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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MAY 20,1946
By BILL SIMS
It was a tired but happy busload of Jayhawkers who returned from Lincoln Saturday night with the Big Six track and field crown. The boys had done a grand job in winning the title, and they were worn out.
Coach Ray Kanehl was a happy man, and he had nothing but praise for his boys. He said he couldn't get used to the feeling of being the coach of the champions, but he added that it would be a nice habit to get into.
Ernie Quigley and Prof. W. W Davis, faculty athletic representative, came into the dressing room after the meet to congratulate Kanehl and the boys.
The boys were still a little nervous after that mile relay which decided the championship. Jay-hawkers were sprinkled all over the infield and several were in the stands while the race was on, but every one of them was cheering for his teammate who was running at the time.
It was a crowd of 4,000 against perhaps 40 Kansas fans, but you could hear those Jayhawkers yelling.
The Nebraska sports writers were a downhearted bunch when Wallace Desterhhaft broke the tape in the relay, and Kansas had won the title for the first time since Glenn Cunningham and Ed Hall combined to take six firsts between them back in 1934. It won't be that long before the next Kansas victory because practically everyone on the team this year will be back next, and with a little added strength they can successfully defend their title
Charlie Black is just as sharp with a deck of cards as he is with a basketball. He and Dean Nesmith were playing a friendly game of bridge against Leroy Robison and Bob Stoland on the way up to Lincoln Friday.
Charlie needed the rest of the tricks to make his bid, and he didn't have much left in his hand. It looked like he didn't have a chance. He had one trump left, and he used that trump on three consecutive tricks to make the bid.
--to award points on a 10-8-6-4-2-1 basis. This accounted for the high scores of the teams.
His opponents didn't catch on until Charlie had told them after the hand was over. When there's any sleight of hand work you want done, just see Charlie Black.
Sidelights at the track meet . . .
The partisan Nebraska crowd was very happy when the totals up to the javelin event were announced and the Cornhuskers held a seven point advantage because it knew that Nebraska's Grote was winning the javelin. But you should have heard the groan that went up when it was announced that Kansas had won second, third, and fourth.
The Kansas javelin throwers, Robison, Ebel, and Henoch, were trying so hard that they fell down one after the other on consecutive throws. One of the sports writers from Lincoln asked me if it was a new technique Kanehl had worked out for the boys.
Baseball Results
American League
Boston 4. Detroit 0 (1st game)
Detroit 3. Boston 1 (2nd game)
New York 2, Cleveland 0 (1st game)
New York 7, Cleveland 1 (2nd game)
Washington 7, Chicago 1 (2nd game)
Washington 4, Chicago 3 (1st game)
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3 (1st game)
By BILL SIMS
Philadelphia 13, St. Louis 2 (2nd game)
National League
St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 5 (1st game)
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Field Men Count Heavily; Desterhaft Anchors Relay Team For Final Points
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 0 (2nd
season)
Pittsburgh 3, New York 1 (1st game)
New York 5, Pittsburgh 1 (2nd game)
Cincinnati 4, Brooklyn 0.
Chicago 8, Boston 6 (1st game)
Boston 5, Chicago 3 (2nd game)
A fighting, driving band of Jayhawkers came from behind four times and then staved off a determined Nebraska challenge to win the Big Six outdoor track and field championship for the first Kansas title since 1934 at Lincoln, Neb. Sutrel
K.U. Wins Track Crown in Thrilling Finish
The hard-won victory enabled the Jayhawkers to maintain their undefeated outdoor record and become the third Kansas Big Six champion this year to go the conference season undefeated. The basketball and tennis team also accomplished this feat
The final score was 117 points for Kansas to 114 for Nebraska, but the meet was even closer than the score indicates as both teams fought for every valuable point. Missouri placed third with 95 points, Iowa State was fourth with 56, Oklahoma fifth with 53, and Kansas State last with 30.
The Jayhawker mile relay team of Andy Lunsford, Johnny Jackson, Dick Shea, and Wallace Desterhaft won the deciding race in 3:29.8 in the closest event of the day. Desterhaft broke the tape about two strides ahead of the Nebraska man, Harvey Stroud, who had beaten him in the open 440-yard dash earlier in the afternoon.
The race proved a fitting climax to one of the closest Big Six meets in history. Lunsford, the first Kansas runner, finished on almost even terms with the Nebraska man, but the second Cornhusker took about a 5-yard lead on Jackson. Jackson overtook him on the turn and came in five yards ahead.
Shea, third Kansas man, and the Nebraska entry ran a close race, but the Nebraskan gave his anchor man a two-yard lead on Destaher. The big Jayhawker took the lead on the first turn and kept it all the way, although he had to fight off Stroud's challenge on the home stretch.
Stroud pulled up to within a stride of Desterhaft, but the Kansan wasn't to be denied. With both runners giving everything they had, Desterhaft ran his best race of the season to give the Jayhawkers the race and the title.
Superior strength in the field events proved the margin of victory. The Jayhawkers totaled 78 points in the five field events to Nebraska's 31. But the track men came through with enough points to keep Kansas in the running and again when the chips were down to combine strength to give the Jayhawkers their first Big Six victory in 12 years.
Leroy Robison of Kansas won the individual scoring honors with 22 points, followed closely by Bob Crowson of Missouri who won both the 100 and 220-yard dashes and scored 20 points. Jayhawkers Charlie Black and Tom Scofield tied for third place with 17 points each.
Norman Pederson of Iowa State leaped 24 feet, 10 inches in the broad jump, two inches better than the old mark registered in 1941. Pederson had a stiff wind at his back, and meet officials announced that his mark would not be recognized as a conference record.
Two new marks were established,
but only one will be recognized.
Scofield and Dwayne Feekin of Iowa
State each bettered the old high
jump mark by leaping 6 feet, 4
inches, % of an inch higher than the
record set in 1933.
Meet officials and track coaches decided at a meeting Friday night that six places would be given instead of five. In accordance with the N.C.A.A. rules governing track meets of this type, they also decided
Kansas started strong with Charlie Black, Leroy Robison, and Karl Ebel taking first, second, and sixth in the shot put. Hal Moore finished second in the mile run to keep the Jayhawkers out in front. Johnny Jackson won the 440-yard dash, and Wallace Desthert took third to give the Crimson and Blue an advantage of 13 points in the first three events.
The Jayhawkers scored only one point in the next two events, Owen Peck taking sixth in the 100-yard dash, while Nebraska tallied 20 to take the lead. Scofield's tie for first and Norbert Zimmer's tie for third in the high jump put Kansas back in front by three points, but Nebraska scored 10 points to Kansas' one in the 880-yard run to regain the lead. Andy Lunsford finished sixth in this event.
Kansas scored 14 points in the broad jump, and Nebraska went scoreless to enable the Jayhawkers to forge back into the lead with 88 points to Nebraska's 87. Scofield took second, and Stevens finished third for Kansas.
The Nebraskans tallied nine points in the pole vault, and Kansas' lane entry, Black, tied for fourth for three points. Nebraska held a 13-point lead at the completion of 10 events.
Robison, Black, and Ebel came through with third, fourth, and sixth places in the discus to put Kansas on top again by three points. Jackson's fifth in the 220-yard dash gave the Jayhawkers two more points, but the Cornhuskers scored 12 and recaptured the lead.
Robison, Ebel, and Bruce Henoch captured second, third, and fourth places in the javelin to offset Nebraska's first, and the Jayhawkers took the lead again. Kansas' 18 points in the javelin gave the Crimson and Blue 107 points against Nebraska's 106.
In the 2-mile run, Nebraska tallied five points to none for Kansas, and the lead changed hands again. N.U. maintained its lead by scoring four points in the 220-yard low hurdles, with Dexter Welton taking sixth for the only Kansas point.
The officials waited until the javelin throwing was completed to start the mile relay. The announcer read the totals, and the crowd buzzed with excitement as the officials got ready to start the deciding race. More than 4,000 tense, yelling fans were on their feet as the runners went to their marks. Then came the most thrilling race of all, and the crowd was a disappointed lot as Kansas came home the winner
The Big Six probably will have to wait a long time before it produces another championship meet as close and exciting as this one. The marks may be better, but the finish of the 1946 meet will long be remembered.
Summaries:
Shot put--Black, Kansas; Robison, Kansas; Andros, Oklahoma; Hansen, Nebraska; Nutzman, Nebraska; Ebel, Nebraska. 4 feet. 4 inches.
Mile run-Ginn, Nebraska; Moore,
Kansas; Leasure, Kansas State;
Kratz, Nebraska; Chronister, Missouri;
Friel, Missouri. 4:24.1.
440-yard dash—Jackson, Kansas.
100-yard dash — Crowson, Missouri; Pederson, Iowa State; Hutton, Nebraska; Harp, Oklahoma; Ware, Nebraska; Peck, Kansas.  09.7
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Pole vault--Nelson, Kansas State; Miller, Nebraska; Higgins, Missouri; tie-Black, Kansas, and Neidt, Iowa State; tie-Randolph and Eisenhardt, Nebraska. 13 feet.
Broad jump — Pederson, Iowa State; Scofield, Kansas; Stevens, Kansas; Phillips, Oklahoma; Clark, Iowa State; Danielson, Kansas State. 24 feet, 10 inches.
220-yard dash — Crowson, Missouri; Stroud, Nebraska; Eidson Oklahoma; Ware, Nebraska; Jackson, Kansas; Whiteacre, Missouri. 21.6.
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220- yard low hurdles—Ault, Missouri; Sharp, Oklahoma; Gaultney, Missouri; Randolph, Nebraska; Feeken, Iowa State; Welton, Kansas. 24.2.
Two-mile run—Arlen, Iowa State; Canaris, Oklahoma; Adee, Kansas State; Ginn, Nebraska; Neer, Missouri; Martin, Nebraska. 10-18.9
Mile relay  Kansas (Lunsford, Jackson, Shea, Desterhalt; Nebraska; Missouri; Oklahoma; Iowa State; Kansas State. 3:28.8.
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Netters Win Big Six Trophy
K. U. netters made a clean sweep of the Big Six conference singles, doubles, and team championship when they closed their season, with a 5-1 win over Nebraska at Lincoln Saturday.
In 10 matches, the Jayhawkers won eight and tied two. Roy Shoaf and Bob Groom, number one and two men, were undefeated in singles and first in doubles.
Charles Carson and Bob "Bitsy" Barnes, played three and four spots in singles and number two in doubles, completed the team.
It was the first undefeated tennis year for KU. since 1937.
Golfers Place Second In Big Six Tourney
Kansas linksmen upset the pre-tournament golf dope sheet to take second place in the Big Six golf tourney Friday and Saturday at Lincoln, Neb.
Oklahoma, tournament favorite,
captured the championship with a total of 608 strokes over the 36-hole match. The Sooners also took individual honors with Coe shooting 71-72 and Anderson following close on his heels with a 72-73.
The Jayhawkers were doped to come in fourth behind the Sooners, Missouri Tigers, and Kansas State Wildcats, but Coach William Shannon's golfers shot steady rounds to take second by six strokes.
Phil Wade, Jack Hines, Peter Macdonald, and Bill Winey represented the Jayhawkers in the tournament. The Jayhawkers should do even better next year with all these men except Hines returning to give Kansas a veteran squad.
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