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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940.
Kresie To Face Sooners
SPORTSCOPE
By Larry Winn
The schedule for the Kansas sports teams is big this week, with the Jayhawker baseball team meeting the high ranking Oklahoma Sooners on our diamond Friday and Saturday.
The Tigers will probably trounce the Kansas boys, because through bad luck and lack of material, the K.U. track team this year is one of the weakest in the history of track at Kansas. The Crimson and Blue boys have few advantages in any of the field events. We haven't a prayer in a carload, in the high jump, javelin, shot put or discus. We might be able to garner a few points in the broad jump is J. R. Jones' back is all right.
Then on Saturday, the K.U. cinder team will journey to Tigerland, where they will meet the Bengals in a dual meet. Although Kenny Hamilton will be out of the meet with a pulled leg muscle, there is a possibility that Ray Harris will be back in form to give "Lonesome" John Munski some stiff competition in the distance runs. Harris is the Big Six outdoor two-mile, champion.
THE HIGH-FLYING Boston Red Sox and the topsy-turvy New York Yankees, open a three-game series in the Yankee stadium tomorrow . . . The Sox and the Yanks were pre-season favorites to battle it out for the American League championship right now . . . Boston is leading the league and the Yanks have unchallenged possession of the cellar position . . . Up to today, the Bronx Bombers have dropped five straight games.
Paul Zimmerman, sports editor of the Los Angeles Times tells us that Arturo Godoy will be the basis of another "sensational, gigantic, colossal," build-up, when he meets Louis the night of June 20, in Madison Square Garden. Zimmerman reminds us that this fight is scheduled too soon after the last identical fight between Louis and John Paycheck, of Des Moines. In other words, Zimmerman is just another one of the many sports fans that hates to see Mike Jacobs ruin the fight game with his cut-rate shows.
NUMBER 1——is George Bailey. Bailey was hte first racing driver killed while practicing for the 1940 Indianapolis Speedway classic. Bailey's car crashed into the wall and he was burned to death, while the car was demolished.
GLENN MORRIS, ex - Colorado State footballer, ex-All West end in the 1933 East-West game, ex-junior national 440-yard hurdle champion, ex-national decathlon champion, ex-Olympic decathlon champion, and if that isn't enaugh, ex-Tarzan in the movies, is now selling insurance in Los Angeles and doing right well for himself, too.
Jayhawkers Will Play Strong Oklahoma Team In Two-Game Series
Oklahoma's Sooners, who are near the acme of perfection as college baseball teams go, will arrive in Lawrence tomorrow morning, for a two-day series with the Kansas Jayhawks.
Carrying at least three men, who are recognized as future big league timber, the Sooners should keep their winning streak in the Big Six intact, without the expenditure of too much effort. Jimmy Pope, who owns a wide assortment of slow curves, is the ace of the Oklahoma staff and may pitch the first game of the
Pope is not the only Sooner who stands a good chance of succeeding in organized baseball. Big league scouts are also reported to be making eyes at Hero Scheffler, Jack Riley, and "Popeye" Lasater. Scheffler a Star
Scheffler, the lanky first baseman, has connected for seven hits out of 13 trips to the plate, in the last three games. Included in this impressive display of offensive power were two doubles, a triple, and a home run. Riley, Sooner third baseman, has also wielded a big stick in Oklahoma's drive toward the conference title. Lasater, the fiery little second sacker, has been out of action during the past week, but is expected to be ready to play tomorrow.
The rain yesterday may have caused another postponement of the Jayhawk's game with Rockhurst, but it didn't prevent them from working out at home. The varsity diamond was still soggy, so Coach Mike Getto moved his athletes over to the football field for their daily practice session.
Kresie Starts Again
In order to avoid the chilly wind, Knute Kresie and Marvin Vandaveer, Kansas moundsmen, loosened their arms in pitching practice under the stadium. Kresie has been nominated to hurl tomorrow's game with Henry Horak starting on Saturday afternoon. However, should the Oklahoma hitters become too familiar with the offerings of Kresie or Horak, Vandaveer, John Burge, or "Red" Dugan will be rushed in from the bull pen.
Except for the second base post, which will be filled by Charles Kraemer while Kresie is pitching, the Kansas lineup tomorrow will be the same as the one which took the field against Nebraska. On Saturday, Kresie will probably be shifted back to second place.
Additions Made To Hall of Fame
Framed photographs of Serge Rachmaninoff, pianist; Fritz Kreisler, violinist; and Emanuel Fleuermann, cellist, all autographed and dedicated to the School of Fine Arts, have been added to the University Hall of Fame. This name has been given to the collection of autographed photos of musical celebrities who have appeared in Hoch auditorium.
Cinder Team Meets Tigers On Saturday
Track coach, Bill Hargiss will give the "go" sign to four drivers to head for Columbia, Mo., at 5 o'clock, Friday afternoon, for a dual meet between the Kansas Jayhawker track string, and the Missouri Tigers.
Other recent additions to the collection are Ignaz Paderewski, pianist; Marcel Dupre, organist; and Francescatti, French violinist.
"We just don't have a dual team," says Hargiss. We got 1½ points out of a possible 36 in four field events against the Staters. Our total points earned will rank high in a conference meet, because the other teams will distribute the points pretty evenly in the events in which we don't have much of a showing."
Fully recovered from the Kansas State defeat, the track team is ready for its opponents, but is looking farther ahead than the M.U. meet, to the Big Six Conference meet at Lincoln, Neb.
Weak In Dual Meets
Entrys, at present, include 22 men in 15 events. Among those expected to take a first in Columbia are Mathes, Jones, Foy, Thompson, and Bevan.
Undecided On Harris
Ray Harris' foot was paining him in his workout yesterday afternoon, but he was able to jog $2 \frac{1}{2}$ miles over a "hill-course" Hargiss has laid out. Harris may be spared the exertion of the mile run until the Big Six Conference. Red-headed Kenny Hamilton occupies the same injury booth with Harris, except there is no doubt
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Allen Receives Numerous Requests for His Books
Textbook coaching is the trend in basketball coaching, if the number of requests that are pouring in for copies of Dr. "Phog" Allen's "Better Basketball" and "My Basketball Bible" from coaches all over the world, are any indication.
Bv Clavelle Holden, c'40
A basketball enthusiast in Manchester, England, writes, "Basketball has not yet been adopted in Britain in a big way. The war has dealt basketball a severe blow, for all the Mormon missionaries, who were the backbone of English basketball, have returned to the States." He says his highest ambitions are to see basketball played in England with the same fervor as cricket; and to witness a first class basketball game in America. He requested that both books he sent to him $ ^{*} $
that both books be sent to him at once.
that Hamilton will not run Saturday.
From Montevideo, Uruguay, comes a request for "Better Basketball" from H. Lopez Reboloed, of the Uruguayan court team, winner of the South American Basketball Championship. Reboloed, who has been coaching basketball for 15 years, recently coached a team that defeated a North American quintet.
A telegraphic basketball contest, which would be the first of its kind between the two continents, was suggested by Gerson Sabino, coach of the Minas Tennis Club of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Five players from the University of Kansas, and a same number from the Minas Tennis Club would take 500 free throws and the one making the
The Kansas entrys are:
Mile run: Edwards, Ryan
440-yd. dash: Green, Eberhardt,
Reed, Foy.
120-yd. high hurdles: Foy, Jones.
880-yd. run: Thompson, Edwards
Splitter.
100-yd. dash: Mathes, Scott, D.
Gibbets.
220-yd. dash: Mathes, Scott, D. Gibbens.
Two-mile run: Ryan, Toberen.
220-yd. low hurries: Foy, Jones.
Mile relay: Mathes, Eberhardt,
Reed. Greene, Fov. D. Gibbens.
Pole vault: Beven, O'Hara,
Cordell.
High jump: Thompson, Mott.
Shot put: Turner, Hartman, Arky.
Discus: Hartman, Turner, Dawes.
Javelin: Dawes, Turner, Arky.
Bill Hargiss, Dell Davidson, possibly Harry Lansig, are those driving to Missouri.
most shots would be declared the winner. He concludes with, "I have your book, 'Better Basketball,' and with it I have won many games and championships." Another From India
From Sakti State in India, Doctor Allen received a request for his two books from a "lover of basketball."
"My Basketball Bible" was first published in 1923, and had a sale of 15,000 copies. "Better Basketball," published in 1338, is a much larger and more comprehensive volume.
Dr. Allen To Speak at Six High School Graduations
Dr. "Phog" Allen has just arranged to speak at the commencement exercises of six Kansas high schools, beginning May 15.
The list of high school and the dates of the respective commencements are: May 15, Hill City; May 16, Seneca; May 21, Humbert; May 22, Marysville; May 24, Wamego; May 29, Bonner Springs; and on May 25, Doctor Allen will give an address at the Douglas County grade school graduation exercises in Lawrence.
W.A.A. To Elect Officers Today
A W.A.A. banquet is scheduled for Thursday, May 16, according to Lois Wisler, e'40, president.
The Women's Athletic Association held an election of officers at 4:30 this afternoon in Robinson gymnasium. Nominees were selected by the nominating committee at a W.A.A. meeting Monday. Results of the election will be announced this evening.
K Club Quartet singing:
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"Sweet Adeline"
Help the K Club. Go see this show—and see it in a new Carl's Tweed Suit.
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