The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 7

THE WICHITA EAGLE MONDAY: MORNING NOVEMBER 9 1942 wiwJ Hamid Foirlt Sill O- Threatens Shockers Steuber Scores Through Air Against Huskers Commandos Take on Cardinals Next ROUT OF KANSAS STATE HIGHLIGHTS WEEK END PLAY- BAKER CLINGING TO UNBEATEN RECORD) RAVENS WIN AGAR MISSOURI'S AIl-Amcrlca candidate Bob Steuber (37) etar of the Tigenf 26 to 6 Big Six victory over Nebraska aft Lincoln Saturday is pictured above snagging a pass from -teammate Fred Bouldln to score in the second period The victory over the Huskers is considered to have practically clinched the Big Six championship (this season for the Colombia football eleven -1 Coffman Pleased with Plan to Stage East-West Battle Promoter of Grid Classic Still Aware However That Army Officials May Yet Rule Out Game 44 Best Seniors in to Play TICDTA PROS HIT EARLY TO WALLOP OKLAHOMASQUAD Bert HaVes Dashes 85 Yards 1 on Pass Interception in First Period SOLDIERS OUTCLASSED By BILL nODGE (Euli Sport Staff) Wichita's Acts Commandos had too much and the Fort Sin soldiers too little In Lawrence stadium yesterday afternoon and the local pros chalked up sin easy 28 to 0 victory before a crowd kept down to approximately 500 fans by a heavy mist that hovered over the field throushout the game Starting with Bert Bed" 85-yard touchdown Jaunt afier intercepting Bernard pass en his own 15-yard stripe the WIehItans never appeared in danger of having their upset defeat suffered at the hands of the Fort Riley Centaurs last week repeated by the Oklahoma squad A safety against the' soldiers and two Commando marches from4 midfield In the second period placed the pros out ahead 21 to 0 at halftime Fumbles and interceptions slowed the army's1 attack with Loc bridge Bert Roberts and Forrest Cost in the backfleld sparking their only drives for the Commando goaL The best of the two coming In the dosing minutes of the third period backfired however with the marching 86 yards off their own 14 where the Fort Bill drive bogged tTheir other chance came In the closing minutes of -the first period but here once again after moving to the Wichita 26-yard line they lost the ball on downs Although battling desperately right down into the closing minutes the -f army carry the all- American scoring punch of Fort Riley They tried hard in the fourth period to keep a from being left in the score against them but the Commando line drove them back into their own territory and were in possession of the ball within their own 20-yard stripe when the final gun sounded Score Twice In Second Two touchdowns came to the Wichitans in the second period of the game and two more "points went to the scoreboard for the pros in the first minute of the quarter when Roberts recovered a bad pass from center behind his own goal Une Big Doug McEnulty set up the second touchdown of the game circling his own right for 23 yards down to the army 22 After a 13-yard pass Miller to Byrnes set up the threat on the army 6 little Snoz Wheeler skirted his right end to score Again the second the Wichitans tallied with Ralph Miller tossing a five-yard pass to Joe Byrnes in the army end zone Herb Schlott- hauer third string back carried the ball into scoring position on this one with two end sweeps off the Fort Sill 45 that placed the ball in front of the uprights on the 22-yard line Throughout the third with the exception of the Fort Sill drive bogging in the closing minutes on the Wichita 14-yard line play was kept pretty much in midfield with neither team getting inside the '36-yard line except when the Commandos scored In -the fourth period the defense looked like a great offense pi the closing minutes when they pushed the army squad back off its own 12 to the 5-yard line They kicked out but were once more In trouble with the -bah hi their possession as the gun sounded Pros Hold Big Edge From the statistics the complete superiority of the Commandos was shown with the Wichitans gaining pick the 44 best senior play- Presence- of Seldom Used Subs Accounted to Size' of Oklahoma Score MISSOURI NEAR TITLE KANSAS CITY Nov sharp-clawed Tigers and gtimi state's often-pawed Wildcats: share' conversational Interest today as Big Six conference: postgame football' strategists conduct their usual in The Wildcats rate as a tasty tidbit for the grid barbers by virtue of the simple and humiliating fact they lost to Oklahoma 76 to the worst defeat of any member team In the history of the Big Six loop The Oklahoma debacle combined with one-sided lickings by Texas Duquesne and Missouri gives Kan-State poorest defensive record since the conference was organized in 1928 The Wildcats have yielded 274 points in eight an avenge of almost six touchdowns per tut Some observers are questioning the necessity of a 76 to 0 score especially in light of the 41 points the Sooners collected in the final period -at the fcxpense of the war-riddled outmaxmed but stin courageous Manhattan Cats These critics point out the Sooner tendency towards high 'scores as evidenced in last year campaign They cite the Iowa State contest which Oklahoma won 55 to 0 the previous high in league scoring and the 61 to 14 drubbing of Mar-quette The general consensus however seems to1 be that the game was Just -one of those things that be helped Bearing out this contention is the fact Coach Dewey Luster used his first string in only the initial quarter and in-aertod College Football Manhattan 12 Marquette 27 Creighton 19 St Louis 21 Santa Clara 21 Loyola (I A) 0 Can't Live Forever Conference One -of Few Without Defeat to Record PITT TOPS CENTRAL KANSAS CITY Nov (87-Baker remains as one of the few- undefeated and untied college football teams but It took a last minute' score against Kama Wesleyan yesterday to keep the Wildcat record unmarred (Sailor Boy) Hodges one of the leading scorers with 90 points in six games crashed over the Coyote goal in the waning seo-onds of the game at Salina to give Coach grldders a 14 to 10 victory over Wesleyan In the feature game of the Kansas conference Dick Ottawa Braves continued to haunt- the Baker dream of a repeat championship by trimming College of Emporia 19 to 0 and Bethany wound up its season by whipping lowly Bethel 16 to 7 in other Kansas loop frays St Benedict1 kept its oar in the Central conference race by ousting Southwestern in a 20 to 7 tilt While Pittsburg the leaders rested the other three Central affiliates engaged in non-conference -duels Second place Etaporia State bowed to Ralph Wichita Shockers 27 to 6 and Washburn was blanked by the Fort Riley Soldiers IS to 0 Fort Hays finally -cUcbsdi to get its first season triumph upsetting Regis college of 13 to 6 i The Ksnsss conference win reach a reckoning this week as' Baker and Ottawa tangle in homecoming feature Kansas Wesleyan goes against a McPherson team that has had a rest and Bethel and College of Emporia clash in a last place dueL i Emporia State Invades St Benedict's and the winner will remain as the only threat to the Pittsburg Gorillas Pittsburg should step into at least a share of thq title by overcoming Fort Have Southwestern visits Wichita and Washburn is idle to complete the Central loop bilL i Central conference standings: rt or twbuni 4 4 34 nmwrla Stet4 3 1 54 St Benedict's 3 1 Soath-vestcrn I I Wcebburn see 3 3 Port Btyi 4 4 Kansas conference si PU rr i 4 Bdkff 4I44444444444II4 3 OltftW4 4tfft44ta44444 5 Bothiny iMMutum 3 Kansas Waslepaa 3 McPharaoa 1 of Batml 4c4iH5Mt 4 i 14 14 64 13 10 MARQUEITEYINS Young Sophomore Star Runt 93: Yards as Manhattan Bows Out 27 to 12 MILWAUKEE NOV Marquette university pared by its sensational sophomore Johnny Streykalski who made a 93-yard touchdown run crushed Manhattan college 27 to 12 a homecoming crowd of 14000 football fans here today Marquette ndled up an early lead and then coasted ln with reserve taking over the final half to score Its sixth win in seven starts this year Beam Run Over Dodgers 35 to 0 BROOKLYN Nov The Chicago Bears battered the Brook- lyn Dodgers all over Ebbeta field today to roll up 35 to 0 victory and tighten fhelr grip on the National football western division championship By HAROLD GRAX By BUD FISHER Southwestern passing and panting see Joe Vann above wUbo ou of the chief backfleld threats Coach Henry Brock will bring to Wlehlta Saturday when tho Monndbnildera meet the Shockers on Shocker field Vann Is quarterback and directs the iBnUder T-formatlonfrom his position UNBEATEN TULSA OUT OF CIRCUIT TO MEET BAYLOR! r- Golden Hurricane Already Clinch Tie for Missouri Valley Championship SCORED ON BUT ONCE By SKELLEY DES MOINES IA Nov 8 Golden Hurricane having practically clinched its third straight Missouri Valley football championship will seek to protect Its unblemished 1942 record in a non-conference game -with Baylor at Tulsa next Saturday The Hurricane will go into-the Baylor battle with a marie of seven straight victories the latest a 24 to 6 decision over Oklahoma A ML regarded as the top threat to title honors The Aggies however received at least a small measure of satisfaction by scoring the first points of the season against the Valley champion Oklahoma A ds cracked over the Tulsa goal line in the third period yesterday on Al end sweep from the three yard line victory was the fourth in Valley -competition and Tulsa can get nothing less than tie tor the title Coach Henry Fmka team however likely to settle for a championship deadlock the Hurricane having only Creighton to conquer in- the final conference game The BlueJays soundly beaten by A dt a week ago aren't expected to provide toq much trouble for Tulsa Creighton today suffered a 21 to 19 defeat at the hands of St Louis It was' the first conference victory for the BUllkens In two non-conference games yesterday Valley teams were on the short end of the scores Washington dropped a 19 to 7 decision to Kansas of the Big-Six and Drake was humbled 27 to 12 by Iowa Teachers the North Central conference tltlehdlder Drake and Washington will return to conference competition against each other at St Louis next Saturday and the Aggies will be host to St Louis university the same day Creighton will be host to Texas Tech in an intersectional game at Omaha on Saturday w- Pt Op TUilS 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 585 8 Oklihom Am 3 1 41 ffhtOIl I 11 58 klnston 8 80 83 Loots 1 3 80 18 Slightly on the Distaff Side era we can he says think ever had one refuse to play unless his own team waever-present psychological factor that causes little used reserves to behave like all-Americas once they get a taste of a downtrodden enemy's blood Missouri overcame an early 6-polnt' defidt to go on to a surprisingly eaisy 26 to 6 win -over Nebraska in a game that had at least some of the earmarks of a cjiamplonship struggle Bob Steuber recuperated sufficiently from week-old shoulder Injury to tally 14 points and run his season scoring total to 97 Ksrnws kept its vaunted passing attack under vwraps tax downing Washington university of St Louis 19 to 7 Ray Evans attempted only five tosses completing one for a as the Jayhawks turned to a running game to earn their advantage Iowa State feu before Vlllanova 32 to 7 but Cyclone coaches reported general satisfaction with the showing against the powerful east-erners- -1 Two conference games this week Should give a final line on the Kg Six -standings Missouri virtually can clinch a second successive title in its game with Oklahoma but a Tiger loss probably would -Result lh a three-way tie for the championship Kansas Invades lows State with fourth position waging on the outcome Hapless Kansas State meets an Indiana team that Hpset Minnesota yesterday and Pittsburgh and Nebraska two Clubs not up to the par of former seasons clash at Pittsburgh The standings: Pti OP Mtuourl 3 in 14 Ofclbon I 1 14 NcDniks 3 1 43 S3 a 1 '3 34 44 Stol 0 3 -0 13 45 Kuhi 8tetf 0344 141 guards by Fullback Bin Prentice sharp cutbacks by Halfback Jess Frtitas and hard low charging by the Santa Clara line simply mowed down the game and fighting' but outclassed Lions Pro Grid Giants Down Eagles 14-0 PHILADELPHIA NOV every member or his war-thinned squad Too there is the Wichita'S Aero fresh from their 28 to victory over the Fort Sffl will take mi their toughest opponent thus far this season next 8nndsy when they face the professional Chicago Cardinals at Lawrence stadium Officials after the Commando-Fort SHI game in Lawrence stadium yesterday announced that tickets for next Sunday will go on sale at Woolf Brothers Tuesday Harold Orange at the game yesterday predicted that the Wichita pros will bo able to give' the Chicagoans a tough scrap and officials are expecting a huge throng to crowd the stadium lor the Mg battle WAGING HOT RACE FOR LEAD 1 BIG TEN GRID CIRCUIT Badgers and Michigan Close to Illini Buckeyes and Iowa Now in Lead TEXAS STILL GOING By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK Nov -P-IOok-ing into the mirror of past football performances to see what the future holds Big Ten Illinois Ohio State and Iowa now on top with three loop wins and a single loss each Wisconsin and Michigan right behind with two-and-one records mini who defeated Northwestern by 14 to 7 Saturday meets Ohio State at Cleveland this week Buckeyes crushed Pittsburgh 59 to 19 Iowa 6 to 0 conqueror of previously unbeaten Wisconsin visits Minnesota 7 toO victim of Indiana Michigan which drubbed Harvard takes on Notre Dame Wisconsin at Northwestern Southwest TCxas with Roy McKay and Jackie Fields running wild out In front with four straight circuit triumphs Latest achievement was to hold Baylor to 21 yards gained In 20 to 0 victory Texas Christian next assignment Homed Frogs grabbed all early headlines but stumbled over Teams Tech Saturday 13 to 6 Southern Conference Wake Forest William and Mary North Carolina State Virginia Tech and North Carolina all Jammed near top of percentage table Two big tests this week-end have William and Mary meeting Virginia Military1 with Joe Muha back in shape and Duke traveling to nearby North Carolina for annual feud George Washington surprised by blanking Clemson 7 to 0 Pacific Coast Conference i Washington State now half game In front in race for Rose Bowl designation- Cougars downed touring Michigan State 25-13 while lowly Oregon smote A 14 to 7 Southern California and Stanford surprised- Trojans by turning Mickey McCardle loose for 21 to 7 victory ov'er California and Stanford by downing Washington 20 to 7 with Tackle Bums Banducci the star' Indiana next encounter Oregon State defending and TTojans entertain Oregon i Southeastern 1 Georgia and Georgia Tech still steaming along unbeaten They meet November 28 Each won handily Saturday Tech brushing aside Kentucky 47 to 7 the Bulldogs annihilating Florida 75 to 0 Rank Sinkwich in for only 30 minutes got two touchdowns passed for two others and gained 183 yards Mississippi State took Tulane 7' to 0 Alabama and Vanderbilt won as expected and Louisiana State spanked Fordham 26 to 13 with Sulcer Harris the hero Alabama at Tech Saturday East Notre Dame allowed Army only three first downs in 13 to 0 pasting Navy made first period touchdown stand up for 7 to 0 verdict over highly regarded Penn Cornell college rolled over Temple 28 to 0 Doe Savage forgot ankle Injury to guide Brown 20-14 decision over Holy Cross Colgate outlasted' Columbia 35 to 26 in Mlcka -Coveraall dueL Penn Jinx again trimmed Syracuse 18 -to 13 Yale opens Big Six tasks Saturday against Princeton in rented Baker field Fordham Invades Boston College i The Others jBig Bob Steuber scored 14 points as title defending Missouri whipped Nebraska 26 to 6 Broke away once on 54-yard touchdown run Oklahoma got supply of points in 76-0 massacre of Kansas State Two winners meet Saturday -Missouri Valley Tulsa yielded first touchdown of season while downing Oklahoma A 34 to 6 Pass interceptions brought Washington 19 to 7 setback by Kansas of Big Six Big Utah spilled Colorado 13 to 0 and two now tied for loop lead Losers next must handle Brigham Young which whipped Utah earlier in season to stay in running LIONS BOW AGAIN TO STEELERS 35-7 DETROIT Nov The Pittsburgh Steelera surprise club of the National football league gained their fifth victory in six starts by handing the Detroit Lions their eighth successive defeat 35 to 7 before 16679 spectators today at Briggs stadium Virginian Bill Dudley ran 37 yards for one touchdown and passed for another REDSKINS WIN OVER CHICAGO CARDINALS WASHINGTON Nov Sllngin Sammy Baugh pitched three touchdown passes as the fast- stepping Washington Redskins rolled over the Chicago Cardinals 28 to 0 before 35425 spectators 8 (ff) Andy Marefos and Hank Soar bucked over for two second period touchdowns today to lead the New York Giants to a 14 to 0 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in a National league football gam before 13548 at Shlbe Park LITTLE ORPHAN BUT MR 1 MArsruee mjvei THAT ROOK) 1 wesoNor a rumor AND FROM ENEMY SOURCES) KNOW HOW THEYUE- RUSSIAN PREDICTS VICTORY FOR BELT Wreatling Card Not Slated Tonight but Virag and Grandovich Work Out Wrestling Inactivity is slated for the Forum tonight because of the Shrine circus being staged in the arena but1 massive John Grandovich promised plenty of action next day night in the match in he has been signed to meet ward Virag Wichita ace who lifted the National wrestling association bqlt from his waist two weeks ago The big! Russian star granted the match at the demands of the association which ruled that because of the questionable circumstances surrounding his defeat which enabled Virag to regain the belt Grandovich has complained bitterly since his loss of heavyweight honors that Referee Fired Peterson gave the final fail to the former Olympic champion on a fouL Virag however remained quiet on the issue yesterday but made plans far the setting up of a strenuous training schedule lor the next six days Always in fine condition the big Wlcbltan is expected to have little trouble getting into top shape for his bout against Grandovich Virag has twice lost matches to the Russian ace Although the supporting card has not yet been completely arranged Matchmaker Norris Stauffer of the Wichita Athletic club announced last night that he has several chances for the aigwiwg of one of the best preliminary lineups of the season He refused however to an nounce any names Notre Dame Plays Michigan in Big Game This Week ANN ARBOR MICH NOT Thirty-three years of waiting will come to an end Saturday afternoon in the -University of Notre Dame stadium when Michigan and the Irish both rightfully rated among the -best football teams meet for the first time since Nov 3 1909 This could well be one of the best gridiron battles of 1942 and certainly it will be a contest surrounded by as much spirit as any game ever played for to alumni of bqth schools the wait for a resumption in football relation has been a long one and theyTe-ready tp let off pent-up steam this week-nd A sen-out thxpng of 56000 will ee the battle while thousands of others listen to -play by play descriptions from seven mid-western radio stations and at least one national network The passing arm of Angelo Ber-telli the power rushes of Corwin Clatt the shifty-hipped running of Dippy Evans and Bob Livingstone all working behind a great line which provides -maximum ping protection and opens great holes for the runners are being counted upon by Notre Dame followers to bring victory to the Irish Against this Michigan will pit what also' Is regarded by the experts as a great line a galaxy of fast hard running backs and a deceptive attack which capitalizes upon this very speed and power Veterans Tom Kuzma Geqrge Oelthaml and Paul White likely will start in the backfleld with sophomore Bob Wiese with Bob Chappuls Don Robinson Rank Wardley and Don Lund ready to relieve them when necessary' QUAIL DIIHIER ENTERS KITCHEN ON THE WHIG KANSAS CRT NOT WV-A fine wild fowl dinner or two flew smack into MTs Roy kitchen window today Hearing a crash in her kitchen Mrs Jordan discovered' that a covey of quail off the beam had tried to fly through her kitchen window Fifteen of them died of broken necks as a result With an eye to proper conservation of food Mrs Jordan quickly cleaned the quail and put them on ice And with an eye to game laws the called In neighbors for a verifying inspection of the scene before she had the window fixed and the walls cleaned LEADER CAPTURED CAmo EGYPT Nov Among the men captured with the Italian FUlgore division' was the German Major Burckhardt' well known parachute leader who was prominent in the invasion of Crete the British announced today By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK Nov William Coffman a chubby ruddy little man from San Flancisco was In town over the week-end tickled pink that plans for the East-West Shrine football game next January 1 had received official approval Coffman la practically Mr Shrine himself when ife-comes to that foot- ball game been managing the affair since its inception in 1926 although he admits not the father of the idea More of a step-father idea of the game was originated by Jack Spaulding now Lieut Comm Jack Spaulding of he explains thought it up and I carried It The first game was a more or less impromptu affair he recalls and despite the fact there was no advance ticket sale they had an overflow crowd at the 18000 -capacity stadium cleared $25000 Mr Coffman has a ready explanation for the failure to sen tickets in advance i fngram the old navy man was out he says as he had connections back East he said he would line up the eastern players BUI Is a peculiar fellow and when he went back East we hear a word from him We know whether he was succeeding or not until we got word one day that the squad had entrained at Chicago By then it was too late for an advance The games have raised a total of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars for the Shrine hospital for crippled children In San Francisco Mr Coffman says and the institution practically is self-supporting now Last year or rather this year was their toughest due to the necessity of moving the game because of the baa on such gather lags on the coast at that time We had sold 60000 tickets for the game in San Francisco" he explains wanted to preserve the continuity of the games so we accepted the New Orleans invitation even though it meant the tremendous Job of refunding all the money having new tickets printed and a thmiimnd and' one other details As it was we cleared $7000 which we split with! the Shrine hospital In Mr Cbffman la quite aware of how changing war conditions might make all the present plans obsolete In fact he got a neat demonstration of how delicate such plans are where the government is concerned at the time of the New Orleans game know how It rained and rained down he says our game was scheduled for Saturday two days after the Sugar Bowl game It was suggested that we postpone the game until Sunday so we might get a better break in the weather We decided against It and a good thing- we did night before the game I went to Bernle hotel room and he was on the telephone saying yes yes yes sir he hung up he explained he had been ordered to report for duty immediately after the game and pretty soon Biff Jones came in and said he had to go immediately after the game too On top of that several of the players were ordered to report at once so if we had postponed the game even for a day have been shy both coaches and This year or next January 1 the proceeds of the game will be split between the hospital and war relief agencies About 60 per cent of the gross is Mr Coffman explains The comparatively heavy expenses are due to the cost of assembling the teams and the lavish entertainment of the athletes GREEN BAY DEFEATS TOUGH RAMS 30-12 CLEVELAND Nov Warming up for their desperate effort to catch the Chicago Bear next week the Green Bay Packer tallied twice in the last two minutes today for a 30 to 12 triumph over the surprisingly tough Cleveland Rams unstoppable Don Hutson snared three touchdown passes and place-kicked two extra markers to set a new National football league season scoring record of 102 (points MUTT AND Jeff Seems to Have Gotten Touched 203 yards rushing and 124 yards from 7 pass completions out of 19 attempts Fort 8111 was able to gain only 72 yards through the Wichita line and the rushing Commandos took 47 of these back by trapping carriers behind the liw of scrimmage In every department save punts the pros held an edge The story of the game was that the hefty professional squad after being upset by Fort Riley 'last week had no ln-jtentlon that it should happen again and the army eleven lacked the punch to carry on offensively in the clutches On the field as head linesman Harold Orange Galloping Ghost of yesteryear was viewed by Wichita fans for the first time in recent years Grange In his comment on the play of the Commandos showered praises but stated over the public address system at halftime that In the center of the line they needed more strength Looking much as he did when leading Illinois back In the he skipped lightly on his toes In descending from the press box at the end of his short talk to the audience After the game the all-time of the gridiron left Wichita to return to Chicago game was the list to be played by the Commandos against service clubs their two remaining tilts being scheduled against the 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