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MONDAY, SEPT. 27 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
By Anne Murphy
Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The Denver Pioneers looked, like they had discovered something Friday night—it wasn't a bright new land, but how to play football.
The mauling left a bewildered Denver team and 25,000 people wondering if they had gotten into the wrong stadium. They had been told the game would be a tossup. The only angle the experts hadn't figured on was the determination and spirit of Sike's men. They made their own breaks and cashed in on them. They made mistakes, sure, losing 76 yards on penalties, fumbling 4 times, but for every mistake they played all the harder, while Denver blew higher than the altitude.
The difference between the Denver and Texas Christian games was not so much in the opposition as in improvement on the part of Kansas, particularly in the quarterbacking and passing of Dick Gilman. The constant passing threat kept the D.U. defense spread. Then, too, the Jayhawkers gained valuable experience in the tough opener. A replay of the T.C.U. game might tell different story.
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The play of Charley Moffett, who took over for the injured Frank Patee until he received a leg injury midway in the third quarter, was sparkling, particularly on pass offense and defense.
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It will take a long time to revive the Denverites' football spirit after Friday night's debacle. They were so confident before the game. At first they were stunned, then disappointed, and those who remained for the final gun were thoroughly disgusted.
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A comic touch was added by a group of fellows who remained seated after the game had ended and a major portion of the crowd had filed out. They were feeling pretty good as they watched, and they kept pleading with the departing fans, "Don't leave folks, Denver will score."
Bob Seymour, former Oklahoma great who is coaching the Denver backfield, significantly remarked before the game, "If the linemen can do their share, the backs will score."
The course of the game would have been different should the "if" have been realized, but after the first 5 minutes, the Jayhawker forwards rushed the heavy, highly-trained Denver line off their feet. They sifted through on offense, seldom giving the Pioneer backfield acres, Pavich, Rillos, Fitchie, and Jordan, a chance to time their handoffs, laterals, and passes, which is so important to the trickery of the T-formation. The charging "Light Brigade" was largely responsible for Denver's six fumbles and directly led to three Kansas T.D.'s.
The officials were calling pass interference on the slightest provocation. Both Gilman and Bertuzzi were called for being a little too zealous on pass defense.
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Upsets and mis-quoted odds reigned supreme on the gridiron over the week-end as several highly favored teams went down in defeat. The predictors underestimated some squads and overestimated the strength of others.
The dopesters were way off the track when they laid the point odds on the Kansas and Denver university tilt in Denver. The odds favored Kansas by three to six points as very few ventured to lay the game with seven or more points difference in the score.
Iowa State in the opening conference battle surprised everyone, particularly Nebraska, as they were edged out by the Cornhuskers 19 to 15. The boys from Lincoln went into the rame 13 point favorites.
The 35 to 40 point underdog Kansas State almost upset the parlay masters by holding the st.ong Uni eleven to one touchdown in the first half. Then the Wildcats wavered and the "bookies" were happy again.
Oklahoma, a mere seven point favorite over Santa Clara, fell, before the Westerners in a 20 to 17 thriller. Missouri, out-played throughout the game by Ohio State, kept the quotations fairly even as she fell 21 to 7. Colorado bowed to New Mexico 9 to 6.
One of the biggest surprises of the week-end was the North Carolina 34 to 7 trampling of the Texas Longhorns. Texas, one of the preseason choices to finish among the elite ten of the nation, went into the tilt a seven point favorite.
The top game of the week lived up to its name as the 13 point underdog Purdue crew chalked up a touchdown in the waning minutes of play before going down 28 to 27 before the mighty Irish of Notre Dame.
Denver's reverses, double reverses, faked reverses on the kickoffs helped liven the game. They had plenty of chance to practice.
Griffith, Ellis, and Simons shared kickoff duty, averaging 43 yards even though Griffith kicked out of bounds twice at the opening of the second half to give the ball to the Fioneers on the mind-stripe.
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Pattee's punting was outstanding. Although he was kicking for the corner most of the time, angling them out on the 10, 5, and 3, the Kansas average was 40 yards a kick.
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Maybe we should play "Anchor's Aweigh" at the close of each game instead of the Alma Mater. If it weren't for the Navy, we wouldn't have Sikes.
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New York, Sept. 27.—(UP)——The Indians, the Yankees, and the Red Sox today headed perhaps for the first triple dead heat in major league annals.
Cleveland had the lead for the moment, but by only one game over New York and Boston, tied for second place after their three day "War of Extinction" at Yankee stadium.
To the surprise of no one, the Boston Braves finally clinched the National league flag, their first in
"The contenders had a well earned off day today with no baseball scheduled in either league.
The sale of season football tickets for the University of Missouri home football season was closed out Wednesday.
V. L. Spurling, Missouri business manager, said public sales totaled 6,423, about 30 per cent more than in 1947.
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Only seats in temporary bleachers behind the goal posts will be available for the K.U-M.U. game.
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