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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1948
KU Nine In Lincoln Today; Monday's Tilt Rained Out
The Jayhawker baseball nine left at 8 a.m. today for Lincoln, Neb., where they will play the Huskers in a Big Sevea tilt. The game is scheduled for 3 p.m. Rain forced cancellation of their first game which was to have been Monday.
Hal May, smooth fielding third sacker, will be back in the lineup after
in the second Oklahoma game. With a .304 batting average May is expected to provide more punch at the plate.
French To Lead Off
Coach Sehon will change Bud French to the leadoff spot in the batting order, and will have Paul Gilkison, slugging right fielder batting in the cleanup spot in an attempt to squeeze more runs out of the slumping Jayhawkers. Gilkison, who appeared to be a little jittery in his first game, has gotten over his nervousness and is banging the horsehide at a goodly clip and should prove effective in the cleanup spot
The Jayhawkers, with a one and five record in conference play, will be trying to break into the winning circle after dropping three straight; one to the Sooners and both ends of a twin bill to the Kansas State Wildcats at Manhattan.
Gilman Will Start
Sehon has named Dick Gilman as his starting pitcher. Gilman has been the hard luck pitcher of the Kansas mound staff to date. He toiled 9 2-3 innings in the first Sooner game but was lifted for Lou Hammer after walking two men in succession.
Hammer got credit for the victory when he pitched three balls and forced the batter to pop to third to retire the side. Gilman will be after his first win. The probable Jay-hawker lineup:
Bud French, ss
Lou De Luna, 1b
Bill Hogan, cf
Paul Gikison, rf
Hal May, 3b
Scott Kelly, 2b
Dick Bertuzzi, lf
Jack Fink, c
Dick Gilman, p
1948 Squad In Grid Fray
Friday night will see the 1948 Jayhawk football contingent in full scale maneuvers at Haskell Stadium as a climax to five weeks of spring practice.
Playing under game conditions, the 66-man squad has been split into two camps, the Reds and the Whites for the battle. Head coach for the Reds will be Norman Cooper while Cliff Kimsey will lead the Whites.
Commenting on the probable outcome of the game, head coach Sikes said he doubted if either team would score. "We've tried to divide the squad into as evenly matched teams as possible," he explained.
The Reds boast such veterans standouts as Don Fambrough, Dick Monroe, Dick Tomilinson, Ed Lee, Forrest Griffith, Frank Pattee, Bill Hogan, and Cliff McDonald. The Whites lineup include Marvin Small, Gene Sherwood, Hugh Johnson, Tom Scott, and Howard Fischer.
Questioned about weak spots on this year's crew, Sikes expressed doubt about the tackles and ends. These positions have been a sore spot since the loss of tackles Don Ettinger, Terry Monroe, and Steve Renko and all-conference Otto Schnellbacher. Sikes added that Dave Schmidt would be back in the fall to bolster the ends.
Tickets, which are priced at 50 cents for students, are being sold by K-Men and will be sold at the game. Adult tickets, at $1, are on sale at the Eldridge, and Round Corner drug store, Obers, and the Stadium barber shop.
Guy's Try For Record Fails
Desert Beach, Cal. May 4—(UP)—Bandleader Gum Lombardo today temporarily gave up trying to break the American speed boat record.
He took three cracks at it yesterday and missed each time by seven miles an hour or more.
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Baltimore, Md. May 4—(UP)—Officials of Pimlico race track were getting nowhere today in their efforts to line up competition for Calumet Farm's Citation in the $100,000 Preamble.
Citation's Gonna Be Lonesome This Year
Citation was the only announced starter for the May 15th classic.
Baseball Scene Is Puzzling As East-West Series Begin
New York, May 4—(UP)—Baseball's own big quiz show took shape today as major league teams squared off in east-west warfare for the first time with plenty of ticklish questions to be answered.
Every club has contributions for the question box. First off folks want to know, when will last year's champs, the Yankees and Dodgers, settle down to a winning stride? ◊
Yankee manager Bucky. Harris wants to know if he will get any dependable pitching except from Allie Reynolds, a three-game winner and only man on the staff to pitch a complete game. Harris also wonders if relief ace Joe Page can keep up his incredible pace. Page showed both weariness and temperament when he threw home run balls to Red Sox sluggers Ted Williams and Vern Stephens, then followed with a bean ball at Bobby Doerr.
With Brooklyn, manager Leo Durocher's big problem is keeping his young kids happy. There is definite dissension and there couldn't help but be a little with every position on the club except catcher and shortstop open. When anyone breaks into the lineup, he makes a terrific try to outdo his predecessor. The result is too much pressing, inconsistent, erratic play, definitely not championship baseball.
Buc Hurlers A Question
Next big question is whether those early season surprise outfits, Cleveland and Pittsburgh can keep up their pace. Will the Indians keep getting the home run punch that has netted 15 in eight games? And will Pirate manager Bill Meyer still get great pitching out of his oldsters when the double headers pile up?
At Philadelphia fans wonder if Connie Mack's fine young pitching staff continue to carry the load for a team that has averaged but four runs per game? If so, count the A's in as a first division outfit.
Will the Red Sox, other than Ted Williams, start hitting? They have the lowest team average in the majors, 219. Moreover boss Joe McCarthy has gotten no help from Dave Ferris, Ellis Kinder, and Tex Hughson, who were supposed to be big winners. Hugston reportedly is through. Kinder hasn't thrown a ball yet, and Ferriss was knocked out in his only start.
The Browns, above their level in third place, are wondering how long they can get 400 hitting out of Al Zarilla, Bob Dillinger, and Chuck Stevens. Without it, manager Zack Taylor hasn't much else but ambition and hustle from kids generally not of major league caliber.
Ott's Pitching Is Sound
In the National, manager Mel Ott has reason to wonder if he will keep getting the good pitching that has come so unexpectedly, because if he does, with the Giant hitting that never lets up, the Polo Grounds may be the scene of the World Series.
Manager Billy Southworth of Boston already is out to answer one burning question—when will the outfield begin to hit? He benched Jim Russell and Jeff Heath for Danny Litwhiler and Mike McCormick, who will join the .393 clubber, Tommy Holmes, the top battler. The rest of the club looks solid—perhaps brilliant—with the excellent pitching spearheading it. Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn again look like 20-game winners and Bill Ooiselle and Charley Barrett also have shown up well.
With the Cardinals it is a question of when will somebody besides Stan Musial start hitting. He is the only regular above 300. The Reds, Phils, and Bubs, are all getting good performances from rookies in key positions.
The Giants got another superlative pitching job last night when Dave Koslo limited the Reds to four
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singles in a 5 to 0 triumph at Cincinnati. Koslo, who has only one previous victory against the Reds and five defeats, broke his jinx by outpitching Johnny Vander Meer. It was a scoreless duel until the fifth when the Giants got three runs on singles by Jack Lohrke, Whitey Lockman and Bobby Thomson and a walk to Bill Rigney.
The Cardinals topped the cubs at St. Louis, 3 to 1, on a seven-hit pitching job by Jim Hearn. Two runs in the seventh on singles by Del Rice, Hearn and Red Schoondienst, along with an error by Bill Nicholson, gave the Cards their margin.
The Philadelphia at Washington night game was rained out and no other major league games were scheduled.
The cost of fire destruction during the first six months of 1947 exceeded 369 million dollars.
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