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University Daily Kansan Monday, April 29.1957
McFarland Stars In 20-6 Alumni Rout
—(Daily Kansan photo)
LETS MIX IT UP—It appears as if the Varsity and Alumni did mix it up in Saturday'sVarsity-Alumni game in Memorial Stadium.
The Alumni won, 20-6. The Alumni had to come from behind in the second half to do it—when old grads are supposed to be tired.
Alumni coach Ray Evans' team combined rugged line play and a deadly passing attack to humble Chuck Mather's varsity 20-6 at Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Evans packed his line with such greats as Ollie Spencer, Mike McCormack, George Mrkonic, Bob Hantla, Galen Fiss, and Harold Patterson, and gave quarterback John McFarland all the protection he needed.
McFarland, a regular in 1953 and 1954, had a hand in all of the alumni scores. He connected on 10 of 26 aerial attempts for 192 yards.
Varsity halfback Charlie McCue scored the lone Jayhawker touchdown on a 3-yard sweep around left end with 3:44 left in the first half.
The scoring drive originated on the alumni 34-yard line after alumni punter Ted Rohde got off a wobbly boot from his own end zone. Varsity right end Jim Letcavits set up the score on a 31-yard pass from Wally Strauch.
The attempt for the extra point
was marred by a bad pass from center. Strauch, who was all set to kick, grabbed the ball and tried to run it over but didn't have a chance.
The varsity again gained possession with just a few seconds remaining, in the half. Larry McKown, quarterback of the second unit, intercepted a McFarland pass on the varsity 28-yard line.
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Coach Mather sent Strauch and halfback John Traylor into the line-up in an obvious desperation scoring attempt. Trayler broke downfield on the pass pattern, but was upended by Bev Buller when he went up to receive, the pass.
The varsity spent most of its time in alumni territory during the first half, but the rest of the game was a completely different story. The beefy alumni line simply wore the varsity down.
The Varsity received the kickoff at the start of the second half and marched from their own 35 to the alumni 31 before the drive stopped.
Then McFarland started to work. He hit end Bill Bell on a 9-yard button hook to bring the ball out to the 40.
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On the next play end Bruce Brenner got behind the Jayhawk safety and gathered in a 41-yard pass. Six plays later, with McCormack and Spencer paving the way, McFarland scored on a 2-yard plunge.
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The alumni went into their extra point formation with McFarland holding and Wayne Woolfolk set to do the kicking. Instead of holding for the kick, however, Mc-
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Hantla Recovery In the final seconds of the 3rd quarter the Alumni set up their second score as Bob Hantla recovered a McKown fumble on the varsity 40.
Woolfolk converted but the alumni were offsides, and the ball was moved out to the seven. On the second attempt, with Woolfolk faking the kick, McFarland pulled the pass play again and flipped to Smith for the conversion.
The alumni got off one more play before the quarter ended: a 30-yard pass from McFarland to fullback Al Stevenson right up the middle of the Javhawker secondary.
Thirty seconds later the alumni had the ball again as Buller picked off a pass from Lynn Casteel to H.C. Palmer. Buller took the ball on the alumni 30-yard line and carried it back to the 44 before stepping out of bounds.
On the first play of the fourth quarter, McFarland fired a 10-yard pass to end Lynn Smith, who was all alone in the end zone.
Farland stood up and passed to Bell deep in the corner of the end zone to give the alumni a 7-6 edge.
Hantla Recovers Fumble
The Alumni used four running plays to get a first down on the Varsity 30. On the first down they were penalized 5 yards for taking too much time in the huddle, but the extra time apparently paid off as McFarland fired a 35-yard touchdown pass to Bruce Brenner.
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Woolfolk's attempt for conversion was wide to the right, but the alumni were on top to stav. 20-6.
Woolfolk Misses Conversion
The alumni offense didn't click for the remainder of the game, however, and it was up to the stout
The lone varsity penetration into alumni territory came with 3:10 left in the game. A 15-yard penalty for an alumni personal foul moved the ball to the 35-yard line.
defensive line and Rohde's punting to save the alumni lead.
Things began to look better for the varsity as Letcavits caught a 20-yard pass from Strauch and tiptoed down the sideline to the 5.
The Jayhawkers tried three plays and worked the ball down to the one. On fourth down Homer Floyd cracked the center of the line but was stopped one foot away from a score.
"They were just too tough. It was just a case of being beaten by a better ball club," Coach Mather said.
"Our line backers and our ends did a great job on defense," Evans said. "We didn't want to let them go outside; we weren't afraid of the inside game," he added.
"The fact that we've stressed defense all spring undoubtedly hurt our offense," he added.
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