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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 7, 1952
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LINEBACKER DELUXE—Merlin Gish is one player the opposition doesn't make much yardage over. His savage tackling and play analysis savvy has marked him as one of the great linebackers in the Big Seven. Gish makes more than his share of the tackles in a game.
Nebraska Won 8 of 10 Homecoming Contests
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Kansas' homecoming activities have been spoiled 8 out of 10 time since 1930 by Nebraska's football teams.
Of the 10 homecoming won only in 1944 and $ 194^{8} $
The 1930 game was an indication of things to come as the Cornhuskers shutout a powerful Jay Hawk squand, 16-0. The 1930 team, led by the great Jim Bausch, lost only one other game that year.
But the Cornhuskers had too much for Kansas and took advantage of two Jayhawk fumbles to run up a 14-0 halftime lead. Nebraska scored again on a field goal in the last quarter and wrecked all KU offensive plans to win before 21,000 fans
George Sauer, who 15 years later was coach of the Orange bowl-bound Kansas team, starred for Nebraska in the 1932 contest. Sauer intercepted a Jayhawk pass in the third quarter to help lead the Cornhuskers to a 20-6 win. Nebraska scored the clinching touchdown in the last quarter when Staaab, a 144-pound fullback, raced around right end to score.
A crowd of 17,000 watched the two teams fight it out on a mud-soaked field in the 1934 game and must have paid little attention when a substitute back named Virgil Yelkin entered the game for Nebraska late in the last quarter. But Yelkin broke up a defensive struggle with a 14-yard field goal and Nebraska won, 3-0.
The 1936 Nebraska team scored four touchdowns in the first half then let reserves take over in the second to shutout Kansas, 26-0.
The contest was described as a "warmup" for the Cornhuskers who were one of the nation's top teams that year. All-American San Francisco scored the first touchdown and set up two others to lead Nebraska to the victory.
Jayhawker fans almost witnessed a great upset in 1938, but had to settle for a moral victory as the Cornhuskers won again, 16-7. Kansas took a 7-1 lead in the last quarter, but Nebraska roared back to score a touchdown and field goal to crush KU hopes once more.
Oklahoma was the homecoming opponent in 1440 and although they won, they could not have spoiled the day as badly as the Nebraska team would have. The following year the Cornhuskers scored in every quarter to swamp Kansas, 53-2.
A sophomore halfback named Ray Evans scored for Kansas in the
Evans passed to Gene Roberts for the KU touchdown in the fourth quarter and passed to Otto Schnellbacher, a sophomore end, minutes later. Schnellbacher got to the Nebraska 5-yard line, but a fumble on the next play killed the threat and Nebraska went on to win.
1942 contest and almost led the Jayhawks to an upset win, but the jinx held up and Nebraska won, 14-7.
All-conference halfback Charles Moffett scored two touchdowns to spark the Jayhawks to a 20-0 win in 1944 to end the losing streak. Both teams were weakened by service calls and had to rely upon naval trainees and 4-Fs.
A record-breaking crowd of 33-000 in 1946 saw the Cornhuskers resume their winning ways by edging Kansas, 16-14. Nebraska took a 6-0 halftime lead then saw the Jayhawks score half a half. A fourth quarter field goal clinched the game for the winners.
The Kansas ground attack sputtered all afternoon and wound up with only 100 yards net rushing. But the Cornhuskers could not stop Gilman's passing and went down to their second straight defeat in Memorial stadium.
Dick Gilman threw three touchdown passes to lead the Jayhawks to a 27-7 win before 36,500 in 1948.
Halfback Boby Reynolds and quarterback Fran Nagle glittered in the 1950 offensive show won by the Cornhuskers, 33-26, but it took a 56-yard touchdown run by a substitute guard to sew up the game for Nebraska.
Jayhawker Trackmen Hold Unbeatable Big 7 Record
Facing a record that can be tied, but never broken, Kansas Track Coach Bill Easton will send three track squads out in an attempt to duplicate last year's fete of winning the conference 2-mile, indoor, and outdoor track championships.
The 1951-52 Kansas teams were the first to do this in the history of the old Missouri Valley conference, the old Big Six conference, or the present Big Seven.
Despite losses through graduation this year's squares are still in serious competition for all three crowns.
The KU cross-country team this year has taken the shift from 2-mile cinder races to 3-mile hill-and-dale jaunts in stride as they have romped to three straight dual meet wins thus far, running their consecutive string to 21.
Santee has taken all the meets this year and has been followed closely by Art Dalzell, Lloyd Kirby, Keith Malphquist, and Dick Wilson.
The Jayhawkers lost only one of last year's team members through graduation, but that was conference champion and record holder Herb Semper. Semper set the two-mile record at 9:14.9 last year as the Kansas team went to its fifth straight Big Seven title.
The long-distance harriers will meet the Oklahoma five tomorrow before the game and will host the Big Seven conference meet next Saturday preceding the Oklahoma A&M football game.
But Semper's loss wasn't the only one to this year's club. The 1952 crew has toiled all fall, and will continue to do so, without the aid of its captain, Norm Bitner, who is out with an injured leg. Despite the loss, NCAA 5,000 meter champion Wes Santee and his mates have continued sweeping all competition aside.
A team described by Easton as "the greatest Kansas team I have ever coached and probably one of the best in Jayhawker history," piled up 44 3-4 points to take the
With KU behind 20-19 and marching for another touchdown, quarterback Chet Strehlow faded back to pass. Guard Rex Roy and end Bill Maxe hit Strehlow, the ball popped out of his hands, and Hoy grabbed it in mid-air and raced 56 yards to score.
WES SANTEE
1952 version of the Big Seven indoor meet last March in Kansas City.
The Jayhawkers will have quite a chore repeating these victories, but a good-sized squad working out now thinks it can do it.
Kansas didn't get many firsts in either the indoor or outdoor meet, but packed a lot of seconds, thirds, and fourths to take the titles. This
season's squads are expected to be about as balanced as last year's.
Coach Easton will have quite a few men to pick from those who are working out now and those who might still come out. Five boys are currently being considered in the sprints. They are Don Hess, Frank Cindrich, Rex Sullivan, Dick McGlinn and Wally Beck. Hess placed in the indoor meet last year as a freshman.
Quarter milers are John Reiderer, captain this year, Don Smith, Cindrich, Bill Hawkey, Jay Hardy, and Frank Rodkey. Dalzell, Santee, Wilson, and Koby of the cross-country team are expected to carry much of the load in the half and mile runs, but Bitner, Palmquist, and Wilson will probably work the mile.
Easton will have Don Woodson, Bill Biberstein, and Adolph Mueller running the high hurdles with Don, Smith joining the trio in the lows.
Doubling in the high jump and broad jump may well be Lymon Frasier, Bob Smith, and Kermit Hollingsworth. The shot put will have a capable quartet in Merlin Gish, Galen Fiss, Dick Knowles, and Marvin Kninett.
Jayhawker 1951-52 Basketball Record
Kansas 57, Baylor 46
Kansas 84, Denver 53
Kansas 65, Creighton 47
Kansas 74, SMU 54
Kansas 58, SMU 57
Kansas 68, Rice 48
Kansas 76, So. California 45
Kansas 76, Colorado 56
Kansas 90, K-State (ot) 88
Kansas 71, Oklahoma 48
Kansas 60, Missouri 69
Kansas 60, Nebraska 66
Kansas 64, K-State 81
Kansas 45, Okla. A&M 49
Kansas 86, Okla. State 68
Kansas 90, Nebraska 52
Kansas 66, Okla. A&M 46
Kansas 55, Missouri 54
Kansas 74, Oklahoma 55
Kansas 74, K-State 54
Kansas 72, Colorado 55
NCAA PLAYOFFS
NCAA PLAYOFFS
Kansas 68, TCU 61
Kansas 74, St. Louis 65
Kansas 74, Santa Clara 63
Kansas 80, St. John's 65
U. S. OLYMPIC PLAYOFFS
Kansas 92, Springfield 63
Kansas 70, La Salle 63
Kansas 60, Peoria 62
conference record: Won-11, Lost-1,
Complete Collegiate record; Won-28,
Loss-28
Overall Season record: Won—28,
Lost—3.
"Hi Bill! Long Time No See."
Many such greetings will be heard when old friends meet again at Homecoming time.
Be wise--like the oldtimers deposit your money in
Lawrence National Bank
Phone 70
"Since 1865"
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