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University Daily Kansan SPORTS
Power Is Key in Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga.—(UPI)—Look out for the long ball hitters was the watchword at the Masters today—in short, Arnold Palmer, Mike Souchak and Sammy Snead.
He doesn't figure that anyone in the 90-man field for the 24th Masters golf tourney is going to come up with enough of that approaching and putting to beat out Palmer, Souchak and Snead.
"I figure," said Jackie Burke, the 1956 Masters Champion, "that the power hitters have a two stroke advantage on every round. That gives them an eight stroke edge for four rounds and makes it mighty hard for the rest of us to make up. The only way you can beat them is with dead-eye approaching and sensational putting."
"When they are using six, seven or eight irons for their approaches, the rest of us are using three or four truns." Burke explained. "It doesn't figure that those of us — the bulk of us — can get inside them on the green when we have to go for so much more distance on our approaches."
The Masters course is a long one 6,980 yards. It's ideal for the power hitter.
"Even if you stray your drives, you can't get into too much trouble," observed Ben Hogan, a two-time winner of this golfing classic. "This definitely is a course for those fellows who can hit the ball a mile."
Bantam Ben isn't at all satisfied with his game. Neither is Burke, whose left wrist still gives him trouble — injury which has plagued him for over a year.
Despite his brilliant showing thus
far in 1960 — he has won some $26,000, more than double the amount of any other player in the P.G.A. dollar derby — Palmer isn't hitting the ball well either.
"I'm just not in the groove," said Palmer, who won the Masters in 1958 and then lost it last year after being tied for the lead going into the final round.
He's still having trouble with the par three 155 yard 12th hole. There is a pond in front of the green and Palmer lost his chance to win last year by putting his tee shot into the water. He's been doing the same thing in practice rounds.
Grid Squad Opens Drills
Jayhawkwer football coach Jack Mitchell put a squad of 83 through the first of 20 spring drills yesterday afternoon.
Much of the opening session was spent on passing drills. Joining sophomore quarterbacks Rodger McFarland, Con Keating and Pack St. Clair was last year's star halfback. John Hadl, who is making the switch to the signal-calling position for the first time.
Bert Coan, transfer from Texas Christian, is expected to become a starting halfback if Hadl successfully makes the change to quarterback.
Mitchell sent the squad through 30 minutes of contact work near the end of the $2^{1 \frac{1}{2}}$-hour practice session yesterday.
Frosh Thinclads Trounce K-State In Postal Meet
KU's freshman tracksters ran away from the K-State frosh in a postal meet 74 to 39.
The young Jayhawks took nine first places cut of thirteen events. They captured seven seconds and 4 thirds.
Dale Alexander. K-Stater from Hays is the brightest star in the Wildcat's sky. He tied with Coan, KU, in the 90 yard dash with :60.2 and 1st in the 60 yd. low hurdles.
Ted Riesinger led the squad with firsts in the mile, two mile and 1000- yard run and second in the 880-yard run.
Results:
60 yd. dash—1. Coan KU, Alexander K-St. 3. Pilot KU.
60 yd. L. hurdles—1. Alexander and Grant, 3. Devine, All K-St
60 yd. H. hurdles—1. Grant K-St.
Buzzi KU, 3. Stout K-St.
440 yd, dash—1. Stoddard KU, 2.
Hagan KU, 3. Alexander K-St.
600 yd. run—1 Hagan KJ. 2. Stodd
dart KU. 3. Barbour K-St.
University Daily Kansan
830 yd. run—1, Hagan, 2, Riesinger,
3 Stoddart all KU.
Mile—1. Riesinger KU 2. McNeal K-St. 3. Hayward KU.
1000 vd. run—1, Riesinger KU, 2
Hagan KU, McNeal K-St
Two mile—1. Riesinger KU and Hayward KU. 3. McNeal K-St.
High jump—1. Cordell KU, 2. Duncan K-St. 3. Roos K-St.
Broad jump=1. Roos K-St, 2. Cordell KU, 3. Ferguson K-St.
Shot put-1, Korn KU, 2. Stout KsST, 3. Pursey KU.
Mile relay—1. KU 2. K-St.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes -Oscar Wilde
Tuesday, April 5. 1960
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — (UPI)— You may hear some folks joke about baseball players' "minor" injuries, but don't tell those gags to trainer Jack Fadden of the Boston Red Sox.
Desire and Top Condition Needs for Major Leaguer
"An injury to a baseball player is more serious than one to a hockey or football player," insists Fadden, who also trains the Boston Bruins hockey team, and the Harvard University football team, as well as pro basketball's Boston Celtics.
"Every player in professional baseball today has to put out to the utmost—or they're back in the minors," he said.
"But a wrist injury to a ball player is serious and keeps him out of action," said Fadden.
That's why, he says, a baseball player is sidelined by the same type of injury a football or hockey player shrugs off.
The Red Sox trainer also believes there isn't much chance for an injured ball player to coast along while nursing his wounds.
"I've seen many hockey players continue to play with broken wrists," said Fadden. "They just have a cast from the wrist to the shoulder and lay the stick in their hand. It doesn't affect their play. A knee injury also doesn't handicap a hockey player too much.
Fadden thinks modern-day major leaguers have it tougher than the old-timers in at least one important respect—their working hours.
"They play games at night and also during daytime," he pointed out. "Their diets and hours of rest are completely fouled up. I definitely feel that players today have their careers cut a good number of years by the irregular hours and diets.
"Then, too," he added, "night baseball, is harder on the eyes."
But Fadden thinks young fellows reach the major leagues now have
the "desire" needed to overcome injuries and irregular living in order to attain stardom.
Waving his arm at the players scattered across the field here at the Red Sox spring training camp. Faden said, "Every one of those young men is a potential big leaguer. Some of them won't make it but it isn't because they haven't got the tools. The difference will be in desire."
When it comes to that department, Fadden thinks that aging Red Sox star Ted Williams is the perfect model for young players.
"He's been taking mental notes ever since he came into the league," said Fadden. "He knows all the idios-syncrasies of pitcher, young and old. He'll ask some youngster what pitch some rival pitcher threw to him.
"The kid may not know—but Williams can tell you pitches thrown a week before."
Winning Pitcher: Gomez
NEW YORK —(UPI) — Vernon (Lefty) Gomez of the New York Yankees was the winning pitcher in three of the first five All-Star games played between the National and American leagues.
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