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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Oct. 13, 196
SOONER FRONT WALL—Oklahoma line coach Gomer Jones pauses during a talk with two of his junior linemen, tackle Tom Cox, left, and guard Karl Milsted. The Oklahoma squad meets Kansas in Oklahoma's first Big Eight contest here Saturday.
KU After First Win Over OU Since'46
This may be the year.
Not since 1946 have the Jayhawks of Kansas defeated the Oklahoma Sooners. That game against the Bud Wilkinson-coached team was played in Lawrence and ended with KU on top 16-13.
The Sooners have won outright or shared the Big Eight championship title for the past 16 years.
Saturday's battle will be the 58th in the series, with Oklahoma winning 33 and losing 19. The two teams have tied five times.
Sooners Start Slow
This season marks the most unsteady opening in Wilkinson's regime. The Sooners could not score a touchdown in losing their opener to Northwestern, 3-19. A last quarter rally salvaged the Pittsburgh affair 15-14. Last Saturday against Texas they suffered their second shutout of Wilkinson's tenure, 0-24.
Mitchell said, "The Sooners are not nearly as weak as everyone thinks they are. They are only a few good breaks, and a couple of yards away from being as good as they have been in the past."
This poor start by the Sooners makes KU coach Jack Mitchell more concerned over this game. He said they will be "twice as tough" because they will be trying to start their conference season with a victory in addition to regaining some prestige lost in their first three tries.
Mitchell considers the Oklahoma line possibly to be as good as Syracuse's.
The ends Ronnie Payne and Jerry Tillary are a little bigger than KU's and just as fast as their Jayhawk counterparts. Both Payne, a junior, and Tillary, a senior, weigh just under 200 pounds.
Senior, Marshall York and junior. Billy White will be line coach Gomer Jones' choice at tackle as the Sooners try to defeat the Jays for the twelfth consecutive time.
At one of the guard positions Oklahoma has Karl Milsted who Sooner coaches consider their best lineman. Milsted, a junior, weighs 210 pounds.
The other guard will be sophomore Leon Cross who weighs 185.
The middle of the Sooner front wall is filled by a 207-pound junior, Jim Bverly.
Injuries Hurt Backfield
Injuries Hurt Backfield The visitors' backfield could be their trouble spot this week.
Starting halfback Billy Meacham injured his toes in the Texas tussle and is not expected to play. His replacement will be Monte Deere, a 161-pound sophomore.
In the other halfback spot is 190- pound Mike McChellan. There appears to be no adequate replacement for him.
Senior Ron Hartline, weighing 213,
has averaged almost five yards per
carry for the Sooners at fullback.
He is the Sooners' leading rusher.
The Oklahoma quarterback this season is former halfback Jimmy Carpenter. The five-foot-eight-inch 166-pound veteran will call the signals for the Sooners as they open their conference campaign against KU. Carpenter is the league's third best passer, the department headed by KU's John Hadl.
Various selectors have the Jays as nine to 11 point favorites. This is believed to be the greatest odds ever against a Wilkinson coached team.
Statistically, there seems to be good reason for the Hawks being the predicted winner.
Kansas has a three-win, one-loss mark; the Sooners have won only one of their first three games. Kansas has outscored its opponents 24.2 to 8.7 points per game while Oklahoma has been outscored 6 to 18.6 points per game.
Kansas has averaged 210 net yards rushing to Oklahoma's 140.5 yards. The KU defense has also been better, by an average of five yards per game.
By John Macdonald
The situation for Saturday's Big Eight football game with the Kansas Jayhawks against the Oklahoma Sooners is almost reversed to what it was last year.
The Kansas squad sported a 2-0 record with victories over a weak Kansas State and what later proved to be a surprising Nebraska eleven.
The Oklahoma team, in its first two conference battles, defeated Missouri and Colorado.
Kansas went into the game as a two to three touchdown underdog and came out with the respect of the Sooners as well as the other Big Eight teams.
Kansas trailed 7-0 until the third quarter when third string halfback Dave Harris sprinted 60 yards for the first Kansas score. The try for two points after the touchdown failed when a pass hit an official in the back as he was scurrying to get out of the way. Oklahoma won 7-6
This year, however, the situation is reversed.
The Jayhawks have proven their ability in their first four games. They have encountered only one team, Kansas State, that is considered weak. They have established themselves as a national power on the strength of their rugged defense and offensive dexterity.
Oklahoma, on the other hand, is experiencing its worst football season in more than 15 years. They have won only one game and that by one point. They lost to Northwestern 3-19 and to Texas 0-24.
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Kansas has defeated highly ratee Texas Christian, Iowa State and Kansas State and narrowly missed a victory over Syracuse.
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While the consideration of past games and team statistics is helpful in predicting the outcome of a game it is extremely difficult to say how a team under the capable leadership of Bud Wilkinson will react in any situation. However, the Jayhawks have demonstrated lots of power this year and should win Saturday's game by two touchdowns.
Record Breaker
CINCINNATI — (UPI) — Oscar (Big O) Robinson set 15 University of Cincinnati basketball records, 13 national and 13 Missouri Valley Conference marks during his collegiate career.
Heading the "B" division games was Acacia's 24-0 trouncing of Phi Kappa Tau. In the other division game Alpha Tau Omega was defeated 22-12 by Phi Delta Theta No. 2
In today's action Beta Theta Pi plays Phi Kappa Psi and Jim Beam plays NSF.
Hicks Take Easy Intramural Win
In other "A" division games the Shysters defeated Templin, 12-6, and J. R. Pearson forfeited to Carruth-O'Leary.
Two intercepted passes resulting in touchdowns highlighted the Hicks 39-0 victory over the Untouchables in yesterday's Independent "A" division intramural football play.
In "E" division Phi Gamma Delta meets Battfield, Navy meets Ace Pearson and J. R. Pearson No. 2 plays Templin No. 2.
W. J. Mikols, director of intramurals, asked that all football players who wear glasses wear glass guards when playing. He said guards may be checked out at the equipment room in Robinson Gym.
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