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By JOHN HERRINGTON Kansan Sports Editor
Kansas athletic teams had their ups and downs over the weekend. While the Jayhawker track team stole all the honors by winning the Big Seven track and field championship, Hub Ulrich's baseballers were knocked from the title picture in a double loss to Iowa State's Cyclones. And sandwiched in between, Dick Mechem's tennis team had to be content with second in the Big Seven tennis championship and Bill Winey's golfers placed third in the conference golf meet.
HERB SEMPER
A steady, bone-chilling rain fell continuously throughout the thack meet at Norman, Okla., Saturday to hold the crowd to a meager 500. The wind and rain wrecked havoc on any would-be record-breakers, but the meet still had its stars.
While Herb Semper and Wes Santee didn't shine as expected, Jayhawker Coach Bill Easton still had only praise for the dynamic distance duo.
"Herb ran the race of his career," Easton said. "He ran it on grit alone and I'm really proud of him."
Semper reportedly suffered injury to his left foot during the mile race and wasn't sure he'd even be able to finish the two-mile. Last year, when Bill McGuire from Missouri won ,the
two-mile race, Semper had to be pulled from the race because of illness.
But Coach Easton hit the nail on the head when he said Herb finished the race "on grit alone." At the end of the first mile, Semper was next to last in the field.
The Jayhawker coach wasn't surprised either that Santee wasn't able to repeat in the 880 after romping to an easy victory in the mile.
Under normal conditions, Wes might have been able to double up," the coach said. "But with all this mud there just wasn't enough recovery time between events."
Only four conference runners have ever won both the mile and 880. And these four all turned the trick in the days of the old Big Six. None have been able to complete the six-lap double since the Big Seven was inaugurated in 1948.
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Kansas' tennis team had the "indoor blues" again this week. Rain moved the tennis meet to the indoor courts of the Oklahoma fieldhouse and the change took its toll. In the last dual match the Jayhawker swatters played, Kansas State Coach Frank Thompson filibustered the affair inside. Kansas lost.
--it took Sigma Alpha Epsilon eight innings to defeat the Phi Delts 4-3 in the Fraternity A league playoffs. The Betas defeated Phi Kappa Tau in an 11-0 slugfest.
Gene Rourke posted the best score for the KU golfers. He was ninth down with a 78-78-82—238 total. Harlan Hise posted a 241 for 14th. Ham Lynch had a 244. Bob Dare came in with a 246 and John Prosser tallied a 252.
RIGHT AROUND HOME DEPARTMENT: One of the bright-eyes shining in Kansas high school track is Lawrence weightman Bill Neider, Neider, 18-year old senior at Liberty Memorial High, set a U.S. interscholastic record at the state meet in Wichita, Friday, in the 12-pound shot put event. The good looking husky tossed the ball 60 feet, 9% inches to eclipse Darrow Hooper's 59 foot, 10 inch-record. Hooper, formerly a Fort Worth, Tex. high school, is now pushing the 16-pound lead for Texas A&M.
GENE ROURKE
The next seven days are "Olympic Week." The "Week" has been declared to aid a nation-wide effort to raise an $850,000 fund for United States representation in the 1952 Olympic games at Helsinki.
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OF THE RECORD DEPARTMENT: Although the 24th annual Big Seven track and field meet was run off in what might be termed a swamp, it's still interesting to note that Thane Baker's 220-yard dash victory in the finals was timed in :22.8. The same race was run in :27.7 at the Kansas state high school meet, Friday, by Bob Franklin of Parsons.
High Scoring Dominates I-M Softball Playoffs
The first round in the intramural softball playoffs was completed yesterday after being rained out two days in a row.
Sportsmen defeated the Stephenson hall team 13-8 in the opening round of the Independent A league playoffs, Sigma Kamma Epsilon dropped Joliffe hall in a close game 2x1.
Fraternity B league playoffs saw high scoring before Sigma Chi and Delta Upson emerged the victors. Sigma Chi beat the Phi Psi team 21-7. The DU's defeated the Phi Gams 20-18.
The Phi Gams countered five runs in the first inning, two in the second, and six more in the third. The DU's could only score one run in the first and third innings to trail 13-2 at the end of the third. But the DU's blanked the Phi Gams in the fourth and fifth innings while scoring nine runs in the fourth and six in the fifth to lead 17-13.
The Phi Gams came back in the top of the fifth to score five runs and take the lead again 18-17. The DU's roared in the bottom half of the inning scoring three runs to make the score 20-18 and end the scoring.
second round games scheduled for today are:
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| 4. p.m. - Chi vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Field 1; Kappa Pisa vi. Phi Gamma Delta, Field 2; Alpha Tau Omega vs. Kappa Sigma, Field 3, and Delta Upsilon vs. Beta Theta Pi. Field 4. |
FRATERNITY A
5.30 p.m.-Delta Tau Delta vs.
Delta Upsilon, Field 1, and Kappa
Sigma vs. Sigma Chi, Field 2.
FRATERNITY R
5.30 p.m.-Faculty Fossils vs.
Sportsmen, Field 3, and Air Force
vs. Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Field 4.
INDEPENDENT A
League Standings
American League
America
W 20 L Pct. GB
Cleveland ... 11 645 —
Washington ... 16 12 .571 $^{2/2}$
Boston ... 16 13 .552 3
New York ... 14 13 .519 4
St. Louis ... 16 15 .516 4
Chicago ... 14 15 .483 5
Philadelphia ... 11 15 .423 $^{6/2}$
Detroit ... 7 20 .259 11
Yesterday's Results
Philadelphia 2-0, Cleveland 0-6
Boston 7, Detroit 4
Washington 2-4, Chicago 1-6
St. Louis 4-1, New York 3-8
Boston at Detroit (Only game scheduled). National League.
Nationals W L Pct. GB
Brooklyn ... 19 7 .731 —
New York ... 18 7 .720 $ \frac{1}{2} $
Chicago ... 16 13 .552 $ \frac{4}{2} $
Cincinnati ... 15 13 .536 5
St. Louis ... 14 15 .483 $ \frac{6}{2} $
Philadelphia ... 14 15 .484 $ \frac{7}{2} $
Boston ... 11 5 .423 8
Pittsburgh ... 15 25 .167 16
Pittsburgh at New York (2) post- moved, rain
poned, Iam Cincinnati at Boston (2) postponed.
Vesterday's Results
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3
Brooklyn 7, Chicago 2
Baltimore
Today's Games St. Louis at Philadelphia (night) Pittsburgh at New York Chicago at Brooklyn (night)
might at games scheduled).
Cabbie Too Eager For Rider
University Daily Kansan
Memphis, Tenn.—(U.P.) —It was a costly fare that a taxi driver, Willie Gibson, picked up at an apartment building. Not knowing which apartment the fare lived in, Gibson blew his horn. He was fined $11 for violating the anti-noise ordinance.
Coffee Table Built To Last
Mendenhall, Miss. — (U,P)—Peggy Whitman figures her coffee table ought to stand up under wear. She took the bottom of an old, pot-bellied iron stove and fixed a gilded picture frame and picture on top.
Monday, May 19, 1952
Jayhawks Lose Pair To I-State Cyclones
An Iowa State doubleheader victory, 4 to 0 and 5 to 3, over Kansas at Ames, Saturday, eliminated KU's hopes of winning the 1952 Big Seven baseball championship.
Kansan Sports Writer
By BOB NELSON
The Cyclones, the conference "giant killers," presented the idle Missouri Tigers (11-1) the conference title by downing the Jayhawkers twice and moved into fourth place ahead of Colorado's fading Buffaloes.
Nebraska completed its conference slate Saturday, at Lincoln, by sweeping a doubleheader from Colorado, 9 to 3 and 7 to 6.
Missouri, with the Big Seven pennant safely tucked away, plays Kansas at Columbia, today and tomorrow, in a pair of what now amount to warm-up contests in preparation for MU's representing the conference in NCAA baseball tourney warfare.
With six Big Seven games remaining, the conference standings are as follows:
BIG SEVEN STANDINGS (Through May 17)
W L Pct. GB
Missouri 11 1 .917
Kansas 8 4 .667 3
*Nebraska 8 5 .615 3¹
Iowa State 5 4 .556 4²
Colorado 4 6 .400 6
Oklahoma 3 6 .333 6¹²
*Kansas State 2 15 .118 1²
*Season completed
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Kansas 9-19, Kansas State 7-17
Missouri 6-8, Nebraska 5-5
Cincinnati 3-6, Ohio 4-3
Nebraska 3-7, Colorado 3-6
REMAINING CONFERENCE
GAMES
Today and Tomorrow
Kansas at Missouri
Mav 23-24
For the second straight weekend, Iowa State scored an impressive doubleheader victory to strike down a strong conference contender by downing Ulrich's Jayhawkers Saturday.
Iowa State at Oklahoma May 30-31
Colorado at Iowa State
A week ago Saturday, the Cyclones downed Nebraska, 2 to 1 and 2 to 0, to all but eliminate NU from the title picture. Missouri finished the task, 6 to 5 and 8 to 5, three days later, at Columbia.
Kansas will receive its toughest assignment of the season against Missouri's Bengals. The Tigers are hitting .297 as a team and have won 13 and lost only five for their overall season record.
In conference play, only Kansas State has defeated Missouri (5 to 4 at Manhattan) as the Tigers continue to roll along as the best balanced club in the Big Seven, a team that should fare well in the NCAA diamond playoffs.
The Tigers will meet St. Louis
The Jayhawkers will probably face two of the league's top hurriers in the two-game series. Likely MU starters will be a pair of right-handers, Dick Atkinson (5-2) and Don Boenker (6-1).
Leading the Missouri hitting attack is Kent Kurtz, second baseman, with a .370 mark. Other top stickmen are Bob Schoonmaker, first baseman (.360); Ralph Monroe, left fielder (.346); Jack Patchett, right fielder (.328), and center fielder, Junior Wren, with a .316 average.
If they aren't able to start, one of three inexperienced hurriers, lefty Wayne Tiemeier, Bill Enoch or lanky Frank Hamilton, a southpaw, will have to try and tame the power-laden Tigers.
With Jack Stonestreet on the ailing list with a twisted knee, Coach Jordan added voice for today's game with Missouri will prove to be quite a problem.
If Stonecrest isn't able to start, KU will likely rely on John Brosse or Carl Sandefur to shoulder the hurling burden with only one day rest after hurling seven-inning games Saturday.
university, Missouri Valley conference baseball champions, later this month to determine which team will represent NCAA District Five in the NCAA Collegiate World Series to be held next month in Omaha, Neb.
Oklahoma, in sixth place in the Big Seven standings, won last year's
BUD LAUGHLIN — This fleet-footed Jayhawker footballer will be in center field today as Hub Ulrich's baseballers attempt to give the Missouri Tigers their second league defeat against 11 games.
NAA baseball title by sweeping four straight without a setback in the Omaha annual classic.
KANSAS AB H PO A
Wolf, ss 1 0 1 2
Appling, ss 1 0 1 1
Pulliam, 3b 3 0 0 3
Trombold, 3b 3 0 2 0
Hicks, rf 3 0 1 0
Perry, 2f 3 1 2 0
Laughlin, cf 3 0 1 0
Voss, lb 1 8 0 0
Fiss, c 3 0 2 1
Brose, p 2 0 0 0
Totals 23 1 18 10
IOWA STATE AB R PO A
Mak 'ver, if 3 0 1 0
Taylor, ib 3 0 1 0
Gervais, 2b 2 0 0 1
Machner, lb 3 1 5 0
Swan, ss 1 0 1 3
Long, cf 3 1 4 0
Severson, rf 3 0 2 0
Baker, c 3 0 6 1
Luhring, p 2 2 1 0
Total 23 4 21 5
Kansas 000 000 000 —
Oklahoma 100 100
Iowa State           000 130 --4
E: Wolf 2, Pullli, Machmer. BH: Machmer. Luring. HR: Machmer. Severson S. Makeover. Left: Todd State 5. BB: Brose 5. Luthor. BS: Baker 1. Luhring. 7. WP: Brose. PB: Baker 1.
KANSAS    AB  H  FO  A
Appling, ss  4  0 1 0
Pulliam, 3b  4  0 0 4
Trombold, cf  2  0 2 0
Hicks, rf   3  2 1 0
a-Enoch     1  1 0 0
Lerky, 2b  4  2 2 2
Laughlin, f  3  1 3 0
Voss, 1b   2  0 5 0
Smith, c   3  1 4 0
Sandefur, p  2  1 0 0
Totals...28 7 18 7
IOWA STATE   AB  H  PO A
Mak'ver, lf    3 0 2 0
Taylor, 2b    3 0 2 1
Guernsey, 3b    3 1 2 1
M-mch'r, 1b    3 0 7 1
Swan, ss     2 0 2 9
Long, cf     3 1 1 0
Stone, rf     3 1 0 0
Baker, c      3 0 5 1
Burgess, p    1 1 0 2
Gardell, p    0 0 0 0
Luhring, p    0 0 0 0
Totals ... 24 4 21 8
around out for hacks
Kansas 000 11 0 -0
Iowa State 022 001 0 -5
E: Appling, Pullam, Perry, Guernsey,
Baker. RBI: Appling, Pyffery, Smith, Bur-
dell. TEAMS: Burdell, Taylor and Tayor; Left: Kansas 10. Iowa State
5. BB: Sandefurder 4. Burgess 1. Gardell 2.
BB: Sandefurder 4. Burgess 1. Gardell 2.
bb: Sandefurder 0 in 2:3; Luhring 0 in 1. HBP: Burdell
(boss); Gardell (Sandefurder). WP:
Burgess, Sandefurder 2. PB: Baker, Win-
burgess. U: Fish and Goodman, A:
1,500.