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University Daily Kansun Wednesday, March 6, 1957
By GEORGE ANTHAN (Assistant Sports Editor of The Daily Kauai)
It won't be long before the Kansas sports spotlight will be off Dick Harp. Wilt Chamberlain and Co. and on Chuck Mater and his squad.
True, that spotlight, although bright, will only dwell on Mather and his football team briefly while they are in spring training. Although few other people seem to notice Kansas football, students and alumni are very much interested. Too interested perhaps.
On paper the Kansas team of 1957 shows considerable improvement over last year. As Mather said, "This is the first year we have what we think of as a balanced squad. We have boys returning who are familiar with their positions."
Squad Deep In Talent
A quick glance at the KU football picture.
Left-end—Lynn McCarthy, a twoyear letterman or Tom Horner may start here. Horner played tackle last season. According to Mather he has good speed.
Left tackle—Frank Gibson, a two-year letterman and Ron Claiborne are the top men at this position as it now stands-before spring practice.
Left guard—Bob Lewis is tops at this position now.
Center — John Wertzberger and Walter Smith are lettermen at this position but transfer Chester Van Natta is "very good" according to Mather and 210-pound John Burnison from Ontario, Calif., is also a candidate.
Right guard—Bob Kraus, Big Seven honorable mention, is the top candidate at this position now.
Right tackle—One-year letterman Ed Prelock and two-year letterman Jim Hull are the mainstays at this spot but Tom Russell, who played
tackle last season, may move to guard
Right end — Jim Letcavits, who was on the Associated Press all-conference second team last season and on the first team of Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., newspapers, returns to right end with proven skill and much experience. H. C. Palmer is also at end now. He played at the backfill position last season.
Quarterback — Wally Strauch, of course, seems to be the top man at this position but Bob Marshall is a close No. 2.
Left half—Homer Floyd, moved over from fullback, Bob Robinson, John Francisco and Terry McIntosh go together to give this spot plenty of depth.
Right half—This is another position with plenty of depth. A starting berth next fall will probably fall to either Charlie McCue, Bob Hoesing, Bill Horn, Ernie Russell or John Traylor.
Fullback — DeWitt Lewis, described by Mather as the best defensive player seeking a starting fullback job, may be the top man here because the emphasis in the 1957 season will be on defense.
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The three other players honored in a nationwide poll of 281 sports writers and radio and television broadcasters were Lennie Rosenbluth of North Carolina's top-ranked Tar Heels; Grady Wallace of South Carolina, the major college scoring leader; and "Hot Rod" Hundley of West Virginia.
Chamberlain, the celebrated 7-foot Kansas center, is only the second sophomore ever to win a place on the United Press first All-American team. Tom Gola of LaSalle was so honored in 1953. The four other players are seniors.
Maurice King, KU's great defensive guard, and Bob Boozer, 6-7 K-State sophomore forward, were picked on the honorable mention list.
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