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By BOB NELSON
Kansan Sports Writer
One of the oldest grid rivalries in the nation will be resumed Saturday when Jules V. Sikes' Kansas Jayhawkers tangle with the highly regarded Missouri Tigers at Memorial stadium, Columbia, Mo.
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Saturday's game will be the 61st renewal of football relations between Kansas and Missouri. This long series dates back to 1891 and has been played as a choice gridiron attraction every year with the exception of 1918, a season interrupted by World War I.
The Kansas-Missouri battles have annually ranked among the nation's most important college football games down through the years. This year's homecoming clash is expected to draw a near capacity crowd of some 40,000 and is a far cry from the school's first meeting back in 1891.
The initial KU-MU clash in 1891 was witnessed by 500 persons in Kansas City's old Exposition park. The contest netted the Athletic fund $150. This year's game will probably gross about $100,000.
Kansas won in 1891, 22-8. The KU-MU series is the longest in Jayhawker history. Only Nebraska's skein is a close second. Kansas started its series with the Cornhuskers in 1892.
In the 60 years of football feuding with Missouri, Kansas has come out on the long end of the won and lost record. The Jayhawkers have won 28, Missouri own 25 victories and seven games have ended in ties.
Not only close in games won and lost, the long series is also surprisingly even from a standpoint of total points scored. Kansas has scored 687. Missouri has netted 655.
A majority of the games have produced close scores. The largest margin of victory was the 39-point spread in 1841 when Missouri won, 45-6. The widest Kansas victory edge was 32-0 in 1930.
Since 1940, the games have been high scoring affairs with the winner scoring 20 or more points in every contest except for KU's 7-6 win in 1943.
The Jayhawkers' 41-28 victory here last year was the biggest total score in the long 60-game string. The 10 touchdown offensive show produced 69 points.
Kansas has been able to win only one game since Coach Sikes took over the Jayhawker football fortunes in 1948. And KU has been able to mark up only four wins as compared to Missouri's eight victories since 1940.
The 1946 and '47 Jayhawker victories over Missouri rank among the
The effects of such a sound trouncing and physical mauling by OU may take its toll on the Tigers, but it also could well inspire Faurot's team to an even higher level against Kansas Saturday.
greatest wins in Kansas gridiron history.
Missouri will enter Saturday's contest on the heels of a conference title determining 47-7 trouncing suffered Saturday to Oklahoma at Norman. The Tigers own a highly respectable 4-5 won and lost record
Although Kansas will likely enter this year's Missouri clash a slight favorite, KU-MU games have frequently gone to the underdog. In 1950, a favored KU club suffered a 20-6 defeat at Columbia in a 17-degree blizzard.
In 1946, Kansas won a 20-19 contest at Columbia with the help of Ray Evans' great all around performance, an individual show that Coach Don Faurot termed the greatest ever turned in on the Tigers' home turf.
In 1947, all-American halftack Evans paced Kansas to a thrilling 20-14 victory over Missouri here. Fullback Forrest Griffith plunged over from the two-yard line with 65 seconds remaining in the game to gain for KU an Orange bowl match with Georgia Tech. Griffith's key carry climaxed a 94-yard-do-or-die drive.
Reports from Norman indicate Faurout was quick to get his regulars out of the rough activity as soon as Oklahoma rolled up a three-touch-down edge, thus saving his key Tigers for battle against the Jayhawkers. Such action would indicate the Tigermen were thinking ahead to the all-important "must" game with Kansas.
By upending Kansas, Missouri would finish its season with a 5-5 record. This mark would be an impressive improvement over last year's 2-8 record (1-5 in Big Seven play). Sideline quarterbacks say Faurot has turned in one of the best coaching jobs of his long and colorful career with rather limited manpower.
In Big Seven play, the Tigers are in second place with a 4-1 record. Kansas enters the MU game with an overall 7-2 season record. The Jayhawkers currently trail third place Nebraska (3-1-1) with a 3-2 mark
Thursday, Nov. 20, 1952 University Daily Kansan
TIGER HALFBACK—Jim Hook, a sharp passer and runner will be one of the major threats the Missourians will throw at the Jayhawks Saturday in Columbia. Hook operates well from the Split-T or from a series of spread formation option plays. Through the first nine games Hook ranks third in Big Seven rushing with 661 yards.
A setback for Coach Sikes' club would likely leave Kansas in a fourth place tie with Colorado. Kansas would have a 3-3 mark as compared to the Buffs' 2-2-2 record.
With Kansas and Missouri both owning unpredictable spasmodic offenses and better than average defenses, anything is likely to happen Saturday and probably will before the final gun ends another grid season for both teams.
in conference competition. Nebraska plays league leading Oklahoma at Norman Saturday.
Missouri is already assured of at least a second place tie—regardless of Saturday's outcome. Kansas must defeat Missouri to finish in a second place deadlock with the Tigers with 4-2 records.
TWIST THE TIGER'S TAIL
Basketball Practice Schedule Announced
With the intramural basketball season opening soon, Walter Mikols, director of men's intramurals, has announced the hours during which the intramural basketball courts will be open for practice.
Robinson annex will be open from 2 until 6 p.m. and from 7 until 9 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On Tuesday and Thursday, it will be open from 1 until 6 p.m. and from 7 until 9 p.m. Because of freshman basketball practice, Robinson gymnasium won't be open until 8:30 p.m.
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"That's all very well going up Mt. Oread, Reginald, but how will your fares like it going down?"
Cold Weather Doesn't Stop Pregame Drills
A 35-man Kansas football traveling squad will leave here tomorrow morning for Columbia to clash with Missouri university in that school's homecoming.
The usual Wednesday offensive scrimmage was omitted. Missouri-type plays from the spread formation were run against the varsity.
A freezing wind which swept the
mountains and killed a farmer in
heather, Kehinde's prairie, Plants.
Chill winds cut short the Jaw-
hawkers' practice session yesterday in a final workout before the Saturday battle.
Manhittan — (U.P.) The Kansas State Wildcats appeared determined today to get out of the Big Seven cellar for the first time since 1942 by whipping Iowa State here Saturday.
In fact, Coach Bill Meek defied the cold breeze by having his passers go through a long throwing drill under full scrimmage conditions.
Tiger chances for a win over Kansas Saturday appeared better than Monday when a third of the team had been hobbled by injuries suffered in the bruising Oklahoma defeat last week.
Columbia, Mo. — (U.R.)—Coach Don Faurot saw a brighter outlook for Missouri today after yesterday's spirited offensive and defensive workout.
Last night, halftacks Bill Rowekamp and Buddy Makin turned in good running performances and looked in shape for Saturday's homecoming contest.
Quarterback Tony Scardino readied for a passing duel with Kansas quarterback Jerry Robertson by throwing from the spread and the split-T. Robertson and Scardino stand one-two in conference passing yardage.
Don't Miss the Student Union CARNIVAL
Friday, Nov. 21
at the
MILITARY SCIENCE BLDG.
8-12 p.m.
Harlan Livingoad's Orch.