle and Lordo; centers—Bill Fuchs and Roger Kinson; halfbacks—Carter, Wren and Bill Wilkening; fullback—Bill Burkhart.
Biggest gaps are apparent in the Tigers' offensive structure. Except for three men—Kinson, Hampel, and Wren—the regulars are all gone. Defensively, the No. 1 lineup is not so threadbare, but beyond the six first-string defensive standbys, there is absolutely no depth.
That once-over isn't very reassuring, least of all to Conch Don Faurot and his staff who must teach a lot of football savvy to the rookie-laden gang during spring workouts.
"Our aim," says Faurot, "is to sort out the better prospects among the newcomers this spring, and bring them along as far as possible. In this way, we'll be able to spend more time with the September crop of incoming freshmen who will be immediately eligible for competition in the conference."
Outwardly, the Tiger boss isn't fretting about his shortage of seasoned manpower. Last year's freshman squad, which beat Iowa State by two points and lost to Kansas by a conversion kick, was regarded as the best post-war yearling outfit at Missouri.
The heavy influx of recruits points up the rebuilding job ahead—but their presence ought to produce a healthy scrap for positions.
That's a far healthier situation than a year ago when too many "name" seniors—secure in their jobs—failed to play up to their clippings.
There's room apteny for hustling, able-bodied newcomers at all stations. The need is most acute at quarterback where graduation will lop off Missouri's first three signal-callers—Phil Klein, Bob Henley and Bob Halley.
DON FAUROT-COACH
Right now, six quarterbacks are getting close scrutiny from Faurot and Chauncey Simpson, backfield coach. These hopefuls are: Walt Trueblood, a B-teamer from Kansas City; Bill Reynolds, St. Joseph; Bob McFarland, Clinton; Bob Schoonmaker, Lebanon; and John Hartwig, St. Charles—all off the freshman squad; and Jim Hook, a junior from Lee's Summit. Two more will report in September. Bill Fessler, a B team field boss last season, is on the track squad—and Dick Wilson, another frost prospect, is convalescing from an accidental head injury.
Except for Fessler, none of this group has ever called a varsity play. Just who will emerge here is anybody's guess.
Phi Delt's Win 'A' And 'B' Titles In IM Volleyball
Phi Delta Theta walked off with two all-University intramural volleyball championships as a result of games played Sunday night in Robinson gymnasium. The Phi Delt "A" team, fraternity titlists, took a three-game decision over the Fighting Fixers, the independent "A" winners, but their "B" team has less trouble subduing Jim Beam's Dream Team in two games.
The victory ran the "A" team's undefeated string to two full years. They won the title in 1950 with practically the same aggregation they fielded this year.
Lanky Harold Lowe spearheaded the Phi Delt attack and, along with cage star, Bill Lienhard, provided the punch in their potent attack. Both men were excellent spikers.
Sonny Enns, another of Phog Allen's athletes, was brilliant in the clutches and his saves were a major reason for the Phi Delt success. Dean Wells, a football halfback, specialized in setting up for his spiking teammates as did Buford Bissell.
The "B" game was somewhat more one-sided, although both teams were long on hustle and determination. Ray Beers and B. H. Born were the big guns of the Phi Delt attack while Wint Winter, Hugh Kreamer and Charlie Oswald led the Jim Beam squad.
There were no "C" play-offs since only the fraternity leagues contained such a division. The Lambda Chi's won this competition with a victory over Phi Kappa Psi in the finals.
Finalists and winners in the various leagues were: fraternity "A", Phi Delt over Sigma Chi; independent "A", Fighting Fixers over Jayhawk Co-op; fraternity "B", Phi Delt over Sigma Alpha Epsilon; independent "B"; Jim Beam over the Sinister Six; fraternity "C", Lambda Chi over Kappa Psi.
Swim Preliminaries Set For April 16
The preliminaries to the intramural swimming meet will begin on Monday, April 16, Walter J. Mikos, director of intramurals, announced today. Originally scheduled for Friday, the tryouts were delayed to give entrants a few days extra practice.
KU's Entries In Texas Relays Win Distance Medley Crown
Kansas tracksters took a back seat to another Big Seven cinder squad, Oklahoma, as the Sooners raced to four relays titles in the twenty-fourth annual Texas relays Friday and Saturday in Austin, Texas.
Kansas hurdler Jack Greenwood
finished second to Southern Methodist's Val Joe Walker in the high
east race. Walker's time was 14:8.
The Jayhawkers could nab only one first place, that coming Friday when Emil Schutzel, Jim Dinsmore, Keith Palmquist, and Herb Semper combined their efforts in the distance medley. Semper's 4:14.6 anchoring mile made the winning time 10:14.4. Purdue, Arkansas, and Oklahoma followed Bill Easton's quartet across the finish line.
Kansas, winner of the 4-mile relay in 1949 and 1950, lost its title to Arkansas. Jayhawk sophomore Palmquist got his mates off top by two yards in the opening carry with a 4:23.6 performance but Arkansas' second runner, Jim West, put K.U.'s Dinsmore 55 yards back at the end of the second mile. Razorback Rick Heber stretched the margin to 150 yards over Cliff Abel in the third carry and Semper's 4:20.8 anchor lap put the redhead 55 yards back of Tom Hardin at the finish line.
Oklahoma runners broke the string first in the sprint medley relay, 440-yard relay, 2-mile raley and 880-yard relay but the Sooners were nosed out by three-sevenths of a point by Texas A. and M. in the fight for unofficial team honors.
The Texas Aggies chalked up 32
16-21 points to Oklahoma's 32 1-3.
Texas ranked third with 16 10-21
followed by the Jayhawkers with 13.
Collegians Beat Trotters,85-76
The College All-Stars handed the Harlem Globetrotters the second loss of their cross-country series in Kansas City last night, 85 to 76. The Trotters now led the series, six games to two.
Smooth-working Jim Slaughter of South Carolina was top scorer for the collegians with 24 points. Ernie Barrett of Kansas State, the only Big Seven player with the All-Stars, dumped in eight points.
A crowd of about 8000 saw the All-Stars jump into a quick lead and build up a 51 to 39 margin at halftime.
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A sparkling :48.6 performance from Don Smith nailed third place in the mile relay for the Jayhawk-ers.
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