Friday, April 16, 1954
University Daily Kansan
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Texas Sprinters Pose As Real Relays Lure
Kansas' four-motored distance fliers, anchored by Wes Santee, will have a companion lure in the 29th running of the Kansas Relays tomorrow. It's Texas in the two sprint relays.
Clyde Littlefield's boiling forces smashed both the 440 and 880 records at their own meet in Austin. Records in the short hauls always are more difficult than in relays over 880, because the technique of baton-passing means considerable. Nothing short of a dropped stick can hurt distance clubs.
It is significant, then, that the Longhorns assuredly will imperil both records here, even though they have been hammered down through 28 Mt. Oread games. At Austin, they lowered the quarter to 40:8, the half to 12:48. The same combination Dean Smith, Jerry Prewitt, Alvin Frieden, and Charlie Thomas, wrought both the clockings.
Consider that both figures were bed without benefit of a chute. Here the Longhorns will be pump-out of a 220-yard straightway, which means curve running will be reduced to one turn in the 440 and three in the 880.
The Longhorns' 440 burst, around two turns, dipped within three-tenths of a second of the world record of 49.5, which also happens to coincide with the Kansas standard, although Iowa's surge here in 1935 never reached the official books. Their 880 performance, around four turns, was four-tenths below the current Kansas listing which Texas' 1952 foursome shares with Iowa's 1935 crew (Jim Owens, Wilson Briggs, Andrew Dooley, and Carl Nelson).
Smith and Thomas were members of that record-tying brigade of two years ago, and again are running lead-off and anchor, respectively.
The extent of the Steers' feats can be drawn even more sharply into focus when these facts are considered: No Kansas winner in history,
save Iowa's record-holders have taken 41.0 here in 28 previous meets. Only Texas' 1952 foursome, which included Ralph Person and Jim Brownhill in the two middle carries, has dipped as low at :41.0.
No Texas Relays winner, ever has reached at 41.0 until last weekend. And, at Drake third stop in the major Midwest wheel, only Texas' 1941 team of Billy Seay, Carleton Terry, Fred Ramsdell, and Lonnie Hill, has reached as low at 41.0.
No champion in any of the three big carnivals . . . and this goes back 44 years for the Des Moines event . . . ever had broken 125.0 for the 880, until Texas accomplished it last weekend. Fact is, only three Kansas winners, Iowa of '35; Oklahoma A&M in '50, and Texas in '52, ever have bettered 126.0. Only the 1936 and 1952 Steer units, had spun this feat in Austin, and only the 1951 Drake quartet, Texas 1947 crew, and Ohio State's 1942 foursome, ever have punctured that barrier at Drake.
There is no mystery in the Longhorn's unprecedented successes. Smith, Thomas, and Frieden ran 1-2-3 in the open 100 at Austin, and all were caught under 10.9. Smith won the Southwest conference century in 1952 as a sophomore, betripping scholastically last year, and Thomas is a two-time Southwest furlong king.
This team already has demonstrated it needs no pressure save the watch. Contenders were so far back in both races at Austin, their anchor-men couldn't have hit Thomas with a hurled baton.
Every other Texas champion in both relays divisions . . . Abilene Christian scored a grand slam of four in the college class * . . . will move up for the Kansas Games.
By CAROL KELLER
A little more than 200 years ago George Frederick Handel began his oratorio, the "Messiah." Handel, who had been bankrupt twice, did not realize when he had finished it that it would bring King George II of England ashore to court to their see. They first heard the thrilling "Hallelujah!"
Handel's Music Heard at Easter
Handel began the "Messiah" when he was 56, and completed it in 24 days. The words were not written by Handel, but by Charles Jennens, a wealthy aristocrat who thought Handel incapable of composing such a masterpiece.
It was not until Handel began his performances in aid of the Foundling hospital that the "Messiah" came into its own. After that, extra presentations were given each year.
The first performance was given in 1741, in Dublin, Ireland, for a charity organization. Then is was a presented in London in 1743, at the Convent Garden. Although it was a success it did not cause any stir.
In 1784, 25 years after Handel's death, it was given in Westminster Abbey with a huge orchestra and a chorus of more than 500 singers. It was requested that the ladies not wear hoops so there would be room for more persons.
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