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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SEPTEMBER 20.1946
By BILL SIMS
Coach George Sauer faces a tough year in his first season at the helm of Javhawker gridiron tactics.
He has been put on the spot by coaches who picked the Jayhawkers to take one of the top three positions in Big Six Conference standings.
Students and fans all over the state have been misled into believing Kansas would have a terrific team this year.
It is true that the Jayhawkers should field one of the best backfield combinations in the Midwest, but that same old question about line strength hasn't been solved yet.
I claim it's a possibility but not a probability.
It is an unknown quantity and won't be determined until a couple of games have been played. The line may develop, and I believe it will, but until that time you shouldn't have hopes of a championship outfit.
Regardless of backfield strength, a team can't win games unless the line opens up the opposition. Perhaps the line may surprise everyone and be tough from the first game.
The Jayhawkers will be capable of pulling an upset at any time with Riflin' Ray Evans in the backfield. He should be one of the top backs in the nation this fall.
It's up to us to support the team to the nth degree.
Let's not believe the Jayhawkers will be a really good team until they prove it and don't put the coaches on the spot because it doesn't develop.
Now comes the time to make my first prediction of the current football season. It's difficult to forecast what might happen the first game because there is no way of comparing the two teams.
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T. C.U. has a fine backfield and a better than average line, according to reports from the cow country, and wily Dutch Meyer always has a few tricks in the bag.
The Horned Frogs are rated six points better than the Jayhawkers on the parlay cards this week, and I'll have to string along with the bookies on this game even though I'd like to pick Kansas.
I'll pick T.C.U. and hope I'm wrong.
58 Men Check Out Suits For B Team
Fifty-eight men have checked suits out for the junior Jayhawker varsity since practice sessions started Monday. With more candidates reporting every day, the total probably will reach 75.
Three games have been scheduled for the B team, and a fourth will be added soon. Kansas State is lined up for two games, and the junior Cornhuskers are to be the opponents in the third tilt.
The following men have checked suits out:
Don Bruning, Nelson Blakemore,
Edward Banks, Russell Bertram,
John Brimer, Pat Dulaney, Roland
Eilerts, Edward Eaton, Frank Findley,
Gharold Ehrlich, William Parsons,
Bob Green, Warren Gress, Dick
Gilman.
William Grahaw, Keithe Grant,
Allen Harms, Jim Heydon, Junior
Haverty, Anthony Hoffman, Howard
Hallman, Bill Hart, Herman Hale,
J. R. Hampston, Bruce Henock,
Vernon Lang, Jay Minear, Ralph Burnet
Harry Lohrengr, Duane McCarter, neth McCall, Max Nayes, George Newton, Lewis Noll, Gair Price, Howard Perry, Ken Peters, Marvin Rogers, Bill Russell, William Turney, Clinton Staggs, Duane Stallard.
R. R. Stallard, Jim Street, Phil Taylor, Rudy Valasek, Herman Wilson, Price Worcester, George Waugh, Clifford Wade, Don Wade, Jack English, Ed Searcy, Zeno Gould, Kenneth Morrow, and Ken Wallace.
Stiff Drilling On Pass Defense Marks Last Week Of Jayhawker Practice
Coach George Sauer, starting his first season as head man of Jayhawker football, sent his charges through stiff drills against Texas Christian formations this week in preparation for tomorrow's game.
The Horned Frogs probably will use triple and single wing offensive formations, and the Jayhawkers have been practicing against the fourth team which used the T.C.U. plays. $ \textcircled{4} $
The Jayhawkers spent a lot of time drilling on pass defense because the Horned Frogs boast three of the finest tosers in the Southwest conference' this fall in Jim Lucas, Leon Joslin and Lindy Berry.
T. C.U.'s bossman, Dutch Meyer, is famous for the teams he has turned out with the leading aerial attack artists in the country, and the Texans are expected to use the air a lot this fall.
Kansas claims one of the top passers in the nation in Ray Evans. He led the nation in number of completions in 1942 when he connected with 101 heaves. It was the third time in modern football history that one player had completed over 100 passes in one season.
Another capable toser for the Jayhawkers is Bill Hogan. stocky quarterback who was Evans' teammate on the Second Air Force last year.
The Kansas ground attack will depend largely on the line which is still an unknown quantity.
The line has developed to some extent during practice sessions the
past three weeks, but it is still a big question mark.
Sauer trimmed the squad to 52 men this week but made it clear that this was not final. Any man who shows improvement may be moved up, and any man who fails to work hard may be moved down to the B team.
Sauer separated these men into four units so that it would be easier for the coaches to spend more time with each unit.
Unit One—Left end, Schmidt-
Small; left tackle, Penny; left guard,
Fambrough; center, Ettinger; right
guard, Tomlinson; right tackle, H;
Johnson; right end, Schnellbacher;
quarterback, Hogan; left half, Evans;
right half, Bertuzzi; full back, Patte-
**Uitit** Two-Left end, Tice; tie
tackle, Burt; left guard, Sperry; center,
Fischer; right guard, Mickick-Crawford;
right tackle, Monroe-Egnatic; right end, Turner; quarter-back, McNutt; right half, Laniewski-French; right half, Griffith; fullback, Baker.
Unit Three—Left end, Bertuzzi;
left tackle, D. Johnson; left guard,
right guard.
Guinta; center, Bray; right guard,
Stevens; right tackle, Hird; right end,
Reigle; quarterback, Mester;
left half, Hess; right half, Mallon;
fullback, Robison.
Unit Four—Left end, Darrel Norris; left tackle, Channel; left guard Dickerson-Bond; center, Penny-Kline; right guard, Lee; right tackle, Winter; right end, Delvin Norris-Sperry; quarterback, Gear; left half, Hardy-Crowley; right half, McDonald; full back, Dewell.
The first basketball practice of the year will be held at 7:30 p.m., Oct.1, Dr.F.C. "Phog" Allen, K.U. cage coach, announced today.
Basketball Practice Will Start Oct.1
Practice sessions will be held in Robinson gymnasium, and the varsity squad will be split into two units, which will work out on alternate nights.
Howard Engleman, pre-war Jayhawker basketball star, will be assistant coach this year.
Lost And Found
The University Business Office, on the first floor of Frank Strong Hall and the hostess desk in the Memorial Union building maintain a lost and found bureau for the convenience of students. All articles should be turned over to them promptly when found.
36 Women Apply For Rifle Team
Thirty-six applications for the women's rifle team have already been received, Sgt. Arthur W. Millard, R.O.T.C. sergeant major, reports.
Screening of possible candidates will begin soon, although practice firing will not begin until November. Sergeant Millard is still receiving applications at 203 Military Science building.
Enrollment for the men's R.O.T.C. rifle club will begin in about 10 days. Thirty-six matches are scheduled for the team, all of them during the second semester. Sergeant Millard will be head coach and Sgt. M. P. Wojcik will be manager.
First Tennis Meeting Will Be At 5 Today
The first meeting of candidates for the 1947 K.U. tennis team will be held at 5 p.m. today in the office of the tennis coach, 6 Journalism building.
Netters who have schedule conflicts with this meeting may consult the coach in the same room Saturday morning, from 9 a.m. to noon.
A horsepower tax of 50 cents for each horsepower generated by an industry for its own use nets the State of Louisiana approximately $5,000,000 annually.
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