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University Daily Kansan Friday, April 26, 1957
THE FINAL TUNEUP—Fullback Jerry Baker drives off tackle for big yardage as the varsity goes through final heavy workouts for
—(Daily Kansan photo)
the varsity-alumni game. Baker has been out with injuries most of the spring but is expected to see plenty of action.
Varsity Meets Alumni Team
Probable Starters
Varsity Alumni
H. C. Palmer (183) LE (195) Bruce Brenner
Frank Gibson (218) LT (260) Oliver Spencer
Tom Russell (210) LG (158) Don Pfutzenreuter
Chet Vanatta (216) C (223) Frank Black
Paul Swoboda.(215) RG (215) John Drake
Ed Prelock (230) RT (250) Mike McCormack
Jim Letcavits (181) RE (201) Bill Bell
Wallay Strauch (184) QB (160) Red Morrow
Homer Floyd (169) LH (197) Ralph Moody
Charlie McCue (185) RH (188) Ted Rohde
Bill Horn (190) FB (210) Galen Fiss
Seeking to even the all-time series at 3-3, the varsity football team will meet a brawny alumni squad at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium.
Coach Chuck Mather will start a line that is well stocked with experience or youthful promise at every post. Two all-Big Seven choices of 1956, tackle Frank Gibson and end Jim Letcavits, are the only holdover regulars starting but all except Chester Vanatta are lettermen.
Vanatta is a sophomore from Bartlesville, Okla. Two of last year's regulars, Bob Kraus and Ed Prelock, are being replaced by Tom Russell and Ron Caliborne, both juniors.
Standout halfback-quarterback, Bobby Marshall, will also miss the game. He is the regular centerfielder for the baseball team.
Alumni Coach Ray Evans, KU's first all-American football player, is expected to utilize the free substitution rule to its utmost.
He can pack the line, probably the defensive line, with four active professionals. These include tackles Ollie Spencer, Detroit Lions; Mike McCormack, Cleveland Browns; George Mrkonic, Vancouver* and Bob Hantla, Vancouver. A fifth, who has signed to play in the Canadian league next year, center Galen Wahlmeier, also is available.
The only experienced linemen who will miss the game will be Jim Hull, 2-year letterman at tackle, John Wertzberger, who lettered at center and Lynn McCarthy, a regular at end two years ago. The latter two have been out of action all spring because of injury.
Two other professional players, end Harold Patterson of Montreal, and fullback Galen Fiss of Cleveland, will probably play both offense and defense for the alumni.
Four Pros In Line
The alumni should be tough on defense and will be backed by
Handling the passing chores for the alumni will be Red Morrow, a reserve on the 1948 Orange Bowl team, and John McFarland, 1953-54 regular.
the kicking of Rohde, the Jayhawkers' all-time best kicker.
They will be throwing to some of the finest ends in KU history in Lynn Smith, Patterson, Bill Schaake and Jerry Taylor.
The varsity won last year's game 26-12. The alumni will hold a meeting and organized practice at 11 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium although most of the players have been working out regularly for over a week.
Indiana won five university division relay events in 1987 for the greatest showing in KU Relays history.
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PHILADELPHIA — (UP) — The eyes of Texas were on Villanova today as the 63rd Penn Relay carnival opened on Franklin Field with the speedy Longhorns and the limping but still solid Wildcats opening their bids for three top titles in the two-day meet.
The Texas fireball foursome of Wally Wilson, Hollis Gainey, Ed Southern and Bobby Whiden cracked its own world record with a 39.9 clocking in the 440 yard relay last week, and earlier set a world mark of 1:22.7 in the 880-yard relay.
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Only one major relay championship—the distance medley in which Villanova is defending champion—was on today's program of the 89-event track festival. But five individual titles were up for grabs and the teriffic Texans tuned up in heats in two sprint relays in their first carnival appearance since 1936.
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Friday, April 26-6 p.m.
Saturday, April 27 - 8 a.m.-12 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
First, second, and third place trophies will be given
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