TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1950 1 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS PAGE FIVE Barring practice injuries, the Jayhawkers should be at full strength—except for Quarterback Jerry Bogue who is out for the season and end Aubrey Linville—for their Friday night game at Denver. Kansas came out of the T.C.U. game in good shape—much better than the Horned Frogs who lost the services of three right halfbacks. Tackle Bob Talkington re-injured his ankle and Linville came up with a twisted knee Saturday. S. P. Garnett and Orbon Tice, a pair of defensive linemen, are also slowed by minor hurts, but both should ready for the Denver game. Pre-season publicity had the 1950 Denver Pioneers tabbed as the "best Denver team in 10 years." However, the mile-high boys haven't been able to get their touted offense rolling and have dropped opening games to Drake, 7 to 0, and Colorado A. and M, 33 to 14. A send-off rally at the Union Pacific station is being planned for 9:45 Thursday night. The team will leave Lawrence at 10:09 p.m. Thursday and return at 6:56 a.m. Sunday. The Pioneers nevertheless have the physical equipment of a good team. In 1949, Denver compiled the best offensive record of any team in the 69 years of football at the Hilltop school, although it won only four games while losing six. SAM ETCHEVERRY, Denver Three 1949 all-conference selections are still with the Pioneers. They are Quarterback Sam Etcheverry, who led the Skyline Six conference in passing, and Ends Gordon Cooper and Mike Peterson, who were one and two in the conference pass-catching department. Also returning is Hal Pfeifer, the second leading ground gainer in the Skyline Six last fall. With Etcheverry pitching and Cooper and Peterson catching, the Denver passing attack will give the Jayhawkers' sophomore secondary a severe test Friday. Etcheverry, only a sophomore last year, is already bein ghailed as Denver's "greatest passer of all-time." He completed 75 of 150 passes in 1949 for 1,107 yards—18 passes however fell into enemy hands. His chief targets—Cooper and Peterson—totaled more than 900 yards between them. Even before he played his first college game, Denver sports writers began plugging sophomore center Tom Hugo for All-American honors. Hugo, a 5 foot 10 inch, 200 pounder, is a native of Hawaii. He's called one of the greatest all-around athletes developed in the Hawaiian islands. Kansas and Denver have met eight times previously—five games going to the Jayhawkers, two to Denver, and one ending in a tie. The teams last met in 1948 with the Jayhawkers giving the Pioneers a decisive 40 to 0 licking—the most one-sided of the series. Denver last downed Kansas in 1943 by a 19 to 6 count, but since that time K.U. has scored four victories over the Pioneers and played them to a 14 to 14 tie. Denver coach John Baker, who is starting his third year as headman of the Hilltoppers, has 18 returning lettermen. He expects six holdover squadmen and 18 men up from last year's undefeated freshman team to more than make up for graduation losses. Twelve of the holdover lettermen were starters in 1949 on either offense or defense or both. The Skyline Six conference—of which Denver was a member has expanded this year and is now called the Skyline Eight. New members of the conference are the Universities of Montana and New Mexico. —— KU —— Coach Baker's Pioneer squad provides a good cross section of how football is played from coast-to-coast . . . Fourteen states have sent high school players to the Mile High city to complete the 52-player roster . . . Also included are players from Hawaii and the District of Columbia. . . Five players list their home as Honolulu and one as Washington, D.C. . . The Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE | | W. L. | Pct. | GB. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | New York | 95 | 53 | .642 | | Detroit | 91 | 56 | .619 | | Houston | 91 | 57 | .615 | | Cleveland | 88 | 61 | .591 | | Washington | 64 | 83 | .435 | | Chicago | 58 | 91 | .389 | | St. Louis | 56 | 91 | .381 | | Philadelphia | 50 | 101 | .331 | NATIONAL LEAGUE | | W. | L. | Pct. | GB. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Philadelphia | 89 | 58 | .605 | ... | | Brooklyn | 83 | 62 | .572 | 5 | | Boston | 81 | 64 | .559 | 7 | | New York | 80 | 67 | .544 | 9 | | St. Louis | 73 | 73 | .500 | 15½ | | Cincinnati | 63 | 84 | .429 | 26 | | Chicago | 63 | 85 | .426 | 26¼ | | Pittsburgh | 55 | 94 | .369 | 35 | Uncooperative Knee Shelves Bogue A pair of bad luck knees have teamed up for the second time in three years to bench quarterback Jerry Bogue, who was slated to call the plays for the Jayhawkers this year. Bogue, the 61' T-back from Wichita, has been plagued by tricky cartillages ever since the days when he led Wichita East high school to an undefeated season and a mythical state championship in 1946. By JOHN McMILLION Kansan Sports Writer JERRY BOGUE It all started in 1944 when Jerry did a 'cannonball' off the high board at the Wichita Municipal pool. The 'cannonball' was fine except that he landed with his knees crossed and there his woes began. Although troubled throughout his high school career with the trick knee Bogue managed to play four years of football, two on the varsity running from the tailback slot on the single-wing; two years of basketball, and three years of track. In his senior year, he was picked All Ark-Valley and All-State in football, second string All-Conference in basketball, and pole vaulted and high jumped on the track sound. The summer following his senior year the old knee injury flared up so he had it operated on. That fall he enrolled in Kansas State but was unable to go out for football because of the operation. After one year at Manhattan Jerry decided to break away from the family ties (his dad is head of the K-State alumni in Wichita and his brother plays first string defensive end for the Wildcats) and enroll in K.U. Last year in his sophomore season at K.U. Jerry stepped in at quarterback when Coach Sikes moved Dick Gilman to fullback. Playing a vital role in the Jayhawkens late season surge Jerry gained 521 yards passing and created enough of an impression to be tabbed All-Sophomore quarterback for the Big Seeyen conference. During the spring Bogue played a major role in Sikes' plans for the current season. However sometime during the wear and tear of spring practice, Jerry has no idea when it GOLDSMITH FOOTBALLS 495 to 2100 Special Team Prices Kirkpatrick SPORT SHOP 715 Mass. Ph. 1018 happened, he injured his other knee with exactly the same type of injury that had caused him the trouble during his high school career. A long rest during the summer, while he attended summer school at the University of California in Berkley, and the knee appeared to be in shape for the season. Then a week ago Saturday during a scrimmage the knee pepped and the old knee broke. (Bogue ita to see a specialist Bogue returned with the verdict. No more football this year! Jerry's plans for the near future call for an operation either Thanksgiving or Christmas and then a se- mester's rest before returning to school next fall. If the operation is a success, as the other one was, Jerry plans to finish out the two years of eligibility he has remaining. At present he is a junior in the College majoring in Zoology. He played on last year's championship basketball team and lettered in football. 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