TUESDAY, APRIL 3.1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Along the JAYHAWKER trail
By ALAN MARSHALL Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The 26th running of the Kansas Relays promises to follow in the established tradition of presenting the best in track talent from all over the nation. Although the entry list is just beginning to take shape, several top performers have already accepted bids to the April 21 classic.
Two of the most famous spiked-shoe competitors in the United States will be on hand for the Glenn Cunningham mile run. Don Gehrmann will appear for the third consecutive year, but for the first time he will not be wearing the Wisconsin colors. His feuding partner is the ex-Indiana ace Fred Wilt, a slender athlete now working with the F.B.I. in New York.
Jack Greenwood of Kansas, winner of both the high and low hurdles in the Big Seven Indoor, stands a good chance of regaining the 120-yard high hurdles title that he won in 1949 and lost the following year.
The Kansas high schools will be busy all the preceding day with their class AA, A, and B meets. The Kansas City, Mo., schools will send their 880-yard relay teams to compete Saturday. Southwest High will be represented by their 1951 state indoor titlists who stand a good chance to break the record of 1:31.6 set in 1946, also by a Southwest entry. Kansas track captain Emil Schutzel ran anchor on that team.
Kansas' mile relay team won the recent Big Seven Indoor title with a 3:24.2 mark and later placed second in the Chicago Daily News Relays behind Drake university. The Jayhawks will be going all out to annex this title which no Kansas team has ever won in the Mt. Oread Olympics.
These two have met exactly ten times, and, although Gehrmann has breasted the tape on eight of the occasions, his opponent is never far behind. The erstwhile Badger owns a half-share of the Relays' record, having run it in 4:10.1 in 1949 to equal the mark set in 1940 by Blaine Rideout of North Texas State college.
Strong relay teams from the Southwest conference will be on hand, notably Texas, Arkansas, Texas A. and M., and Rice. In the 1950 Relays the Rice entries won the quarter-mile and mile relays, setting a new record of 3:15 in th elatter. Texas won the two-mile relay in 7:43.9.
A Record Homerun Production By Kiner May Result In His Leaving The Pirates
Meet Director Bill Easton has transposed a few of the events to allow the versatile runners more rest between races. Thus rival coaches may make the best use of their talent and better times should result.
Aside from the Relays themselves, there are several more attractions during this big weekend. The annual Engineering Exposition opens its doors all day Saturday. On that same morning at 10 o'clock many organized houses will enter floats in the colorful parade down Massachusetts street. Then, of course, the Kansas Relays queen will be crowned during the afternoon events.
New York (U.P.)—A fast getaway could put Ralph Kiner in position to blast Babe Ruth's record of 60 homers this season and, baseball men speculated today, would speed his departure from the Pittsburgh Pirates to either the Braves, Red Sox or Indians.
Kiner's homers are vitally necessary to the pirates this year. With little pennant contention expected from the eBucs, he'll be the man to make the turnstiles spin.
Thus, Rickey and Kiner won't have to talk salary until next spring. And, if Kiner shatters the legendary 60, he'll naturally want to talk astronomical figures. Rickey, in such cases, is a man with tin ears.
But, if he should break the Bambino's greatest record, it would be the final straw in Kiner's business dealings with Branch Rickey. First of all, he is not the young and hungry Rickey-type player. Secondly he was serving out a two-year contract at $65,000 per year when Rickey took over this season.
By then, too, Rickey figures to have the pirates on their way up. So he would be able to placate the sons who, as of the moment, would hold still for a Kiner sale.
Call that Kiner needs to threaten that 60 mark of Ruth's is a fast getaway in the spring. That was shown the two times he bettered 50-hitting 51 in 1947 and 54 in 1949.
Ruth, Compiling his record in 1927, belted four in April. 12 in May, nine each in June, July and August and 17 in September. That's 16 in the first two months, 44 in the last
Kiner, hitting 51 in 1947, got only one in April and two in May. He hit four more than Ruth's record pace over the last four months, with 14, 8, 14 and 12, thus matching Ruth's production the last two months.
four months and 26 in the last two months.
Entry blanks for the spring intramural sports are now available at the intramural office, Robinson 107. Team competition will be held in all sports. Team sports include handball, tennis, badminton, horseshoes, golf, swimming, and softball. All sports except softball, tennis, swimming, and golf will be conducted on the single elimination basis.
So a fast getaway for Kiner would put him in position—for both the record and a train trip.
Entry Blanks Due For Spring Sports
The deadline for softball is Saturday, April 14.
The deadline for all sports except softball is Monday. April 9.
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Trotters Play College Stars In Kansas City On Monday
Basketball's internationally famous quintet, the Harlem Globe-trotters, will be in Kansas City Sunday night for one of their 18 games against the college all-Americans in the transcontinental "world series of basketball." The first of the games was played Sunday night in Madison Square Garden where the Trotters took a 65 to 58 victory over the collegians.
Both teams will present some of the nation's top cage talent in a series that matches old-timers versus newcomers. The Trotters won 11 of the 18 games played last year, including a victory in Kansas City. They will be out to duplicate or surpass that record this year and have added more scoring power to their already potent attack.
The latest addition is big Charley Cooper of Duquesne, an all-American in 1950 and a standout with the Trotters in last year's series with the collegians. He was a Boston mainstay in the National Professional league this year.
Besides the Duquesne great, the master magicians of basketball still have most of their old-time favorites who are responsible for their fantastic record. Goose Tatum leads the pack in their ball-stealing, trick-shooting, crowd-pleasing antics. Marques Haynes is back for another year, along with such notables as P gate Gates, Elmer Robinson, Rookie Brown, Babe Pressley, Sam Wheeler, and Clarence Wilson.
Gon, though, is the fabulous Sweetwater Clifton, the giant center who handles the basketball like a baseball. He withdrew from the Trotters to try his hand with the New York Knickerbockers.
Matched against this frolicking crew are some of the best from the collegiate ranks. Jim Slaughter, the scoring demon from South Carolina with a 22.8 average, and Ed Smith, Harvard captain, will work at the center spot.
All-American Sam Ranzino of North Carolina will open at a forward spot, along with such heralded performers as John Azary, Columbia captain; and Becker, N.Y.U.'s top scorer; and Jack Kiley of Syracuse.
The guards include Kansas State's Ernie Barrett, Don Sunderlage, Illinois captain and the Big Ten's most valuable player; Zeke Sinicola of Niagara, voted the outstanding player in Madison Square Garden this year; Bato Govedarica, De Paul's
KU vs. Colorado In Cage Tourney
Kansas will play Colorado in the opening round of the annual pre-season Big Seven conference basketball tournament in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium, Wednesday. Dec. 26. 1951.
Kansas State, 1950 tournament champions, play Nebraska in the opening game the same evening.
On Dec. 27, Missouri tangles with Iowa State and Oklahoma will play Stanford university, the guest team.
Semi-final games will be played on Friday night with the championship clash scheduled for Saturday night.
The 1950 guest team, the University of Minnesota, lost to Kansas State in the finals, 62 to 70. Kansas finished third by defeating Nebraska, 63 to 47, in the consolation game.
IM Swimming Meet Trials April 13
The intramural swimming meet is scheduled for the second weekend in April. Preliminaries in all events except diving will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Semifinals will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Finals will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 16.
The following events will be held
In Chicago, the night before the Kansas City meeting, Ray Ragelis of Northwestern. Big Ten scoring champ, and Bill Garrett of Indiana, all-big Ten center, will be added.
aptain and scoring leader, and Mel
eyton of Tulane.
The following events will be held.
60-yard breast stroke; 100-yard free style; 100-yard backstroke; 40-yard free style; 60-yard individual medley; 160-yard free style relay; 120-yard medley relay; and diving events.
At Kansas City, Jack Brown or Southern Methodist and Norm Pilgrim of Oklahoma A. and M. will join the collegians.
The all-Americans are coached by three of the nation's outstanding tactical wizards, Ray Meyer of De Paul, Clair Bee of Long Island university, and Everett Case of North Carolina State.
Valley Loop Votes To Use Freshmen
St. Louis, -U (P) -The Missouri Valley, conference athletic teams will use freshmen in all varsity sports beginning with football next September.
Conference commissioner Artie Ellers said the league voted in line with action taken by other major collegiate conferences as a result of the military draft.
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