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KU Thinclads Drill For Indoor Schedule
"It will be a long pull, but there's a good chance to make it," is the opinion of Kansas Track Coach M. E. "Bill" Easton after looking over the present crop of indoor track hopefuls.
Easton is sending his charges to daily workouts beneath the east side of the stadium in preparation for the first dual meet of the season Feb. 6 at Kansas State. The Kansans will have three dual meets, all on the road, before defending their crown in the Big Seven conference meet in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium Feb. 27 and 28.
"We won't have the brilliance concentrated in a few boys this year as we did last," Easton says, "but we will have more balance with plenty of promising performers. We have nearly all of the boys working out now, but we always welcome additions."
Kansas will throw its usual strong distance corps, with strong backing in other events, against the other six conference schools in the attempt to capture the second leg toward the repeat performance of last year's triple sweep.
Easton's 1951-52 crew capped the conference 2-mile, indoor and outdoor titles. The cross-country team has taken the first step this fall by winning the conference meet.
The Jayhawkers work under great difficulties in the cramped quarters in the stadium. For races over 60 yards, runners must negotiate the narrow path between McCook hall and the stadium supports. The dash strip runs into the broad jump pit and the thinclads meet up with some other new problem each day.
Coach Easton has three sprinters working for the 60-yard dash. Don Hess, a sophomore, placed in the conference meet last year under the freshman rule. Besides Hess there will be Dick McGlinn and Bill Hawkey, both sophomores, who burned up Kansas prep tracks two years ago.
Bill Biberstein will carry most of the high hurdle load, but may get some help from Adolph Mueller. Both are sophomores.
Don Smith will join the above duo in the low hurdles.
The four field events may give the Kansans more strength than they have had for some time. Bob Smith, Kermit Hollingsworth, and Lymon Frasier all are capable of doing well over six feet in the high jump, something that will give the Jayhawkers good dual meet depth at least.
Three tried veterans and three youngsters will be counted on in the quarter-mile. Don Smith, Captain John Rierderer, and Frank Cindrich have all done good jobs in the past. Jay Hardy, Frank Rodkey, and Hawkey are the newer boys in this distance. All have done the grind in high school, however.
Smith, Frasier, and Mueller have looked good in the broadj ump, according to Easton. Norm Steanson is the lone threat in the pole vault at this stage. He was out last year with a broken bone, but should be able to fill in fairly well for departing aim Floyd.
Familiar faces once again will appear in the strong distance line-ups. Easton doesn't know just who he will run in what since he will shift the boys with the opponents, but Art Dalzell, Wes Santee and Lloyd Koby could go in the half mile. Santee, Keith Palmquist, and Dick Wilson could go in either the mile, the two mile, or both.
In the one weight event, the shot put, Easton will have Merlin Gish, Dick Knowles, Gene Vignetelli, and Marvin Kinnett.
Notre Dame Wins Close One OverNYU,78-77,inOvertime
New York—(U.P)A talent for pulling close games out of the fire sent Notre Dame's basketball stock soaring today.
The fighting Irish, playing then second game in two nights on a brief Eastern swing, came through with a stirring 78-77 overtime victory over New York university at Madison Square Garden last night—24 hours after nipping powerful Holy Cross in Boston, 73-71.
In both cases, free throw shooting in the clutch meant the victories that now give the Irish, ranked 10th nationally, a record of nine wins in 10 starts.
Against Holy Cross, it was team captain Norbert Lewinski who canned two free throws with five seconds to go for the winning margin. Lewinski scored only a single point against NYU, fouling out of the game after brief action, but his mates sank eight free throws during the five-minute overtime to beat the Violets.
Six-foot, six-inch Boris Nachamkin of NYU, the game's high scorer with 28 points, sent the game into overtime with a goal one minute from the end that created a 68-68 tie. After pulling ahead on charity tosses in the extra session, Notre Dame lost possession several times but in the end a free throw by Jim Gibbons stood up as the margin of victory.
victory.
In other games featuring high-ranked teams last night, seventh-rated North Carolina State romped to a 105-71 victory in the Southern conference while 19th-ranked Navy remained in the unbeaten ranks with a 77-50 conquest of John Honkins.
Rice, Baylor, and Texas scored victories as the Southwest conference season got underway with three games. At Houston, Texas, Rice avenged a tournament loss by whipping Southern Methodist, 64-54. At Waco, Texas, Baylor beat Texas A&M, M-60,44, as John Starkey paced the attack with 19 points. Texas, at Austin, Texas, got rolling for a 55-48 win that avenged a pre-season defeat.
In one of the most unusual games of the season Oregon State beat Washington State, 39-27, in a Pacific
Coast conference game that sressed defense.
In other leading games last night: Yale upset Pennsylvania, 76-64, in the opening IVY league game for each at New Haven. Conn., "holding" Penn scoring ace Ernie Beck to 21 points; Tulsa rebounded from two straight defeats to open its Missouri Valley conference season with a 91-60 win over Houston, the 91 points setting a new Tulsa record.
Georgia trounced Georgia Tech, 70-57, in the Southeastern conference; George Washington routed VMI, 98-64, in the Southern; Texas Tech beat flagstaff, Ariz. State, 93-75, in the Border conference; and Xavier (Ohio) edged Cincinnati, 81-78.
Due to remodeling taking place in the men's intramural offices, the intramural department will be unable to continue notifying the basketball teams before every game.
IM Managers Note Game List in UDK
It will be the responsibility of each intramural manager to know when his team is to play. Schedules of games are posted in Robinson gymnasium and will be carried by the Daily Kansan.
Rule to Abolish 'Sucker Shifts'
Washington — (U.P.)— The nation's football coaches, through their rules committee, acted today to eliminate "sucker" shifts before they make a farce out of college football.
"We had to do something." Lou Little of Columbia, chairman of the rules committee of the American Football Coaches association, explained, "before every team in the country came up with a play designed to draw an opponent offside at a crucial stage of the game."
The proposed legislation, which is almost sure to be adopted, would prevent the linesmen on offensive teams from shifting positions once they appear set for their charge.
Although Little would not admit it, the action was taken as the result of the controversy which developed over a shift which Notre Dame used this season and which proved to be a major factor in the victories which Coach Frank Leahy's team scored over Oklahoma and Southern California.
Coach Jess Hill of Southern California's Rose Bowl champions especially criticized the shift because he contended it was used only to cause the opposing team to commit a rule infraction, Hill. like other coaches, however, agreed that the shift was perfectly legal under the 1952 rules.
Irvin, Musial Sign Contracts for 1953
New York—(U.F.)—The New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals each were seeing pennant dots before their eyes today, simply because a pair of prize sluggers put their signatures on separate dotted lines.
Monte Irvin signed his name to a contract reportedly calling for $25,000 and Giant owner Horace Stoneham immediately began buzzing about the pennant.
In St. Louis, six-time batting champion Stan Musial signed an estimated $80,000 contract and the Cardinals' hopes soared just as high as those of the Giants.
Wednesday. Jan. 7.1953 University Daily Kansan
Both Irvin, out most of last season with a broken ankle, and Musial, National league batting title winner with 338, reportedly received the same money as last year.
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Greek Wrestler Finds He Must Change Style
Chicago-U.P.)The Greeks think they have a new Jim London on their hands, but they don't know quite what to do with him.
The tiger who may rule the wrestling ring with all the vigor of London in his prince is Chris Averof, straight from Epirus, Greece.
He has never lost a fight, the promoters with hands upraised maintain. They say his skein includes more than 600 victories, but there's a catch.
They were in Europe, and Greek-Roman style, far different from American wrestling.
There is no slugging, kicking, eye-tall-scratching or gougling in the foreign fashion—strictly scientific.
"Chris is one of the best wrestlers I've seen," promoter Ray Fabiani said. "But he's got to learn to please American fans."
In down-to-earth talk that means Averof has to learn all the acting that goes with American wrestling. It's a long step from his European style and his managers are spending long hours watching televised bouts and at ringside with him.
Averof arrived in the U.S. Nov.
8. and added to his problems was his extremely limited English.
He has won several matches in Milwaukee, Wis., and Chicago and Fabiani says he is learning the tricks of the trade necessary to please American fans. But he isn't too happy about it.
The Greek is a massive 225 pounder at 5 feet 10 inches. He has coal black hair and a spreading mustache. Extremely well-mannered out of the ring, he is vicious when he enters the ropes.
Chris began wrestling at 12 and has fought, usually under the name of Melissouas, the best in nearly every country in Europe.
If things go all right the promoters plan eventually to match him against London and then pit him against Lou Thesz for the world's heavyweight wrestling title, which means a lot when it comes to deciding the size of purse paid a wrestler.
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