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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JUNE 3.1946
Unaccustomed As We Are—
The Sports Year: Three Winners
Kansas enjoyed its best year in athletics in more than a decade by bagging three Big Six championships in 1945-46, and all three champions went undefeated in conference competition. Big Six basketball, outdoor track, and tennis title winners wore the Crimson and Blue.
The Jayhawker footballers had a season record of four victories, five defeats, and one tie, and Kansas placed fifth in conference standings. T.C.U. beat the Jayhawkers 19-0 in the first game of the season, but the Kansans defeated Denver 20-19 the next time out. Doped to win by 19 points, Iowa State was lucky to gain a 13-13 tie with the Jayhawkers in the biggest upset of the Big Six gridiron race. Kansas had the ball on the Cyclone one-yard line with one minute to play, but was unable to score the winning touchdown.
Kansas swamped Washburn, but the Oklahoma Sooners overwhelmed the Jayhawkers the following weekend at Norman. The Crimson and Blue bounced back with a victory over Wichita, but then lost to Nebraska and Marquette on successive Saturdays.
The Jayhawkers won the Homecoming outing by defeating Kansas State 27-0, but the Cotton Bowl-bound Missouri Tigers outscored Kansas 32-12 in the season finale. Dave Schmidt, sturdly little end, was the only Jayhawk to gain All-Big Six first team honors.
Led by All - American Charlie Black, Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen's basketball team won the Big Six crown and was unbeaten in league play.
The Jayhawkers, highest scoring cage team in K.U. history, swept through the season to rank among the top 10 teams in the nation, although they lost to the Oklahoma Aggies in a playoff to decide the N.C.A.A. entry from this district.
Sparked by Black and Gib Strelamel, a freshman navy trainee, Kansas toppled conference competitors. Otto Schnellbacher regained his pre-war form after Stramel was transferred at the end of the first semester, and Ray Evans joined the team after a three-year stint in the army. With this added strength, the Jadhawkers sailed to their third undefeated conference record.
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end of the regular playing time. The Jayhawkers came back in the overtime period to defeat the Cyclones 50-47 and keep their record unmarred. Kansas had squeezed by Oklahoma 53-52 the week before, and fans thought the final game of the season against the Sooners at Norman would decide the title.
Black missed tying Gerald Tucker's Big Six individual scoring record by only two points. He and Otto Schnellbacher were named forwards on the All-Big Six first team. Black also gained All-American honors for the second time for his spectacular offensive and defensive play. His rebounding was terrific. He also played in the East-West All-Star game in Madison Square Garden on the West's first team.
But the Jayhawkers clinched the championship when they blew Iowa State's Cyclones off the court in the ninth game of the conference schedule 69-41. The Cyclones played freeze out with the ball the last five minutes of the game to keep Kansas from setting a new Big Six scoring record. The Jayhawkers defeated the Sooners three nights later 52-45 to keep their conference record unblemished.
"Foothills" Kurland proved too much for the Jayhawkers to handle, and Oklahoma A. and M. beat Kansas 49-38 in the preliminary N.C.A.A. playoff. The Aggies went on to win the national championship.
Coach Ray Kanehl's indoor tracksters were picked as favorites to win the Big Six indoor meet at Kansas City, but they were forced to compete without the services of all-
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ing Johnny Jackson and Hal Moore. The Jayhawkers came in a disappointing fifth.
Once again the Jayhawkers were installed as favorites to win the title at the Big Six outdoor meet after winning dual meets with Oklahoma, Kansas State, and Missouri in pre-meet workouts. This time the Kansans weren't to be denied, and they roared from behind four times to annex the championship. It was the first Kansas victory since 1834, the year that Glenn Cunningham ran wild and won the half-mile, mile, and two-mile runs in the Big Six meet.
Jayhawker strength mainly was in the field events, but it took a fast travelling mile-relay team to clinch the title for Kansas. This was the last event, and Kansas led by one point over Nebraska. It was a fight between the Jayhawkers and Cornhuskers from the time the gun went off as both realized they must win the race to win the banner.
Lunsford, Jackson, Shea, and Desterhaft fought on even terms with the Nebraska runners all the way, and a great finish by Desterhaft brought the pennant home to Kansas. Leroy Robison, Jayhawker weight man, won individual scoring honors with 22 points, and Charlie Black and Tom Scofield tied for third with 17 points each. Scofield tied with
Y.M. Cabinet Will Meet Tuesday
Y. M.C.A. cabinet will meet in the Union building at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow to discuss program plans, publications, and the budget for next year, Dean Smith, president, announced today.
Donald Pomeroy and Smith will meet with Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, to discuss orientation and student counseling plans for next fall today, and they will present the names of the student counselors at the cabinet meeting.
Feekin of Iowa State in setting a new Big Six high jump mark of 6 feet, 4 inches.
Kansas linksmen won second place in the Big Six meet at Lincoln in an upset victory over Missouri. Bill Winey, Jack Hines, Pete Macdonald, and Phil Wade were the Jayhawker golf representatives.
Jayhawker netmen sailed through conference competition undefeated to nail the tennis crown with only two ties marring their record. It was the first net title the Jayhawkers had won since 1937. Roy Shoaf, No. 1 player, won the singles title and lost only one set all season. He teamed with Bob Groom, the No. 2 man, to bring home the doubles title after winning every double set in conference play.
The baseball team won three of its first four games, but then went into a slump and lost five of it last six to end up in fifth place in Big Six standings.
14 Thinclads To Go To A.A.U. Meet
Fourteen members of the Big Six championship Jayhawker track team will compete in the Missouri Valley A.A.U. meet at St. Joseph, Mo. Saturday. Coach Ray Kanehl will accompany the team to the meet.
It will be the first outing for the tracksters since their victory at the conference outdoor meet May 18. Men competing and the events in which they will compete are:
Lunsford, 800 meters; Jackson, 400 meters; Desterhaft, 400 meters; Moore, 1500 and 5000 meters; Welton, 200 and 400-meter hurdles; Black, shot put, discus, broad jump, and pole vault; Ebel, shot put, discus, and javelin; Robison, discus, shot put, and javelin; Henoch, javelin; Srofield, high jump and broad jump; Zimmer, high jump; Stevens, broad jump and hop-step and jump. Shea, Jackson, Linsford, and Desterhaft will run the 1600-meter relay.
Stockton To Speak at Dinner For Extension Graduates
F. T. Stockton, dean of the Business school, will speak at a graduation dinner in Kansas City tomorrow to a group of employees who have completed a University extension class in business mathematics.
He will speak on "Adult Education in Business." Certificates of completion of the course are to be awarded to 20 persons, Dean Stockton said.
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