Lackluster performance irks Pepper as 'Hawks offense stalls in workout
By JAY THOMAS Assistant Sports Editor
It was one of those days that makes a head coach glad the football season is five months away.
The KU football squad wound up its second week on spring practice Saturday with a half-hour scrimmage that saw the offense sputter on numerous occasions. And the defense was only using eleven men.
"I'm not sure whether our defense is really that good or our offense just so sorry," said
Coach Pepper Rodgers after the workout. "We can't throw, catch or block—what else is there?
"Our quarterbacks, our team,
just everything. We're not very good in any phase of the game at this time. Our fullbacks are not blocking, our tailbacks are not running, our quarterbacks not passing, our line not blocking."
One thing the Jayhawks are doing is hurting, especially off the field. Linebacker Pat Hutchens suffered several torn ligaments and internal knee injuries Saturday and faces a possible operation. Defensive back George McGowan remains
hobbled by strained knee ligaments but his condition appears to be improving. Offensive tackle Steve Lawson is sidelined with a dislocated shoulder that will keep him out of action for another week.
On the field, it has been the quarterbacks who have given Rodgers a pain. No. 1 signal-caller Jim Ettinger completed only 5 of 14 passes for 50 yards, all to tight end John Mosier. Freshman Phil Basler missed on his only attempt. Rodgers condensed his judgment of those performances into one big "terrible!"
Summary of Events
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TRIPLE JUMP-1 Ken Gaines,
Kansas, 49-11%; 2 Lennox Burgher,
Nebraska, 49-0; 3 Bill Aeschlimman,
Colorado, 48-7/3/4; 4 Buford May,
Lincoln, 48-6%; 5 Ivory Lewis,
Southern Illinois, 46-9/4
MILE RUN-1 Fred Cooper,
Texas, 4:08.8; 2 Mike McDonald,
Adams State, 4:10.6; 3 John Lunn,
Colorado, 4:11.5; 4 Craig Wise,
Oklahoma, 4:12.3; 5 Bill Blewett,
Oklahoma, 4:12.3
JAVELIN-1 Roger Collins, Kansas State, 232-4; 2 Mike Ross, Kansas State, 231-9; 3 Bob Winn, Ottawa, 224-0; 4 Cardenas, Rice, 215-7; 5 Walt Chamberlin, Texas, 215-3½
100 DASH—1 Mel Gray, Missouri,
9.3 (Meet Record, Old Mark 9.4 by
Cy Leland, TCU, 1930; Bobby
Whilden, Texas, 1956; Jim Hines,
Texas Southern, 1967); 2 Rockie
Woods, Texas A&M, 9.4; 3 Mickey
Mathews, Kansas, 9.6; Albert Hughes,
Wichita State, 9.8; 5 Horace Levy,
Nebraska, 9.7
120 HIGH HURDLES-1 George Byers, Kansas, 13.9; 2 Ron Jessie, Kansas, 13.9; 3 Fred Nicholl, Nebraska, 14.3; 4 Otto Nichols, Missouri, 14.5; 5 Jack Abbot, Texas A&M, 14.5
SHOT PUT-1 Karl Salb, Kansas, 63-54; 2 Steve Wilehm, Kansas, 63-54; 2 Doug Knop, Kansas, 58-04; 2 Doug Lafarge, Kansas, 57-14; Al Feuerbach, Emory State 57-14.
HIGH JUMP-1 Fernando Abugattas, Northeastern (Iowa), 7-0% Record. Old Mark 7-0 by Steve Herdmon, Missouri, 1967); 2 Ray McGill, Kansas State, 6-10; 3 Mark Timon, Colorado, 6-8; 4 Rick Old, Pittsburg State, 6-8; 5 Rich Wanamaker, Drake, 6-8
POLE VAULT-1 Jan Johnson, Kansas, 16-4; 2 Bob Steinhoff, Kansas 15-6; 3 (tie) Jim Mallard, Texas; Jeff Bennett, Oklahoma Christian; Larry Frank, South Dakota State; Don Allibritton, Northeast Missouri, 15-0
LONG JUMP-1 Stan Whitley,
Kansas, 26-0%; 2 Ron Jessie, Kansas,
25-10 3/4; 3 Bail Aeschlmann,
Colorado, 24-2; 4 Carl Mills, TCU,
23-10½; 5 Hal Oswalt, Oklahoma
State, 23-8
OPEN DIVISION
SIX-MILE RUN-1 Craig Runyan, Colorado, 29:44.3; 2 Rich Ellott, Kansas, 30'03.3; 3 Jay Mason, Kansas, 30:05.6; 4 Dennis Delmott, Emporia State, 30:10.3; 5 Kirk Hogan, Missouri, 30:14.1 (Meet Record, New Event)
4 4 0 INTERMEDIATE HURDLES—1 Dennis Cotner, Oklahoma, 52.1 (Meet Record. Old Mark 52.4 by Simones in prelims, 1969); 2 (Tie) Joe Simones, Missouri, and Jeff Bennett, Oklahoma Christian, 52.6; 4 Bob Borknessel, Kansas, 52.8; 5 James Hardwick, ex-Oklahoma, 53.2
HAMMER THROW—1 Bill Penny, Kansas, 166-0 (Meet Record. Old Mark 159-4 by Mark Cox, SI Track Club, 1968); 2 A1 Feuerbach, Emporia State, 145-1; 3 Gary Lawrence, Emporia State, 140-0; 4 Maurice Lewold, Fort Hays State, 123-0; 5 Fil Blakiston, Southern Illinois. 112-9
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GLENN CUNNINGHAM MILE-1
JimCrawford, Harding College,
4:05.7; 2 John Lawson, Pacific Coast
Club, 4:05.9; 3 Conrad Nightgale,
Wildcat Track Club, 4:06.7; 4 Doug
Smith, Kansas, 4:07.4; 5 Steve Perry,
Kansas State, 4:11.6
10 KANSAN Apr. 21 1960
100 DASH-1 Charlie Greene,
ex-Nebraska, 9.3; 2 Mel Gray,
Maryland, 9.3; 3 Alvin Hughes,
Wichita State, 9.8 (only three
finishers)
THREE-MILE RUN-1 Terry Harrison, Colorado State, 13:50.6 (Meet Record. Old Mark 14:12.2 by Jack Nelson, Arkansas, 1961); 2 Dave Compton, Drake, 13:55.8; 3 Van Rose, ex-Kansas State, 13:56.2; 4 Mike Kelley, Missouri unattached, 13:57.6; 5 Rich Elliott, Kansas, 13:59.0
DISCUS-1 Al Oerter, New York Athletic Club, 189-7\* (Memorial Stadium Record. Old Mark 184-1\* by Oerter, Kansas, 1957); 2 Doug Knop, Kansas, 185-8; 3 Karl Salb, Kansas, 177-10\*; 4 Kelvin Korver, Dutchman Athletic Club, 171-1\*; 5 Steve Wilhelm, Kansas, 168-3
3.000-METER STEEPLECHASE
—1 Conrad Nightengale, Wildcat Track Club, 9:06.0; 2 Paul Mattingly, Kansas, 9:27.2; 3 Roy Oldperson, Wichita State, 9:33.4; 4 Jerry Shelley, Fort Hays State, 9:35.4; 5 Mike Hayes, Kansas, 9:35.4
Pepper did single out several defensive performers. Tackles Jim Bailey and Al Jakobic, along with linebacker Emery Hicks and safety Skip James all had a hand in the 'Blues' two victories over the 'Whites' in the pair of 15-minute contests. Bill Bell was cited for his punting.
The offense kept it close in the first game, losing only 6-4 as the top two units alternately faced each other. The defense hung on for a 7-1 toughie the second time around.
Under the KU scoring system, the offense receives one point for every 15 yards gained and the defense a tally for stopping the offense short of a first down. The scoring series start 65 yards from the goal.
In one of the day's few welcomed developments, suspended gridders Dale Holt, Stan Washington, and Bob Childs were reinstated after a two-week absence.
"If I'm going to give them the chance to come back in the fall anyway, missing spring practice would be of no value whatsoever," explained Rodgers, who earlier had dismissed the three for skipping practice.
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