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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 19. 1955
Passing Gamble Nets Jordan Coach Of Week
By UNITED PRESS
AUBURN, Ala.—His opponents had the best pass defense Dixie. And he didn't have a very good passer.
So he gambled desperately, took to the airplanes and won, ending a frustration of 13 straight defeats by this same rival.
Sweet Victory
He's the United Press Coach of the Week, Ralph (Shug) Jordan of the Auburn Plainsmen.
The 14-12 victory over Georgia Tech's Engineers Saturday was the sweetest in a lifetime for a fellow who got his nickname because as a boy he liked to chomp on sugar cane stalks in the fields around his native Solma. Ala
"I figured we had to do something totally unexpected if we wanted to win," said Jordan. "I wanted few passes might turn the tricks."
Losing Coach Bobby Dodd said it was the passing that put over the upset.
Dodd was no more surprised than the 40,000 fans at Atlanta Saturday to see Auburn take to the air. The Plainsmen had a powerful and versatile running game and before the Tech game not one of the Auburn quarterbacks had demonstrated much talent for throwing.
Takes To Air
Eut when Tech led 12-7 and the odds were heavily against Auburn scoring an upset, quarterback Howell Tubbs, who never before had shown much proficiency as a tosser, hit with four completions in a row good for 72 yards in an 80-yard march to the winning touchdown.
The victory put Auburn well on the road to the first Southeastern Conference championship in its
Ace Kicker May Quit
MILWAUKEE. Wis. —(U,P)-Fred Cone, who made the metamorphosis from a so-so fullback to a deadly field goal kicker for the Green Bay Packers, said today“this is my last year. I'm too old for this game.”
The announcement came as a surprise after one of Conel's electrifying performance Sunday when he kicked field goals of 25, 24 and 45 yards—the last with 24 seconds left to play—against the Los Angeles Rams in a 30-28 Green Bay victory.
He said, however, he had been thinking about it for a long time. Cone said he would end the uncertainty professional players face by becoming a coach, not exactly a secure job in itself.
history and a trip to the Sugar Bowl.
Jordan, long before Saturday's biggest victory, had put over an outstanding job in rebuilding Auburn as a football power. When he took over as head coach in 1951 he inherited a team that had lost every game the year before. In the next four years he developed teams that twice drew Gator Bowl invitations and had consistent winning records.
Quite a sweet achievement for the guy nicknamed "Shug."
13 Intramural Heads Added
Eight new freshman and five upperclass managers have been chosen to head intramural teams for the year.
New freshman managers are Jerry Dedrick, Wichita; Bill Huse, Tulsa, Okla.; Carlos Frey, Liberal; Jim Grecian, Beloit; Harold Miller, Langdon; Burke, Mission, and Gary Gruendel, Kansas City, Kan. Sophomore managers are Gary Poe, Harlain, Iowa; Bob Boyer, Wichita, and Joe Zoellner, Tonganoxie.
Field House Has Track
Work is now underway on the indoor track of Allen Field House in preparation for the coming indoor track schedule which will open Feb. 4, when Oklahoma University meets the KU trackmen here.
At the present time the indoor trackmen are conditioning at Memorial Stadium, but plan to start practice in the field house after the Thanksgiving vacation.
Work on the track includes plowing up the track and leveling it. Sawdust will be added to the turf this year so that it will hold moisture better and will enable the workmen to keep it in better condition.
The track consists of six lanes and is two hundred and twenty yards in length, requiring eight laps to the mile.
Track coach Bill Easton has issued a call for all men interested in trying out for the indoor track team to contact him at once and start working out.
The press box at the Cotton Bowl, where SMU plays its home games, is believed to be one of the largest and most complete in the nation.
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