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'Anti-Yankee' Combine Fights Move to K.C.
New York—(U.P.)An "anti-Yankee" combine has been lined up to block transfer of the Philadelphia Athletics' franchise to Kansas City, the United Press learned today.
Walter O. (Spike) Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers, is leading the fight and he has the full support of owner Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators.
"Who do the Yankees think they are, anyway?" Briggs asked sarcastically. "They think they can run everything. Well, we ran them right out of the meeting yesterday. When Dan Topping could get up, he pulled up his hobbles and walked out with the rest of the Yankee crowd."
Brigg said he was "sick and tired" of the way in which recent franchise switching problems had been handled within the league.
He said that the Yankees previously had tried to get the St. Louis Browns to move to Kansas City "even though there are at least two or three places that are better suited to handle a major league franchise."
The club owners met for six hours yesterday and adjourned until Oct. 12 when Roy Mack, the vicepresident of the Athletics will report back and tell what progress he has made on getting new financial backing from Philadelphia interests next year.
Griffith, who would like to see the Athletics moved from Philadelphia said he would continue to fight every effort to bring the club to Kansas City—"because that is too far west and upsets the geographical arrangement."
Minneapolis and St. Paul interests, who did not attend the meeting today, are said to be ready to muster a large civic delegation for the Oct. 12 conclave at which time they will tell of the plans for their new mult-million dollar stadium located about 10 miles south of the two towns. It would be a brand new plant ready for the 1956 season but the chances for the wilted team by either a fruit or next season are remote—because neither the St. Paul nor Minneapolis parks as now situated are adequate.
Yesterday's meeting heard two different groups make "solid" offers of $3,375,000 for the Athletics, a purchase that would also include Connie Mack Stadium.
The offer first was made by Chicago realtor Arnold Johnson, head of the group that is seeking to switch the franchise to Kansas City. Then it was matched by Eastern league President Tommy Richardson, who heads a group seeking to keep the franchise in Philadelphia.
Richardson was pleased at the delay in the decision because, "We have been working in such a rush to line things up that any extra time would be beneficial."
Johnson, however, was obviously disappointed. He said the delay might make it impossible to complete major league renovations of the Kansas City ballpark-including a double-deck to boost seating capacity from 17,400 to between 34,000 and 36,000 by the end of the sea son.
"Each delay makes it harder for Kansas City to prepare for major league baseball," said Johnson.
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All men interested in varsity swimming at the University are asked by swimming coach Doug Wall to report to the second floor, west side of Robinson gym at 7 p.m. today.
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Ray evans attempted 356 passes and completed 170 during his four seasons at Kansas for a total of 2,368 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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After an early rain yesterday afternoon the second day of intramural play began as scheduled with two "B" team games from the fraternity division.
Beta II 33 Delta Chi 0
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Beta Theta Pi sent their second "B"队 against a determined Delta Chi team, and moved to an easy 33 to 0 Beta victory. Darrell Simpson used his passing arm to the Beta's advantage as nearly every receiver on the team was able to score. Don James, Wally Richardson, Lloyd Dirk, Joe Mueller, and Dale Darnell all scored Beta touchdowns to build a five touchdown total. Delta Chi scarcely threatened to mark the score column as the Beta teams showed no let up.
Delts 6. PiKA 0
Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha fought to a scoreless tie until the final two minutes of the game when a Delt pass found its mark in the end zone to give them the victory. Don Ulrich handled the passing score for the Delts with Charlie Franklin receiving the touchdown pass. Dave Baker did the passing for PiKA.
'Lack of Interest,' Mather Tells QB's
The second weekly meeting of the KU Quarterback club was held in the ballroom of the Student Union at 8 p.m. yesterday. Coach Chuck Mather discussed the UCLA game and answered questions asked by some of the 200 students.
Coach Mather commented on the lack of interest on the campus during the week preceding a football game. He called for more visual enthusiasm from the student body concerning the Colorado game. He emphasized that Colorado, who is leading the Big Seven in total offense, would be a hard team to beat.
Some films of last year's Rose Bowl game, in which the UCLA team played were shown and the meeting was adjourned.
The UCLA game will be valuable experience for our team, Coach Mather said during the question and answer period. At this time the coach discussed much of last weeks game and the factors involved in the Kansas defeat.
Big 7 to Negotiate For New Bowl Pact
Colorado Leads Big 7 Averages
Kansas City, Mo. —(U.P.)—A three-man Big Seven conference committee was instructed today to negotiate a contract with the Orange Bowl committee and the Atlantic Coast conference for a two-year renewal of the New Year's day game at Miami, Fla.
Faculty representatives of the conference named Warren O. Thompson of the University of Colorado, T. DeWitt Carr of Kansas University and R. E. Peters, executive secretary of the conference, on the bowl committee.
Official Big Seven conference statistics today show Colorado off to a fast scoring start, with the three top scorers, the No.1 ground gainer, and the leading punter.
The Big Seven and Atlantic Coast conferences, under terms of the present contract, sent Oklahoma and Maryland to the Orange bowl last Jan. 1.
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Colorado had three of the top four ground gainers, yielding only second place to Kansas State's Dorky Taylor.
Leading scorers of the conference are Carroll Hardy with 24 points; Homer Jenkins, 19, and Frank Berardi, 18. Jim Rusher of Kansas State was next with 16.
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Hardy also was the best punter. His three punts for 167 yards and a 55.6 average was far ahead of Barney Alleman of Iowa State, who had eight kicks for 3690 and a 45.0 average.
Bernardi was head man in ground gaining with 10 carries for 241 yards, Taylor was next with 21 carries for 237. Others were John Bayuk, Colorado, 31 carries for 205; Homer Jenkins, Colorado, 21 for 195; Bob Herndon, Oklahoma, 23 for 179.
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Buddy Leake of Oklahoma topped the passers with two completions in eight tries for a net gain of 104 yards. Bev Buller of Kansas was second, five of 13 for 89 yards.
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Max Boydston of Oklahoma caught only one pass, but it was good for 87 yards and elevated him to the top of the pass receivers.
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Opening Game Hurlers Lucky to Be in Series
New York—(U.R.)—A pair of pitchers who figured they were lucky to be in the big leagues squared off today in the opening game of the World Series. $ \textcircled{*} $
It was curve-balling Sal Maglie, once a four-year refugee from the Mexican league, for the New York Giants.
And opposing him for the Cleveland Indians was sinker-ball ace Bob Lemon, who only became a pitcher in 1946 after a mediocre career as an outfielder and infielder.
Increasing cloudiness with temperatures in the mid-70's were forecast for the game, starting at 1 p.m. (EDT) before an expected crowd of more than 50,000. And the Indians, who this year snapped the five-year monopoly of the New York Yankees, were rated as 11 to 10 favorites to take the opener of the best-of-seven classic and at 17 to 10 for their third world championship in as many tries.
The odds favored the Indians chiefly because of the Tribe's treemouthedly brilliant pitching staff, built around Lemon, Early Wynn, Mike Garcia, Art Houtteman, Bob Feller, and rookie Don Mossi.
Wynn, a 23-game winner like Lemon, was the choice of Manager Al Lopez to pitch the second game of the World Series tomorrow while Giant manager Leo Durocher countered with his 21-game ace, south-paw Johnny Antonelli.
Lemon, a 20-game winner six times in the last seven years, is no newcomer to World Series competition. The Long Beach, Calif., right-hander won two games in the 1948 World Series to be a key mound factor in Cleveland's victory over the Boston Braves.
The 37-year-old Maglie, who compiled a 14-6 record this season but was at his best in the "big ones." was beaten, 6.2, by the Yankees in 1951 in his only World Series appearance.
There was a slight chance that Duroco might change his mind before game time and switch to the younger Antonelli for today's game. Lopez said he was ready for such a switch.
"If Durocher tries to switch to Antonelli in a surprise move," Lopez said, "then I'll use Wynn instead of Lemon."
The first two games of the Series will be played in the ancient, horseshoe-shaped Polo Grounds after which the scene will shift to mammoth Municipal stadium in Cleveland for the next three games. The last two games, if necessary, will be played in New York.