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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1951
Intramural Volleyball Play-Offs Start Today
Intramural volleyball play-offs begin at 7 o'clock tonight and will continue throughout the week until they wind up on Friday evening. Five leagues are represented in the bracketing, fraternity "A," "B," and "C." and independent "A" and "B."
Play-off berths were earned during the regular season play which ended just before spring vacation. The first and second place teams in each division move into the post-season tournament to decide both division and all-Uiniversity titlists. Trophys will be awarded the winners.
Drawings for first-round games were made Monday afternoon in Robinson gymnasium where each team was represented.
Coach Walter J. Mikols, acting director of intramurals, said that while some leagues will not be decided until Friday, others will end a day earlier, due to the smaller number of teams competing. There are four entries in each of the independent brackets, while fraternity "A" and "B" have six and fraternity "C" has eight.
Last year's all-University "A champs, Phi Delta Theta, will be favored to repeat their conquest. With practically the entire team still intact, the Phi Delts moved through division play without a defeat and very likely will follow suit in the play-offs.
The Fighting Fixers, with a title that is a hangover from the recent basketball scandal, seem to be a
logical choice in the independent "A" struggle, although they will have no easy time. All four teams in this division appear to be of almost equal strength.
Here are the schedules for tonight:
FRATERNITY "A"
(In Robinson Gym)
Phi Delts vs. Bye
9-W: Phi Gams vs. D.U.
8-W: Sigma Chi vs. Kappa Sig,
Beta vs. Bye.
INDEPENDENT "A"
(In Robinson Gym)
8-E: Jayhawk Co-op vs. 1045 Club
9-E: A.I.E.E, vs. Fighting Fixers.
(In Robinson Annex)
Phi P, vs. Bye.
7-E: Ball Chi vs. Delt.
7-W: Delta Chi vs. D.U.
Sig Alph P, vs. Bye.
(INDER ENTER)
(in Robinson Gym)
7-E: Jim Beam vs. Jolliffe.
7-W: Sinister Six vs. Twin Pine.
(In Robinson Annex)
8-E: Delta Chi vs. Phi Psi.
8-W: Sig Alpha vs. Beta.
9-E: Lambda Chi vs. Sigma Chi.
9-W: Phi Gam vs. Phi Delt.
Jackie Robinson Looks For Big Year, Picks Dodgers To Win Pennant Race
Miami, Fla. (U.P.)—Jackie Robinson, the National league's batting champion in 1949 and runner-up for the title last year, predicted today that 1951 "will be my greatest year."
"I can't tell you just why I have that feeling, but I do," the Negro second baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers declared. "I've never felt better and I think I'll be in the best possible shape on opening day." Does he feel he can win the batting championship again?
"Ive never thought about it at all," he answered. "That's only secondary. The important thing is to win the pennant and I believe we are going to do it. Individual accomplishments don't mean anything unless you win along with them. I never worry or think about my own average so long as we win. I'd rather hit .220 and have the team win the pennant than .400 and finish second."
Bradley Meet To Continue
Peoria (U.P.)—Bradley university officials acclaimed the school's first annual national campus basketball tournament as a success today despite the host Braves lost to Syracuse, 76 to 75, in a thrilling championship finals.
"The caliber of the games and the interest shown by the capacity crowds that attended every session made it certain that the tournament will continue and become an annual event" athletic director Arthur J. Bergstrom said.
"All the competing schools seemed highly complimentary and showed intense interest," he added. "It looks as if it will develop into a tournament of real consequence."
Dr. David Blair Owen, Bradley president, said "100 per cent favorable" comment was heard from all sources concerned.
"The only suggestions for improvement have concerned the matter of timing," he said. "The meet probably will be moved to an earlier time next year to eliminate the two or three week layoff in which some teams lost their edge."
Bradley officials said, however,
that in moving up the tourney dates
they would try not to interfere with
the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament,
also held annually in March.
He belittled reports that he wasn't in shape.
"I weigh 205 right now and hope to take off two or three more pounds before the season opens," he said.
"But that will depend upon the weather. I need it hot to take off weight and I can't do it playing night ball like we are now unless it warms up. But even if I'm at 204 on opening day I'll be satisfied for I've never felt better and barring injury I should be in great shape."
He said he did not know whether Chuck Dressen, the new manager of the Dodgers, would give him free rein on the base paths, but added that "I'll be ready to run more this year."
85 Men Report For Wildcat Spring Drills
"If they need my running on the bases, I'll be ready," he said coincidently. "But it's like the batting championship. I'm not interested in stealing a base just for my record, only if it will help the club."
New Orleans (U.P.)—Kentucky, the National Collegiate champion, and Brigham Young. National Invitation tournament leader, will headline the annual Sugar Bowl basketball tournament in New Orleans on Dec. 29-30.
He refused to predict whether he will better the .342 he hit in 1949 to win the batting title.
Charles C. Zatarain, president of the mid-winter sports association, announced the program today. Villanova and St. Louis will complete the quartet of teams for the Sugar Bowl tournament.
Cage Champs In Sugar Bowl Meet
Zatarain said Kentucky will return with its entire championship team intact, meaning such stars as Bill Spivey, Frank Ramsay, Cliff Hagan, "Skipper" Whitaker and Bobby Watson.
Brigham Young, the N.I.T. champions and leaders of the skyline conference, bowed before Kansas State in the western N.C.A.A. playoffs.
Kansas State's Wildcats opened spring football drills Monday with 85 hopefuls reporting for opening workouts. From these men, along with a few possible additions, Head Coach Bill Meek will attempt to rectify the hapless Kansas State grid fortunes.
Villanova had a record of 25-5 in 1850-51, including two victories over North Carolina State, the southern conference champions.
Meek, beginning his first season at Manhattan, is an exponent of the "sliding T" formation, having spent several years as Jim Tatum's assistant at Maryland. Thus he will match wits with Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma and Don Faurot, the originator of the "split T", of Missouri.
Although the 'Cats will devote the first two weeks to conditioning and fundamentals, Meek plans to send his charges into their first scrimmage Saturday.
"We're for a rough work program mapped out. Six weeks isn't much time in which to learn a new system, so we'll be hard at it," Meek said.
Although 19 lettermen are returning, they will have to hustle to earn a starting position, he added. "Starting from scratch the way we are, we'll have fullbacks playing tackle, ends at center, and guards running halfback before we finish in May." Meek predicted.
Most heartening factor in the Wildcat outlook is the return of hefty Elmer Creviston, powerhouse fullback, who injured his knee last year in the Memphis State contest. Creviston has dropped out of school to give his knee time to recover from an operation, but he is expected to return to classes this summer and should be in fine shape next September.
Meek's biggest problem is in the line, defensively lacking last year, and weakened even more by graduation. He, together with assistants John Cudmore, Jim LaRue, Jake Rowden and Royal Price, will be working hard to plug the gaps.
Standout veterans from last year's eleven include center Harold Robinson, and halfbacks Hi Faubion and Ted Maupin. Around these three Meek will build his version of the 1951 Kansas State football team.
Stirnweiss To Cleveland
The Indians acquired the stocky double play artist last night in a deal which sent infielder Fred Marsh and a reported $25,000 to the St. Louis Brown's. The tribe also acquired Merrill Combs, stylist but weak-hitting former Boston Red Sox and Washington Senator infielder.
Tucson, Ariz. (U.P.)—The Cleveland Indians moved today to strengthen their question-mark infield with the acquisition of World Series hardened George Stirnweiss, who played on three New York Yankee American league championship teams.
Cleveland manager Al López said Stirnweiss would be his "No. 1 infield insurance." He explained Stirnweiss would step in as a regular at second base should Roberto Avila, the Indians' sophomore second-baseman, be a disappointment.Avila hit .299 in 80 games last season after winning the regular job from the fading Joe Gordon, but faltered under the pressure of the late pennant drive.
Stirnweiss went to the Browns last June 15 with Duane Pillette, Don Johnson and Jim Delsing in exchange for Joe Ostrowski and Tom Ferrick, plus about $50,000.
Stinneiss, now 32 years old after eight big league seasons, led the A.L. with a .309 average in 1945 but he admits "them days are gone forever."
He has never hit more than 261 in any post-war campaign and last season hit only 216 in 100 games with the Yankees and Browns.
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