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University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 27, 1953
Kansas to Defend Title At Near Full Strength
By DON TICE
Kansan Sports Writer
Kansas' chances of winning its second straight Big Seven indoor track crown improved today with Coach Bill Easton's announcement that spinner Dick McGlinn and two-miler Dick Wilson will be ready to run tomorrow night.
All seven conference clubs will go to the post for six preliminary events tonight in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium and all will return tomorrow night for the finals along with high schoolers from greater Kansas City.
Wilson, who hasn't seen action since the Nebraska meet because of a case of hives, won both of his outings in dual competition this season. This, coupled with his running mate, Keith Palmaquist's upset victory over Missouri's highly respected Jerry Piper last weekend, indicates that Kansas may well place two men in this event, with an outside chance for a one-two victory.
McGinn was placed on the doubtful list after receiving a leg injury when he slammed into a wall last week in Columbia. However, Coach Easton said he will be ready to compete this weekend.
"A lot will depend on how we come out in the preliminaries Friday night," Coach Easton said when asked what the Jayhawkers' chances are for a victory.
The preliminaries in the dashes and hurdles send the six top men in each event to compete for championship honors Saturday night.
The only Jayhawker slated for a double win in the meet is Wes Santee, junior distance ace from Ashland. Santee is all alone in the mile, with by far the best times in this year's Big Seven competition.
Santee is also the top contender in the 880, having marked up two times under the conference record in dual meet competition. His closest competition will be furnished by teammate Art Dalzell, defending outdoor half-mile champion.
Pat Hindman of Colorado, and Corky Taylor of Kansas State hold slight pre-meet edges in the high and low hurdles. Bill Biberstein will carry the main load in representing the Jayhawkers in these events.
The 440-yard dash will present a fast field with several competent challengers trying to unseat defending champion Thane Baker from Kansas State. Baker, who has shown excellent form in winning every outing this season, will be pushed by Don Smith and John Riederer of Kansas, and Quanah Cox, George McCormick, and Harry Lee from Oklahoma.
The Elkhart Express, silver-medal winner in the 1952 Olympics, stands an excellent chance of setting a new record in the quarter. He has been clocked at 47.8 in a relay carry this season.
Baker is also odds-on favorite in the 60-yard dash. He turned in a world record-tying :66.1 in this
SHOOTS FOR TWO—Wes Santee, leading distance ace of the Big Seven conference, will shoot for two titles Saturday in the conference indoor meet in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium. The Ashland Antelope will run the mile for certain, but Jayhawker coach Bill Easton hasn't said whether his ace will double in the
880 or the two-mile.
event earlier this season.
The Jayhawkers' best bet for a first in the field events will be pol vaulter Norm Steanson. Steanson has come through very well this season, and holds the best vault in the Big Seven this season at 1 feet $ \frac{4}{3} $ inches.
Kansas may also have a top contender in the shot put in Dean Ragon, sophomore from Gary, Ind. Ragon won the shot at Missouri last weekend with a 45 foot 9 1-4 inch tee.
Veryl Switzer, the only other defending champion, is favored to win the broad jump again this year. He won the event at 23 feet $5 \frac{1}{4}$ inches last year, and has bettered that mark by four inches this season.
Promising Slugger Fights Salas Tonight
New York — (U,P)—Featherweight Pat Marcune of Coney Island hopes his admirers will yell "hot dawg!" many times tonight as he tests his explosive right fist on the chin of ex - lightweight champion Lauro Salas at Madison Square Garden.
Their nationally televised and broadcast 10-rounder will be the most important fight of 24-year-old pat's career.
Lemon Signs For Big Raise
Bv UNITED PRESS
Bob Lemon, who returned to the 20-victory class last year after a disappointing 1951 season, was rewarded today with a contract which made him the highest paid player in the American league.
Lemon signed for $42,500—a $5,000 raise—to become the first of the Cleveland Indians' "big three of the mound" to agree to terms. General Manager Hank Greenberg, hoping the others will follow Lemon's lead, announced he had held a recent telephone conference with Mike Garcia.
At the same time the New York Yankees, also striving to reduce an unwieldy holdout list, announced the signing of Ed Lopat, who slipped from 21 victories in 1954 to 10 in 1952. Lopat was reported to have signed a conditional contract which could earn him as little as $21,000 or as much as $25,000.
At Vero Beach, Fla, Phillies' manager Steve O'Neill's statement that the Dodgers would fail to repeat as National league champions drew a rebuttal from manager Charley Dressen, while at St. Petersburg, Fla., manager Eddie Stanky denied that the St. Louis Cardinals were interested in obtaining Eddie Waitkus from the Phils.
"Robin Roberts isn't gonna beat us six times this year, either," said Dressen in reply to O'Neill. O'Neill said the Dodgers would fail to repeat because they would not beat the second division teams as regularly as they did last year. The Dodgers were 67-20 vs. the second division.
Track Meet Timetable
FRIDAY
7:00—High school 60-yard dash
7:30—High hurdle trials.
7:30—High hurdle trials.
7:50- 60 yard dash trials.
8:10—High hurdle semifinals.
8:10—High hurdle semifinals.
8:30—Low hurdle semifinals.
8:20-60-yard dash semifinals.
60 yard run hardy bundle thinks
8:50—High school low hurdle trials
9:10—60-yard low hurdle semi-
frogle
440 trials
9:45—High school 440 trials.
10:05 880 trials.
10:20 - High school 880-yard trials
10:40 - 440 semifinals.
High school relay preliminaries.
8:00—Broad jump trials, finals immediately following.
FIELD EVENTS
mediately following.
8:00—Shot, nut trials.
SATURDAY
8:00—Shot put trials.
SATURDAY
8:00—60-yard high hurdles.
Jusssst Right!
The senior class intramural all-stars romped on the sophomore all-stars 54-37 last night, to earn the right to meet the freshman all-stars who downed the juniors 59-55. The final game will be played as a preliminary to the Kansas-Colorado Big Seven tilt at 5:45 Monday night.
Senior All-Stars Whip Sophs Freshmen Defeat Juniors
The over-all height and hustle of the seniors was too much for the sophomores in the second half. At the half the winners led 23-20. In the last two periods, however, the seniors repeatedly fast broke for easy baskets to leave the sophs far behind.
Beta Jerry Brownlee and Kappa Sig Arch Unruh were the big guns in the evenly distributed senior scoring, getting 13 and 11 points respectively. For the losers Darerell Fanestil. Phi Delt star, led with
Box Score
Seniors **G** Ft F **G** Ft F
A. Urnhur 2 0 1 Wogan 1 0 Gft F
D. Urnruh 2 0 1 McHugh 1 0 Mercer 0 0 1 Haggard 8 0 2 Rengel 1 1 1 Hodges 0 0 1 Brownlee 1 1 1 Chestnut 0 0 1 Rwvard 0 2 0 Fusail 4 1 0 Clevinger 1 2 1 Martin 3 0 1 Fiss 2 2 1 Warner 0 0 1 Gish 1 0 Hamilton 0 0 1 Grey 3 2 1 Jones 0 2 1 Totals ___ Fisher ___ 0 0 2 Totals ___ 17 3 14
Frosh **59** **G** Ft F **G** Ft F
Ade 2 1 0 Buchanan 9 2 3 Allison 11 5 3 Moorhead 1 2 3 Richards 8 1 1 Toalson 1 0 1 Crow 0 0 1 Kravitz 0 2 1 Franklin 0 0 1 O'Neill 4 1 2 Stewart 2 0 2 Young 3 2 2 Buller 2 0 3 Murray 3 2 2 Blowey 0 1 0 Allen 2 0 0 Shirley 0 0 1 Michael 0 0 0
Totals 25 9 11 Totals 23 9 13
8:10—High school 60-yard dash.
8:20—Gord dash.
8:10—High school 60-yard dash.
8:20—60-yard dash.
8:25—High school 60-yield low hurdles.
8:30—60-yard low hurdles.
8:50—Mile run.
9:00—High school 440-yard run.
9:10—440-yard run.
9:30—Two-mile run.
9:45—High school 880-yard run.
9:55—88-yard run.
10:00—High school 8-lap relay
10:20—Mile relay.
FIFTH EVENTS
7:00---
8:00---Sho'
nine.
In the freshman-junior contest the outcome was in doubt until the final seconds. The fresh led 11-10 at the first quarter mark, but the juniors were on top 28-26 at intermission.
In the third frame the lead changed hands seven times and was deadlocked five times. Junior center Hugh Buchanan, Phi Delt, hit a short jump shot at the gun, to make the score 43-all going into the final seven minutes.
Phi Delt Bob Richards hit a jump shot for the frosh with two minutes to go to tie the score at 55-all. Then with 1:06 remaining Bob Allison, also a Phi Delt, made two free tosses to put the freshmen ahead to stay. Richards made a layup at the end of the game to ice the win.
Allison scored 27 points for game honors. Buchanan had 20 for the Juniors.
"Art sure has a way with those foreign students on the hill."
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