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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1950
Bill Schaake Isn't 'Lucky,' He's An Opportunist
By JOHN McMILLION Kansan Sports Writer
One Jayhawker who has acquired the reputation of being lucky but who in reality has the knack of being alert and capitalizing on the other team's miscues is Bill Schaake, 6 foot 1 inch, 197-pound end from Lawrence.
Schaake, a 20-year-old junior, started out last season as a second stringer in his initial year of college ball, but broke into the starting line-up against Oklahoma A and M. Bill celebrated his newly acquired role of a starter by running wild and setting a new K. U. record for both number of passes caught in a single game and for yards gained on receiving.
The hapless Aggies watched Schaake gather in eight aerials from quarterback Dick Gilman for 153 yards. Saturday against A and M Bill took a toss from Chet Strehlow and galloped over the goal for the second Jayhawker touchdown of the afternoon.
Probably the incident that will remain stamped in the minds of K. U. football fans for many years is Bill's spectacular catch of Wade Stinson's fumble in the Colorado game and his run past the open-mouthed Buffalo defenders for the second score in K. U.'s great comeback that netted them the game.
"I was trying to get in front of Wade to block for him when all of a sudden I saw the ball bouncing toward me," is the way Bill puts it. "I picked it up on the run and went over for the score," he said. That one play probably did more to break the backs of the Colorado club than anything else.
Schaea played high school ball under. Chalmers. Woodard. on. the great Lawrence teams of 1944-45-46-47. In fact Bill never played on a losing high school club. The Lions won the N. E. K. every year and in 1947 were, labeled the, mythical, state champions.
Bill started out as a tackle in high school and was named all-conference at that position in 1946. The following year he was switched to end and was tabbed both all-league and all-state. One of the highlights of his high school career was in 1947 against Manhattan when he intercepted a Manhattan pitchout and ran 40 yards for a touchdown.
At K.U. Bill is used almost entirely on offense. He possesses an uncanny
ability of breaking away from the pass defenders. Last year he was fourth in the conference in pass receiving with 344 vards on 22 catches.
In addition to being a football star in high school, Bill was an all-league and all-state basketball player. He lettered three years and during the 1947-48 season the Lions won the state tournament as well as the conference. He was out for Varsity basketball at K.U. last year and plans to go out this year as soon as football is over.
Bill is a physical education major and plans to coach as soon as he graduates. He is a member of the K-Club, Sasnak, president of the junior class and in the A.R.O.T.C. He is also a member of Delta Upsilon social fraternity.
Bill thinks both Colorado and Iowa State were tougher than T.C.U. and thinks the Buffaloes were the best of all. He also thinks the Jayhawkers chances of finishing the season without another defeat are good but admits Oklahoma and Nebraska will be plenty rough.
Charlie Tooogold, the Cornhusker's gigantic tackle, commands plenty of respect according to Schaake. Bill thinks he was the best player he ran up against last year. Of the players he has faced this year he believes Don Branby, Colorado tackle, was the best.
Schake has one pet peeve. He would like to get hold of the announcer at the Oklahoma A and M game last year who kept pronouncing his name "Shakey." He still takes a ribbing from his teammates about this and many of them still call him by that name.
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Freshmen Will Meet Kansas State Friday
Pared to 18 candidates by Coach Don Fambrough's rigorous inductition and severely crippled from repeated scrimmages against the Varsity, K.U.'s 1950 freshman football club will make its debut against Kansas State Friday night in Manhattan.
The young Jayhawkers will go into the game minus their top back, John Konek, California, Pa, phenom, plus four other performers who have been running as offensive or defensive regulars. George Helmstadter, 230-pound Wilmette, Ill, tackle, another first-stringer, will see only limited service.
The ailing list includes George Michale, Chicago end, shoulder injury; Hugh Armstrong, Kansas City, Kan., guard, ankle; Keith Jensen, Kansas City, Kan., guard, head injury; and Orville Poppe, 215-pound Fairbury, Neb., tackle, split finger. All are scheduled for only limited service. Konek is nursing a broken wrist suffered in scrimmage last week.
His spot will be filled by Frank Cindrich, the terrific sprinter from Wyandotte high, who won the state high school 100-yard dash crown last year, and has impressed with his smoking lunges since yearling practice opened.
He will be one of three starting Kansans. The others include Clarence Bender, lean Russell end, and Morris Kay, hard-hitting St. John's halfback.
Warren Woody, Wilmette, Ill., will open at center; Don Beyer, Chicago, and Leonard Aungst, Carnegie, Pa., at guards; Jack Cole, Wilmette, Ill., left tackle; Helmstadter or Bill Marshall, Kinsley, right tackle; Jerry Taylor, Carrollton, Mo., left end; Dick Gate, Carnegie Pa, quarterback, and Frank Sabatini, Chicago, full-back.
There is not too much talent behind this eleven, and the 1950 Hawklets have no back the stature of Charlie Hoag or lineman the equal of George Mrkonic, now both varsity first-stringers who led last year's club to wins over Kansas State and Missouri.
However, Gatz is a promising passer and the ends have impressed with their receiving ability, all of which means Fambrough may order a full night of passing against the beevy, highly-touted Wildcats.
Handicapped or not by injuries this gang is hungry for action against somebody beside its own varsity and hope to repeat last year's triumph
over the Purple, Fambrough's survival of the fittest campaign has reduced the squad from its original number of 85.
"The boys' spirit is great and they have been hustling hard since opening day," the grim young coach will tell you. "Our squad is small and definitely not deep in talent but the boys we now have want to play football. I don't know how they'll react under game conditions, but we won't be long finding out."
State lost its opener, 12 to 34, to Nebraska's power-packed yearlings two weeks ago, but rolled for 197 yards aground and trailed only 6 to 14 at halftime against what is being advertised as the Scarlet's best freshman club since 1940.
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