Page 4 University Daily Kansan Wednesday. April 10, 1957
Tennis Hopes Dim As Kane Ineligible
Kansas University's tennis hopes received a shattering blow this week when it was learned that the squad's No. 2 man, Gene Kane has been declared ineligible for the coming season.
Kane who last year held the No. 2 spot, was being counted upon very heavily by Coach Charles Crawford to fill the gap left by the graduation of his older brother, Dave, who was No. 2 last season.
"Not only does his loss hurt us in the No. 2 position, it also breaks up our No. 1 doubles combination which was to be Kane and Bob Riley. It will now probably be Riley and Del Hadley who has moved up into No. 2." Crawford said.
It seems that when it came time for Coach Crawford to turn in the religibility list he and Kane were discussing the coming season and Gene jokingly mentioned that he was not eligible, thinking that he really was.
Kane told Crawford that he had some scholastic difficulty during the spring semester of last year but that he had made the School of Engineering honor roll last semester. Crawford looked into the situation a little further and found that Kane was ineligible.
Gene A Two-Year Letterman
Big Seven rules state than an athlete must have made at least sixty per cent C overall, and he must have carried and passed at least 242 hours during the two semesters previous to his competition. Kane recorded $ 23 \frac{1}{2} $ passing in the last two semesters.
Kane is a junior from Kansas City, Kan, and attended Wyandotte High School. He was a two-year letterman at Wyandotte and figured very heavily in its tennis success. In 1954 Gene won the Kansas City, Kan. Junior Boys title.
He was very impressive last year in his varsity debut as he finished the season with a seven won and four lost record in singles and an eight and four record in doubles.
With Kane absent from the line-up there will probably be quite a few changes in team ranking before it opens against Oklahoma Friday at Norman.
The team will open the season with Bob Riley No. 1, Del Hadley No. 2, Bob Peterson No. 3, Ron Bevers No. 4, Lynn Siebertling No. 5 and Bob Metlin No. 6.
Under the ladder system used
by coach Crawford all of these positions are subject to change at any time as each player is allowed to challenge the other for position each week.
The No. 1 doubles team will be composed of Bob Riley and Del Hadley. The No. 2 team should be decided today as Bevers and Sieberling play a challenge match and the winner of this will gain the No. 4 position and will also be teamed with Bob Peterson to form the other doubles combination.
Coach Crawford named two other boys who are coming along rapidly and who should be able to climb further up the ladder before long.
He said that Charles Studt, Glasco sophomore and Jim Schultz, Salina junior have looked very impressive in their practice matches and they should be able to give the other boys a rough time.
With Kane's absence KU's tennis team has a lot of hard work ahead if they are to live up to pre-season ratings. "Losing Gene is going to hurt us a lot, but we will just have to bear down a little harder and put out a little more effort," Coach Crawford said.
Ottawa Wins Dual Track Meet Easily
WARRENSBURG, Mo. — (UP) — Ottawa University of Ottawa, Kan.
defeated Central Missouri State 71 to 59 in a dual track meet Tuesday.
The Ottawa Braves won 8 first places of 15 events in the meet. They tied for first in two events and picked up eight second places.
Setting the pace for the Braves was Bob F. Knight with 10 points as he won the 440-yard dash in :49.7 and the 220-yard low hurdles in :26.5.
The second oldest record on the KU Relays list is the broad jump record of 25 feet 48 inches set in 1931 by Ed Gorden of Iowa.
The oldest record on the KU Re-lays interscholastic record book is the medley record of Elkhart High school set in 1931.
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Baseball Team Gets Ready For Oklahoma
Kansas University Baseball team finished its spring tour by losing four and winning one. The inexperienced Kansas ball club surprised many by turning in four fine games against teams that have played as many as eight games before meeting KU.
Ron Wiley won the only game for Kansas by posting a 4-1 victory over Rice University of Houston, Texas. Wiley had good control and permitted only four hits and one run while Kansas collected four runs
Rice came back to take the other
Coach Bill Easton's track teams have never finished below fourth in conference indoor or outdoor competition since he assumed head coaching duties in 1947.
Coach Bill Easton has coached four NCAA cross country winning teams, three at Drake University and one at KU.
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game 3-1 in a very tight game. Larry Miller gave up only four hits in this tilt but had little hitting support.
Kansas lost the other two games to Baylor 8-1 and to Texas Lutheran 10-7. In the Baylor game Kansas collected six hits to Baylor's eight, but nine walks permitted Baylor to
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control the game. Texas Lutheran won the final game of the spring tour in a 10-7 slugfest.
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Throughout the entire trip Kansas showed good power and pitching in spots and seems to be coming around in fair shape for its opening game in the Big Seven with Oklahoma April 12 at Norman.
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