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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1950
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Sikes Will Stress Passing
(Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles about the 1950 Kansas Football prospects).
For the first time in three years, Kansas' spring running attack has outstripped development of the Javhawk passing.
When Coach J. V. Sikes and his coaching staff checked their scoring charts following the first three intra-squad games, they found only three aerial touchdowns had been scored in the first half of the spring drills. The two weeks following Easter vacation have found the backs throwing and completing more passes, but still far below par for the past two years.
In the annual intra-squad game to be played Saturday afternoon in Memorial stadium, the air is likely to be filled with passes as the aerial game it is hoped will catch up with the fine ground attack displayed this spring.
Three touchdowns were scored via the aerial route in the first intra-squad spring game won by the Blues, 42 to 6. Two weeks later, when both teams turned in good over-all performances, they hit a combined total of only three passes in 19 attempts. Two were intercepted.
This is scarcely a fashionable pace for the past year's Big Seven passing champions who cut the airplanes for 1533 yards in 10 games. In his two years at Kansas, Coach Sikes' clubs have averaged 120 yards passing a game in scoring 30 touchdowns by the overhead route.
This aerial attack was the stinger that made the Jayhawkers a respected and dangerous team in every game the past two years. In 1949, U.C. side-tracked an early season shot with two T-quarterbacks, Dick Gilman and Jerry Bogue, passing out of the same backfield.
This ever dangerous air power resulted in Kansas' winning four of their last five games in 1949, missing
a clean-sweep by a lone touchdown setback to the Missouri Tigers, 28 to 34, in the final game of the season.
Sikes would like to mount a similar two-pronged passing threat next fall and has been working overtime to develop that means during the past two weeks. Bogue, who was a full-fledged regular the final half of the 1949 season as a sophomore, is returning at the quarterback slot.
The second player of the passing duo, if there is to be one, will be halfbacks Charlie Hoag or Dean Wells, both of whom play on the left side. Both have shown somewhat better than average promise.
Hoag, one of the best sophomore running prospects to play for Kansas in recent years, is going to be at his best on the run or pass options that Gilman used the past year from his fullback spot. Hoag is noted for his terrific down field running ability and is capable of going all the way on any quick opening play.
Whether either the Chicago running wizard, or Wells can throw under Big Seven pressure remains to be seen. Bogue finished sixth in the conference's individual passing show the past year, completing 29 out of 69 tosses for 521 yards. Two
of the five who topped him, Gilman, and Kansas State's Dana Atkins, are gone.
Bogue has not been throwing as well this spring, however, as he did in 1949. In the meantime, none of the other signal callers is receiving rave notices as passers. Most improved is Archie Unruh, 160-pound sophomore, who is pressing Don Wilson for the No. 2 quarterback spot behind Bogue.
Wilson, a nifty ball handler and play technician, has shown recent improvement in his passing. The past Saturday's scrimmage session found him completing two passes to end Marvin Rengel for touchdowns.
All three of the past year's top KU, receivers are returning. End Lyn Smith finished third, behind Jim Doran of Iowa State, and Missouri's Gene Ackerman, with 358 yards on 20 completions. Bill Schaake and Aubrey Linville, a pair of sophomore ends, ranked fourth at 344 and sixth at 276 yards respectively.
The Jayhawkers' ground maneuvers are encouraging, chiefly because of improved blocking downfield and in the line. There is solid power and ability blooming all-along the backline.
Hoag is expected to be a first class running threat from the outset. Wade Stinson, the veteran little right half, is enjoying his best spring. Sophomores Galen Fiss, Bud Laughlin, and Bob Brandeberry, are pushing co-capt. Amberg for the starting fullback spot.
Wells, and sophomore right halfback Hal Clewinger, are also expected to help the running attack, but have been handicapped through most of the spring drills with ankle injuries.
Carl Sandefur's 5-Hitter Handcuffs Tigers,2 To1
Kansas defeated Missouri, 2 to 1, Tuesday at Columbia, behind the effective five-hit pitching of the Jayhawkers' big sophomore righthander, Carl Sandefur. The win gave Kansas a split in the two-game series as the Tigers won Monday's game, 4 to 3.
Sandefur, who earlier beat Missouri here, 9 to 3, hooked up in a pitcher's duel with the Tigers' ace righthander, Roger Englert, to chalk up his second Big Seven win against no setbacks. He also won the Kansas opener beating Rockhurst college 10 to 2.
At the mid-way point on the 20- game schedule, Kansas owns a season record of five wins and three losses including a split in six conference games.
BIG SEVEN STANDINGS
W. L. Pct.
Colorado 1 0 1.000
Oklahoma 4 2 .667
Nebraska 4 2 .667
KANSAS 3 3 .500
Kansas State 3 3 .500
Missouri 4 4 .500
Iowa State 1 6 .143
Monday and Tuesday Results
KANSAS 3-2, MOISUROI 4-1
Kansas State 1-6, Iowa State 2-3
Schedule
Friday and Saturday
KANSAS at NEBRASKA
Missouri at Kansas State
Kansas scored in the first inning as
Jim Cavonaugh led-off with a walk and stole second. After Koen Kingo struck out and Floyd Temple grounded out, Carl Ellis doubled down the leftfield foul-line to score Cavonaugh.
The Jayhawkers scored again in the fifth for what turned out to be the winning run. Lou DeLuna reached first on a walk and moved to second on Ken Morrow's sacrifice hit. Sandefur helped his own cause along by poking a Texas-leaguer into center field moving DeLuna to third base.
Sandefur's bid for a shut-out was ruined in the eighth inning as Bob Harting walked to start the inning. Bob Davis singled to right-center advancing Harting to third. Jack Frier grounded out short to second with Harting racing home with Missouri's lone run.
Coach Bill Hogan followed by hanging out the squeeze play signal to Cavonaugh. He followed with a near perfect bunt along the third base four-line score DeLuna from third with the Jayhawker's second and final run.
Kansas meets Nebraska at Lincoln
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Batteries: Sandefur and Morrow; Englert and Murrey.
Campus Improvements Include
Trees, Two New Gravel Walks
The University's land west of the parking lot to West campus road and south to Oread street has been leveled and numerous improvements have been made to rid the campus of this unsightly spot.
Friday and Saturday, with wins a near must if Coach Hogan's club is to remain in the conference title race. Kansas plays Iowa State here on Monday and Tuesday, May 8 and 9.
**Score by innings:** R. H. E. Kansas    100 010 000—2 4 0 Missouri    000 000 010—1 5 2 Sandefur and Morrow
The land has been sowed to grass and two gravel walks put in to replace students' short cuts to their classes.
Several varieties of trees have been planted along the northern part of University drive the past few weeks.
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New Boston, N. H. (U.P.)—Roger W. Babson, economist, may not harness the power of gravity, but his experimental station here already is making New England history. Some 200-000 books are being removed to Babson's property, site of his Gravity Research Foundation. They will give New Boston the second largest library in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Oldster Remembers Wars
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