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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1952
Unpredictable Tiger Eleven To Shoot Works Saturday
Bv CHUCK MORELOCK
A hot-and-cold Missouri Tiger squad will play host to the visiting Kansas Jayhawks in the 60th clash of the Midland's oldest grid series at Columbia Saturday.
The Tigers, who have been both brilliant and sluggish throughout the 1952 season, probably will shoot the works at the Jayhawkers in an attempt to bring their season's record up to the .500 mark.
Regardless of the outcome, the Tigers will have made the experts look bad at the end of their season. Rated no better than fourth in pre-season polls, the Tigers can finish no lower than a tie for second place, even if they are defeated.
Although the Tigers were blasted by a rebounding Sooner team at Norman last week, they will have a team that is capable of exploding against the Jayhawkers. Also, the game is traditional and season's records probably will have little effect on the outcome.
A Kansas defeat combined with a Nebraska win over Oklahoma would give the league crown to the Tigers, although the Sooners will be a heavy favorite to chalk up their 7th straight championship Saturday.
Missouri has a talented backfield which is potentially one of the best in the nation. Their mainstay is halfback Jim Hook, who gave the KU defense a working over in the 1951 game at Lawrence. Hook that afternoon ran and passed from the spread formation for a total of 319 yards and figured in all four Tiger touchdowns by running for two and passing for two in Missouri's 28-41 loss.
Missouri opened its campaign by battling Maryland, 1952 Sugar Bowl champion rated one of the top teams in the nation, all the way before bowing in the last minute of play. 13-10.
Hook has shared passing duties with Tony Scardino, Kansas City sophomore who completed 23 out of 42 tosses against Oklahoma last year for a total of 365 yards. Scardino has done most of the passing from the spread, while Hook has guided the Tigers from the T slot.
The Lee's Summit senior had a rushing average of 5 yards before the Oklahoma game. In the Colorado contest two weeks ago, Hook ran 77 yards for one touchdown, passed for another, and finished with a net of 158 yards on 17 carries.
Junior Bob Schoonmaker, captain of the Tiger defensive platoon, has sparked the Missouri defense this season. Schoonmaker is rated
Their other losses were to Southern Methodist 25-6 and Oklahoma A&M 14-7. Both teams were beaten by Kansas.
The Tigers have fared much better in Big 7 competition, and before last week's 47-trouncing by Oklahoma, were in first place with a 4-0 mark. Missouri has shut out Kansas State 26-0, Iowa State 19-0, and has whipped Nebraska 10-6 and Colorado 27-7.
--the team's hardest-hitting tackler and has excellent perception of running plays.
Kansas Called 18th in AP Drops Out of UP First Twenty
Kansas dropped all the way out of the first twenty in the UP poll for the nation's football best, and moved from 19th to 18th in the AP weekly poll.
Kansas has been rated 17th in the UP poll last week. The Sooners from Oklahoma moved from sixth to fifth in both national polls. First place is still held down by mighty Michigan State, which proved its right to the top beth by its 21-3 trouncing of Notre Dame last weekend.
The UP rating:
Teens Points
1. Michigan State (29) (8-0) 338
2. Southern California (1) (8-0) 279
3. UCLA (2) (8-0) 272
Right half Bill Fessler, who made a tremendous goal line catch for the Tiger's first touchdown against KU last year, is back. Fessler was one of the conference's leading pass receivers in 1951.
Missouri has two other outstanding backs to round out its backfield. A West Point transfer, Bill Rowekamp, has carried fullback duties for the Tigers.
4. Georgia Tech (2) (9-0) ... 258
5. Oklahoma (6-1-1) ... 162
6. (Tie) Maryland (7-1) ... 128
7. Tennessee (7-1) ... 128
8. Mississippi (7-0-2) ... 94
9. Texas (7-2) ... 65
10. Notre Dame (5-2-1) ... 63
Pittsburgh, 20; 13. Michigan, 18; 14 (tie)
Alabama and Princeton, 11 each; 16. Purdue,
8; 17. Army, 6; 18. Navy, 5; 19.
Houston, 4; 20 (tie) Dukes and Kentucky
Others-Kansas, 1.
THIS STATEMENT: Points
Team Michigan State (8-0) (30) 1,168
1 Georgia Tech (9-0) (14) 1,020
2 Kentucky (7-1) (19) 911
3 Southern California (8-0) (11) 911
4 Oklahoma (6-1-1) (1) 542
5 Mississippi (7-0-2) (4) 522
6 Tennessee (7-1) (4) 496
7 Maryland (7-1) (4) 493
9 Notre Dame (5-2-1) 256
10 Texas (7-2) 242
11 Florida (8-5) (13) 56
12 Michigan (5-3) 77
13 Wisconsin (6-2) 58
14 Alabama (7-2) 53
15 Syracuse (6-2) 40
16 Pittsburgh (6-2) (1) 36
19 Princeton (7-1) 19
20 Kansas (7-1) 15
21 Houston (6-2) 9
24 Duke (7-2) 8
Wednesday-Campus Chest Day
By DON NIELSEN
Kansan Sports Editor
The Jayhawkers will meet a tough Tiger squad when they invade Columbia next Saturday to wind up the Big Seven football season.
Mathematically, Kansas will have to win to be assured of a tie for second place in the final conference standings.
Although they were trimmed 47-7 by the powerful Sooners from Oklahoma, the Tigers are still a definite threat to Jayhawk aspirations. The Sooners were up for the contest and proved their right to top spot in the Big Seven by the victory.
Kansas will be in somewhat better shape for the contest, as far as injuries are concerned. They will have regained the services of starters Galen Fiss and Harold Patterson, fullback and defensive halfback respectively.
The Tigers did demonstrate a potent attack—when they managed to get their hands on the ball. When pressed, the Tigers operate from a spread with a good deal of their yardage coming from a series of option plays sparked by halfback Jim Hook.
Still on the doubtful list for Saturday's fracas, however, are KU's stellar halfback Charlie Hoag, who has not yet recovered from his badly wrenched knee, and tackle George Mrkonic, also out with a bad knee.
Hoag's offensive sparkle was badly missed on the gridiron Saturday as the Oklahoma Aggies came within a whisker of upsetting the Jayhawks. KU's defense saved the day, however, as they stopped several scoring drives by the fired-up Cowboys. If Hoag is able to play Saturday, he will not see very much action.
Missouri Coach Don Faurot's Tigers will be in much better shape physically than the Jayhawks. During last week's clash with the highly favored Sooners, Coach Faurot started pulling his star players off the field as soon as the scoring trend was established. He was saving his key men for the KU-Mizzou game this weekend.
Whether or not KU will have a psychological advantage this Saturday is a moot point. They will have a drive due to the fact that they must win in order to show up favorably in the final standings. If Missouri wins, the Jayhawks can't possibly get anything better than fourth.
The Tigers, too, are in a favorable position to fight for their rating. They are a cinch for at least half of the second place berth, with an outside—a very outside—chance for first place.
If the Cornhuskers from Nebraska should upset the mighty Sooners a happening as unlikely as the publishing of a Democratic paper in Kansas, a Missouri win would put the Tigers on top in the Big Seven. The Tigers haven't held down that position since 1945.
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