PAGE FOUR UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1950 Along the JAYHAWKER trail By BOB NELSON Daily Kansan Asst. Sports Editor The Jayhawkers' backfield of 1950—Chet Strehlow, quarterback; John Amberg, fullback, and halfbacks, Wade Stinson and Charlie Hoag—ranks as the greatest running backfield in the history of the Big Seven conference. A closer observation of individual statistics will reveal just how potent these backs were. Stinson carried the ball 167 times for 1,129 net yards, second only to Nebraska's Bobby Reynolds' total of 1,349 yards in 193 carries. Stinson averaged 6.8 yards a carry to Reynolds' 7.0 a trip. Wade scored 84 points on 14 touchdowns for a 16th place tie in national scoring tables. Five of his touchdowns came on runs of 48 or more yards. Never has this league seen such a running trio as Stinson, Hoag, and Amberg—and of course it took the great handoff work of Strehlow to make this powerful running attack go. HOAG WADE STINSON STREHLOW JOHN AMBERG Although Hoag failed to top the 1,000-yard rushing mark by 60 yards, he combined 156 yards passing with his 940 rushing for a total offense of 1,096 net yards. Never before has the conference had two backs in the same backfield topple the 1,000-yard mark in total offense. Although over-shadowed by Stinson's play at times, Hoag had a great year. He scored nine touchdowns, completed eight out of 19 passes, was a great competitor all the way, ranked as one of the league's best blockers, and proved he can play defense as well as the offense. What else could you ask from a sophomore? Only a penalty in the Texas Christian university game prevented his 89-yard touchdown run from putting him over the 1,000-yard mark in rushing. His average of 6.1 yards a carry came on fewer long runs than Stinson's total and required more hard running through the line and around the ends. We look for this back to really come into his own next year and be the top back in the conference. We'll still take him over Reynolds, Oklahoma's Billy Vessels, or Colorado's Zack Jordan as the top all-around sophomore 60-minute performer. And unless we miss our guess, you'll be seeing plenty of Hoag on the basketball court this year playing with Phog Allen's great club. Amberg was probably the key back in the K.U. backfield. Besides gaining 441 yards rushing in 79 carries—a 5.6 average—he threw many key blocks that sent Hoag and Stinson downfield on their long runs. Amberg scored six touchdowns. At quarterback, Strehlow rose to fame over night. Slated to battle it out for a second or third string spot, he became the team's No. 1 man on the eve of the T.C.U. game when Jerry Bogue was sidelined by a leg injury. Strehlow took over the job and ran the team like a veteran in the opener and continued his great play over the 10-game route. He threw eight touchdown passes as he completed 32 out of 88 passes for 651 yards. His handing off on the quick opening line plays even fooled movie camera men at times it was so deceptive. This backfield gained 2,510 yards net or 81 per cent of the K.U. 3,116 rushing total. Hoag and Strehlow passed for 807 yards or 95 per cent of the team's total. Stinson, Hoag, and Amberg scored 174 points on 29 touchdowns for 61 per cent of the team's total. Strehlow, Hoag, Stinson, and Amberg were iron-men answering the starting call in all 10 games this year. In fact, only Hoag was forced to leave a game by the injury route, a remarkable record and still more proof that conditioning—mainly lots of running in practice—pays off. But who gets the credit for such a fine showing as this backfield made? Well, we'll give it squarely to Coach Jules V. Sikes and his coaching staff. We can remember not too long back when people were raving about what a great pass master Sikes was, but why couldn't he develop a running attack to go along with it? This year's team should be the answer. Coach Sikes proved he is a great coach this year by taking a club of green sophomores and completely revamping an aerial game for a running attack when he couldn't find a toplight experienced passer. All in all, we think Kansas had a great season. Oklahoma Picked For Sugar Bowl New York, Nov. 28—(U.P.)-For the third straight year, California was assigned the task today of restoring the Pacific Coast conference's tarnished prestige in the Rose Bowl, against Michigan's Big Ten champions, as the lineups for the four biggest bowl games were completed. The Sugar Bowl committee selected Oklahoma's powerful Sooners, the nation's No.1 football team, to oppose Kentucky, Southeastern conference titleholder; the University of Miami and Clemson were named as opponents in the Orange Bowl at Miami. Fla. Texas and Tennessee accepted bids to play in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex. last weekend, leaving the 'Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla., as the only major post-season clash without a team thus far, Gator Bowl officials were expected to name one or both of their selections today, with Fordham, Nebraska, Washington and Lee, Tuila, Wyoming and Alabama leading prospects. For the once-tied Golden Bears from Berkeley, Calif., the Rose Bowl bid will offer an opportunity to atone, at least partly, for four straight Pacific Coast conference beatings at the hands of Big Ten representatives since the advent of the "closed shop agreement" between the two conferences. The Pacific Coast conference champions, who will be making their seventh trip to the Tournament of Roses classic at Pasadena, lost last year to Ohio State, 17 to 14, and to Northwestern the year before 20 to 13. The Bears are the nation's third-ranking team. Semper First In NCAA Run Herb Semper, junior distance star, won the N.C.A.A. four-mile cross country championship at East Lansing, Mich., Monday, running the snow-swept distance in 20:31.7. Penn State runners won the 1950 crown, with 53 points. Michigan State followed with 55, Wisconsin 65 and Kansas 91. Notre Dame was fifth with 110 points. The five-man University of Kansas team, Semper, Cliff Abel, Dave Bridelenth, Bill Farney and Keith Palmquist, finished fourth, the highest position ever reached by a Jaya-hawker team. Abel finished ninth, Bridelenth 20th, Farney 28th, and Palmquist 33rd. Semper finished more than seven seconds ahead of Michigan State's Warren Drucktzer who covered the distance in 20:39. Drucktzer holds the course record of 20:24. ten. Last year they placed sixth when Michigan State won the event. Bob Karnes was the first Kansan to finish, placing 17th in a field of 132, with a 21:08 time. Semper was 20th with 21:15. for the third consecutive season the Jayhawks finished in the top In 1948, when Kansas first entered the four-mile competition, the Crimson-and-blue squad finished seventh. Karnes ran fourth with a 20:07.5. Semper, the Big-Seven outdoor two-mile champion, is unbeaten this season. Before winning the conference meet here Nov. 18, he was the winner in duals with Oklahoma and Kansas State and was the victor in a triangular meet with Missouri and Colorado. Students Must Pick Up Cage Tickets By Saturday Noon Students interested in seeing the Kansas home basketball games are requested to call at the K.U. athletic office in Robinson gym and select one of two sets-five games to a set—before Saturday noon, Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, said today. On set number one are games with Creighton university, Springfield college, Missouri, Kansas State, and Iowa State. Set number two includes games with Utah State, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma A. and M., and Oklahoma. "We've tried to divide the 10 games into two sets of what we think will be of equal interest to the students." Falkenstien said, "with each set including three conference and two non-conference games. "Students must present their identification cards when making the choice. Any tickets not taken by Saturday noon will be offered for sale to the general public," he said. The opening home game is with Creighton university on Monday, Dec. 4. This game is on set number one. The first game on set number two will be with Utah State Dec. 6. Storm Postpones Title Bout Cincinnati, Nov. 28—(U.P.) Heavyweight Champion Eppon Charles and challenger Barone returned to their training chores today following a one-week postponement of their title bout until Dec. 5. The two originally were scheduled to meet in their title test tonight but the contest was moved back Monday because of a storm that blanketed the city under six inches of snow. The Wolverines of Michigan, who walloped Stanford, 49 to 0, in the first Rose Bowl game in 1902 and returned in 1948 to bounce Southern California by the same score, will go west with one of the worst records of any Rose Bowl entry. Michigan was beaten three times and tied once this season, but ranks eighth nationally. Oklahoma, the Big Seven champion which has won 30 straight games for the longest winning streak in modern college football history, will be shooting for its third straight Sugar Bowl triumph. The Sooners, first team ever to play in the New Orleans classic three times, topped North Carolina; 14 to 6, last year and L.S.U. 35 to 0, the year before. 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