---
Page 10 University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 7, 1958
Sophomores to Aid Swimming Team
A promising group of sophmores may mean the difference as to whether KU will be at the top of competition in Big Eight Conference swimming this year.
"These men have enough varied talents that it creates a problem in finding the proper event for them to enter.
Last year as freshmen these men defeated the varsity 56-28 in an informal match.
Top sophomore prospects include Brad Beecker, Bartlesville, Okla., who already holds the best sprint time on the squid; Mike Cassidy, Salinas Calif.; Bill Sitter, Enid, Okla.; Charles Bourdurant, Bartlesville, Okla.; Tom Herlocker, Winfield, junior transfer from Stanford University and Bill Walldron, New York, N.Y., a junior transfer from New York University; and Jack Uhlir, Chicago, Ill.
Larry Prather, Wichita sophomore, is now ineligible but should join the squad the second semester.
"Mrather could impress a lot of people later," Jay Markley, swimming coach, said. "Besides holding a key position as diver, he is the best backstroker on the team. He probably would be worth 15 points in the conference meet. Last year the squad scored 47 points to place third."
Swimming has changed a lot in the last two years at KU. Previously, Markley could only hope there would be some boys try out for the squad who had swimming experience.
"This year we have $3,500 worth of scholarships to distribute between the freshman and varsity teams. Although far from enough, it is a right step taken in making swimming a motive for coming to KU.
"The scholarship fund is going to have to keep growing to keep up with the school. If we are going to compete on a level with other top Big Eight teams, we will have to give at least one good boy a year a full scholarship," Markley said.
"If we had sufficient scholarships to attract top swimmers from both schools, there wouldn't be a team in the Big Eight that could come close to us," he said.
At the present time, the swimming team gets most of its talent from high schools in Wichita or Bartlesville, Okla.
While last year's freshmen were talented enough to beat the varsity in a meet, Markley believes it isn't impossible for this year's freshman squad to turn the trick again.
These are the top freshman swimmers:
Larry Faucette, Wichita, butterfly, breast stroke and diving; Skip Gerner, Park Ridge, Ill., George Gsell, Wichita, both in the breast stroke; Eldon Ward, Wichita, 100-yard free-style.
This year's varsity squad has six men returning from last year's squad of eight. Although most swimming squads carry a maximum of 15 men, KU's eight swimmers were enough to take third in the conference.
Football Assistants Predict Slow Rise
Coach Jack Mitchell's staff of assistants agree that it will be several years yet before Kansas is ready to contend for the Big Eight title.
Fambrough was an all-conference guard on the 1946 and 1947 KU teams. Both years, the Jayhawkers won a share of the Big Six title. He joined J. V. Sikes as a coach here in 1948 and is serving his second stint at KU.
"I don't look for much improvement next year, but if we continue to recruit players such as those on our freshman team, we should move up in the next few years," Don Fambrough, freshman coach, said.
Wayne Replogle is working his 18th year at KU. He is the full-time recruiter for the Jayhawkers this year, after coaching on the field for several seasons.
Offensive backfield coach Bill Pace worked with Mitchell at Wichita and Arkansas before coming to KU. He was a quarterback at Wichita under Mitchell and became the freshman coach at Wichita in 1954.
Rex Grossart is both a football and track coach. He helped track coach Bill Easton in 1957 while completing his master's degree in education. Grossart graduated from Doane and coached at McCook, York and Alliance, Neb., high schools before coming to KU.
Defensive line coach George Bernhardt graduated from Illinois in 1941 and played professional football before becoming a line coach at Washburn in 1949. He joined Mitchell at Wichita in 1953 and has been with him since that time.
Bobby Goad is a former teammate of Mitchell. He was graduated in 1950 and coached at Chickasha, Okla, High School. He worked at Tulsa's Rogers High School, Texas University and Arkansas before coming to KU.
Dean Nesmith has been a staff member at KU since 1937. He graduated here in 1936 and served a one-year apprenticeship before becoming head trainer. He was chairman of the Board of National Collegiate Athletic Trainers Association in 1952-53.
Tom Triplett coached with Chuck Mather for two years after being coach at Muhlenberg for five years. He was rehired to work with Mitchell's staff.
Six Lettermen Will Bolster Jayhawker Golf Team
"With the return of these lettermen we should have a fairly good team," he said. "It should be better than last year's fourth place squad."
Six returning lettermen will form the nucleus of the Kansas golf team this year, Jerry Waugh, golf coach, reports.
The returning lettermen are Bill Toalson, Dodge City senior; Bob Wood, Liberal senior; Don Wilson, K. C. junior; Fred Rowland, Short Hills, N. J., junior; Leon Roulier, Colby senior; and Lynn Kindred, Emporia senior. Bob Hickman, Terre Haute, Ind, junior, a member of the last year's team will also be back.
In addition to the returning golfers, Brien Boggess, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore will add strength to the squad, Waugh said.
"But this can't be helped. In golf a person is either hot or cold. The team last year was also hurt by the poor weather."
This year the top teams in the Big Eight conference will again be Oklahoma State and Oklahoma University. OU finished second to Oklahoma State last year.
"Last year's team was better than its fourth place finish in the Big Eight might indicate. As sophomores, our seniors of last year played well two years ago. Last year they fell down and didn't play too well.
"Those two teams should finish in the same order," Waugh said. "The rest of the league, including Kansas, will be in a scramble for third."
Intramural Rivalry Produces Action.
2,700 Men Participate In KU Intramurals
Intramural activities provide a way to release pent-up energy for more than 2,700 men students each year.
Competition in touch football, tennis, golf, handball, horseshoes, badminton, basketball, volleyball, swimming, bowling, track and softball is offered sometime during the college year.
Walter J. Mikols, assistant professor of physical education, is head of men's intramural activities. He is assisted by Neil Walman, New York City senior, and Jerry Barland, Beloit graduate student. These men are helped by 15 student managers.
Mikols said the success of the program depends on the team managers, officials and cooperation from University students who play.
The officials are in control of the games. They are physical education majors who have taken or are taking the officiating course, or other students interested in officiating.
Jayhawkers Join All America Team
Since the initiation of football here in 1890, the Jayhawkers have had five All Americas. Ray Evans, halfback, and Otto Schnellbacher, end, were honored in 1947.
George Mrkonic, guard, was the next Kansas to be placed on the team in 1951. Oliver Spencer, tackle, made the squad along with Gill Reich, halfbacks, in 1952.
FREE FILM
For each roll of film you leave for fast processing, you receive another 10 rolls. You offer good film at $626, 120, 127 and 35mm black and white film.
1-Day Photo-Finishing (Black & White Film)
★FAST Movie and 35mm Color Service (By Eastman Kodak)
HIXON STUDIO
DON CRAWFORD BOB BLANK
721 Mass. VI 3-4338
The students who play the games are the most important part of the organization, he said. If they failed to show up for games, lacked the proper attitude toward each other, or lost interest in the program, it would collapse.
Mikols looks forward to an expanded program in coming years. An increasing student body will make a larger program necessary. Expanded University facilities will make a more varied program possible.
Richard Monroe, assistant coach at Nebraska, graduated from KU in 1949. He was rated one of the all-time greats at center for the Jayhawkers.
HIXON STUDIO
DON CRAWFORD - BOB BLANK
721 Mass.  VI 1-0330
LET'S
GO
JAYHAWKS
BEAT NEBRASKA
A Safe Place to Buy Diamonds
916 $ _{1/2} $ Mass.