Monday, Sept. 30, 1957 University Daily Kansan
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Oregon State's Reverses Baffle KU
Jayhawkers Lose, 34-6, To PCC Champions
Oregon State's backfield executed the ancient single wing perfectly in Memorial Stadium Saturday as a Band-Day crowd of 28,000 sat numbed by the ease in which the speedy Beaver backs rolled around Kansas' ends for five touchdowns. 34-6 was the final score in a game that could prove quite costly to the Jay-nawkers who lost No. 1 quarterback, Bob Marshall. Marshall received a serious knee injury in the first quarter. He will probably be out of the line-up for at least three weeks.
Coach Chuck Mather, who early last week sad said his team "looked terrible" against the single wing offense in practice, had little to say after the game except that the Beavers had the blocking and Kansas didn't have the tackling.
The Beavers scored twice in the first and second quarters and once in the third.
Kansas' No. 2 left halfback, Bobby Robinson, scored in the second after co-captain Bob Kraus had intercepted an Oregon State pass on the Beaver 42-yard line. Kraus returned to the 20 and two plays later Robinson went over left end for the touchdown.
Fifty-two high school bands added music and color to the game which was played in crisp, sunlit 11-degree weather.
The Beavers, who are ranked 10th in the nation, ground out 346 yards on the ground, mostly around KU's vulnerable ends. The Jayhawkers were able to rush only 147 yards from scrimmage.
KU's aerial attack, expected to offset Oregon State's powerful single wing, failed to click and the Beavers out-gained Kansas in the air, 105-26.
A host of lean, speedy Beaver backs ran Oregon State's reverse plays with precision behind a line which had little trouble containing KU's heavier front wall.
Californians Spark OSC
The Beavers were sparked by two Californians, Earnal Durden and Sterl Hammack. Durden, 165-pound junior from Los Angeles, reeled off touchdown runs on 21 and 14 yards on identical reverse plays while Hammack scored minutes before the half ended on a 10-yard wing-back sweep.
The Beavers, running their oldtime offense behind a balanced line, were the first of three single wing teams Kansas faces on successive Saturday.
The Jayhawkers travel to Boulder Saturday then meet Iowa State the following week.
Mather, in his three years at KU, has never defeated a single wing team. The Jayhawkers, since 1954, have lost three to U.C.L.A. and two to Colorado, a multiple offense squad.
An offsides penalty squelched Kansas' only other serious touchdown drive early in the second quarter.
Pittsburg Still Atop CIC Grid Standings
Halfback Homer Floyd returned
Pittsburg State College remained atop the Central Inter-Collegiate Conference standings this week but was beginning to feel competition from Washburn and St. Benedict's.
Carnie Smith's club has now won three straight games. The latest was a 31-0 victory over Warrensburg Saturday.
Washburn brought its mark to 2-0 with a convincing 33-13 victory over Omaha while St. Benedict's last year's CIC titlist, clipped William Jewell 34-6 to also stay unbeaten in two outings.
a Beaver punt to the KU 23 and fullback Dave Harris went over center for five yards. A 6-yard gain by Floyd and a 15-yard penalty on Oregon State put the football on O.S.C's 44. Wally Strauch then connected to H. C. Palmer on the 27, Harris drove to the 14 and Strauch passed to Floyd on the seven. The Beavers got the ball on that play, however, when KU was offsides.
Nine plays after the Kansas touchdown and kickoff Tommy Prothro's defending Pacific Coast champions scored again.
Two minutes later a Strauch pass was intercepted by Ted Searle on the KU 33 and it took only five plays for Nub Beamer, going over from the 3 yard line, to score.
Strauch Pass Intercepted
Durden's first touchdown came in the first quarter when he went 31 yards on a reverse - this was the play in which Marshall was injured. Durden scored again with only a minute to go in the first quarter when he ran 14 yards, again on the highly successful reverse, for the TD.
Mather, who conceded that the
Jayhawkers tackled poorly, had nothing but praise for the Beavers whom he described as "a fine ball club with extraordinary speed."
"We'd been told to expect great team speed," he said, "but nothing like this. Those backs Durden, Nub Beamer and Francis—all of them fought for every yard and kept finding new ways to break loose from our tacklers.
"It wasn't our lack of tackling so much as it was their blocking, speed and skill in carrying the ball."
Tried To Contain Beavers
Mather explained that his squad tried to play a containing defense to keep the Beavers from the long runs and succeeded except for a 31-yard run by Durden and a 53-yard run by Francis who had picked up his own fumble.
Mather said he wouldn't do a thing differently if the game was to be played over except maybe play better. He said he thought the team profited greatly from the OSC game although Colorado's single wing is run behind the unbalanced line and is more given to power plays designed for short gains.
1957 Baseball Season Has Brought Many Big Surprises
NEW YORK —(UP)—The long baseball haul is over today for another season and the two biggest surprises have to be the two future hall of famers-Ted Williams and Stan Musial—who won the major league batting championships.
Williams overcame a severe virus and the young slasher named Mickey Mantle to win the American League title with a dazzling mark of 388 while "Stan The Man" left behind such challengers as Willie Mays and Hank Aaron to take the National League crown with 351.
But they weren't the only surprises.
Some of the others included:
Bobby Shantz' comeback; the decline of Robin Roberts; the rookie feats of Jack Sanford of the Phillies, Bob (Hurricane) Hazle of the Braves and Dick Drott of the Cubs; Cincinnati's big skid; the surge of the
St. Louis Cardinals; the failure of Don Newcombe of the Dodgers; the comeback of Billy Loes of the Orioles; the tailing off of Logi Berra; and the hit production of veteran Gene Woodling of the Indians.
Bragan New Head Of Cleveland Indians
CLEVELAND — (UP) — Pepperpot Bobby Bragan, who was dropped as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in mid-season, bounced back into the major leagues today as the new manager of the Cleveland Indians.
the fiery Bragan succeeded a bitterly disappointed Kerby Farrell, whose release was announced last night at the end of a season that saw the highly-rated Indians finish in sixth place. $21_{1/2}$ games behind the Yankees.
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