O'Neal Accepts Dual Role
After 17 years, Charles O'Neal has returned to the University of Kansas to a position that encompasses two of his favorite occupations—coaching golf and counselling students.
"It's a nice combination for me personally," explained O'Neal, "a full time counsellor and a part time golf coach."
As golf coach, O'Neal inherits an uncertain position from departed coach Wilbur Norton, now full time golf pro at the Lawrence Country Club.
As a minor college sport, golf receives almost no financial support, and according to O'Neal, he won't know much about the squad until try-outs are held Sept. 21-22.
After the try-outs, O'Neal, who
Weather Aids Jays Workout
Overcast skies and cooler weather aided KU football drills Tuesday as the team concentrated on pass rush defense and all phases of its kicking game.
The two-hour workout was a relief from Monday's torrid session when 13 Jayhawks had to leave practice early because of heat exhaustion.
Coach Pepper Rodgers said the cooler weather also helped him to get more teaching in.
Rodgers said he hopes to have the Jayhawks workout Friday on the Tartan Turf in Memorial Stadium but that it will depend on whether or not the 3M Company has finished the painting of the yardlines on the field.
Pepper said he thinks the enclosed stadium drills will give the team the privacy it needs to sharpen its game. The practice fields behind Allen Field House are open to the public and Rodgers said that he does not like the spectators so close.
"If I had my way no one would get into practice for the exception of members of the press." Rodgers said. "There are just so many little things that you can do without everyone standing around listening to everything a coach might say to a player."
The next scheduled Jayhawk scrimmage is for Saturday in the stadium. Rodgers said it would be played under game conditions as in contrast to last Saturday's controlled scrimmage.
Among players held out of contact due to minor injuries were junior offensive tackle Bruce Mitchel, sophomore running back Vince O'Neil, sophomore defensive tackle Carl Searcy, and junior flanker Xerk White.
Cats Kicking Upsets Vince
MANHATTAN, Kan. (UPI) — The Kansas State Wildcats spent three hours on the practice field Tuesday and Coach Vince Gibson expressed concern about his kicking game.
The kicking game however met with Gibson's displeasure. He said the Wildcats had to get their punting game cranked up. In the scrimmage there were two punts and one field goal blocked by the defense.
After an hour long scrimmage Gibson was undecided about the results but praised the play of the defensive line, especially guard Joe Colquitt and tackle Leo Broudhard.
Sophomore Joe Brandt, last year's freshman kicker, is handling the punting duties. The Wildcats had counted upon the services of Don Payne but he quit. John Duckers, Payne's backup man, injured a knee last week and is out indefinitely.
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coached golf at Ball State Teacher's College in Muncie, Ind., expects to have a squad that will show well in the only fall golf competition, the Big 8 Roundup.
Most of O'Neal's time is occupied as academic advisor for KU athletes, a live-in job.
With his wife and two sons. O'Neal lives in Jayhawk Towers apartments with the athletes, a situation that at times makes him more of a father than just an advisor.
O'Neal graduated from KU in 1951 with a B.S. in physical education while playing football and golf. The following year he was awarded a M.S. in guidance and counselling.
The years between KU O'Neal spent as an officer in the Air Force. He was golf coach and the officer in charge of golf courses at Air Force bases in the Philippine Islands and Japan.
As for his return to KU, O'Neal said, "I'm coming home to stay for a while," and for a golfing prediction, "if I am lucky enough to stay, I hope I'm able to improve the caliber of golf at KU."
TWO IMPORTANT NEWCOMERS to the Jayhawks, quarterback Dan Heck and place kicker Bob Helmbacher, will get their initiation to Big Eight football Sept. 12 when KU plays host to Washington State in Memorial Stadium. Heck, a Hawthorne, Calif., junior, and Helmbacher, a St. Louis sophomore, have both shown considerable promise in pre-season practice to fill two gaping holes left over from last season.
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