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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1950
By DARYL HALL
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
The 32-0 licking the Jayhawks suffered at the hands of Texas Christian University Saturday drew words of dissappointment from the fans and students.
Thumbs down were seen all over the stadium after the game, but we believe such action was a little uncalled for. We'll grant that the Jayhawks lack a scoring punch and that the passing, expected to be KU's strong feature, was a great disappointment. But outside of the complete lack of pass defense, we thought the game went pretty much as it should.
Strong football followers should have known that Kansas lacked the personnel and experience to pull an upset victory. And they should have also known that TCU would field a strong running attack. But if those attending the ball game will recall, little of this running yardage was made through the middle of the KU line. The Jayhawk line performed remarkably. Except for a notable weakness around end, the line held the Frogs far better than was expected. In fact, we believe that the Kansas line had the edge.
The line play of KU was probably the only good feature in the Jayhawk's performance Saturday.
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Kansas' pass defense is going to have to do a complete turn about if the Jayhawks hope to register at least a 50-50 season this fall.
The only excuse we can think of for the poor showing to the secondary Saturday is that Coach Chuck Mather expected TCU to stay on the ground since they had such good runners as Jim Swink and Ken Wineburg. But TCU's quarterback Chuck Curtis is a senior and was the Horned Frog's signal caller last fall, so Kansas should have realized that TCU has a passing offense if needed.
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The Jayhawk's offense showed signs occasionally Saturday of having an effective punch. Several times the Hawks broke through the tough Frog line for sizeable gains and at least once fullback Homer Floyd was almost gone.
Floyd carried the ball 15 times for a total of 96 yards or an average of a little over six yards a carry. With a little experience Floyd should become a great yard gainer. John Francisco also showed up well Saturday. Francisco didn't chop off the yardage like Floyd, but he picked up two or three yards when they were needed. Charley McCue, Lawrence's halfback hopeful, showed good running form in spots.
Ernie Russell, the speedy right halfback on the second unit, also showed up well by breaking through the line several times for short gains.
By alternating units, KU should, if the pass defense improves, be able to win several ball games in the conference. Several of the squads, especially K-State, lack depth and by alternating units KU should be able to wear them down.
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SCANNING THE LEAGUE-At least KU was beaten by a top notch club Saturday. Colorado took a sound whipping from Oregon State, 35-6, and Oregon State can't come close to matching the power of nationally rated TCU. K-State also was the victim of an upset. The Wildcats lost 27-6 to Oklahoma A & M. Misouri lost to Oregon 19-13 after being favored by six points over Oregon. The Nebraska Cornhuskers whipped South Dakota State 34-6, but what of it? The Dakota team was completely outclassed. Kansas could win too if they scheduled games with Pittsburg State and College of Emporia.
Fall Intramural Program Starts Initial Play Today
Few student participation programs on the KU campus stir as much interest as the intramural athletic program which gets underway this afternoon when the defending football champion Beta Theta Pi fraternity meets the Sig Eps on field 2 in the Fraternity A division.
All games begin at 4 p.m. on one of the fields east of the Allen Field-House.
By next Monday the intramural football program, which includes 51 eight-man teams, each playing 4 or 5 games, will be in full swing.
Most large men's halls and fraternities field both an A and a B squad, the first being made of more experienced players.
The winner and second place in each division center into playoffs which begin about November 15 with the winner of the fraternity division playoff meeting the independent titleholder for the Hill Championship.
Individual sports are also getting into full swing, according to Walter J. Miklos, director of Men's intramural athletics. All players entered in golf, tennis, handball, badminton, or horseshoe singles must have contacted their opponents and played their match by Sunday, said Miklos.
Miklos said the entry lists are higher this year than last with 74 entered in the badminton singles, 31 in handball, 42 in horseshoes, and 128 in tennis as compared to 108 last year.
Team and individual pairing are listed on intramurals bulletin board in Robinson gym.
"Winter sports." Milkos said, "which include basketball, volleyball, swimming and bowling, will begin the first week of December while the spring program will include all the games featured on the fall slate with the exception that they will be on a team basis."
Knox Attacks Coast Schools
"Softball will, however, be the main team sport of the spring season." Miklos went on to say.
NEW YORK — (UP) — Ronnie Knox, scathing indictment of football at UCLA and the Uniervcity of California as "pro football" where he was "forced to lie and taught to connive" drew replies today from officials of the two schools.
Knox, star back now playing professional football with the Hamilton Tiger Cats in Canada, made his charges in an article in this week's Collier magazine.
In addition to relating details of undercover payments to athletes, he said that UCLA employs a "farm system" whereby athletes whose high school grades are not good enough to enter college were sent to junior colleges for a year and given $40 a month, "thus committing them to UCLA, "and that, while at California, he had been "coached" in how to lie to commissioner Victor O. Schmidt of the Pacific Coast conference.
Wilbur Johns, athletic director of UCLA, commented on the "farm system" charge in Los Angeles: "I don't know how Knox can make such a statement when we have investigated the same rumors and have been unable to verify them. If any such payments are made, they must come from individuals
and not from any organized group at the university."
UCLA Coach Red Sanders, described by Knox as "an outstanding man in his field," said he had been too busy to read Knox, article and declined comment.
The College of Pacific Bengals had only eight lettermen returning this fall.
At Berkley, Calif., Athletic Director Greg Engelhard of the University of California, commented on Knox' charges he was coached in how to lie to Commissioner Schmidt when the PCC head investigated football at that school in the fall of 1953: "I don't know anything about that."
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