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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 15, 1954
Simmons Blanks Bucks Allows Only Four Hits
By UNITED PRESS
If curving Curt Simmons can keep his big toe out of power mowers, this could be the season when he will become a bigger winner than his Philly team mate, and next door neighbor, Robin Roberts.
A lot of wise baseball men were predicting last year that Simmons might surpass Roberts, but the quiet lefty got his toe tangled up with a mower and after being out nearly a month, never regained top form.
This year Simmons has looked much sharper than the durable Roberts, who has yet to win a game. Robin lost the Philly opener to the Pirates after being cuffed consistently by the hitters in exhibition competition, in which he suffered four defeats, being combed for 53 hits and 45 runs in 43 innings. That's not like the Roberts of old. Simmons, on the other hand, had two victories and a defeat on the exhibition trail before he came up with a bristling four-hit 6-0 shutout of the Pirates in Pittsburgh yesterday.
All of the Pittsburgh hits were singles and Simmons also struck out four. The Philly fans also were elated over the hitting of Willie Jones, who had a two run homer, two singles, and a double, batting in three runs from his new lead-off spot in the lineup. Simmons had two singles himself.
In the only other National league game, the Dodgers got even with the Giants, topping them. 6-4, with a 12-hit display as Don Newcombe limited New York to six hits. The Indians made it two in a row over the White Sox, 6-3, as Bob Lemon pitched a three-hitter. The Yankees scored their winning run without a hit in a 2-1 triumph in the ninth at Washington while Baltimore gained its first triumph 3-2 at Detroit in American league competition. There were no other games scheduled.
Brooklyn piled up a 6-0 lead against the Giants then coasted—almost too much. Newcombe appeared to tire in the late innings and catcher Eba St. Claire stirred things up with a two-run Giant homer in the ninth but Newk ended the rally after that. Gil Hodges hit a homer, double and single, while Newcombe himself drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and a force out. Junior Gilliam also homered for the Dodgers.
Lemon, after being touched for a pair of first inning runs, settled down and faced only 26 more batters while Cleveland was collecting 14 hits, including four by first baseman Bill Glynn. Wally West-lake hit his second homer in as many games.
Ed Lopat won his 12th straight game over Washington, which hasn't defeated him since June 26, 1951, but he had to do it the nard way. He was involved in a tough duel with veteran Johnny Schmitz and the Nats took a 1-0 lead on a single by Wayne Terwillerig, a sacrifice, and a single by Ed Yost in the sixth. Singles by Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra and Gil McDougald's sacrifice fly tied at 1-1 in the eighth, then the Yankees scored the winning run in the ninth without a hit when Phil Rizzuto walked, Lopat hit to Yost, and Rizzuto went to third when Terwillerig dropped the throw at second. Terwillerig then muffed a pop fly by Hank Bauer as Rizutto scored. Lopat gave up five hits, Schmitz six.
Duane Pillette pitched six hit
ball for the Orioles, who scored all of their runs in the first inning. Sam Mele singled in one run and Vern Stephens singled home two more.
Omaha Loses ToKUNetmen
The Kansas tennis team swept a 3-0 match from Omaha university yesterday in a meet that had no matches running into three sets.
morning, Coach Dick Meier
squad meeting. University of Iowa
of Iowa dual meet.
Iowa brought three stars to the meet. Joe Barnes, former winner of the Big 10, holds the No.1 spot on the visiting team.
A Missouri Valley finalist, A r Andrews, played No. 2 singles, and Carl Nadig, strong tournament favorite in Iowa, played the No. 3 position.
Yesterday's results against Omaha are:
Al Hedstrom, K, defeated Don Blocker 6-3, 6-2
Dick Hadley, K, defeated Carl Carlson 6-1, 6-3.
Roger Youmans, K, defeated Bill Fedderson 6-3, 6-2.
Merl Sellers, K, defeated Don Fisher 6-3, 6-3
Hedstrom and Hadley defeated Blocker and Carlson 6-4, 6-1.
Don Franklin and Youmans defeated Fedderson and Fisher 6-1, 6-1.
Kansas Golf Team Downs Omaha,9-3
The KU golf team scored a 9-3 victory over Omaha university yesterday afternoon on the Lawrence Country club course.
Bob Richards, Kansas, was medalist for the meet with a 74, as he defeated Jerry Morene, 3-0. Dean Wilson, Omaha, had low score for the visitors, a 79, as he defeated Harlan Hise, 2-1.
John Prosser, Kansas, defeated Fred Shiarock of Omaha, 3-0, with a 75 and Ed MacKee, Kansas, won over Emil Radik, 2-1.
Big Don Newcombe pitched seven innings yesterday as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves, 8-7.
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The next team sports in men's intramural competition will be badminton, handball, golf, horseshoes, tennis, and softball.
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Badminton, handball and horseshoes will be conducted on the single elimination basis.
Golf will be a one day affair, the date to be announced later.
There will be "A" and "B" leagues in softball with fraternities and independents in separate leagues.
The deadline for all entries is today. A meeting of all managers will be held in Robinson gym, room 203 at 4 p.m. today.
In all sports, other than softball, a team will be composed of one doubles and two singles players, with the match going to the team winning two out of three contests. A minimum of four players is needed for a complete team, but more may be entered. The doubles must be played first, and doubles members must be declared before each match. Partners in the doubles game in any one match cannot play in the singles game of that match.
Walt Mikols, intramural director, has asked that players please stay off of the two intramural areas which have recently been seeded, and will not be ready for use until next fall.
16 National Champions Entered in Kansas Relays
Additional entries to the Kansas Relays have pushed the total to 16 national champions that will appear here Saturday for the 29th meeting of the national track and field event.
Wes Santee, Kansas, 1953 NCAA and National AAU mile champion, 1952 1,500-meter champion, 1952 NCAA 5,000-meter champion, and 1953 NCAA cross-country champion.
The champions are:
Rich Ferguson, Iowa, 1953 NCAA two-mile champion.
John Bennett, Marquette, 1953 NCAA Basket jump champion
J. W. Mashburn, Oklahoma A&M,
1853 National AAU 400-meter
champion.
Dean Smith, Texas, 1952 National AAU 100-meter champion.
Neville Price, Oklahoma, 1954 National AAU indoor broad jump champion.
George Adrain, Abilene-Christian, 1952 and 1953 NAIA 440-yard champion.
Al Feist, Fort Hays State, 1953 NAIA two-mile champion.
Dunne Zerger, Hutchinson Junior college, 1953 National junior college 220-yard low hurdles champion.
Russell Nash, South Dakota State,
1953 NAIA mile champion.
Stan Neff, Dodge City Junior college, 1953 National junior college javelin champion.
Leon Leopard, Abilene-Christian
Leon junior AAU 800-meter
champion
Palmer Mai, Baker, 1953 NAIA
220-yard low hurdle champion.
Jim Montgomery, Fort Hays State,
1933 NAIA pole vault champion.
Fred Barnes, Fresno State, 1953 NCAA pault vaule champion.
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Jack Ruzetto, San Diego State, 1950 National AUAH high jump champion.
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