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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1949
Break Six Records As Nebraska Wins
The long reign of the Missouri Tigers as Big Seven indoor track champions came to an end Saturday when the Nebraska Cornhuskers scored 47 points to take their first win since 1942. The Cornhusker's victory ended a three year victory streak of the Tigers, who finished a close second with 45.
The Oklahoma Sooners took third with 30 points, and Kansas occupied the fourth spot with 21.
A crowd of nearly 9,000 saw the Big Seven athletes set six new records and come within one-tenth of a second of tying the record in the 60-yard high hurdles. The mark in the broad jump was only one-eighth inch away from Norman Pedersen's Iowa state, mark of 24 feet one-eighth inch.
The Cornhuskers failed to score in only the broad and high jumps. They took only two first places—in the 60-yard high hurdles, and the pole vault—but they took second, fourth and fifth in the 60-yard dash; and one or more places in the 60-yard high and low hurdles to establish themselves as the team to beat.
Leonard Kehl's 13 feet 11 inches in the pole vault erased the old Big Seven indoor mark of 13 feet $10\frac{1}{2}$ inches set by Harold Hunt of Nebraska in 1942. Kehl brought groans from the big crowd when he nearly cleared the pole at 14 feet. Colorado's George Bateman who was supposed to win the event could do no better than 12 feet 9 inches which was only good for a fourth place tie with his teammate Clare Gregg.
The finals in the broad jump were run off Friday night. Merwin McConnell of Oklahoma set a record with his 24 foot leap. Herb Hoskins of Kansas State set the pace for the broad jumpers with an early mark of slightly over 23 feet 11 inches which was good enough for second.
Missouri's Bill McGuire broke the meet's mile record with an outstanding performance. He left the rest of the runners far behind him as he sped around the course in 4:17.2 to knock 1.4 seconds off Hal Moore's 1948 mark. Moore dared his fellow Kansan, Bob Karnes to set last year's mark. Kansas had no runners in the mile this year.
Karnes sped around the track in the two mile run to set a new Big Seven record of 9:29.2. He was content to let Colorado's George Fitzmarris set the pace most of the way. With about four laps left the Kansas star took over the lead and then turned in a spectacular last lap to leave his nearest runner, Fitzmorris, far behind. Karnes great finish drew the evening's biggest ovation from the crowd.
McGuire finished third in the two mile after having set a record in the mile 40 minutes earlier.
Don Campbell of Colorado broke the only record in Friday night's preliminaries. He raced through the 60-yard dash in :62. to knock one tenth of a second off the old mark. He repeated his performance Saturday in the finals.
Kansas runners set two of the meet's new records. Just 20 minutes after Karnes had set his two mile mark, Pat Bowers brought the crowd to its feet with a new record in the 880-yard run. His 1:55.8 was 7.7 of a second better than Oklahoma's Bill Lyda did in 1942 when he set the old record of 1:56.5.
The last event of the evening was the mile relay and it saw Missouri's Tigers get their second record of the night. They broke their own mark set last year. Dick Ault ran a great finish for a 3:22.1 time. The old record was 3.23.4. The mile race decided the winner of the meet. Nebraska took second for four points to add to the 43 points it had before the event. That was good enough for a two point 47 to 45 win over the Tigers.
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Excitement was high and everyone was whooping it up before each race during the indoor meet until announcer Chauency Simpson of Missouri let out with a long shhh! as the runners lined up at the starting line.
Then the starters gun would crack and everyone would cheer wildly with excitement as the runners raced over the boards towards the finish line.
The University of Kansas band "tooted", track fans and alumni cheered for their favorite school while eating cotton candy, popcorn, and ice cream bars, and almost before anyone knew it the Big Seven conference had a brand new indoor track champion.
Although Kansas was well down then line in total points, it gained one distinction in that it was the only school to set two individual records in the meet. Missouri also broke two records, but one of them came in the mile relay.
Bob Karnes was the first Kansas runner to break a record and he did so in the two mile. Bob ran smoothly throughout 23 laps and on the final lap put on such a burst of speed he had the entire crowd on its feet cheering for him to break the record, and he did.
Then in the very next event, Pat Bowers, K.U. half miler won the 880 and set a new record in that event. Pat jumped into an early lead and was never challenged.
Following Bowers' record breaking performance, he was presented the Bill Lvda memorial trophy for winning. Breathing hard, Pat told the fans he hoped to be back next year for another win.
One other trophy was awarded at the meet. It was the Glen Cunningham mile trophy which was won by Bill McGuire of Missouri The trophy was presented to McGuire by Bill Hargiss, referee of the meet. Hargiss is best remembered as the coach of Glen Cunningham.
Kansas placed only three men be- sides Karnes and Bowers. Jack Greenwood, sophomore hurdler placed third in the high hurdles, Walt Emery took fourth in the broad jump, and Hal Hinchee ran third in the 880.
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60-yard dash, Don Campbell,
Colorado, time - 106.2.
Kansas also placed third in the mile relay. Emil Schutzel, Winton Studt, Dick Wagstaff, and John Stites made up the relay quartet. Included among the K.U. rooters were Chancellor Deane W. Malott Coach Jules V. Sikes, and Mike Getto, assistant coach.
Big 7 Winners
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Glitrap, Oklahoma, time. - 07:0
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60-yard high hurdles, Bob
Beckshire, Nebraska time. - 97.5
440-yard dash, Dick Ault, Missouri,
time, -51.1.
880-yard run. Pat Bowers, Kansas,
time, time = 1:55.8.
2 mile run, Bob Karnes, Kansas,
time. - 9:29.2.
Mile run, Bill McGuire, Missouri, time - 4:17.2.
Pole vault, Leonard Kehl, Nebraska, height 13 feet, 11 inches.
Missouri, height 6 feet, 4 inches.
Kansas State. 51 feet, 6 % inches.
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Mile relay, Missouri (Vanet,
Phillips, Schuster, Ault), time -
3:22.1.
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