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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Sept. 28, 1953
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Kansans Give Jayhawk Game Hurt By 2 Blocked Punts
A vastly improved Kansas football team got off to a flying start Friday night against UCLA, but couldn't keep up the pace against the strong Bruins as they were defeated 19-7.
Two blocked punts and a pass interference penalty cost heavily as the Bruins were quick to take advantage and convert them into scores.
The Jayhawkers caught UCLA, ranked as one of the top five teams in the nation, completely off guard early in the game as they marched 60 yards in nine plays to send sophomore halfback Ralph Moody into the end zone for a touchdown. John Handley converted to make the score 7-0, Kansas.
The Bruins missed one scoring opportunity early in the second quarter when they fumbled on the Kansas three yard-line, but an interference penalty coupled with the outburst ofacks cameron and Davenport gave the Bruins the tying touchdown in the latter part of that period.
Frequent substitutions by UCLA in the second half wore the valient Jayhawkers down as the Bruins pushed over two scores in the third quarter, one of which was facilitated by a blocked Jayhawk punt and a pass interference penalty.
The Jayhawkers received the opening kickoff, but had to punt when they bogged down near the midfield stripe. Moody got off a beauty that went out of bounds on the Bruin three- yard line.
The Jayhawks' only second half scoring threat came late in the final quarter when they moved to the ball nine before losing the ball on downs.
The Bruins got nowhere and punted out. The Jayhawkers took the ball on their own 40-yard line and started moving. In nine plays, with Moody, fullback Frank Sabatini, and half-back Don Hess splitting the running chores about equally, the Kansans went over for the score.
Early in the second quarter UCLA blocked a punt attempt by halfback John Handley and took over on the KU 32. They drove to the Kansas three-yard marker where fullback Davenport fumbled, giving the ball to Kansas in its own end zone for a touchback.
The Jayhawks took the ball on their 20, couldn't go anyplace and had to punt. Bruin tailback Paul Cameron returned the ball to the KU 48. With the aid of a pass interference penalty against Kansas, giving UCLA the ball, first and ten, on the KU 18, the Bruins went on to score their first touchdown.
UCLA took the second half kick-off, marked up two first downs, and quick kicked to the Jeyhawk 17. The Kansans couldn't make the necessary yardage and Davenport returned Moody's punt to the KU 46.
Two plays later a Cameron pass put the ball on the 18. Davenport then carried four out of the next five plays and went over for the second Bruin touchdown. The kick for extra point failed and UCLA led by six points.
Three plays later, after the UCLA kickoff, a second KU punt was blocked and UCLA had the ball on the Kansas 16. A pass interference penalty placed the ball on the nine, and Cameron went over on the first play to score the final touchdown.
In the fourth quarter each team made only one deep penetration into enemy territory. Late in that stanza UCLA got down to the KU 14 where they fumbled, the ball being recovered by Joe Lundy.
The Jayhawkers, with Moody and Sabatini doing the heavy work, then moved from their own 14 to the Bruin 9 before quarterback McFarland was thrown back on the 20 while attempting a pass. That set-back ended the threat and the game ended with UCLA on top 19-7.
The Kansas pass defense held up pretty well under Cameron's expert tossing, but a couple of interference penalties which came at bad times hurt the Jayhawker chances some.
The Kansas running game was considerably improved with Moody and Sabatini both showing a lot more than they did a week ago at TCU.
UCLA coach Red Sanders praised the Jayhawk forward wall very highly. Outstanding games were turned in by Bud Bixier at tackle, co-captain Bob Hantla at guard, tackle Joe Lundy, and sophomore Merle Hodges at center.
Although the quarterbacking was much improved over the TCU contest, the Jayhawks still lacked the passing punch needed for a well diversified attack.
No.2 Position In KU Reach
That Big Seven runner-up position doesn't look so far out of reach for J. V. Sikes' rebuilding crew now that the Jayhawkers have the UCLA game under their belt.
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Oklahoma, on the strength of its narrow loss to a veteran Notre Dame squad still is the odds-on choice to retain its conference title again. But the Jayhawkers performance Friday as a definite contender for the No. 2 position, a slot awarded to Missouri or Nebraska in pre-season polls.
That first period KU march which was climaxed by sophomore half-back Ralph Moody's two-yard plunge into the zone aroused plenty of comment from press and radio officials.
"This is the first time a UCLA opponent has shoved the Bruins around like Kansas did in the first quarter since the California game of 1950," said a Los Angeles Mirror sports writer during a halftime interview.
Kansas more than held its own against the classy Bruins, rated one of the nation's powerhouses. The 12,000 plus crowd—which probably contained plenty of transplanted KU alumni—never saw the expected UCLA romp.
The superior UCLA power asserted itself in the third quarter when the Bruins shoved over two touchdowns within three minutes. That put the game out of reach of the Jayhawkers, but left little gloom among KU supporters. A 7-19 licking from the Bruins this early in the campaign isn't anything to be ashamed of.
The Los Angeles crew dropped just one game in '52, to Rose Bowl champion Southern Cal. 12-14. The Bruins rolled up 220 points while holding their foes to 55. And many of last year's players were on hand Friday night, including all-American halfback Paul Cameron.
1952 Big Ten co-champion and Rose Bowl representative Wisconsin couldn't fare as well as the Jayhawkers in their clash with the Bruins at Madison last October. UCLA took that one. 20-7.
The attendance was meager and the cheering a bit lacking in volume, but the pre-game listening party rally in the Union Friday night was held as planned.
The game gave the green Kansas backfield some first class battle experience which should pay off in the Big Seven opener with Iowa State Saturday. If the Kansans can move against UCLA, they should be able to move against anybody.
Only 150 Attend Pre-Game Rally
Loudspeakers broadcasting the KU-UCLA game were turned on all over the Union and more students appeared when the game began. The largest gathering was in the Hawk's Nest.
Only 50 students were on hand when the rally started, but before the vocal demonstration ended, 100 more had joined the group.
Detroit Lions Win in Opening Crown Defense
The Detroit Lions defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 38-21 Sunday to successfully open the defense of their National football league crown.
The passing and running of Bobby Lyne and Doak Walker, former Southern Methodist stars, was the big show as the Giants rolled over the Steelers. Lyne passed to Leon Hart and Bob Hoenrschemyer for two touchdowns and set up two others with his aerial artistry. Walker accounted for 14 points on a touchdown, five conversions, and a 40-yard field goal.
The Washington Redskins turned two recovered fumbles and a rare 15-ward penalty against the opposing coach, Joe Stydahar, into 17 points in the final period to defeat the Chicago Cardinals. 24-13.
Bert Reichichar, rookie from Tennessee's 1951 Sugar Bowl team, kicked a record 56-yard field goal to spark the Baltimore Colts to a 13-9 triumph over the Chicago Bears in their first league game since taking over the Dallas franchise.
Otto Graham, veteran quarterback, showed no signs of age as he clicked on 18 of 24 passes for 291 yards as the ever-dangerous Cleveland Browns shut out the Green Bay Packers 27-0. The Packers crossed the midfield stripe only three times in that contest.
The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 31-21 in a game that turned into a free-for-all fist fight in the final quarter.
Nobody knew just how the fist fight started but in less than a minute punches were being thrown all around with players on the benches dashing into the fray. When the police had quieted matters, the officials ordered Charley Powell of the 48ers and Bob Walston of Philadelphia, out of the game.
The Los Angeles Rams held only a 7-0 lead against the New York Giants at halftime, but Van Brocklin broke the game open with his passing in the last two quarters, with the final score 21-7 in favor of the Rams.
Sanders Satisfied With Bruin Victory
Los Angeles — (U.P.)— UCLA coach Henry (Red) Sanders said today he has no complaints on the performance of his Bruins Friday night in defeating the Kansas Jayhawkers 19 to 7, even if they did have to come from behind to do it.
Sanders gave the Kansans credit for being a tough team, declaring they would be hard to beat this season, but issued this as his reason for saying UCLA has improved since last week's victory over Oregon State.
Sanders contended he was happy despite UCLA's tardiness is getting started last night.
"We were playing a team far superior to Oregon State," he said.
Kansas coach J. V. Sikes declared the Bruins are a much stronger team than Texas Christian, which downed his own squad last week.
Fans were amazed when the favored Bruins were stopped cold by the powerful Jayhawker line during the first period to wind up on the short end of a 7-0 first period score. Kansas halfback Ralph Moody scored from one yard after 12 minutes of play following a 60-vardrive. He and fullback Frank Sabatini did most of the ball carving.
Kansas' all-American tackle candidate, Bud Bixler, co-captain Bob Hantla, center Merle Hodges and end Morris Kay were credited with making the trouble for UCLA during most of the first half.
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Big 7 Teams Do Badly In Non-League Games
Big Seven grid teams, on the whole, fared rather badly in nonleague competition over the weekend, winning but two games, tying one, and dropping four.
Missouri pulled an upset by downing Purdue, 14-7; Colorado topped Arizona, 20-14; Nebraska drew with Illinois, 21-21; Notre Dame defeated Oklahoma, 28-21; Colorado A&M edged past Kansas State, 14-13; Northwestern drubbed Iowa State, 35-0, and UCLA whipped KU, 19-7.
Colorado and Arizona struggled back and forth through the first three periods deadlocked at 7-all, and then the Buffs exploded in the final quarter for 13 points and the victory. Halfback Homer Jenkins sparkplugged the Buffalo attack with a pair of touchdowns.
Right halfback Ed Merrifield of Missouri bucked one yard for the first MU 6-pointer and added two conversions. A blocked Purdue punt that was recovered in the end zone by Tiger tackle Al Portney spelled doom for the Boilermakers, who could manage only a lone fourth quarter touchdown.
A crowd of 40,011 at Champaign, Ill., saw Negro halfback J. C. Caroline fumble away two scoring chances for the Illini and then turn hero with a 73-yard gallop to paydirt in the fourth quarter, Nebraska led by two touchdowns when Caroline made his score and had to settle for a tie moments later when halfback Mickey Bates bulled over from the five just before the final gun.
Notre Dame, looking almost as good as last year, eeked past Oklahoma at Norman, 28-21, in a thriller witnessed by almost 60,000 fans. The Sooners fumbled away several chances when they were within striking distance and dropped several passes that should have been caught. The Irish misplayed a number of chances also, but wound up on top in the scoring column.
At Fort Collins, Colo., the Colorado Aggies took advantage of a wide K-State extra point try to squeeze out a 1-point triumph over the Wildcats, and Friday night at Los Angeles the University of California at Los Angeles, although not romping as was expected, stopped the Jayhawkers, 19-7.
Hoyt Israels, Northwestern half-back, who formerly spent all his time on defense, scored two of the Wildcats' five TDs, and broke up several Iowa State threats as the Big Ten school won. 35-0. The score evened up the Cyclones' season record as they beat South Dakota last week by the same score. Only in the second quarter when the Iowans drove to the Northwestern eight, did they approach scoring territory.
In thirteen out-of-league games played by Big Seven eleven this fall, conference teams have won only five, have lost seven, and one, the Nebraska-Illinois clash, ended in a draw.
Three conference games are on tap on this weekend's 4-game slate. Missouri journeys to Colorado; Nebraska invades Manhattan to meet K-State, and Iowa State will be at Lawrence to test the Jayhawks. Oklahoma will play a non-league game at Pittsburgh.
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Detroit Picked In Valley Race
By UNITED PRESS
The Detroit Titans stood out today as a team to watch in the Missouri Valley conference race, but Oklahoma A&M, and Houston's defending champion Cougars still remained as strong choices to contend for 1953 laurels.
Houston battled Texas A&M to a 14-14 tie in its season but last week the Alabama A&M and Detroit both registered their second straight triumphs.
Detroit bowled over Wayne university, 48-0, and the Aggies slipped past Arkansas by 7 to 6.
Meanwhile, Wichita and Tulsa clashed in the first conference battle of the season and Wichita had the power at the finish for a 19-10 decision. Two third period touchdowns turned the trick for the Shockers.
All valley teams face non-conference rivals this week. Fordham invades Detroit Friday night and on Saturday the lineup will be; Texas vs. Houston at Austin; Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater; Tulsa vs. College of Pacific at Stockton, Calif., and Bradley at Wichita.
Only Detroit and Oklahoma A&M still had perfect records after two week-ends of action and Detroit showed plenty of attacking power with 81 points in two starts. The team defeated North Dakota State in its opener, 33-6, Oklahoma A&M previously had defeated Hardin-Simmons, 20-0.
Wildcats Don't Prefer Farm
Although Kansas State college is known widely in the Big 7 as the "cow college," statistics show that only three of the boys on the Wildcat grid squad had farm jobs over the summer. Construction jobs seemed to have the most hurdle for the Wildcat players, with the oil fields running a close second. Other interesting jobs held—bookkeeper, auto salesman, and playground supervisor.
Brownie Transfer Refused
American league clubowners yesterday, by a vote of 4-4, two ballots short of the necessary two-thirds majority, turned down for the second time a request by St. Louis Brownie owner Bill Veeck to move his team to Baltimore. The voting was secret, but one owner said New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Cleveland voted against Veeck.
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