THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
KUTwo Milers Seek Fourth Title
Runners from every school in the Big Seven except Nebraska will converge on Memorial stadium at 10:30 Saturday morning for the annual conference twomile meet. Strong teams from Missouri and Oklahoma are expected to give Coach Bill Easton's defending-champion Jayhawkers a tough tussle for the conference crown.
Every squad in the conference will be out to break the Jayhawkers' domination of the meet. The Kansas runners have copped the crown the past three years and have been established as a favorite again this year. However Missouri and Oklahoma afford strong challenges as their men are well bunched and may push KU's fourth and fifth men out of the picture.
The Kansas distance men haven't been headed in a dual meet this year and captain Herb Semper has won every one of his starts and should take the conference crown with ease. The fiery red head has clipped off a 9:25.6 two mile and hasn't been pushed too hard as yet.
Nebraska will not enter the meet. The Cornhuskers were forced to cancel their schedule due to lack of interest. One runner wanted to spend his weekends duck hunting and several others wanted to spend theirs watching football games.
Semper undoubtedly is the top man in the conference. He has been posting times under 9:30 all season and the only other man even to approach that is teammate Cliff Abel who turned the course in 9:33 against Oklahoma. Top man out of Easton's stables appears to be Bob Fox of Missouri who has posted a 9:36.5 time and placed second behind Semper in a triangular meet at Columbia last week.
Other runners who are given a chance to upset Herb are Bruce "Bulldog" Drummond of Oklahoma and Don Thurlow of K-State. An oldtimer, McGaire of Missouri, is also plenty dangerous; has on one hand a wrist brace and trainees 2:20 so far this year, but can be remembered for doing it in 9:17 last year.
K. U. success or failure can well depend on the performances of its third, fourth, and fifth place runners. These men, Keith Palmquist, Bill Farney, and Dave Breidenthal, did
Frosh Two Milers Heavy Favorites
The Kansas freshman two mile team finishes its season Saturday with the telegraphic conference meet. The fledgling Jayhawkers have labeled themselves as perhaps the best freshman squad in the country by soundly trouncing all opposition both in and out of the conference.
Saturday's meet should be a breeze for Easton's crew. They have topped every team in the conference by perfect scores of 10 to 30. Outside of the loop they have beat Indiana 11 to 27, Drake 10 to 30, and Michigan 10 to 30. They also downed the Kansas varsity squad, which had been defeated all year, 14 to 24.
Led by speedster Wes Santee who has turned in a time of 9:33.5 in his first year of college competition, the frosh haven't been pushed. He has won every meet easily except for the one with the Varsity when All-American Herb Semper finished ahead of him.
The other four KU runners, Lloyd Koby, Norm Bitner, Art Dallzell, and Dick Wilson, can more than hold their own in Big Seven varsity competition. On only one occasion, excepting the meet with the varsity, have the junior Jayhawkers failed to finish in 1-2-3-4-5 order.
Oklahoma probably has the best chance to place second behind Kansas although it is hard to say as no team has been able to show what they have when comparing times with Easton's flashes. This year's crop is probably the best in the school's history and with Herb Semper and crew running next year, with the exception of Abel and Breidenthal, the future looks extremely bright as far as Kansas and distance runners are concerned.
SPORTING A VICTORY string of fifteen consecutive dual meets and three conference championships the University of Kansas two mile team will be out to cop their fourth loop crown Saturday when they meet teams from Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas State, Iowa State, and Missouri on the Memorial stadium track. From left to right the Jayhawkers runners are: Dave Breidenthal, Cliff Abel, Captain Herb Semper, Bill Farney, Keith Palmquist, and Dave Fisher.
a great job in the meet at Columbia between Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado, and if they run their best the Jayhawkers should turn the trick and become the second team in the history of the conference to win the meet four years straight. Kansas State accomplished this feat in 1936, 37, 38, 39.
Outstanding time in the history of the conference meet was a 9:17.5 clocking turned in by Missouri runner John Munski in 1938. Munski won the meet three consecutive years, a feal equaled only by Bobby Ginn of Nebraska and Bob Karnes of Kansas.
Lowest team score ever posted in the meet was one of 19 by Coach Easton's Jayhawkers year before last. Last year the Kansans took the meet with a low score of 22.
The race is run entirely on the track and is two miles long. It starts in the chute on the east side of the
track and finishes on the southwest end of the west straightaway.
Football Seating Discussed By AWS
Suggested football seating arrangements advanced Tuesday by the house of the Associated Women Students ranged from rotation of seats so the best would be shared in turn, to preference for upper-classmen and students in organized houses.
Representatives were asked to see if their houses would be willing to forego Christmas exchange parties and contribute the money to the A.W.S. Memorial Scholarship fund.
The first territorial capitol of Kansas at Ft. Riley was restored by the Union Pacific railroad as a historic marker.
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