SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1940
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Huskers Romp Over Missouri To 20-7 Score
BY TOM THOMPSON
Kansan Sports Reporter
Special to the Kansan, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 26—Almost 40,000 persons watched the Nebraska Cornhuskers run over the Missouri Tigers to the tune of 20-7 here in Lincoln this afternoon.
Petsch, quarterback for Nebraska, started off the scoring with a 60-yard end run, and the conversion was successful. In the second quarter, Luther snagged a Rohrig pass and scored, and the extra point was made.
The third quarter was uneventful. In the fourth quarter Hopp passed to Luther. The try for extra point was not successful. With less than one minute to go, Starmer scored on a pass from Christman. It was converted. Christman did not show his unusual skill this afternoon. His punting was excellent, but his passing and running were not. The stronger Nebraska line shoved the big Missouri line all over the field.
New York, Oct. 24.—(UP)—Byron "Whizzer" White, following the precedent set by the great Earl "Dutch" Clark, has bounced back into stardom after a year's retirement as a member of the Detroit Lions National League club.
Clark, now coach of the Cleveland Rams, was named all-league professional quarterback in 1931 and 1932 but interrupted his spectacular career the following year to return to his alma mater—Colorado college—as a coach. He came back to the pro ranks, after one season's layoff, and turned in a greater record than before.
Today, individual statistics for the first half of the season reveal that White, who retired last year to go to Oxford, has regained his football finesse. He was All-American in 1937 and the National league's leading ground-gainer in 1938, and now leads the professional ground-gainers.
In his first year in professional football, White received $15,000 from the Pittsburgh Pirates, the highest salary ever paid a National league player. He stayed out of competition next season and went
abroad to further his education. He came home because of the war and enrolled at Yale. An offer of about $7,500 brought hirr back into the pro ranks this fall after the Lions had swung a deal with Art Rooney, Pittsburgh owner.
White may be the first player in pro history to lead the league in ground-gaining for two successive years. If you discount his year's recess, he has $p$ chance.
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