Thursday, Sept. 17, 1959 University Daily Kansas
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Along the Jayhawker Trail
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huskers have been awarded the conference darkhorse role for the coveted bowl berth.
The 1959 season opens Saturday with seven member schools starting their seasons with non-conference games. Oklahoma will follow a long tradition by opening its season a week later than the remainder of the conference.
Prospects for the future are very bright for the Kansas football fan. Under Coach Jack Mitchell, the Jayhawkers have improved greatly and hope to become a national football power in a few years.
The recruiting of high school talent has been one of the major factors to the rise in the standards of the brand of football played on Mount Oread.
Kansas will this year rely on a strong crop of sophomores who made up the "best-ever" fresh team last year that routed the Kansas State and Missouri freshman teams.
This year's freshman team will begin drills Nov. 21 in preparation for its two game season and all reports point to a better all-around team than Kansas fielded last year. Included are most of the players who made all-state teams selected in Kansas last fall, having size as well as the speed that made last year's fresh shine.
Aside from football, things look just as bright for other Jayhawker varsity teams.
The Jayhawker coaching staff is also a very compact unit with veterans Floyd Temple. Bill Pace, George Bernhardt, Bobby Goad, Don Fambrough, Wayne Replogle and Tom Triplett assisting Mitchell along with long-time trainer Dean Nesmith.
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The Kansas track team is just as powerful and as highly regarded on the national scene as Oklahoma is in football. The Jayhawker indoor, outdoor and cross-country teams have won 24 straight conference titles and this summer the crowning feather was placed in Coach Bill Easton's cap when Kansas captured the NCAA track and field championship.
Kansas will have most of the track veterans back this year and with its strong depth of year's past, will be able to fill the vacancies left by graduation this past spring.
The basketball picture will be brighter this year than it was last year since Coach Dick Harp will not be faced with the unexpected departure of the fabulous Wilt Chamberlain.
Once again Kansas fielded a strong freshman team last winter so the Jayhawkers will have the men to fill gaps left by graduation plus plenty of good bench strength in case an emergency arises.
All things point toward a good year for the millions of persons who follow the Jayhawker athletic teams and the students should take pride in supporting and following their teams.
A unique system of sports clubs is included in the University athletic program for the third year.
Unique Sports Club System Included in Kansas Program
The volleyball, fencing, gymnastics, soccer and marksmanship clubs have earned recognition as an important part of athletics at KU.
The clubs operate in much the same way as the varsity teams, although they are not varsity sports.
of physical education, rather than by the director of athletics.
Administration of the clubs is handled by Henry Shenk, director
Plaques are awarded athletes who earn them, instead of varsity letters. The sports clubs compete with other universities and colleges, or any organizations which can provide top competition.
Dave Harris, KU left halfback,
was ranked fifth among Jayhawker
rushers as a sophomore on 152 net
yards in 28 carries.
Staab and Bogard are rugged hitters who could develop into satisfactory pivots during the early season. They collaborated to score a touchdown on a blocked punt against the Missouri frost last year. Staab was a guard then, being switched in the spring.
Only one lettered center will be available Saturday when the Javahawkers move into Fort Worth for their opening game with Texas Christian but the Kansas staff is optimistic over rapid development at this position.
The lone letterman is Bill Burnison and he is of doubtful availability because of knee surgery. He will be joined by Fred Hageman, an Arkansas transfer, and two sophomores, Kent Staa, Dodge City, and Mike Bogard, Augusta.
Burnison was a starter through the final half of the 1957 season as a sophomore, but was knocked out of action in the opener against Texas Christian last year and was lost for the season.
Hageman, who played sparingly at Arkansas as a sophomore, turned in an excellent performance at the position during spring drills and is rated as a strong contender for the job.
Reynolds Sets Pace
Kansas Center Roster
Hanss Center Roster
Name Ht. Wt.
Bogard, Mike (Soph.) ... 6-3 205
Brown, Jerry (Jr.) ... 6-1 203
*Burnison, Bill (Jr.) ... 6-3 213
Hageman, Fred (Jr.) ... 6-5 220
Staab, Kent (Soph.) ... 5-11 188
Thurston, Charles (Jr.) ... 6-0 182
*Denotes Lettermen.
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Bobby Reynolds, of Nebraska holds the Big Eight record for ne yards rushing in one season. He gained 1,342 yards in 1950.
Danny LaRose, junior end, took the top weight figure with 220, while Norm Beal, rookie left half, was lightest at 160.
Missouri University's Tigers weighed in this week with its first-string line averaging a shade under 206. Mizzou officials indicated this put the team close to "fightin' trim."
Fred Hageman
MU Ready at 206
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