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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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JUNE 4,1946
Athletic Prospects Next Year: Brighter
The future looks bright for Kansas athletics.
The Jayhawkers came out of the doldrums this year with a rush that carried them to three championships, and everyone is wondering whether it was an accident or whether Kansas finally is going some place in Big Six competition, after a decade of second division dwelling.
This year's champions figure to repeat their triumphs next year, but the competition will be a lot tougher. Every member of the "Phog" Allen's basketball team will be back next year and he expects several former stars to return. Among these will be Gib Stramel and "Sparky" McSnadden, captain of the 1944 squad. Chief competition will come from the Oklahoma Sooners who also will have all the players from this year's squad plus the much publicized Gerald Tucker.
Gerald Tuck The track team also will have most of the men from this year's good back again next year plus some experienced veterans of other seasons. Nebraska again will furnish the chief competition, and the Missouri Tigers will be a dark horse entry.
The tennis team will be back in
entirety, and some other fine players are expected to help bolster the team. Once again Iowa State and the Missouri Tigers will be tough to beat, and the Oklahoma Sooners may upset the conference dope sheet by taking the banner.
The biggest rejuvenation, and the one all Jayhawkers have been waiting and hoping for, should come on the gridiron next fall. Kansas can't hope to field a conference champion, but it will be a hard fighting outfit. Coach George Sauer has a big job ahead trying to give Kansas a winner, but he is the man who can do it. It will take a few years to build a team of championship caliber, but next year's team should give the opposition plenty of trouble every Saturday afternoon.
The Jayhawkers will play their toughest schedule in years when they face T.C.U., Tulsa, Oklahoma A. and M., and Denver in non-conference games. Wichita also is scheduled, but Kansas should take this game without too much trouble.
If Sauer can pick up a few big, hard - charging linemen, Kansas might climb into the first division
in Big Six standings. The backfield, paced by All-American Ray Evans and Red Hogan, will be hard to stop if it gets good blocking, and it might easily be the best in the conference. Several former linemen may return to boost the Crimson and Blue's chances on the gridiron.
Little can be said with certainty about the baseball future at Kansas. The Jayhawkers were hampered this year by bad weather and a late start, and they ended up in fifth place in the Big Six. If Kansas decides to go in for baseball in a big way, the results might be surprising. With a few breaks and added strength in two or three positions this year, the Jayhawkers might have come home with the pennant.
The golf team should have another good season and might surprise other schools in the conference with its showing. The Sooners are favored to repeat this year's triumph on the links.
There are a lot of "ifs" in the Jayhawk athletic future, but Kansas definitely is on the way up. Ernie Quigley and his staff are out to give Kansas some winning teams.
Wagstaff Appointed To Buildings Staff
R. H. Wagstaff, Lawrence, has been appointed assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds, according to Raymond Nichols, executive secretary.
The new position was created to meet the growing demands placed on school facilities by the increase in enrollment, Nichols said. Wag-staff will be in charge of building maintenance.
maintence.
A former engineering student,
Wagstaff was owner and operator of
a local creamery and a local restaurant. He is a member of the Lawrence chamber of commerce.
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State College, N.M. (UP)—New Mexico A. & M. students had a gala opening of their remodeled Aggie Corral with a series of contests ranging from table tennis tourneys to jitterbug contests.
Nylons Make It Gala
Winners in the feminine competition—were awarded nylon hose, while the men had to be content with less valuable awards.
Russians Had Atom Information
Montreal. (UP)—Russian espionage agents in Ottawa sent details of preparations for the United States' atomic bomb tests in New Mexico and of the composition of atomic bombs to Moscow shortly before the tests were held, it was charged today at the trial of Fred Rose, Communist member of parliament accused of conspiracy.
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