Big Seven for 1955 football preview and stats
Kansas City report outlines Missouri’s split T formation and air ground balance with 862 yards in the air and 164 passing yards. Oklahoma Sooners trail as top title contenders with a 3rd league win as Kansas State is noted in league standings and scorers list.
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Prominent Businessman Dies After Long Illness
Washington man a former newspaperman and early radio commentator died today after a long cancer battle. He helped build The Nation's Business into a leading chamber magazine and served as editor and publisher. Self service dining cars have been placed in operation on British rail.
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Race for national football crown narrows to three
The national title picture centers on Maryland Oklahoma and Michigan as seasons reach final tests. Maryland meets Clemson on Nov 12 while Oklahoma faces Colorado after Nebraska game and Michigan must handle Illinois and Indiana before facing Ohio State remains ineligible. West Virginia faces Pitt Syracuse and Notre Dame while Yale and Princeton share leaders as A M leads the Southwest with 2 0 1 before games against Texas Rice and Missouri.
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Jay Fresh Clash With M U After Gunning Falcons
The unbeaten Kansas and Missouri yearling squads meet in Columbia Friday in a marquee 1955 Big Seven clash. Kansas posted a 33 0 win over Air Force Academy at Denver while Missouri opened with a 28 0 victory over Iowa State, setting up a high profile showdown. Homer Floyd, a 160 pound halfback from Massillon Ohio, starred for the Jayhawks in earlier wins.
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Presbies Cup Share Of State Loop Flag
College of Emporia holds a share of the Kansas Conference football lead after five conference wins and seven overall. They host Bethel at Emporia Saturday for Homecoming as they seek the league crown. Bethel beat Baker 19 0 last week and sits with two losses. Additional league games include Ottawa at McPherson Baker at Kansas Wesleyan Bethany at Friends.
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College Grid Results Show Wide Scoring Across Conferences
The report lists numerous college football scores from across the nation. Notable results include Michigan 33 over Minnesota 25, Notre Dame 21 over Navy 7, Ohio State 49 over Northwestern 0, Texas Christian 28 over Baylor 6, and California 47 defeating UCLA 0. Multiple teams posted double digit margins, with several games featuring high scoring teams like Oklahoma A&M 14 over Tulsa 0 and Nebraska 19 over Kansas State 7.
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Floyd Runs and Scoring Flurry Hit Kansas University
Floyd sparked a 61 yard punt return and an 85 yard punt gallop for Kansas University as they romped to a 13-0 lead. McIntire and Marshall combined for the second score, and Brown connected with Baker on a 62 yard pass for another tally as Iowas defense held through the third quarter. The Falcons dropped their second of four games, having beat Denver U. and Colorado A&M yearlings but fallen to Colorado U. and Kansas.
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Pitt State Poised to Clinch CIC Title in Winfield Showdown
Pittsburgh Gorillas, unbeaten in CIC play, travel to Pittsburg to face fourth-place Southwestern Bell to decide the conference championship. Washburn can share the title with a win over Fort Hays State as Emporia State and St Benedict’s also meet in league action.
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Valley AAU suspends Wes Santee in disputed action
The Missouri Valley AAU voted 5 to 2 to suspend Wes Santee, citing excessive expense payments for three California track meets in May. The former Kansas star, now in the Marines, plans to appeal to the national AAU as the committee leaves the suspension length to Louisville’s December meeting. Santee’s 830 and two mile records and Olympic status are at stake.
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Melis Giovanelli Evenly Matched for Tonight's NYC Bout
Italian welterweight Paolo Melis and Brooklyn’s Danny Giovanelli fight to even odds in a 10 round card at St Nick’s Arena New York Giovanelli returns to welters after a middleweight foray and carries a 33-8-2 record with notable wins over Vince Martinez. The telecast airs on DuMont at 9 p.m CST Also on the schedule Frank Ruff vs Paddy Demarco in Baltimore ABC 9 p.m CST Sugar Ray Robinson preparing for a rescheduled title bid at Chicago Dec 9 after an ankle injury. An NBC TV segment inserts George Johnson of Trenton versus Bobby Boyd in Chicago for a middleweight bout at 7 to 1 odds.
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