Pare 6 University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 13, 1952
KANSAS' GREAT RUNNER—Herb Semper, one of the greatest distance men in Kansas track history will again be one of Coach Bill Easton's strongest point gainers in the outdoor season.
Outdoor Track To Begin April 4
The Kansas track squad will open its 1952 outdoor season April 4 at the 25th annual Texas relays to be held in Dallas.
The over-all picture for the jay-
board is good, Coach Bill Easton said today.
He said, "The team is better in balance than at any time since I have been at Kansas."
Most of the men who recently won the Big Seven indoor crown at Kansas City will be back for the outdoor season, and there will be several additions.
John Fifield, Charlie Hoag, and Merlin Gish should give the Jay-hawkers added strength in the discus. In the javelin, KU should pick up much needed help from Jim Swim and Bill Brown.
The only loss to the Jawhawkers will be Galen Fiss, who is also member of Hub Ulrich's baseball team.
Coach Easton said that the Kansas squad is beginning preparations for the Texas relays, and the first time trials will be held next weekend.
The KU cinder track is being refinished. Two carloads of cinders are being spread, and the track should be in top condition within a few days.
The Texas relays offer one of the top fields of competition and the KU trackman们 will have an opportunity to compete with the teams of the top stars in the Middle West.
Easton said that while his prospects are excellent this year the team will be hampered by the loss of Wally Beck. Beck has not reported for the outdoor season, and his loss in the sprints could hamper the track squad.
Some of the top performers returning from the indoor season will include Herb Semper, two-mile distance ace.
Semper is the national cross- country champion, and also holder of all indoor and outdoor two mile marks in the conference.
KU also has a strong point winner in the pole vault. Jim Floyd, who recently won the event in the Kansas City meet, has on several occasions cleared the 13 foot bar. He has been improving steadily and should be one of the best in the big Seven this season.
Kansas will also have strong men in the mile and the hurdles. Wes Santee is almost a sure bet to new records in the outdoor mile and Captain Bob DeVinney is one of the top hurdlers in the league.
Dodgers Defeat Phillies, 10-9
Miami, Fla—(U.P.)—The Brooklyn dodgers finally scored their first exhibition victory last night byidding the Phillies, 10 to 9, but theyoped to score a more clear-cutriumph over Manager Eddie Sawer's team today.
West Palm Beach, Fla. — (U.P.) — Cookie Andy Carey got his big chance and Manager Casey Stengel and a new headache as the World champion Yankees arrived on Florida's east coast for a game today with the Athletics and a three-game weekend exhibition series against Brooklyn.
Carey isn't even on the Yankee roster but he became the team's number one third base candidate yesterday when Billy Martin broke two bones in his right ankle. Ironically, Martin, who was Stengel's leading third base prospect, was injured while sliding into second base before a movie camera which was taking pictures to be used in a Joe D'Maggio television program.
Carey jumped directly from the St. Mary's (Calif.) campus to triple A baseball. He is on the Kansas City roster but impressed Stengel at the New York team's rookie "school" this spring and was one of nine youngsters the canny Casey brought o the Yankee training camp.
Martin's ankle will be in a cast for three weeks and he is not expected to be ready to play until about Mav 1.
Orlando, Fla. — (U.P.) — Pitcher Glenn Elliott, the bespectacled Washington left hander who was truck on the head yesterday by a bell off Mickey Vernon's bat, is expected to rejoin the Senators to win Petersburg for a three-inning stint against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Bob Ross, one of Washington's most promising young pitchers, has been ordered to report for Army duty at Fullerton, Calif., March 25.
A meeting of special interest to varsity golfers will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the west end of Robinson gym basketball court.
KU Golfers To Meet In Robinson Friday
The season's schedule and qualification procedure will be discussed by Coach Bill Winey.
Duquesne Picked To Whip LaSalle In NIT Tourney
New York—(U.P.) The classy Iron Dukes of Duquesne were favored to whip the crowd-pleasing Explorers of La Salle in a semi-final' name of the National Invitation Basketball tournament tonight and beat Dayton was picked to beat scrapy St. Bonaventure in the other.
Duquesne was listed a five-point pick, and Dayton was the choice by three points.
Duquesne, top-seeded in the play at Madison Square Garden, was given the nod because of the power it displayed in trouncing Holy Cross by 10 points in a quarter-final and because it defeated La Salle during the regular season. 71 to 60.
La Salle's problem boils down to this: How to stop the sharp shooting and rebounding of Duquesne's "twin owers," six-seven Tucker and sixix Ricketts, inside and still squelch such outside shooters as Al Bailey, Duquesne, on the other hand, must be up Tom Gola, six-six La Salle freshman who sank 30 points against NYU, six-five Norm Grekin, and fired Ileh, the boy with the deadly pooshot.
"I think La Salle will upset Dumesne," said Sheary. "They have he personnel to match off against hem and they have the shots. And also they have depth and can run with the Dukes all night."
Tucker and Bailey both suffer
eg injuries against Holy Cross.
They had their knees chipped knee, but both were expected to be ready for full duty.
Dayton's height is the chief reason he unseeded Flyers are picked to take third-seeded St. Bonnie their 10th straight victim. Led by six sight Long John Toran and six sight Nick Wilde, the average six-five in their startin' inep. The Bonnies' biggest starter is Bill Edwards, six-five.
"I'll have to string along with Dayton," said Coach Ed Hickey of t. Louis, whose team lost to the rivers in the quarter-finals." Their weight is very hard to handle. And Meineke hurts you more with his clever passing than he does ever with his many points."
The champion not only expects to win—but to prove to some doubters that he hasn't slipped any in his ability to put away a foe, he will be gunning for his 131st victory in 135 lights. In the past he has won 130 lost two and had two draws. He never has been knocked out, but he has kaved 88 opponents.
However, Coach Eddie Melvin of the Battle Bonnies said, "If we were not tired, we'd sweep through his tournament. We've played three games in six days, but don't sell as short."
San Francisco——World Middleweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson puts his title on the block to night against Honolulu's rising young star, Carl Olson before a sell-out crowd of 9,000 fans in the Civic auditorium.
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The fight will not be televised or radio broadcast.
Robinson and Olson have met before—in 1950, when Robinson won by a knockout in 12 rounds. At that time, however, Olson was only 2 years old. He now is 23, compared with the champion's 31, and has gained a lot of experience. In his short career, which started in 1945 he has won 42 out of 46, lost three in decisions and one by kayo—to the champ.
Along the JAYHAWKER trail
By JACKIE JONES Daily Kansan Sports Editor
As another Big Seven basketball season comes to a close it might be interesting to take a look back through the record book and examine statistics on some of the past performances of the Jayhawkers.
Kansas has the longest string of championships among the conference schools. They won six straight titles from 1922 through 1927. The Big Seven crown this season gives KU 14 championships in the Big Six and Big Seven since 1929, double the number won by their closest opponent, Oklahoma.
In the old Missouri Valley, Kansas won 13 out of a possible 23 titles. Missouri was second with only four.
Twice this season the Jayhawkers have scored 90 points, which is the all-time record. Previously the highest total ever recorded was 79 against Creighton in 1949.
Clyde Lovellette's 41 points against Colorado is another point record. This is the all-time high for a conference game. His greatest number of points ever scored is 42 against Southern Methodist this season.
The present high scoring cage contests are certainly different than some of the old Jayhawker games. In 1899, Kansas yielded only 3 points to William-Jewell for an all-time low. In 1900, we collected a grand total of 23 fouls for an entire season. Against Kansas State last Friday night, the Jayhawkers committed 35 fouls.
Intramural sports often get little publicity and even less support from many college athletic departments, but to the average student they are a lot more important than varsity competition.
Figures recently released show that almost 1,500 men and women at KU participated in I-M basketball this season. Many thanks are due to Walt Mikols and Ruth Hoover, directors of men's and women's intramurals. It takes plenty of work to keep this type of program running smoothly.
'Rest, Conditioning Prescribed For Cagers
The Big Seven conference champion Kansas Jayhawker basketball team didn't practice yesterday as Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen prescribed "rest, conditioning and polishing" to get his charges in shape for their NCAA tournament opener against Texas Christian Friday, March 21.
Dr. Allen said that a warmup game—such as the one offered by Illinois—would not help his Jayhawkers, but would hinder preparations.
He said that his decision last week not to accept Illinois' invitation for a warmup game was in keeping with the theory that the Jayhawkers did not need a game and added that his reaction to any other feeler would have been the same.
Bill Hougland, Bob Kenney and Bill Lienhard still are off form, according to Dr. Allen, and need rest and conditioning that a warmup game might deter.
Brouglain, who pulled a muscle in his leg during the Kansas State game Friday, later aggravated the same horse in the Colorado game Monday.
Kenner is trying to find his shooting eye after recovering from an attack of strep throat.
Lienhard is working to regain his shooting accuracy after a severe attack of flu.
Trainer Dean Nesmith checked the players yesterday and Dr. Allen announced a light practice session for the Jayhawkers tonight and a regular workout Friday.
The NCAA game with the Southwest conference champion Horned Frogs will be only a week away after the Friday practice.
Should the Jayhawkers defeat the Frogs and go on to win the Kansas City regionals, they will fly to Seattle for the windup games March 25 and 26. The tournament there will include the victors of eliminations in Raleigh, NC; Chicago also Corvallis, Ore.