THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Music And Love In Ball Park? Man Says 'No'
By OSCAR FRALEY
New York, April 28—(U.P.)-Major league baseball is ottering on the brink of too much affection today with ball park atmosphere ruined by pre-game public address system recitals.
Now' I'm not putting the knock or love. But, like brussels sprouts, it has its place. And the place for idyllic love songs ain't the spot where 18 hairy-chested goons are supposedly preparing to knock out each other's brains.
The pole grounds is a case in point. The New York Giants were entertaining the Brooklyn Dodgers, supposedly their most hated rivals. But after an hour's serenade on the P.A. system the world's meanest man could have been fitted for a halo.
You almost expected Leo Durocher and Barney Shotton to meet at home plate, buss heartily and offer to use batting practice pitchers so each team would get a lot of hits. After such an ear-soothing serenade, everybody is smiling affably at the umpires—and the umps are smiling back.
Go to any major league park these days and for an hour before game time you'll hear more love, hearts, flowers, moon, and June than you'll ever get at a Carnegie hall hit hop. The fans are lulled to a nostalgic nap by nocturne narcotics. The players match the tepid lenor.
Now, I ask you, ain't that a heck of a note
The Polo Grounds program usually opens with a sweet piano solo of "Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown." dedicated, probably, to the bloomer sweets.
They follow that fast little turkey with "I'll See You In My Dreams." That, however, is appropriate to a point. You couldn't exactly call it a turn though when Durocher wakes up from his slumbers screaming about pitchers. Imagine including him out.
Then it is "Lady Play Your Violin." A nice number. The only trouble is that the entranced batters in the practice cage swing to the rhythm—and hit as much as if they were using violin bows.
Next there is a soothing vocal rendition of "Give Me Something To Remember You By."
Then there is "Exactly Like You." There's a real daisy for a bunch of guys getting ready to commit legal mayhem. And after that they move around the field, in three-quarter time, somnambulized by the limpid strains of "Sweet Lorraine" and "On The Avenue."
Cute. But imagine what Ty Cobb' s reaction would have been. You'd have something all right. A leg full of steel spikes.
And so it goes until the glowing umpire, smiling sweetly at the gracious, courtly contestants, orders the nine-inning waltz to proceed. Sometimes it is four or five innings until they stop saying "thank you," which, in baseball, belongs with love and brussels sprouts.
Call K.U. 251 With Your News.
Jim McConnell, Nebraska's verisit track performer who copied the decathlon crown at the Kansas Relays.
Today's Pitchers
(Won and lost records in parentheses)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis Carver 1-1) at Detroit
Gazette (0-0)
New York (Lopat 2-0) at Washington (Scarborough 1-1)
8
Philadelphia (Fowler 1-1) at Boston (Harris 0-0)
Boston (Harris v.0) Only games scheduled)
Boston (Bickford 1-1) at Philade-
lebia (Thompson 0-0)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn (Jenkins)-0 at New
York (Jenkins)-1
Cincinnati (Raffensberger 1-1) at Chicago (Dubiel 0-0).
Pittsburgh (Muncreief 0-1) at St. Louis (Brazle 1-0)
Glenn Davis To Spend '49 Season As Army Grid Coord
West Point, N.Y., April 28—(U.P.) Glenn Davis returned to the scene of his collegiate football triumphs today as he took over duties as an assistant coach of the army team.
Kansas Hopes To Pull Out Of Big 7 Baseball Cellar
Kansas hopes to pull out of the Big Seven baseball cellar for keeps in the next 10 days when it plays a six-game home stand opening against Nebraska's defending champions here Friday.
Red Hogan's Jayhawkers, now deadlocked in last place with Kansas State at 2-4, will close a two-game set against the Cornhuskers Saturday then meet Iowa State next Monday.
and Tuesday and entertain Missouri May 6 and 7
This schedule will place a terrific strike on Hogan's thin pitching staff which can count on only one performer, Dick Gilman, all-Big Seven football quarterback, at present. The big righthander has earned both the club's conference victories by tossing a three-hitter against Missouri for a 4 to 1 triumph and a four hitter against K-State for a 2-1 decision.
He also hurled the first five frames of the 4-2 non-league win over Rockhurst in the season's opener but did not get credit for the victory as the Hawkers scored the winning runs in the eighth behind Charlie Moffett, Gilman's lone loss to date is a 10-3 drubbing at the hands of Iowa State, but he gave up only seven hits in this one while his mates were committing nine errors.
In every other game Hogan has been forced to use at least three pitchers. He plans to work Gilman once against each of the upcoming opponents but one or two of the other flingers must produce a well-pitched game here and there if the Jayhawkers are to climb in the loop standings.
Karl Ebel, the madeover javelin thrower, probably will get the call against the hard-hitting Huskers Saturday with Gilman due Friday. Ralph Freed. a holdover squadman; Darrel Norris, Moffett, and Loren Hepler, the squad's only lefty, are the other hopes. All must improve if the Hawkers are to move up.
Rightfelder Guy Mabry, a regular member of the slab cast for two years, also is available, but Hogan woulk like to keep him on duty in the outfield every day because of a good throwing arm and creditable punch at the plate.
Although the club's hitting has been spotty it is vastly improved over that of the woeful 1948 outfit. Even though hitless against K-State, Centerfelder Bud French is pacing the pack at 370. Firstbaseman Lou DeLuna, whose ninth inning triple in
FOR DELICIOUS FOOD INSTEAD OF JUST A MEAL.
- Tasty Sandwiches CURB SERVICE
- Fountain Specials
- Dinners, 5 to 7:30
Tasty Sandwiches
Weekends after 2
Weed days after 4
- Potato Chips,
Marshmallows
Sunday Picnic Supplies
Nominations Due For Donkey Team
Open Sundays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Wieners, Buns
- Paper Plates, Cups Spoons and Napkins
OSWALD'S MKT.
The deadline for nominations to the donkey baseball team is Monday, May 2. If you wish to nominate your "favorite" faculty member or a senior send a car or letter to the sports editor of the University Daily Kansan listing the persons you would like to see play.
Phone 1016
12 Blocks East of Mass. St. on 13th St.
KU Will, Tangle With Colorado, K-State In Dual Meets Next Week
Three Big Seven conference dual track meets and the high school regional meet will be held in Memorial stadium within the next two weeks
Wednesday, May 4, the Kansas track squad will face Kansas State in a contest starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, Kansas will host Colorado for the first time.
The next Friday, May 13, will be the time of the regional high school meet and the following day a powerful Oklahoma squad will be the K.U. competitors.
So far the Kansans have com-
the first game against the Agnies led to the winning run, is swatting .305.
The club's fielding must improve. The Jayhawkers have been guilty of the average of four misuses a game, which doesn't helped the shaky mound corps.
Nebraska will bring in the same nine which won the 1948 crown in a surprise rush. Shortstop Bob Bogan ranked third among conference hitters last year at .323 and Outfielder Bob Cerv fifth at .310.
peted only three times in outdoor meets. The Jayhawkers participated in the Texas and Kansas Relays and lost a dual meet to Nebraska at Lincoln.
Coach Bill Easton said that students seats will be changed from the east to the west side of the stadium for the coming conflicts. Easton said the change was made to allow the students to get out of the sun and to see the finish of all track races.
He emphasized that no races would be run on the straight-a-way on the east side. All will start on the west side and finish there, or start at the north-east corner and end in front of the west stands.
The first wagon train west crossed the plains in 1843.