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University Daily Kansan
Page 0353_1 from reel: L 2350 (1954-10-15 to 1955-09-12)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/142676

Title: Tigers Spoil KU's Chance for 3rd Place
Summary: Kansas basketball team loses to Missouri Tigers, dropping from third to sixth place in Big Seven standings after 90-71 loss.
Category: sports
Subjects: basketball; college sports; Big Seven conference; Missouri Tigers
Named Entities: Shankel, Richard [chancellor]; Johnson, Maria [student body president]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: KU Takes Fifth in Swim Meet
Summary: Kansas swimming team finishes fifth in conference meet with 150 points, setting multiple new records including 100-yard breaststroke and 220-yard freestyle.
Category: sports
Subjects: swimming; college sports; Big Seven conference; NCAA
Named Entities: McKeitt, Jim [swimmer]; Scherer, Ted [swimmer]; Yates, Bobby [swimmer]; Seaton, Dickie [swimmer]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Reiter, Park in Shrine Game
Summary: University of Missouri basketball stars Bob Reiter and Med Park selected to play in annual East-West Shrine Game benefiting crippled children.
Category: sports
Subjects: basketball; college sports; Missouri Tigers
Named Entities: Reiter, Bob [basketball player]; Park, Med [basketball player]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Mikan May Speak at Cage Banquet
Summary: Annual KU basketball banquet scheduled for Monday at Eldridge Hotel with former DePaul and Minneapolis Lakers star George Mikan as featured speaker.
Category: campus news
Subjects: basketball; university events; speakers
Named Entities: Mikan, George [basketball player]; Zook, E. R. [executive secretary]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Softball Opens April 12
Summary: KU softball season to begin April 12 after early Easter vacation, with Colorado's Big Seven basketball championship noted as first undisputed title since joining conference.
Category: sports
Subjects: softball; college sports; Big Seven conference
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Along the Jayhawker Trail
Summary: Column by Kansan Sports Writer John McMillion discussing Kansas high school swimming talent and comparing it to college-level competition.
Category: features/profiles
Subjects: high school sports; swimming; Kansas athletics
Named Entities: McMillion, John [sports writer]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Brown's Toggery; Douglas County State Bank; Wolfson's
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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