KFKU « June 1, 1944

The Big Six Outdoor Track championship of the conference was won by
Iowa State College at Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 20, with 67 points. Kenses
showed surprivie strength in taking second place with 56) points. Kansas won
seven first places, and had she had a larger squad, as did Iowa State, mduuitedly
Kansas would have been the winner. Other Big Six schools placed in the following
order: Oklahoma, 54% points; Missouri, 323 pointss Nebraska, 245 points; and
Kensas State, 9 points. | a

Kansas has experienced a very euscesatul indoor and outdoor track season
under the splendid tutelage of Ray Kanchl. Kanehi graduated from the tie ity
of Kansas in 1927, tearing a gold track shoe on Coach Harry Huff's Missouri
Valley Championship team. Coach Kanehl is in his first year at the University
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of the Physical Sducation Department. Kenehl won five track championships while
at East High in Wichita.

An interesting thing about the coaching situation at Kansas is that all
of the varsity coaches are members of the Physical Edusation Department, having
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to Dean Nesmith, head trainer and property man, who also assists with the varsity
football. Hemry Shenk, head coach of football, came to the Physical Edueation
Department, a year before Pearl Harbor. Elmer Sehaake, who came last year, is ,
assisting the ASTP program and aiding Coach Shenk in a valuable way in coaching
the varsity football team. Shenk, Schaake and Yesmith experienced a thrill that
few Kangas coaches have eerivtonned recently in football by whipping the Missouri
‘Tigers here on Memorial Field last Thanksgiving Day, 7 to 6.

Coach Schaake is now doubling as baseball coach, having taken over the
reins last week when Coach Austin, who was also in the ASTP program, resigned

on account of a curtailed enrollment among the ASTP boys. Coach Vernon Hayes,

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