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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1960
JOHN SUDER IN ACTION
He Plays a Little But Scores a Lot
By Bill Sheldon
One point every two seconds
That's how prolific KU kicking specialist John Suder was against Kansas State.
Suder also tied two school records and placed himself in a third place tie among Big Eight scorers.
John started kicking the football as a speciality when he was in grade school.
Up until Saturday Suder was a little known member of Jack Mitchell's Jayhawkers. But his performance in helping Kansas trounce their intrastate rivals brings to mind an interesting past and a promising future.
John is 22 years old, five feet nine inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. The senior toe artist, from Cincinnati, Ohio, is majoring in personal management. He is married.
In high school the stocky Suder was not only an excellent kicker (making 38 or 43 extra point tries), but was also chosen as an all-city and all-county fullback after scoring 102 points his senior year.
When John came to KU he had hopes of becoming "just a regular fullback." Good fortune, however, came in an odd way.
While a member of the freshman team he broke his ankle. This misfortune turned John's mind to specializing as a kicker.
When Suder was a sophomore KU already had an extra point kicker in Duane Morris so John got only one opportunity in this department that year. That kick was blocked. Suder, however, showed his ability as a field goal booster during his sophomore year, making three of five tries. One of these, the longest John has ever made, was 42 yards against Oklahoma State. In the Kansas State game John established
new NCAA mark as he and the Wildcat kicker, Ben Grosse combined for four field goals. This effort also set a Big Eight mark for most field goals in one game.
The only three-pointer that John tried last year proved to be the winning margin in KU's thrilling 10-7 win over Nebraska.
Suder made 16 of 18 extra point attempts last year, and ended the season as Kansas' third highest scorer with 19 points. Only John Hadi and Curtis McClinton scored more.
Suder, who Mittebell calls "the best kicker that I have ever coached" started this season with a string of nine consecutive extra point conversions. In the Hawker's first two games he booted eight in a row to up his string to 17.
Although he played only an estimated 22 seconds, he scored enough points — plus three against TCU — to place him second in team scoring behind backfield ace Bert Coan.
Suder has been helped to develop his special talent by KU Coach Don Fambrough who holds the KU record of 49 extra points. John praised the Kansas line for not allowing any opposing player to block a kicking attempt.
John said he practices only about 20-30 minutes a day but that "It's a matter of consistent practice that counts."
The two records which Suder tied last week were his Big Eight mark of two field goals in a single game, and a total of six in a career which was a KU record held by Bill Weidlein of 1912-1913.
Hereafter, every time John Suder kicks an extra point he will be adding to his consecutive streak, and each time he kicks a field goal he 'will be setting a new KU record.
PICTURE LENDING LIBRARY
Thursday, Sept. 29
8-5 p.m.
IN THE CRAFT SHOP OF THE STUDENT UNION
Hawks Take Fifth On Week's AP Poll
Sooner Squad Sees Shuffle
The University of Kansas Jayhawks moved into fifth place on the list of the nation's best football teams according to two separate news service polls.
Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson has begun shuffling his squad like a deck of cards to find the right combination to deal with Pittsburgh Saturday.
Billy Meacham moved into the first team right halfback position Tuesday, replacing sophomore Don Dickey who started there in Oklahoma's 19-3 loss to Northwestern last week.
Both the Associated Press and United Press international boosted the Hawk standing from last week's seventh position into the top five.
United Press International
Wilkinson said he hoped the changes would strengthen Oklahoma for its second consecutive encounter with a top-rated eastern team.
The four Big Eight conference teams preparing for league battles went through long drills Tuesday.
Kansas State worked on pass defense to offset the throwing of Colorado quarterback Gale Widener, who the Wildeats will face Saturday at Boulder. Colorado coach Sonny Grandelius worked his squad on offensive and defensive tactics against Kansas State patterns.
"Weidner is the best passer in our league and Colorado has three fine ends, too," Kansas State coach Doug Weaver told his players. Iowa State coach Clay Stapleton said his squad was "much improved" in Tuesday's preparation for the Cyclones' league opener against Nebraska. Iowa State worked on pass offense, while Nebraska concentrated on defense.
The Dixie pride, Mississippi, was the AP choice to head the football list this week with last year's national champion, Syracuse, running a close second. The United Press international gave the Orangemen of Syracuse the top billing with Mississippi as the runner up.
Missouri was the only other Big Eight team which was placed in the top 20 listings. The Tigers gained a tie with Michigan, both tallying 23 points.
Minnesota, who downed Nebraska 26-14 last Saturday took over 12th position from the Cornhuskers, the only other Big Eight team which placed on last week's poll.
Tennessee headed the second ten group and was followed in order by Minnesota, Michigan State, Alabama, Texas, UCLA, Arkansas, Navy, Notre Dame, Missouri and Michigan.
Syracuse opened its season with a 35-7 victory over Boston University. This week, however, the Syracuse coach feels that a stronger line and a more aggressive style of play will be needed against the Kansas Jayhawks.
The top 10 with first place votes in parenthesis:
PLUS COLOR CARCOON
Student Intramural Managers Wanted
The KU intramural department, which begins its fall program Monday with the first football game, has positions open for student managers in the intramural office.
Walter Mikols, director of the program, said today that eight freshman boys will be selected to work in the intramural office keeping statistics and working with the various team managers.
Mikols also said that officials are needed to referee the fall football games. This job will pay $1 per game.
Any student interested in either, of these positions may apply to Mr. Mikols in room 107 in Robinson Gymnasium before Friday.
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