Page 4 University Daily Kansan Monday, Feb. 11, 1957
ONE, TWO, THREE, EVERYBODY UP — Melvin Coates,
Pittsburg State hurdler (middle) leads KU's Bill Tillman and
Dave Freeman over the last hurdle and went on to win the 60-
yard high hurdles in :07.7.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
Jayhawker Thin Clads Meet M-State Tonight
Bill Easton and his track squad left Kansas City's Municipal Airport for East Lansing, Mich., Sunday night and it's a sure bet the Jayhawkers will not find Michigan State as easy to push over as the Pittsburg State team.
Kansas won 13 of 15 events against the Gorillas Friday night, losing only the 60-yard dash and the 60- yard high hurdles. When the totals were in KU had won, 118-50.
In East Lansing, however, Easton will find a team which is strong in just the events his team is, maybe a little stronger.
In addition to a strong field and dash team, Michigan State will display an array of power in the distance events. The Spartans have won the NCAA cross country championship for the past two years while Kansas came in second both times.
KU Strong In Distances
Canadians Henry and Crawford Kennedy and Selwyn Jones are mainly responsible for the Spartan strength in the distance hauls. Australian Dave Lean copped fourth place in the 400-meter Olympic run as a member of the Aussie team.
KU Strong In Distances Kansas also is a distance powerhouse. Such top notch performers as Jan Howell, Hal Long, Jerry McNeal, Verlyn Schmidt and Lowell Janzen give Easton the power he needs in the half-mile, mile and two-mile runs.
Three new races, the 300, 600 and 1.000 yard runs, will be included in the meet and all dashes will be 75 yards instead of the accustomed 60 yards.
In Friday's meet with Pittsburg,
McNeal Big Seven Conference defending indoor and outdoor two-mile champion, shaved :07.7 off his Allen Field House record to win in 9:10.3.
The only two KU losses in the meet came when Melvin Coates defeated Dave Freeman by posting a :07.7 in the high hurdles and when Bob Wooten, Pitt dashman, sped over the 60-yard dash in :06.2.
Janzen Is Double Winner
Janzen, KU's only double winner
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won the 1.000 yard run in 2:13.7,
then copped the half-mile with a
1:56.6 time.
The meet Friday night saw Dave Tams, KU's top valuer, jump up in the air joyfully after he had cleared 14-1, two inches short of a field house record but still a career high.
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Kansas has won its first two indoor meets. Both, however, were against competition that did not provide a true criteria of the true strength of the Jayhawker team. Tonight is the real test. The Kansas track team is admittedly good. How good? We'll know tonight.
Davidson Is Tennis Winner
PARIS — (UP) — Sweden's Sven Davidson won the men's singles title of the French International Indoor tennis championships with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Torben Ulrich of Denmark yesterday.
By DICK BROWN
(Daily Kansan Sports Editor)
Perhaps the hardest working and most underrated athletic performers at the University are the members of Coach Chuck Edward's swimming team.
For very little glory except the chance to win a varsity letter, these performers tackle a six-month season of daily workouts. Every day they splash in the pool for 2½ hours.
These athletes are among the very few "simone pure" performers left in the sports world. There are no swimming scholarships offered at the University.
However, John Jefferies, freshman swimmer from Bartlesville, Okla., does hold a Stansbury scholarship which is based on grades. He has to maintain a 1.76 average to keep the scholarship."
"That is one of the main problems we have to face," Chuck Edwards said. "We are working on more scholarships for swimmers but with the demands of the major sports for scholarships, they are tough to acquire."
Competitor-coach Edwards has done a great job under trying circumstances to give KU a winning swimming team. Besides being the ace of the squad for two years, Chuck spends a considerable amount of time in trying to improve the team and get KU swimming on a level with other Big Seven squads
Operating on a small budget, it is Chuck's job to lure the best swimmers in the state to the University. With little athletic aid to offer prospects and without a winning tradition behind the team, his is a big job.
give the varsity the stiffest competition they will run into in league action this year.
Four tremendous performers, Charlie Tidwell, Bob Cannon, Ernie Shelby and Tom Skutka plus a strong freshman squad could give the varsity all the action they could stand.
Three cheers for Chuck Edwards!
A pickup team from Coach Bill Easton's trackmen not competing for the University could probably
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The national track championship is about the only honer-Easton has not won. While he had the squad to be a hands down favorite to capture the flag before the unexpected set-backs, don't sell him short.
He wants to win too badly to quit at this stage of the game. We'll wait until after the national meet before declaring Kansas a dead power in national track this year.
IM Volleyball Season Closes
The last round of intramural volleyball games will be played tonight and Wednesday night.
Currently leading in the three divisions are Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta, Division 1, tied with three wins, one loss; Sellards, Division 2, with four wins, no losses; Delta Delta Delta, Division 3, with four wins, no losses.
Eighteen halls and sororities have taken part in the volley ball games since the season began in December. By participating in intramural sports, girls may earn points toward becoming members of the Women's Athletic Assn. A total of 120 points are necessary for membership. Ten points are earned for each sport.
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