4, 1947
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1947
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
PAGE FIV
By COOPER ROLLOW Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The best Kansas team ever to take the field at Memorial stadium proved its supremacy Saturday beyond a shadow of a doubt.
The Jayhawkers heat Missouri by determination, teamwork, and sheer guts. Their offense was smooth, their plays well-timed, and their defense vicious. They disproved forever charges that their ability to win was due largely to "opportunism" and lucky breaks.
For the second time in three weeks, the Jayhawkers were in a fourth quarter predicament which had all the earmarks of a catastrophe. The Missouri powerhouse had rolled the Kansans back to their six-yard line, and the Tigers looked to be heading for the game-clinching touchdown.
But Kansas dug in. The Jayhawkers gritted their teeth and repelled the Tiger onslaught, then bowled over enemy tacklers in a dynamic last-minute scoring drive probably unequaled in the annals of Big Six football history.
Paydirt was 96 yards away. There wasn't much time left, and the Hawks knew that one slip-up would be fatal at that crucial stage of the game. Like a well-oiled machine, the Kansas team uncorked a series of off-tackle smashes, end sweeps, and passes which wreaked havoc with the Tiger defense and set the ball on the Missouri two-yard line. From there, Forrest Griffith bulled through for the game-winning touchdown.
If a star had to be singled out, it would be difficult to choose anyone but halfback Ray Evans, who literally figured in every Jayhawker play.
The Jayhawkers achieved a degree of perfection against the Tigers never before reached by a Kansas team. The methodical precision, the coordination, the polish—all contributed to the Hawker victory.
But teamwork was the main factor in the Kansas triumph. Every Jayhawker, a key man—every player a standout.
Evans ran, blocked, tackled, and passed with equal finesse. One observer remarked: "Just close your eyes for ten seconds, then open them and look for the biggest dog pile on the field. There you'll always find Evans."
Playing his last game in Memorial stadium, Evans figured directly in two of the Jayhawkers' three touchdowns, and counted for half the total yardage gained by Kansas. Even more rugged on defense, Evans deflected enemy passes and tackled with a viciousness that was something to behold.
Forrest Griffith quickly made friends with the record-break crowd. Early in the game, he began slashing off tackle for first downs, and by halftime the crowd began to expect a sizeable gain each time the Lee's Summit star was handed the ball.
Griffith showed all the tenacity of a combined Blanchard-Nagurski. He would not be stopped. Along with Evans, he blasted through the Tiger defense for crucial first downs. After the game, several visiting sportswriters predicted that the Lee's Summit sensation would fill Ray Evans' shoes next year.
The Kansas line was devastating. It opened giant holes in the Tiger forward wall, and was equally adept at transforming itself into a brick wall when the pigskin was in the hands of the Missourians. Fambrough; Ettinger, Crawford, D. Monroe, and Schnellbacher all performed commendably from their line positions.
The entire Jayhawker team did itself up royally against Missouri. It was the perfect climax to a triumphant Big Six season. There wasn't a Kansas player who didn't bring the crowd to its feet at least once during the game.
Bud French and Frank Pattee were outstanding backfield men, and Red Hogan again displayed his ability to engineer a sustained scoring drive at a crucial time while under terrific pressure.
Sigma Chi Wins I-M Finals Defeating Dix Club 26-7
By JIM JONES
By JIM JONES Assistant Sports Editor
Sigma Chi handed the Dix club a convincing 26 to 7 defeat Sunday afternoon to become the 1947 intramural touch football champions. Friday the Sigma Chi's toppled Beta Theta Pi 16 to 14 to win the Fraternity "A" league title and the right to meet the Independent league winner for the all-intramural championship.
Although they needed a field goal to win from the Beta's, the Sigma Chi's were never in trouble in Sunday's game with the Dix club.
Displaying a razzle-dazzle offensive, Sigma Chi scored touchdowns in all but the second quarter and held the independents to seven points on a field that was too slippery to allow much speed by either team.
The Dix club never let up in its effort to narrow the gap in the score and in the third period Don Ashlock shot a 10-yard pass to Waldron in the end zone to prevent a shut out. Tony Dibenedetto intercepted on his own 28-yard line and returned to the Sigma Chi 25 to set the stage for the Dix club t.d. Ashlock circled left end for 15 yards before tossing the scoring pass. Shelley kicked the extra point.
Chuck Wagstaff scored twice for Sigma Chi in the opening period. He raced 30 yards on the first t.d.trip and five on the second. The second touchdown was set up when Wagstaff, after taking a Dix punt, passed 30 yards to "Odd" Williams.
In the third quarter Lee Vogel pitched a 35-yard aerial to Joe Connelly who stepped into the end zone for the third Sigma Chi touchdown. In the final period Wagstaff took a Vogel toss from the Dix 7-yard line to complete scoring.
Lynn Leigh and Ruell Reddoch each kicked an extra point for Sigma Chi.
Sigma 16. Beta 14
Grand Finale
A first period field goal by Lynn Leign proved to be the winning margin as Sigma Chi nosed out the Beta in the Fraternity "A" league playoff finals, 16 to 14.
Early in the first quarter a 20- yard pass from "Odd" Williams to Joe Connelly carried the ball to the Beta 12. The 'Beta's held for three downs but on the fourth down Leigh booted a field goal which carried 20 yards to put Sigma Chi three points in the lead.
RAY EVANS, Kansas all-American, bowed out of Memorial Stadium Saturday in a blaze of glory, leading the Jayhawkers to victory.
"Riffin' Ray" passed for one touchdown, scored another, and set up a third with another pass. His 194 total yards was almost half the total Kansas offense. His vicious blocks and tackles played a major part in K.U.'s victory.
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Red Ettinger played the game with a noseguard on his helmet to protect the bruises he is still nursing from the Nebraska encounter . . . Tiger Coach Don Faurot frequently substituted Giles Blair, 204-pound reserve center, for Bob West and other backs for additional line-backing strength. With regular Bob Fuchs, 212-pounder, the Missouri line had plenty of weight behind it.
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