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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
OCTOBER 16.1946
By BILL SIMS Daily Kansan Staff Writer
The Jayhawk dressing room didn't seem much like that of a winning team after the Iowa State game, especially that of a team which had just won its third straight game and its first conference tussle.
There wasn't much loud talking or shouting. The boys were glad they won, but they didn't seem to be very elated. For them it was just another game played hard and won. They seemed to be thinking about future games.
The boys kidded each other some and joked about some of the plays in the Cyclone game, but it was quiet. There was nothing boisterous.
It was a serious crew, and you could tell that they were looking to the Homecoming battle with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. They were concerned as to how their teammates, Ray Evans, Dick Bertuzzi, and Frank Pattee, felt.
There was a determined feeling that spread over the whole room.
This game was won, now start thinking about Nebraska. The Cornhuskers would be tough.
Coach George Sauer has instilled a fighting spirit in his players. They want to win. Especially they want to win this Homecoming game before what probably will be the largest crowd ever to attend a Kansas home game.
--and Orch.
We have a fine team this year and a swell bunch of boys on the team. It won't go through the season undefeated, but it will make the best record of any Jayhawker eleven in many years. You'll be proud of the boys regardless of whether they win or lose because they won't go down without putting up a real battle.
I think we'll have a great team next year. Only four Jayhawkers are seniors.
This means that practically all the team will return next year with a season's experience. The boys playing now will make up the team next year because the Big Six ruling of playing one year of freshman football goes back into effect next fall.
Fourteen freshmen have seen action in varsity games this fall. Eleven sophomores and eight juniors also have played in these games. This ratio is fairly even when you think about the team progressing year by year.
Kansas is on its way up in the Big Six football world. The coaches are due a lot of praise for bringing the team along so well this fall.
Next fall the team will be well balanced as to classes and years of eligibility left. There won't be a dry year when the coaches have no experienced players.
Ray Evans Receives Sullivan Nomination
Ray Evans, captain of the University football team, was honored Monday afternoon by the Missouri Valley committee of the Amateur Athletic Union, who named him their choice for the 1946 James Sullivan football award.
The award was won last year by "Doc" Blanchard. Army fullback.
The choice of the Missouri Valley committee doesn't mean Evans will necessarily get the award. The national A.A.U. committee will make the choice at the end of the year on the basis of the regional recommendations and the individual player's performance during the balance of the season.
Table Tennis Players
Urged To Attend Meeting
Table tennis fans will meet Thursday night to discuss the possibilities of a University table tennis club. The meeting will be at 8:15 p.m. in the recreation room of the Union.
Future plans for the club include the formation of a University-backed team which will engage in inter-collegiate competition.
Gridders Plan Repeat Performance Of 1944 Homecoming N. U. Game
K. U.'s undefeated Jayhawkers will meet the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Homecoming day in an attempt to repeat their performance of 1944 when the Kansans broke the jinx which had prevented them from winning on their own football field for 48 years.
The Jayhawkers gained their revenge with a 20 to 0 victory over the Huskers. ◎
Playing before a crowd of 7,433, compared to the expected 35,000 this year, K.U. outplayed the Cornhuskers in every department to earn their long over-due triumph.
A plaque honoring the Kansas team of 1944 for "having the courage, determination, and will to defeat Nebraska for the first time in Lawrence since 1896" hangs in the athletic public relations office in Robinson gymnasium.
Last year's game, played at Lincoln, ended in a 27 to 13 victory for he Huskers.
The plaque lists the names of all the players on the varsity squad. The starting lineup was largely made up of naval trainees, many of whom graduated before the Jayhawkers played the next game on the schedule.
Nebraska took over in the first half and completely dominated the play, scoring two touchdowns. The Jayhawker offense and defense had little effect.
Just as the Kansans watched spell-bound in the first half so the Cornhuskers were dismused to see the Jayhawker eleven come to life in the third quarter and score two touchdowns in four minutes of play.
David Schmidt, who was with the V-12 program last year, scored on a fourth down end run. Norman Pumphrey failed to convert.
Four minutes later, the Jayhawkers moved 77 yards in seven plays and set the stage for another touchdown.
Frank Pattie, who drove from the left half slot last season, crashed through the side of the Husker forward wall and ran the ball out of bounds on the 1-foot line. George Gear pushed the pigskin over on a quarterback sneak, and the kick was good to make it Nebraska, 14 K. U. 13.
The Cornhuskers came back after the next kickoff to score again on a 62-yard sprint by Phil Young, freshman ball-lugger.
The Jayhawkers began a last-quarter aerial attack in an attempt to tie the Huskers, but a Nebraska back, Art Bauer, intercepted and raced to the Kansas 1-foot line.
Phil Young scored again on a line plunge, and the conversion made the final count 27 to 13.
This year's encounter which promises to be one of the best in the 52-game series also will be one of the most important.
This will be the beginning of the string of opponents the Jayhawkers have to face which George Sauer termed would "probably end our season." After Nebraska the Crimson and Blue meet such powerful teams as Tulsa, Oklahoma Aggies, and Oklahoma.
Kansas will be defending its undefeated record in the second Big Six game of the season.
In an attempt to add height to his backfield Masterson has shifted Frank Collopy from fullback to half-back and has brought Wally Hopp from the "B" squad to fullback.
Bernie Masterson's Cornhuskers will be after their second victory in the Big Six circuit.
The Huskers will come primed to upset the Homecoming plans of the Jayhawkers and will attempt to take their place with Missouri and Oklahoma in the race for the conference title.
One-Time Card Pitcher Sees Win And Collapses
St. Louis. (UP)—The man who helped pitch the St. Louis Cardinals to their first World Series victory 20 years ago cheered them to their sixth championship—then toppled over from a heart attack.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, 59,
one of the greatest right hand pitchers
of his day, was stricken as he
left Sportsman's park yesterday, but
was reported resting comfortably
today.
WREN Will Broadcast Homecoming Rally
Station WREN will resume its traditional coverage of the Homecoming celebration by broadcasting the giant rally to be held Friday night in front of the radio station.
The street will be roped off for the occasion, and members of the K. U. coaching staff, players, and other well-known Jayhawk supporters will be heard.
The rally program will be trans-
cribed and broadcast at 9:00 p. m.
Each Cardinal Will Receive $3,736 World's Series Money
St. Louis. (UP)—The St. Louis Cardinals, rejoicing as baseball's world champions, will receive $3,736 apiece for their labors, official tabulations showed today.
The Boston Red Sox, who dropped yesterday's deciding seventh game to the Cardinals, will get $2,094 per man as their cut.
More than 27,500,000 homes in the U.S. are equipped with radios.
Twins Born Far Apart
Medina, N.Y. (UP)—The twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark were born in different towns. One arrived at the Clark home in Lydonville and the other in the Memorial hospital at Medina, where the mother was taken by ambulance.
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Famous Coach Says: "I'D RATHER COACH THE PROS"
A celebrated refugee from college football tells why he thinks he's better off—both spiritually and financially—coaching a pro outfit than he ever was on the college campus. His name: Jim Conzelman, fabulous coach of the Chicago Cardinals. His reasons are both enlightening and amusing, and he gives 'em to you straight from the shoulder in his lively article entitled I'd Rather Coach the Pros in today's issue of The Saturday Evening Post. Still another reason why, if you want to keep posted on the world of sports, you can't afford to miss a single issue of the Post.
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