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University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 26, 1955.
Experts Left Dazed By Football Flops
By UNITED PRESS
The first full weekend of the college football season left the "experts" begging for mercy today, still dazed by the upset defeats of such titans as UCLA, Stanford, Minnesota, and Northwestern.
How, the experts want to know, can you figure things like that are going to happen? And how about those "near miss" victories scored by such as Ohio State, Navy, Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma? Where do we go from here?
Take UCLA, a one-touchdown choice over Maryland, a tough team but one which had to settle for a one-point victory over Missouri the week before. Maryland won. 7-0, as Ed Vereh scooted 17 yards in the third quarter for the only score—a win that makes Maryland a leading contender for the National Championship held by UCLA last year.
And Stanford was a 13-point pick over Oregon State, which tied for last place last year in the Pacific Coast Conference. Oregon State won. 10-0, as new Coach Tom Prothro's new single-wing clicked. Minnesota, another 13-point choice, was humiliated by Washington, 33-0; Northwestern, still another 13-point favorite, was stunned by Miami of Ohio, 25-14.
Ohio State had little sympathy to waste on Stanford or anyone else, for the Buckeyes needed three touchdowns by Howard (Hopalong) Cassady to squeak past Nebraska. 28-20. And Navy, last year's. Sugar Bowl Champion, barely hung on to beat William and Mary, 7-0, after George Welsh pitched a touchdown pass in the first quarter.
Georgia Tech, the Cotton bowl champion which impressed in beating Miami (Fla). a week ago, needed Toppy Vann's fourth-quarter TD to beat Florida, 14-7; and Oklahoma, champion of the Big Seven, had to come from behind in the second half to turn back North Carolina, 13-6.
But if you think these schools were a little dazed by Saturday's games, how about little Furman? Furman expected a tough afternoon against Army, but not the 81-0 lambasting it took as Army's All-American end, Don Hotleder, made a successful debut as a quarterback.
Notre Dame, Army's one-time foe, was another impressive victor. The re-built Irish unveiled what could be another quarterback star in Paul Hornung as they downed Southern Methodist. 71-0.
Duke's Orange Bowl champions stamped themselves again a power in the Atlantic Coast Conference by wallpoking North Carolina State, 33-7. Three touchdowns by Jimmy Swink led TCU to a 33-0 victory over Texas Tech.
NCAA Playoffs Set For March
Basketball at its best is on tap for the weekend of March 16 and 17 when the NCAA regional playoffs will take place in Allen Fieldhouse.
The fifth division tournament will include representatives from the Rocky Mountain and Southwestern conferences, one representative out of the combined Big Seven and Missouri Valley conferences, and one team-at-large.
The following week the NCAA finals will be staged at Northwestern University at Chicago.
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By JOHN McMILLION Kansan Sports Editor
The dark horse of the Pacific Coast conference, Washington State, is feeling a heck of a lot darker this morning. The Cougars found a very inhospitable bunch of Jayhawkers waiting for them in Memorial Stadium and they weren't treated a bit polite by their hosts.
Saturday's 13-0 win was what the KU squad needed more than anything else in the world. They've had the spirit and the hustle all season and all last spring but they lacked that feeling of doing a job well and seeing the results of it. Now they can look at that win column and see that they have cracked it. They know now the job isn't impossible.
Cougars Figured To Win
Washington State really figured to win Saturday's ball game. Their sports publicity man, Don Faris, made it known all over Kansas City and Lawrence last week that the Cougars were going to better last year's four won, six lost record and that KU was going to be the first school on their list.
What a surprise those big, slow lumberjacks got! A smaller but faster KU line got the jump on them on almost every play. Blocking was sharp. Tackling was explosive. KU fullbacks Dick Reich and Al Stevenson cracked the big Washington State line time after time.
Scatbacks John Traylor and John Francisco scooted off tackle and around end all afternoon, displaying a Lipper-dipper type of running and a knack of picking their blockers that could spell trouble for any football team the Jayhawkers meet.
The end play of Jim Letcvavits and Lynn McCarthy was exceptional for a pair of green sophomores facing two experienced seniors such as the Cougars had. Tackles John Drake, Gene Blasi. Frank Gibson, and Jim Hull once and for all disproved the theory that has been prevalent this year, that is, the Jayhawkers are weak at tackle.
Guards And Center Hold Up
The Kansas guards and center positions more than held their own against the beefy Cougar line. Don Pfutzenreuter threw a key block which shook Ralph Moody loose on his touchdown jaunt after intercepting a pass in the fourth quarter. George Remsberg, Tom Leo, Dudley Budrich, and Bob Kraus all played well at guard. Frank Black and Galen Wahlmeier both did fine jobs at center.
KU still made a lot of mistakes. Something must be done about acquiring a goal line punch. Four times the Jayhawkers got within the Washington State 10 yard line and couldn't put it across. Another time they got to the 17 yard line of the Cougars where they bogged down and died.
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GOT HIM—Dick Blowey, KU halfback, gets a stranglehold on one leg of Washington State end Russ Quackenbush. The Cougar end had just hauled in a pass from quarterback Frank Sarno. KU won 13 to 0 to end a 17 game drought.
Kaline. Ashburn Bat Champs
NEW YORK — (U.P.)— Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers and Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies were crowned the Major League's new batting champions. Kaline finished with a .340 average and Ashburn a .338 record.
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