Mike Higgins Selected Top Manager In American Loop
By UNITED PRESS
NEW YORK—Mike Higgins, who brought about a 30-game improvement in the Boston Red Sox last season and kept them in pennant contention until the final two weeks of the season, was selected today as American League Manager of the Year in a United Press poll.
In a wide open contest in balloting by 56 baseball writers from the eight league cities, Higgins won out by two votes over Marty Marion of the Chicago White Sox. Higgins received 17 votes and Marion 15. Casey Stengel, who brought the Yankees their fifth pennant in the six seasons he has been manager, finished third with 11 votes, while Lou Boudreau of the improved Athletics at Kansas City drew 10. Al Lopez of the runner-up Cleveland Indians received two votes and Bucky Harris of the Detroit Tigers drew one.
But this time the Red Sox finished only 12 games out whereas in the previous season they were 42 games behind.
Higgins, operating under a succession of complications in his first season as a big league boss, did not elevate Boston in the standings as it also finished fourth in 1954.
When Higgins, a quiet Texan from Dallas, succeeded Boudreau he sized up the club and said "well, there's room for improvement". As it turned out that was the understatement of the year.
Lawyers Lose Homecoming
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Nancy Walker, Chi Omega, was selected homecoming queen and was presented to law students and alumni at halftime by Prof. James B. Smith of the Law School. Miss Walker, a lovely blue-eyed bruette, is from Wichita, Kansas, and is a college sophomore.
Jolliffe spoiled the Lawyer's Homecoming yesterday by completing a pass late in the fourth quarter good for 70 yards and a 6-0 victory. Ivo Fuerborn hit Warren Harbert for the winning touchdown. The game was featured by the fine defensive play of both teams.
In the other "A" game Battenfeld powered over Carruth 12-0. Ed Wall connected with Bob Smith and Glen McDermed for the Carruth touchdowns. A high wind handicapped passers of both teams. Fraternity "R".
Phi Delt 27, Theta Chi 0. Phi Curr 7, Delta 6
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Friday again and time for the weekly football picks. This week everyone stays reasonably close together, backing the favorite in 12 games. In the remaining eight, things are pretty well spread out.
By JOHN McMILLION Daily Kansan Sports Editor
Everyone but two members of the staff pick KU to top K-State. Sam Jones, the cynic of the staff, calls it a 14-14 tie and Leo "Mick" Flanagan drops all his school loyalty and picks the Aggies to win 21-14. For the others Daryl Hall says KU 20, KS 18; Bob Lyle picks it KU 21, KS 12; Kent Thomas calls it KU 20, KS 6, and Dick Walt and John McMillion say KU 21, KS 20.
In the other games everyone picks Michigan over Illinois, Navy over Duke, Notre Dame over Pennsylvania, Iowa over Minnesota, Ohio State over Indiana, Wisconsin sin over Northwestern, Oklahoma over Missouri, Southern California over Stanford, Oregon over Washington State, Maryland over Louisiana State, Georgia Tech over Tennessee, and Texas over Baylor.
Everyone but Thomas picks Michigan State over Purdue, Lyle backs Iowa State and the rest take Nebraska, and Thomas takes Mississippi State while the rest pick Auburn.
McMillion and Lyle pick Vanderbilt over Kentucky, the rest take the Wildcats, Thomas and Walt pick SMU over Texas A&M. In the real puzzler of the day, Hall, Flanagan, and Thomas pick Washington while McMillion, Lyle, Jones, and Walt take California.
Coach Claims Masks Dangerous
WASHINGTON —(U,P)— Coach Joe Kucharin of the Washington Redskins called today for the abolition of plastic helmets and face masks as "too dangerous" for modern football.
His boss, George Preston Marshall, backed him up and said he would propose that the National Football League ban the use of face masks and plastic helmets beginning next season.
Kuharch said plastic helmets are a little protection to the player wearing them and can do "a great deal of harm to opposing players."
"They're too hard and unyielding," the Washington coach said. "They should either be covered with a half-inch sponge rubber coating or discarded completely in favor of leather helmets. Maybe the leather jobs don't look as pretty but they're safer."
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MU Gets Chance To Prove Buff Win No Fluke; Face OU
By UNITED PRESS
A revitalized Missouri University football team will try to prove tomorrow that its startling victory over Colorado was not just a fluke.
Don Fauriot's Tigers—who seemingly have bounced back after six straight defeats—face one of the nation's toughest grid opponents. Oklahoma, an invincible, confident team seeking its 51st straight conference win, moves into Columbia for the fray.
Same Backfield
Hunter will have as a potential, target the nation's leading pass
Faurot will start the same back-field that guided the Tigers to the 20-12 upset over Colorado at Boulder. Key to the offense is quarterback Jimmy Hunter, who returned to the lineup last week after a five-day benching with an injured leg.
Intramural Division Winners Decided
In the final divisional games of women's intramurals last night, the scores were:
Division I: Alpha Delta Pi over Douthart, 36-10; North College over Gertrude Sellards Pearson, 40-31.
Division II: Sellards beat Templin, 20-12; Pibeta Beta Phil dropped Alpha Chi Omega, 39-22; Miller Hall hit Chi Omega by forfeit.
The division winners are: Division I, Kappa Alpha Theta; Division II, Phi Beta Phi; Division III, Gamma Phi Beta; and Division IV, Watkins Hall. The semi-finals between the four teams will be held Tuesday.
Turpin Relinquishes Titles
LONDON — (U.P.) Randy Turpin notified the British boxing board of control through his manager today that he is relinquishing his English and British Empire middleweight boxing titles but is considering the possibility of making a comeback. Turpin announced he was retiring after a recent knockout by Gordon Wallace of Canada.
catcher, end Harold Burnine. The 184-pound, 6-foot-2-inch senior from Richmond, Mo., has nabbed 30 passes for 409 yards.
Nebraska Meets Cyclones
It will come as no surprise if Missouri takes to the air to circumvent a huge, aggressive Sooner line.
The Nebraska Huskers, undeafed in conference play, shoot for their fourth loop victory when they meet Iowa State at Ames. Nebraska could make the conference race look closer statistically by dropping the Cyclones. But relentless Oklahoma must be faced after Colorado before the season is complete.
The Colorado Buffaloos, smarting after successive defeats by Oklahoma and Missouri, leaves the conference confines to seek better friends. Utah invades Boulder for the Saturday affair.
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