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University Daily Kansan Monday. Nov. 10. 1958
University Daily Kansan SPORTS Tigers Dump CU; Sooners Off Pace
The Missouri Tigers moved one game closer to the hoped-for Orange Bowl bid Saturday when they defeated Colorado, 33-9. In other Big Eight action Oklahoma defeated Iowa State, 20-0, and Oklahoma State defeated Kansas State, 14-7.
Missouri made its Big Eight record 4-0 to remain in a tie with Oklahoma for first place. The two teams meet next Saturday at Norman to decide the championship.
Colorado got off to a 9-0 lead, but the Tigers changed matters in the third quarter with three touchdowns. Injured quarterback, Phil Snowden, who saw only part-time action, scored two touchdowns himself and threw a nine-yard pass for the other.
Oklahoma took advantage of two Iowa State fumbles in rolling to its fourth Big Eight victory of the season.
Iowa State kept the Sooners from scoring on two other drives, but the Cyclones could not move the ball far enough when they got it.
Kansas State scored with only two minutes and 48 seconds left in the game to keep Oklahoma State from gaining a shut-out victory.
After a see-saw battle during the first quarter, Oklahoma State scored and took the lead, 6-0. Halfback Jim Wiggins ran 36 yards for the last score after Duane Wood had gained 15 yards on the preceding play.
Hicks, Betas Win IM Titles
The Hicks emerged as Independent A intramural football champions Friday after rolling over the Templinites. 25-6.
Rocky Leiker sparked the Hicks to their sixth straight victory by passing for three touchdowns and catching one pass himself for an extra point. Bob Lockwood hit Sonny Heatwole with a 40-yard heave for the other score.
Beta Theta Pi won the Fraternity A championship by downing Phi Delta Theta 20-0.
Phi Gamma Delta I trapped Beta Theta Pi I 25-7 as the Phi Gams came home with the Fraternity B trophy.
Jayhawkers Win 12th Straight League Title
The Kansas cross-country team flew home from the Big Eight conference meet at Oklahoma Saturday after capturing its 12th straight conference championship.
Tom Skutka, who last year set a meet record, finished third behind Oklahoma's Gail Hodgson and Oklahoma State's Miles Eisenman.
Billy Mills, winner of Kansas' first dual meet this year, placed fourth; Brian Travis, ninth; Dan Ralston, tenth, and Berry Crawford, 11th.
The Jayhawkers finished far ahead of second-place Iowa State with 37 points. Iowa State had 92; Colorado, 98; Oklahoma 112; Nebraska, 117; Oklahoma State, 130; Kansas State, 138, and Missouri, 145.
Hodgson, an imported runner from South Africa, shattered Skutka's record. He finished in 14:00.4. The first 17 runners all finished ahead of Skutka's old mark of 14:58.
Floyd Moves High In League Standings
Homer Floyd jumped high in the conference pass receiving standings over the weekend.
He took over the second position with 12 catches for 207 yards. Jim Wood of Oklahoma State leads with 18 for 255, and Ced Price of Kansas State is third with 14 for 187.
Oklahoma assumed the total offensive lead as Colorado suffered a costly day at Missouri.
HE USES HIS HEAD-Peter Ling, member of the KU soccer team gets set to stop the ball with his forehead during the KU-Wentworth Military Academy game which Kansas won 3-2. Mario Vargas, Pietro Balestra and Dick Welty were standouts for KU.