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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1954
By KEN BRONSON
Kansan Sports Editor
There's spring in the air right now and if it should come to an abrupt halt today or tomorrow, chances are that the spring sports slate at Kansas would continue to function despite a change in the weather.
Spring sports, excluding track, have always been shoved in the shadows of football and basketball in most colleges over the country. Kansas is no exception and probably a little worse than the rest of them.
The minor sports at Kansas are in fervent need of a face-lifting. They're here and that's about all anyone cares about.
Probably the most shameful support is that given to the baseball team—not only by the students but by the athletic administration as well. Baseball is, and should be treated as such, a major sport.
But you wouldn't know that if you were attending KU. In the first place, the Kansas diamond is probably the worst any college team in the country ever tried to play on. In the second place, little effort is made to find baseball talent.
It seems that the Big Seven has a rule for bidding the playing of baseball games off the campus—if a diamond is located on the campus. Well, Kansas has a diamond (if you can call it that), thus prohibiting use of the Lawrence Municipal field.
Then there's the subject of talent. Kansas has about four men now playing under some sort of scholarship. That number is dwarfed to the football and basketball awards.
Graham Johnson: Another South African at Oklahoma
But back to the minor sports . . . Kansas' swimming team has lost three straight meets this year. What's the cause for it? It isn't the coaches' fault, for Coach Doug Wall is going all out to instill a winning germ in his tankmok.
What is it then? It appears from this corner that it's simply a case of not having enough horses—or men in this case. No scholarships are offered at Kansas for swimming, golf, or tennis. That partly explains the cause.
You can get good boys to come out for swimming, golf, and tennis but it takes more than that to win. It takes experience, finesse and brains.
Kansas has no wrestling, boxing, or gymnastic teams. Why couldn't it be possible, since these sports aren't even held, to spend a little more money on the other minor sports.
Oklahoma, for example, has seven South Africans on its swimming team. Now we wouldn't say these boys were going to school on scholarships, but it does seem odd to come clear to Oklahoma just to attend college.
Graham Johnson is one of the Sooners. And to show that the South Africans can swim, Johnson has been the 220,440,and 1,500 champ in the Big Seven for the past two years. The others are in their first year of competition.
Maybe Kansas isn't as rich as Oklahoma or have as many rich alums as the Sooner state, but we do think our athletes who are competing in minor sports, need a little more help all the way around.
The best example to turn up lately happened when Tommy Davidson, last year's Class AA tennis champion from Topeka, left school after the end of the semester to enroll at Washburn. Davidson, had he stayed at Kansas, would undoubtedly helped the Jayhawker net team in a couple of years.
Golf, tennis, and baseball are just around the corner. Swimming is going on now. We'd like to see a little more support, both from the students and athletic department, for these sports.
After all let's give them a chance to prove themselves.
St. Joseph Receives New Name, Manager
St. Joseph, Mo. —(U.P.) The St. Joseph baseball club in the Western Association acquired a new name and manager last night.
The new manager is Bill Cope, formerly manager of the Macalester, Okla., club in the Sooner State league. He will guide the St. Joseph Saints, formerly known as the Cardinals.
Bill Meek, football coach at Kansas State college, was in Edmonton Canada, yesterday looking over the
city's football facilities and to decide whether to accept an offer to become the coach of the Canadian pro league Eskimos.
William Jewell Wins Easily
Canton, Mo.—(U.P.)—William Jewell college of Liberty defeated Culver-Stockton college in a MCAU basketball game 71-46 here last night.
Cornhusker Coach: This is Harry Good, basketball coach at Nebraska, who brings his team to Hoch auditorium Saturday night.
This Week's IM Schedule
Exciting new CLUTCH BAGS in calf or faille made especially for campus use.
WEDNESDAY Robinson Annex
Fraternity A
4 Sigma Chi-Alpha Phi Alpha
Independent "A"
5 Freeforms-Club 69
Robinson Gym
Independen
8:30 (E)
8:30 (W)
9:15 (E)
9:15 (W)
Battenfield-Net Jets
Phi Chi-Jolliffe
Pearson-69ers
Liahona-Bushmen
Rothschild
Independent 'A'
4 Indiana-Tappa Keg
5 Optimists-Halig & Halig
6 KHK-McCoo
7 Liahona-NROTC
8 Oread-Mendenhall
Robinson Gym
Independent 'B'
8.30 (E) Stephenson-Mox
Independent 'C'
8.30 (W) McCook-Vets
8.15 (E) Pearson-Knaves
8.15 (W) 122 Miss AFROTCA
FRIDAY
BRING IT!
Independent "A"
4 Jolliffe-Battenfeld
5 Stephenson-Sterling-Oliver
Fraternity "B"
19:35 (E) U-Lambda Chi
19:55 (E) Delta Chi-Sigma Chi
19:55 (W) Delta-Sigma Pi
Individual "C"
8:30 (E) Nu'Si-Beta Pha Beta
8:30 (E)
Independent "C"
8:30 (E) Nu Sig-Phi Beta Pl
SATURDAY
Polkinson Gym
F1:10  (E)  Beta-Kappa Alpha PsI
1:40 (W)  Phi Kappa Tau-Phi PsI
1:45 (E)  Sig Ep-Triangle
1:45 (W)  SAE-Detts
1:30 (W)  Numa-PIKA
2:30 (W)  Phi Kappa Sig-Phi Delt
3:15 (E)  TKE-Sigma Na
Fratterness
4:10 (E)  Phi Delt 1- Phi Psi 2
4:15 (E)  SAE 2-Delta Chi
4:45 (E)  Phi Psi 1-Phi Delt 5
4:45 (E)  Sigma 2-Delta Chi
4:50 (E)  Blason Annex
1:00 (E)  Du 2-Sigma Chi 2
1:00 (E)  Deltis-Phi Psi 4
1:00 (E)  Deltis-Phi Psi 1
1:45 (W)  PHIKA-Phi Gam 1
2:30 (E)  Kappa Sig 2-Lambda Chi
3:15 (E)  Phi Delt 4-Phi Gam 2
3:15 (E)  Phi Delt 4-Phi Psi 3
4:00 (E)  SAE 1-Beta 3
4:00 (W)  Du 1-Phi Delt 3
4:45 (E)  Phi Delt 2-TKE
4:45 (E)  Phi Delt 2-TKE
Robinson Gym
Fraternity "C"
Fraternity "C"
Fraternity
1: 145 (W)
2: DU 3-Beta 2
1: 145 (W) Sig Ep-AEPi
Independent "C"
2: 120 (W) Henry-Nu Sing Ngu
3: 220 (W) Cook-Mehi Beta Pt
3: 15 (E) Leanning Lodge-Pearson
4: 15 (E) 1222 Miss-Knaves
Innovators
4: 100 (E) Varsity AS-AFROTC
4: 100 (W) Pharmacy-the Tau Tet
4: 145 (E) Outlaws
4: 145 (W) fastest-Chi Phi
Bobinson Annex
Independent "B
Bushman-69ers
Pearson-Mox
Liahona-Stephenson
Kappa Sigma 1-Sigma Chi 3
Zeke Bratkowski, quarterback on the Georgia football team last fall, signed a three-year contract to play with the Chicago Bears yesterday.
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Frosh Runners Rip Buffs, 831/2-151/2
The Kansas freshman track team won its first postal dual of the season with a phenomenal $ 83\frac{1}{2} $ to $ 15\frac{1}{2} $ victory over the University of Colorado freshman track team.
Kansas took 11 of 12 first places in the meet. They outscored the hapless Buffs, $65\frac{1}{2}$ to $1\frac{1}{2}$ in the track events. The only place they were able to capture in the track events was a third place in the 60-yard dash. Kansas swept all three places in the other six events.
Bernie Gay of Gardner had never run a mile race before coming to Kansas, yet he won the mile with the excellent time of 4:28.5.
Mike Swanson, former high school star from Abilene, was the top scorer in the meet with 13 points. He took first place in the half-mile and 2-mile and a second place in the mile.
Gay was second high scorer in the meet with nine points. In addition to winning the mile, he finished second in the 880 and third in the two mile.
Considering that this was the first meet of the season for the teams, the times were good. Swanson's 1:58.5 in the half-mile tied Wes Santee's best time in the half-mile as a freshman. Art Dallzell holds the freshman half mile record with a time of 1:57.9. With steady improvement, Swanson could break the all-time freshman half-mile record.
Another of the outstanding marks in this meet was the mile relay team's time of 3:29.1.
The only first place which Colorado won was the shot. Hayuk took first with a throw of 43-6. Becker of Colorado took third in this event. This was the only event in which Kansas was outscored. Here the Buffs scored six points to three for the Jayhawks.
The results:
Mile run: 1. Gay, KU; 2. Svanson,
KU; 3. Eggert, KU. Time: 4:28.5.
KU: 3. Eggert, KU: Time: 4:28.5.
440-yard dash: 1. Jones, KU; 2.
Louis Stroup; 3. Solter, KU; Time:
51.6
- 60-yd. dash: 1. Solter, KU; 2.-3.
Tie, Franklin, KU, Bessere, CU,
time: .064.
60-yd. high hurdles; 1. Murphy, KU; 2. Jones, KU; 3. Mayberry, KU. Time: :07.6.
60-yd. low hurdles: 1. Jones, KU;
2. Murphy, KU; 3. Mayberry, KU.
Time: 07.2.
880-yd. run: 1, Swanson, KU: 2;
Gay, KU: 3, Janzen, KU: Time 1:58.5
-2-mile: 1, Swanson, KU: 2; Eggert,
KU: 3. Gav, KU: Time 9:39.8.
Mile relay: Kansas, (Louis Stroup, Larry Stroup, Solter, Jones). Time: 3:29.1.
High jump: 1. Frisbie KU, 6-0; 2-3,
tie, Bert and Morelan, CU.
(5-8%)
Broad jump: 1. Mastin, KU, 21-
3½"; 2. Dillon, CU, 20½"; 3. Berg, CU,
19-7¾.
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Shotput: 1. Hayuk, CU, 43-8; 2. Conkie, KU, 42-7$\frac{1}{4}$; 3. Becker, CU, 41-11$\frac{1}{4}$.
Pole vault: 1. Lewis, KU, 11-9
Swinging Starts In Florida Meet
Palm Beach, Fla. — (U.P.)— Defending champion Polly Riley of Ft. Worth, Tex., meets Mrs. J. W. Labisky of Columbus, Ohio, today in the opening round of the 36th annual Palm Beach Women's Amateur Golf championship.
Veteran Carol Diringer of Tiffin, Ohio, who shot a two-over-par 74 yesterday to gain medalist honors in the qualifying round, plays Mary Ann Downey of Baltimore, in another match.
Of a field of 78 entrants who toured the swank Palm Beach course yesterday only 64 qualified Maureen Riley of McKeesport, Pa., and Wifile Smith of Guadalajara, Mex., tied for second-place honors with 75s, while Mrs. Grace Demosh Moss of Coral Gables, Fla., recent winner of the Helen Lee Doherty tournament at Miami, was third with a 76.
Three others—Joyce Ziske of Milwaukee, Wis., Barbara McLurey of Toledo, Ohio, and Mary Agnes Wall of Menominee, Mich—were locked for fourth-place with 77s. Miss Riley shot a 78 to tie with two others.
St. Benedict's Wins
Atchison—(U.E.)—St. Benedict's college won a 62-58 Central Conference victory over 52Washburn university of Topeka here last night. It was the sixth straight conference triumph for the league leading Ravens. Topeka holds a 2-3 conference record.
Don Newcombe, ace pitcher of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was discharged from the Army and signed his 1954 contract with the Dodgers yesterday.
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