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BEV BULLER Kansas Quarterback
Hard Work The Secret Of Bev Buller's Success
Hard work and grim determination have a way of paying off as the case of Bev Buller well testifies. Two years ago, Buller was playing fifth string quarterback on the University of Kansas football team. Last year, Buller started throughout the season. Today, he shares the starting position with Wally Srauch.
It's no secret that Coach Chuck' Mather is pleased over the improvement shown by the Lyons senior. "He's one of the boys that came to KU to play football," Mather said, "and he won't be denied the opportunity!"
Strangely enough, Buller acquired more success in track and basketball than in football at Lyons High School. He was second team allstate in the cage sport and almost went to Oklahoma A and M on a basketball scholarship. In track, he was state high hurdles champion in 1952. His best time for the hurdles was 15 seconds flat. He won a total of 10 letters, four in track, and three each in football and basketball.
However, Bev has concentrated his athletic efforts to football here. He did go out for track as a freshman, but had to give it up because of shin splints.
of shin spinn.
Last season, he ranked fifth in Big
Seven team and threw three
three-down passes. In sharing
assignments with Strauch this campa-
eign, he has averaged 18.3 yards
for each punt return, good for second
in the conference. He also ranks
12th in the passing department.
A disgusted Bev Buller offered no excuses for Kansas' loss to Southern Methodist Saturday. "You can't win by making the mistakes we did," he said. Bev was referring to the two punting plays and his fumble which sent the Jaynawks reeling to their fourth loss of the season.
He was not overly-impressed with the SMU club, calling Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas Christian better teams. He said the Mustangs were just big and "hard to move." He also felt that the Texas team was short on desire. GM
Coach Mather called the SMU game Beller's best of the year. The
Griffith Has Complications
WASHINGTON — (U.P.) — Clark Griffith, 85-year-old owner of the Washington baseball club, fought today to overcome a new complication in his already critical illness. His physician reported late last night that Griffith had developed a congestion of the lungs.
bespectacled senior played an outstanding defensive game and found time to complete a pair of passes for 73 vards.
Bev is majoring in business and is a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He is treasurer of the senior class and vice president of the "K" club.
He thinks the team will snap out of its losing ways if injured players recover soon. Whether KU wins or loses, Bev Buller will continue to show the fight and desire that has characterized his climb up the football ladder.
Michigan First In Nation Again
In the all-time record between KU and Nebraska, Nebraska has won 44, lost 14, and tied 3.
Although having lost 14 lettermen, Nebraska has 14 lettermen returning.
NEW YORK—Michigan, which appears to play only as hard as it must to win, maintained only a slight lead over Maryland and Oklahoma today in the closest college football ratings ever voted by the United Press Board of Coaches.
Bv UNITED PRESS
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1955
The Wolverines' first-place margin has dwindled from a high of 66 points two weeks ago, to 26 points last week, and to its present six points as they struggled with weak Big Ten opponents.
Maryland, which trounced Syracuse 34-13 for its sixth triumph of the season, and Coach Bud Wilkinson's Sooners, who crushed Colorado 56-21 and all-but clinched a berth in the Orange Bowl, thus gained considerable ground in their bid to overtake Michigan.
Only 10 points separated the top three teams in this week's ratings. Michigan was the top choice of 12 of the 35 leading coaches who comprise the United Press rating board, Maryland received 10 first-place votes and Oklahoma nine. This week's voting was so concentrated that a total of only 18 teams were mentioned in the coaches' ballots.
Coach Bennie Oosterman's Wolverines, who spotted Minnesota two first period touchdowns last Saturday and then rallied to win, 14-13, compiled a total of 298 points to 292 for Maryland and 288 for Oklahoma. Never before in the six-year history of the United Press ratings were the top three teams so closely bunched, or did so few teams receive votes that there were not even enough to comprise a "second ten."
1. Michigan (12) (5-0)
2. Maryland (10) (6-0)
3. Kentucky (10) (5-0)
4. Navy (1) (5-0)
5. UCLA (1) (5-1)
The United Press college football ratings (first-placed) and season rates (second-place) (measured):
298
292
288
230
201
Delts Squeeze By PiKA 1-0 In Double-Overtime Victory
In two Independent "A" games, Stephenson squeezed by the AF-ROTOC 13-7, and Pearson scored a 20-6 victory over Hernandos.
In a game that took two overtime periods to settle, the Delts edged Pi KA 1-0 by virtue of gaining five yards to a minus nine for their opponents in the overtimes in Fraternity "A" intramural football yetserday.
Alan Levin hit Dave Lehman and Jerry Scott with touchdown passes and Roy Harte added an extra point in Stephenson's win over the AFROTC. Paul Nielson tallied a TD and Ellis Evans added the extra point to account for the losers.
Pearson was led by Bob Moya who tossed two TD aerials to Rupert Dunn and one to Gene Crochett. Dunn and Roger Gramley added the extra points. Bill Lyons scored Hernandos' lone tally. "B" Game Scores
Phi Delts 15, Phi Kappa 0
Beta 1, Acacia 0, forfeit
TODAY'S SCHEDULE "B"
Fraternity "B"
Sigma Chi vs. Kappa Sig,Field 7
Alpha Phi Alpha vs. Phi Gam,
Field 8
Field 6
Independents
Jim Beam, yy
Independents Jim. Beam vs. Sterling-Oliver,
NROTC vs. Battenfeld, Field 3
Carruth vs. Jolliffe, Field 4
6. Michigan State (1) (4-1) 172
7. Notre Dame (4-1) 86
8. (tie). Auburn (4-0-1) 83
9. (tie). Southern Cal (1) (5-1) 83
10. Missouri M (5-1) 83
Others—11. West Virginia, 42; 12.
Georgia Tech, 40; 13.
Florida, 41; 14. Ohio State, 8; 16
(tie). Pittsburgh, Holy Cross and Washington, 4 each.
Since 1890, when football was started at Nebraska University, the Cornhuskers have played 558 games, winning 343, losing 179, and tying 36 for a .647 percentage.
The Winners...
Carl's Football 'Pick-em' Contest SAT.OCT.22ND
First-
C.E. Cornell
(Pair of Botany Flannel Slacks)
-Second-
Mrs. Jane Schmidt
(Arrow Gabanaro
Sport Shirt)
-Third-
Charles E. Courtney
(Prince Gardner Registrar
General Billfold)
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