University Daily Kansan
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At last the Kansas City Athletics seem to have found out what the purpose of trading ballplayers is. The last three trades with the Yankees have been increasingly better with this week's trade the best.
The Athletic's traded Bob Cerv to the Yankees for Andy Carey, Granted that Cerv has been a main-stay on the A's since coming to the club in 1556. He has consistently been a leader in the home run and runs-batted-in departments and does a good job of patrolling the outfield.
All year long KC has been in trouble at third base because Dick Williams is not a third baseman. The Athletics have been hurt because of this and have been after a third baseman all season.
Carey is the answer to the problem. Long regarded as one of the league's better "hot corner" men, he will provide the A's with the needed third base defense and don't anyone be surprised if the change does a lot for Carey's hitting.
At the present time Cerv's batting average is below what he usually hits but the season is still young. Even with all this on his side, Cerv is still not the player that the A's need to have a top-notch ball club.
With the pressure of being a Yankee after their most disastrous season in many years gone, it is highly probable that he will pick up his batting average and prove more than a defensive man.
NEW YORK —(UPI) The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies, 68-66, on Nov. 1, 1946, in the first game ever played in the National Basketball Association.
He who keeps his mind on his work, goes ahead; he who keeps his work on his mind, goes crazy. —Unknown
Conference Titles Decided Tomorrow
Big Eight championships in all spring sports will be decided this weekend at Ames, Iowa.
Kansas is favored to win its ninth straight track and field title, Oklahoma State is favored in the conference golf meet, tennis meet and can sew up the baseball title.
The returning NCAA champs are expected to have a hot battle with Oklahoma the indoor champion. Paced by Charlie Tidwell, Bill Alley and Cliff Cushman, the Jays are in
Kansas must clip Kansas State at least once in their season-ending Big Eight baseball series here this weekend to escape the 1960 cellar.
Jays Need Win Over Wildcats
The Wildcats come in trailing their arch intra-state foes three full games, which means a Purple sweep is necessary if the Wildcats are to enjoy company in the league dungeon.
Last Saturday at Manhattan,
Wayne Thmmel ensnared Oklahoma in a five-hitter for a 3-2 verdict. This means the Wildcats fared as well against these two clubs as did Kansas earlier in the season.
State lost its first nine games, but has improved considerably from that point, salvaging one game in each of its last two series. On May 7, the Wildcats got a four-hit pitching job from Al Schierling to clip pennant-contending Iowa State, 6-5, on the Cyclones' home ground.
The Jayhawkers' slot in the final standings also will be affected by two other series, Nebraska at Oklahoma and Missouri at Colorado.
The Jayhawkers lost sixth place to Nebraska last weekend when they went down twice on a pair of one-run five-hitters.
an excellent position to make it nine straight.
Oklahoma brings several top competitors into the meet with Gail Hodgson and J. D. Martin leading the Sooners. Hodgson has a chance to win his third straight mile title and Martin and Aubrey Dooley of Oklahoma State will continue their battle in the pole vault with the strong possibility that the conference record will fall by the wayside.
Oklahoma State with last year's medalist, Jim Wright, ranked number-three-man on his own team seems to have the golf title nailed down.
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa State are leading candidates for the second place position but no one is going to be too close to the defending champions.
With 35 straight dual meet victories under their belts, the Cowboys are rated a "cinch" to defend their title in the conference tennis meet. The only team that appears capable of giving them any trouble is Kansas and the Cowboys have already downed the Jays 7-0 in a dual meet.
In the baseball race Oklahoma State needs to win only one game in this weekend's series with Iowa State to sew up the title.
You have to exert a lot of push before you have any pull.—Unknown
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