Tuesday, Nov. 11. 1958 University Daily Kansan
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University Daily Kansan SPORTS
A great fall sporting event when this country was younger was for the men to grab their muskets and go off into the wilds to shoot a turkey.
Turkey Day Race Plans Completed
Next week the turkey hunt, in a drastically modified form, will be renewed on the KU campus.
KU men students will be given an opportunity to bag a thanksgiving turkey, not by shooting at it, but by competing for it in a foot race.
The turkey day race, sponsored jointly by the track and intramural division of the athletic department, will be held at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, on a course south of Allen Field House.
The race will be run in two divisions—organized (independent and fraternity), and unorganized (individual groups of men). Only one team will be allowed from each organized house.
The teams will be competing for a turkey, a goose, a duck, a chicken, or an egg, in that order. Meet officials announced that the poultry*will be on the hoof—alive and undressed.
Teams will be made up of four men. Only three will figure in the scoring.The fourth man will act as a pacer.
The scoring will be identical to cross-country scoring. The winner will be given one point, second will earn two, and third will score three. The team with the lowest number of points will get the bird.
No varsity team member or freshman letterman in any sport will be eligible for the race. All prospective runners must take a medical examination at Watkins Hospital before they will be allowed to enter.
Each team must fill in an entry blank. Forms were distributed to organized houses yesterday. Independent groups may pick up forms at the track office in Allen Field House or at the intramural office in Robinson Gymnasium. Entries must be in by the afternoon of Nov. 17.
Each team must make a minimum of five practice runs over the course. The flat course was marked off today.
If enough men make a try for the bird, officials say it will become an annual affair.
FOR 12th STRAIGHT TIME—Here are the members of the Big Eight's champion crosscountry team. The meet was held Saturday at Oklahoma. From left in front are Bill Boardman,
trainer; Jack Henry, Brian Travis, Berry Crawford, Dan Ralston, and Danny Vold, manager. In back are Tom Skutka, Clif Cushman, Coach Bill Easton, Gordon Davis, Billy Mills.
Cowboys Have Best Team in Ten Years
The surging Jayhawkers meet what may be their roughest opponent in the late season Saturday when they travel to Stillwater to battle with Oklahoma State.
The Cowboys are reported to have their best team in 10 years and are 6-2 for this season. In edging Kansas State Saturday, the Oklahomaans scored their 180th point of the season. The defense has given up 118.
Oklahoma State has lost only to Tulsa and nationally ranked Air Force Academy. The Cowboys have downed Denver, North Texas, Wichita, Houston and Cincinnati in addition to the Wildcats.
Jim Wiggins accounted for 228 of the 320 rushing yards amassed by the winners.
Two talented halfbacks led the Cowboys to victory over K-State. Duane Wood and native-Kansan
Wiggins, a 190 pound senior is from McPherson. He was the leading scorer for the Cowpokes last year with 62 points and scored both touchdowns against the Wildcats on runs of 2 and 36 yards.
Wood, another senior, is one of the top pass receivers on the team as well as a dangerous runner.
Perhaps the biggest threat on the loaded Cowboy squad is quarterback Dick Soergel whose passing is always dangerous. Soergel nearly upset the Air Force with his dead-eye throwing. The air-minded Cowboys were 5 for 9 against Kansas State.
Oklahoma State has a quick tough
defense led by Jim Wood, stellar end who doubles as an alert pass grabber. Tackle Jim Howard and center John Calvin are other stalwarts in the line.
Kansas, fresh from its third straight victory, which evened the season record at 4-4, will be hoping for a repeat of last year's 13-7 win. KU holds a 12-4 advantage in a long series between the two schools.
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