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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 5.1946
By BOB DELLINGER Daily Kansan Sports Writer
The United Press all-American selections will undoubtedly create a storm of protest among Kansas grid followers.
While Otto Schnollbacher, a great end, really deserves mention on the squad, the omission of Ray Evans can be classed as a major crime against another top-flight player.
Evans, a near-unanimous choice for all-Big Six, has been a mainstay of the squad this year in more ways than one.
He is the type of player who never gives up trying, and K.U. fans have seen him run all the way across the field to bring down a runner who had eluded the rest of the squad.
Two other backs from this area were named-Joe Golding of Oklahoma and Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma A & M-both decidedly inferior to Evans.
Which leaves only one conclusion, there must be something wrong with the method of selection. We can't tell just what it is, but it needs correcting if possible.
Oklahoma U., co-champions of the Big Six with Kansas, is going to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. Fla.
The Sooners' opponents will be North Carolina State, which finished the season with a record of eight and two.
Oklahoma wound up with seven wins and three losses, those being to Army, Texas, and Kansas. The Sooners topped Texas Aggies, Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas Christian, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma Aggies.
North Carolina State holds victories over Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, Clemson, Davidson, and V.M.I. Only losses came at the hands of Vanderbilt and V.P.I.
Tatum announced the decision after meeting with the squad Wednesday. The Sooners had previously voted not to play in any post-season game except the Cotton Bowl, but changed their minds.
--knows what is going on. K.U. didn't pull anything like that during the season, but they did take advantage of the element of surprise and dishearten the opponents."
Phillips 66, N.A.A.U. champ, will open defense of the All-America league with Big Bob Kurland of Oklahoma A. & M. as a leading figure.
Kurland, seven-foot center, has set the pace this year in the first three games. The "66-ers" have several newcomers in the lineup after losing players to the professional ranks last year.
Veterans include Gordon Carpenter, hailed as the best defense man in the country.
Replogle Important In Victories But Saw Few K.U. Games
There's one member of the K.U. coaching staff who spent almost every Saturday watching other teams in the nation play football yet he contributed a great deal to the success of the winning Javawkers this season
Chief Scout Wayne Replogle saw 14 different teams in action this fall and performed one of the most important jobs connected with the gridiron in making accurate reports on the ◎ play of K-U's opponents
According to Replogle the jol makes watching football "very uninteresting" because while most persons go to see their favorites win, he has to take an impartial view of the situation to be able to notice everything.
"It's just as well that I had to be away while K.U. was playing," he said, "because I get too excited watching my own team. I'm the world's worst loser and winner, too. I just about blow my top no matter what happens."
Even with an excitable nature Replogle goes about his scouting work methodically and efficiently. He prefers to sit alone because his mind "goes through a thousand storms" and another person might divert his attention from the game.
The Kansas seout divides his time at a game in watching a particular team's personnel and offensive play.
"I begin my work as soon as the team goes out onto the field," he said, "I try to pick out the good and bad points of players. For instance, if a man punts a certain way during the pre-game warmup, he's very likely to do the same thing in a game."
In answer to a question as to what difference there could be in punting he explained that some consistently kick spiral punts while others kick end over end. Also if a punter kicks left or right footed the ball spins in a different direction and it's a good thing for the receiver to know which way the ball is turning.
In observing personnel during the game Replogle keeps his eye on the men to determine their physical nature. If a man shows a lot of power, he can usually be drawn out of position by overcharging or overshifting.
"One of the bad points of a player which we used to our advantage in the Missouri game," the scout said, "was in the case of the Tigers' quarterback. We knew he fumbled quite often so naturally we worked on it and were ready to take advantage of his mistakes."
Closely related to the personnel is the offensive attack of the proposed opponent. A good team will change its defense to fit another team's offense so Replogle pays particular attention to the various "patterns" which the eleven employs.
Replogle added that he also knew that one M.U. lineman was as "helpless as a an old fat woman" if he was blocked at the knees.
"I particularly watch what a team does on the first down after the kickoff," he said. "Often they will try to pull a fast one and heave a long pass before the other team
The Jayhawk seout believes the most difficult part in watching the offensive is trying to pick up the line assignments and finding out where each lineman goes on the play. With only 25 or 30 seconds to get the information on paper, it's difficult to follow all of them.
"Also in offensive play." Replogle continued, "a team will sometimes use an odd system of calling signals in order to give their line the advantage in charging. One team we played this year charged on the 'off count' and if we hadn't had that information we could have been in trouble."
Asked how he could get a team's signal count he replied, "I was just in a position to hear them."
Replogle spends about four hours after the game compiling all his information, and then brings it back to K. U. where it is put into use.
The "B" squads learn the opponent's plays and run against the Varsity during practice sessions.
"We tag the reserves with name cards showing the location of each man on the opponent's team." Replogle said. "The 'B' squad members assume as nearly as possible the habits and tactics of the real McCoy so the Varsity will become accustomed to the plays."
Replogle had only one uncomfortable afternoon all season and that was at the Oklahoma-Missouri game
"I got down there and found out that the officials had sold out the scouting box to a bunch of radio people," he said. "I usually have to let off a little steam and when I had to sit in utter silence in that radio control room, it was almost too much."
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