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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1941
Sports Slants By Clint Kanaga
WEST VIRGINIA AND MARQUETTE
It appears as if the different football critics of pre-season predictions had the wrong slant on the respective merits of two of Kansas' future opponents. Marquette, under Tom Stidham's direction for the first time, was considered 14 points worse than Wisconsin on the parly cards. In fact, the writers of football lore rated Marquette as a weak sister in the Midwest this fall. Saturday, Marquette humiliated a fine Wisconsin team, 28 to 7.
In contrast, West Virginia was picked by many 'experts' to be one of the East's best eleven. In the season's opener, the Mountaineers barely edged out little Waynesburg 13 to 7, so sports writers gave the Navy powerhouse a two-touchdown edge. Navy won over West Virginia 40-0. It was the worst defeat for Coach Bill Kern (West Virginia) in his coaching career.
Football fans will remember the great 1938 team Kern turned out at Carnegie Tech which won the Eastern championship that season. Among Kern's victims that year were Pittsburgh's "dream backfield" 20-10 and Holy Cross' crack outfit 7-6. Carnegie Tech then lost to Davy O'Brien and Texas Christian in the Sugar Bowl 15-7, so it's hard to visualize a Kern team suffering such a one-sided defeat as last Saturday's landslide at the hands of Navy.
THE ALL-AMERICAN TACKLE SITUATION
With only two weeks of the football season gone, it is hardly fair to talk in terms of All-American selections. However, it will be interesting to note the play of four holdover All-American tackles and to see which will make the most selections when the season comes to a close.
Grantland Rice's All-American tackles of '40, Alf Bauman of Northwestern and Bob Reinhard of California, are back in action with one more year of competition apiece. Urban Odson, giant 250-pounder from Minnesota, made many selections in '40, although he was not as generally recognized as Bauman and Reinhard. Against Washington a week ago, Odson was, as in '40, the backbone of the Golden Gophers' defense.
Harley McCollum of Tulane is back for his last year of play. All-American in 1939, McCollum was ineligible due to grades last fall but his presence n New Orleans this season, is one big reason why Tulane again has a powerhouse. Add to this list of greats, the name of Roger Eason, Oklahoma's all-conference selection of '40, and the All-American selectors will have a hard time choosing the two top tackles of 1941. Some newcomer may outshine all of them, but here are five of the best, Bauman, Reinhard, Odson, McCollum, and Eason—keep your eyes on them.
KANSAS SIDE-LINES
Three members of last year's great freshman basketball team are members of the football squad this fall. They are Ray Evans, Don Ettinger, and Paul Turner. Ettinger and Evans are starters in the varsity backfield. . . . Don Pierce, Kansas' all-Big Six center last fall, is writing a swell column daily for the Topeka State Journal. . . .
Two Kansas backs turned in unusual records in the Washington game Saturday. Ed Linquist, reserve fullback, carried the ball just once and went 18 yards for a touchdown. Ray Niblo, sophomore starter at right half, passed three times, completed all three tosses, two of them going for touchdowns.
Dope on the Kansas players: Lighttest man on the squad is quarterback Harlan Altman at 156 pounds while heaviest is Steve Meade who tips the scales at 231. . . . Tallest Jayhawker is Ralph Schaake at 6 feet 4 inches while "Curly" Hayden is the midget of the team standing 5 feet 7 inches. . . Youngest gridster is Warren Hodges, 18 year old sophomore tackle, with four men tying for age honors at 23. Two seniors, "Hub" Ulrich, end, and Denzil Gibbens, halfback, are completing their college careers at the tender age of 20.
Two Milers Groom For Dual Meet With Iowa State Nov.15
The University two mile squad ran a mile and a half undertime for the first time last night in preparation for the opening meet against Iowa State to be held here November 15.
Dick Edwards, veteran of the team for the past two years, is rounding into shape, and Clarence Miller, member of last year's team, is showing much improvement in his running form. Miller and Edwards seem to have cinched berths on Coach Hargiss' four man team, and the other two positions are being bid for by Russ Mount, Abbott Goddard, Oliver Hess, and Art Peters. Orlando Epp, who was out for the team, has been called by the draft.
University of Michigan will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of its College of literature science and the arts October 15.
BULLETIN
A block of 500 tickets for the Kansas-Nebraska football game Saturday at Lincoln is now on sale at the athletic office in Robinson Gymnasium. The tickets sell for $2.50 and are on and around the 50 yard line.
Coach Wayne Replogle's freshman football squad took a sound drubbing from the varsity yesterday. Playing on the defense, the frosh had large holes ripped in their line by the varsity offense. The yearlings displayed more ability in stopping the varsity's passes than they did in checking the running attack.
Freshmen Meet Strong Opposition
With assistant fresh coach Ed Hall, Coach Replogle has been polishing the frosh squad on blocking fundamentals. Replogle states that the whole squad is in top-notch condition, except for Kenny Thompson and Louis Musick who are out due to illness.
--a team that tied the Cornhuskers that first year and then beat them three of the next four years.
Hopeful of regaining his old mastery over Nebraska, Coach Gwinn Henry is preparing his Kansas Jayhawkers for their invasion of Huskerland, Saturday.
Henry Teams At Missouri Beat Nebraska
When Henry went to Missouri as head coach in 1923, the Tigers had not beaten Nebraska for 24 years. Wasting little time, Gwinn put out
RAY EVANS JAY KERN
It was not until his third year at M. U., however, that Henry's team turned in its first of the three victories. This being Gwinn's third year as head coach at Kansas, backers of the Jayhawks are praying for history to repeat itself. It was in 1916 that K.U. last beat Nebraska.
Given any kind of a break on the weather, Saturday's game should produce a real offensive battle. Nebraska, always powerful on the attack, has the "T" formation in its repertoire now, to further harass the opposition.
JOE CRAWFORD WARREN HODGES
Kansas has a colorful and dangerous offense built around Henry's "spinner wing" style of attack. Mud and rain limited the use of the "spinner wing" in last Saturday's
Whirlwind Finish In 18-12 Sigma Chi Win
Flashing one of the most brilliant second-half rallies in intramural football history, the Sigma Chi's scored three touchdowns in the final period to erase a 12-point deficit and defeat their next-door neighbors, Alpha Tau Omega, 18 to 12. Leading the way in the Sigma Chi's victory was fullback Bill Hyer.
In the remaining intramural contests yesterday afternoon, the Sig Alph's won from Carruth Hall 7 to 0 while the Newman Club, downed Sigma Nu by the same score 7-0.
Frank Rush, A.T.O. lineman, blocked a Sigma Chi punt in the first quarter, and teammate Holt fell on it for a touchdown. A little later in the first quarter, Fred Coulson, A.T.O. back, intercepted a Chi pass and ran 15 yards for another touchdown.
One change in the Jayhawk lineup may see Jay Kern starting at right guard in place of Monte Merkel. Merkel suffered a bruised knee last Saturday
High spot in the Kansas team's execution of the "spinner wing" is Ralph Miller's handling of the ball, directly behind the center. It has left nothing to be desired. The Jayhawks also run from single wing or double wing, at times.
The play of the Kansas backfield reserves has been encouraging. Denzel Gibbens, little senior halfback, was running beautifully against Washington. Harlan Altman, up quarterback, and Ed Linquist, second string fullback, accounted for the winning touchdown in the Washington game. Altman's 25 yard punt return was particularly important.
Bill Hyer, Sigma Chi, swung into top-speed action in the second half. He heaved touchdown passes to Van Hartman and Eldridge King in the third period, to deadlock the score at 12-all, and then took an aerial from King to tally the winning six points.
game, but on a dry field the Jayhawks trot out an offense that is something to see.
34 Frosh Cagers
Milton Allen, new freshman basketball coach, announced a turnout of 34 first-year cagers at the first practice of the year held last night.
Men reporting were Ed Andrisevic, Bob Bell, Bob Boots, Bill Bauer, Ken Crowley, Ray Custer, Leon Davis, Ray Deines, Lester Eshman, Frank Estrada, Holmes Fowler, Curtis Hin-
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Pacing the Sig Alph attack were passers Jim Sandifer and Kenny Winters. Winters flipped the scoring thrust to Sandifer for six points with Bob Quiring adding the extra point. Carruth Hall put up a tough battle, with Link and Hill starring in defeat.
The Newman Club, with Burleigh De Tar and Bob Reed handling the scoring, triumphed easily over Sigma Nu 7-0. Defensive star of the game was Bedford Berry, Sigma Nu lineman.
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Neither the freshmen nor varsity teams will hold a practice this Friday, according to Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, varsity coach, because many of the cagemen are expected to go to Lincoln for the Kansas-Nebraska grid game.
"Mit" indicated that he expected a few more new men to report tonight. "Individual offense and defense will be stressed for the first few weeks," he said.
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