Tuesday, April 23, 1957 University Daily Kansas
Page 9
By GEORGE ANTHAN
(Assistant Sports Editor of The Daily Kansan)
Everyone agreed that the 32nd annual Kansas Relays were the finest ever.
As it was, sporting wise and otherwise the second of the nation's great annual spring track and field classics got off to a good fast start on a track which had been made vulnerable for record breaking performances by a good soaking for several days.
At Des Moines this weekend the stars gather again. Al Oerter, the discus champ, Bobby Morrow and distance runner Lazloz Tabori, who deserted his Communist homeland, Deacon Jones of Iowa and a host of other No. 1 track and field stars meet for the Drake Relays.
Drake, however, will not find it easy to measure up to the results of the KU Relays where the 14 broken records included one world mark and one intercollegiate mark were set.
Thrill-A-Minute For 13,500 Crowd
A crowd of 13,500 was treated to a thrill a minute, everything from watching Kansas' Jerry McNeal legging it home in the 4-mile relay in 4:12.7 to set a new intercollegiate mark of 16:57.8 to seeing Wilt Chamberlain clear 6-6 in the high jump.
Then of course Bill Nieder, on his sixth and last attempt to better Parry O'Brien's 59-1 in the exhibition shot put, handled the 16-pound ball for a moment then twirled decisively and got off the best put of his career, 62-2, defeating the world's champ.
Hazely Is No. 1 In Two Dashes
That was only one of the surprises though. Oklahoma A&M's Orlando Hazely won the 100-yard dash over Texas' whiz Bobby Whilden then repeated in an identical time of :09.5 over KU's unattached Charlie Tidwell and Ernie Shelby.
Charlie Batch of Missouri disregarded the experts and proceeded to win the 120-yard high hurdles over Longhorn Eddie Southern in :14.1, the fastest time ever recorded by a Big Seven athlete without benefit of wind.
Emporia's Tidwell Voted Outstanding
The sportswriters took enough time out to name Emporia State's Billy Tidwell the outstanding athlete in the Relays.
Kansas swept to a record of 7:32.3 in the 2-mile relay and Al Oerter, as was expected, erased Archie Harris's 16-year old discus record with a 178 foot, one inch throw. Texas' half mile relay team flashed to a 1:24.2 finish breaking the record set by Baylor in 1956 while in the University medley the Longhorns eclipsed Michigan's 1950 record with a 10:04.2 time.
Kent Floerke's hop-step and jump record went by the boards too as Jack Smyth of Houston went 49 feet, nine 7-8 inches while Floerke came in second and Chamberlain took third.
Cushman Snools O'Conner's Ambitions
Another surprise came when a KU freshman, running unattached, ruined K-State's Gene O'Conner's chances of a triple crown in the 400-meter hurdles. Cliff Cushman defeated the Wildcat who was hoping for a first in the Texas, Kansas and Drake Relays, by running the event in .51.9, eclipsing O'Conner's old mark of .52.2.
Texas also upset Kansas in the distance medley.
Federal Judge May Wipe Out International Boxing Club
NEW YORK — (UP) — The International Boxing Club, which has dominated the promotion of bigtime boxing for more than eight years, would either be wiped out or sharply reduced under proposals now being considered by Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan.
Ryan, who ruled on Feb. 6 that the I. B. C. is guilty of monopolizing championship fights, received the proposals yesterday both from the government and from the I. B. C.
They were in the form of suggested "final judgments" to be meted out by Ryan to the I. B. C. The government suggestion was sweeping—calling for the dissolution of the I. B. C. and its branches and the removal of I. B. C. officials James D. Norris and Arthur Wirtz from power in Madison Square Garden.
The I. B. C. suggestion for its own
Defendants in the case are the International Boxing Club of New York, Inc., the International Boxing Club of Illinois, Madison Square Garden Corporation, Norris, and Wirtz.
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WORLD CHAMP NOT TOPS HERE—Parry O'Brien, left, looks a little dejected after having been defeated in the exhibition shot put by KU's former ace, Bill Nieder, right, who grins happily. Nieder got off the best effort of his career, 62-2, at the Kansas Relays Saturday while Olympic champ O'Brien only put the shot 59-1
-(Daily Kansan photo)
Women Bowl 1393 In Pin Tournament
KU's women bowlers rolled 1939 in a two game series for the Women's National Intercollegiate Telegraphic American Ten Pin Tournament. The tournament was the fourth and last sponsored by the Women's Section of Pennsylvania State College's physical education department this year.
"We hope the score will place us among the top 10 in the country," said Bascom C. Fearing, manager of the Student Union alleys.
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