Monday, April 25, 1955 University Daily Kansar
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By DICK WALT
Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas track coach Bill Easton was certainly one of the most pleased onlookers at Saturday's KU Relays, and with good reason. His Jayhawk thinclads picked up first places in the distance medley, shot and javelin, adding a second and fourth in javelin to completely dominate that event. In addition, Easton was pleased with the fine performance of junior sprinter Dick Blair, who finished a close second to Texas' Outstanding Performer award winner Dean Smith in the 100-yard dash.
Sophomore Blaine Hollinger also provided a pleasant surprise with his third place finish in the broad jump. Hollinger, who runs the dashes and also plays on the basketball team, far outdid his best previous effort with a leap of 23-4$^{3}$.
Another KU freshman performer of great promise was 3,000-meter steeplechase winner Bob Nicholson. Competing unattached, Nicholson outid defending champion Rich Ferguson of Iowa to win easily in the fine time of 9:51.7. Dick Wilson, one of the pacers in Wes Santee's attempt for the mile record, came back to finish second in the steeplechase.
His last attempt moved the KU Relays' record to $ 49 - 0\frac{1}{2}. $ KU track captain Bob Smith finished second in the event with a leap of $ 46 - 4\frac{1}{2}. $ relegating Oklahoma's Erwin Cook, last year's winner, to third place. Smith was competing in the event for the first time, but Floerke had experience as he placed third in the National AAU meet last summer.
Another bright spot in the KU showing was the record breaking performance of freshman Kent Floerke in the hop-step-and-jump. Competing unattached, the husky rookie outdid his previous best mark by almost two feet as he broke the Relays record on each of four consecutive efforts.
Ferguson, who set the meet record of 9:20.4 last year, appeared to be off his form Saturday as he finished in third place, well behind Nicholson. Ferguson fell full length into the tricky water jump on the first lap, and never appeared to hit his stride after that. Another KU freshman, Jerry McNeal finished fourth in the event.
KU's ace shotputter Bill Nieder also turned in an outstanding performance, bettering his own personal record as he won with a toss of 56-9%. The muscular junior uncorked one tremendous heave which might have measured over 58 feet, but fouled on the throw, foiling his bid for a Relay's record. The record, set by Michigan's Charles Fonville in 1948, now stands at 58-0%.
Kansas' distance medley foursome of Lowell Janzen, Mike Swanson, Bernie Gay, and Al Frame upset a favored Oklahoma A&M squad to win. The Aggie distance crew appeared tired from a previous effort in the four-mile relay, but the KU crew was still very impressive as Frame is a junior and the other three are sophomores. The 10.10.8 winning time was unimpressive in view of the American record of 9:50.4 set last year by KU's Frank Cindrich, Lloyd Koby, Art Dalzell and Wes Santee at the Texas Relays, but was still a fine performance considering the sloppy condition of the track. The KU Relays' mark is 10:9.7, a mark the Jayhawk runners almost eclipsed.
Although Texas' Dean Smith won the Outstanding Performer award, many spectators were impressed by the work of Oklahoma A&M's J. W. Mashburn. The husky blond speedster anchored the Aggies' record-setting mile relay team, and was unofficially clocked in 46.0 for 440 yards in an earlier relay performance.
Incidentally, Mashburn was a member of the University of Oklahoma foursome which set the old record of 3:14.8 in 1952 but he later transferred to neighboring A&M. His blazing anchor lap put the finishing touches on three fine carries by Jack Hays, Fred Schermerhorn, and Billy Heard, as the Sooners moved the record down to 3:11.6.
Mashburn, who has a list of accomplishments a mile long, was also a member of the United States relay team which set the world and American record of 3:08.8 in 1952. Mashburn was running with such greats as Mal Whitfield, Reggie Pearman, and Gene Cole in that effort.
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HOW DID THAT JAYHAWKER GET IN THERE?—Dick Blair of the University of Kansas crosses the finish line in second place in the 100-yard dash in the company of three University of Texas Longhorns. Dean Smith of the Steers won the event in .09.4, which tied the Relays' mark but was disallowed because of a heavy wind. Jerry Prewit and Al Frieden of Texas finished third and fourth.
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Relays Records Fall In Spite of Rain, Hail
By SAM JONES
A crowd of 13,000 track fans, expecting to see a number of records fall by the wayside, instead got showered with rain and hail for the first hour and 15 minutes of the Kansas Relays last Saturday in Memorial Stadium.
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But new records were set in the decathlon, the hop-step-jump, the college sprint medley relay, the university sprint medley, and the University mile relay.
Probably the roughest race during the day was the four-mile university relay. In the last part of the event, rain and hail fell heavily for a two full minutes. The sun finally broke through the clouds at about 2:17 in the afternoon, and stayed out the rest of the day.
The outstanding performer award was given to Dean Smith, of Texas, who tied the Relays' record of :09.4 for the 100-yard dash.
Les Bitter took second with a toss of 210 feet 11$\frac{1}{2}$ inches. Third place went to Morris Muelenthaler, Iowa State, who had a throw of 208 feet 10$\frac{1}{4}$ inches. Fourth place was picked up by John Parker with a toss of 202 feet 2 inches.
The Glen Cunningham mile, supposedly the feature of the afternoon, was won by Wes Santee with a slow 4:11.4. The slow time was due to the very wet and sloppy track.
The Jayhwks won the university distance medley relay for the second year in a row with a slow 10:10.8 time, Al Frame, anchor man for the team, ran a 4:17.8 mile to give KU the win.
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Kansan Bill Nieder set a new school and state of Kansas record in winning the shot put. The record toss was 56 feet $9\frac{3}{8}$ inches. Nieder has taken three straight wins in meets this year since winning at the Texas Relays. Nieder bettered his toss at Arkansas by almost 3 inches which was, until Saturday, the longest put in the nation this year.
Kent Floerke, Kansas freshman competing unattached, broke the Relays record four times in the hop-step-jump, finally quitting after setting the new record at 49 feet $ \frac{1}{2} $inch. Bob Smith, Kansas, placed second with a 46 feet $ \frac{4}{5} $inch jump.
Another KU freshman, Bob Nicholson, also running unattached, took over in the fifth lap and stayed ahead to win the 3,000 meter steeplechase.
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Rich Ferguson, from Iowa, defending steeplechase champion, jumped to an early lead in the first lap, then lost out to Kanan Dick Wilson in the second lap. Midway in the fourth lap, frosh Nicholson began to move from his third spot and finally took over in the fifth lap.
The best mark in the 3000-meter steeplechase was established last year by Rich Ferguson of Iowa in 9:20.4. This race is probably the most grueling in Relays competition
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