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KU Loses 12th Game But Could Win Last 4
By JACK LINDBERG
Kansan Sports Editor
A pessimist can not become an optimist over night. But a pessimist can get optimistic tendencies over a weekend. One fact has to be looked at square in the face—Kansas has lost 12 straight football games—six this season and the last six games last year.
But after watching the Jayhawks battle Southern Methodist in the mud Saturday it became apparent that some team remaining on KK's team is in for a great match maybe two teams, or maybe the last four.
Kansas trailed SMU by 24 points at half-time. Only against Oklahoma, the nation's No. 1 team, did the Jayhawks trail by more, and yet the Hawks rallied from a minus eight yards rushing to a plus 92, a net gain of 100 yards, and they out-scored their opponent 12-6.
It should also be pointed out that the SMU second team is a pretty salty outfit in its own right, and Kansas scored two TD's against it. Also KU's second and third teams scored the final touchdown against SMU's second and third teams. Each team had a touchdown called back by a penalty, and each team could have scored another time, so it seems that under the conditions the game was played SMU was three touchdowns better than KU.
It has been pointed out by other sports writers that the Mustang first team didn't play much of the second half. That is true, but the first team started the second half, and KU started an offensive drive against it.
Saturday Kansas plays Kansas State. This game is like the Army-Navy game, Geo.-Geo.-Tech, Michigan-Ohio State. Past and present records don't mean a thing.
In 1948 when Kansas was fairly "loaded" with material the Hawks escaped with a 20-14 victory. The 1948 Wildcat teams won 1 game of 10 during the season and KU won seven of 10.
This season has the opposite situation and Kansas could spring a surprise.
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The following week is the Kansas Homecoming. Anything can happen at a homecoming game, and usually does. The Jayhawks will definitely be up for this one.
After the Nebraska game the Jayhawks travel to Stillwater to play Oklahoma A & M. The Aggies haven't exactly been setting the world on fire this season. After defeating Wyoming and Texas A & M, both by the score of 14-6, and playing a tie against Texas Tech, the Cowboys have dropped three in a row. The losses are to Wichita, Houston, and Hardin-Simmons. The teams the Aggies have defeated are not any world beaters either, and they are not playing the KU schedule.
The Jayhawks close their season against Missouri, and this rivalry is just as rugged as the K-State rivalry. Anything can happen.
Maybe Kansas doesn't have a chance in its final games, but if the SMU game is any criterion of what is to come someone better start getting the confetti ready.
Kansas had only a handful of fans in the Cotton Bowl. If two or three handfalls should show up at Manhattan to cheer the team on there is no telling what could happen. The
same is true for the rest of the games. As Coach Chuck Mather pointed out last week, when a team is down then is the time to get behind them, and when a team is riding high the fans shouldn't let them let up at any time.
Fraternity "A"—Sigma Chi vs Delta Chi—field 3
KU Manpower Back to Normal
Fraternity "B"—Phi Gamma Delta vs Kappa Sigma—field 5 Sigma Chi vs Phi Delta Theta—field 6 Alpha Tau Omega vs Beta
With the Jayhawks back to almost full strength in manpower, Coach Chuck Mather ran the squad through a tough full speed scrimmage yesterday against offensive K-State plays run by the freshman squad.
Today
Both left halfback Ralph Moody and right end John Anderson were out in pads and participated in the practice session. Moody, 195 pound junior, was injured early in the SMU game and missed the second half. Anderson was carried from the contest during the second half with an injury.
Mather welcomed back to scrimmage junior John Handley to the number three right halfback position after a week and a half absence from the squad with an injured ankle. Sophomore John Drake also went back into action at the second right tackle slot behind Gene Blasi.
Intramural Schedule
Dick Blowey was forced to miss the scrimmage due to a sore shoulder he received in the game at Dallas. His chances of playing in this week's K-State contest will be decided later in the week. One other change resulted in the starting line-ups when Bob Hubbard was moved to the starting right guard position.
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Alpha Tau Omega vs Beta
Theta Pi I - field 7
11 Basketball Games Played In Women's IM
YMCA vs NROTC—field 4
Independent "A"—AFROTOC vs Or-
ead—field 2
Keep a few spring-type clothes pins at hand when you are ironing; clip them on a garment to remind yourself that it needs mending.
Eleven women's teams played intramural basketball Oct. 19 and 20. These games marked the half way point in the first set of playoffs.
Douthart 27. ADPi 22
Douthart hall stopped Alpha Delta Pi in a division I game. Partially responsible for the five point lead were Pat McClaskey who secured 15 points and Carol Schowengerd who scored 10 points. Louisa Hall threw in 11 points and Janet Sue Gear scored 8 points for the losers.
College Aces 19. Hawkettes 18
The North College "College Aces"
slipped past the Hawkettes to win
by one point. Ellen Proudfit tossed
in 9 points for the College Aces and
Katherine Haas spurred the losers.
DG 44, Corbin Hawks' 22
Delta Gamma trounced the Corbin Hawks in a division V upset. Rekia Hutchison pulled up 13 points for Delta Gamma and Joan Graham scored 13 points for the Corbin Hawkes. The DGR's then took over and were well ahead at the end of the first half.
Watkins 34 North College 28
Watkins 34, North College 28
In a division I game, Watkins hall defeated North College. North College's Mary Beth Spena made 18 points while Jerry Bompardner scored 12 points for Watkins. Janetah Schmalzried threw in 21 of a total 28 points.
AOPI 36. Foster-Hodder 35
Alpha OmniCroni Pi edged Foster-
Hodder in a hard fought division
II battle. Sillie Schoutz sank 26
points for Foster-Hodder, and
Janice Mason threw in 15 points
along with Georgeann Wilkinson's
12 for most of the AOPI scoring.
Theta 48, Monchonsia 25
Kappa Alpha Theta rolled over
Monchonsia hal in Robertson II
with Robinson with 24 points and Jane Hyle with 21 points led the Theta team Janet Shepherd scored 10 points for Monchonsia.
Lockley 26. Chi O'15
Lockley hall stoped Cr Omega in
London for the VIVA IV game.
Mary Demeritt snagged 15 points
for Lockley and Jo Kincaid and
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1954
Buy Pep Post Cards
Cards for the Post Card Brigade are on sale at the information booth. Strong hall, and the Student Union, today only. KuKu, mens' pep organization, is trying to sell 60,000 of them. The cards bearing some game slogan for the Kansas State game will be mailed to Manhattan by organized houses and newspapers.
Sale of Athletics Nears Completion
Arthur Rosenberg, food chair, store executive and spokesman for the new group, said after a tense meeting last night that "we are advised from Chicago that Mr. Harridge will call a special meeting of the owners for either Thursday or Friday to act on us as a buying group."
The spokesman also said the money being paid the Macks is now in escrow and will be released when the deal is completed.
Philadelphia, —(U.P.) The eight local businessmen buying the Philadelphia Athletics from the Mack family breathed more easily today after Roy Mack extended until Friday his deadline to close the deal once and for all.
Nancy Garrity supported the losers.
At the same time, the Philadelphia combine which snatched the A's franchise away from hopeful Kansas City fans was practically assured that American League President Will Harridge and the seven other club owners soon would vote on formal approval of the purchasers.
Corbin Jays 39, Sellards 26
Sellards hall lost to the Corbin Jays in a division III upset. Nancy Fugisaki threw in 10 points followed up by Marilyn Buckley who made 17 points, and Jeanette Pope with 10 points for the victors. Sellard's Carol Brumfield scored 10 points.
Tri Delt 30, Kappa 11
Delta Delta Delta played a one sided division I game against Kappa Kappa Gamma. Doing most of the scoring for the Tri Delts were Bev Warner with 10 points and Ginger Moomau with 9.
Kansas Runners Win 2 Contests
The Kansas cross-country team participated in two recent races. The varsity squad ran against Drake university Friday, and the freshman team ran a postal meet against Oklahoma on the same day. The varsity was victorious 13-24 (low score wins) and the freshmen won their meet 11-28.
Al Frame led the KU squad at Drake by running the 3 mile course in the record time of 14.19.2. Frame was followed across the finish line by three more Kansas runners, Lowell Janzen, Tom Rupp, and Jan Howell.
John Aller and Ray McConnell led the Drake team by finishing sixth and seventh.
The Jayhawk freshmen were led by Jerry McNeal, Verlyn Schmidt, and Paul Baker, who finished 1, 2, and 3. McNeal's time for a two-mile course was 9:43.7. Bob Nicholson and Bob Cormack finished fifth and sixth for Kansas.
Ron Wade, OU freshman, led the Sooner squad by finishing in fourth place. ___
Wins Among Greyhounds
Abilene — (U.P) - Three favored Greyhounds sped into the third round of the fall futurity stake today in the fall meeting of the National Coursing association.
But Sultan's Trixie knocked out favored Grinder.
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