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University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 6, 1955
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Kansas State Here Tomorrow in Track
Kansas State track coach Ward Haylett has forecast "the worst whipping a Kansas State team has ever taken" in the dual meet with KU starting at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the KU stadium track.
"It is doubtful if K-State has a chance at more than one or two wins, and the Jayhawks could score as many as nine or 10 'slams' in the 15-event program." Coach Haylett said.
Five meet records will be under heavy pressure tomorrow. KU's Bill Nieder will try for his fourth record in five starts in the shot put.
The other records expected to be broken tomorrow include the 440- yard dash, the javelin, the pole vault, and the mile relay.
The meet record, set in 1939, is 55 feet 11 inches. Nieder has tossed over 56 feet in winning at the Arkansas, Kansas, and Drake Relays, and at a dual meet with Oklahoma A&M.
Anyone of KU's javelin throwers are capable of beating the present record of 198 feet 3/8 inches. Les Bitner, Don Sneegas, and John Parker have all thrown over 200 feet.
But Bitner and Parker may not throw during the meet because of a lame arm for Bitner and a sore side for Parker.
K-Statter Paul Miller has vaulted over the meet record of 13 feet 3 inches this year, at the Big 7 indoor championship.
KU's Willie Jones could break the existing 440 record time. He has already run 9/10s of a second under the record.
Dick Blair, Frank Mastin, Bob Franklin, and Willie Jones took third place at the Drake Relays for KU last week with a mile relay time of 3:14.3. The dual meet record is 3:20.4.
The 15 events for the dual meet are; the 100-220-, and 440-yard dashes; the 880-yard run; the mile and two-mile runs; the 120-yard high and the 220-yard low hurdles; the discus and javelin throws; the shot put; the big jump; the broad jump; the pole vault, and the one-mile relay.
The Oklahoma A&M baseball team, winners of 17 straight games this year, currently has all eight regulars batting over the 300 mark.
Drake Resigns As OU Coach
Bruce Drake, who has been head basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma for the past 17 years, resigned from the post yesterday following a disastrous 1954-55 season.
Drake has been nationally known or years as a coach and also as
chairman of the national basketball committee last year. He gave no reason for his resignation and gave no hint as to his future plans.
BRUCE DRAKE
It has been reported that Diake had been under pressure from the board of regents and alumni after the past season, despite his record of previous years. The 1954-55 Sooners set several new school scoring records over the season but could win only three of 23 games and finished in the Big Seven cellar.
Golfers Meet MU Today in Dual Match
The KU golf team will attempt to improve its 4-2-1 season record this week end with two dual matches on the schedule. This afternoon the Hawks will meet Missouri, and tomorrow they will play Washburn. Both matches will be held on the Lawrence Country club course.
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Al Oerter Breaks Frosh Discus Record
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A KU freshman, Al Oerter, broke the national collegiate freshman discus record Wednesday with a toss of 171 feet 6 inches while competing against the University of Colorado frosh in a postal meet. The old record of 168 feet $ _{9/4} $
inches was established in 1948 Byrl Thompson of Minnesota. Oerter also holds the high school discus record of feet $ ^ { \frac { 2 } { 4 } } $ inches which he set in 193 at Sewanhaka High school in Lou Island, N.Y.
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