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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4; 1948
Faurot, Tigers Are Confident Of Victory
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 4—(UP)—The University of Missouri football squad goes through a final, light practice session today and then boards a bus for Kansas City tonight on its way to Norman, Okla., and the "game of the year" with the Sooners Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers will spend tonight in Kansas City and then will take a train early tomorrow for the Oklahoma engagement. A total of 35 will travel the traveling Missouri squad. Coach Don Faurat said.
Anticipating "the toughest one yet," the Tigers haven't overlooked a thing in their preparations, they believe. They respect Oklahoma's fast, powerful line as one of the best in the nation; they are well aware of Jack Mitchell's abilities to run back punts; they have heard all about Darral Royal's passing talents and the manner in which Bobby Goad snares passes.
"They're tough," the Tigers all agree. But there's another thing they agree on, too. "We're going to beat 'em."
There will be a record crowd of perhaps 38,000 persons in the stands when the game starts Saturday. If the weatherman doesn't listen to the pleas of that crowd and it turns out rainy and muddy, the Tigers believe they will be prepared for this, too. They practiced in a downpour Tuesday, got in another session on a soggy field yesterday and Coach Faurot came away "rather pleased" with his athletes' showing
The kickers got their first chance to handle a wet ball and the ends showed speed in getting down field under the punts.
Faurot has warned his ends that failure in this respect will be disastrous Saturday for the 174-pound Mitchell is the nation's No.1 ground gainer in punt backs.
But Mitchell is not the only threat in the Oklahoma lineup. The line, unquestionably one of the finest in football this season, boasts a murderous blocker in Buddy Burris at guard and a great pair of tackles in co-captains Wade Walker and Homer Paine.
Both teams come to the climax game of the Big Seven conference season after having gained major victories in inter-sectional competition. Each team lost its opening contest, but since those unexpected defeats each has racked up five consecutive triumphs.
Missouri moved into the upper
Caesar Sets Pace For Distance Men
That Coach Bill Easton is a smart guy.
Just so his runners won't get cooky after finishing in front of all the Big Seven teams this season, he recruited Caesar, Beta mascot, to trot over the cross country course with the boys to set the pace.
The Great Dane can lope along faster than the fellows can run. When he feels they need a little pepping up, he lets out his "gentle" bark which scares the runners into setting new records for the next 50-yards.
Chi O's Enter IM Quarterfinals
Chi Omega won the fifth division title in last night's volleyball games. They defeated Hausherr House 45 to 23. This means that Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Locksley hall and Chi Omega will participate in the quarterfinal round starting next week.
Other winners last night were Gamma Phi Beta, who beat Sterling hall 58 to 35, and Corbin hall who defeated Watkins hall 49 to 18. There was one forfeit. Briar Manor forfeited to Alpha Delta Pi.
bracket of the nation's teams with victories over Southern Methodist's Southwest conference champions and George Sauer's Navy middies. Oklahoma has bowled over three straight Southwest conference rivals, Texas A. and M., Texas Christian, and Texas' defending Sugar Bowl champions.
While Kansas also remains undefeated in Big Seven competition, the winner of the Missouri-Oklahoma game is the odds-on choice to turn back the Kansas challenge and move on to the championship and a likely bowl bid.
The boys who lay the odds here today stamped Missouri as a seven-point favorite to conquer Oklahoma.
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Actually, he would rather be a fullback, but Coach Bud Wilkinson was so impressed by his kicking that he assigned him to the conversion chore. He was an all-state fullback at Oklahoma City.
All He Lacks Is Radar To Direct The Football
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 4—(UP)—A fellow with a thumb tack, a hunk of rubber, three and a half feet of adhesive tape, and a quarter may be Missouri's edge over Oklahoma in Saturday's Big Seven headliner at Norman, Okla.
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He is Bob Dawson, who has left nothing to chance in kicking his last 19 extra points in a row and run. ◎
He is Bob Dawson, who has 19 extra points in a row and running up a six-game total of 28 conversions in 31 tries. He uses the tape to measure his stride. At one end of the tape is the rubber tee. The other end is weighed by the two-bit piece and the tack holds the tape straight.
On the other hand, a fellow named Bingo Ming may make the difference for Oklahoma. He kicks extra points, too. His record in six games this season is 22 in 25 attempts, plus one field goal.
Dawson, who really needs a caddy
to carry his stuff when he trots onto the field after a Missouri touchdown, trails only Mike Ghnouly and Howard Bonnett among his team's scorers. Ghnouly and Bonnett have each scored 30 points this season.
Dawson, who almost went to Illinois instead of Missouri, says he plants his toe one inch behind the end of the tape just before the ball is snapped.
Ming makes no elaborate preparations such as Dawson. He just kicks
You'd think a fellow like Dawson would watch the ball sail through the uprights. But he never looks up, just bends over, picks up his quarter and the rest of the gear and heads for the bench.
He says he gets the good or bad news from Missouri's quarterback, Bus Entsminger. If it is good, he prolies a bit; if the try for extra point fails, he walks off the field slowly, head down.
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