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UCLA Retains First Position In Coaches Poll
New York—(U.P.)-UCLA, t he Pacific Coast powerhouse which has exceeded even the expectations of its optimistic coach, Red Sanders, pulled away from Ohio State and Oklahoma today in the college football ratings of the United Press board of coaches.
Nineteen members of the 35-man rating board picked the Bruins No. 1 this week, giving them a 17-point margin over Ohio State and 28 over Oklahoma.
Mississippi and Miami (Fla.) were this week's newcomers among the top 10 teams. Ole Miss returned to the select group after an absence of one week, but Miami made it for the first time this season.
Arkansas remained in fourth place, followed by Notre Dame and Army, which exchanged the places they held the previous week; Purdue and Southern California each jumped one notch to seventh and eighth, respectively; with Mississippi and Miami rounding out the top 10.
Aside from UCLA, four other teams had first-place votes. Ohio State received 10. Oklahoma four, and Purdue and Miami one each.
The Bruins, with seven straight victories and a scoring pace of more than 41 points per game, have made a sound prophet of Sanders, who departed from the coaches' "crying towel" tradition and tabbed his team one of the best in the country before the start of the season.
UCLA needs two more victories to realize its unbeaten and untied objective, but both are against upset-bent PCC rivals. The Bruins meet Oregon next Saturday and after an off-Saturday close their season against Southern California, Nov. 20.
Notre Dame led the ratings for the first week of the present season and then Oklahoma took over for three straight weeks before UCLA moved into the top spot one week ago.
In moving up among the top 10, Mississippi and Miami each vaulted five places from last week. Wisconsin and West Virginia dropped out of the select group, both victims of weekend upsets. Wisconsin fell from eighth to a tie for 15th; West Virginia from 10th to a tie for 8th. Duke, battling to regain a place among the first 10 teams, moved up to 11th this week. Followed by Iowa, Rice, and Kentucky. Wisconsin and Southern Methodist were tied for 15th; Cincinnati, with a perfect record, was 17th; while Navy, West Virginia, and Penn State were tied for 18th place.
Team Pts.
1. UCLA (19) (7-0) 322
2. Ohio State (10) (6-0) 305
3. Oklahoma (4) (6-0) 294
4. Arkansas (6-0) 200
5. Notre Dame (4-1) 155
6. Army (5-1) 125
7. Purdue (1) (4-1-1) 120
8. So. Cal. (6-1) 101
9. Mississippi (7-1) 65
10. Miami (Fla.) (1) (6-0) 58
Second 10 teams 11 Pts.
10. Mahan 10 teams; 11. Duke, 33; 12.
Second 10 teams; 11. Duke, 33; 12.
Iowa, 28; 13. Rice, 26; 14. Minnesota,
25; 15 (tie). Wisconsin and Southern
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Manhattan —(U.P.)— The Kansas State basketball season was underway today as Coach Tex Winter held his second drill of the season.
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Winter started the drills yesterday, while the football team took a rest after its Saturday victory over Kansas.
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Winter said he was well pleased with the performance of the 19 men who turned out for practice. Seven of them were lettermen.
Winter said there was "high caliber" ball handling and that his 1954-55 edition of the Wildcats would shoot better, defend better and have more speed.
Columbia, Mo. —(U.P.)— Twenty-three basketball players appeared for practice today as Coach Sparky Stalcup drilled the Tigers for the second day in a row.
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The coach said he had eight lettermen and 11 freshmen numerals on the souud nucleus.
Methodist, 12 each; 17, Cincinnati
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Penn State. 7 each.
Small Gains, But Razorbacks Win
Dallas, Tex. —(U,P)— The amazing Arkansas. Razorbacks, ranked fourth best team in the nation, can't outgain their opponents, yet are unbeaten and seem headed for the Southwest conference title.
The Razorbacks, in six games, have outrushed only one opponent, and have the lowest per game offensive average. 244.6 yards, in the Southwest conference.
But the Hogs can score touchdowns when they count, and that ability to come through in the clutch has carried them to six straight victories and a 4-0 conference mark.
Saturday, the Razorbacks clash with potent Rice institute at Little Rock before a capacity crowd of about 38,000 fans. They can virtually clinch the title and a Cotton bowl berth with a victory.
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Working in a cold north wind, the KU football team began practicing today for the annual homecoming game Saturday against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Team Practices for NU Tilt
The Jayhawks spent most of the afternoon working on defensive plays. Coach Chuck Mather had a dummy defensive scrimmage for his first three teams.
The only regular who did not participate in the workout today was starting center Dick Reich. who re-injured his ribs in the Kansas State game Saturday. Reich is expected to be ready for action Saturday, however.
He also had the cagers run a few patterns, in preparation for the freshman game at 7 p.m., Friday, in Hoch auditorium.
About 25 men suited up for basketball practice yesterday. Assistant basketball coach Dick Harp drilled the group, spending most of the two hour session on fundamentals.
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Baseball Leagues Chartered
Wichita — (U.P.)— Twenty Kansas baseball leagues will be chartered in its 1955 National association, the National Baseball congress announced today. This will be an increase of five loops, comprising about 35 more teams, over the ones affiliated on a state-wide basis last season.
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