WEDNESDAY, NOV: 17, 1948
UNIVERSITY-DAILY-KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Sooners At Full Strength For Saturday's Title Game
Norman, Okla., Nov. 17—(UP)—The Oklahoma Sooners had bad news for Kansas today. Everybody on the O.U. squad will be available for Saturday's go with the Jayhawkers at Lawrence.
Tackle Nute Trotter scrimmaged yesterday for the first time since the Oklahoma-Texas Christian battle. Hot whirlpool baths finally had taken the kinks out fo his injured leg, and $ \textcircled{2} $
If that information doesn't disturb the Kansans, they can chew over this additional fact: The current Sooner crew is running up the highest scoring average in modern O.U. history.
Both Trotter and co-captain Wade Walker, also a tackle, are scheduled to see some service in the tussle with the Jayhawkers for the Big Seven championship.
Coach Bud Wilkinson's rugged outfit has averaged 32.1 points a game so far this season. The modern record for Oklahoma teams is 27.5 points, set by the 1946 team coached by Jim Tatum.
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If it's any consolation to Kansas, the 1948 team is still considerably behind the 1916 edition of the Sooners, which piled up 42.9 points per game.
Pass Attack Nation's Best
New York, Nov. 17—(UP)—Of the nation's top 10 individual stars, only one of them—Fred Wendt of Texas Mines—is a running back. The rest of the boys tote the ball now and then just to deceive the opposition, but they write their headlines with passes.
Stan Heath of Nevada, the nation's leading ground gainer with 1.846 yards, gained all but three of those yards in the air.
Number Two man in the nation,
Lindy Berry of Texas Christian has
gained 1,280 yards this season—
1,146 of them passing.
Charley Justice of North Carolina, third-ranking individual ground gainer, has done a little better running. Of his 1,207 yards, only 726 came through the air. That makes him a better ball carrier than the other two. But Justice still does not rank among the first 20 in rushing alone, even though he is third in the nation in total offense.
Only Wendt, of the 20 leaders in total offense, is strictly a runner. Wendt leads the nation in rushing with 1,057 yards, and is fifth on total offense with 1,084 yards--only 30 yards through the air in eight games this season.
On the team side of the statistics scoreboard, Michigan State's rise was the big news. Two weeks ago the Spartans were not even ranked in the first 20 on total offense. Now they're fourth, behind Nevada, Army and Notre Dame.
Michigan State has averaged 401.8 yards per game in losing only to Michigan and Notre Dame and tying Penn State—a trio of the seven major teams still unbeaten. Nevada has averaged 484.8 yards, Army 429.6 and Notre Dame 402.0.
Ottawa, Kan., Nov. 17—(UP)—One more hurdle lay ahead today for Ottawa University, but by the record the Braves should cross the finish line unbeaten champions of the Kansas conference.
Army is the nation's leading rushing eleven with a 344.5-yard average per game. Texas Mines is second with 337.0 and Notre Dame third with 328.4. Michigan State is fifth.
Assured of a share in the title, Ottawa plays host Friday to the Baker Wildcats whose conference efforts stand at three victories and two defeats.
In passing, it's still Nevada with a 268.9 average. Georgia Tech is second with a 167.9 average and Georgia third with 164.5.
Ottawa Title Share Safe; Win Or Lose
Ottawa clinched at least a tie for the title with Bethany by beating C. of E. 26 to 13 last Friday.
Bowls Have Big Increase
New York, Nov. 17-(UP)—The post-season bowl game fad has had such fantastic growth that 32 games with probable attendance in excess of 800,000 have been arranged for Thanksgiving day to New Year's day, a United Press survey showed today.
Many of the opponents for the games already have been selected, but for the major attractions the final lineup won't be determined until after next Saturday's games.
The nation's three top teams, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Army will not indulge in any kind of post season competition.
Michigan, which has clinched a tie for the Big Nine title, is denied a repeat trip to the Rose bowl under terms of the pact between its conference and the Pacific coast loop. Army and Notre Dame are flatly opposed to post-season competition.
Excluding these titans, the most likely lineup for the major New Year's game days as of today appears to be California vs. Northwestern in the Rose bowl, Tulane vs North Carolina in the Sugar,
Honor Humanities Lecturer
The Y.W.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. honored William H. Alexander at an informal coffee Tuesday night at Henley house. Mr. Alexander, professor of classes at the University of California, spoke at the second of the humanities lecture series preceding the coffee.
Bleacher Seats On Sale
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