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Santee Paces Kansas To Big 7 Indoor Title
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By DON TICE
Kansan Sports Writer
The fabulous Ashland rambler, Wes Santee, smashed two records to lead Kansas to a 20 5/6-point victory margin and their second Big Seven Indoor track title in as many years Saturday in Kansas City.
Santee turned in one of the best performances of his career as he ran a record-shattering 4:08.3 mile. This is the second fastest indoor mile time in the U.S. this year, just two-tenths of a second off Fred Dweyer's 4:08.1, run last week in the IC-4A games.
Six records were equaled or bro-ken in the meet, including two each by Santee and Kansas State's Thane Baker.
In the mile, Bruce "Bulldog" Drummond of Oklahoma set a fast pace to take an early lead. Santee took over the lead in the eighth lap, and was lapping the field at the finish. He was timed at 59.9 for the first quarter and 2:03 in the half. Santee might possibly have run an even better time if he hadn't had to wend his way through the other runners.
The final tally was 52 5/6 points for Bill Easton's defending champions, Oklahoma 32, Nebraska 28, Kansas State 26 5/6, Missouri 13 5/6, Colorado 13 1/2, and Iowa State 13.
Baker was close behind Santee in individual honors as he set a new record in the quarter and tied the old record in the 60-yard dash.
Baker narrowly defeated Jay-hawkers Dennis Hass as he tied the record in the 60-yard dash at :106.2. Hess took a two yard lead at the start, but Baker overhaulied him to win by about six inches at the tape.
hour later Santee came back to win the 880-yard run in 1:53.6. He had set a new mark in that event in the preliminaries Friday night at 1:52.5, cracking the record set last year by Don Crabtree of Oklahoma of 1:54.6.
Baker established a new mark in the quarter Friday night at :49.6, breaking Bill Lyda's record of :49.3 set in 1942, Lyda, from Oklahoma, was killed in World War II. Baker won the event in the finals at :50.3, with Don Smith of Kansas running a second.
Neville Price of Oklahoma, who competed in the Olympics last summer for South Africa, set the only new record in field events with a 24 feet 9 inch leap in the broad jump Friday night. Price broke the old record of 24 feet 7 3/4 inches set by Herb Hoskins of Kansas State in 1951. Price unsecured the defending champion, Veryl Switzer of Kansas State, who finished second.
To finish his 'evening' work, Baker turned in the fastest indoor quarter of his career with an unofficial :47.8 in the anchor leg of the mile relay. At that time he enjoyed a John Riederer, leading anchor for Kansas, who led off on the final three laps with a 20-yard margin.
The only other double winner of the evening was Nebraska's Dan Tolman who won both the high and low hurdles. Kansas State was hurt in this event when Corky Taylor, our top hurdler, hit a hurdle in the preliminaries and failed to qualify.
The last event of the meet saw the sixth record fall as Oklahoma's mile relay team set a new mark of 3:21.0. beating their own record set last year at 3:21.4.
Keith Palmquist turned in one of the most surprising victories for Kansas when he annexed the two-
mile title by beating Oklahoma's highly-touted Drummond. Drummond led by 20 yards at the first mile. Palmquist narrowed the lead in the 15th lap, and passed Drummond in the 17th. The lead changed hands several times until the 21st lap when Palmquist went ahead to stay. He led Drummond by half a lap at the finish, posting a time of 9:31.0.
Hawana — (U,P)—Ralph Kiner became Branch Rickey's first holdout in 23 years today, amid the grumbling of his teammates, the criticism of manager Fred Haney, and a warning that his absence could "ruin" the Pirates' training program from a financial viewpoint.
Norm Steanson made the best pole vault of his career as he won that event at 13 feet 6 3/4 inches. Jim Sommers of Nebraska was the runner-up at 13 feet 3 inches.
Kiner officially became a holdout when he failed to report to the Pirates' first full-dress workout yesterday. His teammates made no secret of their feelings toward the 30-year-old outfielder's holdout campaign and Haney was forced to take note of their mutterings.
Ralph Kiner Holding Out
In addition, the National league's several-time home run king faced the prospect of re-negotiating his 1953 contract with Rickey. Kiner originally agreed to a $12½ per cent reduction from his estimated $90,000 salary, but now faces a full 25 per cent slash.
take note of the
"The money paid Kiner is Rickey's
business, not mine," Haney said.
"But a player getting Kiner's money
should report to spring training with
the first rookie."
The senior class intramural all stars will meet the freshman all stars at 5:45 tonight in Hoch auditorium in a preliminary to the KU-Colorado game.
Senior-Freshmen All-Star Tilt Tonight
University Daily Kansan
The teams were chosen from the
Track Results
**Shot-put:** 1—Cliff Dale, Nebraska, 49-
111%; 2—Jack Coatz, Iowa State, 49-34%;
3—Jim Robertson, Missouri State, 48-35%;
4—Johnny Hammons, Mississippi, 48-35%;
5—Larry Hornsby, Colorado, 48-1%.
Mile run: 1—Wes Santee, Kansas; 2—Bruce Drummond, Oklahoma; 3—Lloyd Koby, Kansas; 4—Berton McVay, Missouri; 5—Leroy Clark, Colorado. 17.2 by Bill McDurell, Missouri, 1949, and Bob Karnes, Kansas, 1950.
440-yard dash; 1-Baker, Kansas State;
2-Don Smith, Kansas; 3-John Boucher,
Mourisl; 4-Quanah Oak, Oklahoma; 5-
George McCormick, Oklahoma. Time:
50.3. (Baker set new record of 48.6 in
preliminaries Friday night.)
High jump: 1—Tie between Phil Heidke; Nebraska, and Buzz Fraser, Kansas, 6-3; 2—Dick Whiddon, Oklahoma, 6-2; Wes Wilkinson, Kansas State, 6-1; Jason Issouf, Kentucky Holloworth, Kansas, and Don Roberts, Kansas State, 6-0.
60-yard high hurdles—1. Dan Tolman, Nebraska; 2. Bill Bierstein, Kansas; 3. Romie Debson, Oklahoma; 4. John Dickinson, Iowa; 5. Jake Kusmawki, Iowa; Time: 7.5 seconds.
Two-mile run: 1-Keith Palmquist, Kansas; 2-Drummond, Oklahoma; 3-Lloyd Barlow, Colorado; 4-John Kick, Colorado; Jerry Time-9:31 flat. (Warren Rouse, Oklahana finished fourth but was disqualified.)
60-yard dash-1. Thane Baker, Kansas State; 2. Don Hess, Kansas; 3. Ray Long, Iowa State; 4. Frank Cindrich, Kansas; 5. George Figer, Colorado. Time: 62.26. Equivalent to an 80-foot run. 1949, and by Byron Clark, Missouri, 1950, and Baker, 1952).
Pole Vault: 1—Norm Steenman, Kansas,
13-64-4
Jim Summeier, Kansas,
12-71-5
Jim Floater, Plooster, Colorado.
Jim Hofstetter, Nebraska, Frank Dickey,
Missouri, and Switzer, Kansas State.
Mile Relay; 1—Okahama (Phil Beeler, George McCormick, Quanah Cox and Harry Lee; 2—Kansas; 3—Kansas State; flat (betters record of 3/21.4) by Oklahoma's team of Charles Coleman, Lee, McCormick and J. W. Mashorb, 1952)
ssw-yard run: 1—Santee, Kansas; 2—Kansas City, Kansas; 3—Ellenton, Michigan; 4—Dearborn Smith, Oklahoma; 5—Kenneth Hirsey, Missouri; 6—Boyd Anderson, Illinois; 7—1:2:5 in preliminaries Friday night.)
60-yard low hurdles - 1. Tolman, Nebraska; 2. Adolph Mueller, Kansas; 3. Johnson, Oklahoma State; 5. George Baker, Missouri. Time: 7 minutes flat.
outstanding members of the intramural squads that finished regular IM play last week. The seniorsromped past the sophomore five 54-37 Thursday to gain the playoffswith the freshmen, 59-55 victorsover the juniors.
The seniors will be favored tonight with such performers as Jerry Brownlee, Hal Cleavinger, Galen Fiss, and Marv Mengrel. Bob Allison and Bob Richards are expected to be the big guns in the freshmen attack.
Monday, March 2,1953
By BIBLER
Seton Hall Goes Down; Tourney Berths Filling
New York—(U.P.)The National Invitational Tournament was expected to complete its 12-team field today by adding Brigham Young and then to announce the complete pairings for Saturday's first round at Madison Square Garden.
"Sometimes I think you don't want the family car!"
Other big cage developments saw Seton Hall tumbled from the unbeaten ranks by a 71-65 loss to Dayton, while Georgetown entered the NIT and Indiana, Holy Cross, and Miami of Ohio received berths in the NCAA tournament.
Seton Hall, which set a record when it won its 27th straight game last week, lost at Dayton when the Flyers held Walt Dukes to 19 points. Dayton went all the way with five "iron men," led by Jim Paxson with 23 points and big John Horan with 20.
Bringham Young, with a 20-7 over-all record, sent its NIT acceptance by wire last night. The Cougars were virtually eliminated from the Skyline conference race when they lost to pacemakers Wyoming, 63-57. Saturday.
The NIT opens with three first-round games Saturday, with a fourth Monday. Brigham Young was expected to play Niagara in Monday's game, since both play regularly-scheduled games Saturday.
Indiana moved into the NCAA when it clinched its first undisputed Big Ten championship by whipping Illinois, 91-79, on the Illini court Saturday as Big Don Schlundt led the attack with 33 points. The Hoosiers will compete in the NCAA regionals in Chicago.
Miami of Ohio gained its NCAA berth when it clinched the mid-American conference title with a 74-63 triumph over Western Reserve. The Redskins will meet De Paul in a preliminary round game in Fort Wayne, Ind., March 10, with the winner going to the Chicago regionals.
Holy Cross, with a 17-5 record, was picked by a coaches' committee to represent the New England conference in the NCAA. The Crusaders will play Navy in a preliminary round game in Philadelphia, March 10, with the winner going to the
Raleigh N.C. regionals.
Seven places remain to be filled in the 22-man NCAA, each reserved for a conference champion. Here's how those races shape up:
Big Seven—Kansas (7-2 with three left) can clinch a title tie by beating Colorado tonight and Iowa State Friday. Kansas State (7-3 with two left) meets Oklahoma Saturday.
Missouri Valley—The Oklahoma Aggies (6-2 with two left) can clinch tonight by beating St. Louis (5-4), or by beating Houston (also 5-4) Thursday.
Pacific Coast—California, Southern Division winner, and Washington, Northern Division tittist, will meet in two-of-three playoff for league crown in Seattle starting Friday.
Ivy League—Columbia and Penn (tied at 7-2 with three left) collide Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Southwest—A playoff likely, Rice, SMU, and Texas tied at 8-3 with one left. Rice and SMU meet tomorrow night, while Texas Christian plays Texas.
Skyline—Wyoming (11-2 with one left) can clinch by winning finale against Colorado Aggies Friday.
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