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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Oct. 31, 1959
University Daily Kansan SPORTS
LSU Rated Over Mississippi Team
By United Press International
Louisiana State and Mississippi, two of the perfect-record giants of college football, clash Saturday night to determine who shall continue with their record intact.
LSU, ranked fifth in the nation by the United Press International board of coaches, is a six-point favorite to beat sixth-ranked ole Miss. Both have 6-0 records.
Quarterbacks Bobby Franklin and Billy brewer appear to give Mississippi an edge in passing, but LSU has a superior running game with halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson, and fullback Tommy Davis.
Rutgers, another unbeaten-untied
major college meets a small-college toughie in Delaware at Newark, Del., but is favored to keep its record clean.
The four top ranked teams, with records of four victories against one tie, are favored in their games this weekend.
Iowa, ranked number one in the nation and looking for a Rose Bowl bid, is picked over Michigan. Second-ranked Army is favored by 32 points over Colgate, third-ranked Ohio State over Northwestern, and fourth-ranked Auburn by six over Florida.
The intersectional game of the day finds Notre Dame a three-point favorite over Navy at Baltimore, Md. Wisconsin is picked by six points over Michigan State. Both have slim Rose Bowl hopes.
Big 8 Teams Ready
Big Eight teams play a full schedule tomorrow with the Oklahoma-Colorado game the top action.
Other conference games tomorrow are Kansas at Kansas State, and Missouri at Nebraska. In nonconference games the Air Force plays at Oklahoma State and South Dakota plays at Iowa State.
Nebraska's Bill Jennings looked for possible ways for his Cornhuskers to make the big sustained drive in practice yesterday. In past games the inability to make the drive has hurt them.
Missouri Coach Dan Devine told
Texans Close Door To Ezzard Charles
In the final workout for Kansas State, the Wildcats worked on passing and running. They closed with a 30-minute defensive scrimmage.
AUSTIN, Tex. — (UPI) — Texas closed its boxing doors to former heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles yesterday, telling the 37-year-old fighter the action was taken "not only for the best interest of boxing but also for your own health."
his team to look for a tough battle in the Nebraska game. Two Missouri regulars, guard Don Chadwick and fullback Jim Miles, although making the trip to Nebraska, are doubtful players.
Iowa State worked on both offense and defense and got good passing from tailback Dwight Nichols yesterday.
Charles, once a skilled fighter,
took a bad beating Monday night
in losing by a knockout to Donnie
Fleeman, the Texas light heavy-
weight champion.
The University was provided for in the first constitution of the Kansas territory in December, 1855. In 1863 Lawrence was selected as the location of the University, and in 1864 the University was organized by the legislature.
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Kansas Favored in Distance Meet; Individual Race Will Be Close
The KU cross-country team will be aiming for its 20th consecutive dual meet victory tomorrow when it plays host to Oklahoma University.
The race which will be run over the three mile Mt. Oread hilly course will start at 10:00 a.m. Following the college race the Kansas High School regional meet for class A and B schools will be held.
In the Oklahoma squad, the Jayhawkers will be facing a tough opponent. The Sooners won a recent triangular meet with Houston and Texas Universities.
CHICAGO — (UPI) — American League attendance decreased 11 per cent in 1958, with only two clubs, Kansas City and Washington, showing higher figures than in 1957, it was announced today.
Fans Increased For KC Games
The league draw a total of 7,296,034 for 619 games compared to 8,196,218 in 1957. Kansas City was up 24,023 and Washington 18,209. Chicago showed the biggest drop, 338,217 while Baltimore was down 199,590.
Three teams drew more than a million fans, Detroit, Boston and New York, but all showed a drop from 1957.
In that meet, OU runner Gail Hodson won second place over a four mile course with a time of 1934. Another Sooner, Ernest Kleynhans placed fifth with 20:38.
The highlight of the KU-OU dual meet will be the personal race for honors between KU's Tom Skutka, Bill Mills, Berry Crawford, and OU's Hodgson and Kleynhans.
"We should defeat OU, although the race for individual honors will be very close," Coach Bill Easton said.
Under Coach Easton, KU cross-country teams have won 45 out of their last 47 dual meets. Kansas teams lost to MU in 1947 and in 1955 to Oklahoma State.
In addition to the Kansas-Okla-
homa meet, 17 class A and five class
B Kansas high schools will compete
in regional cross-country trials.
The B schools will run at 10:30.
The starting time for the A schools is 10:45. The high school runners will perform on a 2-mile course.
"It will be a fine day for the sports fans with the three meets to watch," Easton said.
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Three boys to watch in the high school races are Fred Robinson of Washington of Bethel, Bill Hayward, Shawnee-Mission North; and Daniel Friday, Haskell.
The favorite in the Class B race is Perry High School. In class A, Washington, Haskell, and S-M North are favored.
All three races will start east of the stadium on the practice field. The finish line is on the track inside the stadium.
The KU-OU meet is the last Jayhawker meet at home before the conference meet at Norman, Okla., Nov. 8.
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