PAGE FOUR UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1951 Semper, Greenwood Must Carry Heavy Load At Columbia Upon the capable shoulders of Herb Semper and Jack Greenwood rests a heavy load as these two stalwarts lead the Jayhawker track team into the conference meet on the University of Missouri track today and Saturday. Semper, Kansas' ace distance plodder, and latest in a long line of Bill Easton-coached standouts, will be shooting for his second two-mile title, having won in 1950 in the record time of 9:21.0. Greenwood will be defending the 220-yard low hurdle crown he won in 1950 with a :23.9 performance and is rated a good bet to annex the 120-yard highs as well, after barely missing the latter pinnacle during the past two years. These two athletes may score somewhere near a 40-point total between them under the 10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring scheme, since Easton may be plotting to send Semper after the mile as well as the two-mile crown. Should Semper try the shorter haul, that race would immediately became the meet's feature. It would bring the red-head face to face with Bill McQuire, Missouri ace, who annexed the indoor title earlier this year. Semper beat McGuire in the anchor carry of the distance medley relay at Drake, but only after he ran a 4:11.7 mile, the best of his career. The Tiger captain turned in a 4:16.4 mile May 12 against Notre Dame for his best effort this season. Another Tiger will be blocking Semper's path to his second two-mile title. Durable Bill Fox will be afforded his best chance in two years if Semper goes after the mile, which precedes the two-mile by only one hour. The Missourian has never distanced his Jayhawker rival, but neither has he ever been far behind. Greenwood, one of the best hurlers in Jayhawker history, will find his opposition just as appalling as Semper's. Don Bedker of Nebraska, Merwin Hodel of Colorado, and Francis Bardot and Byron Renner of Missouri have turned in consistently fine performances all season. He's not been beaten by a conference opponent all season in either event, however, and took first in the Kansas Relays, in addition to seconds in the Texas and Drake games. His season best of 14.6 in the highs will be none too good at Columbia. Just how far the Jayhawks can travel on racing returns alone may depend on the fitness and stamina of hurdle-spring-and-broad-jump ace, Bob Devinney. He earned a second in the 220, and a fourth in the broad jump last season, but an appendectomy forced him out of contention in the 1951 indoor meet. Keith Palmquist and Cliff Abel may be able to pick up a few points in the distance runs, Palmquist took third in the indoor two-mile while Abel followed McGuire home in the mile. Wally Beck, a newcomer in the dashes, figures to run in the money in both the 100 and 220-yard dashes. Colorado's Dole Kelley and Thane Baker of Kansas State draw top billing with the fast-improving Beck not far behind. Captain Emil Schutzel and Don Smith should qualify in the quarter-mile event, and Rollie Cain, Dave Fisher and Jim Dinsmore may be able to oust some conference half-mile favorites. Kansas can't be counted strong in the field events. Two footballers, Colorado Series Today And Saturday Will Close Home Baseball Season Bv BOB NELSON Daily Kansan Assistant Sports Editor Kansas plays Colorado at 3 p.m. today and completes its 1951 home baseball season meeting the Buffs again at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Varsity diamond. Hub Ulrich will send sophomore Jack Stonestreet (2-1) to the mound in today's game and start big Carl Sandeford (3-3) in Saturday's game. The Jayhawkers, with 5-6 conference record, will attempt to strengthen their fourth place spot in the standings against Colorado's (0-4) last place club. Following the two-game series with Colorado, K.U. will depart Sunday morning by bus for Norman where Ulrich's men will finish the season against the league leading Oklahoma Sooners with single games on Monday and Tuesday. The Sooners have virtually clinched the Big Seven pennant with an 8-1 record. Oklahoma's only remaining conference games are two with Kansas. Only Missouri has a chance to overhaul the Sooners in the race. TODAY'S PROBABLE LINEUPS Colorado Kansas Trick, cf Bether, ef Ryder, lf Koenig, 2b Jordan, ss Michlich, lf Nix, rf Hicks, rs Hagin, c Voss, 1s Johnson, 1b McConnell, ss Corbetta, 2b Fiss, c Larson, 3b Harris, 3b Anderson, p Stonestreet, p Footballer Galen Fiss will catch Stonestreet today. It will mark Fiss' first home game as a starter behind the plate. He caught Stonestreet in his 9 to 6 victory over Kansas State at Manhattan Monday and drove home two runs with a long triple to center field. Tom Brookshier, a sophomore righthander who also doubles as a back in football, is slated to face K.U. on Saturday. This strikeout Frank Prentupt's club is still seeking win No. 1 in Big Seven play. The Buffs dropped a pair to Nebraska, 5-6 and 8-13, to Oklahoma at Boulder, 4-5 and 1-3, on Monday and Tuesday. Two games with Kansas State were rained out. Jack Anderson, big junior right-hander, is expected to hurl for Colorado today. He held hard-hitting Oklahoma to five hits but walked 11 in losing to the Sooners, 4 to 5, in his last pitching assignment. artist held Oklahoma to four hits in his six inning loss, 1 to 3, on Tuesday. Colorado has had the same defensive troubles as Kansas this spring, especially in the infield. The Buffs' hitting is better than average. Colorado banged out 12 hits in the first O.U. game but could get only a pair in the second contest against Jim Waldrip. Zack Jordan, one of the conference's top sophomore backs last season, holds down the shortstop for the Buffalooes. Kansas lost to Colorado, 3 to 4, last year at Boulder in the opener with the second game of the two- game series being rained out. Jayhawker Batting (Includes all games to date) Ab H 2b 2b Jr RbI Avg Hicks 16 9 1 5 18 .34 Mischlich 28 9 1 3 18 .321 Koenig 50 15 3 1 3 .321 Bether 27 8 1 3 .329 Smith 41 12 2 3 .275 Smith 32 8 1 3 .265 Sandefur 22 5 1 1 .221 Stonewall 19 8 1 1 .211 Fiss 5 1 1 2 .198 Fiss 5 1 1 2 .198 McConnell 48 9 1 2 .188 Hook 31 1 1 1 .216 Surke 20 1 1 2 .161 Honan 1 0 1 1 .000 Kennard 1 0 1 1 .000 Hallman 1 0 1 1 .000 Poole 400 101 10 3 6.61 Totals ... 409 101 12 2 9 61 .247 Tiger Depth Complements An Already Lustrous Lineup Columbia, Mo.—Fitness of two question-mark sprinters, Randy Vanet and Byron Clark, is the large "if" in Missouri's quest of the conference outdoor championship on the Tigers' home cinders this weekend. Both good dash-men, Vanet and Clark have been troubled by leg ailments. Vanet's occurred just last week, while Clark pulled a muscle just before the indoor Big Seven meet, and hasn't run a competitive race outdoors. He ran third in the 100 at Lincoln last May. Vanet pulled up lame in a work-out a few days after winning the 440 against Notre Dame in :48.5. His ability to place in that specialty this Saturday would help offset Oklahoma's expected harvest in the quarter. Missouri expects to put its best foot forward with Bill McGuire, Bob With these sprinters ready, Mizzou would field a solid squad. The Tigers have enough depth and talent to count in all but one or two events. Their hurdling is stacked four-deep, their distance entries strong, and coverage in all field events except the pole vault is quite capable. Fox and Pete Gallup in the distances; high-jumper Bob Gorden; discus-thrower Vie Brewer; javelinists Don Zimmerman and Bill Fessler; broad-jumper Laddie Stovall, who doubles in the sprints; a hurling quartet of Pete Renner, Bob Foster, Frank Bardot and Fessler; and shot-putter Phil Brusca. Gordon won the outdoor high jump in 1950 as a sophomore, but his path to a repeat performance is strewn with pitfalls. Three other league jumpsers have cleared 6 feet 7 inches this year, while Gorden's best in 1951 was a 6 feet $4\frac{1}{2}$ inch effort. Dick Meissner, Nebraska; Dick McGuire, twice an indoor-mile champ, has never won his specialty outdoors when conference chips were at stake. The Tiger captain will have to beat off K.U.'s Herb Semper to reach his goal this Saturday. Brewer holds the loop's secon-best discus toss, a 143 feet $1\frac{1}{2}$ inch mark against Notre Dame. Iowa State's Jim Robertson bettered this by two feet in the Texas Relays. Jones; Oklahoma; and Virg Severns, Kansas State are the top-flight contenders here. Key man, probably, in M.U. plans is Stovall—a tough competitor who winged a second in the indoor broad jump last March. He was second again at the K.U. Relays with his top outdoor leap of 23 feet 5 inches. Stovall will compete in both dashes, where he could rack up places if Clark falters. Zimmerman and Fessler are 180 feet javelin throwers, with Zimmerman getting his all-time high of 191 in the K.U. Relays last year. Brusca got third in the shot at the Kansas City indoor affair, marking up his first invasion of the 50 feet bracket. Big 7 Standings | | W. | L. | Pet. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Oklahoma | 8 | 1 | .889 | | Missouri | 7 | 3 | .700 | | Nebraska | 4 | 3 | .571 | | KANSAS | 5 | 6 | .455 | | Iowa State | 3 | 5 | .375 | | Kansas State | 3 | 8 | .273 | | Colorado | 0 | 4 | .000 | Merlin Gish and Charley Hoag, are tops in the shot and discus heaves, but so far they haven't set the world on fire. Norman Steanson and Jim Floyd can top 12 feet 6 inches in the pole vault, but that's a long cry from the 15 feet $ \frac{1}{4} $ inch mark set this year in the Kansas Relays by Nebraska's Don Cooper. Jim Swim and Jim Potts rate the call in the javelin, Swim managing throws up to 185 feet. Greenwood has proved tops in the Jayhawk high-jumping corps but his six foot one or two inch ceiling is hardly convincing since four Big Seven opponents have cleared six foot seven inches this spring. 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