THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE FIVE
Missouri Favored To Cop Big Seven Indoor Track Title Saturday
Kansas City, Mo.—Missouri's undefeated track squad is favored to cop the championship at the twenty-third running of the Big Seven Indoor track championships here Friday and Saturday evenings. But M.U. Coach Tom Botts isn't one to agree with title outcome. The veteran Tiger mentor puts the finger on Oklahoma to take its second championship in the meet's history. Botts figures the Sooners for first only in the 440-yard run, mile relay, and shot put, but figures O.U.'s overall squad depth will make the difference.
Here's the way the Tiger coach' rates the seven clubs: 1. Oklahoma; 2. Missouri - Kansas - Nebraska: 5. Kansas State; 6. Colorado; and 7. Iowa State.
Although Botts is no different than most coaches in not wanting his charges to be worried about their favorite's role, the team that beats his club should win the championship. The Tigers blasted Nebraska, 1950 indoor winner, 71 to 33 in a dual at Columbia. They also have walloped Iowa State 87 to 17 and Kansas 75 to 29.
Missouri has eight returning point winners from last year's fourth place team as well as some mighty potent sophomore runners. Defending champions are Byron Clark in the 60-year dash and Bob Gorden, high jumper. Clark, however, may miss the indoor carnival because of a pulled leg muscle suffered against Kansas last Friday.
Captain Bill McGuire has the best time in the mile this season (4:17.3) and probably will break the record of 4:17.2 he holds jointly with Bob Karnes of Kansas who has been graduated. Sophomore Mel Stening-
er who has been running right behind McGuire this season probably will place.
Although Clark probably won't be able to defend his dawn crown, Botts will have a definite contender in Harold Carter, second in the indoor last year, who won the event against KU. In :65.1 when Clark pulled up lame. Carter's 6.9 low hurdle time only is one tenth of a second off Bud Gartiser's 6.8 record. With Kansas' Jack Greenwood also bothered by a bad leg, Carter could take the low stick title.
The Tigers are especially strong in the high hurdles where sophomores Bill Fessler, Pete Renner, and Frank Bardot are all dangerous. Bardot's .075 against K.U. is the trio's best, but Renner and Fessler have been clocked at .076 and .077 respectively.
Bob Fox already has gone under the Big Seven two-mile indoor record of 9:26.4 with a 9:25.3 time, but so has Herb Semper of Kansas with a sizzling 9:15.8. Should McGuire elect to try the two-mile, he also will be a dangerous adversary.
Another sophomore, Pete Gallup is undefeated in 880 dual competition, but will get real competition from Hobe Jones of Nebraska and Oklahoma's Don Crabtail. Gallup's best mark to date is 1:57.4 against Nebraska.
Gorden is going to be hard pressed to repeat in the high jump, although K-State's Virgil Severns, who shared first with him last year, is in South America competing in the Pan-American games. Nebraska's Dick Meissner already has equalled the indoor high of '65 3-8" while the best the Tiger jumper has done is 6'4 3-8." Mitchell Launius also could be some help in this event.
in the broad jump, Laddie Stovall went out 231" against Kansas and should place high although Herb Hoskins of K-State should fend off claimants for his title.
HOBE JONES Nebraska Half-miler
Missouri will pin its main hopes on Phil Brusca in the shot put. He has tied with Jim Robertson of Iowa State for this season's second best heave of 482".
HERB HOSKINS K-State Broad Jumper
Hal Newhouser Discloses He Almost Quit Baseball For Private Industry
Lakeland, Fla. (U.P.)—Hal Newhouser, ace lefthander of the Detroit Tigers, disclosed today that he almost quit baseball two weeks ago to accept a position in private industry.
Coach Botts doesn't have a pole vaulter who can consistently better 12 feet, but he isn't getting any sympathy cards from other coaches around the loop. They would like to have enough lettermen to match Botts' 14 or some sophomores to go along with Gallup or Renner.
"Only the fact that the Tigers, from owner Walter Briggs on down have treated me so well and that I figured I had at least another good year in my system persuaded me to turn down the job," the suntanned, good looking southpaw said.
While he is making more than that now pitching for the Tigers, he realizes he "is coming to the end of the road and I have to think about the future.
It was a $30,000 a year contract as a special sales representative for a Detroit industrial firm.
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