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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1940
on the SPORTS CARD
By BOB TRUMP
Jayhawk Compare In Weight With Iowa State's Cyclones . . . Another Reason For Tom Stidham's Happiness . . . Crime Note . . . Members of Kansas Varsity and Freshman Teams Show Spirit of Co-operation.
THE AVERAGE WEIGHT of the Jayhawk first string line as of yesterday afternoon stood at 198 pounds while the probable starting backfield scaled 179 pounds. Chances are these figures won't undergo extensive alterations between now and Oct. 5, so the Kansas eleven should be the equal of the Iowa State team as far as pound goes. The Cyclone athletes who started against Luther last week averaged 190 pounds in the line and about 175 in the backfield.
One of the chief reasons that Tom Stidham, Sooner grid coach, is smiling continually but saying nothing is Johnny Martin, 185-pound Oklahoma senior back who played $164\frac{1}{2}$ minutes of varsity football last year but wasn't expected to be of much assistance when practice began this fall. In a game against the freshmen Wednesday, the same Martin scored four 'courtdowns as Stidham's varsity rolled up 31 to 0 score.
Crime Note . . . Topeka police still were confronted with a difficult task yesterday—the problem of discovering who stole two tackling dummies from the Washburn College football field several nights ago.
A SPIRIT of co-operation is growing up between the Kansas varsity and freshman football players that everyone is glad to see. After all, these present freshmen are going to be playing alongside the varsity men next year and it is important that they get off to a good start. However, at some schools the varsity men loose sight of this fact and make life miserable for the freshmen. In such cases the freshman year is a discouraging one, rather than a period in which a young player picks up numerous invaluable pointers. An
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Bulldogs Sharpen Claw for Big Year
(This is another in the series of roundup stories dealing with the prospects of teams on the Jayhawks' 1940 grid schedule. Kansas will play Drake at Lawrence Oct. 12. Last fall, the Bulldogs won from Kansas 12 to 6 at Des Moines.)
From last year's pack of Drake Bulldogs which snarled its way to six straight victories before dropping the last four games on the schedule, Coach V. J. "Vee" Green has an abundant supply of husky linemen but may experience some difficulty in rounding out a quartet of experienced backs.
Drake's schedule this year is another rough one and, in addition to Missouri Valley conference games, includes contests with Montana State, Kansas, Iowa State, Grinnell, and Navy. Following the battle with Kansas at Lawrence
Oct. 12, Drake's warriors will en-
train for Annapolis, Md., where they will clash with Navy the following Saturday.
Lettermen all along the forward wall should help the Bulldogs through their grueling schedule. At center will be Jay Cox, 188-pound senior, who held down the pivot post last year. Letter-winning guards back for another season's competition are Leonard Adams, 182 pounds, Clarence Dillon, 185 pounds, and Bill Conrad, 164 pounds.
The tackles, led by 207-pound co-captain John Kubelius, are all big and tough. Willis Neesson, 200-pound junior, and Willard Cushinberry, 192-pound senior from Lawrence, Kans., will fight it out for the other starting tackle berth. Chandler Olson, the two-letter co-captain, and Emory Reeves, 190-pound regular in 1939, should handle the end positions with considerable help from Rubert Haight, last year's freshman standout.
No experienced quarterbacks are aavailable and Coach Green may be forced to go along with one of his three sophomore signal callers if
Gene Moore, senior squadmen, does not win the starting nomination. Owen Summers, Sherman Paul, and Harold Anderson, all up from the freshman team, will be trying to edge into the varsity lineup.
Four halfbacks who have won letters are back and Green should have no worries at this spot. Competition for starting berths will be staged among Walter O'Connor, Ralph Frank, Ralph Doherty, and Morris White. Returning lettermen at fullback are Harry Dickson and Ray Wero, two 180-pound juniors.
Coach V. J. Green
DRAKE'S 1940 SCHEDULE Sept. 27—Montana State at Des Moines.
Moines.
Oct. 4—Grinnell at Des Moines.
Oct. 12—Kansas at Lawrence.
Oct. 19—Navy at Annapolis, Md.
Oct. 26—St. Louis U. at Des Moines.
Mones.
Nov. 2—Washburn at Topeka.
Nov. 9—Iowa State at Ames.
Nov. 16—Washington at St. Louis.
Nov. 23—Creighton at Des Moines.
Allen Brings Out Crying Towels As Cagers Report
BY CHUCK ELLIOTT. c'43
BY CHUCK ELLIOTT, c 43
The "Beware" sign is being hung out again here at the University of Kansas for all Missouri Valley basketball coaches to read and then wither. The sign is in the form of Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, perennial champion producer, who has brought out the crying towel in behalf of his Jayhawkers in only the first week of varsity practice and it is still September.
If past years are any criterion, the Jayhawks should sweep through another championship year. During recent campaigns when Allen bemoaned the quality or quantity of his squad, his Crimson cagers have delivered the goods and brought back a title to Mount Oread. This year, Coach Allen is worrying no end as to how he will replace his sparkplug, Don Ebling, his steady sweet-shooting backline-man, Dick Harp, his all-valueable utility man, Bruce Voran, and his most potent offensive threat, Ralph Miller. He cites that only three of his regular varsity men Howard Engleman, John Kline, and Bob Allen are returning.
To fill the breach, however, he can
Backfield Excels
The starting eleven with Hall, Vandaveer, Suagee, and Fry in the backfield chalked up two touchdowns on
Fumbles dominated football practice yesterday afternoon as Gwinn Henry's Jayhawkers scrimmaged against the frosh. Despite the occasional bobbles, the passing and running plays went off smoothly.
Outstanding feature of the practice was Marvin Vandaveen's passing. "Vandy" was hitting his fast moving targets, Ed Hall, Jake Fry, and Denzel Gibbens consistently. Harlan Altman and Irven Hayden also turned in
Coach Henry used three lineups alternately against the freshmen eleven with stress being laid upon the Jayhawks' aerial attack. The varsity worked to perfect its offense and defensive work was put aside for the day.
Don Pollom, sophomore ace, was particularly successful in finding holes in the freshman forward wall. Pollom combines a fine change of pace with plenty of speed. Quido Massacre, varsity left guard, was the line standout of the day.
passes from Vandaveer to Hall and Fry. Another lineup was sent in which tallied three times. Altman passed to Ed Lindquist for a score, little Chet Gibbens raced 19 yards off tackle to the goal stripe, and Hayden tossed a long one to Denzel Gibbens who made a sheostring catch for the third touchdown.
Warren Hodges, 215-pound freshman tackle hailing from Lawrence, was brilliant in his defensive play for the freshmen. Don Ettinger and Ray Evans, formerly of William Chrisman and Wyandotte high schools respectively, should also see plenty of action next fall if yesterday's performance is any indication.
call upon three other lettermen of last year, T. P. Hunter, Bill Hogben, and Bob Johnson. To supplement these six, Allen has two transfer lettermen, Norman Sanneman from Washburn and Marvon Sollenberger from Hutchinson Junior College, to work in with his sophomore crop headed by John Buescher.
Actual scrimimage will start next week in moderate amounts as Allen tries to find a suitable combination. This might entail the shifting of his son, Bob, from center or quarterback to guard to team with Kline.
The 24 men reporting at the present time are John Kline, Hutchinson; Virgil Wise, Lawrence; Harley Anderson, Kansas City; Dewitt Potter, Lawrence; T. P. Hunter, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Allen Niper, Topeka; Kenneth Dunn, Merriam; Marvin Sollenberger, Hutchinson; Don Blair, Ottawa; Howard Engleman, Arkansas City; Bill Hogben, Kansas City, Mo.; Bob Johnson, Kansas City; Bo Juenescher, Beardstown, Ill.; Ted Moser, Topeka; Jim Arnold, Downs;
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