BILL HEARD OF OKLAHOMA A&M
'Alert' Police Lose $135
Oaklyn, N.J.(U.P.)—There wasn't a cop in sight yesterday when a thief broke into the South Jersey Suburban Police association training barracks and escaped with $135.
Dallas—(U.P.) A thief attended the East Dallas Christian church yesterday but his motive was anything but saintly. While worshippers were attending services the thief fled with the $161 collection.
Thief Takes the Collection
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Track fans may wish there was a way to insure against bad weather for tomorrow's 29th running of the Relays such as was done in 1925, but a check of past years shows that the chances for nice weather tomorrow are better than average.
Weather: Sunny For Relays, Records Say
But back to the '25 track carnival. For some reason or other, long since forgotten, the Relays were insured against the possibility of unfavorable action by the elements. The Relays were insured for $4,000, but the day came, the weather was perfect, and both the Relays officials and insurance agent were happy.
By STAN HAMILTON
In past years, however, the weather has figured strongly in the annual track and field event. Last year 45-degree temperature and gusty winds kept all records safe, and in 1952 fans had little to complain about in respect to the climate.
In 1951 the weather, by a consensus of opinion, was lousy, but still a new collegiate record of 15 feet, $1-inch was set by Nebraska's Don Cooper in the pole vault. This writer can recall that year—he sat beyond the uppermost row in the stands, huddled under a blanket next to the top wall, and did his best to keep warm and dry.
Thus, in the past seven years, only two years have been what could be termed "stay-at-home" days.
But in 1950, '49, and '48 the weather was near perfect. In 1947 the day produced the worst rain and cold in the history of the event.
Time and again the question of changing the date of the Relays has come up in hopes that a later date might result in better weather.
With the scheduling as it now stands, many athletes compete here, stay a day or two, and then journey on to Drake, some even on to Pennsylvania. If the dates of these two championships (KU and Drake) were farther apart some schools might not participate here or at Drake—or at either!
Now, if it rains tomorrow we may join with you and say "Who cares?"
Over-all, past records, while incomplete in some cases, show the weather has been "goo!" more than 60 per cent of the time.
But if the time were to be pushed back even as much as a week the caliber of performances here would suffer because of the annual Drake Relays. That event could not be pushed back, either, because of the large Penn Relays, which usually trails the Des Moines show by a week.
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