Friday. May 21, 1954 University Dally Kansan
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Track, Tennis, Golf Teams Favored n Big 7 Meet Barring Unforeseen Mishap Track Victory Is Possible Track Titlists Jayhawk Netters, Golfers Given Chance for Titles
Bv R. H. CHESKY
Barring an unprecedented series of mishaps, it is hard to see how Coach M. E. "Bill" Easton's Jayhawk trackmen can do anything but bring home their third consecutive Big Seven outdoor track and field champion after the annual meet today and tomorrow in Boulder, Colo.
Overwhelming superiority in the 880, mile, and two-mile runs, plus almost certain winners and strong contenders in a number of other events, should give the Kansans enough points to win by a safe margin over their closest rivals, Oklahoma and Missouri.
The Jays are so powerful in the distance races that they could grab the first three places in the three distance events. Easton can field a trio of Captain Art Dalzell, Wes Santee, and Lloyd Koby in the 880 and the mile, and follow with Al Erne, Dick Wilson, and Tom Rupp the two-mile.
All chances for new conference records by Santee probably will go up in smoke into the rarified Colorado atmosphere. The Ashland speedster will have to contend with air that is rather deficient in oxygen—it's almost axiomatic among trackmen that no good records are set in Boulder. Santee's best chance for a meet record is in the 880. The 211-year-old record of 1:52.2 was set by Glenn Cunningham, but Santee has run the event as low as 1:48.3 this spring.
On the basis of past performances, the six other conference teams will be hardpressed to finish in the top money against Easton's charges. Frame could conceivably double in the mile and two-mile and thus add strength in the shorter distance.
The Jayhawks will throw in tested performers in the shot put, javelin, and high jump events, and should come away with the lion's share of the top spots.
Bill Nieder heaved the shot 52 foot 9 inches in a dual meet against Touri to establish himself as a prime favorite in that event. If he can add three inches to his best mark he will become only the third shot putter in conference history to crack the 53-foot mark.
Don Sneegas and Don Bracelin own two of the best javelin throws in the conference this season, and Leon Wells and Kermit Hollingsworth should finish 1-2 in the high jump. Hollingsworth is the conference defending champion, but Wells has exceeded his best efforts with a 6-foot, 6-inch leap at the KU Relays.
In strong contention, but by no means certain winners in their events, are Dick Blair in the sprints, Bill Biberstein in the hurdles, and Frank Cindrick in the 440-yard run. Biberstein is the conference indoor champion and has a strong chance to repeat at Boulder. Cindrich and Blair, though consistent winners in dual meets, face strong competition
in their events. Kansas will be weakest in the discus, broad jump, and pole vault.
Neville Price of Oklahoma should break his own conference record of 24 feet. $11\frac{1}{4}$ inches in the broad jump. He has already jumped 25 feet. 2 inches this season.
If Blair and Cindrick should squeeze out victories in the short distances, the Kansans have a great opportunity to score an unprecedented sweep in all of the running events. Only one squad—the Kansas team of two decades ago—has come close to that feat. But sweep or no sweep, the Jayhawk figure to score about 135 points—more than enough to retain a hold on the team trophy for the third year in a row.
Santee must be rated the outstanding favorite to win the Henry F. Schulte memorial award for the outstanding athlete of the meet. If he does so, he'll be in following the spike-marks of another Kansas distance great, Bob Karnes, the only man to win the trophy twice in a row. The award is furnished by the Omaha World-Herald and is awarded by a vote of newsmen covering the event.
Eleven 3-year-olds were entered for the 78th and richest of all Prekness stakes at Pimlico tomorrow.
MISSOURI VALLEY
1908 Iowa State
1909 Grinnell
1910 Kansas
1911 Missouri
1912 Missouri
1913 Missouri
1914 Chicago
1915 Missouri
1916 Missouri
1917 Missouri
1918 Missouri
1919 Kansas State
1920 Missouri
1921 Nebraska
1922 Nebraska
1923 Nebraska
1924 Nebraska
1925 Missouri
1926 Nebraska
1927 Kansas
1928 Kansas
BIG SIX
1929 Nebraska
1930 Kansas
1931 Kansas
1932 Nebraska
1933 Nebraska
1934 Kansas
1935 Oklahoma
1936 Nebraska
1937 Nebraska
1938 Missouri
1939 Nebraska
1940 Nebraska
1941 Nebraska
1942 Nebraska
1943 Missouri
1944 Iowa State
1945 Iowa State
1946 Kansas
1947 Missouri
BIG SEVEN
1948 Missouri
1949 Missouri
1950 Nebraska
1951 Missouri
1952 Kansas
1953 Kansas
Big Seven Track Records
—Meer, I-S, 1930 9.4
220—(One turn) Koettel, OU, 1940 21.3
 (Straightway) Baker, K-S, 1952 20.8
440—(One turn) Baker, K-S, 1953 47.1
 (Two turns) Lyda, OU, 1942 48.0
880—Santee, KU, 1953 1:50.8
Mile—Santee, KU, 1953 4:06.3
2-Mile—Drummond, OU, 1953 9:19.0
Mile Relay—K-S, 1953 3:15.4
120-High hurdles—Gartiser, MU, 1948 14.2
220-Low hurdles (one turn) Ault, MU, 1948 23.3
 (straightway) Smith, KU, 1953 23.2
Pole vault—Carroll, OU, 1949 14' 1"
Javelin—Grote, NU, 1940 216' 4"
Shot put—Allen, CU, 1950 53' 10""
High jump—Scofield, KU, 1947 6' 7"
Discus—Wibbels, NU, 1940 160' 54"
Broad jump—Price, OU, 1953 24' 11"
Bv STAN HAMILTON
Most observers already have conceded the Big Seven conference track championship to KU, but almost overlooked are the Jayhawk tennis and golf teams, which lost but five matches between them this spring.
Tennis eliminations were to have started this afternoon at Boulder, Colo., and the first 18 holes of golf are to be completed by tonight. Finals will be held tomorrow.
The Kansas golfers of Coach Donn Everett, sixth place finishers last year under a different coach, lost only one match to a conference opponent this year, that to Missouri in the final outing of the year.
Prior to that the Jayhawks won 11 matches, five against loop oops, including one over Missouri here. The other two losses were early in the season to Oklahoma A&M and to Wichita. The Wichita defeat was avenged, however, in a match later at the Lawrence Country club.
The league's returning co-champion, Dan Molyneaux of Iowa State, can expect serious challenges from the KU twosome of Bob Richards and Harlan Fise.
Richards, who tied the Country club course record of 68 in a match with Tulsa, averaged 73 strokes round in the 14 matches, Hise 74.
Other team members are John Prosser, Pete Rush, and Eddie MacGee.
The holdovers are Al Hedstrom,
Don Franklin, Mell Sellers, and
Coach Dick Mechem's tennis players bowed only to Colorado's defending champions and to Iowa of the Big Ten this year.
Only one team member-Dick Hadley, a transfer from Yale—did not see action in the league meet last year, another factor tha t should make the Kansans tough to beat. The Jayhawks finished third in 1953.
Roger Youmans. Only Franklin, now the No. 5 man, reached a final match last year, losing in the No. 4 playoffs to Dan Luna of Colorado.
Season results:
TENNIS
5 Oklahoma* 2
6 Mankato* 0
3 Colorado* 4
6 Omaha* 0
4 Iowa* 6
6 K-State 1
7 Nebraska 0
6 Washburn 1
6 Iowa State* 1
7 K-State* 0
7 Missouri* 0
6 Washburn* 1
7 Missouri* 0
GOLF
9 Washburn 3
4½ Ok. A&M* 7½
9 Omaha* 3
4½ Wichita 13½
15 Omaha 3
7 Nebraska 5
6½ K-State 5½
9½ Tulsa* 2½
11½ I-State* ¼
12 K-State* 0
11 Missouri* 1
3 Missouri 9
- Denotes matches in Lawrence.
Past Winners
GOLF
Big Six
1946 Oklahoma
1947 Kansas
Big Seven
1950 Kansas
1951 Oklahoma
1952 Oklahoma
1953 Iowa State
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