Monday, Sept. 28, 1959 University Daily Kansan
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By Jim Trotter
After two weeks of waiting and watching, it appears that the so called "case of the traveling Texans" will soon go the road of most trumped up charges and will be forgotten.
In case you haven't heard, the traveling Texans are the four sophomore football players who transferred to Kansas this fall after playing freshman ball last year at two Southwest Conference schools.
SPORTS EDITORS across Texas howled bloody murder for two weeks straight as did Texas Christian Athletic Director Dutch Meyer, but it looks as if nothing will come of the matter and no charges will be officially filed with the NCAA against Kansas.
The highly-sought Texas boys are halfbacks Bert Coan and Roger McFarland, guard Mickey Walker and end James Street. Early this summer the four players announced that they were not going back to their respective schools—Coan to TCU and the other three to Texas A & M.
The four gained national recognition as prep gridders and were much publicized as freshmen last year. Kansas was included among the schools who wanted the four boys and when they decided to enroll here the clamor was raised.
"Why, then, did Coan and the others go there? They apparently had decided, irrevocably, that they would leave TCU and A&M. They couldn't go to another Southwest Conference school and play football, so obviously, they had to go somewhere else. In spite of this handicap, it still seems odd that they would pick Kansas, for surely, they would have been welcome at some of the other and better-known football havens."
"On the surface, it appears odd that this quartet of youngsters should suddenly find the curriculum at Kansas so appealing. With all due respect to that university, it has little or no charm for youths from this state. It is rather remote, geographically, and it lacks the glamour many other schools have.
SPORTS EDITOR Bill Rives of The Dallas Morning News typed one of the "quiet" comments on the decision of the players. A part of his comment is:
It appears to Rives and other Texans that Kansas has done some illegal recruiting, but as has been proved in other cases, such as when the fabulous Wilt Chamberlain enrolled at KU, Kansas doesn't work on any basis other than an above-the-board-at-all-times one.
ANY CHARGES leveled against Kansas would be proven to be unfounded since both Athletic Director "Dutch" Lonborg and Head Coach Jack Mitchell have stated again and again that the Texans were not approached by Kansas recruiters until after the boys had announced that they did not plan to attend the SWC schools.
The Kansas athletic scholarship program at Kansas has been investigated often and is of such high quality that many schools across the nation have copied it for their own use. Jayhawkers are building for the future and when four boys decide on their own that they can get a better education at Kansas than in Texas, as well as play football at the same time, we say power to them.
Unless the traveling Texans decide to move on later this year, they will be on the team next year. But in the meantime, any charges filed with the NCAA will be proven ridiculous and Texas sports writers can go back to criticising their own state again.
Mitchell Looks to Boston
By Bill Sheldon
"We will have a better chance against anyone we play than we did against our first two opponents." Head KU Football Coach Jack Mitchell said last night.
Coach Mitchell was looking toward Saturday's battle with Eastern invader Boston University in the Jayhawker's home opener after two tough road games against a strong Texas Christian team and a power Syracuse crew. Boston U. lost its last outing
"The Orange was one of the best football teams I have ever seen," Coach Mitchell commented. "I can name about 25 individuals on the Syracuse team who were especially outstanding against us Saturday."
Kansas scored the first touchdown against the Orange and held the advantage most of the game before bowing in the final period 35-21. The superior size, speed and depth of the home team proved to be the deciding factor late in the game.
Mitchell said that the Kansas pass defense was not very good and that the Orange line was just too big and strong for his charges to handle for an entire 60 minutes.
The Kansas mentor also was disappointed by the Jayhawker offensive since the Kansans were unable to move the ball effectively on the ground or through the air and had to depend upon Syracuse errors and breaks for scoring opportunities.
The best part of the game, for Coach Mitchell and the Jayhawkers, was the excellent punting and quick-kicking performances of John Hadl and Norm Mailen. This duet kicked six times for an over-all average of more than 54 yards per punt. Possibly the most important kick was one by Hadl early in the game that shoved the eventual winners deep into their own territory and resulted in a KU tally a few plays later.
More than 25,000 fans watched the game in Syracuse and were treated to a dazzling performance by both teams. Kansas held a 7-6 halftime lead and took a second lead a few seconds after Syracuse moved in front 12-7 as Hadl, the awesome sophomore halfback from Lawrence, galloped 97 yards in running the kickoff back. Hadl ran 98-yards against TCU last week after intercepting a pass for another Kansas score.
The Jayhawkers trailed statistically in every department except punting and yards penalized. Syracuse piled up 308 yards rushing to 43 for the Kansas crew and added 185 through the air while Kansas ended with 24.
Four Big Eight Teams Come Alive With Saturday Wins
Big Eight teams, after a completely disastrous first week came alive to win four of the eight games scheduled in the second week of grid play this season. One of the sour notes was Kansas' loss to powerful Syracuse, 35-21, and another came from Evanston, Ill., where Northwestern routed the Oklahoma Sooners 45-13.
The contest marked the first time that Oklahoma had played a Big Ten team since Coach Bud Wilkinson took the helm in 1947. It was
Big 8 Results
Syracuse 35, Kansas 21
Missouri 20, Michigan 15
Northwestern 45, Oklahoma 13
Nebraska 32, Minnesota 12
Baylor 15, Colorado 7
Kan. State 28, S. Dakota State 12
Iowa State 28, Denver 12
Arkansas 13, Oklahoma State 7
also the worst drubbing the Sooners have taken under Wilkinson.
It was Dick Thornton's quarterback and passing teamed with
the long runs of halfback Ron Burton, that made the big difference in the game. Northwestern, rated No. 10 in the nation last week ended the first half with a 25-7 advantage and played most of the final quarter with second, third and fourth stringers.
Missouri's Bob Haas, with two seconds left on the clock, plunged over for a touchdown to give the Tigers an upset victory over highly touted Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Haas' passes were the key to the victory during the long Missouri marches with the clincher being set up by a 36-yard reception by Don Smith who drove to the two-yard stripe.
The only Wolverine lead came off a field from the 33-yard line by John Halstead with about two minutes remaining in the game.
Dwight Nichols, two years the Big Eight conference total offense leader, staked another one-man show Friday night as the Iowa State Cyclones downed Denver 28-12.
Arkansas scored the first two times it got the ball and then held on to preserve their second win of the season. A late drive by Oklahoma State was halted on the Arkansas 20 yard line by a Cowboy fumble.
Fumbles also played an important role in the Nebraska-Minnesota contest as the Cornhuskers cashed in on five Gopher fumbles and turned them into a smashing 32-12 upset win.
Markley Looks For Great Year
Baylor's Bears utilized speed in their 15-7 victory over Colorado. A 74-yard broken field touchdown run plus a 10-yard scoring pass reception by sophomore Ronnie Bull were all the Bears needed for the win.
Varsity swimming coach Jay Markley said today that he felt this year's Jayhawker team should be the greatest in the history of the University.
Returning lettermen are Mike Cassidy, Pebble Beach, Calif., junior; Brad Keeler, Bartlesville, Okla., junior; Ed Poort, Topea senior; Kent Overbey, Kirkwood, Mo., junior; Tom Herlocker, Winfield senior; John Jeffrey, Bartlesville, Okla., senior; Jim Laidlaw, Kansas City senior, and Jared Piety, Bartlesville, Okla., senior.
Nichols figured in each of the four Iowa State touchdowns passing for the first two and running 16 and 9 yards for the others. Iowa
"Our optimism stems from the fact that we have eight returning lettermen from the team that won nine duals while losing only four last year," Coach Markley said.
Kansas swimmers will begin their fall drills this afternoon in the Robinson gymnasium pool.
Also joining the team are six men from KU's frost team last season that was termed as one of the Jay-hawker's "best."
The six sophomores who were members of the frost team last season are Jack Ashmore, Eldon Ward, and Greer Gsell, all of Wichita; Dick Reamon, Topeka: Jim Hammond, Larned, and Lynn Washburn, Colby.
Braves Meet Dodgers Today
promised a one-day layoff between the end of the playoffs and the start of the World Series.
The World Series—almost anticlimatic for the third time in 14 years as far as the National League's representative is concerned — will open in Chicago's Comiskey Park, home of the American League champion White Sox on either Thursday or Friday, depending upon whether the playoff goes two or three games. The National League team has been
MILWAUKEE —(UPI)— It was Lew Burdette against Sandy Koufax—the old pro against the young fireballer—today when the Milwaukee Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers opened a three-game playoff to resolve one of the most fantastic pennant races in National League history.
With Burdette, 33-year-old hero of the 1957 World Series victory and a 21-game winner this year going for them, the Braves have been established a 6-5 favorite to win the first game of the vital three-game set. The Dodgers, however, have been listed as 6-5 favorites to take the series and give Los Angeles its first major league flag because the second and third games are scheduled for their massive 90,000-seat home park.
All even after winning yesterday's final games of the regular 154-game N.L. tournament, the defending champion Braves and rags-to-riches Dodgers squared off at 1:30 p.m. (Lawrence time) today before an anticipated crowd of 45,000. The games are being televised and broadcast nationally by A.B.C.
Manager Fred Haney of the Braves wasted no time naming Budiette as his playoff starter after the Braves' climatic 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday but Manager Walt Alston of the Dodgers hedged somewhat when he named Koufax after Los Angeles' 7-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. He listened southpaws Johnny Podres or Danny McDevitt as the other possibilities if he changes his mind overnight.
Twelve Oklahoma State fumbles gave the Arkansas Razorbacks a 13-7 victory over the newest member of the Big Eight conference.
Burdette has a 2-0 record against the Dodgers this year while Koufax stands 2-1 against the Braves.
I want to know not his earning power but his yearning power.—David McCord.
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State's victory made the Cyclones the only unbeaten team in the Big Eight.
Kansas State came from behind Saturday to pile up a 28-12 victory over tiny South Dakota State. The Wildcats trailed at halftime 12-6 but scored three touchdowns in the final half to win.
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