UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1948
'Shot' And Discus Lists Loaded With Stars
The most terrific shot put and discus fields in the history of the Kansas Relays will threaten records in both events here April 17 in the 23rd unfolding of the Mt. Oread Olympics in Memorial stadium.
The Jayhawker Games will line up the first three finishers in last summer's N.C.A.A. trials in both events. Minnesota's great Fortune Gordien will appear on both ranges. He $ ^{\textcircled{2}} $
won the station set. 3 inches and placed third in the shot at 54 feet. 2½ inches.
Charles Fonville, Michigan's explosive shot-putter who is breaking every record in sight, and Norm Wasser of Illinois, the second place N.C.A.A. winner, complete the shot lineup. Two Big Seven standouts, Rollin Prather of Kansas State and Missouri's fine football end, Mel Sheehan, round out the disc corps.
Sheehan beat Prather for the Big Six title last June at 153 feet $ \frac{3}{4} $ inches but the towering Aggie came back at Dallas two weeks later to win the Big Six-Southwest conference dual crown with 155 feet 8 inches. Gordien got a new record last week at the Texas Relays with a whirl of 172 feet $ \frac{5}{2} $ inches.
Discus Mark Threatened
All this means the present Kansas Relays record of 171 feet $6\frac{3}{4}$ inches set by Archie Harris of Indiana in 1941 will be in serious jeopardy. Gordien, who uses a terrific leap instead of the usual step and pivot, owns a top mark of 179 feet 6 inches, just a trifle under the world's record of 180 feet $2\frac{1}{2}$ inches set by Bob Fitch two years ago.
Elmer Hackney's 52 feet $1\frac{1}{2}$ inch shot put mark, established here in 1339, also should go by the boards. Fonville, Gordien, Wasser, Prather, Stan Lampert of N.Y.U., and Big Ed Quirk of Missouri, all have bettered this figure more than once in their careers.
As a matter of fact Fonville poses a genuine threat to the official world's record set 14 years ago by titanic Jack Torrance who shouldered a pitch of 57 feet 1 inch at Oslo, Norway. Fonville's best toss this year is 56 feet 10 inches during the indoor season.
Gordien Will Defend
Gortouch
Olympism is defending Kansas Re-lays champion in both the shot and disc. Firing the implements through the mud and rain he got 154 feet 7% inches in the discus and 51 feet 7% inches in the shot.
The javelin record of 229 feet $2\frac{1}{4}$ inches by Alton Terry of Hardin-Simmons in 1937 is out of sight for this year's field. Favorites will be Bob Drumm and Bruce Henoch of the University, Frank Guess of Texas, and J. W. Jones of North Texas State.
Training Camp Briefs
Houston April 14—(UP)—Adding a five-hit shutout to his no-hitter, little Murry Dickson today loomed as the number one pitcher on the St. Louis Cardinals' Staff.
The short righthander, who held the world champion New York Yankees without a single blow two weeks ago had his curve hail dancing yesterday when he blanked the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 0. The five-hitter was Dickson's second route-going job of the spring and made him the leading nominee to pitch the opening game.
--day at Roanoke, Va.
Wichita-Shortstop Bill Rigney and pitcher Clint Hartung of the New York Giants were en route to New York today for special medical treatment.
Rigney is suffering from a pain in his shoulder which has prevented him from throwing normally for the past three weeks. Hartung has been bothered by a nervous facial affliction which has hampered his pitching. Both will be treated at Harkness pavilion.
The Giants' spring series with the Cleveland Indians stood even at six games each after the Indians' 7 to 2 victory yesterday.
--day at Roanoke, Va.
Durham, N. C.-The final game of the spring series between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox, in which the Reds lead four games to two, was scheduled for today at Roanoke, Va.
Delta Chi Wins Title
It was another case of too much Bob Holmer as Delta Chi smashed out 15 to 4 and 15 to 9 triumphs over Phi Delt for the fraternity intramural “A” division volleyball championship Tuesday.
Delta Chi will meet Spooner Thayer, independent "A" champion, sometime next week in a series for the "A" league volleyball title, Don Powell, intramural director, announced today.
Holmer, only recently elected out-standing player at a six-state Y.M.-C.A. volleyball tournament in Wichita, virtually staged a one-man show. He continually made successful slams from the front line and even scored a few from mid-court.
The setback was Phi Delt's first of the season. Holmer's sizzling spikes completely baffled the Phi Delt's, who were definitely not up to par, and kept them in hot water all the way.
Dick Channel's stellar net play and Otto Schnellbacher's spikes also featured in the Delta Chi win.
Counted almost out of the picture after losing two games in division play, Delta Chi made a big hit in the playoffs by dumping powerful A.T.O. and Sig Alph teams. The starting lines;
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Channel
Davis
Henderson
Holmer
Lucas
Schnellbacher
Phi Delt Harris Churchill Goehring Dunn Englund Enns
Semi Finals Today In IM Swim Meet
Semi-finals in four events and preliminaries in diving will be run off today as the intramural swimming meet continues. The meet began Monday.
Preliminaries in the diving event are slated to begin at 6:15 p.m. and the semi-finals at 7 p.m. Finals in the finals are held tomorrow, starting at 7 p.m.
Semi-finals in the 50-yard dash, 100-yard backstroke, 50-yard breast stroke, and the 100-yard free style are on the docket for tonight. There are two heats in each of the four events. Eight men have qualified for the semi-finals in each of the events but only four will survive for the finals tomorrow.
The Reds beat the Sox here yesterday, 8 to 6, as Frankie Baumholtz made three hits and stole two bases. Southpaw Mickey Harris of Boston was forced out of the game when he was struck by a line single during the Reds' four-run rally in the third inning.
Anderson, S. C.—Joe Kuhel, manager of the Washington Senators, was 'aced with a $100 fine today for being tossed out of yesterday's game against the Philadelphia Phils.
Everett Lively was picked to pitch for Cincinnati and Dave "Bo" Ferriss for Boston.
Kuhel wasn't around at the end of the game as his team ended a three-game losing streak with a 7 to 4 win. He was ejected by umpire Bill Stewart for alleged bench-jockkeying, which carries the automatic $100 penalty. Home runs were hit by Earl Wooten and Tom McBride of Washington and Jackie Albright and Del Ennis of the Phils.
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