Monday. Sept. 23, 1957 University Daily Kansan
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OU, Iowa State Win; 3 Ties, Two Losses
By GEORGE ANTHAN
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
The Big Eight's 1956 No. 1 and No. 7 teams came through with victories over the weekend that enable the conference to post a .500 mark in opening sectional competition. Three Big Eight (still Big Seven in football) teams tied and two lost their season openers as college teams throughout the nation plunged into the 1957 season.
In the top game across the country, Oklahoma humbled Pittsburgh's mighty line and extended its victory streak to 41 games while in Ames, Iowa State, Jim Myers and the single wing offense made a successful debut, defeating Denver, 10-0.
Meanwhile, in Laramie Saturday, a staggering, fumbling Kansas State squad lost to Wyoming, 12-7 and in Lincoln Nebraska's Cornhuskers could do nothing to stop Washington State's withering aerial attack. The Huskers lost, 34-12. Kansas tied favored TCU. Colorado outplayed but tied Washington and Missouri, a one touchdown underdog before the game, tied Vanderbilt, 7-7.
There are no conference games this weekend as Big Eight schools travel across the country for second round contests.
Football is upon us again.
Oregon State, 20-0 winner over Southern California Saturday, is at Kansas, Oklahoma State is at North Texas, Utah meets Colorado in Boulder, Arizona plays Missouri in Columbia, Iowa State is at Syracuse, Brigham Young is at Kansas State and Nebraska meets Army. Oklahoma does not play this weekend.
Following is a detailed account of each game in which a Big Eight team was involved.
Sooners Humble Pitt
victory. Three touchdowns were called back because of penalties.
Oklahoma's Sooners, despite the usual pre-game death-knells sounded by Wilkinson and Co., gave notice that they intend to retain the national crown and at the same time establish a victory streak record that will not be broken for years to come.
The Sooners completely outguessed and outplayed a Pittsburgh line that outweighed them 35 pounds per man. Oklahoma scored one touchdown in the second quarter and three more in the third for a 26-0
The speedy Sooners, displaying the power and playing ability that has made them famous, humbled mighty Pitt with their lightening fast strikes through the huge Panther line.
Three Oklahoma scores came on pass plays. Clendon Thomas ran 13 vards for the other touchdown.
The Panthers made only two serious drives. One was stopped on the Oklahoma 19 by a pass interception and the other on the Sooner 16 where Pitt lost the ball on downs.
The Sooners rushed 310 yards on the ground to Pittsburgh's 85. The victory proved once more the invulnerability of Oklahoma's fast, slashing ground attack against a much heavier line—a fact Maryland and Jim Tatum learned the hard way on January 1, 1956 in the Orange Bowl.
Missouri's Tigers, who have not won an opening football game since 1947, scored early in the second quarter and were unable to stop a 39 yard Commodore march to the game-tying touchdown.
Tigers Can't Hold
The Tigers, making their debut under Jim Broyles, met Vanderbilt for the first time since 1896. The Tigers were rated a one touchdown underdog before the game.
Missouri scored with only two minutes gone in the game when Tom Swaney intercepted a Commodore pass thrown by quarterback Boyce Smith. Swaney, a center, ran 51 vards for a touchdown.
The game, like the Kansas-TCU game in Fort Worth, was played in a driving rain.
Cyclones In Shutout
A sharp-looking band of Cyclones under Jim Myers, scored Iowa State's first shutout since 1954 by tallying a field goal, a touchdown and an extra point in Ames Saturday to defeat Denver, 10-0.
Denver's Elroy Mares fumbled a punt return in the second quarter and on the next play Iowa State's Brian Dennis caught a pass on the 20 yard line, to the right of the goal post. Lyle Carson booted the field goal.
The Cyclones turned in a commendable defensive performance also as they held Denver on the 4 yard line after the Pioneers had a first down on the six.
The Cyclones drove 62 yards for their touchdown in the third quarter as Dwight Nichols, tailback in the single wing attack, went six yards around end for the TD.
The underdog Colorado Buffaloes outplayed Washington in Seattle Saturday but the Buffers had to settle for a 6-6 tie as Washington quarterback Bob Dunn scored in the second quarter on a 58 yard pass play.
Buffs Settle For Tie
Colorado rushed 240 yards on
the ground while Washington had only 143. Washington, however, completed two passes for 63 yards while the Buffers gained only two yards through the air.
A Colorado punt to the Washington 5 yard line, a weak Washington return punt, a clipping penalty and seven ground plays were good for Colorado's lone score. The extra point attempt by Elwin Indorf was wide.
Pass defense proved to be the downfall of the Cornhuskers in Lincoln Saturday afternoon as Washington State's Bob Newman threw almost every kind of pass in the book with deadly accuracy. The winners scored two first half touchdowns on Newman's throwing and Jack Fanning's receiving.
Huskers Lack Defense
New Nebraska head coach, Bill Jennings, saw his debut spoiled and his Cornhuskers stand by almost helpless against the high flying Washington State aerialists. Bunny Aldrich, Newman's replacement at quarterback, fired a touchdown pass to Gail Cogdill in the second quarter making the score, 20-6 at the half.
K-State 'Freezes'
A pass from Wildcat quarterback Dick Corbin to end Don Zadnick was broken up by Wyoming's Larry Zowado inside the latter's 5-yard line just as the game ended.
Freezing weather with intermittent snow flurries "froze" Kansas State inside the Wyoming 5 yard line several times Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats failed to take advantage of many golden scoring opportunities in Laramie and lost, 12-7.
K-State, desperate as the clock ran into the final minutes, tried a last-ditch passing attack which didn't quite do the trick.
The Wildcats forged to an early lead when Gene Keady scored after running 70 yards down the sidelines in the first quarter. The Wildcats were stymied inside the Wyoming 1 yard line as the first half ended. They fumbled once inside the five and were unable to turn several other scoring opportunities into touchdowns.
Wyoming has now won 12 straight games and three straight from K-State.
Women's Intramural Team Wants Players
Women not living in organized houses but wanting to take part in the intramural program can join J-ettes.
The J-ettes is a team of independent girls living in private residences.
Women interested can sign up in the intramural office in Robinson gymnasium.
Rav Evans completed 101 passes in 1942 to earn the NCAA passing championship.
Can You Satisfy The Requirements Of An Interview?
West Likes KU Competition; Hopes To Better :09.5 Mark
If you care to find out, the following representatives will be on our campus to tell you what to expect in an interview:
John West, transfer from Louisiana State, may have the greatest potential of any member of KU's powerful track squad.
Mr. L. L. Lee, Personnel Manager for I.B.M. of Kansas City and surrounding districts.
Mr. William Woodruff, Personnel Manager for Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance and R. B. Jones and Sons Insurance Company.
Mr. Edward Carr, Personnel Manager for the Hallmark Card Company.
The meeting will be held at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24, in the Kansas Room of the Student Union. We invite anyone interested to attend.
Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi
West has already run the 100- yard dash in 09.5 as a freshman, but the remarkable fact is that he never participated in track or had any coaching while in high school.
"I'm sure that I will be able to better my time this year." West said, "I'll get a lot of good competition and, most of all, good coaching."
The competition West referred to is Charlie Tidwell and Ernie Shelby, both nine second men for KU in the century dash.
Top Competition Here
West left LSU last year because the school now forbids its teams to compete against any squad that has a Negro competitor on it.
"I sure hated to leave. I really liked the school, but I felt I owed it to myself to get in top competition and the best coaching I could. I'm sure to get both here at KU!" the 6-5-0 170-pounder said
"If I can make it to the meet, I think that I have a good chance of winning," he said, "I'd sure like to beat Dave Sime and Bobby Morrow."
West won the Southern AAU meet last spring with his fastest time. Evidently that impressed the track authorities over the nation as he was selected as one of six sprinters to run in a special 100-meter race at the Sugar Bowl this December.
John will be a sophomore academically, majoring in economics. However, as far as his vixity eligibility is concerned, he is a freshman
this year. The conference eligibility rules say that he must spend one year in residence.
Running Two Weeks
West has only been running with the Jayhawker squad for about two weeks but he already has inherited the spirit.
"I wanted to come here because the track team is so good and I wanted to be on the national championship squad," he said. "Now that I've worked out with them I'm sure we will win it."
A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg, the KU Athletic Director, is one of only 32 Jayhawk athletes to earn letters in three sports.
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