Friday, Oct. 26, 1956
University Daily Kansan
Page 4
Cross - Country Squad To Meet Texas, Oklahoma A&M
KU's 7-man cross-country squad will travel to Stillwater, Okla., for a triangular meet with Oklahoma A&M and the University of Texas Saturday.
Coach Bill Easton's runners will find the competition much tougher than in their two previous meets. Leading the Texas squad will be sophomore Joe Villarreal. He was good enough to reach the finals of the Olympic Trials 1500 meter run at Los Angeles last June as a freshman.
He has been clocked as low as 9:20:3 this year in leading the Longhorns to three victories in two mile races and downs a low of 14:48 over the three-mile cross country course.
Jack Schoeder, Van Nuys, Calif. sophomore, will be the only new face in the Kansas lineup. The 1955 Big Seven freshman postal cross-country champion was one of seven Jayhawkers to run under 16:00 against the Chicago Track Club and Drake University Saturday. His time was 15:49.
Also running for Texas are Ken Savage and two veterans, Walt McNew and George Foerster. McNew was runnerup for the Southwest cross country title last year and ran eight in the NCAA 5000 meter run at Berkley last June.
Oklahoma A&M defeated Oklahoma in its opening meet last week, running 1-2-4-5. The Cowpokes had four men under 16:00 with Reed Ferguson leading them home in 15:16.5.
A&M Swamped OU
He will replace junior Bob Nicholson of Maize. Nicholson placed fifth against Missouri in the first meet of the year but finished far back Saturday.
Marion Quits At Chicago
CHICAGO-(UP)—Marty Marion began a "one year vacation," expenses paid, today while the Chicago White Sox embarked on a search for a new manager, expected to end shortly with the appointment of Al Lopez.
Marion quit the job Thursday, but he gave the White Sox an opportunity to give him a vote of confidence or fire him.
"I offered them my resignation with the provision that they pay me for 1957," Marion said, "and they accented."
His contract extended through the 1957 season, and he said he had no plans for the future, except that he would like to stay in baseball.
TKE Rallies To Down Delta Chi
TKE's intramural football team defeated Delta Chi 15-6 in a game that wasn't decided until the fourth quarter when TKe scored touchdowns on two passing plays.
Max Mardick, TKE, tagged Bob Babcock, Delta Chi, in the end zone for a safety which accounted for the first two points of the game. Bob Babcock passed to John Spanbauer to account for Delta Chi's six points.
Stan Ball threw two touchdown passes to Bill Crow and Leonard Suelter in the fourth quarter to score the deciding points of the game.
Other results:
Fraternity B-Beta 8. ATO 7.
MU Practices Indoors
COLUMBIA, Mo. — (UF) — The hardest rains in two months forced the Missouri Tigers indoors Thursday as they prepared for the Iowa State Cyclones. Coach Don Faurot ended heavy work with a controlled scrimmage and announced three lineup changes for the game Saturday. Faurot said Carl Osterloh will replace Skip Schultz at center, and ends Larry Plumb and Bill McKinney will start in place of Don Hopkins and George Boucher, both on the injured list.
The first American amateur track and field championships were conducted by the New York Athletic Club in 1876.
Howell, McNeal to Lead KU Leading the Jayhawkers will be Capt. Jan Howell and Jerry McNeal. Howell was the winner at Missouri. McNeal nipped him at the finish to win - Saturday. McNeal's winning time was 15:08.6. Howell was close behind in 15:09.5.
Also running the three-mile Mt. Oread course under the 16 minute mark Saturday were sophomore Barry Crowford, Bernie Gay, Lowell Janzen and Verlyn Schmidt Their times were 15:29, 15:32.5, 15:38, and 15:51.5 respectively.
Big Seven Sophomore Crop One Of Best In Years
One of the finest crop of sophomore football players the Midlands has produced in many years has bobbed up in the Big Seven Conference.
Even the classy Oklahoma Sooners have been using sophomores to advantage, but the Oklahomaans have no monopoly on outstanding rookies.
Perhaps the most effective, at least the most highly publicized, first-year backs through the first half of the season have been Charlie James and Hank Kuhlmann, Missouri's big halfbacks; Howard Cook, Colorado left halfback; fullback Homer Floyd and a quarterback, Bob Marshall, of Kansas; and Oklahoma's Dave Baker.
James is the conference's leading pass receiver with 15 receptions and is tied with Floyd in scoring with five touchdowns for 30 points. Kuhlmann has been effective as both a passer and receiver, has scored four touchdowns, and made one conversion.
Cook has worked his way into a starting position at Colorado. He has picked up 215 yards rushing, completed five passes, scored three times, and is somewhat of a sensation as a punter.
Baker, who understudies All-America Tommy McDonald, is an outstanding runner, passer, blocker, and defender.
The supply of young talent is just as plentiful up front. To name a few of the better Hinemen; Ray
Lane and Bob Lewis, Kansas; guards; Bob Harrison, center, Oklahoma; Don Chadwick, guard, and George Boucher, end, Missouri; Howard McVay, end, Nebraska; Jim Luzinski and Craig Jones, ends, of Kansas State; John Wooten, guard, Charlie Brown, center, and Bob Salerno, tackle, Colorado; and Andriss Poncius, tackle, and Howie Heinrich, guard, at Iowa State.