Jayhawkers Face Tough Foes In Michigan State Relays
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It's a trifle early to be talking of track records, but Kansas figures to be involved in a major clock-smashing Saturday when it runs the Distance Medley against Michigan and Michigan State in what promises to be the feature of the annual Spartan Indoor Games at Lansing, Mich.
Bill Easton will send up a seasoned quartet of Frank Cindrich, Lloyd Koby, Art Dalzell and Wes Santee, against the Big 10 powers. The current meet, fieldhouse, and American mark is 10:04:5 erected two years ago by Michigan's great foursome of Jack Carroll, George Jacobi, Don McEwen and John Ross.
Some idea of the sparkle of this beat can be drawn from Kansas' Relays record performance of 19:01.8 negotiated two years ago in
Drake Relays record performance of 10:01.8 negotiated two years ago in this event. Running outdoors, that Jayhawker unit, had, of course, two fewer curves per lap to swing than this year's edition must traverse at East Lansing. And it got a 4:07.2 anchoring burst from Santee to bring the stick home to a new mark. The old Wolverine foursome etched its standard on the Spartans' 220-yard unbanked clay and cinder oval, yet ran only @02.7 slower.
Obviously, any approach to the current record will be an exceptional feat especially so early in the year. Yet, Kansas, with only one indoor start behind it, figures to run close to 10:00. Cindrich ran 5:13 in losing the quarter to Oklahoma's Phil Becker by an eyelash in the KU-Sooner-Kansas State triangular of January 29. He is expected to improve that time at least a second.
Koby breezed a 1.558 half behind Santee's record 1.534. Dalzell was third in this race at 1.563, after running a 4.217 mile. He is expected to dip to 3.070 for the tree-quarters carry. Wes scorched 4.090 mile in that meet, and under the stress of competition, is likely to better even that figure.
Kansas doubtless will be obliged to run near record time if it is to out-step the Wolverines and Spartans. Michigan returns Carroll last year's Big 10 indoor and outdoor 440 champion, for leadoff; and Ross, the conference indoor Mile king, to anchor. Carroll is a good bet to run under:50.0 and Ross around 4:13.0.
With Pete Gray, a sophomore, and John Moule, fourth-place finisher in the Big Ten outdoor mile last year, filling the 880 and 1320 slots, the Wolverines cruised 10:11.4 last week to win this event at the Michigan AAU trials. Gray also won the 1000 in 2:14.5.
The defending champion Spartans will fuse two veterans, Lou Vargha, and Dick Jarrett, at the one and three spots, with Dave Hoke, in the 880, and John Cook at anchor. Vargha placed in the Big Ten quarter last year; Jarrett in the 880. Kansas is not as well equipped in the Sprint medley relays, only other baton event it will enter, even though it returns two members of last year's foursome which set a world record of 3:21.8 at the Texas Relays. Cindrich ran the first 220 carry at Austin but will be shifted to the leadoff quarter.
Santee, of course, will anchor, as he did on every occasion last spring when the Jayhawks wrote a grand slam in this event at Texas, Kansas, and Drake. Blair Blair, Osborne sophomore, and Bill Hawkey, Kansas City junior, will fill the two 220 spots. Dm Smith, NCAA 440 runner-up, who led off for the '53 unit, has graduated. Dick McGinn, who an the second 220 leg, has been lost to the service.
Even with Santee towering over anchor field, Kansas does not figure to be more than a faint challenge for Illinois and Michigan State. The Illinois will track a quartet featuring Willie Williams, NCAA 100-yard dash king, and Cirilo McSween, former Big 10 220 champ in the two furlong carries. Ralph Fessenden,
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one of the loop's top quartermilers, will lead off, and Gene Maynard, runner-up in the Big Ten Outdoor 880, last spring, will anchor.
University Daily Kansan
State's quartet of Kevan Gosper, Travis Buggs, Ed Brabham, and Jarrett, won the AAU crown last week in 3:33.7, with Gosper, Australian junior 440 champion, firing a :49.0 opening carry out of the blocks.
Jayhawk special event entries include Dick Knowles, new school indoor record-holder, in the shot put; Bill Biberstein, 1953 Texas and Kansas Relays high hurdles champion, in both flights of 75 yard-barriers; Kermit Hollingsworth, Big Seven outdoor high jump champ; Bob Smith, in the broad jump, and Dick Wilson in the two-mile.
An 11-man squad enplained for East Lansing this noon. Nine more Jayhawks will fly in Sunday to join the vanguard for a triangular against Illinois and Michigan State Monday at East Lansing.
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Tappa Keg, McCook Move Into Independent Playoffs
Kansan Sports Writer
Completing the season undefeated, Tappa Keg and McCook hall recorded wins Thursday to annex the Division I and Division II championships, respectively, in Independent "A" intramural basketball.
The results of Thursday's action showed Tappa Keg receiving a forfeit from Indiana club; McCook pasting Kappa Eta Kappa 56-18; Oread tripping Menden hall, 36-22; NROTC edging Liahona 34-29, and the Optimists taking the second forfeit of the day from Haig and Haig.
Tanna Keg 1. Indiana club 0
Oread 36, Mendenhall 22 Oread kept in the running for a playoff position by outdistancing Mendhenall, 36-22, to give it a 2-2 season's mark. Dale Nowin provided the spark for the Oread quintet as he rang in eight buckets from the field and a free throw for 17 counters. Mark Devine chipped in with 11.
Tappa Keg With a forfeit from Indiana club Tappa Keg posted its fifth win of the season to gain the Division I title and a berth in next week's Independent playoffs. Finishing deadlocked behind Tappa Keg in the league standings were the Indiana club and Club 69 with identical three and two records. A flip of the coin by the intramural student managers will decide which of these two will also advance to the play-offs
Gray who poked in 13 points followed by Fritz Widrick who hit 10 and John Shrader who got seven.
McCook 56, Kappa Eta Kappa 18 McCook swept to the Division 18 crown with its third consecutive triumph, a 56-18 romp over Kappa Eta Kappa. Holding an 18-10 lead at halftime, McCook exploded with an evenly spread scoring barrage in the second half to win going away.
Keith Patterson was the big gun for the winners, hitting eight fielders and one charity toss for 17 points. He was supported in the scoring column by Jim Ridder with 11, John Drake with 10, and Bill Bell with nine.
join the unbeaten Division III champ, Jim Beam, as playoff representatives.
Optimists 1, Haig and Haig 0
The Optimists were handed a forfeit by Haig and Haig to leave them with a mark of two wins and no losses for the campaign.
NROTC 34, Liahona 29
Throwing the final Division III standings into a three-way tie for second place, NROTC upset Liahona 34-28. Either NROTC, Liahona, or Oread will be selected to
AFROTC had previously clinched second place in Division II for a spot in the playoffs.
NROCY 34 Liahona 29
Pacing the winners' offense was
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Meek to Remain As Kansas State Football Coach
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Manhattan —(U.P.)—Bill Meek was signed up again today as Kansas State college football coach with a "substantial salary increase."
Meek, who had been considering an offer from a Canadian professional team, announced his decision to remain to Athletic Director Larry "Moon" Mullins yesterday afternoon.
The coach stated his reasons as "the many friends we have in Manhattan, the boys on the team and my associates on the campus."
"We felt these advantages more than outweighed those in the Edmonton offer," said Meek. "I telephoned them and gave my decision."
It had been reported that the Edmonton Eskimos had offered Meek a 3-year contract at cove for $1,000. The team won the recent season at K-Site, was $9,540.
Other action by the council might have helped Meek in his decision.
R. L. Throckmorton, chairman of the school's athletic council, which met in a long session Wednesday to discuss inducements to keep Meek, announced the coach would receive a "substantial salary increase." He declined to disclose the figure.
DiamondAces TeeOffToday
Miami, Fla. —(U.P.) Defending champion Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee World Series pitching hero, headed a lineup of the nation's baseball stars steeing off today in the 15th annual National Baseball Players Golf championship.
Some 13 diamond aces were assembled for the 3-day tournament at the Miami Springs course. Alvin Dark, New York Giants' shortstop, stacked up as Reynolds' top challenger. Dawn won the 1952 tournament, but bowled to Reynolds in the 1953 finals.
Major league tournament entrants included Phil Rizzuto, Yankee shortstop, Lou Kretlow, Chicago White Sox pitcher; tournament driving champ, Early Wynn, Cleveland Indian pitcher; Hal Newhouse, Detroit Tiger twirler, and Yankee catcher Tiger Berger.
Altogether, 27 competing in the tournament are active major league players, 15 are minor league talent, 14 inactive major leagues, and 17 press, radio and television personalities round out the roster.
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