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Texas A&M Star Seeks Triple Title
University Daily Kansan
Giant Darrow Hooper of Texas A&M, whose torrid shot put duel with Southern California's Parry O'Brien highlighted the 1952 track season, has three lofty goals to shoot at in 1953.
1. To shove the iron ball over 58 feet.
2. To wipe O Brenn.
3. To win the "triple double"—the
2. To whip O'Brien.
shot put and disc throw in-
the Texas, Kansas, and Drake
Hooper grabbed second place in the shot put at Helsinki last summer, finished less than an inch behind he activated O'Brien in the Olympic trials.
As a sophomore in 1951, the Aggie football star won the shot and discuss in the Texas, KU, and Drake events. He did not compete in the Drake Relays last year, but captured both events at Austin and Lawrence.
Hooper, who has improved rapidly each year, has an excellent chance of hitting the 58-foot mark in the shot put. As a freshman, he shattered the
Southwest conference record with a 50 feet $ \frac{2}{3} $ inch heave but that mark wasn't recognized since freshmen weren't eligible for varsity competition. Two years ago, he tossed the ball 54 feet $ \frac{7}{3} $ inches and upped that figure to 57 feet on two occasions last year.
His best effort is 57 feet, 13 inches,
set in last year's Olympic trials. At
Helsinki, he reached 57 feet, 65/100
inches.
He also is a top discus thrower. He hit 170 feet in the Southwest loop meet in 1952, but didn't compete in the event in Helsinki since he wanted to concentrate on the shot.
An unusual thing about Hooper's shot-putting is that he nearly obtains his best throw on his first try. Each time that he has lost to O'Brien, it has been by having his initial heave beaten. He trails O'Brien in their overall series, 2-8.
DARROW HOOPER
Hooper plans to return to the Olympics in 1956 where he hopes to
take the shot put title. But he receives an Army commission this spring which will hail his shot-putting days for awhile.
Friday, April 17. 1953
KU Relays Started in 1923
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along the line although every record survived. The worst rain and cold in Relay history reduced the 1697 meet to a series of three per-ment in the men-tied for first place in the rain-drenched pole vault at 11 feet 6 inches, lowest height in the carnival's history.
Bill Easton, Kansas track coach, headed the Relays in 1948 and the records once again began to fall. Harrison Dillard, great Baldwin-Wallace hurdler and Charles Fonville, classy Michigan shot-putter, established world marks in their events.
Don Gerhmann, Wisconsin miler, and Bob Walters, a virtual unknown Texas high jumper, were the individual standouts in 1943. Gehrmann equalled the mile record of 4:10.1 and Walters shot the high jump record to 6 feet eight and three-sixteenth inches.
voted the most outstanding performer by scarring 14 feet 5 inches in the pole vault. The Sooner sprint medley队 scored the most sensational relay victory of the day when Bill Jacobs blazed home with a 1:52.6 anchor time to give the Sooners a new record of 3:24.3.
Eight new records were set in 1950. Oklahoma's Bill Carroll was
The 1951 event was marred by rain and high winds, but didn't prevent Jim Floyd of Nebraska from soaring to a new pole vault record.
And last year, four more records tumbled. KU set two of the new marks by chalking up sizzling times in the four-mile relay and 400 meter hurdles. Oklahoma grabbed the mile relay and Gim Gerhart, unattached, leaped for a new record in the AAU hop, step, and jump.
Thus, the Kansas Relays have been highlighted by some of the most brilliant individual and team performances in track history. If past performances are any indication, several records are bound to fall this year.
'Elkhart Flyer' Hung Up Brilliant Cinder Marks
One of Kansas's all-time athletic greats, Glenn Cunningham, wrote a success story in his days at the University that has been unmatched by any other Jayhawker great since the Elkhart flier hung up his collegiate spikes back in 1934.
Cunningham, who won a tremendous barrage of victories in the 1930s, was severely burned on the legs as a child when his rural grade school burned down. Doctors feared he might never walk again, but Cunningham scoffed at their reports and began limbing his wounds every day. His hard work paid off as he eventually developed himself to the point where he became a great running star.
As a high school senior, Cunningham set a new Kansas mile record in the Kansas Relays with a 4:31.4 performance. He entered the University in the fall of 1930, but was not in competition until the fall of 1931, when he led the Kansas two-mile team. His first collegiate competition in the mile was in the Big Six indoor meet in Columbia, Mo., in March 1932. He won the event in 4:21.9.
Cunningham rapidly climbed up the ladder of distance greatness to become one of the most famous milers in Kansas and United States history. In 1935, he set a new world's record in the indoor 1500 meter race by shattering his previous record with a time of 3:50.5. In 1939, five years after completing his undergraduate work at KU, he set a new world's record in the mile with a glittering 4:04.4 time.
He gave exhibitions until he was 30 years old, but age was no handicap since the KU star won most of the races with ease. While at Kansas, he was named the winner of the Sullivan Award in 1933 for outstanding athletic leadership and was captain of an American athletic team that tourned Europe that summer.
He was named Jayawahker "honor man" by Chancellor E. H. Lindley in 1834, the year of his graduation. The award is given to those students who exhibit the best qualities of character, scholarship, breadth of
GLENN CUNNINGHAM
interests, unselfish service, and leadership.
He was a member of Sachem senior men's honor society, a student representative on the athletic board, and was almost entirely self-supporting in his University days.
Many of his track records still stand today.
KU Holds 3 Texas Records
Kansas' sweep of four baton hauls at Texas left the Jayhawks holding three of the seven University division records. This year's sprint medley and four-mile marks of 3:21.8 and 17:14.0, respectively, were new records. Last year's foursome erected a distance medley standard of 10:06.0.
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