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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13.1947
Jayhawkers Are Second In National Defense Ranks
The always-surprising Kansas Jayhawkers, with one of the lightest lines in the Big Six conference, climbed to second place in national total defense rankings this week.
Penn State, with its phenomenal defensive average of 61.6 yards per game given up rushing and passing, continues to lead the pack.
Bill Church Quits Kansas State
Bill Church, Kansas State quarterback and leading passer in the Big Six, quit school and left for his home in Fairbury, Neb., yesterday afternoon.
Church is married and has one son. Friends said his wife is expecting another child in March, which may be another reason for his action.
BY PAUL ZEH
Assistant Sports Editor
The most interesting game in the Big Six Saturday may be at Ames, Iowa, where the celler - dwellers, Kansas State and Iowa State, will tangle to decide who will occupy the basement this year.
--with Vincent Price
The wildcats, however, have been brilliant in defeat several times this season, notably against Nebraska and Oklahoma. The contest could end in a tie or with either team on top. But we will stick with Stuber's promising Cyclones.
Iowa State has the edge over the Wildcats after a 30-game rivalry. They have won 16, lost 10, and tied four times. The average score for the series is 11 to 8 in favor of the Cylones. The aggressive team of Abe Stuber put up a better fight against Kansas than our cousins from Manhattan, and are now sizzling after their 36 to 6 Drake victory last week.
. . .
The Nebraska soare continues to bob up in unhappy after-thoughts. The defensive record of the Kansas line was ignored by the Huskers, with the result that our prominent national ranking is seriously threatened.
Now comes the word that Ray Evans has been ousted as the number one punt returner in the conference. Nebraska held Ray to a nine-yard average in four runbacks last week, which lowered his season average to 17.2 yards per try. Jack Mitchell of Oklahoma is now in the lead with an 18-vard average.
Otto Schnellbacker is now tied with Forrest Griffith for team scoring honors. He went over for his fourth and fifth TD's of the season at Lincoln, and is now only one touchdown away from the league leader Mitchell. Others who have 30 points are Griffith, George Brewer of Oklahoma, and Ed Quirk of Missouri.
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This game of football is becoming more scientific every year. Caches have started to use television to watch their teams in action.
Jimmy Conzleman, skipper of the Chicago Cardinals, was the first to try the idea, and reported that it was "effective." He used a console model by his side on the playing field to supplement information he received from the spotters in the stands. He reported he could get a better view of his team's plays as well as opponents' weaknesses.
Watch for the announcement of jet-propelled half-backs!
- Kansas' total is 979 yards rushing and passing given up in 327 opponents' plays in seven games. On the ground, Kansas has yielded 599 yards and 380 in the air.
In rushing defense, the Jayhawkers rank seventh with an average of 85.6 yards per game, while in passing defense the Kansans are 11th with a 54.3- yard average.
Missouri represents the Big Six in total offense ranks with an average of 360.3 yards per game, good for seventh place. In rushing offense, the Tigers are third with a 284.5-yard average, eight places ahead of Oklahoma's Sooners who have rolled to 239.9-yards against slightly tougher opposition.
Only individual from the Big Six represented in national ranks is Jack Pesek of Nebraska who ranks eighth with an average of 42.1 yards per game on 29 punts.
TOTAL DEFENSE
G. Yds. Aver.
Penn State 7 431 61.6
Kansas 7 979 139.9
Ga. Tech 7 996 142.3
T.C.U. 7 1088 155.4
Holy Cross 7 1106 158.0
Wm. & Mary 7 1114 159.1
Davidson 8 1277 159.6
No. Car, St. 6 986 164.3
U. S. C. 7 1170 167.1
Tulsa 7 1180 168.8
Detroit 8 1350 168.8
Boston Coll. 6 1041 173.5
TOTAL OFFENSE
Detroit 8 3336 417.0
Michigan 7 2847 406.7
Penn State 7 2734 390.6
Notre Dame 6 2239 373.2
Ga. Tech 7 2534 362.0
Penn 6 2167 361.2
Missouri 8 2886 360.3
Virginia 7 2502 357.4
Hard.-Simm. 7 2449 349.9
California 8 2765 345.6
Wichita 8 2726 340.8
Army 7 2368 338.3
RUSHING DEFENSE
Penn State 7 64 9.1
Boston Coll. 7 449 74.8
Georgia Tech 7 547 78.1
Alabama 7 573 81.9
Wm. & Mary 7 577 82.4
U. S. C. 7 590 84.3
Kansas 7 599 85.6
No. Carolina 7 603 86.1
Wake Forest 7 607 86.7
Utah 7 625 89.3
Penn 6 550 91.7
Tulsa 7 647 92.4
FORWARD PASS DEFENSE
Att. Comp. Aver.
Colorado Coll. 71 18 34.4
No. Car. State 52 21 44.7
San Francisco 103 27 46.7
Maryland 94 32 47.9
Duquesne 74 26 47.8
Tempe State 95 24 49.0
T. C. U. 78 33 49.0
Davidson 106 33 50.1
Penn State 110 30 52.4
Villanova 91 30 52.7
Kansas 57 25 54.3
Two unbeaten junior college football teams from Nebraska and Kansas will meet in Hutchinson Thanksgiving day in the first annual Salt Bowl game.
Hutchinson Jucos Start Salt Bowl This Year
Charles Sesher, Hutchinson head coach, has 20 lettermen and nine World War II veterans on his all-victorious squad. Only one game on the regular playing schedule—against Fort Scott Friday night—stands between the Blue Dragons and an undefeated season.
Hutchinson, boasting one of the finest teams in its history, will play McCook. Neb., juco.
The Y.M.C.A. intramural basketball team will hold its first practice from 5 to 7 tonight at the Community building, Ned Linegar, executive secretary, said today.
YM Practice Tonight
Three short plays will be presented by students of Miss Beverely Betan of the Spanish department at the meeting of El Ateneo at 7:30 tonight 113 Frank Strong hall.
To Give Spanish Plays
Kansas ranks ninth in the national football rankings, according to the Football Digest, a weekly sports newspaper published in California.
KU Ranked Ninth By Football Paper
Notre Dame tops the list published by the paper, followed by Michigan and Southern Methodist. Others in the first ten include: Southern California, fourth; Penn, fifth; Georgia Tech, sixth; Penn State, seventh; Texas, eighth; and Utah, tenth.
The contest, for the mythical championship of Missouri and Kansas, promises to be a sell-out, and bowl promoters warned yesterday that requests for tickets should be mailed sometime this week in order to assume seat reservations.
Four Jayhawkers Nominated For Mo-Kan Bowl Game
Phone KU-25 with your news.
Ray Evans, Lynne McNutt, Joe Crawford, and Otto Schnellbacher have been nominated to represent the Kansas football squad in the second annual Mo-Kan Bowl game, to be played December 7 at Blues Stadium, Kansas City.
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