Tuesday. April 22,1958 University Daily Kansan
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By BOB MACY (Assistant Sports Editor Of The Daily Kansan)
Football coach Jack Mitchell and his 6-man staff sent 64 men through workouts Monday as about 100 spectators watched in the intermittent rain. Judging from what this writer saw and comments of some of the observers, spring practice got off to a pretty good start.
Mitchell and his staff seemed determined to do one thing—get the most mileage possible out of the men they were working with. To say that the men were hitting hard and gang tackling like a real football team might easily be an understatement. Granted, there is a lot of work to be done before the KU football players could make a respectable showing. But if today is any evidence of things to come, Mitchell will be giving KU its money's worth.
Acting like a man with a definite split personality, Mitchell would one minute scream at a guard who missed a block or a tackle, the next minute yell praises to someone who carried out his assignment. He was constantly riding the players, screaming for them to get to their feet and get back after the ball carrier after someone had blocked them out.
One thing that was especially pleasing to see was the type of gang-tackling that Mitchell was calling for. The players were demonstrating the type of tackling that was sadly missed Saturday afternoons last fall.
Another remarkable thing to note about Mitchell is his agility on the field. Many times he would follow a speeding back around end yelling "Cut inside! Cut inside!" or "You're out now, run! run!" all the while keeping up with the runner. Mitchell, minus pads, would many times run a play, having the tackles or guards hit him. He rolled with the punches perfectly and the ability that made him a standout quarterback for Oklahoma was plain to see.
Mitchell ran his 44 most experienced players on the first four squads.
"We're awfully green and slow, but the team is making a good effort." Mitchell said. "Right now we're too slow to play anybody."
The first serious injury was evident Monday. Homer Floyd, the Jayhawkers' leading ground gainer was slowed in practice because of a pulled muscle suffered while running last week. Mitchell said Floyd may be slow all spring as a result of the injury.
There are 19 spring practices left in which Mitchell can mold his team into something to start out with next fall. What he can do in those remaining practices remains to be seen. In spite of the weak spots, what he has done in the first practice is impressive.
One thing seems certain from the Monday practice session. The guy who is able to stick it out and make the grade for Jack Mitchell is going to have to eat, sleep and love the game of football. If he doesn't meet these qualifications, he's washed up as far as KU football is concerned.
IM Games Postponed Due To Wet Fields, Drizzle
Wet playing fields and drizzling caused the postponement of all intramural softball games Monday. The games will be played some Sunday to be announced later.
Walter J. Mikols, intramural director, said several softball umpires are still needed. He would be interested in meeting anyone who knows the intramural softball rules and would like to work. An umpire receives $1 for each game.
the schedule for Wednesday and playing fields, are:
Stephenson, F, 10; Battenfeld vs. Hilltoppers, F. 1; Pearson vs. The University Daily Kansan, F. 2.
Fraternity B—Delts vs. Sigma Phi,
F. 3; Sigma Chi vs. Phi Delt, F. 4;
SAE vs Delta Sigma Phi, F. 5.
Independent A — Rochdale vs.
All games will start at 4.15 p.m.
U.S. Cagers In Russia
MOSCOW —(UP) Twenty-four American basketball players arrived Monday night for a 6-game exhibition tour of Russia starting Friday. The players, all chosen after the recent AAU tournaments.
3 Schools Slapped By NCAA
NEW ORLEANS—(UP)—College officials were served notice by the NCAA today that summer jobs offered prospective athletes will be closeiv watched in the future.
NCAA executive director Walter Byers predicted the NCAA scrutiny of jobs in the wake of the announcement of probations against Auburn, Seattle University and Southern Methodist University.
The SMU violation involved a $300 a month job as an oil scout for Glynn Gregory, highly regarded Abilene, Tex., high school football player, which the NCAA said was a "tailor made" job and not legitimate as far as the NCAA was concerned. "You can say the NCAA council is going to pay closer attention to summer athletes," Byers said. "It's okay to get athletes a job, but this one was too special."
The penalty against Auburn was the third-most stringent the NCAA ever imposed. The penalty, placing Auburn on probation until September, 1961, was imposed for "illicit financing" and came 11 days before a 2-year probation against Auburn was slated to be lifted.
The NCAA accused two Auburn coaches of reportedly offering $1,000 to halfback twins Harry and Robert Beaube to enroll at Auburn. The two are now enrolled at Tulsa University.
Auorn will be banned from bowl games, NCAA sporting events of all kinds, including football, basketball and track, and may not make commitments for such events after 1961 without consulting the council.
Seattle's basketball team may not compete in NCAA tournaments until after September, 1960.
1958 KU Relays 'Wonderful,' Says Track Coach Bill Easton
"Wonderful," said track coach Bill Easton when asked how he thought the Relays came off. He said that the 2-day meet lived up to all his expectations.
"We're on the way to bigger and better things." Easton said concerning the future of the Relays. He said that the new Relays offer more more opportunities for athletes than the old type.
to his expectations in all respects.
"The 2-day meet makes a better chance for more interesting Relavs," Easton said.
When asked if the other coaches were pleased with the relays, Easton said, "They were all very much in favor of our meet."
"The turnout was splendid," he said concerning the crowd at the meet. Easton said he was pleased with the student body help and enthusiasm. "The students cheering when the pressure was heavy really helped the boys."
He said that the meet lived up
He said that there would be no major changes made for next year's Relays. Only minor changes, such as stimulating more spectator interest and getting information to the public quicker would be made.
When asked if KU lived up to his expectations, Easton said, "Yes, we won four first places, more than any other team." He said that they would have liked to have won a couple more relays, but what could you expect with world's records being broken.
"Our team is young and we can look forward to more good seasons." Easton said. "They did real good and I'm very proud of them.'
Kansas Pitching Weak—Face OSU
After a 25-14 defeat at the hands of Missouri last Friday the Kansas baseball team is getting ready for a weekend of baseball with Oklahoma State, the conference leader.
As the score of the Missouri game shows, the KU pitching de- partment is weak at times.
"Pitching is our problem, as junior Larry Miller is our only constant winner," said Floyd Temple, Kansas coach.
"Our hitting is real good, as is our fielding, although it slacked off a little last week in the Missouri game." The Jayhawkers made seven errors in their loss. Temple went on to explain that a team's fielding will sometimes fall off when the pitching does.
In the pitching department right-hander Ron Wiley, a big winner on last year's Kansas team has been
a disappointment this spring. Wiley has lost three while winning none. In his last start Wiley allowed 13 earned runs and 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
"Wiley has not been throwing hard and his ball has not been moving around as well as it did last year," Temple said. "If he doesn't come around, we are going to be in real trouble."
Not everything is looking bad for this year's baseball team. Miller is holding the pitching staff together. First baseman Jim Trombold, the club's leading hitter last year, is again hitting well. "Catcher-outfielder Carl Lauerjung, although
Baylor Will Stay Despite Probation
DETROIT—(UP)—The Minneapolis Lakers and the New York Knickerbockers took their licks during the National Basketball Assn. season, each finishing last in their divisions. But today they will get top choice in the annual draft of college stars.
Minneapolis, which had the poorest won-lost percentage of the 8-team league, will pick first today while
the Knicks will get the third and fourth choices, the latter because of a trade with the Detroit Pistons.
latter because of a trade with the Detroit Pistons. Baylor Monday told United Press in Seattle that he plans to remain in college regardless of whether he is drafted and notwithstanding the NCAA ban on the Chieftains in playing in any post-season tournaments until after September, 1960.
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not catching as well as we would like, is also hitting very good," said Coach Temple.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the year is the hitting of Barry Donaldson. Last year Barry hit just over 200 and so far this year is hitting at better than 400. Another good job has been turned in by outfielder Bob Marshall.
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