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University Daily Kansan Monday. April 25, 1960
Jays Bid for History's Top Midwest Power
By Chuck Clark
The Kansas track team will bid to become the top all-time cinder power in Midland's history this weekend in the Drake Relays at Des Moines.
In capturing six gold medals in their own Relays carnival Friday and Saturday, the Jayhawkers moved to within three championships of the Texas Longhorns in the history of the Midwest's three big Relay meets — Texas, Kansas and Drake. The Steers have won 182 gold medals and the Jayhawkers 179.
The competition will be rough at Drake, with Big Ten schools joining the already talent-laden cast of Big Eight and Southwest conference teams.
But the Kansans indicated in the KU meet that they have overcome the handicap of a slow start due to the snows.
KU won two relay titles, added four individual gold medals — while Texas was blanked — and
crowned the Outstanding Athlete in the KU Relays.
Clif Cushman won the latter title in a vote of sportswriters and sportscasters covering the meet. KU's Charlie Tidwell and Jim Baird of East Texas State — who established the only record of the two-day meet — tied at a distant second.
The Jayhawkers added the KU sprint medley relay title to the one captured at Texas and also romped home first in the two-mile.
Even more glittering were the individual performances. Cushman broke his own school record in winning the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 51.2; Bill Dotson edged his old high school adversary, Archie San Romani, in the Glenn Cunningham 1500-meter run; Charlie Tidwell scored a wind-blown 9.4 victory in the 100-yard dash and Bill Alley continued to dominate the javelin field with a toss of $ 2 4 4 - 2 \frac{1}{2}. $
In addition to winning the intermediate hurdles, Cushman ran quarter-mile stints in the sprint medley and mile relay qualifications Friday, opened up a wide lead with a blistering half-mile carry in the two-mile relay Saturday, then anchored Kansas to second place in the concluding mile relay.
Kansas Faces E-State After 3 Losses to MU
Pole vaulter Ken Olson not only broke a school record for Kansas but set an all-time state best inying for second at 14-6. The previous high mark in both categories was a $14 - 4\frac{1}{4}$ vault by KU's Dave Tams in 1957.
Coach Floyd Temple's squad has a 4-9 record after losing three games to the Missouri Tigers over the weekend by scores of 11-3, 10-9, and 10-9.
KU's baseball team will be looking for its fifth win of the campaign tomorrow when it takes on Emporia State College at Emporia.
Missouri capitalized on KU's mistakes in all three games to take the series and move to third place in the Big Eight race. The Tigers now sport a 6-3 league mark while Kansas has a 2-7 record.
Mailen lead the KU hitting attack the first game of the twin bill with three hits while Tom Dorney and Marion Bryant paced the attack in the second game. Bryant collected three safeties while Dorney drove in five of the nine runs
The Jays broke loose with a barrage of home runs in the doubleheader Saturday as Lloyd Nichols John Tonge, Norm Mailen and Tom Dorney hit for the circuit.
Lost in the shuffle of the outstanding Relays program was KU's second-place finish in the 440-yard relay behind Baylor. The Jayhawk quartet of Paul Rearick, Darwin Ashbaugh, Paul Williams and Tidwell spun the race in :40.9 to equal the school record the same foursome established one week earlier in the Abilene Christian Invitational.
Gerry Waldschmidt, Kansas pitcher, suffered both losses Saturday as he relieved in the first game and came back to start the second. Waldschmidt's record is now 2-2.
Missouri's Dan Reilly who was
Terry Beucher established a career high and became the sixth best javelin performer of all time in the Big Eight in throwing $ 2 2 5 -4^{1 / 2} $ and a third place.
Members of the winning twomile team were Gordon Davis, Dotson, Cushman and Bob Tague.
batting 404 before the KU series pounded nine hits in 11 times at bat to lead all hitters on both teams.
The only exercise some people get is jumping at conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility and pushing their luck. Arnold H. Glascow.
Baird spanned 25-51/4 in the broad jump for the only record performance and officials allowed the mark despite gusty winds. The East Texas State 440 and 880-relay teams tied the college class marks in those events.
HEAVE HO—Bill Neider prepares to put the shot.
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