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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
APRIL 3,1946
By BILL SIMS
The spring sports program at K.U. is approaching an all-time high in the number of participants. Both varsity and intramural sports are feeling the much-heralded boom expected at the end of the war. The armed services encouraged active participation, and many of the men are continuing their athletic activities.
Approximately 200 candidates are out for varsity teams, and about 420 men have signed up for the three intramural tournaments which start soon. Many more will take part in other sports when they begin.
This increased interest will help build a strong athletic program at KU, which should mean that Kansas teams no longer will fight it out for the cellar in Big Six competition. It also means that more equipment and facilities must be furnished, or some of this interest will subside.
Football leads the parade with 65 candidates, and track and tennis run neck and neck for the second spot with 45 and 42 men, respectively. Thirty candidates are battling for starting positions on the baseball team, and 14 men enter qualifying rounds for the golf team.
Three intramural tournaments starting soon include softball, golf or dtennis. Twenty-six teams have entered the softball tournament, which means at least 260 men will compete. The golf meet has 83 entries, and 73 players have entered the tennis playoffs.
The swimming meet also will be held soon, and more than 100 are expected to compete. The volleyball tournament is nearing completion, and almost 100 men participated in this.
The entire athletic future at K.U looks much brighter than at any time in the last decade.
Coach Red Dugan's baseball team is fast rounding into shape in this warm weather, and it should be ready to go for the first game. The schedule has not been released yet, but the first contest probably will be played before the Easter vacation.
An experienced catcher is needed, and Coach Dugan hopes to have some football men report after spring training who will plug some of the gaps in the field. Hitting power still seems weak, but the players are sharpening their batting eyes with daily sessions at the plate.
Several capable pitchers are on hand, and if the team gives them good support, the Jayhawkers will cause plenty of grief for the title contenders.
Weltmer, Scott Have Reunion
Roderick Weltmer and James Scott, Mankato, students at the University in '42 and '43, had a reunion in Nuerenberg, Germany, last month. Weltmer and Scott are members of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Cindermen To Texas Relays
A 12-man squad, including four individual performers, will give Kansas its most formidable representation in five years at Saturday's 19th Texas relays in Austin.
Coach Ray Kaneh will send three relays quartets to the post in the one-mile, two-mile, and sprint medley events, but the Jayhawker special event entries are the ones most likely to nail a baule or two.
Tops among these is Leroy Robison who has a fine chance to place in each of the three weight trials. Defending Big Six outdoor champion in the javelin. Robison already has lofted the spear 175 feet in practice and should hit 180 in competition. He also owns practice marks of 46 feet three inches in the shot put and 140 feet in the discus.
KU.'s second weight threat will be Karl Ebel, the country's No. 1 interscholastic heaven last spring who has negotiated 185 feet 10 inches. He also will accompany Robison on the discus.
Another red and blue hand who should place high is Tom Scofield, lank returned high-jumper. Big Six indoor and outdoor champion two years ago, Scofield bagged second in the 1946 indoor conference carnival—his first post-war start—with a jump of six-three.
Bob Stoland, another returned veteran who tied for first in the 1939 Texas Relays with a hoist of six-five, probably will be left at home Saturday. The rangy Lawrence leaper still is nursing a pulled muscle.
Mel Stevens, Kanehl's hustling little broad jumper, will fill out the individual roster. Stevens improved steadily throughout the indoor season, leaping 21 feet $11\frac{1}{2}$ inches in the conference meet to bag a third. He already has gone 22 feet 4 inches in outdoor practice.
Johnny Jackson, the Hawkers' brilliant quarter-miler from Shawnee-Mission, will furnish the hub for two of the relays foursome.
Harold Hinchee, the blond 880-stepper, also is assured of two relays spots, probably as anchor man in the 2-mile and sprint-medley. Bob Laptad, Andy Lunsford, Jim Richey, Hank Raab, and Dick Shea will complete the baton brigade.
Officer Tests To Be Given
Competitive tests for Foreign Service officers will be given Sept. 30 and Oct.1, it was announced today. Qualified veterans or members of the R.O.T.C. or N.R.O.T.C. may obtain applications from the Veterans Service bureau.
Prof. N, W. Storer attended the astronomical section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting which was held in St. Louis last week.
Storer Attends Meeting
Professor Storer gave a paper on "The Short Methods in Celestial Navigation."
Tennis Team Meets Washburn Tuesday
A record high number of 42 men are candidates for the 1946 K.U. tennis team, and about a dozen of these are now playing elimination matches to determine team position.
The Jayhawkers' first match, against Washburn University at Topeka Tuesday, will be played by a team composed mainly of veterans. Among the men now competing are several who have been out of uniform only a few months.
The top candidates include Roy Shoaf, Charles Snyder, Bob Barnes, Eldon Frye, Lloyd Eisenhower, Tom Dulos, George Gear, Bill Spicer, Charles Carson, Tom Scofield, Richard Gray, Randolph Funsten, Richard Champ, and W. B. McLlvaine.
Season play for the netters includes eight Big Six conference matches, two with Washburn, the Big Six meet, and other non-conference play now being arranged. The first home match will be against Nebraska, probably on April 12.
Among the other candidates are Harry Alexander, Louis Anderson, Robert Bessiar, Orval W. Buell, Byron Caskey, Holland Chalfant, Cecil Cooper, Robert Daniel, Warren LaMack, Robert Merriam, Lester Mische, William Parsons, Grady Randle, Calvin Remmers, E. M. Sheldon, Raymond Smith, J. W. Van Ert, J. B. Webb, Victor Wiegand, and John Wildgen.
Phi Psi, Sigma Chi Win Division Titles In Men's Volleyball
Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Chi were undefeated in the volleyball tournament to win division titles. These two teams, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and the winner of the Phi Gamma Delta-Kappa Sigma tussle will enter the playoffs Thursday.
Sigma Chi defeated Pi Kappa Alpha 15-6, 10-15, and 15-1. The V-12's upset Kappa Sigma 15-12, 15-10. Phi Gamma Delta defeated Tau Kappa Epsilon in two straight sets 15-4, 15-10.
Beta Theta Pi downed Nu Sigma Nu in the final round of division one play 15-7, 15-10. Phi Delta Theta defeated Tau Tau Delta 15-9, 15-4. Phi Kappa Psi upheld its undefeated record by downing Sigma Alpha Epsilon 15-10, 15-12.
Baldwin-Wallace, Peru State Submit Entries to Relays
Baldwin-Wallace college (Berea, Ohio) and Peru State Teachers college (Peru, Neb.) have submitted entries for the Kansas Relays, April 20.
Baldwin-Wallace will pin its hopes on a 1-man team. Harrison Dillard, Negro performer who won the high hurdles at the 1943 Penn Relays, will compete in the hurdle events for the Ohio school.
The Peru Teachers will send a 16-man squad to the 21st annual Kansas carnival.
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