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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 28, 1956
KU Faces Tough College Of Pacific
PROBABLE STARTERS
College of Pacific Wt. Po. Wt.
Farrell Funston (210) LE (212)
John Nisby (230) LT (215)
Galen Laack (224) LG (198)
Jack O'Rourke (207) C (190)
Bob Lee (205) RG (212)
Bill Striegel (222) RT (220)
Bob Denton (224) RE (199)
Jim Reynosa (148) QB (198)
Dick Bass (185) LH (179)
Tom Perry (186) RF (185)
Tom Green (185) FB (164)
The Kansas Jayhawkers will be seeking to redeem themselves in the eyes of the fans Saturday when they play the College of Pacific, led by Dick Bass, one of the top sophomore halfbacks in the country. Kickoff time is 1:30 p.m.
Kansas
Don Martin
Frank Gibson
Bob Prewreuter
Galen Watmeier
Bob Kraus
Jim Hull
Bill Bell
Dave Veston
John Franciso
Ernie Russell
Homer Floyd
Bass accounted for two touchdowns and gained 122 yards on 12 carries last Saturday as COP defeated Colorado A&M 39-14 in its first game of the season. In 20 games as a high school halfback and three on last year's freshman team, Bass scored 74 touchdowns and averaged 13.5 yards per carry.
With such a formidable passing attack, Coach Moose Myers has installed a Spread-T as his basic formation, with the left end split 10 yards and the right halfback flanked the same distance.
In addition to Bass, COP fields a sharp passing attack. Against Colorado A&M it completed 18 out of 29 attempts for a total of 268 yards, COP has four talented passers in quarterbacks-Jim Reynosa, Tom Flores, Del Whittier, and Frank Felice.
Kansas' passing defense must show vast improvement over last week, when TCU gained 279 yards in the air and defeated the Jayhawkers 30-0, if it expects to record its initial win.
Quarterback Wally Strauch is expected to miss Saturday's game. He is still recovering from an early season knee injury. Without Strauch at quarterback, Kansas' passing attack failed to complete a single pass against TCU. But
Floyd, Rushing Leader Of Big 7
A new crop of names popped into view in the first Big Seven Conference football statistical report compiled following the opening nonconference games.
The leading ground gainer is Homer Floyd, Kansas sophomore, with 15 carries for 96 yards. Dick Hyson of Colorado, last year's fourth ranking passer, leads now with 1 out of 6 for 36 yards. Bob Harden, Iowa State sophomore, is the top pass receiver, catching 2 for 42 yards.
Punting honors are shared by John Holdefer of Iowa State and Dave Preston of Kansas, each with one kick for 53 yards. And Bill Hawkins, Nebraska junior, has two touchdowns to set the scoring pace.
This week will see a shifting as Oklahoma, defending conference and national champion, swings into action against North Carolina at Norman. It's Bud Wilkinson vs Jim Tatum in a re-play of the Orange Bowl. Other games find College of the Pacific at Kansas, Kansas State at Colorado, Iowa State at northwestern, Nebraska at Ohio State and Missouri at Purdue.
The Cornhuskers set the team offensive pattern with a run-pass total of 401 yards. Missouri follows with 293, and Iowa State with 279. Other top rushers are Hawkins of Nebraska with 94 yards on 6 carries, Jimmy Hunter of Missouri with 17 for 75, and Larry Naviaux of Nebraska with 3 for 67.
Nebraska's 34-6 victory over South Dakota and Iowa State's 13-10 decision over Denver are the Big Seven's two triumphs in six non-league games to date.
For those throwing more than one pass Hunter has 3 of 11 for 29 yards. Ted Rohde of Kansas, last year's leading punter, is down in the current list with 5 for 149 yards and an average of 29.8. He averaged 42.3 last season.
quarterbacks Dave Preston and Bob Marshall show good potential.
Cop will have a 13 pound weight advantage per man in the line. The Tiger's line averages 227 per man to 214 for the Jayhawkers. In the backfield COP* averages 182 per player and Kansas is one pound lighter.
COP'S TOP PASSEER—Jim Reynosa, a seasoned veteran, will quarterback College of Pacific Saturday. His short passes, ball handling, and defensive playing will be a constant threat to the Jayhawker's victory hopes. Reynosa is a two-year letterman at quarterback but is forced to share playing time with three other signal callers, COP's passers completed 18 of 29 against Colorado A&M in the season opener for
268 yards.
Mather Changes Key Personnel In Top 2 Teams
Faced with the problem of defensing College of Pacific's strong passing attack and the power running of Dick Bass, highly regarded halfback, Coach Chuck Mather climaxed a week of hard work on pass defense Thursday with dummy pass defense drills and work on punt protection.
In an attempt to field two alternating units of about equal ability, Mather made several changes in his top units this week after studying film; of the TCU game.
PRELOCK
CLAIBORNE
Ron Claiborne and Ed Prelock, a pair of transfer tackles playing their first year for KU, were promoted to the second string as a result of their play against TCU. They replace Tom Russell and John Drake.
Jim Letcavits, regular right end last fall and KU's leading pass receiver was moved to the second unit and Bill Bell, a reserve letterman, was promoted to the first string. In another end change, H. C. Palmer, sophomore, was moved up to second string left end in place of Bruce Brenner.
In the backfield, Ernie Russell replaces Bill Horn at right half. John Francisco, a regular last fall, is being pushed by Bobby Robinson for the left half position. At quarterback, Dave Preston and Bob Marshall are fighting it out for the starting post. Homer Floyd, fullback and the Big Seven's leading yard gainer last week, is the only backfield starter against TCU sure of his position.
The Brooklyn Dodgers must sweep their last three games in order to go into a possible tie for the National league crown.
Sigma Nu, DU, Oilers, Win Intramural Football Games
Sigma Nu squeezed out a 7-0 victory over Phi Kappa Alpha in an "A"-league intramural game Thursday. An aerial for 10 yards from Jerry Poindexter to Dusty Barr proved to be the margin of victory. Barr also kicked the extra point.
"B" Leagues
Delta Upson opened their sea-son with a 13-0 triumph over Tau Kappa Epsilon. Bob Boyer passed to account for all of the DU scoring. Jim Gallant and Phil Baker were on the receiving end of the 2 touch-downs while Duane Estes snagged for the extra point.
In an Independent "A" game, the Oilers came out on top over Stephenson. 12-0. The big guns in the Oilers attack were Reuben Heatwale and Harold Quellhorst. Heatwale fired touchdown passes of 20 and 40 yards to account for the scoring. **"LL" Longhorst**
Phi Gam 6, ATO 0, Sigma Chi 1,
Phi Deltas 0 (won on first and tens).
NROTC vs. G. Pearson—field 1.
Jim Beam vs. Shackers—field 2.
McCook vs. Eagles—field 3.
Friday Schedule Fraternity "B"
Beta vs. Phi Psi—field 5.
Independent "A"
Monday Schedule
Fraternity "A"
vs. Phi Psi - field 3.
"B" "R"
Beta vs. Phi Psi—field 3.
Fraternity "B"
Phi Delt vs. Acacia - field 5.
Theta Chi vs. Sigma Pi - field 6.
Jolliffe vs. Carruth—field 1.
Foster vs. Oread—field 2.
K-State Meets Buffs
Missouri, K-State, Leave For Rough Gridiron Games
MANHATTAN, Kan., (UP) Kansas State left for Colorado today to prepare for the opening Big Seven Conference football game against the Buffs. Saturday.
COLUMBIA, Mo.—(UP)一A 39-man Missouri football squad left today for Saturday's game with Purdue.
The Tigers finished preparation for the Boilermakers Thursday polishing plays and defense in a brief workout.
Coach Don Faurot listed his probable starting lineup as: Bill Craig and Don Hopkins, ends; Bob Lee and Frank Czapla, tackles; Pete Jensen and Jim Martin, guards; Skip Schulz, center; Jim Hunter, quarterback; Hank Kuhlman and Charlie James, halfbacks, George Cramer, fullback.
Coach Bus Mertes named his starting lineup as: Don Zadnik and George Laddish, ends; Bill Lindsey and Gene Meier, tackles; Wally Carlson and Rudy Bletscher, guards; Chuck. Sprinkle, center; Dick Corbin, quarterback; Kenny Nesmith and Jerry Hayes, halfbacks; Bill Carrington, full-back.
That lineup represents five changes from the one K-State used to open last Saturday's game against Oklahoma A. & M.
Buff Backfield Green
Mertes explained the shakeup was aimed at Bolstering the Wildcat running offense. He said "our biggest weakness last week was inability to punch our first downs on four and five-yard plunges."
BOULDER, Colo.,— (UP) —The Colorado Buffaloes, going into the contest at full strength, will start a backfired of three sophomores and
a junior against Kansas State Saturday.
The Buffs went through a light workout Thursday designed to keep them in top physical condition.
Coach Dallas Ward named Boyd Dowler to run the modified split-T and single wing offense. Gene Worden will be at left half and Eddie Dove at right half. The offensive fullback will be Leroy Clark, and the defensive fullback will be Mel Warner.
Hantla, together with another former KU star, Ralph Moody, was placed on the waiver list Tuesday by the San Francisco 49ers. Moody returned to KU Thursday to resume work on his degree.
Bob Hantle, former KU grid star and co-captain of the 1953 Jayhawker team, will play for the British Columbia Lions in Canada's Western Interprovincial Football Union this year.
Bob Hantla To Canadian Club
Coach Clem Crowe of the Lions said that Hantla will replace Romnie Loudid in the Lions lineup. Loudid was injured in a game Monday.
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