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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY,APRIL 12,1942
Ambitious is the word for Kansas' baseball team this year. By scheduling its first game with Ft Leavenworth's service club, it has bitten into the top of the baseball heap right off the bat . . . Manager of the soldier team is Sgt. Oddi Swigart. He is fresh from the Pittsburgh Pirates where he was just hitting his prime as a big time pitcher . . . Catcher at the Fort is Ralph Houk, a Lawrence product. He played on Lawrence's championship B. J. team in 1938 which was second in national playoffs. (Incidentally, he caught Knute Kresie, Jayhawk twirler, that season.) Houk played in the Yankee chain system at Binghampton, N. Y., last year, was slated to catch for the Kansas City Blues this season till the draft decided otherwise . . . Willie Seal, former American Legion player from Topeka, who hit the big circuit at Memphis in the Southern Association, holds down shortstop post for Ft. Leavenworth . . . Among the other ex-pros now doing their bit for national defense on the service team are Corp. Charles Knoblauch, former second sacker in the Arkansas - Missouri league, and Corp. Bill Kinney who used to man third base in the Canadian-American association . . . Mark one against the soldiers, though, for letting "Lefty" Leill, ace moundsman for Lawrence B. J. teams of 1937-38 who later played with Salina in the Western Association, slip through their hands. Leill was inducted into the army at Ft. Leavenworth but before the Fort's baseball machinery could salvage him, he had been re-shipped for duty elsewhere . . . Note of encouragement of the Jayhawkers in their diamond opener: the soldiers haven't even practiced together yet; they'll be battling Kansas on their reputation, not ability to work together. But the French army had a reputation for power and coordination before Hitler tore into it.
One of the football players of Henry Shenk, instructor in physical education, when he was coach at Junction City was Jack Wainwright, son of the commander of Filipino-American troops in recently fallen Bataan. General Wainwright was stationed at Ft. Riley; his son attended school at nearby Junction City, played on Shenk's football machines which were as good as any in the state . . . Wainwright's real name was Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, the fifth," we called him "Jack" for short," Shenk admitted.
According to the figures of E. A. Thomas, state high school activities head, basketball is the most popular
Blanks Top Tough Field In Fast I-M Track Meet
The Blank's powerful track squad coasted home first in an intramural meet which had talent galore and speed to spare Friday. The Phi Delt's nosed out the Phi Psi's, last year's champions for runner-up honors.
Two feature events of the meet were the century dash and pole vault. Gene Roberts blazed home in the hundred less than a hair's breadth ahead of Val Schlosser. The dash was clocked in 10.1 seconds—exceptionally fast for the slow, muddy track.
The sun had sunk behind the west wing of the stadium and the weather had turned cool before pole vault honors were decided. Charlie Black, Stan Hansen, and Schlosser negotiated 12 feet 1 inch to share top rating in that event.
In a home stretch duel Bob Dole nosed out Roger Whitworth in the 440-yard run to win in 53.9 seconds. Dole placed second behind Roberts in the 220-yard dash, and Whitworth returned to anchor the Blanks to victory in the medley.
The low hurdle title fell to Frank Stannard who was closely pushed to the tape by John Reynolds. Time for the 120-yard lows was 15 seconds flat.
Black completed a trio of firsts by taking the discus throw with a toss of 120 feet 1 inch. Second to Black was Max Kissell, Milo Farneti won the javelin over Art Wilson. Farnetti's throw was 165 feet 9 inches.
Event results:
100 yard dash won by Roberts (Sigma Chi); Schlosser (Sig Alph)
2nd; D. Evans (Blanks), 3rd; Winters (Sig Alph), 4th, Time, 10.1.
220 yard dash won by Roberts (Sigma Chi): Dole (Kappa Sig), 2nd; Dominick (Sig Alph), 3rd; Burns (Sigma Chi), 4th. Time, 24.4.
440 yard dash won by Dole (Kapps
Sig); Whitworth (Blanks), 2nd;
Short (Beta), 3rd; Moore (Sigma
Chi), 4th. Time, 53.9.
120 yard low hurdles won by Stannard (Blanks); Reynolds (Phi Gam), 2nd; Hargiss (Sigma Nu), 3rd; Farneti (Pflugerville), 4th. Time, 15.0.
Discus throw won by Black (Pflugerville); Kissell (Phi Psi), 2nd, Baker (Delta Tau), 3rd; Linquist (T.K.E.), 4th. Distance 120 ft. 9 in. Javelin throw won by Farneti (Pflugerville); Wilson (Phi Delt), 2nd, Wintermore (D.U.). 3rd; Kissell (Phi Psi), 4th. Distance, 165 feet 9 inches.
Pole vault tie for first among Hansen (Blanks), Schlosser (Sig Alph), and Black (Pfugerville); Chivis (Sig Alph), 4th. Height, 12 feet 1 inch.
440 yard relay.won by Blanks; Sig
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interscholastic sport. He finds that of the 674 high schools in Kansas which participate in athletics, 666 of them have basketball teams. Track is the second most popular sport with 482 schools taking part; football comes next with 334 followed by baseball with 300.
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Team scoring:
Blanks—18 1-3
Phi Delté—6 14
Phi Psi's—61
Sig Alph's—59 2-3
Sigma Chi's—59
Phi Gam's—52
Beta's—51
Delta Tau's—50 1-3
Pfugerville—49 2-3
Kappa Sig's—28
Sig Ep's—25
A.T.O.'s—24
T.K.E.'s—18
Sigma Nu—13
D.U.'s—8
BY JACK WERTS
I-M Softball Makes Its Debut
Intramural softball season opened yesterday with victories by the Delt's, Sigma Nu's, Phi Delt's, Phi Psi's. Wild pitching, hard hitting and errors were rampant in these first games of the year.
The Delta Tau Delta team defeated the Delta Chi organization 9 to 4. Hoyt Baker pitched for the Delta Tau's and Wendell Wendstrand pitched for the Delta Chi's. The Delt's scored consistently throughout the game, getting one run in the first inning, one in the second, four in the third, one in the fourth, and two in the sixth.
Joe Roberts of the Delta Tau team batted a 1.000 with three hits in three times up. Hoyt Baker showed good form in his pitching for the Delta Tau club. Otto Schnellbacher and Lyle Young each got two hits in three times at bat for the Delta Chi team.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity came out on the short end of a six to one score in their game with the Sigma Nu's. Sigma Nu scored four runs in the first inning and the Kappa Sig's scored their only run in the fourth inning. Harold Dumler pitched for Kappa Sigma and Warren Israel was the Sigma Nu pitcher.
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Baseball Premier Set for Thursday
It took a long distance phone call to do it, but baseball coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen finally pegged a definite opening date for his Jayhawker nine. Kansas will make its season's debut against Ft. Leavenworth's service team next Thursday afternoon, at 3:30 on the local diamond.
After having their night or lified by rain and cold weather contest with Ft. Leavenworth changed, the Kansas batsmen get under way this week, against a team composed primarily of veteran professionals.
After having their night opener against Kansas State nullified by rain and cold weather and having the date of their
attack with Ef. Leavenworth
BY ALAN B. HOUGHTON, Kansan Sports Editor
Coach Allen looks for a vastly improved fielding club over last year's Kansas team to take the field against the soldiers. Two months of practice show that the 1942 edition of Jayhawk baseball will be an accent on power at the plate. Kansas Prospects Bright
Here is the evidence of Kansas' chances for a potent baseball crew this year: Forrest "Knute" Kresie, veteran hurler and mainstay of last year's squad, will be mound chief for the Jayhawks.
Culminating his Ban Johnson career, Kresie tossed Iola to the Southeast Kansas title last summer. He won ten games, dropped one to compile a .68 earned run-per-game average. His .357 hitting clip for the season was fourth best in the league.
Kresie played on the 1938 Lawrence Ban Johnson team which won the Eastern Division title and was runner up for National B. J. honors. He played on a championship Topeka B. J. team in 1939 and pitched for a Topeka team in 1940 which placed fourth in the state semi-protournament at Wichita.
Number two pitcher for Kansas will be Bill Atwell. He delivers from the port side, has the size and speed necessary for a good hurler. Atwell's control is improved over last year but still needs more polish to be effective.
Dan Brune, who has pitched semi-pro ball in Lawrence, will see action on the Jayhawk hurling staff this year. Gene Alford, a right handed thrower and left handed batter, caught Brune in the Lawrence league. He is a good hitter and can play the outfield.
T. F. "Wigwam" Hunter, a letter-
Al Hecht will play the outfield for Kansas in its first game. He will take mound duties later when he has conditioned his arm. Hecht has plenty of speed and a good curve for his pitching but lacks control.
Warren Hodges assumes duties behind the plate for Kansas. He has played semi-pro ball in Lawrence, and if Bill Essech, Yankee scout, had his way, Hodges would be playing pro ball now. He has the size and powerful throwing arm needed for big time baseball.
Ray Evans, football and basketball star, will round out this year's athletic activities by holding down the initial sack for coach Allen. Evans has caught in the semi-pro tournament at Wichita and played first base and catcher in Kansas City's B. J. league.
Showing great improvement over last season, letterman Del Green will pitch his tent on second base. He is a good fielder but needs to improve his batting. Green played ball last summer with the Atwood town team.
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