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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942
Only twice in the last eleven Kansas Relays, has the world's greatest miler missed the starter's gun Glenn Cunningham watched the Relays from the sidelines in 1931; he was a freshman at Kansas, couldn't enter varsity competition. He missed the Relays altogether last year, he had retired once and for all and was pursuing a teaching profession at Cornell College of Mt. Vernon, Iowa . . . Glenn's first appearance at the relays in 1930 brought a new record—4:31.4—in the Relies interscholastic mile run. (This record has since been eclipsed by Randolph Wolek of Goessel who now runs for Emporia State). Cunningham brought the state high school mile record to Elkhart that year with a 4:28.3 mark; this record still stands. He climaxed his high school career by winning the national interscholastic mile run at Stagg field in Chicago—his time: 4:24.7 . . . The "Elkhart Express" was back in the Relays in 1932, winning the 1500 meter run in 4:02.5. In 1933 he defeated Glen Dawson in the Relays special 1500 distance in 3:53.3 . . . 1934 found Cunningham leading Gene Venzke, Pennsylvania picture runner, to the tape by 15 yards in the Relays mile. Glenn was clocked at 4:12.7. Next year Glen Dawson defeated the "Barrel-chested Kansan" in the Relays mile in the time of 4:17.1. Glenn blazed home in front of Glen Funk, Nebraska miler and Mel Trutt, Indiana freshman, to win the 1500 meter even of the Relays in the time of 3:57.1 in 1936 . . . In a race in which Cunningham was spiked, Archie San Romani of the Emporia State Teachers bested Glenn in the time of 4:14.1. San Romani led Cunningham to the tape in the 1938 Relays mile in the slow time of 4:23. Don Lash, Indiana distance star, was third . . . Cunningham and Chuck Fenske of Wisconsin dragged through four laps in the 1939 relays with Glenn winning in 4:29.2."Gliding Glenn" could do no better than fourth in his final cinder path appearance at the Relays. Blaine Rideout came home ahead of his twin brother, Wayne,
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WON LOST
Beta Theta Pi ... 23 13
Kappa Sigma ... 24 15
Sigma Alpha Epsilon ... 22 17
Delta Tau Delta ... 18 15
Sigma Phi Epsilon ... 16 17
Sigma Chi ... 16 20
Delta Upsilon ... 9 21
Phi Delta Theta ... 7 17
On April 15, the schedule will be Phi Delta Theta vs. Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Delta Tau, Beta Theta Pi vs. Delta Upsilon.
Kansas Relays Star Performers
(1) Husky Elmer Aussiker, Missouri weight man, will be on hand to try his luck in the shot put. Last year he placed fourth in this event at the Relays; he is Big Six indoor champion with a distance of 49 feet. (2) Jack DeField, Minnesota pole vaulter will match leaps with (3) Harel Hunt of Nebraska. DeField is co-champion of the Big Ten and Hunt is undisputed ruler of Big Six pole vaulting. DeField tied for first in the vault at the relays last year, and at the Texas Relays this season Hunt won first to establish a new record at 14 feet 5-8 inches with DeField taking second honors. The Relays vault record of 14 feet 2 inches by Beefus Bryan of Texas is likely to fall to one of these skyward-bound boys. (4) Oklahoma's medley relay team (1 to r., Dick Smetthers, Bill Lyda, Hoyt Burns, John Sharpe) has won the medley in the Texas Relays and Colorado Relays this year. Smethers is the Big Six two mile champion while Lyda wears the Big Six quarter-mile and half-mile crown. (5) Durable as chilled steel is Oklahoma's Bill Lyda, outstanding middle distance runner of the Big Six this year. He can run anything from the hundred in 9.9 to the half in 1:56 and will be the Sooner's principal hope for wins in the sprint and distance medleys and the mile relay.
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