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Michigan State Tops Final UP Standings
New York—(U.P.)—Unbeaten and untied Michigan State was the overwhelming choice of the United Press board of coaches today for the 1952 mythical rational college football championship, with Georgia Tech runnerup.
The 35 leading coaches who make up the UP rating board nearly made it unanimous when they named the mighty Spartans the No. 1 team on 32 ballots for the best showing ever made in the ratings. Michigan State's total of 343 points was just seven short of a perfect score.
Georgia Tech was second, 51 points behind the Spartans; Notre Dame third, while Oklahoma and Southern California tied for fourth.
Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Oklahoma each received one first place vote. Of the three coaches who did not vote the Spartans tops, one ranked them second, another chose them third and the third coach selected them fifth.
By sweeping through their schedule of nine major opponents and learning the top ranking, Coach Biggie Munn's men thus fulfilled the pre-season prophecy of the coaches, who picked them as the best in the land. Michigan State topped all of the 11 weekly listings.
The Spartans had only one tight squeeze this season, topping Oregon State, 17-14, on a last-minute field goal. They rallied to beat Michigan 21-13 in their opener and later topped Purdue, 14-7, but all other victories were one-sided. Michigan State bounced Texas A&M, 48-46; Syracuse, 47-6; Penn State, 34-7; Indiana, 41-14; Notre Dame, 21-3, and Marquette, 62-13.
State, which officially becomes a football member of the Big Ten conference in 1953, now has won 24 straight games.
Georgia Tech, the nation's only other perfect-record team and host eleven in the Sugar Bowl, had 292 points; Notre Dame, which beat or tied five conference champions or co-champions this year, was third
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with 237 points, advancing three places from last week.
Oklahoma, the Big Seven conference titleholder, and Southern California, the Pacific Coast champion and Rose Bowl host, each had 214 points. The Trojans dropped down from second place after suffering their season's first setback Saturday by Notre Dame.
Wisconsin, co-champion of the Big Ten, barely edged Texas, the Southwest conference king, by one point for a place in the top 10.
Bounding out the top 10 teams in order were UCLA (158 points), Mississippi's Sugar Bowl entry (113), Tennessee's Cotton Bowl invaders (108), Alabama, bound for the Orange Bowl (52) and Wisconsin, headed for the Rose Bowl (51).
The United Press final 1952 college football ratings (with first-place votes and won-and-lost records in parentheses):
Team Point
1. Georgia State (32) (9-0) 241
2. Georgia Tech (1) (11-0) 292
3. Notre Dame (1) (7-2-1) 237
4. Tie Oklahoma (1) (8-1-1) 214
5. California (9-1) 214
6. UCLA (8-1) 158
7. Mississippi (8-0-2) 113
8. Tennessee (8-1-1) 109
9. Ohio State (8-2) 52
10. Wisconsin (6-2-1) 51
Second 10 teams: 1, Texas; 50, 12; Purdue, 18; 13, Maryland; 16, 14; Princeton, 15; 12 (tie) Ohio State and Pittsburgh, 9 each; 17, Navy, 8; 18, Duke, 6; 19 (tie) Houston and Kentucky, 4 each. Others: Pennsylvania, 3; Florida, 2;
Others: Pennsylvania, 3; Florida, 2;
Tulsa and Illinois, 1 each.
Reich, Spencer Get More Grid Honors
The Jayhawks' Gil Reich and Oliver Spencer were named to the Associated Press all-Western football- second team. Reich was named to the defensive team and Spencer to the offensive unit.
Hoag's Operation Set for Wednesday
Charlie Hoag, stellar Kansas halfback, will undergo an operation Wednesday, in the KU medical center in Kansas City, Kan., on a lacerated cartilage in his left knee, suffered during the Kansas - Kansas State football game.
Hong will leave this afternoon for the hospital. The operation is to be performed by Dr. James Weaver, chairman of the department of orthopedics at the medical center.
NCAA Approves Grid Telecasts
The committee, which concluded a two-day meeting yesterday, said that this year's program—televising of only one football game each week—had "worked satisfactorily."
New York — (L.P.)— The NCAA television committee today placed its stamp of approval on the past season's limited screening of college football games and indicated it will recommend the same control plan for 1953.
- and worked slowly.
The decision was reached, the committee explained, on the basis "of opinion surveys and on the overall reaction of the public, press and the colleges themselves."
Although the 10-man committee did not state definitely that a similar program would be followed next year, it endorsed this year's TV setup and it was believed that the same arrangement would be followed next fall.
Hurt Student Returns to K11
A University student was back at school today after suffering a gunshot wound in the jaw while hunting with a friend Thanksgiving day. Don Canady, college junior from Iola, was injured by a .22 calibre rifle shot.
University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1952
Hoag,Hantla,Leoni Make All-Big Seven
Halfback Charlie Hoag, guard Bob Hantla, and end Paul Leoni won berths on the United Press all-Big Seven first team.
Outside of these three Kansans and Nebraska's Jerry Minnick, the Big Seven roster was dominated by Sooners. Oklahoma won seven places on the first team, one for every year they have been on top of the conference.
Oliver Spencer, tackle; George Mrkonic, tackle, and Gil Reich, quarterback and defensive halfback, made the all-Big Seven second team. Galen Fiss, fullback and defensive linebacker, made the third squad.
The United Press all-Big Seven teams:
FIRST TEAM
Player, School Ht. Wt. Hometown
E. Max Boydston, Oklahoma 6-2 190 Muskogee, Okla.
E. Paul Leoni, Kansas 5-11 188 Chicago
T. Ed Rowland, Oklahoma 6-2 220 Odessa, Texas
T. Jerry Mifmanck, Nebraska 6-4 215 Cambridge, Neb.
B. Bob Hantla, Kansas 6-0 192 Meade, Kan.
G. J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma 5-10 225 Dallas, Texas
G. Tom Catlin, Oklahoma 6-1 195 Ponca City, Okla.
B. Eddie Crowder, Oklahoma 6-0 170 Muskogee, Okla.
B. Billy Vessels, Oklahoma 6-0 185 Cleveland, Okla.
B. Charlie Hoag, Kansas 6-2 188 Oak Park, Ill.
B. Buck McPhail, Oklahoma 6-1 202 Okla City, Okla.
SECOND TEAM
THIRD TEAM
SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM
Dennis Emanuel, Neb. E Keith Hinway, Ia. St.
Don Branby, Colo. E Bill Schabacker, St.
Oliver Spencer, Kans. T Ed Husmann, Neb.
George Mrkonic, Kans. T Tom O'Boyle, K-State
Jack Lordo, Missouri G Don Boll, Neb.
Bob Castle, Missouri G Dick Bowman, Okla.
Verl Scott, Neb. C Rollie Arns, Ia. State
Gil Reich, Kans. B Zack Jordan, Colo.
Veryl Switzer, K-State B Bobby Reynolds, Neb.
Jim Hook, Missouri B Galen Fiss, Kansas
Bill Rowekamp, Missouri B Ed Merrifield, Mo.
Craft Named
Blue's Boss
Harry Craft, former Cincinnati Reds outfielder, today was named manager of the Kansas City Blues, New York Yankee farm team in the American association.
Two other managers were named for minor league teams at a meeting of 82 minor league clubs in Phoenix, Ariz.
Jimmy Gleason, former Kansas City and Cincinnati outfielder, was rehired as manager of the Binghamton, N.Y., New York Yankee's farm taecam in the Eastern league.
Eddie J. Murphy, first baseman, was hired as playing manager of the Salt Lake City Bees of the Class C Pioneer league.
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