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University Daily Kansan Friday, May 15, 1959
University Daily Kansan SPORTS
Star-Studded Crew Will Battle Varsity
A preview of next fall's varsity football team will be offered tomorrow afternoon in Memorial Stadium when the Jayhawkers meet a star-studded alumni team in the climax of the spring season.
The grads are ahead of the varsity in the seven-game series, but lost last year 9-8 in the final four minutes of play. The alums have won four games to the varsity's three.
Coach Jack Mitchell stated that this year's team has more potential than that of a year ago, but that he was doubtful over the outcome of the game.
"If we beat the Alumni pretty good we would have to say we're a little better than we were last year. If they beat us we would have to say that last year's team was better."
Quarterback Wally Strauch, 1956 Big Eight passing king, will handle the controls for the Alumni again tomorrow as he did last year. Strauch is again expected to go to the air for prime gains.
Chief targets are expected to be ends Harold Patterson and Jim Letcavits, both Canadian professionals, and halfback Homer Floyd, last year's conference receiving champion.
Under his leadership last year the alumni eleven accumulated 201 yards through the air, hitting 15 of 28 passes.
Probable Alumni starters are Patterson, left end; Frank Gibson, left tackle; Bob Kraus, left guard; John Wertzberger, center; John Drake, right guard; Jim Hill, right tackle; Letcavits, right end; Strauch, quarterback; Floyd, left half; Larry Carrier, right half, and Don Feller, full-back.
Coaching the 46-man Alumni squad are Ray Evans and Mike McCormack. They have another pro, Galen Fiss, Cleveland linebacker, to take charge of the defensive platoon and expect to put the Varsity's new halfback fleet to quite a test.
Three promising sophomores have earned spots on Coach Mitchell's varsity eleven. Two rookie halfbacks, John Hadl and Curtis McClinton, will open at left and right respectively.
Benny Boldston, the third coming rookie, will open up at right guard
Tommy Boldston, the third coming rookie, will open up at right guard. Probable varsity starters are De-Witt Lewis, left end; Stan Kirkman, left tackle; Dick Rohlf, left guard; Fred Hageman, center; Boydston, right guard; Ken Fitch, right tackle; Dale Remsberg, right end; Duane Morris, quarterback; Hadl, left half; McClinton, right half, and Doyle Schick, fullback.
Coach Mitchell summed up his outlook of the game, saving:
"We think our defense against running will be strong, but our pass defense is weak, even though we've worked on it harder than anything else all spring.
"The Alumni have a real good passing team and that's how we're liable to get beat."
Kickoff time is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Big 8 Prelim's Begin Today
The University of Oklahoma is playing host to the Big Eight conference track meet and is hoping for a change in the weekend rains that have tormented the Sooners this spring.
A real battle for the second place honors is also expected to develop with six schools in the running.
Kansas is expected to overwhelm the remainder of the field in gaining its eighth straight outdoor title and 24th straight track title on the indoor-outdoor-cross country circuit.
Preliminaries will start this afternoon at 3 o'clock with finals scheduled to begin tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.
Jayhawks Meet Wildcats Today
Kansas meets Kansas State at Manhattan today for a single game and for a double header tomorrow in what might decide the last place team in the Big Eight Conference.
Kansas State won three games last week when Missouri was forced to forfeit all games played with an ineligible player. Before that the Wildcats had gone winless.
The Jayhawkers broke their losing skein last week with a victory over Nebraska but the Kansas-Missouri series was rained out so the Jays received no free victories.
The hopes of Kansas rest with five Jayhawkers and Coach Denzell Gibbens as the KU tennis team sets its sights on a surprise Big Eight Conference meet victory today and tomorrow.
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Kansas is cast in a familiar underdog role, but the Jayhawkers hope to better their fifth place berth of last year.
KU Net Team Rated Third
"Depending upon the draw, we could gather from four to 10 points," Coach Gibbens forecast. "Any of the boys can win, it all hinges on the draw."
"We do hope we will get the break on the draw and finish in second or third place, but then again we could end up fifth or sixth," Coach Gibbens said.
Each of the eight teams has entered its top five singles players and top two doubles combinations in the meet which will determine individual and team champions. Points are awarded for each victory but a maximum of 21 points can be earned by one team.
The Jayhawkers have defeated Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri and Nebraska but lost by big margins to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Kansas hasn't played Colorado but is still rated as the probable third place team.
KU's singles entries in the meet which starts today at Norman, Okla.
Baseball Standings
| | W | L | Pct. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma State | 14 | 1 | .923 |
| Iowa State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 4 | .600 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| Colorado | 4 | 5 | .323 |
| Kansas State | 3 | 5 | .325 |
| Kansas | 1 | 9 | .100 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | .000 |
are Lynn Sieverling, Jerry Williams. Pete Block. Dave Coupe and Sal Lekagul in that order.
Block and Sieverling are paired in the top doubles team with Coupe and Williams being matched as the second entry.
Coupe puts his nine match winning streak on the line and rates as the favorite to bring back the No. 4 singles crown. Lekagul is highly regarded in the No. 5 singles with eight straight wins under his belt.
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