Tuesday, May 21, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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THIS EVENING... By Roy Miller
By Roy Miller
Like the cigarette ad says, "It's what's up front that counts." The KU football team may find this to be true next fall.
If backfield talent alone could win Big Eight championships, KU fans could buy tickets for next New Year's Day Orange Bowl right now.
THIS WAS APPARENT in the Alumni-Varsity game in Memorial Stadium Saturday and has been one of the big worries of Coach Jack Mitchell since the 1962 season ended.
But several losses by way of graduation and the light weight of several returnees has weakened the KU line. If the backfield personnel is to achieve its spectacular potential, line support will have to be strengthened.
Those who led last year's line - but will graduate this spring — are such standouts as Marvin Clothier, Fred Eiseman. Duke Collins, Ken Tiger and Mickie Walker.
Most experienced of the returning linemen are Jay Roberts at end and Pete Quatrochi at center. Both were starters last year.
SEVERAL JUNIORS-TO-BE, who alternated between the first and second units last season, will also add power to next fall's line. They are end Mike Shinn, tackles Brian Schedwa and Tommy Thompson, guards Marion Walker and Ron Marsh and center Jim Becker.
Next year's line will have experience and weight, but it may be a matter of putting both together at the same time.
But this may not be enough to go along with proven backfield aces like Gale Sayers, Ken Coleman, Armand Baughman and Tony Leiker. Other experienced returnees are quarterbacks Dave Crandall, who worked at slot-back last year, and Sid Micek.
Several rookies brighten the backfield outlook. Leading that group is Steve Renko, who quite likely will be the No. I quarterback next fall.
Spring practice began with quarterback as the main problem. But, even with the departure of Brian Palmer, the progress Renko, Crandall and Micek showed during spring workouts has virtually eliminated that problem.
Other promising sophomores-tobe for next year's backfield are halfbacks Mike Johnson and Sims Stokes and fullback Bill Gerahards.
THE VARSITY defeated the Alumni, 33-0, but it's doubtful that many of the 8,500 spectators left the stadium Saturday totally impressed with the Varsity's play.
After the game, Mitchell didn't seem overly pleased with his players of next year. He almost praised the Alumni more than he did his own squad.
"I don't see how these guys can go out there and play as hard as they do," Mitchell said of the Alums after the game.
He lauded the play of Homer Floyd, Fred Bukaty and Fred Hageman for the Alumni. He even cited the play of Clyde Kensinger, the Jayhawkers' manager for the last four years who finished his career as a tackle for the Alums.
While Mitchell wasn't pleased with the varsity's over-all defensive effort, he liked the team's pass defense. He also lauded the kickoff work of Mike Johnson, who sent one kickoff past the goal posts. And, Mitchell was moderately pleased with the passing of Steve Renko, who completed eight of 16 passes for 135 vards and two touchdowns.
With outstanding backfield personnel, the KU flip-flop offensive attack could account for a Big Eight title next fall. But an improved line is a prerequisite.
In IM Finals
Betas Retain 'A' Softball Title
A three-inning, 14-hit attack enabled Beta Theta Pi to defeat Delta Function, 13-3, yesterday, and retain its Hill "A" division intramural softball title.
By Russ Corbitt
The game was shortened because of the ten-run lead rule
Arlo Schurle, Beta pitcher, allowed Delta Function seven hits.
The Betas scored five runs in the first inning, two in the second, and then won the game in the bottom of the third inning with six runs without an out.
BILL GEIGER led the Beta attack with three doubles. Keith Kreutziger blasted a home run in the second inning.
The Betas, who also claimed the crown last year, defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the "A" fraternity finals Thursday, 11-3.
In intramural action this year, the Betas have won the "A" and "B" Hill titles in football, "B" and "C" Hill title in volleyball, the badminton team title, and members of the fraternity finished one-two in ping-pong competition.
Joe Gracey led Delta Function with two hits, one of them a triple.
Today, M.A.E. will play the Jerks, and Kappa Sigma will meet Phi Gamma Delta in independent and fraternity "B" division finals. The two winners will meet tomorrow for the Hill "B" championship.
The Jerks earned their final berth by defeating Sigma Gamma Epsilon yesterday, 11-2.
KU Sky Diving Enthusiasts Make Plans for Next Year
While astronauts orbit the earth a group of KU students are looking forward to the day they'll be able to fall through the atmosphere from an airplane.
Last night about 16 students met in the Kansas Union for an organizational meeting of the KU Sky Diving Club.
Don McClelland, Pittsburg, Pa. graduate student, is the main organizer of the club.
He said his stimulus for forming the club came from a Daily Kansan want ad which indicated some students were trying to start a sky diving club here earlier in the semester.
If current plans materialize, ground training for the sky divers will be held the first two or three weeks of school next fall and the actual jumping will begin shortly thereafter.
"IVE BEEN sort of hoping we could do this for a couple of years," McClelland said last night, "but I could never find a club or a guy who knew the ropes."
As for the "ropes." McClelland said he has found another KU student who was an airborne instructor for the Army for 18 months. McClelland has only made two jumps himself.
"It looks like with what we've got here and what we'll have next year, we'll have a going concern. The 'rigger' sort of dropped into my lap by luck." McClelland said.
The "rigger," somebody who packs parachutes, is the "guy who knows the ropes."
THE BIGGEST obstacle facing the club is finances. A parachute pack costs about $70, according to Mc-
Clelland, and an airplane will have to be rented.
Other necessary equipment includes a crash helmet or football helmet and a pair of boots.
"I think I know where there's a farmer who's planting clover this summer," McClelland said. "They say that makes a pretty soft landing place.
"The farmer won't care if we fall into it. But, it's always best to ask first so the farmer won't get excited when he sees people dropping in his field."
McClelland stressed to the enthusiasts the importance of exercising their legs and ankles this summer.
McCelland said he has applied to the National Sky Diving Association in Orange, Mass., for a charter.
McCelland said the original sensation resulting from a sky dive "was the feeling that you can conquer space without breaking your neck." The ultimate sensation, he explained, is mastering the technique of free-falling.
AthletesGood As Scholars
The largest difference was at the freshman level. Non-athletes at that level carried a slightly larger number of hours — 0.66 of an hour than did freshman athletes.
Contrary to public opinion, varsity athletes are virtually indistinguishable from other undergraduate male students at KU as far as their grades, grade-point-averages and number of hours of classes carried are concerned.
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THE JERKS, scoring one run in the second inning and three in the third, clinched the victory with seven runs in the final inning.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon scored both its runs on four hits in the first inning, and was then held to two hits for the remainder of the game.
Phi Gamma Delta reached the "B" fraternity finals by defeating the Beta Theta Pi "B" team yesterday, 4-1.
The Phi Gams were held to three hits in the first three innings, but exploded for four runs in the fourth inning.
Sparky Patterson led the Phi Gams with two hits, and Fred Slicker and George Benson each had two hits to lead the Betas.
M. A.E. and Kappa Sigma both received semifinal byes.
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