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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1940
Veterans To Start for Kansas
on the SPORTS CARD
Missouri's Defense Is Bothering Don Faurot . . . And The Punting Situation Is Unimproved . . . Around the Big Six.
By BOB TRUMP
The troublesome Tiger punting situation was also no nearer solution as the production-geared offensive offered the kickers little chance to ply their trade. Faurot gave several Missourians a shot at the punting job, but the Tiger average for the day was low. So there'll probably be plenty of pigskins flying through the air at kicking drills this week before Missouri meets Pitt Saturday.
That the Missouri defense is not all Coach Don Faurot should like it to be was confirmed Saturday when Bengal linemen allowed St. Louis' Billikens to roll over and through them for four touchdowns which would have spelled disaster had it not been for the Tigers' high powered scoring machine.
AROUND THE BIG SIX . . . With the return of Quarterback Kent Duwe and Fullback Lyle Wilkins to the lineup, Coach Adams hopes to have his Kansas State squad at full strength for the Colorado game at Boulder Saturday . . . Although his Iowa State college team mates have hung the nickname of "Posies" on Captain Tom Smith, 190-pound guard, it has nothing to do with his play. He merely spent the summer working in a greenhouse at Boone, Iowa . . . Jay Kern, Jayhawk guard, played against Tom Harmon, the All-American Michigan halfback, when both were high school stars in Gary, Ind.
Experienced Gridman May Battle Cyclones
It will be an all-veteran team which will carry the Jayhawks' hopes when the University of Kansas engages Iowa State College at Ames Saturday if Gwinn Henry's practice combinations during the week may be considered as a criterion.
Experienced men were at every position on the first string yesterday afternoon, and many veterans were in evidence on the second team. The regular lineup contained Hub Ulrich and Ward Crowell at ends, Jim Holloway and W. F. Jack at tackles, Jay Kern and Quido Massare at guards, Don Pierce at center, and
Tryouts for positions on the fourman 2-mile varsity running team will be held soon with four sophomores and a junior battling against Don Thompson and Dick Edwards, junior lettermen.
Hargiss Will Hold 2-Mile Tryouts Soon
Thompson is the only returning member of the 2-mile team which placed third in the conference meet last fall. Edwards lettered in spring track. They are expected to clinch two berths and let the other runners contest among themselves for the two open spots.
The sophomores are Russell Mount, Don Welty, Harold Dickerson, and Albert Poznich. Clarence Miller is a junior. Coach Bill Hargiss expects the winning two to help Thompson and Edwards maintain or better last fall's performance.
The 2-mile team's schedule; Oct. 19, Nebraska at Lawrence; Oct. 26, Kansas State at Manhattan; Nov. 2, Missouri at Columbia. The Big Six championship meet will also be held at Columbia on Nov. 16.
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Marvin Vandaveer, Ed Hall, Jake Fry, and Ed Suagee in the backfield.
The second string line was composed of Ralph Schaake and John Burge at ends, Steve Meade and Jim Zimmerman at tackles, Bob Fluker and Herb Hartman at guards, and Al Zernickow at center. In the backfield were Chet Gibbens, Don Pollom, and Irven Hayden.
Second String Lineup
Meade, whose fine work at tackle has been one of the highlights of the week, and Pollom are conceded the best chance of crashing the first string eventually if not in time for the opening game. Ed Linquist must also be considered in the battle for the second string fullback berth.
No More Scrimmages
Although the Jayhawks will practice tomorrow and possibly Friday before leaving for Ames, their next scrimmage won't come until the kickoff Saturday afternoon. Coach Gwinn Henry has been fortunate in escaping thus far this season with only two serious injuries to his athletes. The first was to Harlan Altman, who received a rib injury last Saturday. He will be ready to play against Iowa State even though he probably won't be used.
The second casualty occurred in
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M.U. Needs Ends, Kickers
(This is another in the series of roundup stories dealing with the prospects of teams on the Jayhawks' 1940 grid schedule. Kansas will play Missouri at Columbia on Nov. 21. Last fall, the Tigers conquered the Jayhawks 20 to 0 at Lawrence. Missouri won the Big Six championship last year.)
Columbia, Mo.—(Special)— "Our big problem will be the replacing of the first team line of last year with special emphasis on the ends, where we lost our first four players."
These were the words of Coach Don Faurot as he surveyed the chances of the University of Missouri defending its first Big Six conference grid title, secured last fall.
Then as a supplementary thought he added, "and we'll need to develop a couple of punters too." However, this is an annual problem to Tiger grid coaches and one that has become almost automatic at the beginning of each season.
Second Line Moves Up
As the entire second team line of 1939, from tackle to tackle, will move up to regulars this fall the big question there will probably be the
ability of the sophomores to perform as satisfactory replacements.
Only Capt. Jack Crocker returns from what was considered the regular line of 1939—and one that is down as one of the best in Tiger
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other last fall and should be ready to step into a full-time starting assignment. Then there's Ray Schultz, 440-man on the track team, who was kept out of the first team rating last year only by the presence of All-Big Six guards, Bob Waldorf. Much Demands On Ends
gridiron annals. However, Bob Wakeman and Jack Landers, tackles, George Willis, guard, and Donald Duchek, center, all appeared in the opening lineup on some occasion or
Paul Christman could not have attained his All-American heights without the superlative receiving of such wingmen as "Bud" and Bob Orf, Stillman Rouse and Blaine Currence. Just how successful the Blond Bomber's toses are this fall will depend a great deal on the pass-snagging talents of these new flankers who must replace the previous mentioned quartet lost by graduation. Thusly, it will revert back another step and determine just how much razzle-dazzie will be contained in the 1940 attack.
The ends offer Faurot one of his most troublesome perplexities at this time and just how long it takes them to develop will undoubtedly go a long way in determining the success of the 1940 team.
Much Depends On Ends
Norvillie Wallach and Frank Amelung, last year's third-stringers who did not letter, appear to be strong contenders for the vacated end posi-
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Intramural Football Tomorrow
Early enthusiasm in intramurals was evident yesterday afternoon by a turnout of 300 University students for the special touch football rules demonstration conducted by the Intramural office. The demonstrators were John Fogel, Chain Healy, Dick Reid, and Warren Newcomer.
The 1940 touch football season will get under way in earnest tomorrow afternoon with five games scheduled. Sigma Chi will open with Theta Tau, Alpha Kappa Psi meets Triangle, Phi Delta Theta clashes with the Tennessee Club, Delta Upsilon faces Alpha Chi Sigma, and Sigma Phi Epsilon "B" opposes Phi PSI "C".
Eleven man teams are divided into two divisions. Division I is composed of defending champion Beta Theta Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Upsilon, Tennessee Club, Alpha Chi Sigma, and the Boy's Co-operative House.
Division II is made up of Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Newman Club, Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta Chi, Theta Tau, and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Phi Gamma Delta plays Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Tau Omega opposes Carruth in the opening team tennis matches tomorrow afternoon.
Intramural Board Members Named
Lee Huddleston, senior manager of the Kansas intramural board announced today the members of his board for this year. Juniors selected were Bob McElfresh, Bill Collins, and Maurice Baringer. Sophomores retained were Bob McCarty and Rex Watkins.
The four freshmen managers will be chosen some time within the next few days. Huddleston, Dr. E. R. Elibel, and two members of Men's Student Council will make the selections.
Gray Continues To Drill Frosh on Cage Fundamentals
Freshman Basketball Coach Gordon Gray is continuing his emphasis on fundamentals and the drills this week are stressing hook passes and set-ups. Short scrimmages are being held but as yet no regular starting quintet has emerged.
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