UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1950
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10,000 Witness Relays Records Mass Produced
Records were mass produced at the silver anniversary running of the Kansas Relays Saturday as a field of approximately 900 sun-drenched athletes cavorted in Memorial stadium.
The crowd, estimated at over 10.- 000, witnessed 15 defending champions fail to retain their titles, eight 1949 winners repeat, and seven notable upsets.
Records tumbled in the following events; college two-mile relay, college half-mile relay, college and university sprint medley relays, university quarter-mile relay, university distance medley relay, college and university mile relays, and pole vault. The equalled record was in the invitation college sprint medley relay.
Champions of a year ago who couldn't do it again although they tried included five individual competitors. They were jerry Biffle, Denver, 100-yard-dash; Jack Greenwood, Kansas, 120-yard high hurdles; Jim Allen, Colorado, shot put; Herb Boskins, Kansas State, broad jump, and Bob Walters, Texas, high jump.
The seven kings of 1948 who did come through again included three individuals—Bill Carroll of Oklahoma, pole vault; Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin, Glenn Cunningham mile; and Jim McConnell, Nebraska, deathlon.
Two individual events say upsets recorded. Roy Grieve of Bradley and Greenwood had been favored in the hurdles after they finished one-two at the Texas Relays. But both were eliminated in the semi-finals. Virgil Severn of Kansas State was bested by Vern McGrew of Rice in the high jump, although the Wildcat had been tagged best of the field before the meet.
Kansas got one of the new records, the four-mile relay, with its team of Cliff Abel, Pat Bowers, Captain Bob Karnes, and Herb Semper. They ran 17:34.3 against the record of 17:37.8. Some fans expressed disappointment because the team hadn't exceeded the American mark of 17:16.1 as they hoped to do after they had run 17:20.8 at the Texas Relays.
But they weren't the folks who knew just how much the wind slowed down the Jayhawkers. Nor did they realize how the breeze plays havoc with a runner's sense of pace, especially in distance running.
Biggest upset of the day was probably in the university sprint medley relay where Oklahoma upset Oklahoma A. and M. The Aggies had been advertised as on the verge of breaking the world record of 3:28 in the half-mile coach John Jacobs, came up with a dynamic burst in the half-mile anchor leg against Cowboy Harold Tarrant to win going away. The world mark stood pat by 3.1 seconds, but the RELays record fell.
Another surprise was in the college mile relay when favored Oklahoma Baptist had trouble passing the baton on the third leg and lost out to both Abilene Christian and Los Angeles City College. All three teams were under the old Relays' record.
Also of upset proportions was the anchor leg of the university distance medley. Don McEwen, Michigan's sensational sophomore, took his baton for the mile lap ten yards ahead of the great Gebhmann, rated as the race winner. By the conclusion of the race, Gebhmann was 40 yards back.
Two outstanding performers failed to appear. Michigan's Charles Fonville, who set a world record in the shot put at the Relays in 1948, didn't come because of a back injury. Minnesota's Byril Thompson, defending the discus throw, couldn't make it because of pressing schoolwork.
Honored guests were many. Besides hundreds of Boy Scouts, the guest list included 9 former Relays referees and five of K.U.'s seven men who have worn the colors of the U.S.A. in Olympic competition.
KU vs. Missouri Today, Tuesday
Kansas will play Missouri at 3 p.m. today in the Big Seven home opener with big Carl Sandefur or Guy Mabry slated to hurl for the Jayhawkers. The Tigers' pitching assignment will probably go to lefty Bob Smith or to Roger Englert, righthander.
In Big Seven play, Missouri has won two and lost two while Kansas lost its only start to Colorado, 4 to 3. The Tigers defeated Iowa State 5 to 1 and 5 to 4 over the weekend at Columbia with Smith winning the former game on Friday.
The final of the two-game series will be played Tuesday starting at 3 p.m. This will be the last home game for Coach Bill Hogan's club until they meet Iowa State here May 8 and 9.
McConnell Again Wins Decathlon
With a whirlwind finish Saturday, Cornhusker Jim McConnell came from behind to successfully defend his Kansas Relays decathlon title. Runner-up was 19-year old Brayton Norton of Santa Ana, Calif., Junior college.
Norton led the Nebraskan by 56 points Friday night at the half-way mark of the 10-event competition. But McConnell took the lead with the first Saturday event, the 110-meter high hurdles, and stayed in front.
The Cornhusker's winning total was 7,120 points. Norton finished with 7,083. Thus they became the first two Relays decathlon participants to break the 7,000 mark since Olympic champion and world-record holder Glenn Morris set the record of 7,576 in 1936.
McConnell accomplished his victory by scoring at least 700 points in all but two of the 10 events. He dropped to 648 in the javelin throw and 325 in the 1,500-meter run Norton dropped into the 600-point bracket twice and as many times into the 500-point division.
McConnell's best performance was in the shot put where he garnered 860 points by putting 47 feet 3-14 inches. Norton did best in the 100-meter run where he got 814 points by running 11.1.
Kansas' Delwin Norris finished fifth in the field of eight. Norris had 6,271 points. He did best in the high jump when he scored 818 points with a leap of 6 feet 2 inches.
Other competitors and their places were Mickey Dunn, Wyoming, 6,518 third; Herb Falkenburg, Trinity, 6,445 fourth| Paul Berry, Tulsa, 5,797 sixth; John Wilkenson, Drake, 5,601 seventh, and Willis Klein-sasser, Tabor, 5,140, eight.
Three Records Fall Before Schoolboys
Three records fell as the experts picked class winners right on the nose at the 46th annual Kansas Interscholastic track and field meet in Memorial stadium April 21.
The 1849 runner-ups—Wichita East, Kingman, and Coldwater—had been picked to win the meet and they did just that.
Speedster Dick McGilln of Immaculata at Leavenworth got the first new record of the day with a blazing 9.8 Class B 100-yard dash. McGilln also turned in a 22.0 220-yd dash, and anchored his team's winning half-mile relay team.
The third record went to Don Feller of ELDorado who went 20.3 in the Class AA 180-yard low hurdles. But Feller wasn't winner of the race in the finals, taking second to Howard Swearer, Wichita East.
Frank Cindrich of Wyandotte,
winner of three events, got another
class AA 440-yard field. Cindrick also won
220- and 100-dash dashes.
Second places went to Wyndotte in Class AA, Fredonia in Class A, Lawrence in Class B. Lawrence won third and Haskell fourth in Class AA.
Perfect weather permitted the approximately 1,700 performers to set good marks in all events.
IM Swim Meet Preliminaries In Gym Tonight
The three-day intramural swimming meet will get under way tonight in the Robinson gym pool with one of the fastest fields in recent years. Preliminaries in the individual events are on tap for tonight, beginning at 7:00.
The individual events to be run-off are 50-yard breast stroke, 50-yard free style, 50-yard medley, 100-yard free style, and 100-yard back stroke. On Tuesday, the semi-finals will be held in the individual events and the qualifying round will be run-off in the relays. Finals in individual events, relays, and diving will be held Wednesday.
Dee Roy, Phi Kappa Psi, who splashed his way to wins in the 50-yard medley and the 50-yard breast stroke in 1949, is returning to defend his crowns. However he will be hard pressed to repeat. Bill Stratton, Sigma Chi, and Gordon Stucker, Phi Gamma Delta, will offer tough competition to Roy in the medley. Both out-swam him in the semi-finals the past year, Stratton setting a new record in the process. Stucker is defending champ in the 50-yard free style.
Three of the six individual champions of 1949 are entered in the meet. This, plus the fact that a host of point winners in 1949 are returning and some fast newcomers are on the scene, all adds up to a strong meet.
The breast stroke is probably the most "loaded" event this year. Among the entrants are John Eulich, Phi Gam, runnerup to Roy in 1948; Rey Irwin Phi Delta Theta, fourth a year ago; and Hall Smith, Robin McGeorge, and Jim Olander, all respected newcomers.
Jack Faerber, Phi Psi, and Smith will be strong in the 100-yard free style. Carl Privatera, Oread hall, looks to be the best in the back stroke.
IM Swim Records
50 Yard Free Style—Sherman,
Delta Chi, 1941, :25.3.
50 Yard Breast Stroke—Jervis
50 Yard Breast Stroke—Jervis,
Beta Theta Pi. 1946. -29.6.
50 Yard Medley—Stratton, Sigma Chi, 1949, *30.0*.
100 Yard Free Style—Sherman,
Delta Chi, 1941, 57.6.
100 Yard Back Stroke—Mckay,
Phi Delta Theta. 1947, 1:05.2. 1
150 Yard Medley Relay — Phi Delta Theta, 1947, 1:30.6.
Four-lap Relay—Beta Theta Pi,
1947, 1:07.0.
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Both teams journey to Topeka Wednesday for matches with Washburn. The Washburn tennis team is undefeated this season. One of its wins was over Nebraska, 6 to 1. The Ichabod golfers lost to the Cornhuskers the past week.
Dave Dennis, the K.U. No. 2 man,
showed the way to the Jayhawk golf
win Saturday with a 70. Joe Giford,
who played the No.1 spot for the
team, and the team that won the
team medal play score was 286 for Kansas
and 300 for Nebraska.
It was victory number one of the current season for both teams. The golfers were playing their first match in the second round and was bringing its record up to an even status, having previously been shut out by Oklahoma.
Scoring was by match play with three points for an individual victory, and one and a half points to each player for a tie.
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The inexperienced Nebraskans were no match for the Jayhawker tennis team. K.U. won all its singles in straight sets, and were pushed to the three-set limit in only, the number two doubles.
Kansas Golf, Tennis Teams Win Easily Over Huskers
Hervey Macferran, Kansas' No. 1 man, downed Jamie Currin, the Huskers' only letterman, 6-2, 6-3. Maecferran teamed with Bob Swartzell to beat Frank Redman and Andy Buten in the No. 1 doubles. Results of the golf match is as fol-
Jayhawker golf and tennis teams swept easily past the Nebraska Cornhuskers in dual matches played here April 22. Coach Dick Richards' tennis team blanked the Huskers, 7 to 0, in a morning match, and then Bill Winey's linkmen took over in the afternoon to complete the rout with a $13 \frac{1}{2}$ to $4 \frac{1}{2}$ victory.
Results of the golf match is as follows:
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Dick Ashley (K) tied Gifford (N)
Dennis (K) defeated Dick Spangler (N)
Gifford-Spangler (N) defeated
Asbley-Dennis (K)
Bob Dare (K) defeated Doug Dale (N)
Gene Rourke (K) defeated Steve Flansburg (N)
Dare-Rourke (K) defeated Dale-
Fleming (N)
Results of the tennis match, all won by K.U. players, are as follows:
Singles
Macferran defeated Currin, 6-2,
6-3
Swartzell defeated Redman, 6-1,
6-0
Charles Crawford defeated Bunten, 6-4, 6-3.
Jack Ranson defeated Bob Radin,
6-0, 6-4.
Jim Thompson defeated Jerry Magee. 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles
Macferran-Swartzell defeated Redman-Bunten, 6-1, 7-5
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