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University Daily Kansan Monday. Nov. 15. 1954
Aggies Extend KU Loss String To 15 Straight
It was warm in Stillwater Saturday, especially for the Kansas Jayhawks, who ran smack into the bruising ground attack of the Oklahoma Aggies to lose the border battle, 12 to 47.
The Aggies scored in every quarter, but the Jayhawks weren't to be cheated out of at least a few trips over the goal line. The Jayhawk revival caught the Aggies napping late in the third quarter. Trailing 33 to 0, Dick Sandifer, reserve Kansas quarterback, passed Jake Duval back into his back covered Held quickly and tipped the ball into the air, but Held grabbed the rebound and scamped 40 yards for KU's first tally.
Late in the fourth quarter KU pounded away at the Aggie line for a 93-yard drive and its second touchdown. Bev Buller threw a 14-yard pass to end Paul Smith for the touchdown. The rest of the march had been accomplished on the ground.
The Aggies' powerful ground attack gave them 301 yards at the expense of KU. Fullback Earl Lunsford did most of the work, picking up 97 yards in 13 carries and scoring two touchdowns in the process. Halfback Keith Kashwer shared scoring honors with Lunsford with two tallies. Halfback Joel Favara; Bernie Wilson, second-string fullback, and Eddie Eschler, end, each tallied once for the Cowboys, who picked up their fourth victory over Kansas in the 13-game series which started in 1923.
KU's lagging defense again was the big factor in the loss while the Jayhawks' offense and passing attack was too late getting started to stop the Aggies.
According to the statistics, KU should not have lost by such a decisive score. The Jayhawks made 13 first downs to the Aggies' 21; 162 yards on the ground to 301; 80 yards in the air to 131; and completed two of nine passes, compared to the Aggies three of 10.
KU's punting average of 36 yards bettered the Aggies' mark in this department by three yards.
But the Jayhawks lost four fumbles to the victors, all of which proved to be costly. The Aggies only fumbled once.
A&M came up with a well-planned and diversified attack which struck quickly.
Early in the first period, guard Don Holcomb recovered a fumble by KU on the Jayhawk 28 and in five plays the Aggies moved in front to stay, as Lunsford drove through left tackle for the last four yards. Holcomb made the conversion.
After forcing KU to punt after the kick, the Aggies went on the rampage again, this time traveling 68 yards in seven plays, with Luns-ford again ripping off big yardage gains and 18 yards. Kashwen forced the touchdown on a twisting 12-yard run around left end.
Midway in the second quarter the Aggies scored again with an 80-yard drive which required 13 plays beaten. The Cavaliers needed a tackle for three vards and the score
Favara made a spectacular 66-yard return of a KU punt when he took the ball on his own 17 on a crisscross from Kashwer and romped down to the KU 17 before being stopped.
Favara scored again from two yards out and with five minutes gone in the third quarter. The conversion failed.
Lunsford, after gaining 40 yards on the ground, plowed through left tackle for a yard and the touchdown that made the score 33 to 0 when Holcomb made the conversion. Later KU's Sandifer threw to Held for KU's first touchdown.
Wilson dove a yard through right tackle for the sixth Aggie touchdown seconds after the final period had begun. KU then got its finest drive in motion from its own seven and covered the 93 yards to the goal line in 16 plays, with halfback John Handley sparking the drive with gains of 4, 28, 7, 8, and 5 yards.
—Kansan photo by Larry Tretbar
VANQUISHED AT LAST—Wes Santee, left, learns how most of his opponents feel when he passes them, as Don Elmore, 22nd runner for the Acacia fraternity, gains the lead in the 13.7-mile cross-country relay race Saturday from Perry to Lawrence. The fraternity team beat its famed brother by about a mile.
Santee Loses Race to Acacians; Must Butcher Steaks for All
Cocky Wes Santee, America's top miler, met his match here Saturday, being outdistanced by about a mile by 27 of his Acacia fraternity brothers in a 13-7-mile cross-country relay race from Perry to Lawrence.
The 27 not-so-athletic brothers, running legs of half a mile each while Santee ran the entire distance, finished about 6 minutes ahead of Santee in the time of 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 3 seconds. Santee's time was 1 hour, 19 minutes and 8 seconds.
The fraternity victory atoned for a beating it took Dec. 13, 1952, over a 14-mile route from Tonganoxie to Lawrence. Santee won that affair
by about 200 yards in 1 hour, 14 minutes, nine seconds.
Santee surged to a lead of 150 to 300 yards through the first eight miles. Gradually, as he began to tire, the team crept up on him.
The turning point came when Bill Troyer, 21st runner for the group, pulled up even with Santee. The 22nd man, Don Elmore, gained about 50 yards on Santee, and from there practically every runner added to the gan.
Traffic was backed up as much as a quarter of a mile at various times throughout the race, run on U.S. highway 24.
Santee not only lost the race, but must butter a calf from his farm
at Ashland and put on a steak feed for his fraternity brothers with the meat. The fraternity also gained possession of a trophy it had given its famous brother when he won the previous run.
Runners for the fraternity, in order:
John Gibson, Jim Glass, Jack Kessling, Rex Rasmussen, Gary Graves, Bob Hartley, Larry Cooley, Jaap Rooda, Ed Howard, Rich Thornton, Larry Kamberg, Ken Schofield, Vic Weber, Charles Calnan, Bob Harber, Ross Stevens, Dick Gilstrap, Bill Lunday, Larry Hannah, Joel Scholle, Troyer, Elmore, Jack Cooper, Louis Stout, Leen Lants, John Quarrier, and Leon Matassarin
26 Elevens Are Unbeaten
New York —(U.P.)— Only 26 teams remain on college football's undefeated and untied list following the week end's activity in which seven teams suffered their first grid blemish.
Arkansas and Cincinnati were two of the seven teams that dropped from the perfect record class and their departure left UCLA, Oklahoma, and Ohio State as the only door unbeaten and united teams left.
The undefeated and untied teams:
Nine, victories
Team Pts. For Pts. Agns
x-Omaha 353 45
x-Luther (Iowa) 307 78
Eight Victories
UCLA 333 40
Tenn. State 231 37
x-Hastings (Neb.) 228 83
x-Carleton (Minn.) 139 59
Southeastern (La.) 347 37
Southern (La.) U. 288 68
x-Hobart (N.Y.) 256 53
x-Whitworth (Wash.) 269 39
Oklahoma 235 55
O. State 208 61
Seven Victories
Trinity (Tex.) 174 35
x-Ashland (Ohio) 119 28
Pomona-Claremont (Calif.) 227 52
x-Trinity (Conn.) 216 59
Miles 210 84
Juniata (Pa.) 193 44
Florida A&M 218 60
Delaware St. 109 19
Delta (Miss.) 241 30
Teachers ... 241 30
Six Victories
x-Northwestern
(Wis.) ... 167 32
x-Worcester (Mass.)
Tech ... 161 13
x-New Britain (Conn.)
Teachers ...241 30
Biologists Need Quail Wings, Crops
Hunters in Kansas have been asked to save the wingtip from either wing and the crop of each quail they shoot and send it to the State Biological survey at the University.
Dr. Rollin H. Baker, associate professor of zoology and a survey member, is for the fourth season asking Kansas hunters to supply the necessary material for a bobwhite research project to determine within close limits when each bird was hatched.
The Line Junior and the Staff teams advanced to the finals of the Naval ROTC class football tournament by winning their games Saturday.
Teachers ... 158 26
Penn Military ... 48
x-Principia (Ill.) 121 12
x-Completed season
This provides long-range information, such as the ratio of old birds to young birds and the distribution of quail across the state. This year the KU scientists will study the crops to determine what quail
eat at this time of year.
Naval ROTC Teams Advance
Dr. Baker asked that only one wing be sent from each bird, that the least damaged wing. The last joint on which the main flight feathers are attached is sufficient. Hunters also should tell where the bird was taken.
"In 1951 hunters sent in 1,600 wings, 2,900 in 1952, and last year more than 3,000 from 54 counties," Dr. Baker said. "We've already been able to draw some conclusions about climate and bobwhite production and we're hopeful further study will reveal some management principles to make better hunting."
The final conference games Saturday will settle all issues.
EXPERT WATCH REPAIR
For the ninth straight year, Oklahoma holds at least a share of the Big Seven conference football title, while two other teams—Nebraska and Kansas State-reach for the coveted Orange Bowl assignment New Year's day in Miami.
Nebraska collides with mighty Oklahoma in Norman, Kansas State faces a formidable foe in Colorado at Boulder, while Kansas and Missouri clash at Columbia.
The odds favored Oklahoma, winner of 17 in a row and undefeated in 46 conference games under Coach Bud Wilkinson. But with Colorado and Kansas State, most observers agreed the game appeared a toss-un.
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The opportunity was magnificent for Nebraska. Coach Bill Glassford's Huskers (4-1) not only could clinch the Orange Bowl trip but a share of the conference crown by upsetting Oklahoma (5-0).
That, however, appears unlikely, so what develops at Boulder probably will determine the conference's representative against the Atlantic Coast conference champion Jan. 1.
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Kansas State (3-2) needs only to win to gain the bowl bid provided Oklahoma does the expected against Nebraska.
If Colorado (2-2-1) and Oklahoma both win Saturday, Nebraska will capture runner-up distinction and thus qualify for the Miami junket.
If Kansas State and Oklahoma win, both Nebraska and Kansas State would wind up with identical 4-2 records, in which case a conference ruling would favor Kansas State, since Nebraska was beaten by the Wildcats in their meeting early in October, 7-3.
the conference rule provides that if two teams finish in a tie, the one holding a victory over the other will be selected.
Kansas State almost fumbled away its bowl chances against Iowa State, but recovered to score a touchdown in the final period and erase a 7-6 Iowa State lead for a 12-7 triumph.
Oklahoma rambled to a 34-13 decision over Missouri knocking Mizzou out of the Orange Bowl running, and Colorado humbled Utah, 20-7. Otter Big Seven teams were defeated, Nebraska by Pittsburg, 21-7, and Kansas by Oklahoma A&M, 47-12. The loss was the 15th in a row for Kansas, the longest losing streak in major collegiate football today.
Big 7 Standings
| | W | L | T | Pt. | O.Pts. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 91 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 66 |
| K. State | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 72 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 52 |
| Missouri | 2 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 99 |
| I. State | 1 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 149 |
| Kanas | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 194 |
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