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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 36

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SOONERS SWARM OVER KANSAS, 38-0 Jacobs Pilots Scoring Parade In Big Six Rout Br JOWS CSOKLET NORMAN, (Owen field), Nov. 1. Using helpless Kansas as a whipping' post. University of Oklahoma's savage, versatile Sooners sharpened up for a concentrated Big Six championship drive here Saturday afternoon by hammering the bedraggled Jay-hawks, 38-0, as 11,000 Dad's day enthusiasts rooted for 39 different men used in Dewey Luster's field day. The Oklahoma varsity, retaining the momentum picked up in the 16-6 Santa Clara upheaval last week, swept to a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, then for the most part Just The Game in Figures Okl.

Kan. First downs earned 17 3 First downs rushing. 12 0 First downs 5 3 First downs 1 2 rushlnr 276 36 Lost rushing 2 IS Net yards rushlnr 274 18 Yards passing 119 80 Passes attempted 16 20 Passes completed 11 9 Passes had 3 4 Yards interc. passes. 36 21 Number of punts 4 7 Average yardage 40.5 33 Number punt returns.

7 2 Pifnts blocked by 1 0 Number of klckoffs 7 0 Average yards klckoffs. 52 0 Number kickoff returns 0 7 Yards kickoff 0 39 Average kickoff returns 0 19.8 Total fumbles 1 2 Fun bles that lost ball. 0 1 No. penalties against, Yards lost 80 20 eased back and watched rambunctious second and third stringers gleefully rack up Gwynn Henry's blue shirts, capable enough in the backfield, but pitlfuUy undermanned up front. Jacobs Doesn't Stop After Indian Jack Jacobs picked right up where he left off last week in whin the Soonftrs to three Jack Haberlein goaled from Pieht vrds out in the third quarter.

then the sophomores broke loose for Indian Jack Jacobs threw eight passes against Kansas at Norman Saturday as Oklahoma won, 38 to 0, completed all. This is a picture of one of the fanciest. Center Jack Marsee snapped the ball from the Jayhawk 31-yard line to Quarterback Orv Mathews, who faked a spinner, flipped the oval back to Jacobs. Jake drifted a yard, fired out to the left to Blocking Back Bill Campbell who raced on down to the K. U.

20 before Halfback Ray Niblo forced him out of bounds. It was one of the plays in the sequence that led to the first Sooner touchdown. Actually the Sooners' spirited varsity-underlings feud, was. a standoff, Jaka plunging over two scores, Junior Geld ing running across one and Jim Tyre another. Fifth touch threw Jacobs and Northwestern Loses on Safety Golding together and the Haberlein toe ticked off eight points in all, never missing an extra point.

Coach Luster, like the sophomores id varsity, personally was responsi Gophers Sneak by, 8-7 ble for two scores as he kept his quar Faubion Paces Aggie Victory Farmers Score Late, Down Jays, 13-6 terbacks dangling on accurate strings in "caUlng" two scores with replace- Wildcats' Zeleznak Sinks Huskers Nebraska Hits Bottom, 12-6 MANHATTAN, Nov. 1. (JP) A comet with legs really just a curly-headed sophomore called Mike Zeleznak streaked 66 yards through the mud to a touchdown and plunged to another as Kansas State made history by defeating Nebraska, 12 to 6, Sat- Kansas was utterly harmless, never Grid Results scoring a first down rushing and Higgins' 41 -Yard Touchdown Run Gives Minnesota 14 Wins in Row all day, aU aging only three Missouri Blasts Nans, 19-0 Tigers Make It Five Victories in Row EAST LANSING, Nov. 1. -Missouri's once beaten fers exploded an annihilating pease on a soggy, gale-swept to crush Michigan State pkse, 19-0 here Saturday before a slim Spartan homecoming pwd of 15,000.

I three ol the greatest backs Macklin field in several sea-toping freely through the Spar-- Missouri scored twice in period and once in the. 7 14 3 1438 STILLWATER, (Lewis field), MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 1. W) Minnesota's mighty mite -147 Nov.

l. You couldn't tell one in tne air. As early as the second period the Jays' offense had crashed apart against the ironclad O. U. front trench and Kansas was firing desperaUon passes.

Every unit used by the Sooners, sometimes a mingling of second and third stringers, had standout linemen and gUttenng bacss. Sooner running again looked sufficient 276 yards player from another out there in pound Bud Higginstook the controls for one quick scoring drive Saturday to send the Golden Gopher express rolling along the Big the torn sod and mud of Lewis Jot this down In the record book: field, but you knew the Cowboys Francis bucked over but his place kick Ten and national championship roadway witn a wen-earnea 8 to 7 victory over Northwestern's Wildcats. Slate's first touchdowns and ot a. and M. were going east.

was low for the point. first victory of the season: its first With his team trailing 7-2 in the third period, the diminutive Gopher vvitn lour minutes to play, back streaked 41 yards for the touchdown that ran Minnesota victory siring George Darrow, Aggie end, had to 14 straight and made the victors a stronger favorite than ever to taice tne Zeleznak, who averaged 8.13 yards in 15 times with the ball, appeared headed for another touchdown jaunt at the outset of the third quarter. He triumph over Nebraska in seven years and its third since 1911; the first time since 1889 that the Huskers lost three games in a row and the first time Nebraska had been defeated in Kan- That game-breaking play came MISSOURI VALLEY Oklahoma A. M. 0 6 0 CrelBhton 0 6 0 just nugged.

the slippery bail that Bill Brock of Creighton suddenly that the 64,464 spectators rushing but lor tne most oi tne num blows O. U. went upstairs to travel the speedier, cheaper air route. Close UntU Kickoff For the cnronological order of scoring, It was close right up to the opening kickoff. Immediately the Sooners were rolling goalward, as Jacobs started a first-half passing flurry that nit largest crowd in Gopher history scamperea so ynras to wenrasKas where Athey pulled him in to the mire.

A bruised knee sent him to side lines, officials ruling Leon Cook of Nor western, an ineligible lineman, gone beyond the scrimmage line. tumbled on the Creighton 30. Here was a final A. and M. oppor hardly knew what had happened in 46 years.

All this, before 7,000 satisfied homc-ming rooters, turned Manhattan in-a roaring madhouse of celebration tunity to break up a same had been tied 6-6 ever since the halt. Lcap- they watched Higgins streak across tl Kathol also was injured on the play, suffered a compound fracture of the Indicative of the number of breaks in this battle was one which started SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE Texas A. M. 0 0 0 7 goal line. iroggmg over tne next -series ot plays eight-lor-cight, netting 111 yards.

with Zippy Zeleznak the toast of the Northwestern to their touchdown. ve points to the bad after getting should be said at once that the Ag- Another aerial not included in these gies goal points on a sarety ana men seethe result of a second ierlod Minnesota punted far down field, Graham grabbing the ball and then fumbling. Ike Kepford. reserve Wild- right leg ana was rushed to a hospital. Nebraska tried everything, even the ancient statute of liberty play in the final quarter.

It resulted in one of the surprisingly few fumbles in the game. Center John Hancock, one of the al I j- The Game in Figures Mich- S1- rehin 101) 4- completed i WWs intercepted 0 37 feiTZr: staggenng statistios in reality set up the ice oreaker after Jake hit Bill Mattox for 19 yards only to have tho bai: lost on the Kansas 18. Croighton-Aggie The Huskers scored first In the opening quarter on a fine 75-yard drive through ankle-deep mud. Then Zeleznak darted to his Ions touchdown on Northwestern score on a pass by Otto Graham, Minnesota took the ball at oat hack, ffrnbbed the ba 1 on But the manner of that final Aggie bounce, then got away from several State's outstanding defensive powers Back bounced O. U.

as Jacobs Ghopcrs to whirl back 20 yards. the first play of the second period and torpedoed one yard for another 10 pounced lugged a punt 10 yards to the Sooner Northwestern's 41 after a poor wildcat punt. Bob Sweiger failed to gain and the Gophers, literally iacing to position, caught Northwestern flat-footed. Center Gene Flick whipped the Kansas State Graham whose passing kept the Gophers on edge throughout the afternoon, then fired a pass to Kepford 0 0 6 06 ....6 0 0612 Pos. Tree Top snarpe snaggeo.

a jh-nitch for 13. and the accurate Barnhart Baemer Then Stai Jtiiht 0 "Bter its fifth Creek hit him again for 14 on the Kansas 19. Kansans Illegally cuffed The Huskers just had time to wipe ..0 9 6 015 pass to Higgins ana tne mue rlsrht end and down the that carried the ball to the Minnesota 32. a gain of 15 yards. On the Penlng fcl Don Faurofs poten.

the gumbo out of their eyes alter scoring to be dazzled by zeleznak. The rpe trying to receive on tne sen, ball went to the Sooners and with sidelines, crossing me touched for the score that wre Huff Shaffer Duncan Engelland R. Rokey 175-pound youngster from Kansas City, was sent into the game for The Game in Figures Northwestern's last hope for the Big Bill Campbell helping out with the heavy work. Jake finally cracked right Schleich Meier Kelly Abel Mart is Kathol Athey Bradley Zikmund Francis Centenary 0 Villanova 0 Vanderbilt .14 Auburn 0 Rice 54 Duquesne 7 Georgia 7 N. W.

Minn. 11 Wildcats Take Surprise Lead This battle as savagely waged as TJmmons Halfbacks Bob Stcu- Mmfe. Slippery" Ice bc-figm Itato state's secondary. teau i0lled 431 'ards fr01" Surge Goes 52 Yards a 52-vard surge in 11 plays, Williams any of a hard fought series was packed with breath-taking surprises from start to finish. Not the least and 11 minutes and End Bill Morris had the Sooners winging goalward again moments later, several plays into the second quarter.

Morris cov The Game in Figures Aggies Crcighto First downs 10 7 First rushing 4 5 rassing 4 0 Penalties 2 2 Net yards rushing 96 110 Net lost rushing 21 23 Net yards forwards 57 11 Forwards attempted 13 Forwards completed 6 2 Forwards completed behind line 0 2 Intercepted by 1 4 Tards interc. return 0 80 Punts number 10 8 Punts average 37.4 37. Yards returned punts 74 26 Returned klckoffs 31 0 Fumbles 4 3 Ball lost on fumbles 2 1 Penalties 4 5 Yards penalized 40 25 Touchdowns, Aggies; Scanland, Faubion. Creighton, Brock. Points after touchdowns.

Aggies, Younger (placement). Dudley Sparks Virginia Northwestern nauwme jeaa oi 2 after the Wildcats had been The Game in Figures Neb. K. S. First downs 9 5 Passes attempted 16 1 Passes completed 6 0 Yards passing: 62 0 Foes passes intercepted 1 1 Punting average 32.2 34.8 Foes fumbles recovered ...2 0 Yards penalized 35 45 First downs Yards rushing Passes attempted Passes completed Yards passing Foes passes Inter.

Funtlnr average Foes fumbles recov. Yards penalized accnted for 125 l-IWd 1- Second with Sht.Wn sprint off tackle ered Ray Evans fumble on the Kansas 35 and with Jacobs, Orv Mathews and Campbell collaborating on air and ground gains, the Sooners pound- tallied twice himself and kicked four extra points Saturday as Virginia crushed Virginia Tech 34 to 0 before widely outplayed through the first two A 22-yard end run by Bill Gamaas and his great punt one of several he and Higgins made during the afternoonset Northwestern back on its heels in the first minute of play. The punt went out of bounds on the Wild-. Ohio State wall at left tackle, but fought across 15,000 spectators. -aparians nat-footed.

W15 came thr" Plays after Ee booted back to thcir the last ribbon. Again Haberlein goalet and the sophomores accepted the 14-0 the first time at the start of the sec play, Graham fired the ball into lead. the end zone ami perfectly into the waiting arms of Bud Hassc. Wildcat ond. Through tackle and end he scooted, playing tag with the secondary and out running a cluster of Huskers.

the Northwestern door. Northwestern couldn't crack Minn Kansas, sticking a nose across mid- Wisconsin 20 Dick Erdlitz kicked trie extra Syracuse 27 What to Look For Inside Zeleznak created that needed spark, esota's line and after punting out to point. SERVICE SCHOOLS field only three times all day, came within a thumb of six points midway in the second period. Ralph Miller, biggest K. U.

threat, made a pret fcatts kt? touchdown followed tilth. An Lon a 95-J'ard length Biifwu 88'ard wind-borne punt KiPPe of State fi A Tisers on their 5-yard Wn yard sPrint by Wade ted then vSal surgc t0 stat5's 20 Ce catapulted loose Into De Correvont, who had no more its own 48. the uopners arove aown to the Wildcat 17 before Don Clawson sten back to the sDot on the 30 luck than his mates at cracking a and K-State boiled over with another touchdown in eight minutes. Howard Debus, Nebraska's celebrated passer, failed to connect with two of them .0 0 0 0 where the eager Darrow got his octo- ty throw on a screen pass to ayjs.v- Minnesota line which was great, had intercepted a pass to temporarily-avert the scoring danger. irms around that slippery nog- and given a great diock py jay hand or rather a foot In setting page 2 Play-by-play on how the sooners swamped Kansas, TUlsa tops Wichita, 13-7.

hide. FuUback Wayne: Blue nunted. Kern, Evans ground out 25 yards at Thon romp thpShnnfc that started The 4.000 crowd, cnieiiy students, as In an uproar as the Aggies lev Zeleznak returned the ball 25 yards to the Huskers' 42. up Higgins' winning romp in the third period. Bill's punt from his own 34 traveled only seven yards and out of bounds.

Then the Gophers, on a pre PACIFIC COAST Page 3 Texas i Northwestern to defeat. After BUI De Correvont had lost a yard at his own nine-vard marker, a Dass from center ft end to the O. U. 25. Lone Chance Fizzles Penalized 15 yards for roughing and i fourth down.

20 to go on the 40, From there, he collaborated with M.r.hndist helne a 34-0 California 0 20 0 U. C. L. A. 0 0 0 arranged signal staged cneir quscic eled for this final shot.

The Cowboys tried Lon Jones on a reverse but it didn't fool Barney Burdick, Creighton end, who sent Lonnie scooting in the mud for a three-yard loss. sailed just beyond De Correvont's fin-. victim. The Texas Aggies win, too, but barely, edging Arkansas, 7-0. Lyle Wilkins, ripping the line to the scoring threshold in nine plays.

On fourth down and one yard remaining, the sophomore sensation rammed over. Earl Williams' placements for both lineup play that befuddled Northwestern just long enough to get Higgins into the clear and down the sideline for his great run. him down for a safety, two points. This didn't bother Al Scanland, who heaa-n wind flE qUartcr at-aft garter, played in a PrtSr: Tlgers turned the scoring thrust, "XH ster Kicked the Stat" Jarr, Young Wins Bfe cmbed a step aee 4 Navy steams past Fenn. MUler flipped back to Evans, who pegged all the way down to Bob Hagen In the end zone.

However, the ball slithered through Hagen's outstretched arms and the Jays most menacing move melted. Northwestern fell victim to a severe it from lady luck midway in the sec-id period. With the Wildcats in pos The absence of Bruce Smith. Min 13.6. stamora Santa Clara, 2i-7.

the Cowboys in the second quarter. He fired a sodden pass to Darrow for nesota's brilliant captain who got into session at their own 27, Graham Francis Plunges Over Nebraska scored this wav: Halfback BIG THREE tne goame in tne second period ano who had lust entered tne game- And here came the Colts, pounding went out shortly with his streaked far to the right and then Dale Bradley dashed 15 yards, rifled the hunk of mud to Allen Zikmund for another 15. He smacked the line along like Kentucky Derby nominations as Eddie Davis and Junior Gold- fired the ball. Downfield it sauea, witn twisted knee hurt by Moll tackle that threw the Gopher for a big loss, didn't help Minnesota's attack. An End Bob Motl making a great catch a nrsi ana iu on me urcignton uu.

Coach Jim Lookabaugh beckoned Diamond Jack Faubion. The big fullback hasn't had a good year. In fact, begrimed Les Younger, who had nearly gone the route at fullback, has (Condoned on Face 0, Column 4) ing danced over the heavy terrain for neat gains. But the sophs, intent the Gopher 38 and racing over me coupie ot times and threaded passes End Gerald Kathol and Quarterback state' highschool football list. examination disclosed the Gopher goal line.

(Other scores, Page 8 Marvin Athey to place Nebraska on (Cenllnne raw Column 4 oacK was not seriously nun. But tne play was cauea dbwjk, me one-yard stripe. Fullback Vilce.

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