KU Near Full Strength for Syracuse Game
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Four Jayhawk gridiron stars have been removed from the injury list and will be ready for action here Saturday when Kansas battles Syracuse, the nation's number one team.
Kent Staab, who was out for the K-State game, will be back in the line-up as second team center. Reserve guard Joe Spurney, who has seen only limited duty so far this season because of injuries also will be in uniform.
Mike Deer, who started last week at end, is reported to be ready for the Orangemen. Deer pulled a rib muscle in the Kansas State game.
Schick's Ankle Healed
Fullback Doyle Schick also is ready to go full time. The senior saw only occasional action last Saturday because of an ankle injury suffered in last week's practice.
The only two Jayhawks who will not be ready will be end Sam Simpson and fullback Fred Bukaty.
A hard week of practice faces the Hawkers as they prepare for the crucial contest.
Head Coach Jack Mitchell felt there is no particular phase of the Kansas offense or defense that needs immediate attention saying, "I think we are as good now as we are going to get."
Mitchell Is Pessimistic
But because KU has reached a high level of play against only mediocre competition. Mitchell doesn't feel that the caliber of play of which the Hawks are capable will be sufficient to beat a team like Syracuse.
"It's not a particular phase of the Syracuse play that worries me," said Mitchell. It's their overall superior size, speed and experience that places us in the position of the underdog."
TV Is a Factor
Mitchell said that playing the game before a national television audience will be a disadvantage for the Jayhawkers. He added that if it were not for the TV coverage, Syracuse might have a tendency to let up some.
The one phase of the game in which Mitchell said KU is superior is kicking. But he qualified this statement saying that KU has this advantage over all of its opponents.
Mitchell said that TV wouldn't make any difference in Kansas' play, since they would be showing everything in an effort to beat the country's number one team.
At this stage in KU's preparation for the coming game the Hawkers are looking forward to a rugged, bruising contest against Syracuse's veritable gridiron machine.
Gifford a Busy Man Even Off the Field
NEW YORK —(UPI)— All-star halfback Frank Gifford of the New York Giants is a busy athlete off the field.
Frank, the glamour-boy of the NFL, does TV and magazine modeling, writes three columns a week for a New York newspaper and does a nightly radio show and a weekly TV show during the season.
Jim Ninowski Built Big
DETROIT — (UPI) — Quarterback Jim Ninowski of the Detroit Lions has a real "under-standing" in professional football. He stands six-one and wears $13\frac{1}{2}$ EE shoes.
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Syracuse may well be the best college football team in the nation again this season. This in itself poses a tremendous task for the Jayhawkers as they face this powerful gridiron machine Saturday.
University Daily Kansan
By Bill Sheldon
AN UNEXPECTED WIN FOR KU in this contest may be what is necessary to lift the Hawkers above their present level of being a good team to that of becoming a great team. A win would be an important factor in setting Kansas on the road to replacing Oklahoma as the perennial Big Eight powerhouse. On the other hand, a defeat could deflate the growing KU spirit and wreck the fine chance that they now have of dethroning Oklahoma as the conference champion this season.
Therefore, a win Saturday is imperative. Although KU will be the underdog for this intersectional battle, there is no reason for Kansas fans to admit, or expect defeat before the teams face each other in Memorial Stadium. All KU will need to topple Syracuse from their lofty position is the right combination of luck and breaks — which a good team makes for itself.
Since Coach Jack Mitchell and his staff are trying to build a fine tradition of football teams on Mt. Oread, the opportunity to beat a team like Syracuse before a coast-to-coast television audience is an ideal situation.
MITCHELL HAS been at Kansas only two years. This is hardly long enough to build the structure necessary to produce national ranking teams year after year as have Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Syracuse. A victory Saturday is the kind of boost that is essential to accelerate such a program.
By beating the Orangemen KU immediately would place itself among the prestige teams across the nation.
The win would aid in keeping KU in national gridiron prominence next year. Top high school players throughout the country would look to Kansas as the team that beat Syracuse, and as a school that has a promising future in college football.
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1964
Cyclones Lead Big Eight In Statistical Department
Iowa State's single wing attack, geared by tailback Dave Hoppman, continues to set the pace in the Big Eight conference statistics as the teams move into the second week of conference play.
The Cyclones, riding on a twogame winning streak, have piled up 820 yards, 677 on the ground. Hopmann remains as the league's leading rusher, with 376 yards on 46 carries.
Kansas and Missouri, with two straight victories, fall in behind Iowa State in over-all offense. The Tigers have 689 yards, 599 by rushing, while the Jayhawks claim 662, which include 582 on the ground.
John Hadl of the Jayhawks and Mel West of the Missouri Tigers are hip and tuck in the race for second place in individual rushing, but are well behind Hoppmann. West has carried 27 times for 160 yards. Hadl 20 for 154.
The Iowa State flash also leads in two other departments. He has completed eight of 15 passes for 120 yards to top that category, and is the leading conference scorer with 24 points.
Slipping into the second place position behind Hoppmann in scoring was Jayhawk Bert Coan with 18 points. John Suder, KU kicking specialist, is tied with Mickey Fitzgerald of Iowa State with 14. Suder tallied 11 against Kansas State on two field goals and five extra points. Oklahoma State's Dave Hannah leads the conference in punting with nine averaging 47 yards. Hadl, Jayhawk punter who lead the nation last year in this department, is second with a 43-yard average on 10 kicks.
Kansas ranks first in both offensive and defensive passing. The Hawks have completed seven of 13 for 54 per cent while allowing opponents only nine completions of 30, for a 30 per completion total.
When we won and they played the Alma Mater, I took my helmet off and cried. —Cleats Herzycki.
A pitcher has to have two good pitches so when a batter looks for one he can give him the other. — Warren Spahn.
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