FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Big Seven Athletes Will Fight For Honors At Kansas Relays
Big Seven athletics will be in the thick of battles for every individual championship and university division relay title on the docket at Saturday's silver aniversary Kansas Relays. A year ago conference members won five of the ten individual events and shared a triumph in another. They coped four of the seven university relays.
This year they probably won't win many more—competition from the outside is stiffer but they are quite likely to set better marks.
As far as Relays records go, the Big Seven isn't so well off. It owns only three individual marks, and two of those are at metric distances, run only in Olympic years. No relay record belongs to the conference. It would doubtless like some.
Host Kansas will send good four-mile and two-mile relay teams into action. Members of the squad are Cliff Abel, Pat Bowers, Captain Bob Karnes, and Herb Semper. They are admittedly after a new American record in the four-mile event. At the Texas Relays they came within 4.8 seconds of the present national standard.
The Jayhawkers also have a top individual candidate in Jack Greenwood, defending champion in the 120-yard hard hurdles.
The Jayhawkers' friend and neighbor, Kansas State from Manhattan, fields a squad not like Kansas'. Kansas State concentrates on performers in field events. And it will have a first-class man in every field match but the pole vault.
Leading the Wildcat delegation will be Herb Hoskins, defending champ in the broad jump, and Virgil Severn, surprising high jumper. Each could win his specialty without pulling an upset. One of the Big Seven's steadiest performers—
ROLLIN PRATHER KANSAS STATE
But the Wildcats aren't blanked on the track. They have ace Earl Eliott who'll give Greenwood and others a hard time in the high hurdles.
weight man Rollin Prather—is also with the K-State squad.
Oklahoma has an individual cochampion in Bill Carroll, pole vaulter. He could easily win the skyclimbing event. The Sooners also have a relay title to defend, the sprint medley. However, they are
That O.U. squad set a new record at the Texas Relays by running 3:15.6. Still the Sooners got no better than second, Rice to be on hand Saturday, swished in 3:14.5. Sparkling sophomores Charles Coleman and Jerry Meader lead the Sooner quartet.
unlikely to do best with their one-mile foursome.
Missouri is always strong in the dashes events and specializes in that field again this season. With Randy Vanet and Captain Bob Schuster recovered from injuries which wrecked them indoors, the Tigers can present potent strength in the 440, 880, and mile relays, Coach Tom Botts' squad has won the 880 here in the past five meets. With sprinting sophomores Byron Clark and Harold Carter to team with Vanet and Schuster, Botts may be in again.
Nebraska offers defending decathlon king Jim McConnell, hurdler Bob Berkshire, and vaulet Don Cooper as its top individual entries. And the Cornhuskers could produce a top sprint medley team with Harry Meginnis, Harold Kopf, Loyal Hurlbert, and Lee Moore available.
Colorado has defending champ Jim Allen in the shot put for an individual star, but is now minus top dashman Don Campbell. Campbell graduated the past quarter after a disappointing indoor season.
Iowa State is probably the weakest entry, having deteriorated from its great wartime strength. Coach George Bretnall—who's always had a team in the Mt. Oread Olympics will have entries in the two-mile relay and shorter relays. In addition he'll be represented in the hurdles.
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OKLAHOMA'S mile relay team, 1950 Big Seven champions. Left to right: Jerry Meader, Kenneth Biggins, Carroll Swickey, and Charles Coleman.
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