Wednesday, October 4, 1950
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Yanks and Phillies
Begin Series Today
" By Bob Banks
There's no brotherly love in
Philadelphia today. The city will
take on an entirely different ap
pearance than our forefathers
intended when the home town
Phillies take on the New York
Yankees in the first game of the
world series.
And an interesting series it
should be. The sport chiefs of
baseball have never been able to
figure out any ingredients for a
team which will guarantee long
Victory strings.
Some say all it takes is a lot of
power hitting. The New York
Giants weilded more power than
any other club at the plate during
the late forties. BUT they
weren't' in any series.
Other authorities maintain that
all it takes is some steady pitch
ing. The Detroit Tigers had the
pitching this year. The Yankees
beat them at the tape though.
Are vs. Youth
Another factor entering the
debate is the question of age and
youth. This will be given a
thorough test when the smoke
has finally cleared away from
the booming bats of the series.
The Yankees will pit their ex
perience and world series savvy
against the youth and spirit of
the Phillies.
The New York outfit will enter
th game a 2-1 favorite. But the
Phillies are no stranger to this
role. They were rated no better
than third at the start of the sea
son. But the crystal-ball gazers
didn't cramp their style. They
built up a commanding lead dur
ing the season and held it until
the last two weeks of the peasnn.
Then, when the chips were down
on them, they had the stuff to
come through like the National
League champions they are.
But this doesn't steal any
thunder from the Yankees. Sure,
they've been in a lot of series.
But they've fought batting
slumps, sore arms, sprained
ankles, and every other kind of
injury to get there again in 1950.
That plus the stiff competition
of the Tigers, the Red Sox, and
the Indians certainly shows they
must have had something in or
der to win the American League
pennant again.
Over .300
The Yankees- enter the game
Tough
Penn State Gets
h Contest in
Poiverful Army
Penn State's Model-T football
team, an easy winner over
Georgetown in Rip Engle's debut
as head coach, will face sterner
stuff Saturday when the Lions go
to West Point to meet Earl
Blaik's high-riding Cadets. Last
year, the West Pointers absorbed
a first-half shock, then came back
to smother the Nittany Lions,
42-7. Saturday's game, fifth in a
series which started in 1899, will
furnish the Cadets an opportunity
to go ahead in this rivalry, which
currently is tied at one win
apiece, and two ties.
Penn State won the first one,
xactly 51 years (October 7,
1899) ago, when Earl Hewitt,
now a Pennsylvania state legis
lator, raced 65 yards with a punt
for ine game's only score (b-0),
and the second game a year later
wound up in a scoreless tie.
Penn State had to come from
behind to tie the Cadets (14-14)
in 1939, while last year's meeting
was no contest after the first
half, which saw the Lions score,
then hold the 'West Pointers at
bay until after the intermission.
No future bookings have been
announced. All games have been
played at West Point.
In his debut Saturday against
sophomore-1 a d e n Georgetown,
Coach Rip Engle unveiled a
flashy offense which mixed run
ning and passing to good ad
vantage, and while the Lions
rolled up 173 yards on the ground
and 149 yards through the air,
five Penn State fumbles marred
the performance. (
Twice, well-conceived drives
were stalled by miscues, and the
Lions were fortunate to recover
their fumbles on three other oc
casions. Withal, Senior Vince
O'Bara, formerly a, tf "Jt in the
single wing, emerf -itis
with five men who are batting
over .300. Scooter Rizzuto fin
ished the season with .325, Hank
Bauer had a .323 average, Yogi
Berra completed things with .321,
Johnny Mize with .308, and
Joltin' Joe Di Maggio had .302.
The "Whiz Kids" boast only
two men who wound up the sea
son above .300. Del Ennis hit the
ball at a .312 clip and Richie
Ashburn whetted out a .306
mark.
The Yankees can also throw a
pretty potent pitching staff at
the Phillie batters. Vic Raschi,
who will start the first game for
the Yankees, completed the sea
son with a 21-8 mark." He can
back this up with Allie Reynolds
(16-12) and Ed Lopat (18-8). Not
to be forgotten is the sensation
"Whitey" Ford who racked up a
9-1 record.
The Phillies have their good
pitchers' in Robin Roberts who
amassed a 20-11 mark, plus such
reliables as Ken Heintzleman,
Russ Meyer, and Bubba Church.
In Outfielder Di Maggio, Short
stop Scooter Rizzuto, First Base
man Johnny Mize, and Catcher
Yogi Berra the Yankees have
some of the top talent in the
majors. World series are old stuff
to the veterans and they certainly
won't be botheed by an inferi
ority complex.
Young: Stars
But the Phillies with such
youthful stars as Richie Ashburn,
Mike Goliat, Willy Jones, and
Granny Hammer will likewise
probably not be bothered psy
chologically. These youngsters
will be backed up by Dick Sisler,
Del Ennis, and Sddie Waitkus, all
of them old enough to know .the
facts of life.
Casey Stengel, the New York
pilot, rated Manager of thy Year
in 1949. He will lead his ' club
into the world series battle for
the second consecutive year.
Stengel is rated a shrewd man
ager and is respected by all who
know baseball.
The Phillie manager, Eddie
Sawyer, has earned a reputation
for bringing his youthful team
along so well. There were many
who thought they would crack in
the stretch but Sawyer held
them together. He brought them
up to third in 1949 and took
them all the way this year. That
should be good enough in any
one's book.
So taking everything into con
sideration, perhaps it might be
well to throw the odds out the
window and wait until the series
is over before passing final
judgement.
Minnesota may not be the na
tion's best team this year as they
were in 1940 but one couldn't be
convinced of it by hearing Bill
Glassford talk.
The Gophers were knocked off
28-13 by the Washington Huskies.
Rumors have it that their line
is but a shadow of the mighty
Minnesota lines of former years.
But Glassford and his staff are
preparing for the Minnesota in
vasion with every precaution.
Tuesday night's drill found the
Scarlet and Cream going full
steam against a freshmen group.
The varsity was working out in
full uniform and .pulling no
punches in their play, although
looking none too sharp.
The blocking of the varsity was
nothing to brag about. At times
the frosh were breaking through
to smear ball carriers before they
had a chance to get started. The
downfield blocking was also
mediocre at times. The interfer
ence seemed to be on the ground
more than the frosh defenders
were.
No Protection
The passing game was splotchy
because of bad protection. Fran
Nagle had to rush his passes in
order to get them away at all.
The ground attack still looked
pretty potent when the ball car
riers could get blocking. Bill
Mueller was running in his usual
rugged fashion. Ron Clark got
away for some nice gains and
Bill Wingender was' hitting the
line like he meant business.
Working with the first string
offensive group were Gerry Fer
guson and Frank Simon at ends,
Charlie Toogood and Tom Harper
at the tackles, Walt Spellman and
Don Strasheim at the guards, and
Ted Britt at center.
Nagle was running at quarter
back, Clark and Reynolds alter
nated left half, Mueller and
Bloom at right half, and Wing
ender at fullback.
The Huskers will have to be
in top form to get by the Gophers.
Captain Dave Skrien will be back
to spearhead their attack. He
scored two touchdowns in last
year's game. Others rated plenty
potent on the Bierman squad are
Dick Gregory, Dick Wheaton and
Harry Coates.
Buffs Need
Improvement
"Improvement is needed still
if we hope to defeat Kansas,"
said Colorado Coach Dal Ward
following the Buffs' 34-6 con
ference victory at Boulder over
the Kansas State Wildcats last
weekend.
The Colorado mentor ex
plained that he had three points
in mind: punting, covering on
punt and kickoff returns, and
offensive blocking. Also, the
Golden Buffaloes have been af
flicted with fumble-itis in both
games on the schedule to date.
Coach Ward has iold his play
ers that when they travel to
tussle the Jayhawks, they are
"going to come across a group
of hard-running backs led by
John Amberg and a sophomore
named Charlie Hoag." Perhaps
confidence gained at the ex
pense of K-State will aid the
Buffs to improve more this
week.
A late second-quarter touch
down saved the day for Colo-
I rado last Saturday after Kansas
State capitalized on a (JU fum
ble to make the initial score in
the game.
Zack Jordan, sophomore tail
back who sparked the Colorado
offense, set up his team's first
tally with a pair of passes. He
completed the first one to Chuck
Mother, junior end, for 34 yards.
He -hen hit Woody Shelton on
a running aerial that was good
for 28 rds. Shelton, a soph
back, made it to the K-State 7
before he was stopped.
Then Merwin Hodel, power
packed Colorado fullback, took
over. Hodel rammed the line
twice for the TD. Half-time
score was 6-6.
The Buffs roared back after
intermission to score twice in
each remaining period. Coach
Ward inserted his reserve sophs
who accounted for the final
touchdown late in the gamtf
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DON BLOOM
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ElcanEied Tqus Beeiveirj
Delfts; Fills Win
This year as last Bill Glass
ford, will be relying on the ser
vices of halfback Don Bloom, the
lightest man on the squad, who
hails from Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. Bloom is 21 years old, weighs
150 and stands 5-11. He gradua
ted from, John Marshall High
School, Los Angeles, California
in 1947.
While in high school he earned
three letters in track and three
letters in football. In high school
football he achieved high honor
by being voted All-League half
back. Last year he earned his first
letter in vasity football at Ne
braska, and this year he is after
his second.
Bloom is the secretary of the
Air Society, and also he is secre
tary of the "N" club. He is a first
year law student and a member
of 'Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Theta Chi
Hits Acacia
Theta Chi unleashed a pow
erful passing attack Tuesday and
ground the gridders of Acacia
by a 23-0 score. Coupled with
the pin-point passing,' the Theta
Chi line was credied with two
safeties by twice catching the
Acacia ball carried in his end
zone.
By virtue of these two safe
ties, the score stood at the end
of the first quarter at 4-0, an
odd looking football score.
John Futcher put the Chi's out
in front 10-0 early in the second
period with a one-yard flip to
Ed Clausen. These same two
men had combined to set up this
score with a 45 yard pass play.
Before the half, the .rampag
ing Chi's upped the score to 17-0
on a pass play from Bob Geb
hards to Julian Keneday. Geb
hards also flipped the extra point
pass, this time to Duane Van
Pjplt.
After the half, the Acacias,
led by Bill Lippstreu and Dick
Blunk came back strong and
though they couldn't score, held
the Chi's scoreless. In the final
period, however, the victors once
again cashed in with Palme
carrying the ball across the goal.
By Sed Hall
Staff Sport Writer
Icy temperatures have no ef
fect on hot tempers in inter
fraternity football if the games
Monday night at Ag campus are
any criteria. With the mercury
in the 40's, the second week of
intramural football opened with
five of the hardest fought con
tests yet seen this -year. The
water-logged fields kept all the
scores, except one, at a mini
mum. On field No. 1 the Phi Gam's
and D.U.'s churned up and
down the field for four quarters
each team trying to scqre its
second touchdown before the
final gun. Keebler broke the ice
when he ran almost the length of
their field to score. The Phi
Gam's made their extra point
try good and that was the point
that was to decide the ball game.
The D.U.'s roared back to
score in the second half, but
they were unable to knot the
count when the extra point at
tempt failed. From then on it
was a see-saw battle which saw
Rice and Beechaman rushing
Olson's passes and Merritt and
Evans returning the attack for
the Phi Gams.
The second t.d. eluded both
squads and the game ended 7
to 6' with a rejuvinatea fni
Gam club on top.
The Delta Tau Delta team gave
convincing evidence that they
were eoinff to be a ball club to
reckon with in the intramural
play by downing a Beta Sig
seven to the rollicking tune of
36 to 0.
ATO's Fall
On a field that resembled a
rice paddy more than a intra
mural gridiron, the Phi Delts
and top ranked Alpha Tau
Omega slipped, slid, and sloshed
in a see-saw contest which
ended in a 0-0 tie at the half.
Finally in the third quarter Ger
lach faded and heaved a water
soaked pigskin into the waiting
arms of Hinkle and the Phi
Delt's went out in front 6-0.
Those six golden points were all
that were forthcoming on field
No. 2 that day.
The A.T.O.'s just couldn't
shake a man loose downfield
into position for a pass. A minia
ture lake on the 50 yard line
prevented either team from
making any long, sensational
nass davs. Both clubs were
Drettv much held down to short,
snappy passes over the line of
scrimmage, and laterals were
used to circumnavigate the pond.
Looking very unlike the
snappy ball club of last week,
the Sigma Nu's lucked out and
eked a 1-0 win over the scrappy
S.A.E. squad. Feelings ran high
and tempers flared as the two
teams butted each other up and
down the gridiron. In the des
parate waning minutes of the
battle, a player from each team
was banished from the game.
The score at the final gun stood
at zero for both squads.
In the over time. Jussell and
company completed a pass in
four downs and went on to win
1-0 since the S.A.E.'s were un
able to better that attempt in
the same number of tries. The
hard charging of Jerry and Bruce
Evans. Bradley, and Perry
rocked the Sigma Nu's on their
heels all afternoon keping Hinde
and Shepherd's pass completion
1 record somewhat on the lean
side.
Sir Eps Win
With the victory day choosing
to ride on the arm of Kraft, the
Sig Ep's knocked over the fight
ing Phi Kappa Psi seven to the
tune of 12-0. The Phi Psi's bat
tled the Sig Ep's to a standstill
in the first quarter, but Kraft
and company could not be de
nied.
In the second quarter Kraft
laid the spiralling pigskin into
Peterson's waiting arms and the
Sig Ep's- went out in front 6 to 0.
Just as the first half ended Kraft
uncorked a 30-yard beauty that
plopped square on Swanda's
chest and the Sig Ep's surged
out to a J 2-0 lead. The blocking
of Hansen helped Kraft more
than somewhat in giving the
passer the time needed to spot
his receivers.
A revitalized . Phi Kappa Psi
seven came back the second half
to hold the Sig Ep's scoreless.
However, the Phi Psi's couldn't
seem to hit the lucky combina
tion that would spell victory for
them and the game ended 12-0.
AGR's Thrash Betas
The Alpha Gamma Rho squad
stomped on a frustrated Beta
Theta Pi seven to the tune of
18-0. The A.G.R.'s were ahead
12-0 going into the third quar
ter when little scatback Engle
faded and hit Moritz with a 19
yard heave at midfield. Moritz
picked up nice blocking and went
on to score for the A.G.R.'s. With
the game on ice and Frost and
Gauger rushing the Beta passers,
the A.G.R. aggregation went on
to cop the game 18 to 0.
Saturday. October 7. w!ll be
make up day for touch football
teams that have missed games
at the Ag battleground. On field
No. 1 the Phi Gamma Delta "B"
will tangle with the Alpha Tau
Omega "B" squad. Baptist House
vs. Presbyterians on field No. 2
and the Phi Delta Theta "B"
meets the Kappa Sigma "B" on
field No. 3. Sigma Phi Epsilon
"B" wrestles the Delta Tau Delta
"B" on field No. 4 and field No.
5 will see the Farm House "B"
fighting the Sigma Chi-"B."
Tigers Have 8 Statistical
Leaders Back: NU Has 4
Missouri claims eight of the
28 1949 Big Seven statistical
leaders who have' returned to
conference football this autumn.
Three of the Tiger leaders are
in the punt returns department,
two are in the passing bracket
and one each in the rushing,
pass receiving, and punting di
visions. Kansas and Kansas State are
running second with five men
each returning to the fold this
fall. The Jayhawkers five placed
higher up in the statistics, how
ever. Nebraska has four returning
and Iowa State, three. Confer
ence champion, Oklahoma has
but two back and Colorado has
only one.
In the five statistical divisons,
only three of last year's leaders
have returned and Iowa State
owns two of these men. Ne
braska's Cornhuskers has the
third man.
Back defending his conference
passing title is Iowa State's Bill
Weeks, who gained 1,247 yards
on 79 completions ,a figure which
not only netted him the circuit
passing crown but the 1949 in
dividual total offense toga as
well. In last Saturday's encoun
ter with Northwestern, Weeks
completed 15 of 28 for 171 yards
just brushing up for conference
competition.
The receiving derby promises
to be the tightest on record.
Eight of last year's top ten lead
ers have returned, including de
fending champion Jim Doran of
Iowa Statet Weeks' battery mate.
Nebraska's Ron Clark, top
punt returner of 1949, leads five
men returning in this depart
ment. Clark averaged over 15
yards per return.
Defending champions are not
returning in the other two di
visions. Last year's second place
man in the punting, Dick Heat
ley of Oklahoma, is leading four
men who are back in that de
partment. Merwin Hodel of Colorado who
finished fourth in rushing last
season leads six gridders back
in this division.
The returning 1949 leaders:
Ruining
1949 net
rank yard
4 Merwin Hodel. Colo 748
5 Leon Heath, Okla 648
6 HI Faubion. K. St 605
7 Elmer Crevlston. K. St..... f84
8 John Glorloso, Mo. ...... RR1
9 Bill Mueller, Nebr 5
raising
1949 net
rank Vardi
1 Bill Weeks, I. St 124T
3 Phil Klein. Mo 6ft
5 Fran Nagle, Nebr S2
6 Jerry Bogue, Kans. ...... 521
10 John Glorloso, Mo. 292
Pnntfrc
1949
rank ave.
2 Dick Heatley, Okla 40.7
4 Junur Wren. Mo 38.6
7 Ron Clark, Nebr. 1 37.3
Pats Receiving
1949 net
rank yarda
. 1 Jim Doran, I. St. ........ 689
2 Gene Ackerman. Mo. ...... S76
3 Lin Smith, Kans 358
4 Bill Schaake, Kans 344
5 Glen Channel. K. St. ...... 2RS
6 Aubrey "Jnville. Kans 27
8 Dick Jounson. K. St 2fi
9 Hi Faubion, K. St 247
Punt Returns
1949
rank ave.
1 Ron Clark, Nebr 15.4
7 Jerry McClynn, I. St. ...... 8.3
8 Mike Ghnouly, Mo 7.1
9 Harold Carter, Mo 6.4
10 Ed Stephens, Mo 4.2
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