2. 1948
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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HENRY LAMPING
DON WILSON
JOHN AMBERG
KU Seeks Fifth Straight Win
FLOYD TEMPLE
STRICKER
CARL ELLIS
McDONALD
K. SPERRY
TOMLINSON
DICK MONROE
H. JOHNSON
B. SPERRY
Jayhawks Favored To Stay In Lead
A Homecoming crowd of from 33,000 to 35,000 will be in Memorial stadium at 2 p.m. tomorrow to watch the Kansas Jayhawkers go after their third 1948 Big Seven victory against the team which handed them their last defeat in league competition, the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The Huskers will be attempting to repeat their 1946 performance when they downed the Jayhawkers 16 to 14 for the only league loss of the season for the Crimson and Blue.
The Kansans have come along steadily after their 13 to 14 loss to Texas Christian in the opener. They downed Denver 40 to 0, Colorado 40 to 7, and George Washington 12 to 0.
With the hardest part of the schedule still before them, Coach J. V. Sikes' charges have shown flashes of brilliance but have yet to really hit their peak. They must
Both teams have new coaches. Bernie Masterson, coach at Nebraska the past two years, has been succeeded by George "Potsy" Clark. Clark, beginning his second tour of duty at Nebraska, was called back after two years' retirement.
"Potsy" began his coaching career at the University of Kansas in 1916. From 1931 to 1941 he coached in the National professional league, his Detroit Lions having been league champions in 1935.
The Cornhuskers have won only one game this season, a 19 to 16 scare with Iowa State. They were shoved all over the field the past week in the 44 to 13 shellacking handed them by Notre Dame.
J. V. Sikes, Kansas' new coach, a Texas A. and M. graduate, came to Kansas from Georgia university where he served as end coach.
Kansas is listed as a distinct favorite, some odds-makers giving Nebraska and 19 points. The Jayhawkers' 4-1 season record, especially their convincing 40 to 7 drubbing of the Colorado Buffalos, a team which upset the Cornhuskers 19 to 6, is probably the chief reason for placing Kansas in the favorite's role.
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GILMAN
MOFFETT
GRIFFITH.
NU Has 40 Wins Out of 54 Games
When Kansas and Nebraska square off in their annual game at Memorial stadium tomorrow, K.U. fans will be recalling the 28-year 'jinx' period, when the Jayhawkers went from 1916 to 1944 without defeating the Cornhuskers on the gridiron.
In the past four seasons the Jayhawkers have buried this 'jinx'—one of the longest in college football history.
R. BERTUZZI
Probable Starting Lineups
OFFICIALS: Louis House, referee; John Waldorf, ampire; Charles Bresnahan, field judge, and Bat Shunatona, headlineman.
(155) Dave Schmidt L. E. Ralph Damkroger (225)
(185) Carl Ellis L. T. Charles Gooodgain (240)
(173) Ken Sperry L. G. Darwin Salestrom (200)
(208) Dick Monroe C. Tom Novak (210)
(200) Dick Tomlinson R. G. R. D. Means (214)
(188) Hugh Johnson R. T. John Sedlacek (210)
(181) Dick Gilman Q. B Bob Costello (200)
(176) Charles Moffett L. H. Cletus Fischer (175)
(172) Dick Bertuzzi R. H. Don Bloom (165)
(184) Forrest Griffith F. B. Junior Collopy (190)
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PATTEE
BUD FRENCH
K. U. under Henry Shenk downed the Huskers 20 to 0 in 1944 to end the long drought and give Kansas its first victory over Nebraska at Lawrence since 1896. Last year's thrilling 13 to 7 triumph, with the winning tally coming with 40 seconds to go, provided the Jayhawkers with their first win at Lincoln since 1916, when K.U. gained a 7 to 3 victory in a big upset. It was Nebraska's first defeat in over three years. The Huskers had beaten K.U. six consecutives times prior to 1916.
In 1930 the Jayhawkers romped over all conference foes except the Huskers, who ruined the K.U. homecoming with a 16 to 0 shocker, yet K.U. won the undisputed title. In 1946 the Jayhawks tied for first place despite the Husked defeat.
The series, one of the longest in the nation, is filled with tight, thrilling games, even though Nebraska was almost always the winner. It was Nebraska who handed the Jayhawkers their last conference defeat, a 16-14 homebreaker in 1946 before a homecoming crowd of 33,000. Up to this time, K.U. is the only team in conference history to win an undisputed championship and still lose one game.
In the previous 54 contests, Nebraska holds a lopsided margin of 40 victories to K.U.'s 11, with 3 ties. N.U. has scored a total of 832 points to the Jayhawkers' 337.
Kansas managed to tie the Cornhuskerts three times during the 28-year domination. In one of the most famous games ever played in Memorial Stadium, the 1920 Jayhawkers, under Coach F.C. "Phog" Allen, battled the mighty Nebraskans to a 20 to 20 tie after N.U. had led 20 to 0 at halftime. In 1923 George
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EILERTS
ROUSE
DELVIN NORRIS
DAVE FISCHER
MIKE McCORMACK
JOHN IDOUX
He's A Texan, But Sikes Controls Kansas' Title Hopes
J. V. Sikes, coach of the Jayhawker Big Seven co-champions, faces the toughest task of any Big Seven coaches. He has the problem of keeping the Kansas team on the top of the ladder with only a skeleton of the 1947 title winning crew with which to work.
After the sudden departure of Go whip the sophomores and handful of returning veterans into shape for this season. He knew none of the players and their capabilities, but he soon caught on and has already won plaudits of the Kansas fans for his work at Mt. Oread.
After the sudden departure of George Sauer, Sikes was called upon to
The almost fatal blow struck by the faculty eligibility committee would dismay the stoutest hearted coach. Sikes went into the fall practice with the Texas Chris-
On game three weeks off without a quarterback with a minute's big time experience. He and his staff worked hours with such boys as Dick Gilman, a squadman who had never been good enough to make the first three teams, and Don Wilson, Wandotte high school star just up
"I like Kansas very much," the native Texan said. "It has a fine school spirit and a beautiful campus. Everyone is friendly, and everyone seems to be on the same side. There is fine co-operation, especially from the administration and the faculty," he added.
from the freshman ranks, and came out with T-formation field generals good enough to lead his team to four wins out of five so far this season.
The feeling of Sikes for his new home is certainly returned by the team, student body, and alumni. The easy going Texan makes friends everywhere he goes. His co-operative attitude with the press is setting a new style.
Coach J. V. Sikes
Probably no coach in the business works his men any harder, but it pays off in conditioning. There is not an excess pound on the Kansas team.
Sikes has been coaching for 18 years. While end coach at the University of Georgia, he earned the reputation as a "builder of All-American ends." Many of his end graduates are now playing professional football. He has helped to coach five bowl teams, all of them victorious.
While in Washington for the George Washington game, three of his former players at Georgia who now play with the Washington Redskins professional football team, came to the hotel to see him.
"It was just like old home week," the coach commented. You could tell by the look in his eyes why his boys love him—he likes the boys for themselves, not merely as players.
You can see him almost any evening working over in a corner of the field with the ends. "That's a boy, Dave, keep those leg churning," echoes across the gridiron. He believes in giving the players as much personal coaching on the fundamentals of their positions as time permits.
"Siki", as the coach is affectionately known, is a graduate of Texas A & M college.While there, he won three letters. He was chosen on the Southwest All-conference team in 1927.
Before coming to Kansas, Coach Sikes coached at Binn Memorial college, Burleson Junior college, was line coach at East Texas State Teachers college, freshman and end coach at Texas A. & M., and end coach at Georgia. In 1943 he was assistant coach of St. Mary's Preflight and became head coach in 1944.