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AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE.KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1947
BY COOPER ROLLOW
Daily Kansan Sports Reporter
That the Nebraska Cornhuskers are a hot and cold team was proved Saturday, when the Cornhuskers rose to the occasion and battled Kansas down to the last yard.
The inspired Nebraska team which almost set the Jayhawkers back on their heels bore little resemblance to the haphazard outfit which barely eked out a victory over weak Kansas State, and suffered a massacre at the hands of the Missouri Tigers.
It is significant that the Nebraskaans at their best were just about equal to a Kansas team plagued by the "let-down" which usually hits every team at least once during the course of a season.
The Jayhawkers were fortunate to escape from Huskertown with a victory. But the surprise showing of the heretofore impotent Nebraskans was not without its benefits. The shock produced by the close call should alert the Sauer men to the ruggedness of their remaining schedule.
By virtue of their upset victory over Duke university, the Missouri tigers now loom as the most formidable barrier between Kansas and a Big Six championship. The outcome of the K. U.-M. U. game is becoming increasingly doubtful. The Jayhawkers must recapture the dynamic spark which was missing in the Nebraska contest if they expect to shackle the Tigers.
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After the game Saturday, Nebraska captain and star center Tom Novak paid tribute to the Jayhawkers, "Kansas played a rough brand of football, but the game was a clean one," he told this writer.
Novak ranks Ray Evans among the best men he has played against this year. "Evans knows what he's doing; he's a defensive standout, a sharp passer, and a vicious blocker. He has to be to uphold the reputation he has built."
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Bill Moomey, Nebraska right half-back, took time after the game to tell this writer that there is "something missing" on the Cornhusker squad. He declined to say just what.
"There must be a reason for our superb playing in some games and our sluggishness in others," the shifty scatback said. "The answer isn't just morale. It is true that we were heaped up for both the Notre Dame and Kansas games—our only two games this season. But we have had the will to win in every game. Sometimes, we can't click even with everything in our favor."
Mooey called Evans "one of the fastest backs in the Big Six." The Cornhusker speedster runs the hundred in 9.8, and recalls that he had to run at top speed to get away from Evans in last year's game. "When we worked our naked reverse for a touchdown in 1946, Evans was the only man who was near me. I had to run like the dickens to beat him to the goal line."
George Barton, Minneapolis Tribune sportswriter, said recently that if Ray Evans were playing for Michigan, Notre Dame, or Southern California, he "would gain widespread publicity such as that given Doc Blanchard, Glenn Davis, Johnny Lujack, Bobby Chappuis, and other backfielders who have occupied the spotlight in recent years."
The Minneapolis columnist has made a point. It is unfortunate that Evans has not been accorded the publicity deserved by a player of his caliber. But apparently Mr. Barton doesn't realize that it is the fault of sportswriters like himself that Big Six players usually do not reach national prominence.
So long as names like Lujack and Layne continue to dominate the sports east of the Mississippi and names such as Evans, Mitchell, and Novak are committed to a small space beneath the classified ads, Evans and other Big Six standouts will continue to enjoy only local prestige.
Husker Jinx Dies Ungracefully But KU Finally Wins,13-7
BY JIM RAGLIN
Mr. Jinx died at Lincoln Saturday. He was 31-years old at the time of his death, which resulted from a 12-yard scoring pass from Bill Hogan to Otto Schnellbacher. The Kansas Jayhawks won 13 to 7 with only 42 seconds remaining in the game.
It was the first victory scored by the Jayhawks in Lincoln since 1916 and spoiled Homecoming festivities for the large crowd, estimated at 36,500 persons.
Kansas scored in the second quarter on a pass from Ray Evans to Schnellbacher, but saw Nebraska forge on the lead early in the third period on a 40-yard touchdown jaunt by Dale Adams and a conversion by Patton.
After an even first quarter the Jayhawks came to life suddenly in the second period. They began the scoring drive from the Kansas 49, where a Cornhusker punt rolled out of bounds. Evans smacked through the giant Nebraska line for six, but an off-sides penalty set the Kansans back to the mid-field stripe.
Griffith picked up three through the middle just before Evans threw to Schnellbacher for the touchdown. The scoring pass was over the middle of the line to the Nebraska 35 where Schnellbacher enveloped the ball and began a quick dash to the double stripe. Don Fambrough missed the extra point.
The last play before the half ended Evans hit Schmidt with a pass on the Nebraska one-yard line, but the diminitive Kansas end was forced to step out of bounds to make the catch.
Kansas continued to dominate play during the remainder of the first half. The Kansas running attack was rolling in fine style and the Jayhawks almost scored just before half-time. French, Griffith, and Evans drove via land from the Kansas 34 to the Cornhusker 43-yard line. Then Evans hit Schnellbacher with another pass that carried to the Nebraska 35. Schnellbacher tried to find someone to lateral the ball to, but was downed before locating an eligible Jayhawk.
A super-charged band of Cornhuskers took over the game at the start of the third quarter. After receiving the Kansas kickoff the Nebraska team pushed from their 20 to the Kansas 13 before they were stopped. Fischer, Nebraska halfback, went around the Kansas right end and crossed the goal during the drive, but the play was called back because Nebraska was off-side on the play.
Unable to move the ball for any yardage, Kansas punted to the Nebraska 35 where Dick Hutton, Cornhusker speed boy, received the ball and delivered it to the Nebraska 42. The touchdown drive was started at this point by Adams and Fischer.
Adams, only 18-years old, took the ball on the Kansas 40 where the Cornhuskers had driven on off-tackle slants, and sped through the entire Kansas team for the score. He appeared to be stopped several times during the run, but managed to score without too many hands interfering. The place kick for the extra point was true and Nebraska led 7 to 6. There was less than a minute left in the third period when the Cornhuskers took the lead.
Mr. Jinx looked healthy until Kansas punted from their own 48 and Don Ertinger recovered a Nebraska fumble for Kansas on the Cornhusker 7-yard line. The sturdy Nebraska line held three times however, and succeeded in pushing Kansas back to the Nebraska 14, aided by an off sides penalty.
The Cornhuskers were unable to penetrate the Kansas line and booted to Kansas. After three line smashes failed to gain, Tom Scott, in for Evans, who had been kicked in the head by Novak, was smeared while trying to punt.
Don Fambrough surrendered his guard slot at this point and tried a place kick with the ball being held on the NU 21-yard line. The kick was low and Nebraska took over on the 20.
Here Nebraska gambled and lost. They had less than a yard to go for a first and ten on the Kansas 38 with fourth down coming up. Meyers, Nebraska quarterback, fumbled Novak's center on the fourth down and Kansas took over.
With Red Hogan in the driver's seat the Jayhawks moved from their 38 to the Husker eight, all on running plays. The nearer Kansas moved to the Cornhusker goal the faster the clock seemed to move. With exactly 42 seconds remaining Hogan threw the winning pass to Schnellbacher to cinch the game for Kansas
After the touchdown and extra point the Huskers tried desperately to score and did manage to move the ball from their own 17 to their 42 before time ran out.
Pritchard, Vogel To Speak On YM Town Hall Meeting
Leland J. Pritchard, professor of finance, and the Rev. Milton Vogel, executive-secretary of the Kansas Council of churnes, will speak tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Y. M. C. A. Town Hall meeting.
The Rev. Mr. Vogel will speak on "Should Food Be a Political Weapon?" and Professor Pritchard will discuss "Can the U.S. Be a World Granary?"
This semester's table tennis tournament for men and women will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday in the Union game room and Robinson gym, Tom Hanna, activities intramurals chairman said.
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