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University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 30, 1954
KU to Meet Missouri In 2 Baseball Games
Coach Floyd Temple's KU baseball team faces its toughest test of the season when it meets Coach Hi Simmons Missouri Tigers in Columbia today and tomorrow.
KU stands in third place in the conference with a record of three victories and two defeats behind Kansas State with a record of two victories and one defeat and Oklahoma with two victories and no defeats.
This series could go a long ways toward determining the final place Kansas will occupy in the Big Seven race. A defeat would almost eliminate any chance for a title, but a sweep of the series would leave KU in a contending position.
Missouri has played only two conference games so far having split with Iowa State. The Tigers finished in third place in the conference last season with a record of nine victories and five defeats and have nine lettermen returning from that team.
The Tigers have an infield consisting of veterans Bob Schoonmaker at first base, Buddy Cox at second base, and Dick Dickinson at short stop. Sophomore Todd Sickel is at third base. Three lettermen patrol the Tiger outfield. Jim Doerr is in left field, Jerry Schoonmaker is in center field, and Vic Swenholt is in right field. Two sophomores Sam Sayers and Bob Musgrave have also broken into the lineup in right and left field respectively.
Missouri has one pitcher who won a letter last season. That is George Beckmann, and the rest of the staff is composed of sophomores. Emil Kammer and Norm Stewart have proved to be the most consistent of the newcomers and have done considerable pitching for Missouri this season.
Of the returning lettermen only one hit over .300 last year, and that was Jerry Schoonmaker who hit .315 and batted in 17 runs.
Coach Temple will probably start John Brose in the game today, and either Bob Shirley or Wayne Tiemeier tomorrow. Broshe has won two games and lost one in conference play, Shirley has won one and lost one, and Tiemeier hasn't figured in a decision in Big Seven games.
The Kansas team will have its regular lineup of John Trombold at first base, Bill Pulliam at second base, Punky Hoglund at third base, Harold Bergsten at short stop, John Perry in left field, Bob Allison in center field, Bob Conn in right field and Don Aungst catching.
KANSAS BATTING AVERAGES
AB H Pct PO A E O
Kaak 1 1 1.000 1 1 0
Aak 1 1 1.000 1 1 0
Mattin 2 5 250 1 0 0
Martin 2 5 400 1 0 0
Brose 13 3 584 9 8 1
Shirley 13 3 533 9 8 1
Shirley 13 3 533 9 8 1
Allison 43 14 326 36 40 4
Allison 78 2 896 13 14 3
Trombold 44 13 295 79 9 0
Trombold 80 3 896 13 14 3
Hekst 36 8 286 13 20 0
Tiemier 8 2 250 3 5 0
Coun 6 8 214 10 0 0
Coun 42 8 194 10 0 0
Bair 6 1 166 0 0 0
Aungst 42 5 119 65 18 2
Bergsten 28 2 071 17 20 1
Bergsten 32 0 000 17 0 1
Wogan 1 0 000 17 0 1
Sedgman, Budge May Meet Two Panchos
Cleveland, Ohio —(U.P.)— Frank Sedgman of Australia and Don Budge were favored today to win quarter-final matches in the World Professional tennis championships tonight and advance to semi-finals berths against the two Panchos—Segura and Gonzales.
Sedgman is matched against Frank Kovaes, the "clown prince" of pro tennis from Oakland, Calif., with the winner to qualify to meet Segura. Budge faces Carl Earn of Hollywood for the right to play Gonzales.
KU Scrimmage Set for Tomorrow
Head football Coach Chuck Mather will put his 60-man squad through their second Saturday-afternoon scrimmage in Memorial stadium at 3 p. tomorrow.
An intra-squad quarterback contest is in store for the scrimmage with Mather convinced that the fight for that position will continue until next September.
Current leaders in the competition are John McFarland, sophomore starter last season, Dick Sandifer and Bev Buller.
Only two first-year men are in the race for a backfield position. Starting with a squad of about 86. Mother has already cut squad numbers to about 60.
Ted Rodhe, former Army footballer, and Blaine Hollinger, pint-sized fullback prospect, are the two surviving rookies. Robhde is testing a knee operation following a mid-season injury last year, and is showing promise as a kicker and runner. Hollinger is also a basketball and track prospect and according to Mather, he can run, play pass defense, and learns football quickly. He has been working out at fullback, where Mather frequently stations his best runner.
Mather can fill other backfield spots with last season regulars and still have a surplus. Ralph Moody, Bob Conn, Bob Allison, and Don Hess are included among the most promising returnees.
Mather said he was pleased so far with the teams' overall hustle, "I am encouraged by the fact we are going to possess decent team speed," he said.
Professional Prospect? John Trombold, first baseman and leading homerun hitter on the Jayhawk baseball team, also leads the team in the runs-batted-in department with 13, and his batting average is a healthy .295.
Golfers Down I-State,11 $ ^{1 / 2}-^{1 / 2} $
Coach Donn Everrett's golf team downed the defending Big Seven champion Iowa State Cyclones 11½-¾ here yesterday. Iowa State won the Big Seven tournament last year and had all four men returning this year.
Bob Richards was under par for the second straight day. Yesterday he shot a 70, two under par, and Wednesday he tied the course record with a 68. Harlan Hise was next low yesterday with a 72.
The KU golf team has not lost a match to a conference team this year. It has beaten Kansas State and Nebraska in addition to Iowa State. The Big Seven tournament on May 21-22 at Boulder, Colo., will decide the championship. KU has an overall record of eight victories and two defeats.
The results:
Richards def. Dan Molyneau 3-0
Hise def. John McGuiness 3-0
John Prosser def. Don Platt 2½-1
Pete Rush def. Don Weber 3-1
21 Horses to Run in Derby
Louisville, Ky.—(U.P.)-The richest Kentucky Derby of them all loomed today for tomorrow's 80th annual running with 21 probables still listed in the field as the entry box opened.
While the advance forecast called for rain and a muddy track, the
Should the names of all 21 be dropped in the box between 7 and 10 a.m. (CDT), it will mean the net value to the winner will be 35. The winner for Derby winsings was set by Cont Turf in 1951 when he picked up $88,050. Even if only 10 of the 14 probables go into the starting gate on Saturday, there will be a new money winning Derby record because the net still would be $88,800.
However, the owners and trainers have until 45 minutes before Derby post time of 5:30 p.m. (EDT) to withdraw. Chances are that a lot of them will wait until the last minute, waiting to see how the track will be.
Track conditions will decide whether all of the 21 go. But it appeared certain that the owners of all those three-year-olds would drop entries into the box. That action calls for a $250 fee; then if they start on Saturday, there is an additional fee of $750.
newest weather prediction said the rain would stop Friday night with clear and cool weather for Saturday. If that is the case, the track should be fast, for Churchill Downs dries quickly.
With 21 probables still in the running, Correlation was quoted as a 5-2 favorite. The winner of the Wood Memorial last Saturday had been quoted at 2-1 in the first Derby odds line.
Goyamo, the Blue Grass Stakes winner, was the second choice in the betting odds at 7-2 followed by Determine, and his stablemate Allied at 5-1. Fisherman, second to Correlation in the Wood, was quoted at 6-1 and then came Hasty Road, who won the Derby trial Tuesday, and his running mate Sea O Erin, at 8-1.
Only the fact that the field may be so large dropped his odds. For when more than a dozen or so horses go for a mile and a quarter racing luck often plays a big part in the picture.
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Roberts Pitches One-Hitter Phillies Beat Braves, 4-0
Robin Roberts took drastic action to combat the batting slump of the Philadelphia Phillies. They weren't getting him any runs so he decided not to give the opposition any hits and he almost succeeded.
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Last night at Milwaukee he hurled the third one-hitter of the season, yielding only a double to Del Crandall in the third inning and beating ace lefty Warren Spaln in a pitching battle, 4-0.
Roberts no wha beaten the Braves nine straight times, losing to them last on Aug. 14, 1951. A double by Stan Lopata and a single by Willie Jones gave the Phils the only run Roberts needed in the third but they picked up three more and kayoed Spahn in the sixth on a walk, singles by Del Ennis, Gran Hammer, and Lopata, an error and Mel Clark's fly.
Roberts realized that, if things were like they had been previously, it would take such a superlative effort to win. In 36 innings this spring he has been scored on only in two, but he still lost two games. Last Saturday against the Giants he lost 1-0 when Whitey Lockman sliced a wrong-field homer. And on opening day in Pittsburgh he lost when the Pirates scored all of their four runs in the eighth inning. His only victories were shutouts, 6-0 against the same Pirates and the one-hitter last night.
The ex-Michigan State college bonus star let only four Milwaukee men reach base, the other three on walks, and he struck out six.
Brooklyn outshugged Cincinnati, 7-5, getting five homers, while Pittsburgh defeated St. Louis 4-3, while in the American league the Yankees topped the White Sox, 5-4. Cleveland defeated Boston 6-3, and Baltimore edged Washington 2-1. The other teams had open dates.
The Dodgers pounded five homers, three in the sixth innning, off lefty Harry Perkowski as Carl Erskine gained his second victory with relief help from Jim Hughes in the ninth. Junior Gilliam hit homers in the fourth and sixth innings, giving him a total of four for the year. He hit only six all last season. Duke Snider hit a first inning homer and Dick Williams and Peewee Reese also homered in the sixth. Cincy pitchers now have yielded 31 homers in 15 games.
Dick Cole lashed a two-run single with the bases loaded in the ninth to give Pittsburgh its victory over the Cardinals despite 13 strikeouts by loser Harvey Haddix. Rookie Bob Purkey, with relief help from John Hetki gained his first win. Ray Jablonski hit a Cardinal homer.
Bob Turley struck out nine and gave up only five hits, one a homer
by Roy Sievers, in Baltimore's triumph. It was his first start since he lost a near no-hitter last week to Cleveland on a two-run Larry Doby homer in the ninth. Mickey McDermott also gave up only five hits but wild-pitched home one of Baltimore's two runs in the second. Turley walked eight and hit one batter.
The Yankees cashed in on pinch-singles by their expensive bench men, Enos Slaughter and Ed Robinson to score two runs in the sixth and give lefty Ed Lopat an epocal victory, his 100th as a Yankee, his 150th as a big leaguer. However, Allie Reynolds had to fire three hitless innings, striking out four to save the day after Lopat went out for Slaughter.
Mike Garcia gained his first victory, a six hitter, striking out eight at Boston. Wally Westlake with three singles drove in two runs and Al Rosen with two singles drove in three while Dave Philley homered for the sixth Tribe tally.
5 Teams Win Games In Women's Softball
Sellards, Gamma Phi's, Kappa's Pi Phi's, and North College won second division softball games this week.
Sellards won Monday by a Sigma Kappa forfeit. The Gamma Phi's defeated AD Pi 14-3. Miller-Watkins forfeited Wednesday to the Kappa's and Pi Beta Phi won over the AD Pi's 36-20. In yesterday's game, DeltaGamma lost to North College. 7-16.
Favorite Billy Joe Patton moved into the semi-final round of the North and South Amateur Golf championship by defeating William Hyndman yesterday.
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