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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1941
Phi Gam's Meet Pflashes in Playoff Feature
Beta's Clash With Phi Psi's In A Tossup
In this afternoon's opening playoff games at 4:30, Phi Gamma Delta, defending champions, clash with John Pfitsch's Pflugerville Pflashes while Bill Hodge's Phi Kappa Psi eleven tangles with Beta Theta Pi, boasting a potent passing combination in Bill Mowery and John Short.
In the six-man playoff contests which make up the remaining two battles of the afternoon, Kappa Eta Kappa engages Rock Chalk Co-op and the Blanks oppose Alpha Chi Sigma. The "B" teams take the fields Friday with Phi Psi "C" meeting Beta "B" and Phi Psi "B" playing Phi Gam "B."
Phi Gamma Delta, 1940 title holder, will have its hands full in defeating a fine Pflugerville Pflashes team. The Phi Gam's, unbeaten but tied 0-0 by the Kappa Sig's, boast of an impressive record, with one-sided victories over the Sigma Nu's, Delta Tau Delta's and Teke's. In contrast, the Pflashes barely nosed out the Sig Alph's 8-6, the Sig Ep's 8-6, and Carruth 8-0. The only marr on the Pflash record is a 15-6 loss at the hands of the Beta's.
Star performer in the Fiji lineup is John Conley, a splendid passer and defensive back. Louis Reiderer,
Pflashes
Hinshaw ... LE ... Petterson
Spuker ... LT ... Joyce
Healy ... LG ... Francisco
Reiderer ... C ... Bowers
McSpadden ... RG ... Sees
Phillips ... RT ... White
Dison ... RE ... Maison
Halett ... QB ... Pattie
Sharp ... LH ... Dixon
Staker ... RH ... Lockwood
Conley ... FB ... Pfitsch
Beta Phi Psrs
Short LE Sheridan
Lillard LT Hallberg
Dreher LG Gilliland
Pierce C Jones
Eberhardt RG Peters
O'Neil RT Horner
Hartley RE Thomas
Mowery QB Hodge
Morris LH Cadden
Phillips RH Robertson
Scott FB Bradley
all-star center, and "Swede" Olson,
2nd team all-star end a year ago
along with Chain Healy and George
Phillips are this year's stellar front
men. Minus the services of Fritz
Smith, a brilliant blocker, hurts the
Phi Gam's chances. Perry Petterson,
a high scoring end, and two backs,
John Pfitsch and Jack Pattie, lead
the Fliashes on offense and defense.
Beta Theta Pi boasts the finest forward wall in intramurals. In all-star holdover Tom Lillard and frosh footballer Tom O'Neil, the Beta's have a crack pair of tackles. In Fred Eberhardt, a guard, and Dick Pierce, the pivot man, the Beta's have two more line stars. Punter
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Three-year Record
★★★
Miller at .542
With just one game remaining to be written into the record books, "Rifling Ralph" Miller of Kansas, the greatest passer who ever wore a Crimson and Blue uniform, has a completion percentage of .542 to his credit.
The figures on his three year college career show Miller completing more than half of the passes he has thrown, 96 out of 177, to be exact. Yardage gained now amounts to 1284 yards.
In the eight games this fall, Ralph has thrown 90 passes, completing
50 for 624 yards. On the receiving end the largest number of times has been Ray Evans, sophomore halfback, who has caught 16 heaves for 212 yards. Ray Niblo, sophomore fullback, has snagged 13 of the passes thrown by Miller and the other Jayhawk chuckers for 100 yards.
A very dangerous man on the end of a pass is Denzel Gibbens, hero of the Kansas State game, who has chalked up 160 yards as the receiver for 10 passes. Another Jayhawk back, Don Pollom, has carried five passes for gains totalling 112 yards.
Best receiver among the ends is George Dick, sophomore, who has seen little action until recently.
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Wool Socks
Arrow Shirts
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Big Six Teams Shape Up For Season Finales
A soggy field also kept the Nebraska Cornhuskers indoors yesterday but Coach Major Lawrence M. Jones held a long drill under the stadium. After the workout the squad went to a classroom to study Iowa plays and formations. After missing two games on account of ineligibility, Vike Francis, first string fullback, returned to practice yesterday on the eligible list.
Missouri's preparations for the homecoming game here Saturday were given a final polish this afternoon in practice with every man in good condition and ready for active duty. Coach Don Faurot named a squad of thirty-five to make the trip tomorrow afternoon.
For the first time this season Rayburn Chase, three-letter fullback who has been benched with a knee injury all season, will take a regular starting position in the Jayhawk game, Coach Faurot announced yesterday. It will be the last game for Chase; Bob Brenton, tackle; Norville Wallach, tackle; Capt. Darold Jenkins, center; and Harry Ice, quarterback. The Tigers worked indoors yesterday because of the soggy condition of the practice field. Nebraska Drills in Stadium
Hard hitting Lyle Wilkins, Kansas State fullback, returned to practice yesterday after being on the sidelines with a leg injury which recurred in the Kansas game. Wilkins will be ready for action against Iowa State Saturday, but K-State coaches doubted that John Han-
Store closes at 1 o'clock until after the game.
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"Wheelbase II," who has his troubles getting to the line of scrimage, but goes like wild fire from there, came into his own as a Kansas grid star, Saturday.
"Wheelbase" Gibbens Closes Career In Glory
Christened Denzel Gibbens, the little Jayhawk halfback, is known by an assortment of nicknames. "Shorty," "Gibby," or "Wheelbase," it's always Denzel.
Five feet eight inches tall, Denzel is five inches taller than his brother, Chester, who was known as 'Wheelbase I.' Chet graduated last spring after winning national recognition as a dropkicker.
Always a dangerous runner in a broken field, Denzel has never been very impressive running from scrimmage. Saturday's game with Kansas State was a good example of that.
Although he broke up the game later, with his open field sprints, Gibbens never reached the line of scrimmage on three rushing plays. Twice he was spilled for losses of two yads and the other play saw him losing a yard.
In a broken field, it was a different story, however. Early in the second half, "Whoelbase" took a short pass from Ralph Miller and galloped 20 yards to give a tipoff as to what was to follow later.
Kansas State kicked off to the Jayhawks after searing its second touchdown and Gibbens gathered the ball in on his 17-yard line. Heading toward the center of the field, Denzel cut back sharply around the 30-yard line and headed for the sidelines. Down the edge of the field he streaked for an 83 yard touchdown gallop.
When the Aggies kicked a field goal to go ahead again, "Gibby" took matters into his own hands
once more. With the ball on the Kansas State 31-yard stripe, Miller passed to Gibbens on the 12 where he was confronted by three Aggie tacklers. Starting one way, Denzel suddenly spun back in the opposite direction and left his foes standing flat-footed. That touchdown cinched the ball game.
Against West Virginia the previous week, Gibbens got away for a 47-yard sprint on a short pass only flat-footed. That touchdown cinche to be tackled from behind when it looked like he was away for a touchdown.
The Marquette game saw Harlan Altman flipping a pass over the line to "Gibby," who then twisted and turned some 40 yards to the goal line. He weighs 162 pounds, but would-be tacklers are frequently of the opinion that he really is a mirage.
Co-ops To Fete
Fresh Footballers
Freshman football players come in for some well-deserved attention tonight at 6:30 when they will be feted in the Lawrence Community building by the Co-operative club.
The banquet for freshman gridders, an affair sponsored annually by the Co-ops, will feature Les Edmonds of Topeka as the main speaker of the evening. Edmonds for many years was one of the best known sports officials and newspaperman in this section. In recent years he has been in insurance work.
As guests of the club, the Co-ops will have Freshman Coaches Wayne Replogle and Ed Hall, along with the varsity coaching' staff, as well as their main guests of the evening.