'SKAHAN IS SICK'
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By Jerry Klein
Back lingers on sideline
Kneeling on the sidelines at yesterday's varsity football practice directly west of Allen Field House, injured quarterback Bob Skahan, dressed in street clothes, closely eyed replacement Bob Douglass run through the Kansas play assignments.
"I get tired sitting out games because of injuries," complained the Columbus senior who also missed six games last season because of a pulled hamstring muscle.
And that's exactly what Skahan will be doing Saturday when KU meets Arizona at Tucson—sitting on the sidelines and watching.
STILL SUFFERING from a broken left toe and swollen arch received against Texas Tech, the Big Eight Back of the Week, who gained 152 yards passing and 78 rushing, is unable to run at all.
Even when he walks there is pain. Although discarding his crutches temporarily Tuesday morning, Skahan is planning to stay off that foot, giving it a chance to heal.
Besides taking twice a day 20-minute whirlpool treatments, the 5-10, 180-pound signal caller is receiving 15-minute sound machine massages.
"THAT MACHINE sends electrical waves through the body which is something like a massage penetrating muscles deep inside the foot," he explained.
Midway through Coach Jack Mitchell's two-and-a-half hour workout, Ray Coughenour, equipment manager, approached Skahan and tossed a practice jersey ordering him to "put it on."
Not realizing what had been printed on the shirt, Skahan non-chalantly followed instructions. Seconds later, his teammates started cracking jokes.
"BOY, SKAHAN has his own personalized jersey!"
For printed in large black letters just above the chest was his name: "SKAHAN." Nothing wrong with an identification tag. But, directly underneath appeared the phrase: "TM SICK." A wide grin swept over his face.
Though Skaban's foot is a little sick, he is hoping for nothing but the best for Douglass. "Douglass is big, strong, and has the strength
"I'm surprised they didn't write Kansas Coach!"
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to throw either the short or long pass. He's inexperienced, but he will adjust." Skahan said.
At present, Skahan is hoping to travel with his teammates by charter plane to Tucson from
Kansas City Municipal Airport at 3:15 p.m. Friday. If Trainer Dean Nesmith and Mitchell okay the trip, Skahan will probably operate the telephone to the press box.
Of course, from the sidelines.
DAILY sports KANSAN Confident Arizona to meet Hawks
By Ron Hanson
Even though LaRue and the rest of the Arizona squad may be confident about this year's season, they began it in a rather discouraging manner, losing last Saturday to Iowa. 31-20. Last season Iowa was the cellar dweller of the Big Ten while Arizona held the same position in the Western Athletic Conference.
"Last year our offense had to depend too much on the running game, but with the new personnel we have, we feel that the balance will make for an improved team," said LaRue. "We have good running backs, which we feel will give us good balance between our running and passing."
As if the loss of starting quarterback Bob Skahan coupled with last Saturday's defeat to Texas Tech weren't enough to worry about, Jayhawk football coach Jack Mitchell will have more possible worries when KU faces a very confident Arizona team in Tucson Saturday.
In the words of Arizona coach, Jim LaRue, "We are a much improved team, with a better passing game and the best receivers we have had in years."
OPTIMISM ON the part of La-Rue is due to the fact that his "new look" offense will utilize a pass receiving split end and a flanker back, along with a pass receiving tight end. The Wildcats' passing attack accounted for
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In the running department, the Wildcats, who use a pro-set T offensive formation, have veterans Rick Johnson and Brad Hubbert at halfback and fullback respectively. Both are over six feet tall and weigh 210 lbs. The other backfield positions are not permanently set.
Obviously the quarterback position is the key to Arizona's game, but as of this stage in the season the Wildcats have no set man for the position. Two junior college transfers, Bob Matthews and Mark Reed, are the top contenders for the job. In the Iowa game Reed threw a pair of 20 yard touchdown counters.
Last year Arizona defeated KU here, 23-15. In the overall Arizona-Jayhawk game series, the Wildcats have won two, lost two and tied one. KU's greatest victory over Arizona was in 1949 when it defeated the Wildcats, 46-0.
two of their three touchdowns against Iowa, all of which were scored in the last period.
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