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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1950
S. P. GARNETT
Hard Charging Shadrack Garnett Stops 'Em' Cold
By JOHN McMILLION
One of the toughest guys in the Kansas forward wall is 6-foot 3-inch, 205 pound Shadrack Garnett. Garnett possesses one of the hardest charges on the squad and uses his shoulders with amazing success. His charge is very low and he is always in there to plug up the tackle holes. He has an uncanny ability of feeling out the play by observing the pressure put on him by his blockers.
"Shad," as his teammates call him, has been used mostly on defense this year at the left tackle slot but has logged a lot of time on offense in the T.C.U. Denver, and Oklahoma games. From the experience point Garnett is one of the smartest ball players on the squad.
One of the many Kansas City products, Shad hails from the Missouri side of the town. He attended high school at Rockhurst where he played four years of high school football, lettering three. The Rockhurst squad copped three conference crowns while Garnett was there and Shad was named an all-conference end his senior year. He played end all four years of his high school career.
Shad lettered last year at tackle and will earn his second "K" this season. Since he has been at K.U., the biggest thrill he has had was last Saturday's game with Wilkinson's Sooners. The fact that KU had a possibility to whip OU and nearly did is tops in his estimation. "As a matter of fact," he says, "I thought we had them beat."
The 21 year old senior thinks that jolting Leon Heath and Merwin Hodel are about the two best backs he has ever seen. Both Heath and Hodel were at their best against Kansas and gave the Jayhawkers plenty of trouble.
Shad is single and a civil engineer. He doesn't have any plans for when he graduates but thinks Uncle Sam might have a few. He is a member of the K Club, Newman club, and Tau Kappa Epsilon social fraternity. The past summer he and Mike McCormack worked together installing insulation in houses and painting some.
"It's close between Heath and Hodel as to who is the best," Garnett says. "I believe Heath is the best runner however. He lasted the whole game and Hodel didn't have much left that last half. Of course," he adds, "they ran Hodel to death."
Garnett thinks Oklahoma will finish up the season undefeated. As to Missouri's and Nebraska's chances of dunking the Sooners he says, "I don't think either one of them has a prayer of knocking them off. Nebraska will probably give them the roughest time though."
In answer to a query as to Oklahoma's much talked about roughness Shad commented, "Oklahoma just played good hard and rough football. We played the same and it was strictly up and up."
The K-State game may be a pretty rough one for the Jayhawkers in Garnett's estimation. The Wildcats have really improved since the first of the season and are always up for Kansas. From the physical standpoint he thinks it will be the roughest one so far.
Shad thinks the spirit on this year's team has been the best since he has been at Kansas. He attributes a great deal of this to the fact that everyone on the squad is more or less the same age. He also thinks that this spirit hasn't declined any since the losses to Oklahoma and Nebraska.
Garnett is probably one of the most underrated linemen in the entire conference. Although he isn't spectacular he is always in there and can be depended on to plug up the gap. His loss, along with McCormack and Talkington will certainly be felt by the Jayhawkers next year.
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With the fall cross-country season nearly over, track coach Bill Easton has issued a call for all men interested in indoor track to report to him at Memorial stadium or in his office in Robinson gym. Coach Easton would like any man, freshman or varsity, to come out.
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