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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1950
Bradley Protests Being Cut From N.C.A.A. Tourney
New York, March 2-(U.P.)-Bradley University athletic officials charged today that the district five selection committee was "overstepping its power" when it barred the Bradley basketball team from the National Collegiate Athletic association tournament.
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Art Bergstrom, Bradley's athletic director, told the United Press by telephone today that he believed the committee "had no right" to rule that Bradley forfeited its claim to an N.C.A.A. bid by previously accepting a National Invitation tourney bid.
Bradley with 25 victories to only three defeats, accepted an N.I.T. bid on Monday. However, as the leader of the Missouri Valley conference, it also was considered in the running for the district five berth in the N.C.A.A.
"We have not made an official protest," said Bergstrom, "But we are inquiring of various officials to find out just why our team was passed over."
Ordinarily that berth is decided in a playoff between the Missouri Valley champion and the Big Seven
champion. But the district five selection committee, headed by Bruce Drake of Oklahoma, ruled on Tuesday that Bradley could not be considered for the N.C.A.A. because it already had entered the N.I.T.
"We at Bradley know of no N.C.A.A. rule of precedent which would call for us to be barred from the N.C.A.A. on that grounds," said Bergstrom. "In fact, we understand that several teams have played in both tournaments in other years.
"We thought the duty of the selection committee was merely to determine the best team in its territory to represent that district, not to lay down rules for eligibility," said Bergstrom.
Six Big 7 Record Holders To Perform In Conference Indoor Meet Friday
Friday night will mark the opening of the annual Big Seven indoor track and field meet in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium.
Preliminaries, where many contend Nebraska won the meet p,
begin at 7 p.m. Friday, finals at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Eight individual champions and six record holders will return to the scene of their 1949 triumphs. Few of them rate as sure bets to repeat.
Record holders who won in 1949 and will return are Don Campbell, Colorado, 60-yard dash; Pat Bowers, Kansas, 880-yard run; Bill McGuire, Missouri, mile run; Bob Karnes, Kansas, 2-mile run; Leonard Kehl, Nebraska, pole vault, and Rollin Prather, Kansas State, shot put.
Winners a year ago, but not record holders, are Bob Berkshire, Nebraska high hurdler, and Merwin McConnell, Oklahoma broad jumper.
Missouri, as a year ago, rates the role of favorite, despite the fact that defending champion Nebraska has lost little strength. The Tigers defeated the Cornhuskers by 20 points two weeks ago. But there are experts who will remind you the Missourians did the same thing in 1949, only to see the Huskers cop the league meet.
Records in all departments are good, but few are secure. Three have already been topped in pre-meet performances. K.U.'s Pat Bowers has bettered the 880-yard run standard, Virgil Severn of Kansas State has done better than the present high jump mark, and Oklahoma Bill Carroll has exceeded the pole vault record.
Here are the records and the top winning performances in this season's meets;
60-yard dash—Record, 6.2 by Don Campbell, Colorado, 1949. Top marks —6.3 by Byron Clark, Missouri; 6.4 by Harry Meginnis and Don Cooper, Nebraska, and Herb Hoskins, K-State
60-yard high hurdles—Record, 7.4 by Gartiser, Missouri, 1948. Top marks—7.6 by Alph Bardot, Missouri; 7.7 by Mac Verner, Iowa State, and Bob Berkshire and Magasemen, Nebraska.
60-yard low hurdles—Record, 6.8 by Bud Gartiser, Missouri, 1948. Top marks—6.9 by Harold Carter, Missouri, 7.1 by Ray Magsamen and Wendell Cole, Nebraska.
440-yard dash-Record, 49.3 by Bill Lyda, Oklahoma, 1942. Top marks—50.9 by Harold Kopf, Nebraska, and Jerry Meader, Oklahoma; 51 by Loyal Hurlbert, Nebraska; 51.1 by Elmer Klein, Missouri.
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Mile run—Record, 417.2 by Bill McGuire, Missouri, 1949. Top marks—4:21.9 by Bob Karnes, Kansas; 4:26.7 by Lee Moore, Nebraska; 4:27 by McGuire, Missouri.
880-yard run—Record, 1.55.8 by Pat Bowers, Kansas, 1949. Top marks —1.55.2 by Bowers, Kansas; 1:59 by Jean Madden, Missouri.
2-mile run—Record. 9:29.2 by Bob Karnes, Kansas. Top marks—9:38.2 by McGuire, Missouri; 9:38.3 by Herb Semper, Kansas; 9:39.6 by Cliff Abel, Kansas.
Mile relay—Record, 3:22.1 by Missouri, 1949. Top marks—3:26.8 by Nebraska; 3:27.4 by Missouri.
Shot put—Record, 52 feet $4\%$ inches by Rollin Pratter, Kansas State, 1948. 70 marks - 51 feet $3\frac{1}{2}$ inches by Prather, Kansas State; 49 feet 11 inches by Jim Allen, Colorado.
Hogan Calls Special Baseball Meeting
A special meeting of all varsity baseball candidates has been called by Bill Hogan, varsity baseball coach. The meeting will be in 202 Robinson gym at 4 p.m. Friday. March 3.
Broad jump—Record, 24 feet $ \frac{1}{4} $ inch by Norm Pedersen, Iowa State, 1946. Top marks - 23 feet $ \frac{7}{4} $ inches by Hoskins, Kansas State; 23 feet by Merwin McConnell, Oklahoma. High jump—Record, 6 feet $ \frac{5}{4} $ inches by Tom Scofield, Kansas, 1948. Top marks - 6 feet $ \frac{5}{4} $ inches by Virgil Severn, Kansas State; 6 feet 5 inches by Bob Gorden, Missouri.
Pole vault—Record, 13 feet 11 inches by Leonard Kehl, Nebraska, 1949. Top marks—14 feet $ \frac{3}{4} $ inch by Bill Carroll, Oklahoma; 13 feet 7 inches by Don Cooper, Nebraska.
Following the meeting, three instructional baseball movies will be co-directed by Bogan said. They will be on hitting, pitching, and the 1949 World Series.
These movies were filmed by the New York Yankees and are shown through the courtesy of Parke Carroll, general manager of the Kansas City Blues.
There'll Be 16 New Ty Cobb's By Nightfall
New York, March 2—(U.P.)—The 16 major league teams settle down today to serious spring training, which means that by nightfall there will be at least 16 new Walter Johnsons, Ty Cobbs, Joe Dimaggios, and Bill Dickevs.
This is what is known as turnstile oil.
The frost-bitten fans at home need a shot in the arm to tantalize them with the fact that their heroes might be able to finish better than a fast-fading ninth in an eight-team league.
The rookie angle is always sure pop. So the drum beaters start grinding out their paeans of praise over some americid lad who needs a seeing eye dog after all those night games in the bushes and hopes, at best, to become a reserve at Newark or Kansas City. The next thing you know he is characterized as an outsized Texan with more courage than an armless lion tamer.
There's usually a flaw in these spring daffodils.
If he's an outfielder he can't miss being faster than the 20th Century limited back in the days when they had coal. The rookie infield "find" always has the greatest hands since Paderewski and if he's a pitcher he "finally has controlled the wildness which kept him from greatness."
The outfielder can run like a thief but he can't stop—this side of Rochester. The infielder with the marvelous mitts might as well be Venus de Milo because he couldn't dance floor. And the pitchers nine times out of seven can't find the plate with radar.
This phase of greasing "gus fan" for opening day usually lasts until fellows like 42-year-old Luke Appling and 39-year-old A Benton have the kinks kicked out of their aching calves. They have had their cup of coffee, as these spring visits are known in the trade, and are back riding the buses.
Kansas indoor track forces lost all three of their dual starts this winter, but don't be surprised if the Jayhawkers bid stoutly for second place in the Big Seven's 22nd Indoor meet Friday and Saturday in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium.
KU Has High Hopes For 2nd In Conference Indoor Meet
Bill Easton will fit every one of his distant steeds with a double sadale as the Kansans level against Nebraska and Oklahoma in what promises to be a triangular scrap for runner-up honors.
There are no illusions about overhauling Missouri. Despite the fact that the Tigers will go to the post minus three or four highly capable hands, they are expected to recapture the crown which Nebraska lifted last year in a major surprise. Missouri coach Tom Botts' entourage will flood every event, with the possible exception of the 880, with solid strength and should collect at least 48 points.
Kansas will be hard to head in the eight track events, especially the three distance pulls, 880 mile, and two-mile. The Jayhawks out-scored Missouri, 36-32, on the cinders, in their dual last Saturday at Columbia and may stick that many points even in the sterner competition of the conference affair.
This effort will be powered by twin-engines, Capt. Bob Karnes and Pat Bowers, both of whom will threaten records. Karnes, who set a new two-mile mark of 9:29.2 last March, won't defend his title in this event, but will double in the half along with his usual stint in the mile
The mile record is 4:17.2, set by Missouri's Bill McGuire last year as a sophomore. Oklahoma's Bill Jacobson also must be considered in the mile.
Karnes, who already has won more league distance titles than any runner since Glenn Cunningham, never has bagged the Indoor mile. He was nipped at the tane by Hal Moore two years ago in 4:18.6 and by-passed the affair last year.
Bowers, will go after his own half-
mile figure of 1.55.8 set last year. He
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The pair also is expected to double in the mile, where they will be joined by Cliff Abel, who upset McGuire for second place behind Karnes last Saturday in the Jayhawk-Tigers dual. Abel also will run the two-mile along with Herb Semper. The latter's time of 9:38.2 in winning against Missouri last Saturday is the best in Big Seven competition this winter.
now owns a string of 16 new marks in two seasons, the last four of which he has strung up this winter in as many starts. Unless someone uncovers a new threat by preliminary time Friday, Bowers' most formidable foe will be Karnes.
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The remainder of Jayhawk point production must come from hurdiers Jack Greenwood, and Bob Devinney. Both figure to place in both flights but the field is going to be one of the tightest in history of both races. Forrest Griffith, the low-slung football halfback, can't be counted out either. With only a week of work he ran third in a blazing 60.9 flight of 60 los against Missouri last Saturday.
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