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By KEN BRONSON
Kansan Sports Writer
Last weekend was one in which the pigskin prognosticator would have liked to own a nice big hole in the ground into which he could have crawled when 6 p.m. Saturday had rolled around. For last Saturday was one of the most surprising of any Saturday in a long time.
long time.
What happened? Well, Michigan State's 28-game winning streak was broken by Purdue when the Boilermakers eked out a 6-0 victory. Georgia Tech, with a 31-game mark, fell before Notre Dame, 14-27.
Other things happened, too. Navy was dumped by Pennsylvania. Minnesota won the Little Brown Jug for the first time in years when the Gophers beat Michigan.
In the Big Seven, Colorado gave Oklahoma a battle all the way before losing the game in the last minute when Merrill Green ran 51 yards for the winning score. And then there was the game in Iowa where Iowa State, evidently still thinking about its upset of Missouri, had the tables turned when Drake surprised everyone with a 12-7 victory.
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The game at Nebraska Saturday should be interesting in more ways than one. Word from nine Kansas sports scribes has it that verbal heat is on both Coach J. V. Sikes and Coach Bill Glassford of Nebraska. The outcome of the game should be interesting in both divisions.
One thing the Jayhawks can be sure of Saturday is that they are going to meet one of the ruggedest tackles in the Big Seven, Jerry Minnick, 6-4, 225-pound senior, is the Cornhuskers' mainstay in the line Last week against Missouri, he was a standout while playing his third straight game without relief.
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Of course, the Jayhawkers possess one of the best in the Big Seven in Joe Lundy, 210-pound senior from Roscoe, Pa. Lundy is cited by many as the most consistent performer for Kansas this season. Both tackles have already been selected by the AP all-American nomination board for the Big Seven region for outstanding play so far this season.
Kansas State used only four plays in the Wichita game Saturday, playing under cover all the way in anticipation of this week's big game with Oklahoma. Yet Sooner aide, Pete Elliott, told the Oklahoma team Monday that the Wildcats had "tremendous speed and the world's greatest team spirit."
Whereupon Bud Wilkinson, Sooner head man, said, "This will be the toughest game we've played all year and we have less chance to win at Manhattan than we have had in any game this year."
Any way you look at it, Kansas State has a football team this year. While it may have looked doubtful through the last 19 years, the Wild-cats are going along this year at a slip one figured them capable of.
We doubt that Mr. Wilkinson really meant what he said but the Oklahoma coach has always been noted for his pessimism.
If the Wildcats can score at least one touchdown, it will be more than they have been able to tally against Oklahoma in the last five years. During that time K-State has scored six points to Oklahoma's 219.
The Cat stock is definitely up this year. When the Wildcats placed in the UP poll two weeks ago, the Kansas State Collegeman ran a big headline proclaiming that the Wildcats were in 23rd position. This week the Wildcats are 18th and for the first time in the history of the Associated Press, a Kansas State football team is included in its standings.
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Another salute to Coach Bill Easton for as embling another potentially great freshman track team. Easton has coached the KU cross-country team to six straight Big Seven titles. Before his arrival here, KU had won only one cross-country championship, that one in 1928.
Last Monday's win over Drake was the Jayhawkers' 25th straight dual meet victory. The Jayhawks haven't been beaten in a cross-country dual since 1947, Easton's first year here.
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Lincoln, Neb. —(UP)— A juggle lineup was Coach Bill Glassford's answer to more speed and scoring punch in his Nebraska university football team.
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Halfback Jon McWilliams was advanced to the starting unit, replacing Dennis Korinek Fullback Jim Yeisley was shifted to second string right half, and Nick Adducei was named second squad fullback behind Ray Novak.
Nebraska Juggles Starting Lineup
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Glassford said there would be no contact work prior to Saturday's game with Kansas
Bob Wagner was moved to the starting right guard post, replacing Don Glantz.
Four Teams Win In Yesterday's Frat'B'Action
In yesterday's intramural football play, Beta, Kappa Sig, and Sigma Chi scored victories, and Phi Psi took a forfeit from DU.
The top four scorers in Big Seven football play are Corky Taylor, Kansas State, 37; Veryl Switzer, K-State, 36, and Emerson Wilson, Colorado, and Larry Grigg, Oklahoma, 30 each.
Beta II 18. SAE 9
Fred McColey paced Beta to victory, as his needle-threading passes accounted for all three Beta tallies. The receivers were Sheaffor, Kirk, and Muller, with one touchdown coming in each of the first three quarters. Sig Alph counted a TD in the second period on a 2-yard run by Daish, and added the extra point on a pass from Woolfinder to Taylor. In the final quarter, McKee recovered a block kick in the end zone, giving SAE its final two points
Kappa Sig 7. Delts 0
A pass from Kindig to Shugart scored the only touchdown of the game in the second quarter, as Kappa Sig squeaked by the Delts in a tight defensive struggle. Neither team was able to show much offensive strength, with Kindig's payoff flip providing the lone exception. Kindig also passed to Brown for the extra point.
Eight players broke into the scoring column as Sigma Chi slaughtered Phi Delt. Six players counted touchdowns and two more added conversions as the victors scored almost at will. Scoring touchdowns were Brobeck, Plumley, Witt, Lonborg, Sellers, and Brown. Sellers also counted an extra point, along with Staley and Erikson, making a Sigma Chi' record 3-0, and assuring it of a spot in the Fraternity "B" league playoffs.
Sigma Chi 39. Phi Delt 0
In today's games, the Beta "A" team can sse up the Division I title by defeating Triangle, while in the same division, PiKA and TKE battle for fourth place. In the Fraternity "B" league, Beta II plays Sig Ep and Delta Chi is pitted against Phi Delt I.
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The first basketball publication to hit the stands this year, Dell, picked three centers on its first team all-America. Included were B. H. Born of Kansas, Tom Gola of La Salle, and Bob Pettit of LSU. Other first team picks were guards Dick Ricketts of Duquesne and Bob Leonard of Indiana.
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Three Big Seven Players Three Teams in Top Ranks
Three Big Seven schools and a trio of players from different teams in the conference this week are ranked among statistical leaders in the nation.
Highest on any list is Colorado's Homer Jenkins who, in six games, has a 43.3 average on 15 punts, to rank No. 4 among NCAA players in that department.
10th and 12th, respectively, in rushing offense. The Sooners have averaged 255 yards in five games and the Wildcats, 253, in six outings.
Kansas, by allowing only 23 of 64 passes tried against it to find their mark, is in the fifth spot in that respect. Oklahoma and K-State are
Former Irish Star Predicts Long Life
Other Big Seven performers among the leaders after last Saturday's contests are Corky Taylor, Kansas State halfback, who is 20th in yards gained rushing—384 on 37 carries, the fewest tries by any man in the top twenty, and Nebraska's Johnny Bordogna, who has a 46.4 per cent pass completion average, 19th in the country.
Chicago — (UP) — Harry Stuhlder-
her, one of football's famous players
while quarterbacking Notre Dame's
"Four Horsemen," said today he
might live to be 100, now that he's
no longer coaching college football.
Stuhldreher, rated one of the smartest signal callers in Irish grid history, "resigned" as head coach at Wisconsin in 1948 after several disastrous seasons.
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