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Monday, Sept. 22, 1952 University Daily Kansan
By BOB LONGSTAFF Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas played a great game against TCU Saturday, and Coach J. V. Sikes was ready to praise the boys who had fought hard. Many had played virtually the entire game.
Galen Fiss—in our estimation—played the most outstanding game. He put in about 57 minutes on the field out of the 60 possible. In addition to his usual fine game as defensive linebacker, he turned in a tremendous game as offensive fullback.
He carried the ball 10 times and made only 42 yards. He didn't score any touchdowns or make any long runs. But when he was given the ball he ran for all he was worth. And he usually made the yardage that was needed. Fiss figured defensively several times to stop TCU drives or to knock down passes that if completed were sure touchdowns.
The stocky senior from Johnson was moved into full-time full-back duty when Bud Laughlin was drafted into the Army. The loss of Laughlin was felt, but the pain was eased considerably by the brand of ball that Fiss played against TCU.
—Beat Santa Clara—
John Konek also put in a lot of playing time on the field. He gathered about 50 minutes of playing time. Konek drew double duty playing offensive right halfback for the injured Bob Brandeberry as well as covering his defensive halfback slot.
—Beat Santa Clara—
Charlie Hoag netted 48 yards Saturday to bring the KU all-time ground gaining record to 1,493 yards. If Hoag really gets to moving, the new record is going to be mighty hard to beat.
Hoag played about 45 minutes of the game. Added to his chores of offensive right halfback were the duties of defensive halfback. He had been doing some practicing as defensive safety, but did not play any of Saturday's game in that position.
—Beat Santa Clara—
He did all of the punting for the Jayhwkers. He booted the ball 270 yards in eight punts for an over-all average of 33.7. And in his spare time, he carried the ball for 26 yards in 6 carries.
Gil Reich. There is a name that is going to be heard a lot before this season is over. Reich made an impressive debut in his first game with a Kansas squad. While playing about 45 minutes, he completed eight of 13 passes for a total yardage of 86 yards.
Coach Sikes had particular praise for his quarterback. In reviewing the game, he said it was a game which demanded Kansas to keep possession of the ball as much as possible. And he added he felt a bit more confident with Reich at the helm. But he had praise for Jerry Robertson as a field general, too.
The marching cadets looked very impressive. But we still wonder After the announcement to be quiet and their trouble to come here, why did the band have to play the Alma Mater in the middle of the cadets' performance?
—Beat Santa Clara—
BEAT THE BRONCOS
Wrong Call' May Shove A's To Fourth, Manager Thinks
New York—(U.P.)-Manager Jimmy Dykes of the Athletics, almost exploding with anger, charged today that a call by umpire Ed Hurley might cost his players $500 apiece—as well as giving the Yankees a tremendous boost in the maddening American league pennant race.
The "wrong call," Dykes thinks, may well become the difference between his athletics finishing fourth and third.
"It it was the worst call I ever have seen in all my years in baseball," Dykes roared. "And he knows it, too."
The Yankees won the pulse-pounding pitchers' battle, 1 to 0, on a throbbing three-hitter by superchief Allie Reynolds, keeping them a game and a half ahead of the nonstop Cleveland Indians, who drubbed Detroit again, 7 to 1.
Hurley's call came on a 3 and 1 pitch by Reynolds to Joe Astroth with the bases loaded in the ninth inning. Astroth and Dykes both blew sky high, insisting the pitch was high and that it should have been called a ball which would have forced home a run and tied the score at 1 to 1, leaving the bases still loaded with only one man out. Instead Astroth popped out on the next pitch. The next batter, pinch-hitter Allie Clark, also popped out to end the game.
The Yankees gained their only run off Harry Byrd, who had one-hitted them in his last start against them, as Yogi Berra singled in Joe Collins from second in the sixth. Collins had been safe on a force-out and gone to second on a wild throw.
Meanwhile, Cleveland had no difficulty topping Detroit on Bob Lemon's four-hitter for his 21st victory and Cleveland's fifth in a row also its 14th win the last 16. Al Rosen hammered home four runs with a homer and double, bringing his runs batted in total to an even 100—tops for the league.
The Indians play Detroit again today in the only major league game and could move just one game behind the Yankees with a victory as Early Wynn shooting for his 23rd victory opposes Virgil Trucks, the two no-hit man. Wynn has beaten Detroit four times without a loss this year.
In the National league where apparently it is all over, the Dodgers climbed at least a pennant tie when big Joe Black, making the first start of his career after 54 distinguished relief appearances, held the Braves to just three hits in an 8 to 2 triumph. While Brooklyn was making it three in a row in Boston, the Giants were losing their third in a row to the Phillies, 6 to 2.
Big Seven Teams Win Five Openers In Six Non-conference Tilts Saturday
In other American league games, Chicago moved a game and a half ahead of the fourth place Athletics by topping the Browns, 4 to 1, on Billy Pierce's 15th victory, while the Red Sox, after losing nine straight to the Senators, finally topped them, 7 to 3.
By BOB NELSON Kansan Sports Writer
Following the Big Seven conference's opening day record of five victories in six non-conference games Saturday, the loop gets its conference warfare underway Saturday with an all important clash at Boulder, Colo., involving the defending champion Oklahoma Sooners and Colorado's Buffaloes.
Five other inter-sectional grid-iron battles Saturday will provide Big Seven conference teams a severe test. Highlighting this rugged loop slate is Missouri's game with California at Berkeley.
attack, Oregon showed unexpected power before bowing to UCLA, 13 to 6, at Los Angeles, Saturday.
Don Faurot's Missouri Tigers turned in an impressive performance and missed by 1 minute and 12 seconds of pulling the season's first major upset as Maryland, rated No. 2 in the AP poll, edged past the Tigers. 13 to 10. at Columbia.
Tiger football fans will watch their much improved team this week at Berkeley to see if MU's near upset victory over Maryland was a "fluke" or more of what can be expected in conference play.
Missouri, who finished last in big Seven play last year and had an overall record of 2-8-0, will face a California club that even Coach Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf admits is "loaded."
The Golden Bears have 28 lettermen returning off a 1951 club that won eight and lost two. California opened its season Saturday with a 34 to 13 victory over College of the Pacific at Berkeley.
Kansas State's upsurging Wildcats tangle with Cincinnati's Bearcats in CU's opener at Cincinnati Saturday night. Under Coach Sid Gilman, Cincinnati is expected to field another well-balanced team comparable to last year's 10-1-0 club.
Kansas, rated fifteenth in the preseason AP poll, will attempt to keep its undefeated record intact when it clashes with Santa Clara's Broncos in an inter-sectional battle here following the Jayhawkers' impressive 13 to 0 defensive victory over Texas Christian's Horned Frogs here Saturday.
Halfback John Konek took the first on a 14-yard toss and Halfback Bob Brandeberry gathered in the middle of same play that covered five vards.
With the Jayhawkers showing the best "team defense" since 1947, KU scored its second straight victory over TCU on a pair of quarterback Gil Reich's touchdown strikes.
Nebraska will rely heavily upon its "now well" all-American halfback Bobby Reynolds to lead his teammates to a victory over Oregon university in a game to be played at Portland, Ore.
Iowa State's Cyclones probably face the Big Seven's acid test of the week when they meet Illinois at Champaign.
Like the Cornhuskers' disappointing 1-8-1 record last year, Oregon's Webfoots are attempting a comeback following a 2-8-0 season in 1951. Reynolds' presence in the NU lineup could easily be the difference in the outcome.
Relying heavily upon an aerial
The Illini (8-0-1) won the Big Ten title last year and won their second Rose Bowl victory under the Big Ten-Pacific Coast pact, a 40 to 7 trouncing over Stanford. Ray Elliot's team, with 24 lettermen available, will again be co-favorite with Wisconsin to cop the Big Ten bunting.
While Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas State and Iowa State are ironing-out their early season troubles for the second straight week in non-conference clashes, Oklahoma's season opener at Colorado Saturday could well have an important bearing on the final Big Seven standings.
With Oklahoma Sooners owning possibly the top backfield in the nation in quarterback Eddie Crowder, halfbacks Billy Vessels and Buddy Leake, and fullback Buck McPhail, the Sooners are favored to cop the Big Seven title.
Although Coach Bud Wilkinson's club will enter the game as an oddson favorite. Colorado has been "gunning" for the Sooners since losing, 18 to 27, at Boulder in 1950, in a contest involving several OUC-tu temper flare-ups.
Both Oklahoma and Colorado should be improved over last year. The Sooners, with an 8-2 won and lost record, have 33 of 40 lettermen available again this year. Colorado
But the best bets to unseat Oklahoma from its annual championship throne look to be Colorado, and Kansas at Lawrence, Oct. 18. Going into Saturday's clash with the Golden Buffaloes, the Sooners have never tasted defeat in Big Seven activity during their five years under Coach Wilkinson. Only a 13 to 13 tie with Kansas in 1947 keepsOU's record from being perfect.
finished with a 7-3 mark last year and have no less than 32 of 39 lettermen returning.
In Saturday's opener at Boulder, Colorado looked unimpressive in marking up a 20 to 14 victory over little St. Jose State. With the Buffalooes' all-important Big Seven clash with Oklahoma only a week away, Coach Dal Ward apparently kept his boys under cover and didn't give Sooner scouts much to chart.
In a game played Saturday night at Manhattan, K-State's Wildcats took advantage of Bradley's mistakes (lost ball six times on fumbles) to score a 21 to 7 opening game victory. Kansas State showed good defensive strength in holding the Braves to 33 yards rushing and 46 yards passing.
Iowa State's Cyclones had little trouble disposing of South Dakota State, 57 to 19, at Ames, Saturday in the opener for both teams.
Stan Cozzi and Dick Mann engineered the Cyclone's offense which accounted for 271 yards rushing and 152 passing. Four of the Iowa State touchdowns were scored on passing, three by quarterback Mann.
In the over-all records with rival Kansas State college, Jayhawk football teams have won 32, lost 14, and tied three.
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Campus capers call for Coke
Everyone enjoys the break between classes. The lid's off for a time and relaxation's the mandate. What better fits the moment than ice-cold Coke?
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