TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Big Seven Track Records Will Fall At League Meet
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 24—(UP)—Judging from dual meet performances in the Big Seven, the indoor track records of the conference will be in serious danger Saturday night in the annual clash on the boards of the Municipal auditorium.
Dual meet records have been kicked wholesale out of fieldhouse windows in the indoor campaign now
Track Gets New Surface
The University of Kansas outdoor cinder track is being rebuilt, and will be ready for use when the outdoor activities swing into action about March 1, track coach Bill Easton said today.
Five railroad cars of graded and washed cinders have been placed on the track. The new cinders will raise the level of the track to facilitate drainage, and also will improve the base of the track.
When the cinders have been evenly distributed over the surface; the track will be dragged, rolled, and leveled, providing the K.U. runners with a first class running surface.
This is the first reconstruction work that has been undertaken on the K.U. track in fifteen years, according to coach Easton. Further improvements upon the track will soon be underway, he added.
Powell Announces New Track Event
A tentatively scheduled pentathalon will climax the intramural track meet to be held the first two weeks in April, according to Don Powell, intramural director.
The pentathalon is an event that includes two track and three field contests for each competitor. Three members from each team are allowed to enter. The winner is chosen on a basis of points determined by comparing the individual's mark with the record in that event. No intramural point value has been placed on the pentathalon. Powell said.
"The purpose of the pentathalon is to determine the top intramural trackman for the year, and some coaches will be kept of the results." Powell said.
The regular track meet will be run off first so that a team can better judge which of its members would make the best record in the pentathalon, Powell concluded.
Cleveland Trades Rights To Chappuis
Cleveland, Feb. 24-(UP)—All-America football conference drafts rights to Michigan halfback Bob Chappuis have been transferred from Cleveland Browns to either Chicago, Baltimore, or Brooklyn, it was learned reliably today.
The champion Brown's announced last night that they had traded away their rights to Chappuis "with a view to strengthen the overall league structure," but declined to identify the other team involved.
Tokuye-(UP)—A 60-year-old rat eating hermit says he has interviewed 2,124 women but still can't make up his mind whom to marry.
Tokyo Rat-Eater Searches For Wife
In return for the draft rights, the Browns said they would receive players to be announced later.
Ichiro Akimoto, the would-be bridegroom, has been flooded with leap-year applicants since he advertised for a bride in local newspapers. He said he preferred a high-school graduate, under 30, by profession a midwife, seamstress or nurse. She had to be willing to work after marriage.
Mr. Akimoto admits he eats rats.
When he can't get rats, he would just as soon eat a mouse, he said.
"However, the newspapers are in error when they say I eat them raw." Mr. Akimoto said. "I prefer them grilled."
reaching its climactic weekend with the finest aggregation of track and field talent slated to compete here.
Missouri is the defending champion and coach Tom Botts will bring another powerful squad to the annual carnival. The Golden Tigers won their 11th straight dual meet Saturday night, their fourth of the current indoor season.
Anything Can Happen
However, in a seven-squad meet with so much power scattered through the ranks of every team, anything can happen Saturday night. The Tigers, because of all-around power through the events, should be hard to unseat.
The Tigers have the best array of hurdles in the nation, if Botts is able to use them all. Record-setting Bob Blakley has been out of service but may be ready. His teammate, Madill Gartiser, stepped the high sticks in a 7.4 against Nebraska, a tenth of a second under Blakeley's mark. Saturday night he did 6.9 in the lows against K-State. Nebraska's Boomey has done the low hurdles in 6.9. They'll have to hustle to win in the field Saturday night, though.
60-Yard Mark In Danger
Hutton of Nebraska is doing the 69-yard dash in 62.1, one-tenth under the indoor mark. Missouri's Harry Guth did a 62.6 Saturday night, Gartiser is traveling the distance in 63. They'll be pushed by Laddie Harp and Lynn Gilstrap of Oklahoma, Ken Danneberg of Kansas, McClay of Kansas State and Don Campbell of Colorado.
In the half-mile, there are eight men who have been doing the distance in less than two minutes.
Bob Schuster and Dick Ault of Missouri have been close to the 49.3 record mark in the 440. With plenty of sharp competition in his event, that mark may go Saturday.
Big Ed Quirk of Missouri holds the record of 52 feet 1 inch in the shotput and Ed may get that ball out to 54 in the Saturday night carnival. He's aiming at bettering 56 feet before the Olympic trials in the early summer. Rollin Prather of Kansas State and Piderit of Nebraska have been gunning past 50 feet.
Bob Karnes of Kansas looks like a sure winner in the mile and two mile runs, while Don Cooper of Nebraska, following in the foot-steps of a long line of great vaulters at the Cornhusker school, may top the 13 feet $10\frac{1}{2}$ inch record. He cleared 14 feet, $ \frac{4}{8} $ inch Saturday against Kansas.
Karnes Is Prime Favorite
In the broad jump, among an out-standing crop of men, is Jack McEwen of Colorado, last year's Kansas Relays' decathlon champion. In the mile relay, M.U.'s great quartet is heavily favored. It's been handing the baton under the meet record. Saturday night they sped it in 3:23 and a fraction, nearly two seconds better. And, with the field so loaded with talent, it may be the relay points which decide the champion.
Jamestown, N. Y.-(UP)—One Jamestown resident isn't taking any chances on the fuel shortage. Edgar W. Hanson just won't be exposed to the crisp cold that permeates Chautauqua county at this time of the year.
The high jump mark is 6 feet 5 inches, set last year by Lambeth of Oklahoma. This year Tom Scotfield of Kansas will be ready and he has skinned over at better than 6 feet 7 inches. The field of timber toppers in the event includes Monte Kinder of Nebraska, James Howard of Missouri, Delvin Norris of Kansas, Lambeth and Bill Carroll of Oklahoma.
Appearing before City Judge Allen E. Bargan, Hanson asked that he be sent to the county jail at Mayville. The wish was granted and he was sentenced to serve four months.
He'd Rather Go To Jail Than Risk Fuel Shortage
GIB STRAMEL, 6-foot 2-inch forward on the Jayhawker basketball squad, is a push shot artist of the first order. In 1946 he scored 80 points in six games as a regular on a Kansas team which was unbeaten in conference play. A former all-state center from Hays, he developed eye trouble during the 1947 season but is returning to top form.
NYU Wins No.18; Irish Seen As Biggest Hurdle To Unbeaten Year
New York, Feb. 24-(UP)—Notre Dame's crack basketball team today ooed as the biggest obstacle between the Violets of New York university and the "miracle" of an unbeaten season.
The Irish will meet N. Y. U. in Madison Square Garden on March 1 in one of the four games still remaining on the Violet schedule. Notre Dame
boasts a record of 11 won and four lost, with the most impressive performance an upset of mighty Kentucky.
N. Y. U. marked up its 18th straight victory of the season last night by topping St. John's, a traditional local rival, 59 to 54. It was a see-saw game in which the Violets rushed to a 10 to 1 lead in the first four minutes only to have St. John's fight back to tie the score at 40 to 40 and going ahead twice before succumbing.
Adolph Schayes, six-foot, six-inch pivot man, was vital to the Violets with his rebounding and his team-high total of 19 points, a sum matched by Dick McGuire, St. John's flashy playmaker.
Schaves High For Violets
Other fees left for the Violets are Rutgers, Fordham, and City College of New York.
Lasalle college of Philadelphia kept in the running for a tourney bid by beating St. Francis of Brooklyn, 59 to 50, for their 18th win in 20 games.
Michigan took a full game lead in the Big Nine by beating Purdue 46 to 35, while second-place Iowa was idle. The Wolverines led all the way, holding a 28-20 edge at the half, had to hold off a Boilermaker rally in the late stages. Andy Butchko of Purdue, however, was the individual with the most defensive job plus game-high total of 16 points. A. and M. Wins Again
The Oklahoma Aggies, considered certain for a tournament, gained their 23rd victory in 25 starts by trouncing the University of Ecuador, 77 to 30.
In other games last night, Yale defeated Princeton, 65 to 53; Ohio State drubbed Indiana, 60 to 45; Wisconsin stopped Northwest, 59 to 54; Bradley bounced back from a loss to Notre Dame to thrash Oklahoma City, 66 to 37; Marshall ripped Kentucky Wesleyan, 75 to 50; Colorado beat Missouri, 56 to 48; Washington trimmed Idaho, 51 to 33; and Denver blasted Utah State, 71 to 54.
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Spanish Club To Hear Judson
The Spanish club, "Fl Ateneo," will present "Neighbor Colombia," a colored film, and a lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday in Fraser theater.
Dr. Lyman Judson, chief of visual education section of Pan-American union of Washington, D.C., and Ellen Judson will lecture on their experiences in South America while they were producing the film.
Dr. Judson served as a liaison officer in the navy. He was one of three members on a joint board of review for navy training films.
A banquet honoring Dr. and Mrs. Judson will be held in the East room of the Union following the lecture. "Neighbor Colombia" is the story of the development of Colombia.
Dr. and Ellen Judson have recently returned from an 11 month study of Colombia. Since 1939 the Judsons have produced "Judson Color Jaunts" and the "Neighbor Nation" series.
A lecture trip across 15 states is planned by the Judsons while on leave from the Pan American union.
Prison Inmates To Have Hair-Raising Experience
Lorton, Va., Feb. 23—(UP)—Inmates of Lorton reformatory formed a "long hair" club today by necessity.
Anthony Barreka, 29, the prison barber, escaped last night.
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