MONDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Along the JAYHAWKER trail
By BOB NELSON Daily Kansan Asst. Sports Editor
Saturday's 33 to 26 loss to Nebraska marked the fourth straight year that Kansas fans have witnessed a great offensive display of football at Memorial stadium. Three of these battles have been thrillers while the fourth was a bit one-sided.
Each of these games was played before a capacity-plus crowd. Kansas has won only one of these games, so it is beginning to look like about all an opponent has to do is fill Memorial stadium—and athletic department's pockets—and show up to chalk up a win. In fact, this is the third straight year K.U. has lost before a capacity home crowd. Although not showing a great offensive display of football, Kansas did down Nebraska two years ago 27 to 7 before a full-house.
Next to last year's 34 to 28 loss to Missouri, Saturday's game goes into the record book as the second great offensive display of football ever seen at Memorial stadium. Kansas and Nebraska, ranked sixth and seventh respectively in national team rushing going into the battle, showed some 39,000 homecoming fans why they rank so high in rushing totals.
Following the game, Coach J. V. Sikes pretty well summed up the battle when he said, "It must have been a good game for the spectators, but it was sure rough on me. They had a fine team, but so did we. Someone had to lose," he said in a disheartened tone, "just tell 'em I'm sorry it was us."
Kansas and Nebraska provided the fans with an offensive display they shouldn't soon forget. The Jayhawkers ground out 333 yards on the ground and added 74 passing for a total net offense of 407 yards. Nebraska gained 379 yards on the ground and 133 through the air for a 512 total. The two-team total was 919 yards, second only to last year's combined total of 930 yards in K.U.'s 34 to 28 loss to Missouri—in another homecoming game.
In 1948, Kansas entered the Oklahoma game—before a home capacity crowd—riding on a seven-game winning streak with the Big
Seven title at stake. The result was an unbelievable 60 to 7 loss to the mighty Sooners. This game produced a net total offense of 616 yards—497 by Oklahoma and 119 by Kansas.
The Jayhawkers' 20 to 14 homecoming win over Missouri here in 1947 ranks as one of the greatest games ever seen at Memorial stadium and was the prime factor in sending Kansas to the 1948 Orange Bowl game. Featuring probably the best balanced K.U. offense of all time, Kansas and Missouri fought back and forth for the lead as each club rolled up yardage that totaled 723 when the smoke had cleared away.
In our book, the 1947 Missouri game and last year's 34 to 28 Missouri game showed little to top Saturday's thrilling offensive battle.
So, Coach Sikes, our advice to you is to try and keep down the capacity crowds when you've got important home games coming up. Of course, the only catch it, how is K.U. athletic director Dutch Lonborg going to pay the bills if the turnstiles stop clicking?
S. S. A week from Saturday (Nov, 11), Kansas will attempt to halt a 27-game Oklahoma winning streak—and you guessed it—another overflow home crowd can be expected. Does anyone have a game-winning solution for Coach Sikes and his coaching staff on this capacity-crowd problem?
KU
ODDS and ENDS—Congratulations to K.U.'s star halfbacks, Wade Stinson and Charlie Hoag, for setting new school season rushing marks. . . Stinson, who now leads Hoag in rushing with 564 to 542 yards, will be setting a new record with each yard he gains . . . The old mark was 510 yards set by Bud French in 1949 . . . These Jayhawker running wizards have four more games to build on their rushing totals.
Coach Sikes and Nebraska's fine coach, Bill Glassford, had different views as to the turning point of the game. Sikes thought it was Rex Hoy's touchdown runback of the freak play developing out of an attempted Strehlow pass at mid-field. Glassford said he thought the turning point for Nebraska was his team's ability to strike back after K.U.'s two lightening quick touchdowns in the first seven minutes of the game.
Saturday's 39,000 crowd was the largest ever to see a Kansas-
Nebraska football game. . . Neither team punted in the first half
. . Each punted three times in the second half.
As usual, the Jayhawkers' workhorse linemen, big Mike McCormack and George Mrkonic, did a great job and went almost all the way.
Varsity Cagers Down Frosh, 70-43
The Jayhawker Varsity basketball team, never trailing and never threatened, rolled easily over the freshmen, 70 to 43, Friday night in Hoch auditorium.
An over-flow crowd saw Coach F. C. "Phog" Allen's team show brief flashes of the form that carried it to a Big Seven co-championship last year. Although not exciting, it was a good demonstration of basketball for this early in the year.
The freshman team, coached by Dick Harp, kept pace with the Varsity in fight and hustle, but wasn't able to set up as many easy shots and lacked consistent rebounding. The Varsity was just too tall and too experienced for the frosh. The freshmen played best in the second half and displayed plenty of promise.
The Varsity opened the scoring on a set shot by Bill Lienhard, moved to 9 to 2 after four minutes, and to 18 to 8 midway in the first half. The halftime score was 37 to 20, Varsity. The freshmen rallied briefly in the second half to pull within 12 points, but the winners steadily moved away after that—28 points was their biggest lead.
Clyde Lovellette, 6 foot 9 inch Varsity center, led the scoring with 15 points—all scored in the first half. Lovellette was blanked in his brief second half appearance by B. H. Born. The Medicine Lodge freshman played well on defense, but went scoreless from the field.
Close behind Lovellette were 1950 regulars Bill Hougland and Lienhard with 13 and 12 points respectively. Bob Kenney played a fine floor game and connected for eight points. The other Varsity starter, subbing for Captain Jerry Waugh
Women's Badminton, Tennis Tourneys Reach Quarter-Finals In Each Division
Don Thomas of Russell tallied eight points to lead the freshman scoring. A falling-away, left-handed peg by Thomas was one of the best shots of the night. He also hit several good jump shots. Ten of the 13
VARSITY—70 FG FT F TP
Kenney, f 4 0-0 2 8
Lienhard, f 6 0-0 0 12
Lovellette, c 7 1-3 4 15
Hougland, g 5 3-4 2 13
Bull, g 1 0-0 1 2
Rivard 0 0-0 0 0
Enns 1 0-0 3 2
Engel 0 0-0 0 0
Lowe 1 0-0 1 2
Smith 1 0-0 1 2
Keller 1 2-5 0 4
Buller 2 0-0 0 4
Beck 1 0-0 0 2
Woodson 0 0-0 0 0
D. Kelley 2 0-0 0 4
Stevenson 0 0-0 0 0
who was sidelined with a leg injury, was senior Buddy Bull. He hit one medium set shot.
16 11-18 8 43
32 6-12 14 70
Badminton and tennis single-elimination tournaments have reached the quarter-finals stage in the four divisions in each sport.
FRESHMEN—43
Young, f... 2 2-2 0 6
Godwin, f ... 2 1-1 0 5
Born, c ... 0 6-9 2 6
Johnson, g ... 2 1-1 1 5
Dye, g ... 1 0-0 2 2
Squires ... 2 0-1 0 4
Thompson ... 2 0-0 0 4
Thomas ... 4 0-0 0 8
A. Kelley ... 1 0-1 1 2
Whitney ... 0 0-1 1 0
Buchanan ... 0 0-0 0 0
Anderson ... 0 1-2 1 1
Burt ... 0 0-0 0 0
THE BOX SCORE
For tennis singles division I, Ruth Heilbrunn, Watkins, will meet Betty Thomas, Tarmon, and Marjorie Brown, Alpha Omicron Pi, will play Jane Koelzer, Theta Phi Alpha.
Division III matches Rita Carl, Pi Beta Phi, with Susan Forney, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Donna Hull, I.W. W., with Janet Maloney, Phi Beta Phi.
In division II, Mary Dixon, Theta Phi Alpha, and Alanna Schenkosky, independent, and Beverly Barnhardt, Miller, and Chloe Warner, Tri-Delt, will play.
In division IV, Mariorie Bradrick, I.W.W., will play Peggy Moore, Alpha Omicron Pi and JoAnne Hynes, Theta Phi Alpha, will play Marian Miller, Sigma Kappa.
Badminton singles division I matches Rita Carl, Pi Beta Phi, with Margaret Cool, Alpha Micron Pi. The other pair hasn't been determined vet.
Division II puts Lois Beth, Alpha Omicron Pi, against Joyce Herschell, Corbin, and Patricia Martin, Corbin Jays, against Nancy Moore, Jayettes.
For division III, Eloise Eylar, Miller, will meet Michi Yamasaki, Temruth and Peggy Wayman, Theta Phi Alpha, will play the winner of the Michaels-Pepper match.
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