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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 15, 1957
Our Opinion-
Jayhawkers Will Win Sixth Straight Outdoor Crown
By MALCOLM APPLEGATE and GEORGE ANTHAN
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
Kansas' distance power will come through in Lincoln Friday and Saturday. The Jayhawkers, who have won five straight Big Seven outdoor championships, will win again in 1957 by scoring approximately 131 points.
Missouri, of course, has to be picked for second place. The Tigers will still not be counted out of the running for first. Missouri will score about 98 points.
We pick Colorado, with a total of 68 points over Nebraska's 63. Kansas State figures to come in fifth with 52. It should be a race to the finish between Oklahoma and Iowa State for sixth place with the Sooners winning, 29-27.
Kansas figures to take six firsts: the discus, half mile, mile, 2-mile, broad jump, and mile relav.
The event by event summaries as we see them, four days in advance:
100-yard dash—McDaniel, (KS); Gardner,
(NU); Chace, (CU); Phillips, (NU); Wiebe, (MU);
Carafiol, (MU).
220-yard dash—Gardner, (NU); McDaniel, (KS); Carlson, (CU); Smith, (CU); Graves, (IS); Wiebe, (MU).
440-yard dash—Smith, (CU); Orr, (MU);
Wyatt, (KU); Lou Stroup, (KU); Pritchett, (OU).
880-yard run—Janzen, (KU); Parr, (OU);
Greenfield, (CU); Cookson, (KU); Kelly, (MU);
Meyer, (IS).
Mile run—Gay, (KU); Long, (KU); Howell, (KU); Fort, (MU); Rodda, (KS); Elwood, (NU).
2-mile run—McNeal, (KU); Skutka, (KU);
Sanders, (MU); Schmidt, (KU); Elwood, (NU);
Crawford, (KU).
120-high hurdles—Batch, (MU); O'Conner,
(KS); McIntyre, (MU); Gardner, (NU); Doup-
nik. (KS); Dove. (CU).
220-low hurdles — O'Conner, (KS); Batch, (MU); Gardner, (NU); McIntyre, (KS); Dove, (CU); Marten, (NU).
Discus—Oerter, (KU); Yoder, (IS); Weisel,
(MU); Rumping, (MU); Rosen, (NU), Weil,
(CU).
Shot put — Delavan, (IS); Oerter, (KU);
Church, (OU); Blackwell, (CU); Weisel, (MU);
Rumping, (MU).
Pole vault—Undlin, (CU); Englund, (MU);
Davis, (MU); Tams, (KU); Pollard, (NU); Lind-
ermutch, (KS).
Mile relay—Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa State. Kansas State.
Broad jump—Floerke, (KU); Hollinger, (KU);
Wollaston, (NU); Brunton, (OU); Hawkins, (NU);
Mastin. (KU).
High jump—Green, (MU); Chamberlain, (KU);
Kilgroe, (MU); Knoteck, (NU); Lee, (OU);
Floerke. (KU).
Javelin—Yob, (CU); Willard, (KS); Brittenham, (NU); Binder, (IS); Hesskamp, (MU).
In the 100-yard dash we picked the Wildcat Doland McDaniel, and although he and Colorado's Larry Chace both have recorded :09.7 times, we think McDaniel should be able to edge Chace.
Pick Smith Over Orr
Colorado's Chuck Smith has a better than even chance to win the 440-yard dash with Missouri's Pete Orr and KU's Ray Wyatt second and third. Lou Stroup of Kansas figures to be fourth. Smith has turned in a :47.6 while Orr has a :47.9.
In the mile it almost has to be Bernie Gay, Hal Long and Jan Howell of Kansas with Tiger Tom Fort coming in fourth. Jerry McNeal is almost a cinch in the 2-mile with Tom Skutka No. 2. Missouri's Jim Sanders, with a 9:22.3 time is third. McNeal's best time is 9:05.3—very hard for anyone to beat that.
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Eight Individual Champions To Defend Big Seven Titles
Eight individual champions and a relay team will return to defend their titles at the Big Seven conference track and field meet in Lincoln, Neb. Friday and Saturday.
The league will present one of its top fields in all events, which includes an Olympic champion in the discus, Al Oerter of the Jayhawkers.
Oerter, defending champion, won the Olympic Gold Medal with a throw of 184 feet $10\frac{1}{2}$ inches. In a dual meet with the Missouri Tigers last Friday the Kansas recorded his second best throw of all-time with a 184 foot $1\frac{1}{2}$ inch toss.
Jayhawkler Hal Long will be trying for a repeat in the mile run. His strongest competition is expected to come from teammate Bernie Gay. Gay won the Big Seven indoor mile, but in last Friday's dual with the Tigers, Long defeated Gay in a photo finish. Both runners were clocked in 4:12.6.
Pete Orr, Missouri's fine 440-yard dash man, will defend the title he won last year in that event. The long-striding Columbian will be favored to repeat after defeating
KU's Ray Wyatt and Louie Strop in the Missouri-Kansas dual meet.
Yob An Easy No. 1
Colorado's Ken Yob should have no trouble in winning the javelin title again this year. His heave of 226 feet $ 6 \frac{1}{2} $ inches is 24 feet $ 3 \frac{1}{2} $ inches better than the second best toss by a Big Seven athlete, Ralph Willard. Kansas State.
Gene O'Connor of K-State could run into trouble in defending his 120-yard high hurdles championship. Charles Batch of Missouri owns the best clocking by a conference athlete this year at 14.0.
O'Conner also won the 220-yard low hurdles last year. Batch and O'Conner are expected to battle it out in this race. Batch's fastest clocking is :23.3, while O'Conner owns a :23.7.
Jayhawkwer Lowell Janzen will also face strong competition in the 880-yard run from Gary Parr, a 6 foot 5 inch Oklahoma.
Jerry McNeal is expected to defend his 2-mile title with comparative ease. McNeal ran the fourth best time in the nation last Friday, a blazing 9:05.3.
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