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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 8, 1952
KU Edges Oklahoma, 8-6, To Remain Title Contender
By BOB NELSON Kansan Sports Writer
The Jayhawker baseball team defeated Oklahoma, 8 to 6, on the Varsity diamond Wednesday afternoon to remain high in the conference championship picture with a 6-2 record.
Kansas combined the excellent one-hit six inning shutout relief hurling of big Carl Sandefur, who relieved starter Jack Stonestreet, and the sluggish of right fielder Walt Hicks to down the Sooners, last year's NCAA baseball champions.
Sandefur, in gaining his second victory of the season against no defeats, silenced the OU bats from the fourth inning on to protect a 7 to 6 Kansas lead he had when given the relief assignment.
Hub Ulrich's KU club meets the Sooners at 3 p.m. today in the final of the two-game series. A pair of lefthanders, John Brose, Jayhawker sophomore, and Max Sanders, OU frosh star, are slated to handle the hurling chores.
Today's contest is the Jayhawkers' final home game of the season and leaves the club with six conference road games, two each with Kansas State. Iowa State and Missouri.
With Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas all bunched near the top in the Big Seven standings, the home drive is the closest in recent years.
Anyone of this trio is regarded as a real contender and capable of coping the 1952 baseball title and the accompanying right to represent the Eig Seven in the NCAA playoffs next month.
Missouri, by soundly defeating Colorado, 19 to 4 and 18 to 4, at Boulder on Monday and Tuesday, regained the No. 1 spot by overtaking the idle Nebraska Cornhuskers. Missouri has a 7-1 mark and Nebraska a 6-1 record.
The Kansas 13-hit attack on Sooner pitchers, Larry Foley and Dick Welch, was paced by Hicks, John Trombold, left fielder, and second baseman John Perry. This was the same trio that sparked the Jayhawker hitters in the recent
Colorado series at Boulder.
Hick's blasts included a scorching 365-foot three-run homer to right field in the second inning and a long double to right center in the sixth frame. Hicks batted in four runs and raised his season hitting mark to .333. His RBI total moved o 13.
Trombold, who replaced Bill Snoch in left field during the Colorado series, is still hitting at the surface clip that has produced six hits in his last nine trips to the plate. His batting average is a healthy .444. The big Wichita sophomore got a single and a double in four times at bat against the Sooners.
Perry, KU's steadiest all-around player to date, homered in the second inning on the first pitch following Hicks' four master. Perry's circuit clout carried about 350 feet over the right center field fence. He also singled in the first inning to raise his average to 325 for the season.
Kansas has batted 307 as a team in games against its 11-game season.
In the field, Ulrich's club continued to show well defensively committed only two errors as committed in two games and twice in one game series with Colorado.
Oklahoma scored two runs in the first inning on a base on balls, and singles by Carl Allison, John Risinger and Jim Antonio.
After getting OU out in one-two-three order in the second immining, the Doormen took advantage. Stonehenge was less visible than third and the bases on three straight walks.
Adding a single, a triple and an error, Oklahoma scored four runs before the side retired. And it was Stone's Stone, Sandefur took over in the fourth.
SANDEFUR BACK TO FORM—Big Carl Sandefur saved the day for the Jayhawkers yesterday as he pitched six innings of one-hit relief ball to defeat the Oklahoma Sooners, 8 to 6. Sandefur came on in the top of the fourth. In the fifth, he gave up his lone hit, a single to Buddy Leake. From then on, the 6-foot, 4-inch senior gave up four walks and struck out five. In the sixth, with runners on second and third, Sandefur got catcher Carl Allison to ground out and fanned John Risinger. It was 3-up, 3-down in the seventh. Sandefur walked two in the eighth and ninth innings, but came through unscathed for his second win against no defenses this year.
POLIN' FOR THE FENCES-Wait Hicks, Jayhawk rightfielder, paced Kansas hitters yesterday against Oklahoma with a screaming three-run homer in the second inning and a sixth inning double. The powerful cleanup hitter for Hub Ulrich's Jayhawks poled the 365-foot fourmaster high off a tree over the right field fence. He batted in four runs to bring his RBI total to 13 for the year. KU won.
Box Score
Oklaoma (6) AB B H PO A a W
Wich, ss 3 1 0 0 0 0
Allison, c 3 2 1 5 0 0
Craig, c 1 1 2 0 0 0
Risinger, 1b 1 1 6 1 0
Harrah, b 2 0 0 0 2 0
Sheets, 2b-1b 4 0 0 3 1
Anton, rf 4 0 1 1 0
Knox, ff 3 1 1 3 0 1
Leake, ef 4 1 1 3 0 1
Strauss, cb 4 0 1 0 0 0
Foley, f 1 0 0 2 4 0
Weiph, i 1 0 0 2 4 0
Totals 31 6 6 24 13 1
Kansas (8) AB R H PO A
Wolf, ss 3 2 1 1 4 0
Beth, ef 5 1 1 1 2 1 0
Trombold, f 4 1 2 3 0 0
Halts, rt 4 1 2 3 0 1
Percis, b 4 1 2 1 3 0
Fulham, 3b 2 1 1 2 2 0
Voss, b 3 1 0 1 10 0
Jane, c 5 1 2 8 1 0
Stonestreet, p 2 0 0 2 0 0
Sandefur, p 2 0 1 0 2 0
Totals ... 35 8 13 27 13 2
Oklahoma ... 204 000 000 -6
Kansas ... 250 000 10x-8
Totals ... 35 8 13 27 13
By BOB LONGSTAFF
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor The Kansas tennis team—sporting a skein of eight straight victories—will battle an aroused Kansas State team tomorrow at Manhattan.
KU Seeks 9th Straight Against Cats Tomorrow
Slipping past the Wildeats earlier in the season has caused a controversy over which team actually won. The meet was ended because of rain before the doubles matches were played here April 22 when Kansas had a 3-2 advantage.
"K-State is always a tough foe. The controversy over the last match will make the Wildcats even tougher. They undoubtedly will be up for the meet; so will we, but the going is going to be rough," Coach Dick Mechem said.
The Wildcats sport a team laden with experience. The top three players—Roger Coud, Chris Williams, and Don Upson—are all letterwriters. The remainder of the team is deep in experience and talent.
The Jayhawkers claim a victory on the precedent set at K-State last year under similar conditions. The Wildcats maintain they won by design, the unavailabil- lity of indoor tennis courts for the doubles matches.
KU ace Charles Crawford undefeated in this season's play, will battle Roger Coud in the No. 1 round. Unless the unexpected happens, Crawford, who has lost only two sets this season, should defeat Coud. He dropped the No. 1 Wildcat earlier 6-2, 6-3.
Fotopoulos will match his skills against Williams. The No. 2 Jayhawk was playing the No. 3 slot during the previous meet and has not met the powerful Williams.
John Freiburger will be pitted against Upson. Upson, of野鹿 basketball fame, gave Fotopoulos stiff competition before bowing to him this year.
Al Hedstrom will be looking for his second win over Dave McFarland. Hedstrom dropped the Wildcat 6-0, 6-2 in the first KU-K-State dual meet. Jayhawker Hal Titus will attempt to avenge his earlier defeat at the hands of Al Chanlan. Titus lost 6-2, 6-2.
In the doubles bracket Crawford and Fotopoulos will team to meet Coud and Williams, Freiburger and Hedstrom will take on Upson and McFarland. Since the doubles matches were not played earlier this year, neither team has had a chance to test the strength of the other.
Kansas has lost only the opener to Iowa university.
Russians Rated Chief Block To U.S. Basketball Chances
The Russians appear to be the chief obstacle in the KU-Caterpillar Diesels quest for Olympic laurels at Helsinki this summer.
They are rated European Egypt and Argentine also are expected to furnish tough competition.
Competition furnished by some of the surroundings may prove tougher than opposing teams.
For one thing, KU cagers can expect a slightly bigger ball. A California team recently played an international contest in Brazil and brought back a ball that is bigger and unwieldy, with a bladder and a valve jutting through the cover.
The players said that rocks were thrown at them while on the court and that the floor had holes in it.
Some person who can translate meters into feet has discovered that the baskets are about the same height and the size of the floor may be slightly. However, the free throw lane in Europe is 12 feet long.
Some other rules unfamiliar to American cagers is the center jump, in which both teams move back to the center of the floor after each
basket. And players are not permitted to shout at a man taking a set shot, an infraction which caused Bob Kurland to get thrown out of one Olympic contest in 1948. Only four fouls are permitted. (502)
Sixteen teams will take part in Olympic trials. Ten teams are lected on their records, much as the NCAA chooses its participants each year. The other six teams qualify in various playoffs. No pairings have been announced yet.
A problem that may cause Coach Allen some trouble is the fact that all referees for the Helsinki games must be strict amateurs. That is, they must never have been paid for officiating a basketball game. This eliminates any American referees who are reimbursed for their services.
The only possible officials then appear to be spectators, fans of the sport. Lovelette or Keller may find themselves getting thrown out of a game by a Zulu storekeeper.
Jayhawk Golfers Sport 5-2-1 Mark As They Prepare for Big 7 Tourney
Bv BOB NOLD
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Kansas golfers, little over half way through match play, have registered five wins and one tie in eight outings. Left to play are matches with Emporia State and Kansas State before the Big Seven tournament, May 15, over the University of Oklahoma's excellent 18-hole course.
The Jayhawkers have defeated Washburn, Emporia State, Omaha, Nebraska, and Missouri while losing to Nebraska and Missouri and scoring a tie with Kansas State.
Kansas boasts the co-holder of the Big Seven's individual title in Gene Nortke. Nortke fired a 54-hole total of 223 last year to the Graham hunt of Kansas State. Hunt is returning to the Wildcat lineup as is Rourke to the Jayhawk team.
Rourke is having a little trouble with his putter, but otherwise his game is steady and effective. He joins John Prosser and Bryan "Ham" Lynch in anchoring the first three positions on the team.
Pat Conn, Lawrence Country club pro, thinks Prosser will develop into big time caliber. Conn is amazed at the booming tee shots that "Big John" uses to turn most courses into pitch and putt affairs.
Lynch is a stylist. Coach Bill Winey is Lynch's game has improved 30 per cent since the first of the season and thinks he will quickly be noticed at the Big Seven tourney. Lynch carded a 75 against Missouri to save the day for KU. April 25.
The battle for the two remaining positions on the team that will go to the Big Seven tournament will be waged among Robert Dare, Bob Lacy, Neil Lilley, Harlan Hise and Pete Rush.
Each of the Big Seven schools will send five men to the tourney with the four lowest scorers determining the school's total.
Hise fired a 1-over-par 71 to take medalist honors against Kansas State. Tuesday.
Dare, a third year man and always a dependable shotmaker for Kansas, is having trouble getting a stray kink out of his swing, but is expected to be ready for the meet at Norman.
In the case of Lilley and Lacy, it
is just a matter of time to see their games sharpen up to the point where they must be recognized for a team berth.
The conference teams will play their practice round over Oklahoma's new grass greens golf course, May 15. One day is allowed for the team to hit short cuts and placement spots from the tee of the Oklahoma course.
The winning team must do two things: (1) Keep the ball in the airway and (2) find the touch of the greens.
Nebraska is the pre-tourney favorite due to the fact that the Cornhuskers have five known good golfers. This rating, however, is not based on a comparison with the cost of coop teams, but on showing against par.
Oklahoma will have its usual good team ready and the added advantage of playing on its home course. The Sooners are ranked No. 2.
While Colorado, Missouri, and Iowa State may not share in the prophets' pre-tourney flattery, it may be due to the fact that they are less conspicuous but actually just as capable.