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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1949
By Jim Van Valkenburg
By Jim van Vlaanderen.
Kansas performance against T.C.U. left much to be desired, but we don't want those who are condemn the Jayhawkers to a poor season. K.U. had as tough an opening game assignment as any team in the conference, perhaps in the nation. Certainly it is much better to meet T.C.U. in an opener than breeze by some opponent such as Dubuque, Ft. Hays State, or South Dakota — the opening day dues of Iowa State, Kansas State and Nebraska, respectively.
Many forget that this same T.C.U team gave Oklahoma's Sooners a 21 to 18 scrape last year and has come within one minute of beating Southern Methodist two straight years. Doak Walker and company were desperately pressed to gain 19-19 and 7-7 ties in those two games. The Horned Frogs presented one of the most polished opening-day clubs it has been the misfortune of a Big Seven team to encounter. They have a fast and versatile backfield led by Lindy Berry and what Coach Dutch Meyer doesn't have in the way of big experienced linemen isn't worth having. No team will have to apologize for losing to T.C.U. this year, and that includes every team in the Southwest conference.
Sure, K.U.'s defense looked bad most of the time Saturday and the offense was ragged, but it may definitely be expected that they learned much more from the first game than Iowa State did or Kansas State and Nebraska will.
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C'Mon, Ralph, Take It Easy, Leave Some For Next Year
Pittsburgh, Sept. 20—(U.P.)—Rammin' Ralph Kiner was slugging the ball today at a pace which will wipe out or tie every season home run record in the books-except Babe Ruth's all-time record of 60 in one year.
If the Pirate pounder can keep up his present rate of production—
If the Pirate pounder can keep 12 home runs in the first 18 games of September-he will finish with 57 or 58 homes for the season.
Ah, well. But the National league record of 56 for a season, set by Hack Wilson of the Cubs in 1930.
2. Equal the right-handed hitter's record of 58 for a season, set by Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics in 1932 and tied by Hank Greenberg of the Tigers in 1936.
Kiner set a new league record last night he passed the half-century mark for the second time in his major-league career. No other national league slugger, including Wilson, ever hit at least 50 home runs twice. He hit 51 in 1947.
Number 50 was one of the longest drives Kiner has unfurled this season. In the second inning of the game against the Giants, he teed off on Kirby Higbe's first pitch and sent it screaming far over the left field scoreboard and into adjoining Schenley park.
The blow left Ralph just one short of his own personal record, the 51 homers he hit as a Pirate sophomore.
Besides that double-50 mark, course, Ralph is unequalled as the only man to lead his league in homers in his first four years—with 23. 51. 40, and now 50-plus?
However, there doesn't seem to be much chance that Kiner will erase Ruth's record of 60. At this point he is running five games behind the Bambino.
Ruth hit his 50th homer in his 138th game.
Monday was Ralph's 143rd game of the year. At that point Ruth had
Major League Individual Leaders
National League Leading Batsmen
American League
Williams, Boston ... 145 536 143 188 .351
Kell, Detroit ... 130 511 97 174 .341
Dillinger, St. Louis ... 129 513 63 162 .316
DiMaggio, Boston ... 135 566 121 177 .313
Mitchell, Cleveland ... 137 592 72 183 .309
Player and Club
Robinson, Brooklyn 146 561 114 194 .346
Slaughter, St. Louis 140 520 89 177 .340
Musial, St. Louis 146 569 120 188 .332
Thomson, New York 146 602 95 187 .311
Kluszewski, Cincinnati 125 488 66 150 .307
Home Runs
Runs Batted In
Kiner, Pirates 50
Williams, Red Sox 40
Stephens, Red Sox 39
Musial, Cardinals 33
Included in
Williams, Red Sox 153
Stephens, Red Sox 150
Home Runs
Kiner, Pirates 5
Williams, Red Sox 4
Stephens, Red Sox 3
Musial, Cardinals 3
Sauer, Cubs 2
Runs Batted In
50 Williams, Red Sox ... 153
40 Stephens, Red Sox ... 150
39 Wertz, Tigers ... 130
38 Robinson, Dodgers ... 120
38 Kiner, Pirates ... 119
Hits
Runs
Robinson, Dodgers ... 194 Williams, Red Sox ... 143
Musial, Cardinals ... 189 Joost, A's ... 124
Williams, Red Sox ... 188 Reese, Dodgers ... 123
Thomson, Giants ... 187 DiMaggio, Red Sox ... 121
Mitchell, Indians ... 183 Musial, Cardinals ... 120
Major League Team Standings
American League
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National League
Fountain Service Dinners Short Orders
| | W. | L. | Pct. | G.B. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| New York | 91 | 51 | .641 | ... |
| Boston | 89 | 55 | .618 | 3 |
| Detroit | 84 | 62 | .615 | 9 |
| Cleveland | 82 | 61 | .573 | $9^{1/2}$ |
| Philadelphia | 77 | 68 | .531 | $11^{1/2}$ |
| Chicago | 79 | 84 | .413 | $32^{1/2}$ |
| St. Louis | 49 | 97 | .336 | 44 |
| Washington | 45 | 98 | .315 | $46^{1/2}$ |
| | W. | L. | Pct. | G.B. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| St. Louis | 91 | 52 | .636 | -- |
| Brooklyn | 90 | 54 | .625 | 1½ |
| Philadelphia | 77 | 68 | .531 | 15 |
| Boston | 70 | 74 | .486 | 21½ |
| New York | 69 | 75 | .479 | 22½ |
| Pittsburgh | 63 | 80 | .441 | 18 |
| Cincinnati | 58 | 85 | .406 | 33 |
| Chicago | 57 | 87 | .397 | 34½ |
Results Yesterday National League
National League
Brooklyn 4, Chicago 0
Boston 6, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3
N.Y. 6, Pittsburgh 4 (10 innings)
American League
Cleveland 0, New York 6
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 7
53 homers. And the Bambino went on to hit seven more in the last 11 games of the season.
Pep Expected To Retain Crown
Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 20—(U,P) —Wee Willie Pep, one of the great fighters of our time, was favored at 4-1 today to defend successfully his recaptured featherweight crown against young Eddie Compo at Municipal stadium tonight.
Compo, 22, lost but one of 60 professional fights.
Pep, who was 27 Monday according to his mother, was favored because he had hammered out a remarkable record against the best men his division could produce for 10 years; whereas Compo of New Haven had performed brilliantly against opponents who generally were mediocre.
Promoter Rocco Mara hoped for a crowd of 10,000 and a gate of $40,000. His expectations would have been much higher had not the 15-round bout been postponed twice.
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