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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1949
Page
11
Bill Weeks, Iowa State passing specialist, threw for 1 247 yards in a game report. The item notes Weeks as a standout QB and mentions a fourth badfield stot in the scoring reel.
Wichita North wins the 1949 mythical Kansas football championship in the final Associated Press poll with 122 points and eight first place votes. Lawrence second with 114 points, Wichita East third, Hutchinson fourth, Wellington fifth, and Wyandotte sixth.
With the 1949 season over Kansas Jayhawker coaches travel across the state scouting for 1950 freshmen. Baldwin High School, led by Coach C C Broadfoot, posted a 6 2 season with standout senior Paul Reed rushing for 1 080 yards and 105 points.
The Flying Fordham Rams won the 1949 major college forward passing crown. Led by Ed Danowski and quarterbacks Dick Doheny and Bill White, Fordham finished with 183.4 passing yards per game, narrowly edging Southern California's 175.5. The Rams rose from 16th to first in the final NCAA rankings after a late surge, completing 108 passes for 578 yards and recording a 58.4 percent completion rate. The feat places Fordham among the first eastern programs to top the passing charts, sharing this distinction with prior winners Cornell and Brown.
Baldwin Kansas November 30 Baker University Wildcat basketball under Coach Russ Davee returns after the holiday break. They prepare for a home Saturday night game against Missouri State Teachers College Springfield. Davee trims the squad from last season and lists lettermen and new prospects as they schedule Dec through Feb games.
Lawrence high school starts its 1949-50 basketball prep with two practice squads and 85 players. Only three lettermen John Simons Mel Jon and George Kaster return from last season's A squad. The B squad showed promise finishing 9-6, while Pittsburg looms for a December 16 opener.
Leon Hart Notre Dame end dominates voting to win the Heisman trophy as the nation's best college football player for 1949. Hart amassed 995 points in five regional ballots, far ahead of runner up Charlie Justice of North Carolina who had 272. Doak Walker of SMU finished third with 229 points.
Funeral services are set for Thursday for Miss Olive M Nei man a Whitewater woman who died yesterday at a McPherson hospital. She is survived by relatives in the area and the community.
Coach Broadfoot lettered 19 boys this season leaving 12 B winners for next year. Standouts include Rosa Davee a slick ball handling quarterback key to the Bulldogs offense. Davee played first date on the Junior American Legion team here last summer and is the son of Mr and Mrs Russ Davee of Baldwin where his father is head basketball coach and assistant football mentor at Baker.
A three color penny card promotes the silver anniversary of the Mt Oread Olympics for 1950. The 25th annual Kansas Relays will be held April 21 and 22 at Kansas University with top athletes expected. Iowa State prepares for the season opener vs Luther after a 49 to 40 win over the freshmen and notes cager shooting.
Nebraska coach Harry Good aims for seventh place to honor last season's co championship with Oklahoma in the Big Seven. He admits no replacement for Claude Retherford, last season's leading scorer, has been found as Nebraska opens Saturday night in Lincoln against Northwest Missouri Teachers.
Huskers athletic manager A J Lewandowski says ample season and single game reserves remain. About 2 500 public tickets will be held this summer, vs 1 200 last year. Coach Bill Glassford bought lobsters for each victory. four lobsters per plate appeared at a team dinner after four wins. The team drew 249 002 spectators in 1949, the best Nebraska record since 1945.
Southern Methodist 53 East Texas Springfield 59. Oklahoma Phillips Oilers lead Central Oklahoma 38 31. College basketball results summarized with scores and team names from multiple conferences.
Kansas City reports the election of Milton McGreevy banker as a trustee of the William Rockhill Nelson Trust. He succeeds the late Herbert V. Jones. Other trustees include Deane W. Molott of Kansas University, Frederick W. A. Middlebush of Missouri, George Cross of Oklahoma, J. C. Nichols, and Robert B. Caldwell of Kansas City.
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