Wednesday. Feb. 15, 1956. University Daily Kansan
Page 5
By KENT THOMAS (Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Coach Bill Easton and his Kansas trackmen deserve a good brisk pat on the back after the Saturday performance in the Michigan State Relays. The Jayhawkers placed second in the unofficial team standings, one point behind Notre Dame.
Just as impressive as beating out such teams as Michigan, Michigan State and Kansas State was that KU placed highly in three events it doesn't ordinarily run, the 1,000-yard and 600-yard runs and the 75-yard dash.
Quartermiler Louis Stroup ran the forst the first time and finished second, only .5 of a second on the pace. Jan Howell, KU 880 man, ran third in the 1,000-yard run and Dick Blair took fourth in the 75-yard dash. His normal race indoors is 60 yards.
As usual, Bill Nieder came through with a first place in the shot put and teammate Al Oerter took third.
Al Frame, Kansas distance ace, ran a brilliant 4:15 mile in the distance medley relay as KU won that event in 10:08.8.
Surprise winners for Kansas were Kent Floerke in the broad jump and Bernie Gay in the mile. Floerke, who is one of the best hop, step and jump performers in the business, leaped his all-time high of 24 feet $3\frac{3}{8}$ inches to grab first place, as well as break a school record, which was set only last week by Frank Mastin. Mastin finished fifth in the broad jump Saturday.
The Jayhawkers got revenge in two ways in the relays. Frame outran Michigan State's Selwyn Jones in the anchor mile of the distance medley to avenge Jones' triumph over him in the national cross-country meet in November. The other was Kansas' second-place showing against Michigan's third place. Michigan, defending Big Ten champion, defeated KU 80 1/3-33% in a dual last year.
PITTSBURG, Kan.—(U.P.)—An 81-62 triumph over Southwestern clinched the Central Conference title for Pittsburgh State Teachers College last night with an 8-0 record.
Kansas will be trying to repeat its victory over Michigan this Saturday when the Wolverines invade Allen Field House for a dual meet.
Pittsburg State Wins To Cop CIC Crown
It was the 20th straight season victory for Pittsburg and stretched its victory string to 22 without a loss. Bruce Palmer led the champions with 22 points. Lafayette Palmer was high for Southwestern with 17.
When Kansas lost to Iowa State and California in last year's Big Seven pre-season tournament, it was the first time KU had lost two night tourney games.
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Showdown On Santee's Status Expected Sunday
NEW YORK—(U.P.)-The battle lines were clearly drawn today in the fight over Wes Santee's amateur standing-with the National AAU apparently ready to suspend him and Santee set to fight back with a lawsuit.
Santee, the fastest miler in American history, frankly expects the AAU will suspend him in a special meeting here on Sunday.
And that means a lawsuit, Santee's attorney, Charles P. Grimes, made clear in a statement yesterday. At stake would be the twin dreams of Santee's life—a chance to run in this year's Olympic games in Australia, and a chance to be the first American to run a four-minute mile.
Hearing Is Sunday
Whether the AAU will suspend the Marine Corps star will be determined when a special "committee of seven" makes its report on the Santee case here on Sunday. Key to the decision is some mysterious "new information" the committee claims to have. Whatever this evidence may be, Santee expects the AAU vote to go against him.
Attorney Grimes said, in a letter to committee chairman Pincus Sober which he made public yesterday, that it is a "fairly clear indication that such suspension is going to become permanent on Feb. 19."
And, in that unhappy event,
Grimes asserted in a talk to the New
York track writers, Santee "can and
will" take the matter to court.
Loss Would Hurt
Grimes declared that the suspension of Santee would deprive the United States Olympic team of one of its best chances for a victory in the Summer Olympics and might mean the American team would "perform at Melbourne in the same undistinguished manner in which it performed in the Winter Olympic games."
Santee's troubles stem from charges that he accepted too much expense money while competing in track meets in California last summer.
OTTAWA (U.P.)—A hot shooting Ottawa University team defeated McPherson 91-70 Tuesday night in a Kansas Conference game. Ottawa held a 41-37 advantage at the intermission.
Ottawa Defeats McPherson
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