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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1948
Odds Favor Cleveland For American League Flag
New York, Sept. 28—(UP)—The Red Sox and the Yankees could beam all the confidence they wanted today about overhauling Cleveland for the American League pennant, but to the odds-makers they were just whistling past a graveyard.
as the three front-runners headed down to the wire in what probably
As the three front-runners head was the hottest flag race of all-time James J. Carroll, nationally-known betting authority termed the Indians "a decided favorite" and said there was "very little action" on the Sox and Yankees.
So confident was boudreau of his pitching strength that he named Lefty Gene Bearden, Bob Feller and Bob Lemon to handle the Tribe's mound assignments in that order for the final five games of the race. If they should falter, he has Satchel Paige and Russ Christopher, two of the best reliefmen in the business, to take over.
Feller, who appears to have regained the form that once stampd him as the best thrower in the game, has won six games in a row and in only one of these triumphs did he yield more than one run. Bearden has won four straight and Lemon four of his last six starts, including three shutouts.
In contrast to these performances, the Red Sok and Yankee "aces" have been second rate. Dobson and Kramer each has been knocked out in three of his last four starts for Boston and Rookie Mel Parnell has been beaten in two of his last three decisions.
For New York, Raschi has won only one of his last three starting assignments, Lefty Ed Lopat has been beaten in three out of four, while Allie Reynolds has been kayoed in his last six starts, although he received credit for two victories.
The schedule, too, smiles favorably on Cleveland. The Indians play all their five remaining games at home, two against the lastplace Chicago White Sox and three against the Detroit Tigers, whom they flattened in two out of three games last weekend
Boston also plays its last five contests at home, three against Washington and two against the Yankees. New York, however, faces the toughest task of all with three games against the Athletics and two against the Red Sox-all on the road.
Work On Offense For Iowa State
Manhattan, Kan., Sept. 28—(UP) Kansas State worked out today behind closed gates for its home opener next Saturday against Iowa State
Coach Ralph Graham admittedly was disappointed and dissatisfied with the offensive showing of K-State in last week's drubbing by Illinois. But he said yesterday he was pleased with the defensive work of his club. He is clinging to the two-team system.
Harold Nevius was slated for heavy duty on the firing line as the pass-throwing fill-in for Dana Atkins, who will be out of action from two to four weeks with a torn chest cartilage.
Graham lauded Nevius as the "best running back" on the field at Illinois, and said that "we would have had two touchdowns if he had had more blocking."
The coach said the play of center John Conley was a "pleasant surprise," and singled out fullbacks Howard Kelly and Harold Bryan as defensive stars.
On the shelf with injuries, besides Atkins, were Glenn Channel and Lyle Koontz, each with dislocated elbows.
Moral: Always Pav Your Bill
Ft. Worth, Texas — (UP) — It looked bad for the lumber thieves when their truckload of loot got stuck leaving the lumberyard in the middle of the night. The obvious solution proved the best. A tow car was summoned from a nearby garage and the truck was pulled free. The thieves paid the garage man and drove away with the stolen lumber.
Ohio has a statute that requires beds and bedding in hotels to be of a certain size. Top sheets must be at least 90 inches long.
Team Substitution Raked By Little
New York, Sept. 28—(UP)—Football's full team substitution plan, made famous last season by Michigan and adopted this year by Army, was under fire today from the "have-nots" with indications that legislation might be forced through to curb free replacements.
Under the current rules many of the major colleges are using the two-team system. One entire team is used only on offense. On defense it is pulled out immediately and a whole defensive eleven sent into the game. This keeps both teams fresh and operating at maximum efficiency.
Columbia's Lou Little, chairman of the rules committee of the Football Coaches association, suggested that substitutions be limited to "two or possibly three players only" at one time.
Little—who does not have the manpower to operate the two-team system—tried to straddle the fence even as he suggested limitation of substitutions.
"I favor the two-team system," he said. "Present day football needs liberal substitutions to keep the maximum speed of the game at all times."
On the other hand, Little attempted to show that subbing teams as a unit detracted from the interest of the game.
Opposition to his stand was voiced by Asa Bushnell, Commissioner of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic conference.
Bushnell suggested that unit substitutions be permitted with stringent rules against additional replacements.
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Few Upsets In Hi Games
Topcake, Kan., Sept. 28 - (UP) - Upsets of a genuinely jarring nature were about as hard to find among first-round Kansas high school games as four-bit T-bones in today's grocery ads.
Lawrence, Marysville, Great Bend—all with unbreathe records to protect—stiff-armed opposition in season openers.
The Lions, last year's unofficial No. 1 team in the state, took care of Manhattan 20-13. Marysville made it 29 consecutive successes, unblemished by a tie, blanking Mankato 20-0. Great Bend's power-packed offense carried over from an all-victorious '47 campaign, crushed Hoisington 31-0.
Normally the stronghold of schoolboy sports in Kansas, the Ark Valley league put forth an early claim for top ranking conference. ts smartly coached teams won six games while losing two with outside competition.
Wichita East, defending titlist,
took out Salina, Central Kansas
league co-champion, 26-13. Currently
ranked East's top challenger,
Wellington elbowed past Pratt,
the topflight Southwest circuit
team last year, 19-6. Hutchinson nosed to Toppea 14-12, Winfield beat Anthony 25-6. Newton defeated Larned 19-6 and Wichita North blasted Emporia 40-6.
22,000 Expected For Colorado Tilt
A crowd of from 20,000 to 22,000 is expected for the Colorado game, E. L. Falkenstein, business manager of athletics, estimated today. "The only tickets for the west section to be available for Saturday's sales will be those returned by the visitors." Falkenstien said. Tickets for the Nebraska and Oklahoma games are going fast and it appears that we may have a sell-out for the latter game."
Figures released by H. I. Swartz, auditor of student organizations, show that 9,730 student activity books have been sold, or about 100 more than the total sales for last year.
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