Big Seven Round-Up
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1956
University Daily Kansan
Page 9
McCue Promoted To First String Post
Charlie McCue, former high school All-Americian, is slated to run at the No. 1 halfback spot today as the Kansas football squad gets down to work for the Big Seven opener against Colorado Saturday
The first two units practiced out of pads yesterday and the varsity reserves scrimmaged against the freshmen.
Lynn McCarthy, letterman end who was wounded in a stabbing in Kansas City in August, was in pads and plans to take part in contact work today.
Coach Chuck Mather disclosed that Wally Strauch, last year's varsity quarterback who has been sidelined with a knee injury since the start of this season, will scrimmage today. He should give the passing attack a big boost.
Cats Change Personnel
Keith Wilson moved back to number one quarterback. Ralph Pfeifer stepped up to first string fullback, Jack Keelan took over at left tackle on the first unit, and Kerry Clifford replaced Chuck Sprinkle at Center.
MANHATTAN — (UP) — Four changes were made in Kansas State football lineup yesterday as the Wildcats loosened up from Saturday's bruising loss to Colorado at Boulder.
Sprinkle suffered a severe bruise in the Colorado game and is under observation in K-State's student hospital. He will be sidelined for an indefinite period.
Two Sooners Break Legs
NORMAN—(UP)—Ed Gray and Joseph (Buddy) Ouijesky worked out with the University of Oklahoma starting unit today following a reshuffling of players by Coach Bud Wilkinson.
Gray was moved from the alternate eleven to first team left tackle and Oujesky to left guard to replace Wayne Greenlee and Ken Northcutt, who were sidelined Saturday with broken legs.
In all, Wilkinson made new assignments for five men yesterday.
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Steve Jennings was switched from the fourth string to second team left guard. Bob Timberlake went from right end to right tackle on the second unit. Joe Rector moved up from third string right end to second string right end.
Tigers Face SMU
COLUMBIA — (UP) — Missouri's football team, loser against two tough non-conference foes, went through a light workout accenting passing yesterday as it prepared for still another rugged opponent, Southern Methodist University.
The Quack Club will hold a business and pledging meeting in Robinson Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. New Quack Club pledges are
KU Quack Club Pledge List Named
Freshmen - Janice Croker, Frances Harrington, Dee Ann Lander, Kay Morgan, Rosie Nation, Sue Suran, Suzy Thomson and Sue Whitney.
Sophomores—Marsha Becker, Ann Brenneisen, Jane Flagler, Hillegard Foster, Theressa Gainey, Kelsey Gsell, Sue McMillion and Mary Wade.
Juniors—Marcia Johnson, Cherie Miller, and Sharon Regier.
Classifications were unavailable for Virginia Horton, Julia Harner, Fred Schwartz, Jean Stevenson and Anna Wilson.
Buffs Meet KU Saturday
KANSAS CITY, MO.—(UP) —
The first big drive towards the Orange Bowl comes this week in the Big Seven.
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Two games come up Saturday that could do quite a bit in determining the conference bowl representative-Iowa State at Nebraska and Colorado at Kansas. The Kansas State at Oklahoma game is a no-contest affair, and Missouri won't join the race for another 20 days.
On the basis of the first two weeks' results, Iowa State and Kansas probably should be favored this weekend. However, results so far give little insight in relative conference strength—except to show that Colorado had more scoring power than Kansas State at Boulder last Saturday.
The results so far apparently have moved Kansas and Colorado into the limelight as Orange Bowl contenders, although the other teams in the "Little Six" still are in contention and have an almost equal chance at taking second spot behind Oklahoma and the Orange Bowl honors.
KANSAS CITY, MO.—(UP) — Nebraska leads Big Seven teams in yards gained, even though mighty Oklahoma rolled up an impressive 430 yards gained in its single game against North Carolina, official figures showed today.
KU's Ralph Moody Found Pro Football Fun, Exciting
The Cornhuskers have picked up 654 yards in two games, 498 on the ground and 156 in the air. Iowa State dipped to second with 568, Kansas has 508 and Missouri 501.
There were 13 nations and 485 contestants at the first modern Olympic games. There are 73 nations and 5,050 expected at Melbourne, Australia, this year.
Missouri hosts Southern Methodist this weekend and North Dakoha the next. Its late opening could delay the selection of an orange bowl team until Dec. 1 when Kansas plays at Columbia.
Nebraska's Roy Stinnet took over in forward passing with 6 of 10 attempts for 84 yards. Jimmy Hunter of Missouri advanced a notch with 7 of 19 for 65 yards. Colorado's Howard Cook broke into the list with 2 of 3 for 63 yards.
Homer Floyd, sophomore Kansas fullback, stayed on top as the leading ground gainer with 25 carries for 143 yards, an average of 9.5. Nebraska's Larry Naviaux has 112 yards on 11 runs.
"A professional team plays an 18 game schedule and if it practiced too much early in the season the players would become stale before half of the games were played," Moody said.
After a player is put on waivers he, can be signed by any other team in the league within a 48 hour period.
"I didn't expect to get any other offers this late in the year though. I thought of playing Canadian football but when I found out I would be able to come back to school and finish my senior year I thought that would be the best thing to do," he said.
Moody stated that practice sessions lasted only one and one-half hours per day except when there were two practices per day during the first few weeks of training.
Short Practice Sessions
In the ancient Olympics, only Greek citizens could participate at first.
"Surprisingly enough, I found professional football easier than college football and enjoyed the experience very much," said Ralph Moody, former Kansas starting halfback who was recently released from his professional contact with the San Francisco Forty Niners.
Moody was San Francisco's 26th draft choice last year. His play was one of the surprises of the Forty Niners' practice sessions that started July 28. He stayed with the team until last week when he was released along with Bob Hantla, another former KU star, to cut the San Francisco roster down to the league limit of 35 players.
Moody is a physical education major. He is practice-teaching the next eight weeks at Highland Park and will graduate in January.
Wants Teaching Career "I'd like to teach and do some coaching after graduation but right now it looks as though the service will come first," he said.
Wants Teaching Career
Floyd Leads Rushing Again
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The following year he was third in rushing with 193 yards although he missed four games with an injury and was ranked second in the Big Seven conference in punt returns with a 16.6 yard average for nine returns.
In 1953 Moody was Kansas' second leading rusher with 337 yards. His 37.9 yard punting average- was third best in the Big Seven and 17th in the country.
Last year the Minneola senior was co-captain and led the Jayhawkers in punt returns and was second in kickoff returns.
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Charley James of Missouri jumped from fourth to first in pass receiving catching 6 for 76 yards. John Scheldrup of Iowa State has 3 for 72. Boyd Dowler of Colorado caught one for 57 yards Saturday and took over as leading punter with 5 for an average of 51.6 yards.
Iowa State back Chuck Latting leads scoring with three touchdowns. Hawkins dropped to a second place tie with 12 points. Tommy McDonald of Oklahoma, last year's scoring leader, also has 12 and leads in punt returns with 2 for 30 yards.
IM Schedule
Women's intramural basketball games start tonight in Robinson Gym. The schedule is as follows:
Today
Gamma Phi Beta vs. Chi Omega, 7 p.m.
Alpha Omicron Pi v. Kappa Kappa Gamma, 8 p. m.
North College v. Corbin Hall,
8 p.m.
The Olympics ran continually every four years for at least 1200 years in ancient Greece.
Foreign Soccer Teams Organizing
Two soccer teams, a South American and a European, are organizing this week and will play each other later this month.
European students who play soccer are asked to go to the practice session in the field behind Robinson Gymnastium at 4:30 p.m. today. Another session is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday. Anyone interested who cannot attend one of these sessions should call Charles Kohler organizer of the team, at VI 3-3944.
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