Kansas to Play SMU In Huge Cotton Bowl
By JACK LINDBERG
Kansan Sports Editor
Dallas—Five-time loser Kansas plays two-time winner and one-time loser Southern Methodist at Dallas' huge Cotton Bowl tomorrow with the kickoff set for 2 p.m.
SMU, under the direction of Chalmer Woodard, former Lawrence High school coach, has soundly defeated Missouri and Rice this season, and lost a heartbreaker to Georgia Tech. The Mustangs defeated the Tigers 25-6 and the Owls 20-6. Tech tripped the Ponies 10-7.
According to Jayhawk Coach Chuck Mather and seet Red Morrow the Mustangs have one of the best starting backfields in the nation. Coach Mather rates the backs on the same par, or better than Oklahoma, but the overall
Leading the Mustang backfield is quarterback Duane Nutt, the same quarterback who led the Texas team to a 14-6 victory over Kansas at Lawrence last season.
strength of the team is not as strong as the Sooners. Mather said that SMU is on a par with UCLA.
At the halfback positions are Frank Eidom and Don Mellhenney —both big, fast, and strong. And both are capable of line bucks end sweeps, and throwing passes.
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At fullback is Hal O'Brien. O'Brien is Woodard's ace in the hole when just a few yards are needed at any crucial time during a game.
All four can pass, if necessary but Nutt is the main aerial threat This backfield averages 190 pounds per man.
Spearheading the Mustang line are Ray Berry and Doyle Nix, both ends. Berry and Nix are both excellent blockers, tacklers, and very adept at pass catching.
Burleigh Arnecke at center is one of the Southwest's outstanding men at this position. And the line is anchored by tackle Forest Gregg. Gone from last year, however, is the giant Don Goss, 270-pound tackle, who was drafted into the Army.
Woodard, who coached at McPherson college for three years before going to Texas, is now in his second season at SMU. In his first year at Dallas Woodard finished the season with a 5-5 record. The victories last year were over Missouri, Rice, Kansas, Texas A&M, and Arkansas. Losses were to Georgia Tech, Texas, Baylor, Texas Christian, and Notre Dame.
Kansas chances for victory improved greatly this week when both the first and second string centers reported for contact work during the practice scrimmages. Dick Reich and Frank Black began working out with the team Wednesday, and both are expected to be able to play tomorrow.
The only doubtful players for the Jayhawks are halfback John Handley and tackle John Drake.
Mather is expected to start Don Martin and Bill Bell at ends, Mike Rogers and Gene Blasi at tackles, Bob Preston and Don Pfutzenreuter at guards, Reich at center, Bev Buller at quarterback, Ralp Imoody and Dick Blowey at halfback, and Bud Laughlin at full.
A large crowd is expected for the game because of the large number of persons here for the Texas State fair, which has been running all week.
Starting Lineup
Kansas Pos. SMU
Bell RE Berry
Blasi RT Knebel
Preston RG Hairston
Reich C Arnecke
Pfutzenreuter LG Smith
Rogers LT Gregg
Martin LE Nix
Buller QB Nutt
Moody RH Eidom
Blowey LH McIlhenny
Laughlin FB O'Brien
Six "A" division teams scored victories in intramural play yesterday as their opponents were held scoreless. The winning teams scored a total of 113 points as they dominated the play.
Shutout Games Mark IM Play
Lambda Chi Alpha 19, Triangle 0
Lambda Chi Alpha scored in the first, second, and third quarters to defeat the Triangles 19-0. Mick Denny threw passes of 20 and 30 yards to David Paulding and Dick Walt to account for two of the scores. The third touchdown came when Warren George intercepted a Triangle pass and ran 40-yards for a touchdown. Bob Kimball kicked the extra point.
Kappa Sigma 13. Phi Kappa 0
Kappa Sigma 13. L'Phi Kappa 0
Scoring two touchdowns in the first half, Kappa Sigma deflected Phi Kappa 13-0. Pat White caught the first touchdown pass thrown by Stephanie Straw and it was for the extra point. The last score was on a pass from Smith to Ed Chimenti. Phi Kappa bids to score were completely stopped as the Kappa Sig defense was too strong.
Delta Chi 48, Phi Kappa Tau 0
Delta Chi scored seven touchdowns and added six extra points to crush Phi Kappa Tau 48-0. Passes to Tunk Hoglund, Jerry Goss, and Ed McCallum from Earl Knauss accounted for the scores.
All tries for the extra point were run over. The Phi Kappa Tau offense was unable to move as they were stopped by the stiff Delta Chi defense.
ATO 14. Delts 0
Alpha Tau Omega scored in the first and fourth quarters to win over Delta Tau Delta 14-0. The first touchdown came after a 30-yard pass from Jack Eskridge to Jim Trombold. Late in the fourth quarter Eskridge threw to John Brose for the final talley. Lou Bair kicked one extra point and a pass from Trombold to Eskridge accounted for the last point after touchdown.
UVO 18. Don Henry 0
The university Veterans Organization scored three touchdowns to rush past Don Henry 18-0. Don Henry was unable to penetrate the stuff UVO defense and gave up the ball on downs many times. All UVO scores came on passes.
Phi Chi 1. 69ers 0
The sixth "A" division victory was the result of a forfeit as the 69ers forfeited to Phi Chi 1-0.
Friday, October 22,1954 University Daily Kansan
Two relatively unheard of players probably will make their first starting appearances of the season for the Jayhawks tomorrow in the contest against Southern Methodist in the Cotton bowl at Dallas.
Coach Chuck Mather yesterday said that sophomore Bill Bell will open at right end in place of senior John Anderson, who earlier in the week was shifted to fullback. Another sophomore, Bob Preston, was moved ahead of junior Bob Hubbard at the starting right guard slot.
Players who definitely will miss action against the Mustangs are John Handley, No. 3 right half-back; George Remsberg, uard and fullback; John Drake, second string tackle, and Bobby Conn, No. 2 left half who probably is out for the remainder of the campaign.
The Kansans spent most of the drill period yesterday polishing their offensive maneuvers against the fourth string and the freshmen.
IM Schedule
TODAY Fraternity "A"
Field 1 Tau Kappa Epsilon vs. Sigma Nu
Field 2 Phi Delta Theta vs. Phi Kappa Psi
Independent "A"
Field 3 Stephenson vs. Battenfield
Field 4 Jolliff vs. Sterling-Oliver
Field 5 Alpha Tau Omega vs. Kapu
Sigma
Fraternity "B"
Field 7 Beta Theta Pi I vs. Phi Delta Theta
Delta Theta
The KU cross-country team left this morning for DesMoines, Iowa for a meet with Drake university Saturday.
KU Runners ToMeetDrake
Members of the KU cross-country team who made the trip are Capt. Al Frame, and Tom Rupp, juniors; Lowell Jansen, Jan Howell, and Grant Cookson, sophomores.
The race will be run over a three-mile course located in Waveland Park in DesMoines.
Coach M. E. "Bil" Easton said that the Drake team will be tough. He added that Drake has two fine runners in Bob Soth, central collegiate conference champion, and Ray McConnell.
Norman, Okla. —(U.P.)— Both the University of Oklahoma and Kansas State football squads' scheduled light workouts here today to loosen up for their Big Seven conference game here tomorrow.
The team will return Saturday night by train.
Both OU and K-State Practice in Norman
The game will be the first home conference game for the Sooners this year. Oklahoma clubbed Kansas 65-0 last week in its first loop game.
The Sooners haven't lost a conference game at Owen Field since 1945, and have won all but one since 1946. The only home field blemish is a 13-13 tie with Kansas in 1947.
By JACK LINDBERG
Kansan Sports Editor
Last week's prediction turned out much better than expected, 18 of 23. The season's record now stands at 73 correct guesses in 100 tries. And for those of you who are interested, Heidelberg did defeat Capitol.
As usual, we are looking at this week's schedule with great disparagement.
Two big games are being played here tomorrow. Kansas plays Southern Methodist in the Cotton bowl, and Penn State plays Texas Christian in Carter stadium over at Fort Worth. And with the Texas State fair going on, this is a pretty busy community.
SMU over Kansas: The Mustangs are usually loaded with first string material, but this year is an exception, they have a pretty fair second team, too. Kansas' starting lineup will not be able to cone with both SMU teams.
TCU over Penn State: This should be a fairly close game and the home field and crowd should give the edge to TCU.
Oklahoma over Kansas State: No. 43. Next week No. 44. The week after that No. 45. The Sooners keep the percentage up.
Missouri over Iowa State: Missouri has been playing good ball every other week, and this is the off week, but the Tigers still remember the upset from last year when the Cyclones won 13-6.
Colorado over Nebraska: Bernardi, Jenkins, Bayuk, Wilson, Hardy, etc, have not had a bad game this season. There is no reason why they should start tomorrow.
Wisconsin over Ohio State: The Buckeyes are very similar to the Cleveland Indians—sometime or another during the season they wilt. They won't wilt tomorrow, but Ameche and Co. seem to be very crisp.
Texas over Rice: The Longhorns are going to upset some one during the season, and this is a good place to start, but it won't be easy.
Arkansas over Mississippi: According to pre-season predictions the Razorbacks didn't stand the chance of the proverbial snowball, but here they are undefeated. Ol' Miss is undefeated too, but they doesn't seem to be a team of destiny.
Colgate over Yale: The undefeated teams seem to be playing each other this week. The Red Raiders came from nowhere this season and they should keep right on going.
Here's the rest of the big ones:
Big 7 Squads Practice For Conference Games
Minnesota over Michigan, Iowa over Indiana. Purdue over Michigan State, Northwestern over Pitt, USC over California, Washington over Stanford, Princeton over Cornell, Navy over Penn, Maryland over Miami (Fla.), Georgia Tech over Kentucky, Florida over LSU, Georgia over Tulane, Navy over Penn, Wyoming over Utah, UCLA over Oregon State, and if Notre Dame played this week we would pick them too.
Columbia, Mo. — (U)P.)— Coach Don Faurot took it easy in practice today with his Missouri Tigers, but he drilled them long and hard in the fieldhouse yesterday.
Rain chased the squad indoors, but did not keep Faurot from concentrating on pass defense in a long session. Faurot said he was dissatisfied with the poor showing the Tigers made against aerial attack so far this season.
Lincoln, Neb. — (U.P.)— The University of Nebraska football team left today for Boulder, Colo., and a Big Seven conference game tomorrow with the Buffaloes.
Ames, Iowa — (U,P)— Coach Vince Di Francesca packed his Iowa State Cyclones in a bus today for their trip to Columbia, Mo., and a Big Seven conference football game with Missouri.
The coach was optimistic about the Cyclones chances, but admitted it would be a "tough game."
Manhattan — (U.P.) If there was one thing the Kansas State Wildcats were not today, it was overconfident.
The K-Staters play the nation's top team, Oklahoma, at Norman tomorrow, and Coach Bill Meek bemoaned the poor physical shape of his team just before it departed by air at noon.
"We are in for a rough Saturday," Meek said. "We have done everything we can, but I wish we were in better physical shape."
Boulder, Colo. — (U.P.)— Coach Dal Ward promised his squad an extra dose of hard work again today after driving the Buffs through one of the toughest workouts this season.
TED REALLY STUDIED ALL NIGHT LONG,AND KNEW HIS LESSON WELL.
BUT THEN HE FELL ASLEEP IN CLASS AND FAILED TO RING THE BELL!