By DANA LEIBENGOOD Kansan Sports Editor
Although the Kansas baseball team has a fine over all record of eight victories and two defeats and a conference record of three victories and two defeats it has only one regular hitting over the .300 mark; second baseman Bill Pulliam is hitting .325. Bob Allison and John Trombold the team's top power hitters, are just below the .300 level with averages of .296 and .295 respectively.
Trombold is the home run leader with four and the runs batted in leader with 13. Despite the fact they have low averages of .214 and .190, respectively, Bob Conn and John Perry are the runners up in runs batted in with eight apiece.
This KU team is one of opportunist, as it showed Saturday when it defeated Iowa State 3-2. KU scored three runs in the eighth inning of the contest without the benefit of a hit.
The team has enough hitting, especially if Perry begins to hit his stride, and tight pitching, and could win the Big Seven crown. Had it not lost a heart breaking 1-0 decision to Nebraska when John Brose threw a three-hitter, but was the victim of his own wildness, KU could be in a dominant position in the conference.
Oklahoma is in first place in the conference with two victories and no defeats. However, the Sooners have to play Kansas here. If KU could win these two games and win the rest of its contests it probably would end up in no worse than a tie for the championship, for Oklahoma could easily drop at least one contest before the crucial series with KU on May 12 and 13.
Nebraska is already eliminated from contention having lost two games to Oklahoma and two to Kansas State, so it looks like it will be Kansas and Oklahoma fighting for the title.
The team certainly deserves more support from the students than it has been getting. At the start of the Iowa State game we counted only 46 persons in the stands and about half of these were not students. It is inexcusable for the students to ignore a team that has an excellent chance to win the conference championship, or who at the very least will have a big part in saying who does.
The golf and tennis teams have also posted excellent records in their contests thus far. The golf team has won seven of nine dual meets, and the tennis team has won six of seven matches.
Although the Big Seven championships in both sports are decided by the conference tournament, the dual meets do give a definite line on the strength of the teams. Kansas and Iowa State will probably fight for the golf championship, and Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas will fight for the tennis title.
The most pleasant surprise as far as golf coach Donn Everett is concerned is the play of the brilliant sophomore No. 1 man Bob Richards. Richards has consistently been shooting around par, but hit his peak yesterday when he tied the Lawrence Country club course record with a 68.
All in all it looks as if the next few weeks "could" produce three more championships for KU teams.
General Disapproves Martin's Discharge
Monterey, Calif. —(U,P)— Mag.
Gen. Robert S. McClure, post commander at Fort Ord, has recommended against, a hardship, discharge for Billy Martin, former second baseman for the New York
Yankees.
"I am disapproving Marfin's application for discharge," McClure said yesterday. "I cannot see that his position has materially changed since his reinduction."
Your Ring Tells Your Story
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Phi Gams Win In I-M Play
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Stephenson and Phi Gam were winners in intramural softball games played yesterday. Stephenson won in second round Independent "A" and Phi Gam won in second round Fraternity "B" competition.
Stephenson won on a forfeit from SOT 1 to 0, and Phi Gam won over Nu Sigma Nu 7 to 5 in a close game. Phi Gam scored their seven runs on ten hits and two walks off losing pitcher Ben McCallister. Jerry Clark, the winning pitcher, gave up seven hits and five walks.
Independent "A"
Today's schedule:
Independent "A"
4:00 Field 1 AFROTC 'B' vs. Faculty
Fossils
Round 2
4:00 Field 2 Physics vs. KHK
4:00 Field 3 Mox vs. Army
Expect Muddy Track For Derby Starters
Louisville, Ky. —(U.P.) Prospects of a muddy track left the field for Saturday's Kentucky Derby more uncertain than ever today with 21 horses, headed by the favored Correlation, still listed as possible starters.
Two of the nominees, For Free and Super Devil, are almost certain to be declared out, even before the entry box for the big race opens at Churchill Downs tomorrow morning.
Amateur Favorites Survive
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Thursday, April 29, 1954
Pinehurst, N.C. — (U.P.)—Tournament favorites Billy Joe Patton and Dick Chapman led eight survivors today into the quarter-final round of the North and South Amateur Golf championship—but they were the only "big name" players left.
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KU Beats Tulsa In Golf Meet
Bob Richards tied a home course record here yesterday as KU golfers downed a visiting Tulsa university team $ 9_{1}^{2}-2_{3}^{2}. $
With a medalist score of 63, four under par, Richards defeated Jim Pfeifer of Tulsa to give KU an early 3-0 lead. Tulsa golfer Ray Berg's win over John Prosser pulled Tulsa within two points of the home team.
Today coach Donn Everett's squad is playing Iowa State, last year's Big Seven conference tourney winner. Iowa has all four men who won at the tourney back for today's competition.
KU victories by Harlan Hise over Barry Caruthers and Noel Rooney over Gibson Martin put the home team well into the lead.
KU golfers playing today are Richards, Hise, Prosser, and Pete Rush.
Dupas Wants More TV Fights
Cleveland — (U,P) — Defending champion Dick (Pancho) Gonzales clashes with Al Doyle today as play continues in the fifth annual World Professional Tennis championships at the Cleveland arena.
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Gonzales to Play Doyle
New Orleans —(U.P.)—Ralph Du-pas, 18-year-old New Orleans "whiz kid" fighter, said today he hoped his victorious performance against Irishman Pat Brady in a 10-round nationally televised fight would give him a chance at a "lot more TV appearances."
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