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University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 2. 1958
FIRE IT IN, BABE
. . . lady backstop at work
THAT'S THE WAY
... getting wood on the ball
IN THE DIRT
... ball one
Blooper Same As Homer When Gals Play Softball
When is a ball hit lightly to the short stop a home run—when the ladies, bless their hearts, are playing the game.
Although dwarfed by a huge men's intramural program, about 200 women are now playing in the women's softball program which this year includes 20 teams.
The rules are the same for the ladies except that the distance from pitcher to plate has been
shortened to save some feminine fireoaller's arm for future household duties.
The 20 teams are not engaged in league play but rather in a double elimination tournament which enters the semifinals next week. The program will probably wind up by the end of next week.
In games Thursday the Tri Delts, in a wild scoring game, overcame the GSP freshmen, 17-12, while
Douthart defeated Miller. 7-4.
The women play on the southeast corner of the intramural field. The program this year is about the same in size as other years according to Ruth Hoover, associate professor of physical education and women's intramurals director.
Other women's sports include basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, swimming, tennis and golf.
Tennis and golf tournaments are being held now.
On the men's side of the field about 1,200 fraternity and independent men are playing softball, one of the top intramural sports in the University and one in which competition is keen in both the independent and fraternity divisions.
Last year 33 teams took part in the program which was won by
the Hernandes in "A" competition and Delta Upsilon in the "B" division.
Two Leave Derby Field
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — (UP) — Maine Chance Farm's Farm's Alibi and Hasty House Farm's Can Trust today were withdrawn from Saturday's Kentucky Derby, reducing the field to 14 horses.
Silky People's Choice For Kentucky Derby Saturday
LOUIISVILLE, Ky. — (UP) — A spine-tingling “they’re off” will send 16 top 3-year-olds on their way in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, but the big moment will come when 100,000 voices shout, “Here comes Silky!”
Horsemen in the stable area firmly believe Silky Sullivan does not have a chance in the 84th classic. Experts in the press box rate him no better than a luke-warm third choice. But the foiks in derbyville are sure late-running Silky has the winner's purse locked up.
Teenagers in Louisville no longer whistle after pretty girls. "Oh, you silky," they shout. Taxi drivers pull over to the curb and stare at you in disbelief if you pick any other horse to win. Bartenders won't serve you if you suggest Silky Sullivan may be just a little late against class horses like Tim Tam and Jewel's Reward.
Silky has become a common sight on the track at Churchill Downs since he arrived from California. But work still stops when he enters the track all decked out in red trimmings and the sun shining on his copper-colored coat. There always is a crowd around his barn even when the stall doors are shut.
It was just another workout and you might not have noticed it at all except for the size and power of this handsome colt.
There was a rush to the rail Thursday when trainer Reggie Cornell gave Silky his final workout for the Derby. The son of Sullivan, an Irish stallion, went a mile in 1:42 3/5. Typically he dragged through the first three furlongs in .41. But he lid the last three in .36 3/5.
A bird can rise while it is falling, soaring hawks, eagles, or vultures are really coasting downhill. They rise in relation to the earth, because they ride columns of rising air. The eat has been compared to a man walking slowly down a rapidly rising escalator.
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