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BaseballMark10-5 With 4 Games Left
The much-improved Kansas baseball team, led by Head Coach Floyd Temple, have fought back this year, after their dismal showing last season, to notch their best record in recent years.
After a record of 6 victories and 12 defeats last spring, the Jayhawkers have shown fine improvement in team play and leadership, and have gained 10 victories and 5 defeats for the season, with only four games remaining to be played.
remaining to be played. Leading the much-improved hitting of this year's team is shortstop Barry Robertson, considered by many to be the best shortstop in Kansas history.
Garden City Junior College transfer Eddie Dater shares half the batting leadership with Robertson. Both are regulars, and hitting at a .333 pace
Wiley No. 1 Hurricane Kansas' top three pitchers, Bob Shirley, Ron Wiley, and Gary Fenity, have given the Jayhawks consistent pitching, having records of 2-3, 4-1, and 3-0, respectively. Wiley is leading the trio with an earned run average of 2.07.
Wiley No. 1 Hurler
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Wiley, who doubles as an outfielder, has four home runs, one triple, and two doubles in 41 times at bat. He is followed closely by Robertson, who has three homers, three triples, and two doubles in 45 appearances at the plate.
The big department of improvement for the team is in errors committed. In 1955, they had a seasonal mark of three per game. This is sharply contrasted by 14 in 12 games this spring.
Team Hitting .270
Although there are only two regulars hitting the ball at a .300 clip, the team hitting average 'has risen to .270.
Considered by some to be the best team since the 1949 championship club, it also has had disappointments. Centerfielder Conn, a .250 hitter last year, has gone 0 for 23 in the conference, and has dropped this year to a .173 low.
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Crippled Athletics Meet Boston Tonight
KANAS CITY, Mo. (UP)—The Kansas City Athletics, crippled up but cut to size, will send Troy Heritage (0-1) against Boston tonight in an effort to get back in the win column.
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The A's released Elmer Valo, an old standby, optioned three pitchers and sold a catcher Wednesday to get the squad down to 25 before the midnight deadline. They also purchased pitcher Jose Santiago from Cleveland in an effort to bolster the mound staff.
Bragan Tossed Out Again
PITTSBURGH-Pirate manager Bobby Bragan was ejected from a game for the second time this season Wednesday, after he intervened in a dispute between umpire Harry Crawford and pitcher Bob Friend on a pitch to Frank Robinson of Cincinnati.
When the Big Seven golf meet gets underway in Manhattan Friday the Oklahoma Sooners will find themselves in the favorite's role.
Sooner Golfers Big 7 Favorites
The strong Oklahoma team has lost but one meet this year—to perennially powerful Oklahoma. A&M. However, the Sooners came back to beat the Cowpokes on their own course later in the season. Oklahoma also holds a victory over North Texas State, one of the strongest teams in the country.
The Sooners tied with Colorado for first place when the conference tournament was played in Lawrence last spring.
Facing the Oklahoma team will be returning lettermen Tommy Beck and Bob Vickers, who placed second and tenth, respectively, last year. Bill Black, Tommy Black, and Tom Palacios will probably fill out the Sooner's five-man team.
Colorado again is fielding a
Big Seven football coaches met in a special meeting Wednesday in Manhattan and agreed that they would like to have spring practice divided into two sessions.
Big7 Grid Coaches Want New Ruling
The grid mentors felt that the present limitation of 20 days for spring practice failed to give them sufficient time to work with both the experienced men and the freshmen coming up.
Chuck Mather, chairman of the football coaches, said that the group would like to have separate 20-day sessions for the two groups of players.
strong team and certainly ranks as a contender. The CU team has lost only two meets this year and is fresh from a Colorado Invitational win at the Broadmoor last week.
A third contender for the title will be Kansas State Pacing the Wildcats will be three sophomores—cousins Dave and Jerry Smith and Ron Young. Dave Peutze and Hayes Walker will fill out the five-man team for the 54-hole competition over the Manhattan Country Club course.
Both Smiths, Young and Pfeutzer are Manhattan High School products and their knowledge of the course will assert much influence in the meet. Dave Smith holds the course record and is expected to give 1955 Big Seven champ Bob Richards strong competition for medalist honors.
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