University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 20, 1959
Kansas Named Strong Favorite
By Ted Dielman
Due to the unprecedented depth in the Kansas track team this year it may well be called the toughest team in the toughest league.
Many qualified judges have chosen the Big Eight Conference as the toughest in the NCAA this year, and KU coach Bill Easton agrees with them.
"A look at the record books," Eastern says, "is ample proof of the outstanding league we are competing in this year."
The Big Eight teams this year have established the best marks in seven of 16 events and rank no lower than third in any but the 440-yard relay, high hurdles and the high jump.
The KU stars have taken more than their share of these records, coming out first in four out of these seven and leaving only three firsts for the remaining seven teams.
The ability of the conference as a whole was aptly displayed at Norman last Saturday when 10 new records were set and another tied. This is the greatest revision of the record book in conference history.
With such stars as Bill Alley, Charlie Tidwell and Ernie Shelby leading the team and backed up with good, sound depth in almost every event the odds-makers may be safe in figuring KU as first choice in the NCAA meet at Lincoln June 12-13.
Tidwell has equaled the American collegiate record he set in last year's
Another Speedway Death Is Recorded
INDIANAPOLIS—(UPI)—Racing officials today were unable to establish the cause for the second death within 72 hours of drivers qualifying for the 500-mile Memorial Day race.
Rookie driver Bob Cortner died last night at Methodist Hospital, about seven hours after his new roadster crashed into the concrete retaining wall at the Indianapolis Speedway, where only last Sunday Jerry Unser died in a fiery crackup.
Cortner, 32, a veteran midget driver from Redlands, Calif., was practicing at the $2 \frac{1}{2}$-mile oval when he lost control of his car in the northeast curve and slammed almost head-on into the wall at about 130 miles an hour.
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Shelby, who can broad jump, sprint, or hurdle, has specialized in the broad jump and is leading the field in that event this year with his best mark of 25 feet. $ 7 \frac{1}{2} $ inches.
Alley, who has become the center of attraction this year after his spectacular heave at the Texas Relays, has the national javelin record with 270 feet, $1\frac{1}{2}$ inches—and he expects to reach 300 feet before his eligibility is up.
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Other outstanding NCAA teams such as Michigan, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State have been figured as possible runners-up, but most sources agree that, barring injuries, the weekend of June 12-13 may see Kansas run away with its first NCAA track championship in history.
Delta Upson won its third Hill softball championship in four years today by defeating the Hiltoppers 6-1 in intramural "A" play.
DU pitcher Carlos Frey held the Hilltoppers to only two hits while striking out 12 in the five inning game.
The DU's put the game on ice early, scoring four runs in the first inning on four walks and three singles.
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The lone Hiltopper run came on fifth inning singles by Loneski and Wilson.
In intramural "B" play, Nu Sigma Nu outscored Phi Kappa Psi 9-6, but still lost the championship. They were forced to forfeit because two varsity lettermen were playing with the team.
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