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for former Sooner athletes in the Service, only. Oct. 24, 1944

 

 

OKLAHOMA 68, KANSAS STATE 0.

STATISTICS ««.-Harned first downs, Oklahoma 17-7. Net yards gained rushing, Oklahoma
- 404-52, Forward passing, Oklahoma hit 4 of 7 for 63, KS hit 6 of 18 for 50, Inter~
ceptions, Oklahoma grabbed 4 for 158 yards, KS none. Punt returns, Oklahoma 4 for
75, KS 1 for 25, Kickoff returns, Oklahoma 1 for 46, KS 9 for 148. Blocked punts,
Oklahoma 1(Ed Parker, tackle). Total yards, Oklahoma 744-275. Fumbles that cost
loss of ball, Oklahoma 2-1, Penalty yardage, Oklahoma 87-21.

PLAY~BY=PLAY+.s.ere's how touchdovms were scored: Homer Sparkman over on qb sneak,
Basil Sharp bucked two yards, Homer Sparkman repeated on qb sneak(we ran most of
time off T formation), Tommy Meason, Ardmore freshman, swept end for 7, Bobby Estep
reversed for 26 with Bob Stover throwing key block, Basil Sharp, Pawnee freshman,
ran 51 with lateral, Estep weaved 22 on reverse, Meason bored off tackle for 6,
Johnny West intercepted Ungles' pass and came back 82 yards to score(our longest
interception run since QB Eddie Johnson cane back 94 against Uriahoma Aggies here

in 1923), West passed to Johnny Austin for 10. Dub Wocten, our end who never before
placekicked anything but kickoffs(for Amarillo, Texas high) booted 8 of 10 conver-~
sions, giving him 12 of 14 so far this season,

THE LOWDOWN..»-.eKansas State has no navy unit and very little good civilian talent.
They deserve plenty of credit for even putting a team on the field in these times.
They also had two or three boys crippled and lost others as the battle aged. Snor-=
ter played our first team only 17 minutes, turning the game over to the reserves,
many of them all-state high school boys 17. Hungry to play, these kids ate up

the Wildcats,

BEST-LOOKING KANSAS STATERS....sDana Atkins, 2 17-year old 142-pound halfback, was

a slippery runner who averaged nearly three yards against us with very little
blocking in front of him. Elliott caught three passes for 30 yards ageinst us.

Bill Ungles, their qb, was busiest, running 13 times for net gains of minus 5 yards,
shooting seven passes, suffering a blocked punt and returning four kickoffs for 70.

WHAT SOONERS PLAYED....Starters: Burgert and Wooten, ends; Bill Hallett and Harley,
tackles; Don Tillman and Tigart, guards, Mayfield, center; +ebow, Sparkman, Heard
and Sharp, backs, “eserves: Ends Bob Gambrell of OC, Bob Stover of Enid, Jim Marr
of OC, Johnny Austin of Pauls Valley, Bill Magness of Coalgate, Tackles Millard
Cummings of inid, Albert Stover of Weatherford, Hd Parker of Midland, Fla., Vilheln
Schneider of Willows, Calif, Darold Reckl ing of Lincoln, Neb.; Guards Steve Sawyer
of Tulsa, Elvin Yeckson of Eureka, Calif., Roff *“enworthy, L.P,.Brown of Duncan,
Centers Al Vogel of Texarkana, texas and Bill Snyder of Ridge Farm, Ill.; Backs
Dick Peddycoart of OC, Gane Captain bob Estep of Phillips, Texas, Tom Meason of
Ardmore, Don Weir of Kerrville, Texas, Harry Paramore of Duncan, Laddie Harp of
Fairview, Max Culver of Muskogee, Jom Wright of Lubbock, Texas, Jom Vest of OC,
and Bob Williams of Weatherford. Snorter swept the bench clean. Dinkins, with

a "charley," and Smalley with a twisted ankle, didn't play.

NEW ADDRESSES «ee eCapt. W.C.Hetheringten, Cc. B, 20th BNn,, 5th Repl. Regie, AGF. Re
D.No. 1, Fort George G,Meade, Md. and Lt. ReHMeKinney, Marianna Arny Air Field,
Marianna, Fla,

NOTES....Lt«(jg) Dick Smethers is back on « 40-day leave from Alaskan duty, will

be transferred to mine sweeping schocl at “crktowm, Va. He and his wife saw the
K-State game....Lt.( jg) Al Horwitz, who has been in action India theater, is also
home on leave and with his wife saw the Texas game....Lt. Gordon Clarke who has

been in SW Pacific theater, wes home on short leave and saw K*State games.ecces
basketball has started....Bruce may get Shorty Hines, who played last year at South-
western, Texas university(where he was in Navy V-12)....Hines has been given a
discharge....Jake's 2-milers lost 30-25 to Texas Aggies at College Station Oct. 2l.