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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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APRIL 1,1946
Bv BILL SIMS
Several changes in softball rules have been made by the National Softball association. The rules received very little publicity at the time, but many persons believe the new rules will make the game more interesting and popular.
One of the new rules does away with the tenth man, the shortfielder. Another states that any batter hit by a pitched ball will get a free ticket to first base. The third important change designates that the batter's box will extend two feet in front and two feet behind the plate.
All three changes favor the batter and were made in order to create a better offensive game. There will be many high scoring games, and batting averages will be fattened considerably.
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The elimination of the shortfielder may allow many balls to fall safely for hits which were formerly caught by the shortfielder. Many extra bases may be stolen, when an infielder allows a ball thrown by the catcher to go through him because no one will be playing halfway between the outfield and the infield.
The batter will be able to stand farther away from the pitcher's box aiding him against a fast pitcher. He will have a better chance to take a full swing at a fast ball, and this should help make the game more interesting for the spectator, even though the pitcher won't appreciate
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The intramural track meet held last week was a real success even though most of the participants hadn't been practicing very long. Some of the marks turned in compare favorably to some varsity marks and Coach Ray Kanehl watched several of the performers with a gleam in his eye.
Some of these men will be out for the varsity track team this week and should add strength in several events. The Jayhawkers should field a more formidable team in the Big Six outdoor meet at Lincoln than the one which performed at the indoor carnival. Kansas picked up $1\frac{1}{2}$ points to take fifth place in the indoor meet, but indications point to a better showing at Lincoln.
30 Volunteer To Go On A-Bomb Tests As 'Guinea Pigs'
Washington, (UP)—Thirty persons—including a parachute jumper, a self- profession alcoholic, several veterans and one woman—have volunteered to be human "guinea pigs" in the army-navy atomic bomb+.
In the army-military bomb tests.
Only two of them thought they
(meaning their next of kin) should
be paid. One man estimated that
$50,000 "would be about right." An
other volunteered to be a-bombed
because "he heard" the price was
$125,000.
Task force headquarters quickly explained by return mail that volunteers would not be accepted—at any price. Only goats, sheep, pigs, and white rats will be aboard the target ship when the postponed tests are held.
One of the volunteers wrote that he would gladly make a broadcast from one the doomed ships—"at least, up to the second I have been radiated." He thoughtfully enclosed his telephone number.
"Fifty per cent of our population are alcoholic and as an alcoholic I offer myself as a guinea pig, P. S. I'll bet you $1,000 I live too."
Here are some other excerpts from volunteer's letters:
"My 18-year-old companion and I, after serious consideration, decided, if we are accepted, to offer ourselves as human 'guinea pigs.' We felt it our duty, not only to science, but to the rest of the world."
Here's the West All-Star collegiate basketball team which lost a one-point upset, 60-59, to the East five in a Madison Square Garden game Saturday. That's Charlie Black, Jayhawker All-American, second from the right. He scored 9 points in the New York tilt. Others in the picture, left to right, are Kenneth Sailors, Wyoming; Dave Strack, Michigan; Wilbur Schu, Kentucky; Warren Ajax, Minnesota; Rudy Lawson, Purdue; Black, and Dave Otten, Bowling Green.
Charlie Scored 9 Points, But West Stars Were Outshone
Pflashes Win I-M Track Meet
The Pflugerville Pflashes captured first five tests and scored 52 points to take top honors in the intramural track meet held last week.
Richardson, Phi Psi, jumped 5 feet 11 inches to win the high jump. Connel, Phi Psi, was second; McFey, Sigma Nu, third; and King, Sigma Chi, fourth.
Moore, Beta, heaved the shot put 40 feet 8 $ \frac{3}{4} $ inches to take first in that event. Todd, Pflashes, was second; Ebel, Pflashes, third; and Darsey, Sigma Nu, fourth.
Phi Kappa Psi won second with 40 points, and Sigma Chi tallied 37 for third. Other teams and their totals were: Phi Gamma Delta, 28; Beta Theta Pi, 24; Phi Delta Theta, 21; PT-6, 15; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 14; Delta Tau Delt, 9; Sigma Nu, 5; Tau Kappa Epsilon, 4; Kappa Sigma, 4; Alpha Tau Omega, 2; PT-8, 1.
MacIvor, Phi Gam, won the 100-yard dash in 10.3 seconds. Peck, Sigma Chi, was second; Dillon, Phi Psi, third; and Williams, Phi Psi, fourth.
The Phi Gam's took first place in the mledley relay in 3:48.4. Sigma Chi was second, Sig Alph's third, and Beta's fourth.
Elliott, PfUfgerville Pfashes, won the 220-yard dash in 22.8 seconds. MacIvor was second; Dillon, third; and Clark, fourth.
Clark, Sigma Chi, placed first in the low hurdles in 14.5 seconds. Hawkinson, Phi Delt, was second; Bellamy, Phi Psi, third; and Kincher, Phi Psi, fourth.
Shuster, Pfashes, won the half-mile in 2:06.6 Gove, Phi Giam, placed second; Desterhaft, Sig Alph, third; and Bock, Tau Delt Angle, fourth.
The Phi Psi's won the 880-yard relay in 1:46.6, with the Phi Gam's, Phi Delt's, and Beta's following in that order.
Elliott captured his second first of the afternoon by winning the 440 in 51.9 seconds. Buresh, PT-6, placed second; Campbell, PT-6, third; and Vickers, Pflashes, fourth.
V-2 German Rocket To Set 100-Mile Altitude Record
Las Crunes, N. M. (UP)—A V-2 German rocket will pierce the stratosphere for a record 100 miles from the earth's surface next month, the army revealed today at its White Sand proving grounds.
For the first time in history, records as to temperatures and atmospheric conditions at that altitude will be recorded, said Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner, commanding officer of the project.
The rocket, to be fired almost vertically, weighs $13\frac{1}{2}$ tons, is 49 feet long, and six feet in diameter. Turner said it would reach a maximum velocity of 3,000 miles an hour, returning to earth in seven minutes from the launching, and would hit the ground traveling 1,800 feet a second.
The rocket will carry no explosives.
Previous record height for the V-2 was the 62-mile altitude attained by the German explosive-laden missiles fired during the war. A change in the controls will enable the test rocket to reach the greater height, Turner said.
Scheduled for mid-April, the first experimental firing will be secret. A similar test later in the month will be open to the press.
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of three now built at the White Sands project, would be launched from the same type of equipment used by the Germans. The rocket will be aimed to land somewhere within a five-mile area at the northern section of the proving grounds.
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It was revealed only Thursday that German scientists brought to this country on a voluntary basis were assisting army ordnance experts in the rocket experimental work.
Turner declared that although Germany spent 15 years in intensive rocket research, which resulted in the V-2 weapon, the United States now has an equal knowledge of the rocket. He said that a supply of 300 carloads of parts for rockets are on hand at the proving grounds, only one of its kind in the country, and that enough materials are available to build 25 V-2 missiles.
Mexico once was the most scientifically advanced country in Latin America.
Varsity Golf Team In Tryouts Wednesday
Qualifying rounds for the varsity golf team will be played Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Coach Will iam Shannon said today. The candidates will qualify at the Lawrence Country club over a 36-hole route.
Each of the 14 candidates will play two out of the three days. A 36-hole total of around 170 probably will be the dividing line, but eight or 10 men will be kept on the squad all the time. Coach Shannon said.
Here is the schedule for the qualifying rounds;
Tuesday, 1:45 p.m., Jack Hines,
Robert Moore, Earl Pickeral,
and Philip Wade. At 2 p.m., E.D. Christensen, Byron DeHaan, James Jones,
and Stanley Rudey. At 3 p.m., Delbert Bangs, Raymond Hall, Thomas McGraw, and William Winev.
The Kansas Jayhawkers have been picked as one of the outstanding basketball teams for next year in a forecast by the country's leading cage coaches. The entire Jayhawker team will return and will be bolstered by the return of several veterans.
Kentucky, coached by Kansas' Adolph Rupp, was picked to be the leading team in the nation. The Kentuckians will have their 1946 entire team, except for Wilbur Schu, back next year. The Wilcats won 28 of 30 games this year and took the National Invitational tournament.
Wednesday, 1:45 p.m., James Neuer and Stanley MacCampbell. At 3:45 p.m., Byron DeHaan and Thomas McGraw.
Other teams picked in the top 10 include the Oklahoma Aggies, Yale Mublenberg, Layfayette, West Virginia, Dartmouth, DePaul, and New York university.
Jayhawk Cagers Rated High in '47
Thursday, 1:45 p.m., Hines, Moore,
Neuner, and Rudey. At 2 p.m.
Christensen, McCampbell, Pickeral,
and Wade. At 3 p.m., Bangs, Hall,
Jones, and Winey.
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