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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 19, 1953
Jayhawks Blow Lead As Missouri Wins 10-9
Kansas held a 9-2 lead at one point yesterday, but the Jayhawkers couldn't hold on to the advantage and went down to another Big Seven defeat at the hands of Missouri in Columbia, 10-9. The teams meet again today.
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The Tigers, defending Big Seven champions, thus increased their conference lead to a full game over second place Nebraska. Missouri has a 9-2 record, Nebraska 8-3. The Jayhawker loss dropped the Kansans to 3-8.
Missouri shoved across three runs in the bottom of the ninth to chalk up its third straight victory over the Jayhawkers. MU won a two-game series here last week, 8-3 and 4-3. They scored the winning markers without benefit of a hit. Kansas relief pitcher Ben Dalton walked Larry Soffer and pinch-hitter Herb Gellman to start the ninth before being replaced by Frank Hamilton.
Hamilton then hit Missouri pitcher Don Boenker with a pitched ball to fill the bases and walked Ray Uriarte to force in one run. Harold Bergsten committed two errors to score the other Missouri runs.
Kansas took a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning, then scored five more runs in the sixth to take the 9-2 lead. John Konek slammed a three-run homer in the fourth frame with scorerless all-duel between Booker in 1952 all-American selection, and sophomore Wayne Tiemier.
Missouri batted around in a sixth inning rally to score five runs. That put the Tigers behind 9-7 and completed the scoring until the ninth inning uprising.
The Jayhawkers collected ten hits, Missouri six. Frankie Wolf led Kansas at the plate with three hits, including a double. Second baseman Bill Pulliam and rightfielder Rex Smith got two each. Both teams made three errors.
The Jayhawkers will wind up their 1953 season this afternoon. The overall Kansas record is 5-10,
the Jayhawkers having split four non-conference contests. Kansas opened its season with one-run losses to Oklahoma A&M and Tulsa then scored victories over Wichita and Rockhurst. KU dropped its opening pair of Big Seven games to Nebraska, 10-9 and 20-6.
John Brose probably will be the starting Kansas pitcher today. Brose has pitched good ball this season, but has suffered frequently from a lack of support. He was the losing pitcher in the Iowa State game Friday, won by the Cyclones, 10-5. Kansas came back the next day, rallying for four runs in the eighth to score a 4-3 victory.
Box Score
Kansas AB H O
Wolf, 3b 5 3 0
Pulliam, 2b 3 2 3
Perry, 1f 4 1
Trombold, 1b 5 1 11
Fiss, c 4 0 7
Smith, rf 4 2 2
Konek, cf 3 1 1
Bergsten, ss 4 1 1
Tiemeier, p 3 0 0
Dallon, t 1 0 0
Hamilton, p 0 0 0
Totals ... 36 10 25 11
Missouri ... AB II 11 11
Dickinson, ss ... 4 0 1 4
Uriarte, 3b ... 4 1 0 4
Bishop, fh ... 5 1 1 0
R. Schoenmaker, lb ... 4 1 15 0
R. Schoenmaker, rf ... 4 2 1 1
Cox, 2b ... 3 0 1 5
Soffer, rf ... 3 1 0 1 0
a-Doerr ... 3 0 0 7 0
Mohesky, c ... 3 0 4 0
b-Gellman ... 0 0 0 0
c-Shepherd ... 0 0 0 0
Boenker, p ... 2 0 1 5
Totals ... 31 6 27 1
A-run for Soffer in 9th.
b-c run for Mohsen in 9th.
c-ran for Gellman in 8th.
d-one out when winning run scored.
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Missouri   000 025 003---
By CHUCK MORELOCK
Bud Laughlin's great performance in the varsity-alumni football game Saturday must have left the Kansas coaching staff counting the days before the former Jayhawker fullback star will return for another year of Mt. Oread grid competition.
Laughlin, one of the stars of the 1951 Kansas team which rolled to an 8-2 record, figured heavily in 1952 Jayhawker football prospects. But the Army had other plans and grabbed the 6-1, 205 pounder from Kansas City during the first week of September. Now stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Laughlin said after the game that he plans to return to KU when he finishes his hitch next year. That will make him eligible for the 1954 campaign.
Laughlin, who scored two alumni touchdowns and who played his usual bruising game from the fullback position, will be the "old man" of what shapes to be a talented Jayhawker backfield. The other starters would appear to be John McFarland at quarterback. and George Fisher and Ralph Moody at halfs.
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A University alum, Percy G. Maxwell of Los Angeles, is urging all Jayhawker football fans to take in the Kansas-UCLA football clash that will be held in the Los Angeles Coliseum the night of Sept. 25. Mr. Maxwell, a former Marysville resident, has a lofty ambition—he wants a crowd of 50,000 Kansans to attend. It's possible—there's plenty of transplanted Kansans now living on the west coast. Mr. Maxwell says that he and his KU alumni committee are planning to tie a hugh sunflower on one of the goal posts "and when KU gets a whiff of that flower they are going to run plum over those UCLA footballers." Let's hope so anyway. Interested alumni and students can write to Kerckhoff Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles 24, California, for tickets. There'll be a special KU section
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The Chicago White Sox are lifting plenty of eyebrows around the American League these days. The Sox, who have been rebuilding the past several years, have knocked off the defending league and world champion Yankees four times in five outings this spring. Hustle, sharp defensive play, and the use of such "archaic" weapons as the squeeze bunt and the stolen base have bolstered the White Sox pennant chances for '53. We'll still pick the Yanks to win their fifth straight AL crown since the Sox won't have the necessary late season depth and pitching strength to dethrone Casey Stengel's powerhouse.
UP AND AWAY—Jim Swim, Jayhawkier javelin hopeful, stands a good chance of winning the title in that event this Saturday at Ames. Swim, a senior from Marysville, took second behind Missouri's Bill Fessler last year at 180 feet $1 \frac{1}{4}$ inches, and is exceeding that distance regularly this season.
Three Fraternity "A" intramural softball teams absorbed their first losses yesterday as a heavy eight-game slate was played in two divisions.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon preserved its perfect record by copping its fourth straight victory, 13-5 over Pi Kappa Alpha. Sig Alph leads Division III of the "A" circuit.
3 Frat A Teams Suffer Defeats
Moving into a first-place tie in Division 2 by virtue of whipping previously unbeaten Phi Delta Theta was Delta Upsilon. Both teams now have 3-1 marks. Theta Chi gave Phi Psi an unexpected boost into a first-place deadlock by downing Phi Gamma Delta 7-4. Phi Psi knocked off Sigma Nu 7-4 to pull even with Phi Deltat at 3-1 in Division IV.
Alpha Tau Omega handed Kappa Sigma its first defeat 7-5, but the losers held on to first by half a game in Division I.
In the lone Fraternity "B" contest. Sigma Phi Epsilon handed Phi Psi its first setback, 11-2.
Beta 12, AKL 10.
SAE 13, PIKA 5.
Du 4, Phi D 12.
Sigma Chi 2, Nu 4.
Theta Chi 7, Phi Gam 4.
ATO 7, Kappa Sig 5.
Sigma Chi 4, Lambda Chi 3.
Fraternity "A"
Fraternity Sig Ep 11, Phi Psi 2.
Rookie Pitches Braves Into First Place Tie
New York—(U.P.)—Those Milwaukee Braves are tough enough to beat right now, but what's going to happen when ace pitchers Warren Spahn and Vern Bickford get back into action along with the strong-armed kids who have been carrying them to victory after victory?
Most teams would run head-on into trouble if they lost a pair of aces like Spahn and Bickford for almost three weeks, but the Braves seemed to be getting along better without them.
In fact, Spahn, who has been out with a pulled side muscle, said "it is going to be tough to break back into the starting rotation again."
Last night it was Charley Grimm's prize ex-GI, rookie Bob Buhl, who pitched his second fine game in a row, a seven-hit, 4-0 victory over the Phils as Milwaukee made it seven victories in the last eight games, and moved back into a first place tie.
Buhl was given a one run lead in the first inning on a triple by Bill Burton and a single by Ed Mathews and that was all he needed. In the third, Del Crandall hit the longest homer yet to be delivered in the new Milwaukee park, a 400-foot blast into left center. He also drove in the final two runs with a single in the eighth. The Phils suffered the loss of starting pitcher Karl Drews when he was hit in the knee by a line drive in the fifth. He suffered torn ligaments and may be out for some time.
The Reds topped the Dodgers 2-1, in 10 innings on Ted Kluszewski's home run and the Giants defeated the Cardinals 8-6 in other National League games. The Senators blanked the White Sox, 3-0, while Detroit topped Boston 5-2 then lost 8-5 at Boston in American League games. All other teams had open dates.
The Giants cashed in on a four-run rally that included a three-run homer by Monte Irvin for their victory at St. Louis. Earlier Hank Thompson had hit a two run Giant homer. Red Schoenieden homered for the Cards and Stan Musial drilled three singles.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 3, Chicago 0,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cineinnati 2, Brooklyn 1 (10 innings),
Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 0.
Two-Man Race Developing For Big Seven Javelin Title
All indications point to a two-man race for the javelin crown Saturday at the Big Seven conference outdoor meet in Ames.
Last year this event was won by Missouri's Bill Fessler with a toss of 181 feet $ \frac{1}{4} $ inches. He was followed closely by Jayhawkter Jim Swim with a 180 foot $ \frac{1}{4} $ inch throw.
Unless Fessler has shown considerable improvement over last year, he will have a hard time bettering Swim, who has been improving steadily, and now holds a toss of 201 feet $6\frac{1}{2}$ inches, considerably better than either man could muster last year.
Another possible point winner for Kansas in the javelin is Bill Brown, Keokuk, Iowa, sophomore. He came in sixth at last year's outdoor meet with 170 feet 8½ inches, and is expected to reach the 190 foot mark this year.
The Jayhawkers will have two strong entries in the high jump in Buzz Frasier and Kermit Hollingsworth.
Frasier went 6 feet 3 inches at the indoor conference meet in March to gain a first place tie with
Nebraska's Phil Heidelk, and stands a good chance to equal or better that performance Saturday.
Hollingsworth, who tied for fifth at the indoor with a jump of 6 feet even, is capable of improving that mark, and may give the favorites a surprise.
Two other strong contenders in the high jump will be Dick Whidddon, Oklahoma, and Kansas State's Wes Wilkinson. Both of these men went over six feet at the indoor meet, and have continued to better that mark in outdoor competition.
One record that probably will fall by the wayside Saturday is Bill McGuire's mile standard of 4:11.8 set in 1951.
Wes Santee, the tall, spindly junior from Ashland, has bettered that record a number of times both indoors and outdoors, and will be pushed by Oklahoma's Bruce Drummond who has hit 4:12 in outdoor competition this spring.
Santee, Baker Outstanding Entries In Big Seven Track Championships
Ames, Iowa—There can be no question about the top track per- formers who'll compete in the twenty-fifth annual Big Seven track and field meet at Iowa State this weekend.
From the 100 through the 440, it will be Thane Baker, Kansas State sprint star. At that point, the locale shifts to the east where Wes Santee of Kansas runs the opposition into the ground.
In the short sprints, Baker will be the title defender and figures to repeat without too much trouble. He ought to break the 220 record—which he already holds. The present mark is :20.8 and Baker has been timed at :20.6 this spring. He might even go for that :47.7 mark held by Bob Simmons of Nebraska in the 440. The 100-yard record of :09.4 by Hubert Meier of Iowa State is out of his reach at present.
As a supporting cast for these two great runners, the conference will add a lot of sturdy performers. But they'll be shooting for the No.2 spots in each event that contains either of the Kansans. The other runners in the loop are better than average and closely bunched which should produce some great races for second place.
Adam Fischer and Leven Gray of Missouri, and Jerry Mershon of Kansas State have all been under 10 this spring and might push
In addition to Baker, the following men have gone under :50 in the 440: Don Smith, Kansas; Harry Lee, Oklahoma; John Riederer, Kansas, and Charles Hunley, Nebraska. Cox has been under :49.
At the 220 distance, Ray Long of Iowa State, Fischer, Quannah Cox of Oklahoma, and Baker, have been under :22.
Santee has done most of his running this year in relays so he has few outdoor marks at the flat distances. But none will dispute putting him at the top of any of the distance runs. There are some who'll have to run at the quarter, too. Indoors he has run 1:52.5 in the half 4:08.3 in the mile
Other 880 men with better than average marks include Dick Towers, Kansas State; Hirshey, Missouri; Leroy Clark, Colorado; Art Dalzell, Kansas; George McCormick, Oklahoma; Hobe Jones, Nebraska. Jones might pull the surprise here. Just out of the service, the Nebraskan is rounding into the shape which enabled him to win the indoor crown two years ago.
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Bruce Drummond of Oklahoma with a 4:12.3 and two other times under 4:15, could be the biggest threat to Santee in the mile. There are a flock of 4:20 milers but none good enough to keep up with Santee.
Jerry Piper, Missouri captain,
Drummond, and Loyd Barlow of
Colorado, have all run under 9:35
in the two mile. Santee has no
recorded time this year in that event,
but could do better if coach Bill
Easton enters him in the long race.
In the hurdle events it appears that Ronnie Dobson, of Oklahoma, Pat Hindman of Colorado, Wendell Cole of Nebraska, Dan Tolman of Nebraska, and Bill Biberstein of Kansas, are all capable of winning in the highs. All are around :14.6 most of the time.
Dobson, and Leven Gray of Oklahoma are the best of the low hurdlers on their times this year. After that a flock of men from all schools are bunched.
In the mile relay the winner would be Kansas State if Baker runs. So far this year the Wildcats have had marks of 3:26.4; 3:21.6; 3:24.8. Kansas has run a 3:18.4 race but has bowed to Kansas State in that event. Oklahoma has run 3:16.5 and always is a threat to better 3:20.