MONDAY. SEPT. 26, 1949 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN LAWRENCE. KANSAS PAGE FIVE Sooners, Tigers Shine In'49 Grid Openers Big Seven teams returned to their practice fields today, following a line weekend in the intersectional field, and began preparations for a heavy Saturday docket. Two conference games are on the Oct. 1 schedule, along with three important intersectional games. In the conference affairs, it will be Colorado at Kansas State and Iowa State at Kansas. Missouri, home from a surprising offensive showing in losing a 35 to 34 game to Ohio State, takes on Southern Methodist university at Dallas. Oklahoma, starting well on its 1949 campaign with a 46 to 0 triumph over Boston college, is host at Norman to Texas A. and M., and Nebraska braces for the Minnesota invasion of Lincoln. Last year Missouri beat S.M.U. 20 to 14 and thus gained the national spotlight until it was shellacked by the Oklahoma powerhouse. Against Ohio State, the Tiger proved he has plenty of power, with a fine young T-Master in Phil Klein. The defense probably will get some polishing this week. Colorado's defeat of Kansas, while not altogether unexpected after Kansas' poor showing against T.C.U. nonetheless was a bit of an upset from the pre-season dope chart and that 13 to 12 score highsights the work ahead for the Jayawk this week if the Kansans are to do any good against Abe Stuber's hard-hitting Iowa State Cyclone. The Cyclone is living up to its name again. It whirled in high speed fashion to tie Illinois at 20-all Saturday, after beating little Dubuque 64 to 0. Not only did Iowa State gain a tie when it was rated variously from three to five touchdowns back, but it was hammering inside the 10 for another when the time ticked out. Iowa State has a fine passer in 19-year-old Bill Weeks and good backs in Lawrence Paulson, Bill Chauncey and Howard Brubaker. Iowa State came from behind twice in its fight to a tie. Kansas State ran up its biggest score since 1920 in beating Fort Hays State, 55 to 0, picking up 407 yards on the ground with Elmer Creviston, Hi Faubion, Ross Estes and Gerald Hackney carrying the mail. Nebraska had no trouble in its warm-up game against South Dakota, winning 33 to 6 and piling up strong margins in both the ground and air offensive departments. Oklahoma started on its new glory road on the opening play against Boston College. On the kickoff George Thomas went 95 yards to score. It was the East's first view of this great team. It should have made a definite imgression. Darrell Royal, the veteran back who can and does everything well, stepped in Jack Mitchell's shoes and ran the split-T in expert fashion. All in all, the first full week of the campaign indicated that Iowa State and Kansas State are making definite progress in their rebuilding efforts. The results in their conference games Saturday will be watched closely but Iowa State earns the nod over Kansas. Colorado should be regarded as having an edge at Manhattan. chiefly because the Wildcat's only start was regarded in the nature of a breather, but Graham's club may have plenty to turn the tables here. The standings: W. L. T. Pts. Op. Oklahoma 1 0 46 0 Kansas State 1 0 33 6 Nebraska 1 0 33 6 Colorado 1 0 13 12 Iowa State 1 0 13 20 Missouri 0 1 34 35 Kansas 0 2 12 41 Carlson Goes To Hollywood To Give Police Badges Topcka, Sept. 26 — (U,P) — Gov. Frank Carlson of Kansas today was emroute to Hollywood to attend a ceremony tonight honoring Kansas state police officers. The governor will present honorary police officers' badges to five wars who recently completed a picture based on Kansas peace officers of 1870. Major League Team Standings National League W. 15 L. 16 P. 168 G.B. St. Louis 95 54 .638 Brooklyn 94 56 .627 1½ Philadelphia 9 12 .133 17 Boston 73 72 .487 22½ New York 73 78 .483 23 Pittsburgh 67 82 .450 28 Cincinnati 60 90 .400 35½ Chicago 59 91 .393 36½ American League | | W. | L. | Pet. | G.B. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Boston | 93 | 55 | .628 | ... | | New York | 93 | 55 | .628 | ... | | Detroit | 87 | 64 | .576 | 7¹/₂ | | Cleveland | 83 | 65 | .561 | 10¹ | | Philadelphia | 79 | 70 | .530 | 14¹/₂ | | Chicago | 86 | 86 | .419 | 31 | St. Louis | 51 | 100 | .338 | 43¹/₂ | Washington | 48 | 101 | .322 | 43²/₂ | Yesterday's Results American League New York 1, Boston 4. Washington 5-4, Philadelphia 8-0 (2nd game called on 7th, St. Louis 5-6, Chicago 7-2 (2nd Diretort I, Cleveland 7.) National League Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 7, New York 3-3 Boston 2- 7, New York 3- 5 (2nd National League game called end of 6th, darkness) Chicago 1, St. Louis 6. Schroeder Wins At Berkeley Meet Berkley, Cal., Sept. 26 — (U.R.)—Ted Schroeder, the "Comeback Kid" of tennis, was on his way to La Crescenta, Cal., today with two more trophies to put on a living-room mantel already crowded with cups and medals on courts all over the world. The 1949 Wimbledon titlist an veteran Davis 'Cupner successfully defended his National hardcourt singles and men's doubles crowns at the Berkley tennis club Sunday. Schroeder spent less than an hour disposing of Eric Sturgess, the lanky South African, in the single's finale. His aggressive play kept the former R. A. F. fighter pilot at back court throughout as Schroeder won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. The two ten combined to defeat the Czechs - in - exile Jaroslav obrony and Vladimir Cernik, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-9, 6-4 in the men's doubles. Doris Hart of Jacksonville, Fla. had little trouble defeating Dorothy Head of Alameda, Cal., for the women's singles title. Californians Gertrude "Gorgeous Gussie" Moran of Santa Monica and Bv GEORGE BROWN. JR. After playing the first half of the Colorado tilt as though still under the influence of the T.C.U. game, the Jayhawkers, bounded back in the second half to display a little power of old. Bugs Bunny The team, however, lacked good down field blocking. Bud French and Forrest Griffith were away several times except for one hand tackles by the last Colorado man. A good down field block at any one of these times would have sent the runner all the way. Only one-half mile west o Lawrence on Hiway 59 Fumbles proved costly and also very effective in stopping Jayhawker offensive destined for nav dirt. Coach Jules Sikes will probably send the team through several hard sessions before the Iowa State Cyclone game here Saturday. The Cyclones lived up to their name in battling a highly favored Illinois eleven to a 20 to 20 tie Saturday. The Cyclones came from behind twice in the last half, and were on the Illini nine yard line as the final gun went off. The Oklahoma Sooners, by running up a 46 to 0 margin, showed Boston college they wouldn't miss their graduating stars this season. Darrell Royal, quarterback, ran the club like he intends to make Sooner fans forget about a Jack Mitchell sooner than they expected. * * *** The gray cloud of gloom settled over Ebbbets field. Brooklyn yesterday as history repeated itself. In the space of one short half inning—just as in 1946—the Dodgers blew a pennant. Ralph Branca had been going smoothly through six and two-thirds innings with a 3 to 1 lead. But in retiring the last batter of the seventh he broke a blister on his forefinger. Jack Banta went in but couldn't hold the Phillies who scored four runs to win 5 to 3. The Dodgers are now one and a half game behind the leading St. Louis Cards on the short side and two games on the long side. Only a miracle can save them now. The Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates—clubs the Cards still have to play before the end of the season—will have to provide that miracle. Mrs. Virginia Kovaks of Oakland scored an upset in the women's doubles division by defeating top-seeded Miss Hart and Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio. 2-6, 4-1. Ralph Kiner connected for his fifty-third home run of the season to set a new National league mark and tie another as Pittsburgh defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7 to 3 and 5 to 3. Kiner's round-tripper was his 25th on the road, bettering Hack Wilson's 1930 record of 24. It was also his fifteenth of this month, tying Cy Williams' record set in May, 1923. Miss Hart and Sturgess defeated Wilma Smith, Berkeley, and Giovanni Cucelli, Italy, 6-1, 11-9, for the mixed doubles title. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland comprise the Scandinavian countries. Bosox Cuff Yanks 4 To 1. Climb Into First-Place Tie New York, Sept. 26—(U.P.)—Two question mark pitchers who could either be very good or very bad, carried the hopes of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees today as they squared off in the bitterest battle yet in the absolutely fantastic American league pennant race. more games each to play, met m. Yankee stadium it was Maurice McDermott for Boston and Tommy Byrne for New York. As the teams, now in a flatdeadlock for first place with only six names each to play, met in * Manager Joe McCarthy of the Red Sox was entrusting this vital assignment to a young man who has not pitched since Aug. 25 because he suffered from a sore arm. Gray-haired Casey Stengel, who thinks his top-thatch will be snow white if ht ever survives this campaign, pinned the Yankee hopes on lefty Tommy Bryne, a 15-game winner who also has had painful kinks in his shoulder of late. Neither manager had any other logical alternative for this game, the first of three the teams will play in the stadium this week. McCarthy was fresh out of 20-game winners, having used Ellis Kinder, (23 and 5), and Mel Parnell (25 and 7) in subduing the Yankees two straight at Boston on Saturday and Sunday. Stengel, whose pitching has turned sour of late, had seen such erstwhile aces as Vic Raschi, Ed Lopat, and Allie Reynolds get their bumps in their last assignments so he had to turn to Byrne. Meanwhile, over the bridge in Brooklyn it seemed time to drape the creep for the Dodgers, Branch Rickey's kid-powered team, which fell a game and a half behind the veteran St. Louis Cardinals Sunday with only four more in which to make up the difference. Only a miracle could save them. The Dodgers suffered a 5 to 3 collapse against the fightin' Philadelphia Phillies, while the Cardinals won as expected, 6 to 1 from the last-place Chicago Cubs. Brooklyn must play its four remaining games, two apiece with the third place Phils and the 1948 champion Boston Braves, while St. Louis plays five more, three against the casual Cubs and two against the sixth-place Pittsburgh Pirates. For today's game only, the Yankees would have to be considered favorites if Bryne has conquered the kinks which forced him to withdraw against the White Sox Sept. 21. "He's my stopper and if anybody can win it, he can," said Stengel. Sunday's 4 to 1 triumph over the Yankees was the ninth in a row for the Red Sox, their 21st straight at home and their 18th in the last 22 games. It was achieved on the four-hit pitching of Farnell and on the hitting of Johnny Pesky and Ted Williams. Pesky drove in the first two runs with a single, got three hits for the day and played brilliantly at third. Williams hit his 43rd home for the other two Boston runs, scoring Pesky ahead of himself. Brooklyn's heartbreaking defeat was all the more ironic because it was the result of an injury. Ralph Branca, pitching his心 out, had struck out nine and given up only five hits when he burst a blister on his hand striking out pinch-hitter Bill Glynn, Jack Banta, who came in to relieve him, gave up four hits good for four runs, Andy Seminick hitting his 23rd homer to deliver the crusher. Lefty Harry Brecheen, at his best when a victory is a must, pitched six-hit ball for the Cardinals in their victory over the Cubs and was the big bat man, too, getting four of the 12 St. Louis hits. He missed a shut-out when rookie Andy Serena hit him for a homer. In other National league games, the Giants topped the Braves, 3 to 2 and 5 to 2 while Pittsburgh swept a pair from Cincinnati, 7 to 3 and 5 to 3 as Ralph Kiner hit his 53rd homer, putting him three short of the league mark. 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