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1923 Undefeated Team To Have Reunion Here
By TOM SHANNON
Goal line uncrossed and never defeated—that's the record of the 1923 football team which is having its 30-year reunion this weekend
The "dream team" won over Creighton, 6-0; Oklahoma A&M, 9-0; Oklahoma, 7-3; Washington university of St. Louis, 83-0; Drake, 17-0, and tied Nebraska, 0-0; Kansas State, 0-0, and Missouri, 3-3.
The team shared the Missouri Valley title with Nebraska. The only scores made against KU were two field goals, one by Oklahoma and the other by Missouri in a Thanksgiving day game.
The Creighton game was played in a sea of mud. High in the concrete stands the crowd alternately discussed the weather or applauded Creighton's Johnny Weismuller.
In the game with the Oklahoma Aggies, also played on a soggy field, Coach George "Potts" Clark's Kansas team scored a safety, a touchdown, and an extra point. The Hawks helped dedicate a new Cochusker stadium as they stopped the Nebraskans in their tracks, once on the 1-foot line and again on the 3-yard线.
Five times the fighting Jayhawkiers stood off a Kansas State team within their 15-yard line, as they held the Wildcats to a scoreless tie. The Oklahoma contest was featured by a Sooner drop kick which carried 45 yards. Kansas won 7-3.
The Crimson and Blue team took a Drake eleven that was undefeated in two years by a Missouri Valley opponent. Washington's Pikers were held to minus yardage as the Hawks scored 12 touchdowns. The following week Washington beat Missouri, but Missouri managed a 3-3 stand-off in the annual Turkey-day game here.
The 30-year reunion was planned by Dean of Students Laurence C. Woodruff, who was a center on the 1923 team, and Charles Black, a halfback.
Team members and their families will be guests of the Athletic association at a reunion dinner Friday Krant. The former players will be introduced between the freshmanvarsity basketball game and the Homecoming Follies.
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Team members who plan to attend are Woodruff, Black, who is director of recreation at the Owens Glass company of Toledo, Ohio; Capt. Gerald Smith, commanding officer of the Philadelphia Naval hospital, and Robert Mosby, president of the Cook Paint and Varnish company. Detroit.
George "Potsy" Clark, who is now athletic director of the University of Nebraska, will be here Friday night and will return to Lincoln Saturday.
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Other members include AI Davidson, Chicago; Verne Collier, Colorado Springs, Colo; Dan Millman, Kansas City, Mo.; John Lonborg, Liberty, Mo.; Virg Severe, Ashland, Jack McLenn, Wichita; Bill Oliver, Joplin, Mo.; Max Krueger, Laramie, Wyo.; George Clark, Lincoln, Neb.; Ralph Jenkins, W. Los Angeles, Calif.; Harold Burt, Wichita; Regional Smith, Independence, Mo.; William Anderson, Topeka, Jim Connelly, Kansas City, Mo.; Ted Sanborn, Belleville, Tad Reid, New York, Karl Schlademan, East Lansing, Mich.; Ed Kearney, Kansas City, Mo.; Eldon Haley, Webster Grove, Mo.; Gene Hirai, and Gregory Hodges, Kansas City, Mo.
Sydney, Australia (U.P.)—America's Davis Cup chances to a dive today when two Australians stopped U.S. champion Tony Trabert and Wimbledon champion Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, in the seminal round of the New South Wales championships.
Aussies Beat U.S. Netters
Lewis Hoad's cannonball serves and slick volleying combined to retire Trabert, of Cincinnati, 6-1, 6-0, 5-7, 7-5 before a cheering crowd of 10,000.
Top-seeded Ken Rosewall played a superior game on the baseline to defeat Seixas, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-3, in exactly 60 minutes. It was Rosewall's fourth victory of the year over Seixas.
The New South Wales championships are considered an important preview of the Davis Cup challenge round next month.
In the Tuesday night bowling league play this week the Unknowns defeated Phi Kappa Sigma, Usher Upstarts forfeited to Delts, and Kappa Sig won over Don Henry. League standings: Unknowns, Phi Kappa Sig, Delts, Usher Upstarts, Don Henry, and Kappa Sig.
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Defense and protection of offensive backs came in for the most work yesterday at football practice as the deadline for the Missouri contest Saturday shortened to three days.
Drills Emphasize Defense
Coach J. V. Sikes spent about an hour working his punters on kicking under pressure of an over-manned line rushing, and had the protectors practicing keeping the rushers from blocking the kicks.
Switching from the offensive drills of Tuesday, Sikes had the Jayhawks working defensive maneuvers against the freshman team until dark.
"I think the team's spirit is much better than it has been heretofore," Dee Andros, assistant coach, said after the workout, "I hope and believe we'll be able to play a good ball game Saturday. We'll have to."
suffer any apparent injuries to his lame knee in the past pair of games and now is able to go full time.
Kerby Farrell, 40, onetime first baseman for the Indianapolis Indians, has been signed to manage that American association club for 1954.
Still on the doubtful list are halfbacks Frank Cordrich and Bobby Conn, both with leg injuries. Dick Sandifer, soph quarterback, did not
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