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Sophs Hold Key To K-State Hopes
(Editor's Note: This is one of seven articles describing the prospects and problems of KU's conference foes this season in football.)
MANHATTAN — Doug Weaver, pushing his K-State Cats hard, has run into his share of presenation woes.
"Our trouble is that our sophomores are playing like sophomores, and we can't afford it. Other places where they have large squads and plenty of experienced men they can afford to bring sophomores along slowly, break them in easily. That's not true here. Now we've got to cut out the mistakes and forget about their being sophomores."
All told, there are 20 sophomores on Kansas State's small 46-man squad, ranking the Wildcats as the youngest and smallest squad in the Big Eight.
Those words have particular significance for the 14 sophomores sprinkled liberally through the three Wildcat teams running play patterns in the drill. Three of those newcomers were on the first unit, seven ran with the second unit, and four with the third unit. Two other sophomores, sidelined by injuries, would have to figure in the three-team depth when they return.
The Wildcat head coach plans to have 23 men off K-State's small 46-man squad trained for two or more positions in the 'Cats' Winged-T lineup.
Heaviest concentration of the multi-spot performers will be in the backfield where 13 men will know at least two positions. In the line 10 others will be ready to swing to new spots on call.
"It's a matter of having our best 22 football players ready to play," explains Weaver. "Say you have about 25 men who obviously are the best of the lot. If a man gets hurt, you may have to play part of a game with someone below that 25 best, when you have better men sitting on the bench. That is, unless you can
swing in a man from another position."
Every position in the current Wildcat lineup has at least one man on tap for duty elsewhere. The guards and all backfield positions have two or more men who will be trained for two spots.
Making the plan easier among linemen is the fact that five Wildcat halfbacks of last spring have been scooted up to the forewall after a thorough grounding in backfield assignments in sprinkling drills.
Best Exhibition
CHICAGO—(UPI) — A crowd of 23,322 paid a gross of $74,199 to watch a four-round exhibition but between Kack Dempsey and King Levinsky at the Chicago Coliseum Feb. 18, 1932.
For some time now critics have been so busy noting the decline of the American novel that they have completely missed the passing of American criticism—Paul Levine
Thursday, Sept. 15, 1960 University Daily Kansan
Ted Owens, former Oklahoma University basketball player, wa named assistant KU basketball coach this summer.
Owens Named Cage Assistant
Owens played for OU from 1947 to 1951, lettering each year. In 1951 he became assistant coach to Bruce Drake at OU.
During his four years of coaching there, from 1956 to 1960, Owen's teams won fewer than 20 games any one season. His teams reached the semi-finals of the National Junior College tourney for three consecutive years, an unprecedented feat in junior college basketball.
Following service in the Army during which he served in Korea. Owens became head basketball coach at Cameron State College at Lawton, Okla.
Owens is married and has one child, a daughter.
Off-Season Job
FITTSBURGH—(UFI) — Outfielder Bob Skinner of the Pittsburgh Pirates works in the circulation promotion department of the San Diego Union-Tribune during the off-season.
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Tigers Return Seven Starters As Devine Opens Third Year
(Editor's Note: This is one of seven articles describing the prospects and problems of KU's conference foes this season in football.)
However, Wegener received large lacerations and fractures of the right foot when he slipped into a power lawnmower at his home before fall drills opened. Rated as the Tiger's best lineman, he is likely to miss the entire season with the injury.
COLUMBIA—Seven Orange Bowl starters are among a group of 65 varsity football candidates slated to give Missouri's Tigers another banner football season.
Coach Dan Devine, in his third season as mentor at Missouri, has 18 returning lettermen to build his squad around. Twelve lettermen from last year's team which finished 6-4 are missing.
Senior tri-captains will lead the '60 Mizzou squad—Bill "Bucky" Wegener, tackle; Donnie Smith, halfback; and Ed Mehrer, fullback.
Most sorely missed probably will be Phil Snowden, veteran quarterback; Russ Sloan, all-conference end; Mike Magac, second team all-American tackle and Tom Swaney, brainy center who called defensive signals in 31 straight games.
The Bengals meet Southern Methodist University in the season opener Sept. 17. Other non-conference foes on the Tiger state are Penn State and Air Force, both picked to finish among the nation's top ten collegiate teams in early polls.
Another returne from the team which bowed 14-0 to Georgia in the Orange Bowl likely to miss some early season games is fullback Jim Miles. The two-year veteran underwent knee surgery Aug. 8.
Doubles Experts Needed
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-(UPI) Davis Cup captain Dave Freed, urging concentration on doubles by American players, pointed out only five U.S. Davis Cup doubles teams have been victorious against Australia in the last 16 challenge rounds.
I drink no more than a sponge—Francois Rabelais.