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University Daily Kansas
Thursday, March 24, 1955
Only 8 Days Remain Until Track Opener
By SAM JONES
Kansan Sports Writer
With a week and a half to go before the first outdoor meet, the track team has been working inside this week because of the snow. We worked fairly hard until last.
"We worked fairly hard until last week end," Coach Bill Easton said, adding that he hopes to get back outside as soon as possible.
This year's schedule, Easton said, has more home meets than in the past five years. The two biggest meets will be the KU Relays, April 22 and 23, and the Big Seven meet Mary 20 and 21.
Captain of the team is Bob Smith, a broad jumper who is expected to hit 24 feet. He never was below 23 feet in nine outdoor meets last year, and hit a personal high of 23-9 last year at the Drake and Kansas relays.
Bill Biberstein, not having much natural speed but with fine style and a competitive spirit, was a double Big Seven indoor hurdles champion last year with 7.6 in the 60-yard highs and 7 flat in the 60-yard lows.
Les Bitner, the only returning serviceman on the team, reached 212 feet in the javelin toss during his Air Force tenure. Dick Blain won the conference 220 last year and ran No. 2 on last year's record setting medley relay team.
Grant Cookson, who has made more improvement than any distance member of the team, will be used chiefly in the two-mile run, though he ran three and four-mile races last year.
Al Frame, latest in a long line of Kansas distance aces, won last year's NCAA cross-country title in 1954.2, fourth swiftest time in meet history. With a long list of other titles, Frame is expected to lead the distance corps this year.
Blaine Hollinger, who won the fresh postal broad jump crown last year with a $22-5_{1}$ foot leap.
will be competing in varsity track for the first time this year, after being out for basketball.
Bob Lewis tops the pole vaulters He is expected to be around 125 feet in most of the meets this year. Te was third in the Big Seven oostal last year at 11-9.
Adolph Mueller will be trying for a comeback after sitting out most of last season with a pulled muscle. He notched a surprise second place in the Big Seven indoor last year in the 60-foot law burelles
Bill Nieder is considered the finest shot put prospect in Kansas annals. He reached at least 50 feet in seven of eight outdoor starts last year. He is expected to hit the 55-foot mark this year. His best toss in the javelin is more than 145 feet, but is expected to hit the 155 mark this season.
Tom Rupp is expected to improve after having a good sophomore season last year in the distance runs. He is expected to insure the two-mile and relay runs in the outdoor season.
Don Sneegas, who won the Big Seven, Texas, and Kansas Relays javelin toss last year, will be leading the spear tossers this year.
Leon Wells, a high jumper, has an all-time personal jump of 6-63 feet, which won him a co-championship last year at the Kansas Reynolds.
Bob Franklin, Larry Frisbie,
Bernie Gay, John Gordon, Jan
Howell, Lowell Janzen, Willen
Jones, Larry Manion, Frank Mastin,
John Parker, Harry Selter,
Larry and Louis Stroup, and Mike
Swanson are the leading tracksters
from last year's fresh team.
IM Volleyball Finals Open
As divisional playoffs began in Intramural volleyball play yesterday, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta advanced to the semifinals of Fraternity "A" composition.
SAE squeaked to 17 to 15 and 15 to 13 victories over Delta Chi, Beta downed Delta Tau Delta 15 to 7 and 15 to 12, Sigma Chi won over Lambda Chi in three games 15 to 9, 12 to 15, and 15 to 1, and Phi Delta defeated Phi Gamma Delta 15 to 10, 14 to 16, and 15 to 4.
Beta will play SAE in the semifinals and Signa Chi will go against Phi Delt.
VA Doctor Finds Cancer Virus
Washington — (U,P)— A Veterans administration physician has isolated a virus that has caused cancer and can be transmitted from parent to offspring in mice, Congress has been told.
The Veterans administration reported this "rather startling" discovery to a House appropriations subcommittee. It was made by Dr. Ludwik Gross, of New York veterans hospital.
Dr. Gross said in New York that while his research has been conducted with mice it might have implications for other species.
The Veterans administration, in reporting Dr. Gross' discovery, said another VA researcher has developed a sort of sonar device which, through electronic soundings into deep body tissues, "may prove most effective, in early diagnosis of cancer."
Raccoon Friend Causes Wreck
Austin, Tex. — (U.P.) Jay Caldwell had a ready explanation when police asked him why his automobile left the road, smacked into a brick wall and overturned. He said that a pet raccoon, riding on his shoulder, gave him a friendly poke in the eye.
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Pitcher Quits Team
The sparsely-manned Kansas baseball team suffered a blow to its pitching staff yesterday when Lew Johnson, who doubles as center on the basketball team, dropped off the squad. This leaves the KU mound staff with Bob Shirley, Wayne Tiemieer, Ben Dalton, Gary Fenity, and Larry Ullman. Only Shirley and Tiemieer have seen much varsity action.
French Senate Beats Reds
Communist Sen. Jean Chaitron launched the surprise Red blitz with demand for an immediate vote on an amendment that would have killed the arms treaties—the same kind that killed the European Defense committee last summer.
Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay goes before the Senate today to add his voice to ringing assurances given yesterday by Premier Edgar Faure.
Paris—(U.P.) The French Senate, protected from Communist demonstrations by cordons of police, smashed a surprise Red attempt inside the Senate today to defeat ratification of German rearmament on a snap vote.
President Eisenhower's suggestion for exploratory Big Four talks already had given a sharp boost to ratification chances.
The amendment asked France to hold up ratification and press for a new meeting to set up a Soviet-type European collective security system.
Only a few senators were present to vote against it, but after a brief exchange of arguments Deputy Speaker Vives Esteve ruled the mo- tion upon only at end of the general debate—when it can be easily defeated.
Canada and the United States are the only countries in the world having a surplus rather than a shortage of food.
'Top' Grid Team Changed Again
Grendel Is Coming!—Adv.
Coach Chuck Mather made several lineup changes yesterday as he sent the Kansas football team through a muddy two-hour work-out after a three-day "holiday" caused by the snowstorm.
The revamped front line saw Lyn McCarthy and Bill Bell at the ends, Gene Blasi and Frank Gibson at tackles, George Remsberg and Dud Budrich at guards and Frank Black at center.
Freshman quarterback Wailey Strauch took over the top slot from Al Jaso, but the rest of the back-field remain the same, with Jerry Baker at fullback and Dick Blowley and Ralph Moody at halfbacks.
LaVern kiss, who held down the starting end slot last week, saw no action yesterday because of a bruised shoulder suffered in Saturday's scrimmage. However, letterman end Don Martin, who missed most of last weeks' drills with a sprained ankle, returned to action, as did freshman halfback Don Feller.
Mather said he planned to practice today and tomorrow,weather permitting, with the third full-scale scrimage of the year set for Saturday in Memorial stadium.
Rein Pushing Tennis Stars
An untied sophomore seems to
be a apple-cart for the
varsity, tems, teams.
In Coach Dick Mechem's "ladder system," whereby a varsity player may move up to eventually take over the No. 1 spot on the team, Phil Rein, rated No. 6, already has moved up to the No. 4 slot after two challenge matches.
It began last week when Rein challenged and beat Jim Miller, rated No. 5, in a three-set match, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Taking over the fifth spot, Rein challenged Dave Edwards, rated No. 4, and beat him in two sets, 7-5, 7-5.
Although originally postponed, the match between Bob Riley and Franklin to determine the first and second spots on the team was played last week. Sophomore Riley kept winning Franklin in two sets, 6-3, 6-3.
Now Rein will play the loser of the match between Don Franklin and Dave Kane, who will settle the second and third spots on the ladder at 4:30 p.m. Friday on the stadium courts.
Del Hadley and Jim Miller will
come to is rated No. 6 Friday
afternoon.
Bruce Wenger, formerly out for basketball, is beginning to show some good form, according to Coach Mechem.
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7:30 DU-Delt (E)
7:30 Beta-TKE (W)
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8:15 Beta II-Phi Gam (E)
8:15 Beta I-SAE (W)
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Time: 4:15 p.m.
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