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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1950
GORDON COOPER, University of Denver end, is one of three all-conference stars returning to Coach John Baker's Denver Pioneers, Kansas' Friday night opponent. Cooper was the hottest pass-receiver among the nation's sophomores in 1949 when he set new Mountain States records for his specialty. He grabbed 36 passes for net gains totaling 607 yards—ranking him 12th nationally.
Yankees, Phillies Near Pennants
New York, Sept. 26 — (U.P.)—Boss Casey Stengel says it is "hustle with capital letter" that makes the defending World Champion Yankees click and watching them define the word it was easy to see today why they're about to win their 17th American league pennant in 29 seasons.
The way Stengel figures is that New York has 10 more games to play—six in the remaining days of the regular season and four in the world series because "we play 'em all to win and don't even think about what the other fellow is doing."
They could even clinch a pennant tie today. If they won another doubleheader from Washington and if Detroit dropped a doubleheader to the St. Louis Browns, the Tigers would be mathematically knocked out of the race and the Red Sox, who are idle, could only tie for the flag even if they won their remaining games and the Yankees lost all of theirs.
As the New Yorkers swept their 12th doubleheader of the year Tuesday, 8 to 3 and 7 to 4 from the Washington Senators there was that Stengel hustle all the way. They went $3^3$ games ahead of idle Detroit and with only six more to go they could clinch the pennant by any combination of four victories and Tiger defeats.
But the Yankees bore the battle marks of their old college try. Shortstop Phil Rizzuto, only player on the club who has been in every game this season, suffered a pulled leg muscle and may not play in either game. Billy Johnson nearly tore himself apart sliding smackdab into home plate against tough Washington catcher Al Evans. They were physically weary all through the lineup. Joe Dimaggio, who for the first time in 1950, went past the .300 mark to .304 with five hits in Tuesday's two games sits at his locker for two hours after every game. He's just too tired to move.
Decathlon Star Is New KU Coach
By ART SCHAAF
Kansan Ass't Sports Editor
Kansas' new assistant track coach, Jim McConnell, is a man of action. He is also an opportunist.
The University of Nebraska alumnus, class of '50, was a four year powerhouse on the Cornhusker track team, helping them to the 1949 Big Seven indoor title and to the 1950 outdoor crown. The rangy, 190-pound, six-foot, one inch athlete also proved himself the most versatile trackman in the midwest by scoring two consecutive Kansas Relays decathlon championships, at the 1949 and 1950 Mt. Oread Olympics.
The friendly new Jayhawker mentor jumped at the opportunity of working with head track coach Bill Easton—a coach widely famed in the world of track for his development of superb distance runners. McConnell's job at Memorial stadium will be to build up Jayhawker field strength—a weakness in Kansas track teams that has often enabled track and field opponents in recent years to sneak through the meet-deciding points and nullify the efforts of the distance runners.
"We're very happy to have Jim working with us," Coach Easton says. "He has a valuable background of competition in the field events that should enable him to teach the same skills and know how to meet men—and that will mean important points next spring when we need them the most."
During his high school days at Central City, Neb. McConnell lettered three years in football, was state grand champion in the shot and discus, and topped the class B high and low hurdlers.
When he entered college competition, the Huskers put him into training for the decathlon. His sophomore year marked his first try in the gruelling, ten-event Kansas Relays event. He finished a solid sixth that year with 6,242 points. In 1949, his junior year, he rang up 6,698 counters and walked off with the championship.
Hard pressed to defend his crown
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, recruit 'em. That was the philosophy that brought University of Nebraska decathlon star Jim McConnell to K.U. as assistant track coach. Long a thorn in the side of the Kansas track team, McConnell will now teach young Jayhawkers the skills that won him two consecutive Kansas Relays decathlon championships.
the past year, the 25-year-old athlete became the second man since 1935 to break the 7,000 point mark. His 7,120 score was just enough to nose out Brayton Norton from Santa Ana (Calif.) junior college who
pushed him right up to the very last event, the 1,500 meter run.
At the Big Seven outdoor track and field meet at Lincoln, Neb. the past spring McConnell scored 13 points in the javelin, shot put, discus, and broad jump to give the Huskers a healthy boost toward their first win in the outdoor event in eight years. Those 13 points went a long way toward sinking the championship hopes of the Jayhawkers who had hoped to add the outdoor crown to their 1950 indoor conference victory.
How does McConnell feel about being on the Kansas side of the fence now? "I like K.U. fine, and I hope I can do these field men some good," he says grinning broadly, "but I don't know how I'll feel at the Kansas-Nebraska football game this fall."
Catcher Yogi Berra is bruised all over and Hank Bauer, the brilliant young outfielder, is drawn thin as a thermometer.
McConnell lives at 1201 Rhode Island with his wife Alice, and their six-month-old daughter Lynn Christine. In addition to his coaching duties the Husker star is enrolled in the University for graduate work. He is a physical education major. He plans to make the coaching of track his life work.
Yesterday Allie Reynolds won his 15th game and Rookie Whitey Ford won his ninth straight without a loss. In the opener the Yankee made 15 hits, Reynolds driving in two runs himself with a triple and single to lead the production. Johnny Mize's two-run homer and Dimagio's three-run double highlighted a six-run inning that clinched Ford's triumph in the second contest.
Kansas track fans are hoping that Coach Jim McConnell can turn out Jayhawk track men of the same caliber as athlete Jim McConnell, late of the University of Nebraska.
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In the national league, the Phillies reduced their pennant combination number to "five" by splitting with
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New York, Sept. 26—(U.P.)The first weekly ratings of the United Press board of football coaches (number of first place votes in parentheses):
Points
1. Notre Dame (27) 318
2. Army (5) 293
3. Michigan 201
4. Tennessee (1) 138
5. Texas 137
6. Oklahoma (1) 125
7. Southern Methodist (1) 80
8. Georgia 78
9. Stanford 74
10. California 73
the Braves at Boston, winning 12 to 4 with an 18-hit assault against league ace Warren Spahn and associated colleagues, then losing, 5 to 3. Lefty Ken Heintelman had no trouble winning the opener as Dick Sisler made four hits and Mike Goliat and Eddie Waltkus got three each. Jim Konstanty tied the major league record for relief appearance in the second game when he made his 70th rescue attempt but he lost the game when the Braves put over two runs in the eighth.
The Brooklyn Dodgers booted a fine chance to gain on the Phils when they dropped the night half of a doubleheader to the New York Giants, 4 to 3, after winning the day game, 3 to 2. Preacher Roe won the opener, his 19th, on the strength of Peewee Reese's two-run homer. The Giants took the second with three runs in the eighth inning for Sal Maglie's 17th win.
The Red Sox won 8 to 0 and 3 to 0 decision from the Athletics behind Mel Parnell and Harry Taylor in the only other American league action. Parnell yielded but three hits, while Taylor, former Dodger star making his first Boston start, gave up just two.
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