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Miller Returns to Native Nebraska
By Walt Jayroe
Danny Miller, Omaha, Neb, junior, returns to his native-Nebraska this weekend, but not for pleasure.
Miller, who is a halfback on the KU football team, and his Jayhawk teammates take on nationally-ranked Nebraska in Lincoln Saturday afternoon.
DANNY MILLER... KU halfback
Until last Saturday's game against Kansas State University, Miller was relatively unknown. He had seen only limited action in two contests this year and entered the K-State game only because starting halffall Mike Johnson, Garden City senior, was injured and Johnson's replacement, Sim Stokes, Mobile, Ala., junior, proved ineffectual.
MILLER NOT ONLY entered the game but paced KU's previously stand-still rushing game to a new season's high and a 34-0 victory over the Wildcats.
Scoring one touchdown, Miller picked up 81 vards in 13 carries.
Miller, all-state selection at Omaha's North High, said he almost didn't come to KU.
"It was pretty close between Minnesota and Kansas," he said.
He explained he came to KU because KU had a better academic program for what he wanted to study. Miller started as an engineering major, but said he has changed his mind since then.
NEBRASKA OFFERED him a scholarship and there was ample reason for him to attend the Lincoln school. His high school quarterback was Bob Churchich, now sharing quarterbacking duties with Fred Duda on the NU
eleven. Another friend, Jim Brown, who played at Omaha Central, is starting offensive tackle for the Huskers.
"Brown and I worked out together last summer in Omaha," Miller said.
Other friends of Miller playing for Nebraska include Pete Tatman, 214-pound fullback, and Larry Wachholtz, 162-pound defensive back.
"THEY USUALLY give me a pretty hard time," he said. "They usually say something like 'we beat you last year and we'll beat you again.'"
Miller, however, doesn't feel that way. He said the Huskers might have all they want Saturday afternoon.
The KU halfback, who is listed at 178 pounds in the official program, explained he has a weight problem.
"At the start of my sophomore year I weighed 178, but I lost 23 pounds in two days of practice," he said. The weight loss occurred during early season "two-a-day" pratices.
L.A.'s Koufax Given Honor
BOSTON—(UPI)—The nation's baseball writers have confirmed what National Leaguers and the Minnesota Twins have known for some time—that southpaw Sandy Koufax is the best pitcher in baseball.
After reviewing what Koufax himself described as a "pitcher's year," the writers announced Wednesday night that they had unanimously picked the 29-year-old Los Angeles Dodger ace to become the first hurler in history to win the Cy Young Award twice.
Dandy Sandy, informed of the honor at his home in Studio City, Calif., said the award capped the "most gratifying season I've ever had."
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"I've never been able to gain it all back," he said.
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MILLER SAYS he weighs now around 165, but would like to weigh 180. He says he feels a program of weightlifting beginning in February will help him gain some of it back.
Perhaps one of the bigger obstacles for Miller to overcome has been his tendency to fumble, especially on pitchouts.
"Coach (Bernie) Taylor and the other coaches have been working with me, telling me just to relax and concentrate (on the ball)." he said.
Miller explained he hasn't had any problem handling the ball the last two-and-one-half weeks, a situation which may bring dismay to the Nebraska Cornhuskers this weekend.
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