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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 21, 1964
Coach Mitchell Uses Turned Halfback 'T'
Jack Mitchell has dusted-off the pigeon-toed T in KU's spring practice.
He hasn't gone all the way as he did at Wichita when he turned both halfbacks slightly to the inside off a standard-T alignment. The Wheatshockers used the new style in a 9-1-0 season and the Missouri Valley championship. Mitchell has tilted only his right half in drills so far and plans to keep it that way.
"Turning a halfback pigeon-toed depends on how much speed you have at that position and what you're trying to accomplish with him." Mitchell explains. "Right now our biggest concern is to get our right halfbacks outside faster."
Four coming sophomores, Vernon Dickey, Grand Jurition, Colo.; Dan Millen, Omaha, Neb.; J. C. Hixon, St. Francis, and Loyce Bailey, Topeka, are running there. Gale Sayers returns in the Fall.
Simms Stokes, holdover sophomore quarterback who dislocated his shoulder last week in scrimmage, will be out for the remainder of the spring season, according to Dean Nesmith, team trainer. Stokes had been playing at left half and quarterback during the Spring workout.
Kansas was clipped by injury almost weekly last year losing the likes of tackle Dick Pratt, and guard John Garber for the second half of the campaign and veteran tackle Tommy Thompson; center-tackle Jim Becker and center Buddy Walker for extended periods.
Through the first weeks of practice, the Jayhawks have been sticking with a standard-T backfield
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"One thing," Mitchell said, "that pigeon-toed halfback helps is that you don't need to send him one step in motion. I'd like to get away from a man one step in motion because sometimes officials see him move and throw flags even though you're sending him legally.
He listed most of the progress coming from Bill Perry, coming Herington junior guard; Ron Oelschlager, veteran halfback who has been converted to full; Kent Craft, coming sophomore fullback from Council Grove; Dick Bacon, rookie fullback from Neodesha, and R. B. Miller, Platte City, Mo. coming sophomore guard.
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The Jayhawk baseball team, with a 5-1 record, is tied with Oklahoma in running a close second in the Big Eight standings.
KU made a three game sweep over cellar-dwelling Nebraska to pull from fourth place into the tie for second.
Versatile Steve Renko has begun dividing his time between baseball and spring football. Renko practiced baseball from 3 to 4 p.m. yesterday and then worked out with the football team from 4 to 6, according to Jack Mitchell, head football coach.
Renko, who boasts a 3-0 pitching record for the Jayhawks, threw an 8-4 victory over the Cornhuskers in the doubleheader Friday.
The Tigers lifted their season's record to 4-0 with a 2-0 win over Iowa State Friday. The loss was the first for the Cyclones against one defeat.
Baseball Team in Second
Missouri, the league's defending champion, is leading the race and is, in fact, shooting for an unprecedented third straight title.
Saturday's scheduled doubleheader between Iowa State and Missouri was rained out.
Nebraska, still looking for its first conference victory, dropped deeper into the cellar, five games behind Missouri.
The Oklahoma Sooners, who were tied 3-0 with Mizzou last week, took a tumble against Kansas State as they split a doubleheader with the Wildcats Friday in Manhattan. The Sooners came back Saturday to defeat the Wildcats 5-4 in 14 innings
Oklahoma State and Colorado finally got into the victory column, against each other. Colorado and K-State are tied for fifth place and Oklahoma State ranks seventh.
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