We enjoyed the interscholastic relay last week, but we think possibly some changes could be made in the high school meet which would speed things up and make things more enjoyable for the spectators.
By DANA LEIBENGOOD Kansan Sports Editor
It would have been better to have had the 12 or 15 teams with the best teams enter the race instead of having any team, that wanted to, enter. The relays of course are for any boy who wants to enter, but it would be much better to have just the "cream of the crop" running.
For instance there were 55 Class B teams entered in the 880-yard relay and 77 teams entered in all three classes. With 55 teams it necessitated having five heats with 11 teams to a heat. This in itself is bad to have that many teams ina race at the same time.
We can only remember one or two heats when there were more than four or five teams actually in the race, leaving the other six men to get in the way of the teams which did have a chance.
We have heard considerable criticism the past few days on the number of boys entering the high school events. A great many boys were entered in races who had absolutely no chance of winning.
In the open mile and 880 the same situation existed, a great number of runners with only five or six having a chance to win the event.
With so many teams entered it makes the relays drag even when everything is run off on time, as it was last week.
In the future it would be a good idea to screen the teams entering the race, especially in class B, to get the teams which do have good times. This could also be done in Class A, but it probably wouldn't be necessary, at least in the relay events, to do that in Class AA because the number of schools entered is much smaller.
Anyone wanting to help a worthy cause and have a good meal beside should plan to attend the breakfast tomorrow starting at 7 a.m. in the Community building. The breakfast is held every year to raise money for the junior legion baseball team. The menu includes bacon or sausage, pancakes and coffee, and the price is only 50 cents. We can highly recommend this breakfast on the basis of past experience.
I-M Schedule
Saturday
Saturday
Independent "A"
2 p.m. (G-1) Mox-Battenfeld
3:30 p.m. (G-2)AFROTC "B"-Sig O
3:30 p.m. (G-1) Phisics-Fac. Fossils
Fraternity "A"
3:30 field 1, Kappa Sig-Sig Eps
3:30 field 2, Pi K-A Phi Delts
Fraternity "B"
2 p.m.(G-2) A T O -Delts
2 p.m. field 2, Kappa Sig-DU
2 p.m. field 3, Phi Psi-Beta
2 p.m. field 1, Delta Chi-Nu Sig Nu
Sunday
Independent "A"
2 p.m. (G-2 AFROTC "A" Shockers
3:30 p.m. field 1, Ster-Oliver-698s
3:30 p.m. field 2, Joliffe-U V O
Fraternity "A"
2 p.m. (G-1) Sig Nu-Phi Kap Tau
2 p.m. field 2, Phi Psi-Phi Kap Sig
2 p.m. field 3, Sigma Chi-DU
3:30 p.m. field 3, A T O- T K E
3:30 p.m. (G-1) Delta Chi-Delts
3:30 p.m. (G-2) Bettas-Phi Kap
Fraternity "B"
3:30 p.m.
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KU Relay Teams Favored at Drake
Des Moines, Iowa—(U.P.)—Slim Wes Santee, Kansas' hope for a four-minute mile, leads two fast Jayhawk relay teams into the Big 45th Drake Relays today and records seem almost sure to fall.
A huge field of 739 athletes from 72 colleges and universities filled the infield of Drake stadium and several are expected to set new Drake or American collegiate marks in the two-day meet.
But relay officials kept a sharp eye on the weather forecast. Mild, partly sunny weather was expected to prevail today, then give way to cool April showers or thunderstorms.
Santee, 22, who has run a 4:02.4 mile and still working toward his prime, will run in four or five relays here rather than in the open mile. The Kansas teams could crack records in every relay they enter.
Kansas had a good chance to beat the American collegiate record of 3:22.7 and the Drake time of 3:23 in the university sprint medley today. The KU sprint medley team is composed of Frank Cindrick, Dick Blair, Ralph Moody, and Santee. The Illinois team is also loaded with
speed, and has a chance at both records.
The Jayhawks also were favored to win the four-mile university relay with milers Lloyd Koby, Art Dalzell, Al Frame, and Santee. They've already run it in 17:15:6—3 seconds under the Drake mark.
Santee and Kansas will be favored in the University two-mile and distance medley relays. Santee will be joined by Cindrich, Koby and Dalzell in the distance medley, and Frame, Koby, and Dalzell in the two-mile. Southern Methodist Illinois, Iowa, and Texas A&M all have a good chance in these events.
Four Texas sprinters—Dean Smith, Jerry Prewit, Al Frieden and Charlie Thomas—could set new world records in the 440-yard and 880-yard relays tomorrow. They've already cracked the 440 record at the Kansas Relays last week with 40:3.
Rich Ferguson of Iowa was expected to beat the Drake two-mile record of 9:10 today. He had run it in 9:02.7 earlier. Denny Meyer of Washington was rated his strongest competitor.
rated a good chance of setting a new Drake record in the 440-yard hurdles. He already has run 1.1 seconds under the record of 524.1.
In a pair of other finals today, John Bennett of Marquette and Neville Price of Oklahoma has the best previous in the broad jump and Bob Van Dee of Oklahoma has the best previous record in the discus throw.
Saturday's 100-yard dash shapes up as the hottest here in years. Willie Williams of Illinois, who twice has done 9.4, will fight it out with the Texas trio of Smith, Thomas, and Frieden. he first two have run 9.5 and Frieden 9.8 Drakes record is 9.5.
Lee Yoder of Louisiana also was
Ron Mitchel of Illinois could set a new high jump mark tomorrow. He's leaped 6-9/4—an inch and a quarter above the Drake record.
Two Grid Drills Tomorrow
The KU football squad will have two practice sessions tomorrow. A scrimmage is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., and another practice is set for 2 p.m. Films will be taken at the morning scrimmage.
Golf, Net Teams To Play Huskers
The Kansas tennis and golf teams will be in action today and tomorrow on road trips to the University of Nebraska and Omaha university.
The golf team plays at Omaha this afternoon, and will be shooting for its second win over the Nebraska team. On April 14 the KU golfers defeated Omaha 9-3 on the Lawrence Country club course.
On Saturday the golfers will travel to Lincoln for a meet with the Cornhuskers. Nebraska has two returning lettermen, Tom Tolen and Dick Lauer, and a returning squadman, Roger Gohde, on this year's team.
Bob Richards, John Prosser, Ed MacGee, and Noel Rooney are expected to play the first four positions in both golf matches for Kansas.
The tennis team will be in Lincoln on Saturday too. The Husker net team has two senior lettermen, Jim Campbell and Roy Colson, and two freshmen lettermen winners from last year, Norman Veiter and Marshall Becker.
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