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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1941.
New Backfield In Mountaineer Battle
Sports Slants By Clint Kanaga
TWENTY BIG GAMES
Here they are—the weekend's 20 feature contests. Last week saw this column reach the century mark in predictions with 73 correct out of 100 attempts. According to the press statisticians, 15 united, unbeaten teams slipped out of the nation's select circle last Saturday. The only six major teams with perfect records remaining in the country's spotlight are Fordham, Duquesne, Minnesota, Duke, Texas, and Texas A. & M.
The Fordham-Pittsburgh contest is always a battle, no matter who rates as the pre-game favorite. Pitt nearly took Ohio State last weekend, but call it Crowley's crew from Rose Hill by a single touchdown. A powerful Duquesne outfit should have no trouble with a St. Mary's, one of the Pacific Coast's weakest elevens. Duke will have a field day with Davidson, Texas, the nation's No. 1 team, figures to romp over Baylor by three or four scores. Army over Harvard by twelve points. Southern Methodist to produce the week's upset in whipping highly favored Texas A. & M.
Navy and Notre Dame boast undefeated records but both have ties which marr their marks. In the feature battle of the day, it's Notre Dame by a few points. The Big Ten's best passers will highlight the Northwestern-Indiana fray with Waldorf's Don Graham matching aerials with the Hoosiers' classy Billy Hillenbrand. Ohio State, with Jack Graf back in the tailback spot after two weeks absence, rates two touchdowns better than Wisconsin's improving team.
Temple, on the rebound, is slated to overpower an undermanned Villanova club. On fire, Frank Albert and Stanford will roll past Southern California with ease. Georgia Tech, with Johnny Bosch off the bench, should smother mediocre Kentucky. Holy Cross will be too much for one of the finest teams in Brown history.
With Hovious and Hapes hitting full stride, Mississippi should spill an up-and-down Louisiana State squad. Mississippi State, tied by L.S.U. and victor over Alabama, tackles Auburn, Call it State in one of the day's closest contests. The South's biggest entertainment labels Tulane better than Alabama by a point.
A BIG SIX ONCE-OVER
Despite the fact that Ettinger and Ulrich will not perform in Morgan-town, Kansas is named winner over West Virginia in a hard-fought struggle. Missouri invades New York University and the Tigers' great backs, Harry Ice and Bob Steuber, will top the show Paul Christman put on for the big city two years ago.
Minnesota should chalk up their 15th straight triumph, in slaughtering a revived Nebraska eleven. Dewey Luster's title-bound Sooners from Norman will smother an Iowa State Cyclone.
QUOTING HAROLD KEITH, OKLAHOMA'S EXPERT
Received a letter from Harold Keith, the Sooner's ace football observer; and here his opinion of our Javhawkers at Norman.
"I thought Kansas did well considering everything. Henry's boys were badly out-manned, and yet its second quarter drive og the spread formation was one of the most thrilling things I have ever seen. One team trying to play three is like Greece trying to stand off the German horde."
"Your plays were as good as ours, your team just as well coached, and your boys just as valiant; but you simply lack numbers to compete with Nebraska's, Missouri's and Oklahoma's. I hope you will be patient with Coach Henry and the team. I thought they fought themselves completely out which is all you can ask of any club."
Take it or leave it. This corner thought it was a darn swell letter. It hit the nail on the head concerning the present football situation.
Tom Harmon Finally Tackled---By Air Corps
Detroit, Nov. 6—(UP)—Halfback Tommy Harmon, the Michigan All-American who has taken a whirl at radio announcing, movie acting and one game of professional football, finally was signed to a long term contract today—with the U. S. Army Air Corps.
His draft number up, Harmon enlisted as an aviation cadet yesterday, three days before the deadline set by his Gary, Ind., selective service board. He was to have been inducted Nov. 19.
"I want to be a pursuit pilot," he explained. "I only need two more hours instruction to solo."
Asked if he would play football in the army, Harmon replied: "Tm
Capt. Richard Gillespie said the former football star would be assigned to an air school for the 30-week training course within four to six weeks, providing the chief of army air corps approves his application. Harmon was examined at Selfridge field by Flight Surgeon Capt. Byron Gifford who pronounced him "physically and mentally sound."
joining the army to learn to fly, not to play football"
Assured by Gifford that he had passed "the best physical of any man I've ever had." Harmon boarded a plane for a "combination business and pleasure trip" to Hollywood, Calif.
Vandaveer Replaces Ettinger
The loss of fullback Don "Red" Ettinger for the remainder of the season was quite a blow to Gwinn Henry's Jayhawkers as they prepared to embark for Morgantown, West Virginia. This injury breaks up the starting backfield of Ralph Miller, Ray Niblo, Ray Evans, and Ettinger for the first time this year.
X-Rays revealed three fractured vertebrae resulting from the back injury Ettinger received last Saturday against Oklahoma. In losing Ettinger
Kansas will miss the services of a crack line backer and a fine allaround performer.
MARVIN VANDRIVEER RAY NIBLO
Saturday's game likely will see Coach Gwinn Henry experimenting in an effort to find a successor to the line backing spot. Most likely candidate to succeed Ettinger seems to be Nible, who is being shifted from right halfback for a trial at backlash.
Niblo's place in the backfield is being filled at present by Marvin Vandaveer, senior letterman. Vandaveer
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Bob Ginn of Nebraska or Dick Edwards of Kansas should win the individual race while Kansas State and Iowa State are schools Oklahoma will have to beat for the team title in the 14th annual Big Six conference two-mile race Saturday at Columbia, Mo., opines John Jacobs, coach of Oklahoma's all-victorious runners.
K.U.'s Edwards Versus Ginn In Two Mile Race
"Inman of Iowa State and Rues of Kansas will take the lead and hold it the first few laps, turning the first mile in 4:42 or 4:43 if conditions are good." Jacobs predicted.
"However, with the race somewhere near half run, Bob Ginn of Nebraska, the defending champion, will get nervous and bolt out in front and right behind him will go big Dick Edwards of Kansas who won't be worrying about Inman or Rues, but knows Ginn will be the man to beat."
"Edwards will dog Ginn the rest of the race and try to out-finish him on the last lap. Edwards gave Ginn such a close race in last year's Big Six outdoor mile, that he might even defeat Ginn Saturday if he gets his head set that he can, and if he starts his sprint a little sooner than he did at Lincoln last May.
"If the going is muddy, or a
Stanford All-American Examined
Stanford University Cal.. Nov. 6
Stanford University, Cal., Nov. 6 —(UP)— Frankie Albert, key to Stanford's Model T machine, and tackle Ed McCain, are awaiting results of their physical examinations for the draft, it was revealed today. Albert and McCain took their physical examinations last Thursday.
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"Dick Smethers and Bill Lyda of our own team are outside possibilities for first place, but I figure the individual race lies between Ginn and Edwards because after Inman and Rues run a fast first mile, Ginn and Edwards will carry the field so fast through the last mile they may run the finish out of the others. I think, if conditions are good, 9:31 or 9:32 will be good enough to win first place."
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