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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 23, 1959
Rookies Push Regulars For First Team Positions
Coach Jack Mitchell gives instructions.
By Dave Butcher
The prediction that sophomores will dominate KU's football team next fall seems to be proving itself after the first week of spring practice.
Rookies appear as alternates at every position except right end and fullback. A few injuries would elevate them to starting roles and bring last year's No. 2 fresh unit into the second team.
Coach Jack Mitchell commented: "We have a group of somewhat better athletes physically among our new men, but their inexperience will be obvious. Our staff considers all of them prospects with potential, but they won't be ready for the competition we play."
Sam Simpson and Dale Remsberg, both junior lettermen, are 1-2 at right end. Sophomores Doyle Schick and Fred Bukaty are handling full-back duties this spring. Norm Mailen, the club's best punter, has been excused for pitching duty with the baseball team.
Elsewhere, the squad breaks down this wav:
Left end — Veteran DeWitt Lewis is backed by sophomore Larry Allen.
Left tackle — Letterman Stan Kirshman is followed by Dick Davis, freshman, and Dean Barnes, sophomore.
Center — All are rookies, with Fred Hageman, Mike Bogard, and Kent Staab vying for a starting job. Hageman is a transfer from Arkansas, but played only one game there as a sophomore before being injured. Andy Graham, fullback, may be switched to end.
Right guard — Joe Spurney, sophomore letterman, is backed by Benny Boydston, John Collins, and Bill McKinney, all freshmen.
Right tackle — Ken Fitch returns
with rookies Ed Alberg and Wilfred Bales behind him.
Quarterback — Bill Crank return to the No. 1 spot. Learn Flahnsbarth Ron Leitsch, and Larry McCallister all freshmen, will be crowding veteran Duane Morris for the No. 2 position.
Left half — John Peppercorn, last year's all-Big Eight tackle, is No. 1, with sophomores John Hadl and Byron Sears trailing.
Right half — Dave Harris is marked as No. 1 man. Sophomores
Curtis McClinton and Gib Wilson are close behind. Freshman Jim Jarrett would be in the picture, but he was sidelined with a knee injury the first week of practice and is out indefinitely.
After dominating their last three track meets, the Jayhawker squad will pack up their confidence and head for Des Moines and the Drake Relays this weekend.
By Ted Dielman
Confidence Accompanies Track Team to Drake Relays
And confidence will probably be KU's biggest asset. So far this week the team has not had an opportunity to practice outside.
"The boys are ready to work out.' Easton says, "but there is one catch. We can't."
The downpour received on the eve of the Kansas Relays not only put a cramp in the relay's performances, but also left the Memorial Stadium track and field in unusable condition.
Easton does not believe the field will be fit for practice for the remainder of the week. "However," he suggests, "Markley's swimming team could start working out in it. I hear they need a new pool about as bad as we need a new track."
However Easton says team spirit is high and the Jayhawkers will head for the Drake Relays golden anniversary in hopes of winning grand slams in five events. (A grand
slam would be a victory in the Texas Relays, the Kansas Relays and the Drake Relays.
Those who will be aiming for triple crown victories are: Bill Alley in the javelin throw; Ernie Shelby in the broad jump; the team of Clif Cushman, Bill Mills, Dan Ralston, and Tom Stutka in the four-mile relay, and Bob Lida, Cushman, Charley Tidwell, and Bill Tillman in the sprint medley.
The fifth grand slam the Kansas team will be aiming for is not an event, but the most outstanding athlete award. Alley was awarded this honor at the Texas Relays, and Tidwell won it last week at the Kansas Relays. Cushman was a close second for the honor both times.
Amateur Tourney Tough
PINEHURST, N. C. — (UPI) — A mixture of tournament-wise veterans and talented youngsters tangled today in the quarter-finals of the 59th annual North and South amateur golf tournament.
The players matched in today's round were the survivors of Wednesday's two rounds.
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