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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Dec. 1, 1952
Browns, Lions, Rams Lead Pro Conferences
New York—(U.P.)—The Cleveland Brown's, always at their best in December, held undisputed first place in the National Football league's American conference today, while the champion Los Angeles Rams deadlocked the Detroit Lions for the top spot in the National conference.
Cleveland broke out of a three-way tie with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles yesterday by whipping the Washington Redskins, 48-24, as its two close rivals lost.
Detroit took a half-game lead by downing the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving day but now shares the top rung with the Rams, who beat the San Francisco Forty-Niners, 34-21, yesterday for their sixth straight triumph.
The Browns owed the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals a vote of thanks as they closed in on their seventh division title in as many years. Pittsburgh provided yesterday's biggest surprise by walloping New York, 63-7, while the Cardinals unset the Eagles, 28-22.
Los Angeles and Detroit lead the runner-up Forty-Niners and Packers by one game and Cleveland leads the Giants and Eagles by the same margin. Each team has two more regular season contests.
Pittsburgh ran up the highest score in its history while handing New York its worst defeat in 28 seasons. It was the second largest victory margin posted in the league's 33 regular seasons. The most one-sided regular game was Philadelphia's triumph over Cincinnati in 1934 and the biggest title game margin was the Chicago Bears' 73-0 victory over Washington in 1940.
New York was a seven-point favorite but was beaten before it ever got its hands on the ball.
Steeler halfback Lynn Chadnois ran the opening kickoff 19 yards for a touchdown and quarterback Jim Finks zoomed the score with two-touchdown passes to end Dick Hensley and one each to end Elbie Nickel and halfback Ray Mathews. The Steelers intercepted seven Giant passes.
Eddie Lebaron threw touchdown passes to Hugh Taylor and Harry Gilmer to give Washington a 14-0 lead. Then Cleveland's old pros started to roll.
Otto Graham throw scoring passes to end Mac Speedie and halfback Dub Jones and plunged for two other touchdowns. End Dante Laverli made two brilliant catches to set up a short touchdown toss to himself from Jones and Graham's second TD as the Browns cruised into December—a month in which they have lost only once in 71 starts.
The passing of Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklun, the receiving of ends Tom Fears and Elroy Hirsch and the running of Dan Towler, Vitamin Smith and Tank Younger gave Los Angeles its second straight victory over San Francisco. Towler ran for two touchdowns and Smith also ran for one after scoring the first Ram TD on a pass from Van Brocklin.
Pacific Coast League Wants Major Baseball Standing
Ollie Matson scored on a 79-yard kickoff return and on a 13-yard end sweep to keep the Cardinals ahead of Philadelphia.
Phoenix, Ariz.—U.P.—The first "protective" player draft in big league baseball history begins today and its outcome may determine whether there will be another major circuit in the foreseeable future
As usual, major league teams will make player selections from the minor leagues to buy for a barranguee. The team may develop into a $100,000, asset.
But what is different about this manpower lottery, is that the Pacific coast league is largely excluded from if by the protective open classification status it was given a year ago. Clarence (Pants) Rowland presides over all the matches and hopes that "we won't lose any of our players to the maiors."
"This is the first big test for us in our long standing efforts to build up to major league status," Mr. Rowland said. "We have 126 players on our draft list who have signed a contract which forbids their selection by a major league team. In other words we have that many players with faith in our future who want to stick it out and see if we can't make the grade as a major league circuit."
If the "protective" draft works
out satisfactorily, both the American association and International league will petition for similar arrangements in the near future. However, since most of the clubs in those leagues have major league affiliation, players are expected to be reluctant to sign draft pledges. It will prevent them from moving up if they are needed.
Leslie M. O'Connor, chief counsel for the coast league who drafted much of the long range plan for big league status, was not as optimistic as Rowland about the circuit being spared from the draft.
"I think that we're bound to lose some players, particularly from Hollywood, where they have some pretty good major league prospects," he said. "And the fact that it will cost $15,000 instead of $10,000 to draft a player from our league certainly won't hold anybody up if they really want the guy."
Michigan State Takes Unofficial Football Crown
New York—(U.R.)-Except for the bowl "glamour games" on New Year's day, the 1952 football season was all wrapped up for the record books today with Michigan State the apparent national champion and Georgia Tech the only other major perfect-record team.
The mighty Spartans of M-State were just about assured of their title by the final seasonal effort of Notre Dame, which certainly must be called the "spoiler champion" of 1952.
The spoiler Irish finished their season on a high note by upsetting Southern California, 9-0, to wreck the Trojan's perfect record and eliminate them as the chief threat to Michigan State for the mythical national title. The stunning upset succeeded in stealing the final Saturday spotlight from Navy's 7-0 win over Army in the annual service classic.
Certainly the Irish, who wind up with a 7-2-1 record, boast an unusual distinction—they met five teams that won conference championships, beat four of them (Texas of the Southwest, Purdue of the Big Ten, Oklahoma of the Big Seven, and Southern Cal of the Pacific Coast) and tied the other (Penn of the Ivy).
Southern Cal Coach Jess Hill was talking today about the "sucker shift" the Irish used against his Trojans on Saturday. With a first down on the Trojan nine yard line, the Irish went into a strange shift that lured the Southern Cal line into an offensive. That set up the game's only touchdown by Johnny Lattner.
"The play is designed solely to draw the defense off side," charged Hill. "And I note they have never tried the shift farther back than the opponents' 10 yard line. It's a violation, not of the rule, but of the spirit of the game."
Navy's third straight win over Army was the tough battle the classic always is. A crowd of 102,000 in Philadelphia saw the Navy score the game's only touchdown on a 66-yard drive in the first quarter with Phil Monahan plunging one yard into the end zone.
Georgia Tech completed its first perfect season in 24 years with a 3-9 triumph over Georgia. The Engineers have the best perfect record in the nation, 11-0, but three ace backs — Leon Hardeman, Dick Pretz, and Bily Teas—were injured Saturday and may miss the Sugar Bowl game against Mississippi.
Mississippi wound up its season with a 20-14 triumph over Mississippi State with Harol (CQ) Lofton scoring the winning touchdown on a 77-yard gallop. Other games featuring bowl-bound teams saw Tula (Gator Bowl) nick Texas Tech, 26-20, and Alabama (Orange Bowl) trounce Auburn, 21-0.
Other important games Saturday saw Holy Cross score twice in the fourth quarter to beat Boston Col-
Charlie Hoag Plans Knee Operation; May Not See Action Till February
Charlie Hoag, all-Conference halfback in the recent Associated Press Big Seven team, will undergo surgery on his knee this week to remedy a football injury. The operation will keep the senior all-sport star out of basketball until at least the first of February.
Dr. Alexander Mitchell, KU team physician, said that Hoag has a cartilage laceration and an operation will be necessary before further athletic competition is possible.
One other footballer was declared out of basketball drills for some weeks, Gil Reich, the versatile offensive and defensive man, must keep a broken finger in a traction splint for at least two more weeks and then won't be able to practice for some weeks more.
Hoag saw a specialist in Kansas City early last week, and that doctor said that the operation should be performed. Dr. Mitchell listed "about the first of February" as the tentative date for Hoag's availability.
transfer Harold Patterson, wasn't working hard because of a football injury, but two sophomores, John and Bob Forsyth, were drilling, hard.
Patterson is expected to be able to see full service sometime this week.
Hoag last year was the vital "sixth man" in the Jayhawker's drive to court supremacy. He impressed observers at the NCAA finals in Seattle and was a member of the U.S. Olympic squad that won the world's championship in Helsinki.
On the brighter side of the basketball picture, however, was the appearance of three football squadmen on the basketball court last week. One of them, junior college-
Although the Oak Park, Ill., flash missed the last three games of the football campaign this season, he still was named to the all-conference
But despite the disheartening news of the footballers, basketball coach Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen was not pessimistic over his club's chances for this season.
He indicated he was sorry that the boys were not in good shape, but said they will do the best they can and will be a fighting outfit.
The Kansans open the season on Dec. 11 against Tulane at New Orleans.
Gil Reich Makes 'Look' First String
GIL REICH Kansas defensive halfback
As the season for naming all-American players came around, three Kansas footballers, Gil Reich, Oliver Spencer, and Charlie Hoag,
Intramural Deadline Friday
lege, 21-7; Fordham crush NYU, 45-0; Wake Forest trounce South Carolina, 39-14; Virginia shade William and Mary, 20-13; Tennessee bury Vanderbilt, 46-0; Louisiana State down Tulane, 16-0; SMU down TCU, 14-7; and Oklahoma trounce the Oklahoma Aggies, 54-7.
Men's intramural basketball and bowling will begin Dec. 8, Walter Mikols, assistant professor of physical education, said today. Deadline for all entries will be 5 p.m. Friday. A meeting of all intramural basketball and bowling managers will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in 204 Robinson.
These are the major conference champions: Ivy — Pennsylvania; Pacific Coast—Southern California; Southeastern—Georgia Tech; Southern—Duke; Southwest —Texas; Big Ten—Wisconsin and Purdue; Big Seven—Oklahoma; Missouri Valley—Houston; Border—Temple, Arizona State; and Skyline-Uttah.
came into national prominence.
Reich, 187 pound quarterback and defensive halfback, was named to the Look magazine first string defensive all-American team. He also was named to the Associated Press all-Midwest football second string defensive team.
Oliver Spencer, 223 pound tackle and co-captain of the Jayhawkers, was named to the all-Midwest second string offensive team. Spencer previously was named to the NEA first team all-American selections.
Charlie Hong, 188 pound left halfback and co-captain of the football team, was given honorable mention in the Associated Press popularity poll. Hoag also was mentioned in the NEA poll.
Hoag was kept from making a greater name for himself by injuries which kept him out of the last three games of Kansas' season. He was on the verge of setting records in rushing, pass receiving, and scoring, when a badly wrenched knee kept him out of further action.
Reich played in 1951-52 for the Cadets from, West Point and transferred to Kansas for his senior year. His quarterbacking in the tight spots and his sterling defensive play both on rushing and pass defense put him up for the all-American nomination. Reich also came in to kick one conversion to add to his four touchowns and bring his scoring total to 25 for the season.
Spencer holds the same spot on the AP all-American team this year as he did last. He won his slot on the basis of hard rushing and good downfield blocking.
Other Big Seven representatives on the Look all-American team were Tom Catlin, Oklahoma, first string offensive center, and Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, first string offensive back.
OFFENSIVE
END—Bernie Flowers, Purdue
END—Tom Stolhsandke, Texas
TACKLE—Kline Gilbert, Miss.
TACKLE—Hal Miller, Ga. Tech.
GUARD—Elmer Willhoite, USC
GUARD—John Michels, Tenn.
CENTER—Tom Catlin, Oklahoma
BACK—Jack Scarbath, Maryland
BACK—Billy Vessels, Okla.
BACK—Gene Flipski, Villanova
BACK—Paul Giel, Minnesota
END—Frank McPhee, Princeton
END—Don Voss, Wisconsin
TACKLE—Dick Modzelewski, Md.
TACKLE—Eldred Kraemer, Pitt.
GUARD—Frank Kush, Mich. St.
GUARD—Harley Sewell, Texas
BACKER-UP-Donn Moawm,
DEFENSIVE
BACKER-UP—George Morris, Ga.
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HALFBACK—John Lattner, Notre
HALFBACK- Gil Reich, Kansas
SAFETY-Jim Sears, USC
Final League Standings
Team W L T P T PF OP
Oklahoma 8 8 1.50 850 247 110
Colorado 6 3 2.70 700 214 110
Nebraska 6 2 2.70 700 245 158
Missouri 5 4 1.50 550 123 185
Kansas State 5 5 0 823 158 191
Kansas State 1 9 0.10 120 181 255
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
BIG SEVEN CONFERENCE ALL GAMES PLAYED
| | W L T | W L T | W L T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Texas | 6 0 0 | 8 2 0 | 8 2 0 |
| Rice | 4 2 0 | 3 5 0 | 4 5 0 |
| SMU | 3 2 0 | 4 1 0 | 4 1 0 |
| TCU | 2 2 2 | 4 4 2 | 4 4 2 |
| Baylor | 1 3 2 | 4 4 2 | 4 4 2 |
| Texas A&M | 1 2 1 | 4 4 2 | 4 4 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 5 0 | 2 8 0 | 8 2 0 |
MISSOURI VALLEY
Val. All Gms.
W L W L T
Houston 3 0 7 2 0
Tulsa 3 1 8 6
*Okla, A&M 2 2 3 7 0
*Detroit 1 3 3 6 0
*Wicita 0 3 3 6 1
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PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE
| | W.L.T. | A.I.W. | W.T. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| USC | 6 0 0 | 9 1 0 | 9 |
| UCLA | 5 1 0 | 8 1 0 | 8 |
| Washington | 3 2 0 | 8 1 0 | 7 |
| California | 3 2 0 | 7 3 0 | 6 |
| Wash. State | 3 4 0 | 4 6 0 | 5 |
| Stanford | 2 5 0 | 5 5 0 | 5 |
| Oregon | 2 5 0 | 2 7 1 | 1 |
| Idaho | 2 5 0 | 4 7 1 | 1 |
| Oregon State | 1 6 0 | 2 7 0 | 1 |
SKYLINE CONFERENCE
| | LEAGUE | W L | W L T |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Utah | 5 | 0 | 6 3 1 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 6 2 0 |
| Colorado A&M | 5 | 2 | 6 4 0 |
| Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 5 3 0 |
| Utah State | 3 | 3 | 3 6 0 |
| Michigan Young | 3 | 4 | 4 6 1 |
| Montana | 1 | 5 | 2 7 1 |
| Denver | 0 | 7 | 3 7 0 |
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Team W L T A W L T
Georgia Tech 6 0 0 11 0 0
*Tennessee 5 0 1 8 1 1
*Mississippi 4 0 2 8 1 2
Alabama 4 0 2 8 1 2
Georgia 4 3 0 6 4 0
Mississippi State 3 4 0 5 4 0
Florida 2 3 0 6 3 0
Kentucky 1 2 3 0 5 2
Tulane 3 5 0 5 5 0
LSU 2 5 0 3 7 0
*Vanderbilt 1 4 1 3 5 2
UConn 1 4 1 3 5 2
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