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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Oct. 18, 1957
Jayhawkers Face Toughest Game On 1957 Schedule
Still pestered by flu and injuries, KU's football squad went through a two-hour dummy scrimmage Thursday night in preparation for what appears to be their toughest game of the 1957 campaign.
One bright spot for Coach Chuck Mather was that No. I quarterback Wally Strauch and end Jim Letcavits were both back in pads for the Thursday practice. Mather showed signs of concern about Saturday's game and commented, "The main thing to worry about is how much endurance we'll have."
Although Strauch and Letcavits were both in action they were handicapped in their playing. Strauch has been suffering from the flu since early in the week. Letcavits had been in the hospital since the early part of the week with pneumonia. There is some question how much action these men will see Saturday.
Kansas' starting lineup will see only one change from the squad which met Iowa State last Saturday. Paul Swoboda will be suiting up in place of guard Tom Russell, who sprained his ankle.
The reainder of the starting lineup will be: Jim Letcavits and John Peppercorn, ends; Ron Claiborne and Frank Gibson, tackles; Bob Kraus and Swoboda, guards; and Chet Vanatta, center. In the backfield will be Strauch, Homer Floyd, Don Feller, and Larry Carrier.
Scout Wayne Replogle could have just played a record of the scouting reports he has given for the past 10 years when he came back from the Oklahoma-Texas game Saturday. From his report came the same description used for Bud Wilkinson's crews for the past decade, "great desire, great second effort, reckless, rugged, savage, violent."
Replogie continued, "Maybe they are not quite as polished as they have been, but they play just as hard, if not harder. Their effort knows no bounds. I'd say they are a little better defensively than they have been and they always have had a great defensive team."
This will be the 55th Jayhawker-Sooner encounter, the first one being in 1903 which Kansas won 17-5. Since that time the Jayhawkers have won 19, the Oklahomaans 30 with five ending in split decisions.
There is little question in the minds of sportswriters that the Sooners will spare nothing to climb back onto the top rung of the national ratings after slipping to No 2 this week.
Wilkinson is going all out to see that his boys make a real showing in the game Saturday. Practices have been moved under the lights this week in an all out effort to prove the sportcasters were wrong in their pick.
The Jayhawkers traveled to Kansas City this morning and flew from there to Oklahoma City. They will go to Norman Saturday morning.
Physical Shape Top Cage Problem
Dick Harp sent his basketball prospects through a two hour practice session Thursday evening and expressed some concern over the physical condition of his men.
"Our main problem right now is physical shape," Harp said.
"Most of the boys have been sick right up until practice started. Trying to get the boys in shape takes away a lot of the time that we need to work on fundamentals," he said.
The basketball prospects started workouts Tuesday and have been working out every evening from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the field house.
Correction
Paul Turner kicked the field goal that gave KU a 16-13 victory over Oklahoma in their last conference loss in 1946. It was not Ray Evans as reported in yesterday's University Daily Kansan.
Mr. Turner, now an assistant coach at Washburn University, was a guest Thursday night on the Phog Allen show on WDAF-TV.
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KU Players Express Caution And Optimism Toward OU
With a lopsided loss to Iowa State still on their minds a cross section of football players expressed cautious optimism for a major upset Saturday when they meet the nation's second ranked team, Oklahoma. All the players were still a little stunned by the defeat last Saturday but were pretty much in agreement that it was a combination of bad breaks on the field and flu and injuries the week before that cost them the game.
Quarterback Wally Strauch, who was out of pads himself until Thursday gave what might be the answer for the whole team. "We gave as much as we could as long as we could." He added; "It was pretty obvious the first half we weren't playing up to par. The second half we were ready to play ball, but by about the third quarter we just ran out of steam. Our mistakes were just too much to handle." He went on: "We won the Colorado game by capitalizing on their mistakes. This time we made the mistakes. We lit their own fire."
Although the score was onesided, Strauch had this to say of Iowa State.
"We played three pretty good teams before them. I think they would rank fourth of the four we've played."
Of the game Saturday, Strauch had this to say; "I think everyone realizes the caliber of team we will be playing this Saturday. Oklahoma never lets up. If we do, they'll run us right out of the stadium."
He expressed optimism about Oklahoma by saying; "there isn't a feeling that we can't beat them. If
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Tackle Frank Gibson was quick to admit the squad was "not up to par."
He felt sure OU would be "up" for this game after being dropped to the No. 2 spot nationally but went on, "if we can get in good physical shape, if Letcavits can get back, we can play them a ball game. Oklahoma will be beaten some time this year. I think we have as good a chance as anyone."
Guard Paul Swoboda also felt that the Jayhawkers played, "very much under par." "If we'd have been up to par we would have won the game. It was just that we made more mistakes," he said.
The fiery guard, in looking to this Saturday, said, "We'll give Oklahoma everything they ask for. They're not infallible. They can be beaten and it might as well be us."
Don Feller, fullback, felt the injuries and flu hampered the efforts of the Mather men.
When Feller was asked about the game at Norman, he shot back, "I know one thing, we'll sure give them a hell of a fight."
"Iowa State played over their heads. If we had another chance, and were up to it physically, we could beat them," he said.
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