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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 7, 1957
By MALCOLM APPELATEGE
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Anyone who follows KU athletes certainly had his chance to be proud of the Jayhawkers Saturday. A batting gang of KU football players, refusing to let their own injuries plus a hard driving Colorado offense come between them and victory, fought back in the closing minutes to gain a 25-34 victory over the Buffalooes.
It would have been easy, after suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Oregon State Beavers just the week before, for Kansas to just mark the Colorado game in the loss column too.
The Jayhawks had to face the same single wing offense at Colorado which the Beavers had used so effectively against them. In addition, they had lost the services of their ace quarterback, Bob Marshall, in the Oregon State game.
During the week Chet Vanatta and Bob Kraus, two regulars, came down with the flu and missed a couple days of practice. John Wertzberger, who plays second team center behind Vanatta, was hobbling around with an injured knee. Frank Gibson, another regular who was injured in the season's opener, was still not ready for full-time action. H. C. Palmer, rugged Kansas end, was definitely out with a knee injury.
But even with the odds so much against them, the Jayhawkers refused to fold. Wally Strauch's injury early in the game didn't dim their hopes.
They converted two Colorado miscues into touchdowns early in the game only to have the Buffs tie the score at half-time. After scoring two more times in the third quarter, Colorado notched three touchdowns in the fourth period to take the lead late in the game.
A sophomore quarterback who played fourth string at the start of the season, Larry McKown, was now called upon to give Kansas the victory for which they already had worked so hard. He calmly flipped a 58-yard aerial to Homer Floyd to set up the tying touchdown, then let another equally as brilliant sophomore quarterback, Duane Morris, kick the winning point.
Saturday was truly a great day for Kansas coaches and players. Coach Chuck Mather and his assistants deserve every bit of praise that could be said about them. Every man on the 36-man traveling squad deserves his praise too. Kansas fans appreciate a great team effort like this.
Let's keep this kind of spirit every Saturday.
Last year Clendon Thomas, Oklahoma's right half from Oklahoma City, scored 18 touchdowns to win the national individual scoring championship.
All-time records of Oklahoma and Kansas football games show that Oklahoma has won 30 and Kansas 19. They have tied 5 times.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UP) — The Big Eight scramble for the "bridesmaid" role abates a bit this week except at Lawrence, where Iowa State and Kansas figure to square off like angry suitors before a total audience never equalled in conference game records.
The clash, the league's only conference action this weekend, will be telecast over a four-state area, thus marking the first regional "living room" production under the NCAA'S TV program. Other regional games, to be announced later, will be telecast Oct. 26, Nov. 9 and Nov. 23.
Buffs Win Dixie Series From Atlanta
Begin Scramble For 'Bridesmaid' Role
Iowa State looks unimpressive off a 1-1-1 record but the record is deceptive. The team's lone loss was an unhilminating setback from the
Starring in the initial area football drama are Jim Myers' surprising Iowa State Cyclones and Chuck Mather's ziq-zag Jayhawkers, both counted as strong contenders for the runnerup role to perennial champion, Oklahoma.
HOUSTON, TEX, —(UP)— The Houston Buffs turned back the clock 32 years in winning the Dixie Series from the Atlanta Crackers. A two-run homer by shortstop Ruben Amardo and brilliant four-hit pitching by Tom Hughes enabled the Buffers to down Atlanta, 3-1, last night and clinch the best-of-seven series, four games to two. Houston thus became the first Texas League club to win the Dixie series two straight years since 1925, when Fort Worth won the trick.
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hike his first year's coaching record to 2-1-1.
Bud Wilkinson's single-minded athletes invade Dallas for an annual tussle with Texas after bouncing back from flu and a week's layoff to throttle Iowa State 40-14. Wilkinson, however, had high praise for Myers' club.
Missouri, its stock not too severely down despite last week's 28-0 loss to ferocious Texas A&M, goes on the road against another Lone Star Club, Southern Methodist, Friday night, Young Frank Broyles could easily
Bus Mertes' Kansas State eleven travels to College of the Pacific Saturday night after losing its conference opener in a mild shocker, 14-7, to Nebraska. Bill Jennings "upsetters" go against Pittsburgh in the east.
Sooners and the tie was to talented Syracuse, last year's king of Eastern gridirons.
THE STANDINGS:
Oklahoma State, no longer a counting member in the Missouri Valley conference standings and not yet eligible for the Big Eight football diadem, plays host to Tulsa with hopes of exploding pent-up emotions over an orphan status.
W L PCT.
Oklahoma 1 0 1.000
Kansas 1 0 1.000
Nebraska 1 0 1.000
Missouri 0 1 0.000
Jowa State 0 1 .000
Colorado 0 1 .000
Kansas State 0 1 .000
ALL GAMES
| | W | L | T | PCT. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 |
| Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Missouri | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
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