Page 4 University Daily Kansan Monday, Oct. 26, 1953 By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Writer The Jayhawks definitely are improving. Saturday's game against SMU, while going the wrong way so far as Mt. Oreadans are concerned, showed that Coach J. V. Sikes has brought his sophomore-laden eleven a long way since Sept. 1. The Mustangs from the Southland brought the nation's top defensive average into Saturday's inter-sectional clash—135.5 yards allowed opponents per game. But now, after KU rolled to 260 yards on the ground and through the air, it is doubtful if the Southwest conference team still is ranked No. 1. Ironically enough, in the five previous Jayhawk games, KU averaged 246 yards on the ground and via the air per contest, while against the top defensive outfit it got 14 over that but lost. KU dominated offensive play Saturday to the extent that it ran 70 plays from scrimmage to SMU's 57. Only in the initial quarter did the Mustangs hold an edge in plays run, 15 to 12. In its six games Kansas has lost the ball 13 times on fumbles. Against TCU in the season opener, the Sikesmen erred five times and lost 0-13. Muskets has been tabbed as a passless team, but five clutch completions by Quarterback John McFarland helped in no small way to give the Ponies a scare. SMU got but 232 total yards in the game. The Jayhawks gave the 29,000 fans plenty to holler about, but just could not push the ball across when it counted. A pass interception paved the way for one of the visitor's TDs and a weird fumble in the 'Hawk backfield resulted in another, but KU fumbled away one golden scoring chance on the four, and stalled later on the SMU 37. Also SMU tallied its pair of touchdowns on exactly two plays from scrummage. The first, Gunlock's 39-yard return of a picked off fumble, came without a play being charged to Southern Methodist, and the other, which followed a pass interception, took only two plays—a 37-yard sprint by McIlhenny and another dash of seven by McIlhenny. Surprise of the contest was the sparkling running of sophomore halfback Bob Conn, who ripped off 51 yards on nine carries. Bob Allison, starting right half, got 40 on eight tries and Ralph Moody chipped in with 40 more on 13 carries, and caught two aerials for 34, tops for KU. -KU- In line with the recent squabble about alma mater and the players not standing, we noticed the SMU musical aggregation solved the problem quite well. It played the school song just before the opening kickoff, and the players held up the start of the game to stand at attention for it. (Also, we noticed two of the officials standing at the same time with their hats over their hearts). And, as usual, the KU band timed its playing to come right in the middle of the fourth quarter. -KU- This Saturday it is Nebraska which faces the Jayhawks at Lincoln, the final road game of the year for KU. The Cornhuskers now stand at 0-2 in league play and 1-4-1 for all games. Indications seem to be that KU can take the Huskers, who will be celebrating homecoming, without too much trouble to up its league standing to 3-1. If Oklahoma beats K-State, this would put KU in a deadlock for second place. Missouri, also 2-1, will not change its position in a non-conference clash with Indiana, and if Iowa State beats Colorado it will have a 2-2 mark, to stay in fifth place. K-State, Sooners To Decide Title Since the start of the 1953 football campaign, surprises have mounted each successive week in the Big Seven and fans wondered today if perhaps the biggest shock of them all might be forthcoming Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. The only two unbeaten teams in the conference-defending champion Oklahoma and upstart Kansas State—collide in this week's major attraction on the Kansas State sod. Oklahoma's long string of 37 conference games without a defeat will be at stake as Kansas State makes a bid for its first title since Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf booted the Wildcats home in front in 1934. Oklahoma, beaten only by Notre Dame this season, but tied by Pittsburgh and given a terrific scare by underdog Colorado last week-end, will be the preponderant favorite, but anyone who reads the football results each week will agree anything could happen. Two other conference games and an intersectional meeting of Missouri and Indiana at Bloomington complete this week's activity as the teams start the swing down the final stretch of the season. Kansas, a surprisingly tough rival against Southern Methodist in the Mustangs' 14-6 win at Lawrence, will invade Nebraska, a team that started fast but soon ran out of gas against Missouri, 23-7. Iowa State, the team of the week after its upset of Missouri, went from sublime to the ridiculous in losing to Drake. 7-12. And now the Iowa athletes face the Colorado crew that came within 36 seconds of gaining a 20-20 tie with Oklahoma. The valiant Buffs were on the threshold of brilliant success against Oklahoma, but in the closing seconds halfback Merrill Green sprinted 51 yards for a touchdown that broke a 20-20 deadlock and assured the Oklahoma win. 27-20. That long touchdown run also applied the finishing touches for the climactic showdown next Saturday at Manhattan. Football fever has risen to an unprecedented pitch in the lair of the Wildcats and all indications point to a sell-out crowd.Standards of the team. ALL GAMES | W | L | T | Pts | Opp | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Kansas State | 5 | 1 | 1 | 159 | | Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 148 | | Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | | Kansas | 3 | 4 | 0 | 83 | | Colorado | 2 | 4 | 0 | 112 | | Iowa State | 2 | 4 | 0 | 67 | | Nebraska | 2 | 4 | 1 | 96 | | | | | | 161 | CONFERENCE GAMES In Friday's intramural football games, DU clinched a place in the "A" league playoffs as they squeaked by SAE 12-6. In other games Sigma Chi defeated previously unbeaten ATO, and Phi Psi romped past the Delta, Phi Delt advanced their record to 3-0 by taking a forfeit from Phi Kappa Tau, which couldn't produce enough players. DU Sews Up Playoff Spot; Sigma Chi, Phi Psi Victors DU 12. SAE 6 Bob Alpers snared a 10 yard pass from Bob Kaak on the last play of the game for the winning touchdown in DU's 12-6 victory over SAE. The same combination also teamed up for the first DU tally in the first quarter. SAE came back to tie the score in the second quarter, and the game looked like a tie until Kaak's payoff pitch to Alpers. CONFERENCE W L T Pts Opp Kansas State 3 0 75 26 Oklahoma 2 0 0 19 Missouri 2 0 0 56 Kansas 2 1 0 36 Iowa State 1 2 0 25 Nebraska 1 2 0 74 Wisconsin 0 4 71 109 Phi Psi 18, Delt 0 Bob Anderson paced Phi Psi to an 18-0 victory over the Delts as he had a hand in all the scoring. Anderson started the scoring in the first quarter as he picked off a stray Delta elair on his own goal line and dashed 80 yards for the touchdown. Later in the first period, Anderson connected with Speckman on a 15 yard scoring pass. In the second quarter, Anderson turned pass receiver as she snared a 25 yard heave from Fetop Fotopoulos to bring the score to 18-0, and that's the way the game finished, as a tight defensive battle developed in the second half. This week's games: Oklahoma at Kansas City, Colorado at Minnesota, Arizona at Nebraska, and Mississippi at Indianapolis. Sigma Chi 14. ATO 12 Sigma Chi jumped off to a 14-0 first quarter lead, yielded two fourth quarter scores, but won on extra points as ATO failed on both conversion attempts. It took Sigma Chi only two plays to score as Fritzell passed for 40 yards to Farney, and then pitched for the remaining 30 yards to Gibbs immediately following the kickoff. Later in the first period a Fritzell pass to Farney, who lateraled to Johnson, furnished the final Sigma Chi score. Fritzell kicked both extra points, which turned out to be the winning margin. Today's games have been postponed due to wet grounds and will be played later in the season. Walt Mikols, director of intramural athletics, said this morning. Leahy Recovering Fast South Bend, Ind. —(UP)—Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy, who collapsed Saturday, was recovering so quickly that he may leave St. Joseph's hospital today. Hospital attaches said the coach's personal physician, Dr. Nicholas Johns, was due to check Leahy today and that it was possible he may be released shortly afterward. However, Notre Dame athletic director Ed Krause said physicians had not advised the University when Leahy would be able to return to coaching the nations No. 1 football team. Conference football leaders are Stanford, Pacific coast; Baylor, Southwest; Oklahoma A&M, Missouri Valley; Yale, Ivy; Illinois, Big Ten; Georgia Tech, Southeast; West Virginia, Southern; Duke, Atlantic coast; Montana State, Rocky Mountain; Utah, Skyline, and Texas Tech, Border. EXPERT WATCH REPAIR Electronically Timed Guaranteed Satisfaction 1 Week or Less Service WOLFSON'S 743 Mass. CHEMICAL and MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SENIORS Our representatives will conduct interviews on your campus Tuesday, October 27, and Wednesday October 28, for positions open in the Engineering, Operating and Technical departments of our Beaumont, Texas, refinery. REFINING DIVISION MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM COMPANY (A Socony-Vacuum Company) Drake so far has split even in two encounters. It lost to South Dakota State and defeated Kansas State. MEALS FOR The Hawks, who already have won two meets this fall, over Oklahoma A&M and Texas last week, will send Wes Santee, Art Dallzell, Al Frame, Dick Wilson, Lloyd Koby, and Tom Rupp to the post against the Bulldogs on the water-soaked course. - Students - Workers - Townspeople The Jayhawk cross country team will go after victory No. 25 here this afternoon against Drake university. Starting time is 4 p.m. at the baseball field. Hill-Dale Team MeetsDrakeToday CHRIS'S CAFE 832 Mass. 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