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By JOHN McMILLION
Kansan Sports Editor
Saturday night we got our tail ends beat by a good football squad. So what Anyone who expected us to beat Texas Christian in the first place might as well make a full time habit of flying saucer watching. The Horned Frogs were just too well manned at every position
However, it will be a great surprise if we don't hear the beginnings of an eruption among the alumni after Saturday's game. Alumni seem to have a nasty habit of overlooking the bare facts of life and expecting miracles. You can't go from the bottom of the heap to the top of the pile, and especially when you lead off with a team like TCU.
Mistakes Hurt
Granted the Jayhawkers made a multitude of mistakes. You can't start five sophomores in their first college game and not expect mistakes. But you have to start them sometime and get those mistakes out of their systems. It is when they keep making the same mistakes over that something is the matter. We've got a hunch that won't be the case with the Jayhawks this year.
So let's forget about Saturday's game and look forward to the rest of the season. This Saturday at 2 p.m. the home season starts with a game against Washington State. The Cougars, like KU, were treated roughly in their first game, losing 50 to 12 to Southern California. And for our money the Trojans aren't the ball club TCU is, indeed last year the sophomore-studded TCU squad beat the Trojans 20 to 7.
to KU's next opponent after Washington State fared no better Saturday. Iowa State dropped their last game of the season to Denver University 19 to 7. So while things look dark, there may still be a gleam of hope and KU, if the team doesn't let it get them down, could take two in a row before tangling with Colorado.
MU Getting Golf Course Over at Columbia they have just announced plans for a new field-house and a university golf course that should cover approximately 125 acres when completed. When completed this course will add a great deal to the recreational facilities of the campus.
Missouri is just following in the footsteps of many other major colleges in installing this course. Most of the Big 10 schools have one, Oklahoma has one, Oklahoma A&M also and even little Washburn over at Topeka. Not KU however. A golf course would be a welcome addition to the campus. The land is available, if it isn't being saved for posterity. The course would be highly beneficial to the
A golf course would be a welcome addition to the campus. The land is available, if it isn't being saved for posterity. The course would be highly beneficial to the physical education department and would provide a source of recreation for students and faculty members alike. Either a slight green fee could be charged or admission by funds could be permitted.
We will probably never live to see a golf course, adequate intramural basketball facilities, or even a respectable swimming pool on the campus but we have one consolation. We have the finest pigeon roost in the nation.
KU-TCU Movies Set For Tomorrow
University Daily Kansan
Movies of the KU-TCU football game will be shown at the first meeting of the Quarterback Club, sponsored by the Student Union Activities, at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the ballroom of the Student Union. The first in a series, the meetings will be held each Tuesday evening during the football season. Football coach Chuck Mather will be at all meetings to discuss and show movies of the previous week's game.
Anyone may attend the meetings, and Bryee Cooke, member of the SUA board of directors. Admission is free, and cokes will be served at all club meetings.
Yankees Appear To Be Well On Road To Championship
Casey Stengel and his New York Yankees had the American League pennant virtually locked up today—and they "won the big one" just a year to the day after their fabulous five-year reign as World Champions ended.
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The third-place Chicago White Sox,who've lost seven of their last 12 games including an 8-1 decision to the Kansas City Athletics yesterday,will be mathematically eliminated with the Yankees' next victory.
With Bob Grim, the rookie of the year in 1954, hurling no-hit relief ball for seven innings, the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2, yesterday and went two full games ahead when the collapsing Cleveland Indians dropped their fourth straight game, 10-3, to the Detroit Tigers. It was on Sept. 18, 1954 that the Indians mathematically clinched the flag and ended the Yankees' record string of five consecutive world championships.
Gus Zernial's grand-slam homer was the big blow for the Athletics, who took two out of three from the White Sox. Art Ditmar went the
In the other American League game, the Baltimore Orioles tied the Washington Senators for seventh place when they beat them, 9-0, behind Jim Wilson's five-hit pitching.
route for his 12th victory while Dick Donovan suffered his ninth defeat.
In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants, 7-5, as Clem Labine made his 57th relief appearance but Willie Mays hit his 48th homer to retain his two-homer lead over Cincinnati's Ted Kluszewski. Kluszewski hit No. 46 as the Redlegs crushed the Chicago Cubs, 12-5.
The Milwaukee Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1, while the Philadelphia Phillies downed Pittsburgh, 2-1, after the Pirates won the opener of their double-header, 5-2.
Going into the home stretch of the 1955 baseball season Al Kaline of Detroit is leading the American League batting race with a 340 average and Richie Ashburn of Philadelphia is leading the National League with the same mark.
Monday, Sept. 19, 1955.
Marciano-Moore Wind Up Fight Workouts
NEW YORK—(U.F.)-Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore broke camp today and headed for New York, where more than 100 workmen at Yankee Stadium were arranging seats and erecting the ring for tomorrow night's Heavyweight Championship fight.
Unbeaten Marciano was still a 16-5 favorite in the betting to keep his title. But he was a much heavier favorite among the sports writers. A poll of 34 disclosed today that only one picked Moore. The other 33 forecast a kayo victory by Rocky.
The weather bureau's "outlook" for tomorrow night was "fair and cooler." That boosted the hopes of International Boxing Club officials that 50,000 fans might provide a gate at $800,000. Managing director Harry Markson reported cash sales of $517,-000 plus "$100,000 worth of tickets out on consignment."
Champion and challenger expressed confidence as they finished training yesterday in their mountain camps—Rocky in the Catskills and Archie in the Berkshires. Each sparred two rounds in his final workout.
At North Adams, Mass., Moore told members of the chamber of commerce, "I'll go into New York and win that title; then I'll come right back here to rest."
Archie sharpened his long left jab and left hook in one round with Gorilla Brown and one with Johnny Jenkins. His total of 108 rounds since he arrived at North Adams on Aug. 1 was the most for any fight in his 19-year career.
Rocky's two rounds with Sgt. J. B. Reed of the Air Force at Grosinger, N.Y., yesterday brought his total to 116 since he entered camp on July 29. It was his lowest round-total for any defense. He and his handlers feared over-training that had left him somewhat lethargic for his conquest of Don Cockell at San Francisco, May 16.
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