Page 6. University Daily Kansan, April 16, 1981
Midwest felt war's effect through Relays
By PAT WEEMS Sports Writer
The impact that World War II had on America and the world was profound. When the bombs dropped on Pearl Harbor were felt all the way to Lawrence.
From 1943 to 1945, the annual sporting event of the Midwest, the Kansas Relays, was not held because of the war and reduced athletic budgets.
For those three years, track fans had to settle for the Kansas Intercollegiate Track Meet for Kansas high school teams. The meet of the Kelays in Memorial Stadium.
Those fans were treated to some of the best high school performances in history to that date. They saw Bob Knight of Salina break the disc record with a throw of 151.3% and Bill Stewart of Shawnee Mission打破 the 800-yard run record with a run time of 2:01.2 breaking a record set in 1932.
Those fans also saw Wichita East High School, a power then as in later years with miler Jim Ryun, win the "A" division all three years.
The Relays of the pre-war 1940s weren't filled with superlative performances, but rather with landmarks.
In 1941, the Relays held special meaning for one former KU athlete, Gleem Cunningham. The mile run was renamed the Gleem Cunningham Speech Tournament, Cunningham, who starred at KU from 1930-34. Cunningham broke the world
mile record twice, placed fourth in the 1932 Olympics and second in the 1936 Olympics in the 1500 meter run.
In 1942, some records, not exactly favorable, were eclipsed. It was the first time in 20 years that no record times or distances, in the Relays, world or intercollegiate or high school, were beaten.
Part of the reason was a shortage of athletes. Schools like Northwestern, Iowa, Texas and Rice didn't attend the event. For Northwestern, Iowa, it
was the first time they had not been at the Relais since the first meet in 1923. 370 althus participated and 4,000 spectators attended the two-day meet
Once the war ended in 1945, the Relays were back in style and the 1946 meet was a special one, with two world records broken and one tied.
Harrison Dillard, a superstar of the era from Baldwin-Wallace, ran the 120-yard high hurdles and tied the record of six years earlier. Bedford Woollec of Rice of Wales earlier.
In the high school division, the half-mile relay team from Southwest High School in Kansas City set a record with a time of 1.30.
And the freshman 440 relay team of Bayard had no reason to be disappointed. The team's Relays record. At the time, the world record in the event had been set in the Relays, thus their time of 41.0 was .05 of a second off the Relays record and 40.9.
The 1947 Relays took on special significance for the fans, who hoped to get some preview of the 1948 United States Olympians.
If they were hoping for a showing by KU athletes, they were disappointed.
basketball star, placed second in the event behind Jack McEwen of Colorado with 6,333 points. He would have won, and was said, if not for a waist 1,300 meter run.
The top Jayhawk finisher was Charlie Black in the decathlon. Black, also a
Sunny skies lured the largest crowd of the decade, 12,000, to the Relays in 1948 to see two world records broken in the Olympic year.
Dillard won his 52nd consecutive 120 hurdles title in a world record time of 13.6
Charlie Fowell of Michigan broke the shot put record with a拍于 58-4 и the crowd saw an athlete qualify for the Olympics. Charles Baker, from Fayetteville, Ark., took from the decathlon spots with 673 points.
The 1948 edition of the Relays, like so many of the springtime events, was expected to be rained out, but it went on and 10,500 fans showed up to see Glenn Cunningham's mile record by Dian Barnett of Wisconsin, with a time of 4:10.1
In the 1904s the Kansas Relays were interrupted only by the worst, most destructive war in history. While that battle was the first of many while, the spirit of the country after the war was such that the Relays continued to flourish despite the three-year layoff.
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Former KU greats Grem Cunningham, Waste Santee and Jim Ryan will open Saturday's ceremonies by running a lap around the track at Memorial Stadium. All three at one time held world records in the mile
Cunningham ran the mile at KU in the 1930s, and ran the 1,500 meters in the '32 and '36 Olympics. He won the medal in '32 and the silver in '36.
Santee set world records in the mile in both 1954 and 1955.
Ryun competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and took the silver medal.
Tickets for the Kansas Relays can be purchased at the gate tomorrow and Saturday. All tickets are general admission for tomorrow's events, and cost $1. Reserve tickets for Saturday's activities are $5, general admission seats are $4 and student tickets are $2.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
Alterior Session
11 a.m. Jim Bausch Decathlon and Open
Invitational—Men Heptathlon—
Open Invitation—Women
Track Events
3 p.m.
Billy Mills 10,000 Meter Run—Open
3:40 p.m. 5,000 Meter Run—Open—Women—Finals
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
10 a.m. Discus Throw-Open-Women-
Prelims and Finals
10 a.m.
Throw - Open - Men - Prelims and Finals
Track Events
Track Availability
9:07 a.m.   11 Meter, High Hurdles—Open—
Men—Prema
9:28 a.m. 100 Meter Dash—Open—Women—
a.m. 100 Meter Dash—Open—Women-
Prelims
9:42 a.m. 100 Meter Dash—Open—Men-
Prelims
9:42 a.m. 100 Meter Dash—Open—Men-
Prelims
9:49 a.m. 100 Meter Hurdles—Open—Women
- Prelims
9:56 a.m. Sprint Medley Relay-Univ., Col.
Juco, Club-Men-Prelims
9:56 a.m.
10:13 a.m. Spirt Medley Relay-Univ., Col.
Jaco, Club—Women—Prelims
Juco, Club-Weimers-Prelims
10:24 a.m. 440 Yard Rebury-Col. Juco-Men
    Juno
10:52 a.m. Ed Eibel 804 Yard Relay—Univ,
Col., Juco, Club-Men-Prem-Ins
- Open Men-Freeing
10:32 a.m. Ed Edbel 800 Yard Relay—Univ.,
— Profilu
10:34 a.m. Cliff Chushman 400 Meter Hurdles
— RealTime
Afternoon Session Field Events
11:15 a.m. 1,500 Meter Run—Open—Women
– Finals
Field Events
1 p.m. Pole Vault—Open—Men—Finals
1 p.m. Bill Nieder Shot Put—Open—Men—
Kathy Univ., Club—Men—Prelims
Afternoon Session
11:33 a.m. 440 Yard Relay-Univ, Col., Juco,
Chub, Women-Prelims
Track Events
1:30 p.m. Long Jump-Open-Men-Prelim-
inals and Finals
Track Events
Juco, Club-Men-Finals
2:41 p.m. Cushman, 400 Meter
1 p.m. Pole Vault -Open-Men-Finals
1 p.m. Bill Nieder Slot Put-Open-Men-
Prelims and Finals
1 2 p.m. Lacrosse -Open-Men-Finals
3 p.m. 400 Meter Hurdles—Open—Women's Invitational—Finals
2:41 p.m. Cliff Cushman 400 Meter Intermediate Hurdles—Open Invitational—Men—Finals
1:57 p.m. 100 Meter Dash—Open—Men
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Ed Elshol 800 Yard Relay-Univ-
3:29 p.m. Weser Santer 1500 Meter Run-
3:29 p.m. 440 Yard Relay-Univ, Jacu,
Club-Women-Finals
3:34 p.m. 440 Yard Relay-Cal, Juco-
Men-Finals
4:04 Mile-Relay-Juce-Men-Prelims
2:40 p.m. Bust Easton Four Mile Relay--Univ,
Col., Juco, Club-Men--Finals
2:31 p.m. Spirit Medley Relay--Univ, Col,
Juco, Club-Men--Finals
4:16 p.m.
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