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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 4, 1955
KU, Cats Play 53rd Game; Spirit High
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Tension, mounting by leaps and bounds, reaches its zenith tomorrow at Memorial Stadium when Kansas and Kansas State football teams meet for the 53rd time. Kickoff is 2 p.m.
If the players are as keyed up for the game as certain groups of both schools, this may be one of the closest, hardest-fought and most interesting games in the old rivalry. KU and K-State students have taken turns throughout the week at disrupting the school's campuses.
KU Out For Victory
Kansas enters the game still looking for its first Big Seven victory since 1953, as well as its second victory of the season. Playing its first season under Coach Buss Marttes, Kansas State seeks its second victory in loop play and third for the season. A Kansas win would drop the Wildcats into the Big Seven cellar.
The Jayhawkers and Wildcats have been treated similarly by common opponents. Oklahoma beat KU, 44 to 6; State, 40 to 7. Colorado dropped Kansas, 12 to 0; K-State, 33 to 14. Nebraska defeated KU, 19 to 14; K-State, 16 to 0. However, where Kansas was able only to tie Iowa State here, 7 to 7. K-State heat the Cyclones at Ames, 9 to 7.
Whitehead Paces Cats
While Kansas State is expected to be in top condition for Saturday's game, it's a sadder story for KU Dick Reich, Jim Leteavits and Jerry Baker will not play, and Lynn McCarthy is on the doubtful list, all because of injuries. Frank Black, 242-pound center, will be ready to see some action. Black was out of the Nebraska game with a neck injury.
Kansas State's offense is engineered by Bob Whitehead, a 155-pound, "do-everything" quarterback. He leads the team in passing, kickoff and punt returning and is second in scoring. Starting at halfbacks for the Wildcats are Kenny Nesmith and Ralph Pfeifer, the team's leading rusher. Drooether, rugged blocking back, will start at fullback. Tony Addeo, Bill Carrington and Jerry Hayes are capable backfield replacements.
Ron Nery, Jim Furey, Don Zadnik, Jim Rusher and Frank Rodman are K-State line stalwarts. Kansas leads in the all-time series with 33 victories to Kansas State's 16. Three games have ended in ties. The Wildcats have won two straight from KU, 7 to 0 in 1953, and 28 to 6 last year.
PEOLL. Ohio — (U,P)— Denton True (Cy) Young, one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time, died at his home here today. He was 88.
Young died at 9:30 a.m. EST sitting in a favorite rocking chair at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Benedum with whom he had been living for many years.
Death was attributed to a heart attack.
Cy Young Dead; Holds Win Record
During his career Young won 51 games, an all-time record in the major leagues.
A Pretzel Bowl Queen, chosen from one of the KU sororities, will be crowned at the game. Prior to the game a parade will be held which will go by all of the sororities to pick up anyone wishing to see the game.
This Saturday at 10 a.m. Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Kappa Sig chapter from K-State will play their annual Pretzel Bowl touch football games. The contest will be played on the intramural field.
Pretzel Bowl To Be Here
K-State's chapter won last year's game, and the KU team will be trying hard to avenge the loss.
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Phog Shows OU Football Movies To Inject Hustle
Basketball Coach Forrest C. (Phog) Allen has been showing his 1955-56 squad moving pictures of the Oklahoma football team in an attempt to instill the hustle and desire shown by the Sooners, into KU basketball players.
Along with the pictures, the first week of practice for the basketball team was spent working on fundamentals, individual offense and defense, team offense and defense and developing play patterns.
The varsity has only two weeks to prepare for their annual homecoming battle with the freshman team. The freshmen promise to provide some stiff competition for the varsity this year.
"We are starting from scratch," Coach Allen said, "mainly because of the number of new men on the squad who need brushing up on their fundamentals."
Officially, the season will open Dec. 5 when the Hawks play host to Northwestern University in Allen Field House.
Phog said that unlike other sports, basketball is working under a handicap. "I am very unhappy with the present NCAA ruling that says that basketball practice can't start until Nov. 1," he said, "to me, the rule is just plain silly."
"Take track for instance, they start running as soon as school begins." Dr. Allen said, "while basketball teams only have a little over a month to get ready for the season."
Although the squad hasn't scrimmaged yet, it has been playing a form of "keep-away" to practice ball handling. Each team is given two minutes to keep the ball from the other team. The team that has the least number of interceptions wins.
Grieve To Be Honored
NEW YORK—(U.P.)- American League Umpire Bill Greville will be presented with a bronze and enamel medallion for "long and meritorious service to the Catholic Youth Organization" tomorrow.
Former KU Basketballer Is Mainstay On Phillips '66'
One of the most valuable players on Coach Gerald Tucker's Phillips "65" basketball team is forward Bill Hougland who lettered three years under Coach Phog Allen at Kansas, and was on the Jayhawker's 1952 NCAA championship team. He was named to the U.S. Olympic team after the Jayhawkers had lost to the Peoria Cats in the Olympic playoff finals.
Last season the Beloit, Kan., forward hit for 252 points in 45 games for the "66"ers, to rank fifth in scoring on the team.
His last flurry of the season was a splurge that pushed him into the spotlight in the eyes of his coach, teammates, and Phillips followers in general.
Houglain was magnificent in the championship game of the 1955 National AAU tournament which was decided in Phillips' favor in the final second, 66-64, on Walsh's 40 foot shot. Houglain fought both backboards, played brilliantly on defense, and popped in seven field goals in ten attempts.
An interesting angle of Hougland's first year play with Phillips
was that he faced four former KU teammates on the court. He tangled with Allen Kelley and B. H. Born, of the Peoria Cats four times, and met Dean Kelley and Ken Kenney, then of the Armed Forces All-Stars twice. Allen Kelley is now in the armed forces, but Dean has been discharged and will take his place with Peoria, so it will be Kelley and Born vs. Hougland this year.
Tom Gola, three-time All-American from LaSalle, will give the Philadelphia Warriors a strong contender for the NBA championship.
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