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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1958
University Daily Kansan SPORTS Basketball Squad Slowed by Injuries
Injuries continue to hobble the Jayhawker basketball team, as key players are sidelined week after week.
"I am satisfied with the team but it is hard to build a strong unit with players sitting out with injuries," head coach Dick Harp said. "It is also hard on the individual's conditioning program to sit out a week with an injury."
The past week Bob Hickman and Bob Billings, first-string guards, received injuries. Hickman's knee, which was operated on last spring, is bothering him and will keep him out of action all week. Billings pulled a muscle and is out indefinitely.
Pointing toward the opening game with Rice Dec. 1 the Jayhawkers worked on team plays during the last week. Coach Harp said out-of-bounds plays and delay-of-game plays were stressed in the workouts.
"Rice has a fine team and is as good as any other to come out of the Southwest Conference this year. They are a tall team, with a 6-foot, 9-inch center and two 6-foot, 6-inch forwards," Harp said.
"We will run more this year, if we can get the ball," he said. "Rebounding will be our weak spot."
Harp said Hickman and forward Ron Loneski have been playing well in practice.
"Hickman is looking better now than he did at any time last year," he said.
KU's NCAA Cross Country Fortunes Hinge on Injury
KU's hopes for a national cross country championship were dealt a jarring blow by an ankle injury suffered by team captain Barry Crawford at the Missouri Valley A.A.U. championships last weekend. Crawford will be nowhere near his top form when the Jayhawker runners travel to East Lansing, Mich., for the national championship meet next Monday.
"You never know," said Bill Easton. KU's veteran track coach.
"Crawford has consistently been one of our top finishers. His loss could be fatal, since the tabulation of a cross country score is on a team basis and losing one man can upset our balance.
"But I still think we can finish in the first three," coach Easton said.
Billy Mills will be primed to give all comers at East Lansing a hard time. The best runner on the KU squad, he reeled off a sparkling 19:51.3 in the Missouri Valley Open A.A.U. to take top honors.
Mills Leads Javhawkers
Another sparkling Jayhawker distance man, Tom Skutka from Hibernia, N. J., flashed across the finish line on Mills' trail with a fine 20:24.0. These two hard runners are expected to lead KU's pack toward the finish line next week.
The other top finishers in the AAU. meet were also KU products. Brian Travis, Cliff Cushman, Bill Dotson (freshman who will not make the trip to East Lansing) and Dan Ralston were next across the finish line. Along with Jack
Oklahoma, LSU, Auburn Selected To Extend Win Streaks Saturday
NEW YORK —(UPI)— Louisiana State, Auburn and Oklahoma are heavy favorites to extend their assorted streaks in Saturday's major college football games.
The oddsmakers made top-ranked LSU a 14-point favorite to defeat Tulane and end the season with a perfect record while third-ranked Auburn was an 18-point choice to run its unbeaten string to 23 games at the expense of Wake Forest.
Oklahoma, ranked fourth nationally, once again was the biggest favorite in this week's "line." The Sooners were picked to wallop Nebraska by at least 32 points and clinch their 12th straight undisputed Fig Eight conference championship.
Four games were rated toss-ups, including the key Southwest Conference clash between Rice and
Packers Get Matuszak
GREEN BAY, Wis. — (UPI) — The Green Bay Packers have placed fullback Howie Ferguson on the injured list to make room for linebacker Marv Matuszak, obtained on waivers from the San Francisco Forty-Niners.
eighth-ranked Texas Christian and the Ivy League showdown between Dartmouth and Princeton. The other "pick 'em" games are Kentucky vs. Tennessee and Northwestern vs. Illinois.
Sixth-ranked Iowa, the Big Ten champion, was listed as a six-point choice over Notre Dame.
The remaining members of the
UPI top 10 were picked to win by at least two touchdowns. Fifth-ranked Wisconsin was a 14-point choice over Minnesota, seventh-ranked Purdue was 15 over Indiana, and ninth-ranked Ohio State was 14 over Michigan.
No odds were being quoted on the game between the 10th-ranked Air Force Academy and New Mexico.
Henry, they will make up the Jayhawk contingent to East Lansing.
A vast array of talent will face Kansas in Michigan. Among them will be the fabulous Crawford Henry, winner of the I.C. 4-A meet in New York City last week-end, the largest track conference in the U.S.
Ron Gregory of Notre Dame, and Dick Donahue of Holy Cross will lead their teams in quest for national glory at East Lansing. Both of these squads finished high in the I.C. 4-A and will be strong contenders.
Host School Is Tough
Western Michigan, winners of the Central Collegiate Championship in Chicago, will also be on the move. Host school Michigan State is perhaps the strongest competitor of all, according to KU's Easton.
"Michigan State is always tough. They will probably take the meet," said Easton.
"Western Michigan is the next strongest. I believe. Their runners are all within one minute of each other from front to back. This makes them real tough."
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. — (UPI) — Coach Jim Myers of Texas A. & M. has been selected the United Press International Coach-of-the-Week for his team's 28-21 upset of league-leading Rice Saturday.
Myers took his five-times-beaten
Myers Named Top Coach
Last week's win knocked the Rice Owls out of first place in the conference and possibly out of a bowl berth.
Aggies into the Southwestern Conference game a 19-point underdog. Previously the Aggies had taken two shellackings, 21-8 and 33-0.
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