AGE FOUR
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1951
JACK GREENWOOD, ace Kansas hurdler, is busy preparing for the Big Seven conference meet to be held May 18 and 19 at Columbia, Mo. The Jayhawker standout scored 16 points in a dual meet against Kansas State May 5, winning both hurdle races and taking seconds in the broad and high jumps. Experts consider the lanky timber-topper a definite threat for conference honors, particularly in his specialty, the 120-yard highs.
Willard Nixon's Two-Hitter Gives Big Lift To Red Sox
New York (U.P.)—Just at the time the old folks on the Boston red Sox were being written off once more by the experts, a 22-year-old kid named Willard Nixon came back today, virtually all himself, to give them renewed hopes.
They were saying that the Socks were too old and too slow and at their defensive deficiencies could cost them more games than ear well-known ability to hit the all would ever win for them.
The Red Sox aren't out of the oods yet—not even out of the cond division—and today or toorrow they may relapse into their nigish habits.
Last night, it was Nixon, the tall,
ender thrower from Lindale, Ga,
he forgot about everything else
had both pitched and hit the Red
ox to a brilliant, 2 to 0 triumph
over the Browns.
In the third inning he stepped up and hit his first big league home run over the right field pavilion in St. Louis for the only run he needed to in the two-hit ball game he tched. The Red Sox got another the same frame on an error, an field out and Ted Williams' single, at it was Nixon who did the fixin' ith the big blow. He got some to--right defensive support with three double plays enabling him to face 18 men in the first six innings. The Washington Senators movedck within a game and a half ofe leading Yankees by outsugging
Fireman' Joe Page May Be Dropped
Detroit (U.P.)—"Fireman" Joe Page, culled as the greatest relief pitcher all time only two seasons ago, day faced the prospect of being it loose by the New York Yankees at he helped defeat him if far behind in "Last chance." best
Page hasn't pitched since March when he was stricken with a re shoulder, but he will be given chance within the next nine days proving to Manager Casey Stengt that he's still good enough to with the team.
"I'm putting Page out in the bulln and when the right spot comes all give him his chance to see that he can do." Stengel said.
The 200-pound southpaw nearly hand-eledly hurled the Yanks to the world series in '49 as he won untless games for the regular arters and amassed 13 victories against eight defeats on his own with the best reliefing seen in years.
the Cleveland Indians, 11 to 10 while the Yankees dropped a 10 to 6 decision to Detroit in the only other American league games. In the one National league game, the Dodgers topped the Cardinals at Brooklyn, 4 to 3 in 10 innings.
The Senators collected eight straight singles in a five-run fifth inning, ranging out 17 safe blows in all to win their bat battle with the Indians, Allie Clark hit a two-run homer in the ninth. Larry Doby got two Cleveland homers and Dale Mitchell contributed two triples in the fray.
'Cat Cagers Play Thursday
All-Americans expected to test the freshman-studded varsity crew are Ernie Barrett of the 1950-51 Big Seven and Western N.C.A.A. championship team; Rick Harman of the 1950 loop co-champion and the 1948 club which finished fourth in the N.C.A.A.; and Howard Shannon, leading scorer with the 1947-48 team, who later played professional ball with Providence and Boston.
Manhattan, Kan (U.P.)—Past and future basketball artists of Kansas State will meet here Thursday night in a varsity-alumni game winding up three weeks of spring court drills.
Coach Jack Gardner said he still wasn't sure what he would be able to offer in the way of opposition for the alumni. Participation in spring sports has kept all undergraduate members of this year's team away from court drills. However, Gardner expected to be able to use Bob Rousey and Dan Schuyler from the baseball squad, tennis star Don Upson, and golfer Dick Peck. Track commitments probably will keep Dick Knostman, John Gibson and Bob Garcia out of the contest.
In addition, the new varsity will contend with such luminaries as Jack Stone and Lew Hitch of this year's team; Clarence Brannum and Lloyd Krone, who were graduated in 1950; Dave Weatherby, all-Big Seven in 1947; and Jay Payton, who gained all-loop honors in 1945.
Golf And Tennis Teams Both Win
The University of Kansas tennis team scored its eight straight dual match victory Monday by defeating Washburn 6 to 1 on the varsity courts. It was the Jayawackers second defeat of the Topeka school this year.
The Kansas golf team also was successful, defeating the Ichabods by a lopsided score of 15 to 3.
Satchel Paige To Hurl Again
Kansas City, Mo. (U.P.) - Satchel Paige, who began pitching baseballs sometime after the Spanish American war, is coming back.
Ol' Satch—whose given name is Leroy, accent on the first syllable—returns to the mound May 20 with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American league.
"There ain't no contract." Paige said. "They's just gonna pay me so much for every game I pitches. The way I feel, I'm gonna pitch a lot, too."
The Giants announced at Chicago that Paige has been given several shares of stock in the club. This arrangement leaves Paige free to sign with a major league club if he gets a bid.
And Paige isn't counting such a possibility out.
He appeared more concerned about his weight than his age. He said he weighed 189, about 13 pounds too much. He wouldn't say how old he is.
"Between you and me, I'm only 43," he said. He's been 43 for many years.
Records show he started pitching 27 years ago in Chattanooga. He played for a time at New Orleans under W. B. Welch, who now manages the Chicago Giants. Later, Paige moved to the Kansas City Monarchs.
"Why it's only been two years since I pitched for Cleveland in the world series against those Yankees, Paige said. "Member when I went in there with the bases loaded and only one out? I struck out Joe Di-Maggio and made ol' Tom Henrich pop up."
Major League Standings
American League
W. L. Pct. G.B.
New York 14 5 .573
Washington 12 6 .667 1½
Cleveland 11 6 .647 2
Chicago 10 7 .588 3
Boston 10 9 .526 4
Detroit 7 8 .467 5¼
St. Louis 5 15 .250 9¼
Philadelphia 3 16 .158 11
National League
W. L. Pct. G.B.
St. Louis 10 6 .625
Boston 13 9 .591
Brooklyn 13 9 .550
Pittsburgh 9 8 .529
Philadelphia 10 10 .500
Chicago 8 9 .471
Cincinnati 7 11 .389
New York 8 14 .364
RESULTS MONDAY
American League
New York 6, Detroit 10
Boston 2, St. Louis 0
Washington 11. Cleveland 1
St. Louis 3, Brooklyn 4 (10 in-
ning)
(Only games scheduled National League
nings)
(no other games scheduled).
New York (Reynolds 1-1) at De= troit (Gray 0-2)
(no other games scheduled).
TODAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS
(Won-lost records in parentheses)
American League
Philadelphia (Shantz 0-2) at Chicago (Littlefield 1-0)
Chicago (Schultz 2-1) at Brooklyn (Erskein 1-2)
(only games scheduled)
National League
Cincinnati (Wehmeier 1-1) at Boston, (Sykutk. 3-1)*
St. Louis (Brecheen 2-0) at New York (Janssen 1-3)*
ittsburgh (Queen 1-1) at Philadelphia (Heintzelman 1-2)*
*Night.
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