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Quarterback Crowder Makes Powerhouse Go
Norman, Okla.—(U.P.)—Coach Bud Wilkinson has another powerhouse at the University of Oklahoma this year and the wizard who makes it go is a 20-year-old football master-mechanic named Eddie Crowder.
The sandy-haired senior is the fourth in a line of slide-rule-curate quarterbacks developed by the Oklahoma coaching staff. He follows in the footsteps of Jack Mitchell, Darrell Royal and Claude Arnold.
Wilkinson ran out of seniors last season and handed the job to "Heady Eddie" while he was still a junior. He's been developing ever since.
Crowder hit a peak against Texas last week, passing for two touchdowns and hiding the ball so well in the split-T attack that the Longhorns may still be looking for it.
Texas Coach Ed Price said Crowder "just didn't do anything wrong."
Wilkinson, speaking of the faking by Crowder and backfill Buck McPhait, put it this way: "They make their faking work because of their poise. With lots of people after you, it's hard to look lackadaisal, especially when some of them are 200-nounders."
Crowder, co-captain of the 1952 squad, is a team man. The 20-year-old six-footer doesn't particularly care who carries the ball, as long as it's in the right direction.
Evidence of this are the 17 touchdowns scored by the Sooners this year in games against Colorado, Pittsburgh and Texas. Crowder is officially credited with only one.
Teammate McPhail, on the other hand, currently sports the highest per-game rushing average in the nation-137.3 yards. That's a total of 412 vards in 54 carries.
Actually, Crowder scored the last Oklahoma touchdown of the 49-20 victory over Texas last week. But under a pile of players at the goal line, he shoved the ball into the arms of halfback Billy Vessels, who had been working like a Trojan all afternoon and up to that time, had tallied only once.
Vessels later told Wilkinson how he got the ball—and the credit.
Crowder can run and pass with the best of them, but he has exceptional ability in hiding the ball and in the lateral-pitchout, the critical points in Wilkinson's offense.
McPhail says: "I've seen a lot of quarterbacks, and of course I'm prejudiced, but I think he's the best. He's a great team man—there's just nobody like him."
Kansas Defeats A&M Harriers
The Kansas cross-country track team racked up its 19th straight victory yesterday defeating the Oklahoma A&M Harriers 13-25 on the Mt. Oread hill and dale course.
Was Santee paced the victors winning the three-mile grind in 15:14.3. His time was a course record as it is the first time that the KU team has run the route in competition. The Big Seven conference is running cross-country for the first time this year. Previously the squads ran two-mile races on the cinder track.
Santee beat A&M's Fred Eckhoff by 110 yards. Eckhoff ran the course in 15:34.
15. 34 Kansas, besides their first place by Santee, finished third, fourth and fifth to score their 13 points and also got a seventh place to act as a pusher and add on to the A&M score. The team with the low score wins.
The other finishers, times unofficial: (Only the first four from a school count in the scoring) 3. Art Dalzell, KU, 15:44.5; 4. Keith Palmquist, KU, 15:46; 5. Lloyd Koby, KU, 15:58.8; 6. Henri Geller, A&M, 16:09.3; 7. Dick Wilson, KU, 16:27; 8. Mel Mosely, A&M, 16:56.6; 9. Bill Heard, A&M, 17:13.3 and 10. Foster McQueen, A&M, 17:58.8.
Jayhawks Win 19 Lose 25 Games Against Sooners
University Daily Kansan
Saturday's contest between Kansas and Oklahoma will mark the 50th football contest between the two schools.
The Sooners lead in the series, 25 games to 19. Five ties have been played during the past 49 years of conflict.
Here is the all-time record between the schools:
| Series Scores | KU | OU |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1903 | 17 | 5 |
| 1904 | 16 | 0 |
| 1905 | 34 | 0 |
| 1906 | 20 | 4 |
| 1907 | 15 | 0 |
| 1908 | 11 | 0 |
| 1909 | 11 | 9 |
| 1910 | 2 | 0 |
| 1911 | 0 | 3 |
| 1912 | 5 | 6 |
| 1913 | 7 | 21 |
| 1914 | 16 | 16 |
| 1915 | 14 | 23 |
| 1916 | 21 | 13 |
| 1917 | 13 | 6 |
| 1918 | 0 | 33 |
| 1919 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | 9 | 21 |
| 1921 | 7 | 24 |
| 1922 | 19 | 3 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3 |
| 1924 | 20 | 0 |
| 1925 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | 10 | 9 |
| 1927 | 7 | 26 |
| 1928 | 0 | 7 |
| 1929 | 7 | 0 |
| 1930 | 13 | 0 |
| 1931 | 0 | 10 |
| 1932 | 6 | 21 |
| 1933 | 0 | 20 |
| 1934 | 7 | 7 |
| 1935 | 7 | 0 |
| 1936 | 0 | 14 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3 |
| 1938 | 0 | 19 |
| 1939 | 7 | 27 |
| 1940 | 0 | 13 |
| 1941 | 0 | 38 |
| 1942 | 0 | 25 |
| 1943 | 13 | 26 |
| 1944 | 0 | 20 |
Friday, Oct. 17, 1952 University Daily Kansan a
1945 ... 7 39 1950 13 33
1946 ... 16 13 1951 21 33
1947 ... 13 13 450 705
1948 ... 7 60 Won 19 25
1949 ... 26 48 Tied 5
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