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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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By BILL SIMS
The major league baseball races start April 16, and eyes of all baseball fans are turned eagerly to training camp news. Every fan is trying to determine just how good a chance his favorite has to win the league bunting.
The return of so many pre-war stars has greatly complicated the work of the prognosticators. Practically every team in both leagues has had at least two or three stars return to the fold after war service. It is true that some have been more fortunate than others, but every club should be stronger.
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The biggest question in the minds of owners, managers, and fans is whether these former greats can retain their pre-war ability. Has the layoff caused by the war hurt their playing? This question will not be answered until well after the season goes going.
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The contests for the batting towns of the leagues should be the best in several years. It is a certainty that George Stirnweiss' winning mark of 309 in the American league last year will not come close to this year's high.
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, Joe DiMaggio of the New York Jankees, and Dick Wakefield of the Detroit Tigers probably will be the chief contenders for the American league title. Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves, last year's National league champion, Pete Reiser of the Philadelphia Orioles.
Brooklyn Dodgers, and Stan Musial the St. Louis Cardinals appear to the best bets in the senior circuit.
I predict that Ted Williams will like American league honors and at Stan Musial will cop the Natal league crown. Williams may proach his former high of .406 in 41. If Musial strong, he
IM Table Tennis Games Today
Women's table tennis doubles games scheduled for today are Delta Gemma vs. Miller at 4:30 p.m., and Kappa Kappa Gamma vs. Tipperary hall at 5 p.m.
Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Tipperary, Kappa Alpha Theta, Watkins hall, and Alpha Delta Pi won intramural table tennis doubles games last week.
Pi Beta Phil's three teams beat Sigma Kappa's; Chi Omega took one game out of two and a forfeit from the Independents; two Kappa teams won games, and a third won by forfeit; Tipparyar took two out of three games from Delta Gamma; Harmon forfeited to Kappa Alpha Theta; Corbin forfeited to the Alpha Delti's who lost two games out of three to Watkins; and Gamma Phi Beta forfeited to Watkins.
Plank Visits Campus
Maj.-Gen. Ewart G. Plank, f.s. '18 returned to the campus last week for a short visit before reporting to Fort Eustace, Virginia, where he will be in charge of a transportation school. General Plank was in charge of the advance sector communications in northern and western Europe during World War II.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Admitted Monday
Thomas W. Collier, PT 10.
Roll Ginter, PT 8.
Virginia Powell, Miller Hall.
Louis W. Johnson, Sunflower.
Jean Cunningham 1345 West Campus.
Donald A. Summer, PT 9.
Leo S. Cottingham, 539 Tennessee.
Dorothy L. Feldkamp, 1339 West Campus.
Dismissed Monday
Vivian Rogers 1045 West Hills.
Jacquetta Shaw, 1145 Louisiana.
Charline Anderson, 11 East 11th.
should not have too much trouble annexing the title. But if he gets off to a slow start, Tommy Holmes may outhit him and take the championship.
Picket Line Around Kurland Is Tarheels' Chance for Title
New York. (UP)—The North Carolina local of the basket makers' "union" was all set today to throw a picket line around 7-foot Bob Kurland in an effort to prevent Oklahoma A. & M's gym dandies from winning the national basketball championship two years hand running.
However, they are sentimental favorites with the Garden regulars who watched them turn defeat into victory in a 60-57 overtime thriller against Ohio State in the eastern finals Saturday.
North Carolina's chances weren't too high for the title game tonight at Madison Square Garden and they were 8-point underdogs.
The fans apparently are banking upon the shooting artistry and the ball-stealing talents of the Tarheels to upset the Aggies.
The Oklahomans will be attempting to do what no other team has done—win the championship two years in a row. They took last year's title with a victory over New York university and went on to win a national mythical title by defeating DePaul, the winner of the 1945 invitational meet.
The Aggies, coached by Henry Iba, long one of the most brilliant defense strategists in the business, are given an excellent chance of running away with the championship game. They never were extended in any of their tournament tests.
Drive Organizer Named
Willis L. Tompkins, president of the class of '43, has been appointed field organizer for the World War II Memorial association. Tompkins, a naval lieutenant, was discharged March 22. He will meet heads of alumni associations around the country to acquaint them with the plans for the drive.
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