Hawks prepare for OSU game
By JERRY KLEIN Assistant Sports Editor
The KU football team yesterday worked on play assignments, backfield timing, pass offense and one-on-one offensive line drills in preparation for Saturday's game against Oklahoma State at Stillwater.
Coach Jack Mitchell said the team is in good physical condition. He indicated team morale is good now but warned "I won't be able to tell more until Saturday."
The Jayhawkers also drilled against the Cowboys offense and defense.
KU's biggest worry against the Cowboys is that they can score, says KU coach John Triplett, who scouted OSU against Missouri last weekend.
"Defensively, they are tough, sound and hard to move. Besides being big, OSU pursues well and plays tight defensive ball. They shut off the Missouri sweep."
As a passing team, Triplett says, they are just average. Instead of a straight, drop back passing attack, the Cowboys use the roll-out pattern.
In the starting backfield, KU will be faced with stopping fullback Larry Gosney. Triplett says, Gosney is a strong runner who runs all over and throws his arms around while running.
Mitchell terms Gosney faster and quicker and about the same size as Garrison.
Gosney replaces Walt Garrison, last season's Big Eight individual rushing champion and all-conference selection. Right now, Garrison is playing with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
Jerry Barnett, defensive tackle, and Dave Waxse, offensive end, are the game co-captains.
According to Big Eight statistics, punter Dave Morgan is the only KU individual conference leader. The Wauwatosa, Wis.,
sophomore leads with a 44.7 average on 18 kicks. His longest of 70 vows came against Iowa State.
Halfback Don Shanklin, averaging five yards per carry, is still second to Cornelius Davis in rushing. In 87 attempts, the 5-9, 175-pound sophomore has gained 436 yards.
The Amarillo, Tex., speedster is third in kickoff returns averaging 20.6, a total of 165 yards in eight returns. Third in punt returns, he has averaged 20 yards in nine returns.
KU to begin track series
KU and UCLA will start a three-year series of dual track meets next spring.
The first meet will be held March 25,1967, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and the subsequent two meets also will be held in Los Angeles.
The two teams have never met in dual competition.
"IM CERTAINLY PLEASED with this series—the boys are, too," Trach Coach Bob Timmons says. "UCLA is the national champion. We figure that if we compete against the toughest in the nation, it will make us a better team."
KU has also begun a series of dual meets with New Mexico, Southern Illinois University, and Oklahoma. Timmons calls all of these schools "tough."
UCLA will be the first outdoor meet for the Jayhawks.
BELTING BAUER
NEW YORK —(UPI) Hank Bauer, manager of the Baltimore Orioles, hit safely in 17 consecutive World Series games from 1956-58 while with the New York Yankees.
Passes hit for TD's
A passing marathon highlighted Wednesday's intramural football contests with 16 touchdown passes thrown in six different games.
In Fraternity B action, George Jackson led Beta no. 1 to a 20-12 victory over Sigma Chi. In the contest, Jackson threw two scoring passes to Dave Swift and added another to Frank Vivian.
Mark Hartman registered the two scores for Sigma Chi with two passes to Dave McClair and Granville Bush.
Steve Swift passed the Phi Kappa Sigmas to a smashing 34-0 defeat over Alpha Kappa Lambda. Swift threw two scoring strikes each to his brother, John, and Rich Keller.
pass from Swift who also scored four PATs.
Mike Peloguin caught a fifth
Phi Kappa Psi shutout Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 7-0.
ROCKNE'S RECORD
SOUTH BEND, Ind.—(UPI)— Knute Rockne, one of the greatest football coaches of all time, compiled a record of 105-12-5 during his career at Notre Dame.
SULTAN OF SWAT
NEW YORK — (UII)— Babe Ruth is the only player ever to hit over .600 in a World Series, compiling a .625 batting average in the 1932 classic.
Independent B teams saw Jolliffe blanket Battenfeld, 25-0. In that game, Bob Velvey tossed touchdown passes to Don Coley, Hugh Bailey and Mike Meye.
Norman Fohrer connected to Don Cole for the final Jolliffe score.
The Green Wave overwhelmed Naismith, 21-0, in the final game. Tom Aiken completed three scoring passes to Dick Richardson, Cliff Conrad and Gary Waggoner.
Daily Kansan Thursday, October 20, 1966
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