FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Sikes Hopes Football Shifts Will Aid Running Attack
Wholesale shifts in the lineup of the K.U. football machine are taking place in the daily spring practice sessions as Coach J. V. Sikes seeks to improve the club's running attack.
Last season the Jayhawkers stunned most of their opponents with their powerful air offensive but their power on the ground was not able to stand
This spring, blocking, both in individual drills and serimimage, has been emphasized since the opening day.
Sikes is particularly pleased with the squid's spirit. After an especially rugged struggle the Jayhawkent mention said, "If the boys keep working that hard we may have a pretty fair squad by next fall."
One of the shifts that Sikes is ready to call a rousing success is letterman John Amberg's change from fullback to right half. Amberg has shown he is swift and clever enough to run outside in the week and one-half of drills and he proved his straight-ahead power last year. It is the third switch in as many years for Amberg, who played quarterback as a freshman.
Bill Mace, who tried quarterbacking last season, is using his 205 pounds at fullback. Sikes has indicated that if he continues to improve he will furnish some needed linebacking stopping power as well as helping the ground attack.
Letterman Dave Fisher's change from end to tackle is still in the experimental stage. Fisher stands six feet two, weighs 190 pounds and carries good speed for a lineman
Whether the shift is permanent depends on how the new ends shape up. Sikes has tried Carl Sandefur—he is six foot three by 200 pounds at the outside position and likes the giant's work there. Sandefur played at full as a freshman last year.
Until an appendectomy knocked him out Wednesday, Dale Mallon, Topeka lefthander, was benefiting from a change to fullback. Mallon worked at right half formerly.
Other juggles include that of Jim Harris, 210-pound guard, to tackle, and Wint Winter from tackle to the important center spot.
Mike McCormick, first team right tackle became the second tackle to go on the injured list, when he twisted his left knee in last night's scrimmage session. Big Mike now joins tackle Ed Lee who is also sidelined because of a knee injury.
The fence will probably be set at about 330 or 340 feet, making the homerun a bigger threat on the Kansas home diamond.
Oklahoma's baseball team lineup this year will sound more like a basketball team then anything else, because the Sooners will have four first team basketball players in their starting line-up. Paul County will be back to handle first base, and Ken Pryor will play second for Jack Baer's nine.
Eight Chosen For Golf Team After Five Rounds Of Play
Then there's big Bill Waters who is a pitcher, and Wayne Glasgow, an outfielder. If Waters can throw
It was rather humorous at a meeting of the baseball squad the other day when Hogan approached the team members as to what distance the players would like to have the fence placed. Lou DeLuna, one of the team's top hitters, jokingly answered 300 feet, and Dick Gilman, pitcher, promptly started yelling for 450 feet as a more suitable distance
Eight men were chosen today for the varsity golf team by Bill Winey, golf coach. The eight were chosen after all contestants for varsity berths had played five rounds of medal golf on the Lawrence Country club course. Then the best four rounds were averaged, and the eight men with the lowest scores won varsity positions. The eight men and their final scores are:
By DARELL NORRIS
The style this spring for K.U. baseball hitters may be homeruns. Before last year a home run on the Kansas diamond was any ball hit over the tennis courts or any ball parked up on Mississippi street, both of which were rare feats. Then last year a fence was erected in left field, 365 feet from home plate, still a fairly hefty drive in any league.
So this year, with only two left handed hitters on the team. Coach "Red" Hogan has decided to move the fence in closer to home plate so his crew of right handed hitters can "swing for the fences" with a possibility of registering a few more roundtripers than K.U. players have been able to clout in the past.
Dick Ashley 71.00
Dave Dennis 71.50
Fred Brinkman 74.00
Murray Regier 74.25
Don Stickrod 76.00
Courtland Smith 76.25
Charles Moss 76.50
Glen Scott 77.00
Par at the Lawrence Country club is on a basis of 68. It is a nine hole course.
The match will be played at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country club. This course has been the scene of several of the nation's top tournaments.
Coach Winey listed Dick Ashley, Dave Dennis, Murray, Regier, and Courtland Smith as the probable starters against Oklahoma in the first golf match Friday, April 8.
Last year Oklahoma trounced the Jayhawks $17\frac{1}{2}$ to $1\frac{1}{2}$ at Oklahoma, with Charley Coe, 1948 Transmississippi Amateur Champion leading the way for the par busting Sooners. It was this same Oklahoma team that later won the Big Seven Medal Play championship at Lincoln. Winey expects the Sooners to be just as tough this year.
'It's too early to make predictions'
Big7 Entries Threaten Texas Track Power
Outfielder Les Layton, first baseman Jack Harshman and pitcher Mario Picone were optioned to Minneapolis of the American Association; catcher Wes Westrum, with the Giants all last season, was assigned to Jersey City of the International league; pitcher Les Kleszit was sent to Trenton in the Inter State league and pitcher Oswald Kolwe to Sioux Falls of the Northern league.
Phoenix, Ariz., April 1—U.P.) The New York Giants began spring "house cleaning" at a stepped up tempo today.
Three squads from the Big Seven threaten the perennial superiority of the University of Texas in the 22nd annual Texas relays at Austin today and Saturday. In addition to the strong K.U. relays teams, Nebraska, and Kansas State have sent representatives capable of taking several firsts.
Giants Option Players At Stepped Up Pace
said Winey, "but we are strong in the first two positions, with long hitting Ashley, and smooth chipping Dennis to fill these top spots. Regier has been hitting the ball well, and should make a good showing," said the coach. "Courtland Smith should add points to the back twosome."
He added, however, that the Lawrence course is fast responding to spring and the greens were mowed recently for the first time this spring.
The Giants also announced that outfielder Hal Bamberger would be optioned to Jersey City or Minneapolis later this week.
Winey went on to say that scoring has been above his expectations so far this season. Poor weather conditions have, however, hampered play, and golfers had had to putt on greens still having their shaggy winter coats.
Rollin Prather carries the more power for the Staters. The big boy will compete in the shotout and discus. He placed fifth in the Olympic team tryouts last year and was named last week to the N.C.A.A. all-American track and field team for the second straight year. In 1947 he won both the shotout and discus at the Texas event but was edged last year by Minnesota's Fortune Gordien.
The toughest competition for Prather this time will come from Norman Wasser of Illinois. Wasser topped the Kansan in the Illinois relaits earlier this year.
The other main championship hope for the Wildcats is Herb Hoskins, a sophomore broad jump sensation and Big Seven runner-up indoors. He has consistently leaved more than 23 feet and has broken the Kansas State indoor record three times in his year of competition.
Other events in which the Manhattan school will enter veteran performers are the 100-yard dash. the 120-yard high hurdles, and the distance medley relay.
Alan Thompson of Nebraska will present the Cornhusker's biggest title threat. His chances soared Wednesday when Texas Trainer Frank Medina said he doubted that fleet Charlie Parker would be able to run the 100. He is still bothered by leg injuries suffered in the recent Fort Worth meet. Parker was undefeated this season. Thompson's toughest job will be in beating Paul Bienz of Tulane. Bienz defeated Parker in the Sugar Bowl last winter and has done as well as 9.5 in the century.
curves like he tossed in baskets against K.U. here in Lawrence, he will be hard to beat.
The Iowa State Cyclones are hoping a new batting cage will help their hitting when they play Simpson at Ames this afternoon. The Cyclones will also be banking on basketball players to hold down starting position. Don Paulsen, a letterman, will be at first base, and Bob Petersen will play in the outfield. A State halfback, Don Ferguson, will be around to try for double plays at second base.
Gene Bearden Iniures Hip
You'll get no resistance when you tell her that you're taking her to
Tucson, Ariz., April 1—(U.P.)-Pitcher Gene Bearden, Cleveland's brilliant 20-game winner last season, today joined second baseman Joe Gordon on the Indians' injured list. Bearden injured himself Wednesday while fielding a grounder and it is feared that the hurler bothered the sciatic nerve. Max Weisman, team trainer, has ordered Bearden to bed. Gordon also is out with a strained arm.
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Aggies To Have Frosh Baseball Team For First Time In K-State History
The first freshman baseball team in the history of Kansas State college began workouts at Manhattan this week under the supervision of Fritz Knorr. coach.
Sixty-eight first-year candidates turned out for the initial drills, Knorr announced.
The squad will be the first to be classified as a regular freshman team in baseball at K-State and members will become eligible for freshman numeral awards. The school has previously had freshman baseball groups, practicing, but not
The new group will be under the temporary tutelage of Jack Shagool, senior in physical education, who will take charge until varsity baseball duties lighten so that one of the varsity men can take over.
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