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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1950
Wildcats To Seek First Victory Since 1944
Bv FORREST MILLER
Saturday the 48th act of one of the bitterest college football rivalries will take place on Ahearn field in Manhattan when the University of Kansas and Kansas State college clash in a Big Seven conference tilt.
Over the years, Kansas has won 30 of the 47 contests played. Our "cuzins-up-the-Kaw" have won 14 games and three tilts have ended in ties.
Coach Jules V. Sikes' crimson-and blue will be trying for their sixth consecutive victory over the Wildcats, coached by Ralph Graham. In 1944, the Manhattanites upset K.U., 18 to 14 but since then Kansas has won by consecutive scores of 27 to 0, 30 to 0, 55 to 0, 20 to 14 and 38 to 0.
Conference standings and national ratings may as well be at the bottom of the Kaw river on the day of the annual Jayhawk-Wildcat struggle. Kansas will enter the game favored on the basis of its 5-3 season record compared with the Wildcats' 1-7 mark. Kansas State threw an early scare into powerful Nebraska last week before bowing, 21 to 49, and
are always "up" for the game with its Sunflower state rivals.
Kansas has rolled to wins over Denver, Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma A. and M., and Utah. K.U. has been beaten only by Texas Christian, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Kansas State has played four of the same foes — Colorado, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Nebraska and dropped all four.
A special Union Pacific train is expected to carry a good percentage of Kansas fans to Manhattan Saturday for the contest. Enough Jayhawker rooters are expected to fill their side of Aheran stadium to capacity. A capacity crowd of 19,000 fans is expected for the game.
The Jayhawkers will be in their best physical condition in several games, with only halfback Hal Clevinger on the doubtful list. Clevinger twisted his back in scrmage last week and is still unable to run well.
Coach Sikes gave his first string offensive backfield, Chet Strehlow, Wade Stinson, Charlie Hoag and John Amberg, a light workout Tuesday with only Strehlow donning pads. Wednesday all four scrimmaged and flashed their usual speed.
Light workouts are scheduled for today and Friday.
The defensive alignment Saturday will probably find Orbon Tice and Chuck O'Neal at ends; George Mkonicic and S. P. Garnett at inckles; Mike McCormack and Jack Luschen at guards; Bill Mace and Merlin Gish backing up the line; Galen Fiss and John Amberg at halfbacks, and Aubrey Linville at safety.
Stinson advanced from ninth to sixth in national rushing statistics as a result of his performance against Oklahoma. He has gained 917 yards, just 83 short of the 1,000 yard mark. Teammate Hoag now ranks 15th in the nation's rushing tables with 690 yards. Incidentally, Kansas is still the only team in the nation to have two players among the top 20 rushers.
Towers is Graham's leading runner, having picked up 240 yards in 43 carries. However, Hooper, on the basis of his 32 out of 84 pass completions, leads the Wildcats' total offense with 558 yards. All but 49 yards are from passing.
Bill Weeks' Rise To Fame Began In A Flower Garden
By CHARLES NETHAWAY
United Press Books Writer
Kansas City, Mo.—(U.P.) If Iowa State upsets Nebraska Saturday the Cyclone football team should vote an honorary varsity letter to Mrs. R. G. Kugler of Hampton, Iowa for giving up her gladiolas.
For she is the real heroine behind the rise to fame of Iowa State's greatest passer of all time—Wingin' Willie Weeks.
Weeks, already has set a new Big Seven Conference passing record this season with 1,296 yards gained on 33 completions, and he has two games to go. But he might never have played football at all had it not been for Mrs. Kugler.
SEASON RECORDS KANSAS
As a youngster in his home town of Hampton, the best place in town for throwing a football around was in a vacant lot owned by Mrs. Kugler. The only trouble was that she had developed on it a flower garden that was her pride and joy. But when she saw the fun Willie and his friends were missing she said. "Heck with the gladiolas" and turned the lot over to them. Iowa State can never thank her enough.
Weeks has matched up with end Jim Doran to form the greatest passing combination ever seen in the Conference. They look good even when the Cyclones lose. Not even mighty Oklahoma could cool them off. For while the Staters were losing to the Sooners, 20 to 7, Doran was good enough to catch passes adding up to 203 yards, a new national collegiate record for a single game. And Weeks completed 18 out
of 27 passes against the scourge of the plains.
It takes a lot more stuff to star with a second division club than it does to show well with a winner. Weeks and Doran have played their football a game at a time, never showing any nervousness when confronted with one powerhouse opponent after another. State has won four games so far, tying another with Missouri, and losing to Oklahoma, Kansas and Northwestern. Almost every bit of the Cyclone attack has been contained in Weeks' right arm and Doran's two big mitts,
Nebraska, with its sensational sophomore runner, Bobby Reynolds gunning for new all-time scoring records, is a 14-point favorite for the game. But the Cornhuskers had better reckon with Weeks and Doran or they may get upset.
Doran didn't have any friendly neighbor with an empty lot so he didn't even play high school football in his home town of Beaver, Iowa. Last week he broke his own all-time Big Seven pass catching record of 34, set in 1949. He has 36 to date with two games to go on which to improve the total and he has gained 587 yards.
IT's "THE THING"!
KU. 7, Texas Christian 14
KU. 46, Denver 6
KU. 27, Colorado 21
KU. 33, Iowa State 21
KU. 40, Oklahoma A & M 7
KU. 26, Nebraska 33
KU. 39, Utah 26
KU. 13, Oklahoma 33
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IM Basketball Begins Dec. 4
Intramural basketball is tentatively scheduled to start on Monday, Dec. 4, Don Powell, intramural director, said today. All intramural managers are to meet today at 4 p.m. in 203 Robinson gymnasium to receive instructions concerning the pending season.
Entries are due not later than Friday, Dec. 1 and the number of men on each roster is unlimited, Powell said. There is a 35c charge for each entrant.
Last year more than 1500 men participated on 150 teams that played 685 games during the regular season and this year the intramural department is equipped to handle a maximum of 175 teams.
Both Robinson gym and Robinson annex are now open for team practices if court reservations are made in the intramural office in Robinson. After the season starts, there probably will not be any available space, Powell warned. Teams wishing to practice should make arrangements as soon as possible.
KU, won 5, lost 3. Total points scored 231, opponents 161.
KANSAS STATE
K-State 55, Baker 0
K-State 7, Washington 33
K-State 6, Colorado 34
K-State 6, Marquette 46
K-State 7, Missouri 28
K-State 0, Oklahoma 58
K-State 7, Iowa State 13
K-State 21, Nebraska 49
K-State won 1, lost 7. Total points scored 109, opponents 261
Don't Count On Blanks Until The Burglar Leaves
Chicago—(U.P.)—A burglar w h o robbed the Crane Savings and Loan association of $1,120 aimed a pistol at Barney R. Pietkiewicz.
Bathley it patted me.
"I felt numb all over," Pietkiewicz said. "Then I realized he had fired a blank."
Robinson was selected on the all-sophomore Big Seven team by conference coaches last year and has shown continued improvement this year.
However, police pried a steel-jacketed bullet from a panel. It hadn't been a blank at all.
'I feel numb all over again,'
'etkievicz said.
HAROLD ROBINSON, Kansas State's outstanding center, will be one of the Wildcats' main defensive cogs in attempting to halt the Jayhawkers' powerful rushing attack Saturday.
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