Tuesday, May 5, 1953 University Daily Kansan
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—Kansan photo by Ken Co.
BY STAN HAMILTON
Kansan Sports Writer
IN RARE FORM—Pete Fotopoulos, star of Kansas' tennis team, works on his forehand stroke in preparation for Wednesday's match against Omaha university here. He is undefeated this season.
'53 Jayhawker Tennis Team Threat for Big Seven Title
With a 5-2 record to its credit so far, Coach Dick Mechem's Jayhawker tennis team is looking more and more like a real threat to win the Big Seven championship in Ames, Iowa, May 22-23.
The netters have turned in victories over three conference foes—Nebraska, Missouri, and K-State—outsiders Baker and Northeastern Oklahoma State, and have lost to Iowa of the Big Ten and Washburn of the CIC. Washburn defeated the Javhawks by just one match.
The team is being led by litle (5-9, 155 pounds) Pete Fotopoulos, possibly KU's greatest athlete, pound for pound. "Foto" has been undefeated this spring in singles play and teams with Al Hedstrom to form a rugged doubles combination.
An education senior, Pete comes from Hutchinson. In high school, he captured the state singles crown as a senior and was state juco singles champ for two years at Hutchinson junior college before coming to KU. Last year, he won second place in No. 2 singles play for Kansas in the Big Seven meet.
No. 2 man this year is Al Hedstrom, college junior and a letterman who was the Big Seven No. 4 titlist in '52. A steady performer, Al also looks like another possible KU winner in Ames.
The three remaining squadmen—Don Franklin, college sophomore; southpaw Merl Sellers, business junior, and Roger Youmans, college sophomore—are first-year men, upon whom the whole Kansas title picture may fall. "If," as Mechem said, "any of these three can get hot in Ames and pull some surprises, we may win the title."
Mechem rates defending champion Oklahoma and Missouri as the Jayhawks' main worry, but expressed confidence that his squad may bring the trophy back to Lawrence if the last three players can place. He looks for Fotopoulos and Hedstrom to finish well up in their divisions in both singles and doubles, and gives Fotopoulos a good chance of winning the singles title.
Michem, who is doing graduate work in clinical psychology was formerly CIC singles champion at Washburn for two years and was 1. no man on the Stanford freshman team in 1948. He is famed for his peculiar style, which features switching from one hand to the other, never using his backhand except close to the net.
Iowa State picked up its first Big Seven baseball victory of the season yesterday by pounding two Kansas State pitchers for 18 hits to take an easy 17-2 decision.
Cyclones Maul Cats For First Big 7 Win
Cyclone hurler Bob Herman held the Wildcats to five hits. Eight K-State errors aided Iowa State.
The teams play again today in Manhattan.
Topeka Boxer Wins Bout
Kansas City — (U.P.) — Bobby Bickle, a 136¼/-pounder from Topeka, gained a split decision over Fernando Rivera, 137, of Kansas City, in a 10-round bout here last night. Bickle floored his rival for a nine-count in the second round.
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Milwaukee Ends Brooklyn Streak; Phils Take Over First Place in NL
New York — (U.P.)— Roy Campanella, who sounded like Benny Goodman praising a rookie clarinet player, singled out kid catcher Del Crandall of the Braves today as one of the great future stars of the game.
It was praise from an old master and Campy waxed enthusiastic as he watched the youngster's cat-like quickness in pre-game practice. A while later, he watched him with a little less enthusiasm as Crandall whacked a terrific three-run homer into the upper left field deck to sew up a 9-4 Milwaukee decision that ended a six-game Brooklyn winning streak.
Crandall played brilliantly behind the beats and also contributed a double in the 15-hit explosion that included three doubles by Johnny Logan, another double by Sid Gordon, and Triples by Andy Pfako and Ed Mathews. Campanella, the 1952 major league leader in runs batted in, added four more with a three-run homer and a pair of singles.
The Phillies took over first place with an 8-4 victory over the Cubs,
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who lost their sixth straight, and the Cards stopped the Pirates' excursion into paradise with a 5-0 victory that snapped a five-game winning streak. The Giants drubbed the Reds, 12-4, then were beaten in turn, 9-5.
In the lone American League game, last place Detroit pounded out 18 hits to upset the Yankees, 10-8. Boston at St. Louis was rained out and the other teams were not scheduled.
Vinegar Bend Mizell stopped Pittsburgh with a two-hitter, yielding his first to Carlos Bernier with one out in the sixth and the other to Frank Thomas in the ninth. He struck out nine and drove in two runs with a single. Solly Hemus hit a St. Louis homer and Ray Jablonski got a triple and two singles.
Jim Konstany pitched shutout
ball for seven innings and gave up only one earned run in winning his second game in his new role as a starter for the Phils. Del Ennis backed him up with five runs batted in on a homer and double. Willie Jones also hit a homer.
There were 53 hits in the slambang doubleheader at the Polo Grounds as Gus Bell of the Reds set the pace, driving in three runs in the opener and five in the second. He hit two homers; one in the second game coming with the bases loaded. Daryl Spencer also hit a grand slam homer for the Giants in the opener.
The Tigers scored early and often against four Yankee throwers as Fred Hatfield, Bob Nieman, and Don Lund collected three hits apiece. Nieman got a triple and Land two doubles. Johnny Mize and Irv Noren homered for the Yankees, Noren's coming with two men on base. Matt Batts drove in four Detroit runs.
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