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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1950
TACKLE BOB TALKINGTON
Don't Fret About Left Tackle, Suh, A Texan Will Take Good Care Of It
By RAY SOLDAN Daily Kansan Sports Editor
A wag once said, "Pity the poor lineman, all gory and no glory." It's not quite that bad though.
The Jayhawker line deservedly received a good share of the headlines for its play against Texas Christian last Saturday. Playing an important part in the fine Kansas offense was steady, easy-going, Texas-born Bob Talkington.
An injured ankle limited Talk- ington to just offensive tackle duty against T.C.U., but when his hurt heals he is expected to help out on defense too.
This is Bob's second season with the Jayhawkers. He played in 1947 and 1948 with Tyler, Texas, Junior college.
In his freshman year, the Tyler eleven went through a ten game schedule undefeated and untied. It then lost by one-point to Compton, Cal., Junior college in the annual Texas Rose bowl contest, a game that was billed as deciding the national Juco football championship. Talkington was a starter in the Tyler forward wall that allowed only five touchdowns to be scored against it all year.
In 1948, Bob was an all-conference selection at the tackle position with a second place team. He also won two letters in baseball at Tvler.
At Winnner-Hutchins high school near Dallas, Texas, Talkington was a triple letter winner in both football and baseball. He was named to the all-district football team in his junior and senior years, and was
captain of his team the latter year. Wilmer-Hutchins ranked high in the state in baseball all three seasons Bob was on the team. He was the first base selection on the second all-state team his junior year.
Bob, an unmarried man, is a senior majoring in physical education. He hopes to go into coaching after he gets his degree in June. However, as a non-veteran, he is eligible for the draft.
Talkington came to the University in the spring of 1949, and immediately won a place on the Jayhawker baseball team. He started five games as catcher for the championship squad, but injured his knee in the seventh game of the season. He saw only limited action the rest of the season, however he did get back into the starting lineup during the playoffs with Oklahoma A. and M.
Bob also takes pride in the touch-down he scored against the Oklahoma Aggies last season. He lifted the ball from the arms of a surprised Cowboy ball carrier and ran about 12 yards for the six-pointer.
Kansas Has Spirited Workout
Coach J. V. Sikes sent his Varsity football squad through a spirited two and a half-hour drill Tuesday night under the lights at Haskell stadium in what will probably be the last rough workout before the Denver game in the mile high city Friday night.
The entire practice session was a "highly spirited" drill that found the players running at top speed. The ends and backs made numerous outstanding catches of long passes and short to highlight the drill.
In the early part of the practice session, the linemen worked on various contact drills under the close supervision of "Pop" Werner, line coach. The backs and ends, working with Coach Sikes, drilled on pass plays that are hoped to keep the Denver Pioneer secondary loose.
The final 45 minutes were devoted to line scrimmage with backs breaking into the secondary against the blue-shirted reserves on many occasions.
As a final phase of the evening's
workout, Coach Sikes sent his players through seven 100-yard wind sprints. The squad appears to be excellent over-all physical and mental condition for the Denver game.
The team will entrain for Denver at 10:09 p.m. Thursday leaving from the Union Pacific station. A 9:45 send-off rally is planned.
The only injured players on the doubtful list are ends Aubrey Linville and Orben Tice. Linville's twisted knee is expected to keep him benched until next week's home Big Seven opener against Colorado. Tice may be able to make the Denver trip depending upon how his knee injury responds to treatment.
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"Home On The Range"
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"Fight For Kansas"
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