Friday, Nov. 15, 1957
University Daily Kansan
KU Bids For Best Mark Since 1952
KU will be bidding for its best season record in five years when the Jayhawkers meet Oklahoma State in Memorial Stadium Saturday.
If the Jayhawkers can win they will be 4-4-1, with a game remaining on the schedule. A four victory season would be the best of Chuck Mather's four seasons and the best record since the 7-3 of 1952.
All three Kansas victories this year have been in Big Eight play. The last KU victory outside the conference came against Oklahoma State last year, 21-13.
Oklahoma State is now 5-1-1 for the season, and fresh from a 39-6 victory over Wyoming. KU has won 11 of 15 games played against the Aggies.
Top Quarterbacks Out
With KU's two top quarterbacks out with injuries, sophomore Duane Morris will be calling signals Saturday. Wally Strauch broke a bone in his right hand and Bob Marshall reinjured a bad knee against Kansas State Saturday.
Halfback Larry Carrier will also miss the Aggie game. He cracked a rib in the hard-fought K-State game.
About 18,000 spectators are expected to watch the game Saturday. It will be the final non-conference game of the year for KU. Homecoming and the last game is with Missouri Nov. 23.
KU has been up and down this
fall, and is now riding high on a 2-game winning streak. The Jayhawkers started the season with a surprise tie against TCU, then lost to Oregon State 34-6, came back to defeat Colorado 35-34, lost to Iowa State, Oklahoma and Miami before winning their last two contests.
Saturday's game will be the first played by Oklahoma State against a Big Eight team since the Aggies joined the conference June 1. Oklahoma State won't play a complete
Big Eight football schedule until 1960.
Bundle Sparks OSU
Rundle Sparks OSU
Larry Rundle, OSU fullback, has been leading his team in rushing, but may be out of the KU game with an injury. Playing in five games he has averaged over five yards per carry for 255 yards.
Sophomore quarterback Dick Soergel has completed 27 of 67 passes for 483 yards and 5 touchdowns. End Jim Wood has caught 11 passes for 248 yards.
Mather Relies On Three Remaining Quarterbacks
With injuries knocking out his No. 1 and 2 quarterbacks, Coach Chuck Mather is now relying on three remaining quarterbacks, two who have little game experience and the other he was saving for next year.
Boeger went to the same high school and played on the same squad with injured Jayhawker Wally Strauch. He was a sophomore in high school when Strauch was a senior and took over as first string quarterback for the team upon Strauch's graduation. He uses more running plays than Strauch did, but likes to run and pass both.
Now alternating at second string quarterback is Roger Boeger, Elmhurst. Illinois sophomore who Mather was planning on saving for varsity play until next season, due to a surplus of quarterbacks at the start of the year. Now the situation is completely changed for Mather.
Didn't Suit Up
Asked how he felt when he learned both Strauch and Bobby Marshall would be out of competition, he said:
Asked how he thought he'd feel in varsity competition, Boeger said.
"I didn't suit up for the K-State game because they only suit up four quarterbacks. I was in the stands and the first I knew of Wally's broken hand was when I went to the dressing room after the game. I felt very sorry for Wally but I knew I might get a chance to play and I was really excited. I've really wanted to play this year."
'I'll probably be a little nervous at first. I sure hope I won't. But that line up in front of me sure gives me a lot of confidence.
"It itse feels good to go back to throw a pass and have the line blocking for you the way they do. You're not rushed and it helps you a lot."
In regard to the Oklahoma State team they face tomorrow, Boeger said,
"I think they may be a little overconfident. They just may be ready to be knocked off. Our team is, really
coming up and I think we have as good a chance as anyone of upsetting them."
Starting in the signal-calling spot tomorrow will be a sophomore who just a week ago was the number three quarterback. He now has the responsibility of taking his team through a game with a team with a 5-1-1 record. Morris has shown his ability before, pulling two conference games out of the fire in the closing minutes.
Kicked Winning Point
It was his extra point kick with one and one-half minutes to go that defeated Colorado and his touchdown pass to Homer Floyd last week with 18 seconds left that won the K-State game.
He gave fair warning that Oklahoma State would be a really tough team to handle.
"They've only lost one game this year. We certainly won't be able to let up at all. They have the top passer in the Big Eight conference. That means we'll really have to sharper up on our pass defense."
Alternating second string quarterback Larry McKown also emphasized that the Jayhawkers would have to be up to get this one.
McKown played his first varsity ball against Colorado this year and was also instrumental in the victory. He got most of his playing time against the Oklahoma Sooners and will be expected to play a lot in Saturday's game.
University Daily Kansan SPORTS
Jim Beam Defeats McCook To Gain Tie For First Place
Jim Beam overpowered McCook Thursday, 18-0 to gain a tie for first in the first division of the Independent A League intramural football. The victory boosted McCook into the play-offs starting next week.
Curt Nettets, Jim Beam's ace quarterback, passed for all the scores with passes good for 8, 15, and 20 yards. Gene Elstun caught two passes and Dick Rumsey received another. Pass attempts for extra points by Nettels failed.
Other scores:
Fraternity B — Delta Tau Delta
25, Sigma Phi Epsilon, 6, and Phi
Irish To Use Sooner Field
NORMAN, Okla. —(UP)— Oklahoma and rival Notre Dame shared the same practice Notre Dame today prior to Saturday's nationally televised battle.
The Notre Dame team was scheduled to arrive at Oklahoma City at 2 p.m. and continue to Norman for a 2:30 p.m. workout. The Sooners were to drill about one hour later.
The Oklahoma squad worked out for one hour and 15 minutes Thursday. Coach Bud Wilkinson stressed pass defense and forward passing in preparing to close out the week's practice.
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Delta Theta 30, Triangle, 0. Games today:
Games today:
Independent A — Rochdale vs. Chicken Pickers, Field 1, and Foster vs. Pearson, Field 4.
Fraternity A — Phi Gamma Delta vs. Delta Chi, Field 2.
Fraternity A — Tau Kappa Epsilon
lon vs. Beta Theta Pi, Field 3.
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