Titles Being Challenged
Thursday, Nov. 19, 1964 University Daily Kansan Page
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Defenders Face Tough Tasks
Sayers, shooting for an unprecedented third straight rushing title, is tied for the lead this week with Oklahoma's Jim Grisham, each having 614 yards. But Sayers has only one game left, while the OU fullback, who has put on a tremendous second-half spurt, has two contests remaining.
It is "do" this week or don't defend Big Eight conference individual statistical titles for KU's Gale Sayers and Missouri's Gary Lane.
Grisham has gained 400 yards in his last five games to take over third in the career-rushing standings of the conference with 2,293 yards and has become the most prolific rusher in Oklahoma history.
SAYERS, THE conference career rushing leader, has been able to beat the defense for only 264 yards in his last five games.
The big difference between the pair has come in the last two games. Sayers has gotten only 51, including 24 against Colorado Saturday. Grisham has gained 121 against Iowa State and 96 against Missouri, giving him a 217 total in the last two contests.
Still very much in the rushing race is Oklahoma State's Walt Garrison, who has 583 yards with two games left. Garrison struck off 112 yards against Nebraska Saturday, which is more than six teams have been able to muster against the tough Cornhusker defense.
On a per-game basis, Grisham has
Gymnastics Team Previews Tonight
KU's gymnastics team will preview its 1964-65 season against the freshmen at 7:30 tonight in Allen Field House.
The varsity will be minus its No. 1 high-bar performer, sophomore Alan Mulally, who broke an arm in practice Monday and will be sidelined eight weeks. This could swing the meet to the frosh, who are described by Coach Bob Lockwood as "a real good sound."
Lockwood, who organized KU's first varsity team last year and guided it to fourth in Big Eight competition, returns six lettermen topped by Lawrence junior Kent Dobbins, who scored third in tumbling in the conference games.
Completing that list is Bill Carpenter, Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Del Gerstenberger, Park Forest, Ill.; Art Lorenz, Omaha, Neb.; Capt. Bill Maness, Lawrence, and John Krug, Wichita.
a 76.8 yard average, while Garrison is hitting at a 72.9 clip. Sayers has dropped to third with 68.2.
LANE, TRYING for a sweep in passing and total offense for the second year, has a comfortable lead in total offense -1,109 to 893 for OSU's Glen Baxter.
But Lane trails Nebraska's Bob Churchich in passing, 743-719, and each has one game remaining. Baxter, a threat also in the passing race, has two games left. His per-game average is only two-tenths of a yard behind Churchich.
A third dual-defending champion,
Larry Elliott of Oklahoma State,
is still holding on to second in punt
and kickoff returns. His best chance
of repeating is in kickoff returns, where he is only 31 yards behind Tom Vaughn of Iowa State. Vaughn has 402 yards in nine games, and Elliott has 371 in eight.
Oklahoma's Larry Shields holds a 176-139 edge over Elliott in punt runbacks in eight games.
IN PUNTING, defending champion Doug Dusenbury of Kansas State has a 42.6 average, 1.2 better than Oklahoma's Lance Rentzel. Rentzel is the leader in pass-receiving yards with 274, while Colorado's Bill Symons has the passes-caught title all but salted away with 26.
Kent McCloughan of Nebraska, with a pair of touchdowns against Oklahoma State, has virtually
clinched the scoring title with 74 points. Rentzel is second with 36.
With a touchdown in his last game, McCloughan will have scored more points than any Big Eight player since Tommy McDonald and Clendon Thomas broke the 100-point barrier for Oklahoma in 1956.
Ron Oelschlager of KU is still holding on to the No.5 spot in rushing with 420 yards. Oelschlager missed KU's first three games because of an injury.
KU's sophomore quarterback, Back Skahan, is the league's fifth leading passer, and fourth in total offense. Sayers is sixth in total offense. Jayhawk Wally Hinshaw is third in the punting derby.
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