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BY DON NIELSEN
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Contrary to what seems to be the popular habit among sportswriters of every magnitude, we're not going to stick our necks out and predict anything about Saturday's game except that it will be one heluva ball game.
Neither Oklahoma nor Kansas needs to be built up for the game; everybody seems to know by now that the contest is by far the most important game in the Big Seven this weekend—and, as far as that goes, probably the most important game in the conference this season.
The winner of Saturday's contest will be sitting pretty as far as conference statistics are concerned. If Kansas wins, it will have put the biggest game of the season's schedule under its belt.
The only remaining conference games for the Jayhawkers will be with Kansas State, currently sharing the cellar with Iowa State; Missouri, which may have something in the way of football this year, but not enough, and Nebraska, which, although tied for the Big Seven lead has not met any of the tough teams in the conference yet.
The Sooners, however, will be in a little less desirable position because of the blemish on their conference record. Although they, too, will be over the hump as far as the tough teams in the conference go, the tie scored against them by Colorado could spell the difference. If they should get upset after beating Kansas it will mean the end of their conference hopes. If Kansas gets upset after beating Oklahoma, the Jav Hawkers still will be ahead.
— BEAT OU —
Morris Kay, stellar Jayhawker end, who is recuperating from a recent attack of polio, will undoubtedly miss the rest of the season. However, it is likely that, in spite of the fact that he played in three games this season, he will be eligible for two more years.
This will only be true as long as his complete recovery is forthcoming. But if Kay is in shape next year, he should be able to play for two full seasons, minus three games.
The ruling on this situation is still somewhat vague. Kay played in two non-conference games and one conference game. If he plays next year he may be expected to be ineligible for the same number of games he played in this year, probably again two non-conference games and one conference game.
Kay played against Colorado this year, so if he misses a conference tilt next year it probably will be against the Buffs.
The case has a precedent in that the same situation arose at Texas Christian last year. Fullback Mal Fowler was hurt during the first game in 1950 against Kansas, and was forced to drop out for the rest of the season. League officials ruled that he would be eligible to play a year of football replacing the lost one provided that he omit the game with Kansas in 1953.
In any case, we need Kay back in the Jayhawker line, and the longer we can keep him there the better for Kansas football. BEATOU-
— BEAT OU —
Injuries should not be too much of a handicap Saturday, since nearly the whole Jayhawk squad will be in "fighting shape." The Jayhawks may have to do without the services of Warren Woody at center, as a result of a knee injury, but either John Anderson or Merlin Gish should prove capable replacements at the center post should their services be required. Mentally, Kansas is right.
The only other injury serious enough to affect the Jayhawkers is that of fullback Frank Sabatini. He also has a knee injury which may slow him down, but he will be ready to go against Oklahoma in all probability.
UP Picks OU To Beat Kansas By Seven Points
New York —(U.P.)— Oklahoma's once-tied Sooners were listed as seven-point favorites today to whip Kansas unbeaten Jayhawkers in the only meeting of Top 10 college football teams scheduled this Saturday.
Kansas is the only team ranked in the top 10 that the oddsmakers cast as underdog, but they foresee plenty of trouble for Purdue (No. 9) against Notre Dame and UCLA (No. 10). Against Stanford, Purdue and UCLA each are favored, but only by six points.
urthday.
This battle at Lawrence is likely to decide the Big Seven championship, and it also matches the teams ranked fifth and sixth in the nation by the United Press Board of Boaches. After being held to an opening tie by Colorado, the Sooners came back to earn that fifth ranking by crushing Pitt and Texas, while Kansas has downed four rivals, including Colorado (by a 21-12 score).
only by six Michigan State, the nation's No. 1 team for the fourth straight week, is chosen by a comfortable 20 points over Syracuse. California (No. 2) is rated 26 points over Santa Clara, Maryland (No. 3) 13 points over Navy, Georgia Tech (No. 4) 20 over Auburn, Southern California (No. 7), 13 over Oregon State, and Duke is a prohibitive choice over North Carolina State.
University Daily Kansan
The oddsmakers predict that the nation's television viewers will see a close ball game this week. In the contest at New Haven, Comm., they rated Yale, which has won three out of four, seven points over Cornell, winless in three tries. For those who like comparative scores, Navy beat Yale 31-0 and beat Cornell 31-7.
Here are point-spreads on the other major games this weekend:
Intersectional—William and Mary one point over Boston university; Penn State 13 over Nebraska; Indiana 14 over Temple; Marquette 14 over Arizona and Ohio State 14 over Washington State.
Over Washington
East-Villanova 14 over Boston college (Friday night); Pitt 1 over Army; Harvard 7 over Colgate; Dartmouth 14 over Rutgers, and Penn 14 over Columbia.
Southwest—SMU 6 over Rice; TCU 7 over Texas A&M; Texas 7 over Arkansas; Baylor 14 over Texas Tech.
Midwest and midlands—Missouri
3 over Oklahoma A&M; Michigan
7 over Northwestern; Detroit 13
over Drake; Miami (Ohio) 13 over
Wichita; Illinois 14 over Minnesota;
Tulsa 14 over Kansas State;
Colorado 14 over Iowa State;
Wisconsin 20 over Iowa, and Xavier
(Ohio) 19 over Louisville.
Far West and Rockies—College of Pacific 6 over San Jose State; Utah State over Fresno State; Washington 13 over Oregon; Utah 13 over Denver, and Wyoming 21 over New Mexico.
Kansas Runs A&M Today
Kansas will meet the Oklahoma A&M cross-country team today in a non-conference dual meet at 4 p.m. which begins and ends in Memorial stadium.
The Jayhawkers will be seeking their 20th straight victory in this first meet of the season. The Aggies have one victory under their belt as they beat Texas A&M.
Kansas is favored to take the state-country championship in the Big Seven for the sixth time in six years.
This is the first year that the Big Seven conference has run a three mile cross-country race. In previous years the distance was two miles.
Kansas will feature the running of Wes Santee, Art Dallzell, Keith Palmquist, Lloyd Koby, and Dick Wilson. Oklahoma A&M will be led by Fredrik Eckhoff who has run three miles on the flat in 14:59 this year.
Still Going Strong!
Record of
John Standley's
"IT'S IN THE BOOK"
on "45"
Thursday, Oct. 16, 1952
Sig Eps, Betas, Phi Delts Win in IM Competition
By CHUCK MORELOCK Kansan Sports Writer
925 Mass.
Phi Gam scored its first touchdown on Jim Pott's 20 yard pass to Carl Schutz in the first quarter. The contest settled down into a defensive duel after the tally and the halftime score was 6-0.
The winners picked up another touchdown in the third quarter when Wally Beck raced 20 yards after grabbing a pass from Potts. Potts iced the game in the final quarter by hitting Beck again in the endzone.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, and Phi Gamma Delta scored victories in Fraternity B league competition Wednesday, and Phi Gamma Delta won the only encounter played in the A league.
The powerful Phi Gam squirtout a battling Alpha KappaLambda team, 18-0 in the lone Fraternity A clash.
the chinners
Linemen Dick Penfold and Ben Dalton and linebacker John Shields sparkled to throttle the AKL offense. The losers pulled the longest play of the game when Lyle Jenkins intercepted a pass on his 1-yard line and raced to the Phi Gam 15-yard line. AKL shoved over a TD in the first half which was nullified since the whistle had blown before the score was made.
Beta Theta Pi combined Curt Nettelts' passing with a stout defense to whitewash Kappa Sigma, 20-0.
The Betas struck quickly in the opening quarter to go into a 7-0 lead. After Nettels passed to Harold Greenleaf for 25 yards to the Kappa Sig 1-yard line, Bob Reed grabbed a short toss from Nettels to score the first touchdown.
Both teams went scoreless in the second period but the winners boosted the count to 20-0 with two touchdowns in the third. Nettels hit Innes Phillips with a ten yard flip and passed to John Elvig for 30 vards to complete the scoring.
Sigma Phi Epsilon scored twice in the first quarter and went on to edge Phi Delta Theta, 14-12.
Sig Ep posted a 7-0 lead after only four plays in the first quarter when Jim Moorhead passed to John Thompson for 15 yards. The Sig Eps hiked the score to 14-0 minutes later on Moorhead's 20 yard pass to end Bill Christie. The Phi Delts won a race against time when, with five seconds left in the first
The losers scored again in the last quarter on a short pass from Sifers to J. P. Jones. The conversion failed again, safeguarding the Sig Ep lead.
Bill Blair passed for five touchdowns to spark Phi Gamma Delta to a 39 to 6 romp over Delta Tau Delta in a B league game.
Phi Gam scored three touchdowns in the first quarter to put the game on ice. Gordon Hamilton scored the first by making a beautiful catch of a Blair pass although covered by three Delt defenders. Jerry Clark broke through the Delt line and recovered a blocked kick in the endzone to post the second tally. Blair passed to Bob Carpenter for 20 yards for the third.
half, Don Sifers passed to Hugh Buchanan in the endzone.
Blair found his target again in the second period and pitched to Bob Roth for 30 yards and another score.
Delta Tau Delta scored its lone touchdown in the third quarter on a pass from Bob Creighton to Jerry Cox.
The Delts stiffened their defense in the third quarter to hold the Phi Gams scoreless, but Blair began hitting in the fourth to score two more TD's. He passed to Bob Smith for 30 yards and flipped a short pass to Hamilton for 10 yards.
—SINK THE SOONERS—
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