WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 21. 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Saturday Will Be Big Day For All Big Seven Teams
Topped by the Oklahoma-Boston college and Missouri-Ohio State games, the Big Seven conference will attempt to regain some lost prestige in its first full round of games this week.
in the first conference contest of the season. In the only other non-conference game played last week Iowa State romped over little Dubuque. 64-0.
The Oklahoma opener is awaited eagerly by valley fans. The Sooners have been rated anywhere from first to sixth in the nation by the various pre-season forcasters and have four players already named to "summer all-Americas." With all these honors the O. U. players might be pardoned for not wishing to play out the schedule.
Boston college, one of the better eastern teams, is loaded with veterans and primed for an upset in their Friday night game at Boston. Boston fans rave of a big line and Eagles should be best since their great pre-war elevens coached by Frank Leahy.
The Missouri-Ohio State is a close second in interest. The Tigers have never beaten Ohio State, and this year should not be an exception, with the Buckeyes nursing hopes of a Rose Bowl date. Closest M. U. has come to a win in eight meetings was 3 tie in 1946. Don Faurrot's club was 21-7 last year.
Nebraska and Kansas State, both with high hopes of climbing this year, with weak first game foes. A crowd of 10,000 last Saturday watched Fran Nagle, Nebraska quarterback find, complete nine of 13 passes for 128 yards as the varsity beat the frosh 40-0. Their Joe is South Dakota, who lost 33-13 to Montana State in their opener.
Iowa State will be facing its first real test playing Illinois at Urbana. The Big Ten school will be a four or five touchdown favorite, holding a big margin in manpower over the Cyclones.
Kansas State meets Fort Hays State and should win this one. Fort Hays warmed up by running over Kansas Wesleyan 34-0 and will be giving the bigger school everything it has.
American League
The Pennant Race
W. L. Pct. G.B. ToP
New York' 92 51 643 ... 11
Boston 90 55 621 3 9
Cleveland 82 62 569 10½
Remaining Schedule:
New York: At Home; Chicago, Sept. 21; Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 28, 29; Boston, Sept. 26, Oct. 1, 2 Total. 7 Away: At Washington, Sept. 22 (N), 23; at Boston, Sep. 24, 25. Total. 4 At Home: At Cleveland, Sept. 21; New York, Sept. 24, 25. Total. 3 Away: At New York, Sept. 26, Oct. 1, 2; at Washington, Sept. 27 (N); 28 (N), 29. Total. 6.
Cleveland: At Home, Detroit, Sept.
23 (N), 24, 25. Total, 3. Away:
Boston, Sept. 21; at Chicago, Sept.
27 (N), 28, 29. At Detroit, Sept. 30,
Oct. 1, 2. Total, 7.
National League W. L. Pct. G.B. ToP
St. Louis 92 52 .639 ... 10
Brooklyn 91 54 .628 $1 \frac{1}{4}$ 9
Remaining Schedule:
St Louis: At Home. Brooklyn,
Sept. 21 (2-D, N), 22 (N); Chicago,
Sept. 24 (N), 25. Total 5. Away: At
Pittsburgh, Sept. 27, 29; at Chicago,
Sept. 30. Oct. 1. 2. Total 5.
Brooklyn: At Home: Philadelphia.
Sept. 24 (N), 25, Total. 2. Away: At St. Louis, Sept. 21 (2-D, N, 22 (N)); at Boston, Sept. 28, 29; at Philadelphia.
Oct. 1, 2. Total. 7.
Bonn, Germany, Sept. 20—(U.P.) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's rightwing coalition government takes office today, pledged to promote private enterprise and to steer Germany toward the Western democracies.
New German Government To Office Today Under Adenauer
The cabinet, composed of nine Christian Democrats, three Free Democrats and two members of the German party, will be sworn in before the Bundestag (lower house).
No Change In Flag Race
New York, Sept. 21. (U.R.) They used to say Cliff Mapes looked every inch a big leaguer until he stepped up to the plate; today they say Cliff Mapes looks every inch a big leaguer—period.
That injury jinx which has plagued Casey Stengel's crew all season forced Mapes to make good—it was either that or the bushes. He's still considerably shy of a 300 batting average—it's 246 at the moment, but as the current fill-in for Dimag young Cliff is proving a payoff performer.
It was his work at the bat which gave the Yankees a 3 to 1 victory over the White Sox Tuesday and made their magic number eight—any eight Yankee victories or Red Sox losses means the pennant she hung. Yankees got their two runs which spelled the difference.
With Gene Woodling on base, Cliff rapped a ground rule double to left to score Woodling. That was one of three hits Bob Kuzava gave in the game. Mapes went to third when Gerry Coleman grounded out and then scored on a wild pitch.
Meanwhile, the second-place Boston Red Sox hung on in the American league race with a 5 to 2 victory over Cleveland for Mel Parnell's 24th victory over the year. That eliminated the Indians chances of winning the pennant outright but, mathematically, they can still tie the Yankees. Bob Lemon had a no-hitter and a one-run lead for five innings for Cleveland, but Parnell led off the sixth with a single and before the inning ended the Red Sox had all five of their runs.
Pete Suder's home run with two on in the eighth gave the Philadelphia Athletics an 8 to 6 victory over Detroit, and that definitely eliminated the Tigers as pennant contenders.
Roy Sievers drove in six runs with four hits for a 15 to 6 St. Louis Brown win over Washington.
In the National league, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers set the stage for today's opening of their vital three-game series with victories. The Cardinals licked the Phillies, 7 to 5, and the Dodgers blanked the Cubs, 5 to 0.
The Cardinals built up a 6-1 lead in the first five innings. Two Phillie runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh cut the margin to one run, but the Cards tallied again in the seventh.
Jack Banta's five-hit pitching won for the Dodgers. But what was more important, the Brooklyns finally got the number of nemesis Johnny Schmitz with a three-run blast in the sixth inning.
The Boston Braves scores three runs in the ninth inning for a 4 to
Line Injuries Molest Sikes
Kansas' strength at the center position for the Colorado game was in question today with Bob Drumm and Roland Eilers still slowed by the effects of recent injuries.
Eilerst, no. 1 man at the position,
suffered a back injury in a scrim-
image before the T.C.U. game and
saw little action. His back isn't in top
shape but he returned to practice
Tuesday.
Drumm played most of the T.C.U. game at center but suffered a twisted knee in the rugged contest. He was out of practice Tuesday, although he took part in Monday's scrimmage.
Howard Fischer, senior two-letterman, and Wint Winter, sophomore will probably see action against the Buffalooes. Cliff McDonald and Ed Lee, both on the injury list, are showing improvement. McDonald, senior right halfback, took part in scrimmage, while Lee, one of the team's more experienced tackles, laid aside his crutches but still will probably miss Saturday's game.
Coach J. V. Sikes ran the squad through a rough workout Tuesday, concentrating on blocking and defense. Kansas' 75-man freshman squad continued to work mainly on fundamentals. Freshman Coach Don Fambrough said that the boys have worked hard in blocking, tackling, and ball-handling drills and are running a few plays. Charley Hoag, Oak Park, Ill., and Wally Beck, Shawnee-Mission, have been outstanding in the early workouts, Fambrough said.
Hungarian Ex-beauty Queen Prefers Walking To Eating
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Monroe, Mich., Sept. 20—(U.P.)-Mrs. Julia St. Clair, wheelarrow-pushing "Miss Hungary of 1918," trudged along within 40 miles of her Detroit goal today, still passing up all offers of marriage my male admirers.
"Most men of 48 act like they're
much older than girls, but
60 and my age, don't know."
The deeply-tanned ex-beauty queen, who started from Jacksonville, Fla., with her seven-year-old son in a wheelbarrow expects to arrive in Detroit Wednesday.
X-ray pictures to test metals can be taken at a speed of 100 per second.
2 victory over the Pirates. Vic Lombardi had held the braves to four hits and one run, and had retired 13 straight batters when the outburst came.
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Cards, Dodgers Open Crucial Series Which May Decide NL Championship
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 21—(U.R.) Brooklyn's now-or-never Dodgers, second best in the odds and second best in the standings, opened a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals today—with a National league pennant to the winner and little premium for the runner-up.
There was a quiet, almost ominous
"How are you going to predict anything on a series like this?" asked St. Louis shortstop Marty Marion.
There was a quiet, almost omnidetermination about the Dodgers as they nominated their two aces, rangy Don Newcombe and reed-like Preacher Ree to pitch against Harry (the Cat) Brecheen and Max Lanier in today's day-night doubleheader.
"It's going to be the breaks that decide this series," chimed in Cardinal Coach Terry Moore. "It's sure to be a hard fight."
Brooklyn, a game and a half off the pace and a 13 to 10 underdog for the games on the oddsmakers' slates, have an opportunity of hurling the Red Birds within the next 48 hours. No Cardinal player had to be reminded of the fact.
St. Louis manager Eddie Dyer maintained a strategic silence, as usual. One thing did encourage him, however. That was the presence in the line-up of Dodger destructor Stan Musial, who pulled a muscle in Tuesday's game with the Phillies. He left the contest but was ready for action again today.
"I like to bat against Brooklyn at Ebbets field," admitted Musial, currently hitting at a .334 pace, "but batting against the Dodgers in St. Louis is another thing."
Enos (Country) Slaughter summed up for his teammates with a succinct, "We'll be doing our best."
In contrast, the Dodgers said nothing. They knew the job ahead of them and appreciated the strength of the team ahead of them more. Newcombe, a 15-game winner since being brought up from Montreal earlier in the season, said "I'm
ready," and let it go at that.
The weather was fair and warm; the principals calm and cool but the fans frenzied and World Series conscious. A total of 100,000 people were expected to witness today's twin tilts and tomorrow's single contest.
Hotels were packed to the chandeliers with reservations scarcer than a $100 bill at Hobo's convention.
Maybe, this wasn't a World Series,
but it certainly was the next best
thing. Ticket scalpers were having
a field day, asking for and getting
up to $20 for a ducat.
One harassed bystander, vainly attempting to find lodging Tuesday night, muttered disgustedly;
"You'd think they were giving something away."
There are nearly as many telephones in New York City as there are in all of Asia and South America combined. Chicago alone has nearly as many phones as all Canada.
They were.
The National league pennant.
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