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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1927
Distance Runners in Kansas Relays Olympic Material
Six Diminutive Stars Wil Run in 3,000 Meter Race Tomorrow at Stadium
Consistent performances in the mile, two-mile, and 1500 and 3600 meter runs the past two or three years have marked a group of middle-west college runners as almost certain Olympic team timetable for 1928.
These little stars will all be together for another test of the abilities in the 3,000 meter event of the fifth annual Kansas Relays program at the University of Kansas tomorrow. Although these little runners are midges compared to the yellow line they are midges of iron with endurance and speed that make their real stars of the track world.
Oisif Is a Champion
Philip Oelf of Haskell Indian Institute, a full blood Pimu, is one of the outstanding distance runners on the National A. U. senior and junior six-mile championships last summer. However, Captain Melvin Shimke of Marquette University of Milwaukee, and Bernard Frazer, University of Kansas sophomore, both hold the record in the two mile run, and he in turn has defended them at other distances.
Leonard Hume of the University of Iowa and John Zola of the University of Wisconsin are two Western Conference distance men who have been digging for some years and both have real class. James is the star of the Western Conference who is coming to compete in the 2000 meters at Kansas.
**Favorites Hard to Pick**
Which man to pick as the favorite is impossible to say, but from one of them there is more than one come along with some dark horse from the big field in the event may take the honors. Oisw won the 2900 meters at Kansas last year and Hunn of Iowa was third, but Frazier, Little and Shimek were not competing.
The time of these runners for the two mile ranges from 9 minutes, 28 seconds, to 1:36 minutes, the record for the 3000 meter run at Kansas is 4:53, held by Phelps of Iowa since 1925.
Here is the way some of the star-midget distance men of America who may run for the United States on the next Olympic team stack up as to
Height Weight A
Oifl 5 ft. 6 in.
Frazier 5 ft. 3 in.
Little 5 ft. 1 in.
Spinick 5 ft. 9 in.
Hunn 5 ft. 9 in.
Zola 5 ft. 5 in.
Kansas Draws Pole in Quarter
Drawings for the pole in the seven
ten relay races of the program of
the fifth annual Kansas Relays here
Saturday afternoon, April 28, were
announced at the University of
Kansas athletic office.
Teams getting the pole in the six university class relays are University of Iowa (half-mile), University of Kansas (quarter-mile), Illinois State (two-mile), Iowa State (two-mile), Oregon Aggies (four-mile), and Natro Dame (medley).
Little Iron Men at Kansas Relays Who Are Almost Sure Olympic Candidates
Little, but as full of endurance as the mighty weight man are the members of this group of six distance stars entered in the Kansas Relays at Stadium full tomorrow. Little, Purdue lot-pound 3500 meter star, is the heaviest man. Orr, Haskell, is the winner of the Kansas Relays at Stadium full tomorrow.
New Style High Jump Standards to Be Used This Year at Relays
Bar Lies on Top of Standards Is Type National A. A. U. Has Adopted
The new standards prevent a jumper from holding on the bar with his shoulder or elbow as he rolls over.
Track fans are going to watch with interest the performances in the high jump event in Saturday's relays. This meet will be the first important outdoor carnival in which the new type of standards adopted by the National A. A. U. will be used. With the best bumps in the country competing in the event, Nebraska will certainly whether the new adoption is going to have a marked change in future high jump marks.
Many of the outstanding performers have used this style in the past and the present world's record was made by that method. The bar was sometimes bent down as much as six inches as the jumper cleared it and was left on the floor. The athlete fell into the sand pit wondering if the bar would retain its horizontal position upon the standards. Now the bar lies on top the standards on a flat piece of iron six inches wide. A slight touch will not displace the bar but the jumper who attempts the old style 'hold it on and trust to lock' method will find that an arm game isn't what it used to be.
The Kansas Relay high jump record was made by Tom Poor in 1025 and stands at 6 feet 5.1-8 inches. The former Jawahar kayak has set a mark which will be difficult to better and it remains to be seen in the Relays (if the new type standards will permit that record to be bettered or even
endangered. Many are of the opinion that the present record will stand for years.
Favorites in the high jump this year will include Sheechar of the University of Texas, who won the event in the relay last year at 6 feet 4 inches. McGinnis of Wisconsin, the greatest all-around athlete of the Badgers, and Brunk of Drake, a leader in the Valley conference,
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Local Athletes Will Race With Tarabumaras
Haskell Boys to Run
Purcell Kane, a 17 year old Apache Indian of Hassell and Beaulieu, a Navajo Indian, will race with the Mexican Indians tomorrow in their run from Kansas City to Memorial stadium.
they are just an fast and have as much endurance as the Tarahumara Indians and have asked permission from the Haskell athletic officials to join in the race. They were given permission this morning. Kave holds the long distance running record at Haskell.
The Haskell runners believe that
The Mexican women runners were taken to Topeka this morning to view the route over which they will run
together. The men, pruners made the trip to Kansas City for the same purpose.
They will finish the race in the stadium between 1:30 and 2 tomorrow afternoon.
If the rain continues to prevent troyees at the track the entire squad will probably be turned over to Coach Holmes. Relays turn into a channel swim.
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5th Annual
Tomorrow Afternoon - - Saturday - - 1:30 to 5:30
KANSAS RELAYS
See the Finish of the Tarahumara Indian Men Racing from Kansas City to Lawrence and the Indian Girls from Topeka to Lawrence
1,000 noted athletes from 12 states — 26 colorful events 4 hours of speed and thrills World Champions in action
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