Kansas University Football Freshmen Pressuring For Starting Roles
Rookie linemen Jim Letcavits Lynn McCarthy and Tom Rosowicz lead the push for starting spots as Kansas University football drills continue. Coach Chuck Mather cites overall hustle and progress while evaluating new faces alongside holdovers Beverages and other veterans. Five sophomores join a crowded race at halfback and guard with transfers Tom Lee and Bob Kraus challenging incumbents.
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Kansas University
Chuck Mather
Jim Letcavits
Massillon
Lynn McCarthy
Minn
Tom Rosowicz
Hammond
Ind
Don Martin
Letcavits
Bill Bell
LaVern Fiss
John Calis
Kan
Cillan
Mather
Frank Becker
Emporia
Theopring
Becker
Frank Gibson
Lawrence
Letterman John Drake
Jim Hull
Wichitan
Burt Stuere
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Membership Okays of TV Plan Shaping Up Quickly for NCAA
NCAA football television plans for 1955 moved forward after Big Ten approval. The plan allows 13 football dates with five regional telecasts and three national slots to be finalized by the NCAA TV Committee. Dates fixed include Sept 17 Oct 11 Nov 2 Thanksgiving Nov 26 and Dec 3 with regional telecasts on several other Saturdays. Walter Byers said sponsor bidding for national telecasts would begin late March or early April.
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Chicago
Big Ten
Pacific Coast
NCAA
Vic Schmidt
Ncaa-Tv
Walter Byrest
Kansas City
Backfield veterans lead but new A's signings surface
John Francisco and John Taylor once split games for Mather s at Massillon High and now show promise as runners. Don Feller, a returning El Dorado serviceman, shifts from full to left half with seniors Ralph Moody and John Handley. Right half backs include Dick Bloney and Rex Sullivan with Bill Horn a 185-pound Mentor product in view. John Wertzberger, ex Lawrence High tackle, settles at center amid lettermen Reich Black and Redd. Galen Wheeler becomes the Athletics first Kansas City area player, a 20-year-old pitcher who signed a contract with the A s farm club in the Sooner State League.
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al Stevenson
Iowa State
Held
Highland Park
Topeka
Stevenson
Ames
John Francisco
John Taylor
Mathers
Massilion’s
Don Feller
Mentor. O
John Wertzberger
Lawrence High
Dick Reich
Frank Black
Norman Redd
The
Athletics
Kansas City Area
Galen Wheeler
A‘s
KC Star Staffer Kenneth J. Hegarty Dies at 50
Kenneth J. Hegarty, 50, longtime Kansas City Star sports writer and city desk staffer for 32 years, died last night from a blood infection. He joined the sports staff in 1923 and moved to the city desk in 1943. He directed the Kansas City chapter of the barbershop quartet singing society and edited its bi monthly newspaper.
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Kansas City
Kenneth J. Hegarty
The
Kansas City Star
City Desk
Barbershop Quartet Singing Society
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