Page 2 University Daily Kansan Friday, April 18. 1958
THIS IS THE WAY IT'S DONE—Ernie Shelby broadjumping.
BILL TILLMAN—Improving rapidly in low and high hurdles.
Bad Weather Bothers KU Frosh, Too
Unseasonably bad weather has held down the freshman track squad activity to the point that Bill Easton doesn't know yet what his team can really do.
"The weather is simply too bad." Easton said in a recent interview. "We'll need at least a solid week of good weather before we can let the freshmen run."
No time trials "to speak of" have been held for the full team, Easton said, but a few men have been timed in workouts with the varsity team.
"We've been concentrating on the varsity so far," he said, "The freshmen we have let run look pretty good."
Some of the freshman times posted this year, which can't be taken as an indication of the team's full strength, were given by Easton.
Paul Williams has run : 09.7 seconds in the 100-yard dash.
Martin (Tuck) Mason, Ord, Neb,
and Gordon Davis, Wichita, have
clocked times of 2:00 and 2:00.3, reso-
rectively, in the 880-yard run.
Three quarter-milers who Easton says are doing .51.4 to .52 are Paul Rearick, Wichita; Larry Wood, Wymore, Neb., and Darwin Ashbaugh Ellis.
Easton said no hurdles timing had been done.
A 4:18.2 mile timing was made by Danny Ralston, Topeka. Another miler, Bill M. Mills, Denver, Colo., has pulled a left leg muscle and is probably out for the season. His best high school time was 4:22.8.
In the field events at least one person will make a welcome addition to future KU varsity squads. Pole vaulter John Stevens, Ames, Iowa, has cleared the bar at 12 feet 10 inches. Easton's varsity has no pole vaulter this year.
Discus men who have recorded tosses are Gerald Foos, Scotts Bluff, Neb., 152-feet 10-inches, and Phil Miller, Wathena, 140 feet.
Trackmen were not able to run outdoors until March 25. Even then, rains made the track soggy and generally poor for working a team into shape.
"We still need and are anxious to have boys who have had high school experience and are willing to run," Easton said.
"Maybe they are waiting for the weather to improve," he said.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD—Ernie Shelby (right) measures Kent Floerke's jump. This pair gives KU one of the nation's strongest broadjumping teams.
Competition'Terrific' This Year
Rv HM CARLE
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
"We can expect the same teams who gave us trouble in the indoor season, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado, to do the same outdoors," he said.
Big Eight competition this year will be "terrific" in every event, B!l! Easton said.
Kansas finished the indoor season undefeated and won its seventh straight league indoor title as the KU distance men picked up almost half of the team's total points in three events—the mile, the 2-mile, and the 880-yard run.
"The only thing, he said, is that the weather, and most important, a lack of sunshine, have been the hardest on the squad."
Easton is playing it safe and making no predictions as to the final outcome of the season.
A run-down on Big Eight trackmen shows that Easton is not just being conservative in his dislike to guess at the final standings.
There are five 1957 Kansas Relays champions in the conference. These are Orlando Hazley, Oklahoma State, 100-yard dash; Phil Delavan, Iowa State, shot put; Al Oerter, Kansas, discus; Gail Hodgson, Oklahoma, mile, and Clif Cushman, Kansas, 400-meter hurdles.
No one in the league appears to becoming close to Oerter in the discus. The Olympic champion hit a career high of 188-feet 2-inchs in the Texas Relays this year and is reportedly aiming at an eventual 200-foot toss.
Oerter out fired Delavan at the Texas Relays in the shot put with 56-feet 1-inch measurement. In the indoor season, Delavan set a new Cyclone varsity record of 55-feet $3^{1/2}$-inches, but Oerter won the indoor championship with a toss of 57-feet, his career high in that event.
Oklahoma State's Hazley had to settle for fourth behind Dee Givins, Oklahoma and just ahead of Jayhawker Charlie Tidwell.
Hazley had several 09:5 clockings last year as a sophomore and was defeated only by Bobby Morrow at Texas and Ira Murchison at Drake.
Givens, Tidwell, and Hazley,
with lows of: 09.6, 09.7, and 09.5
respectively, will run a hot race
for the conference 100-yard title.
Hodgson ran a torrid 4:05 anchor mile in the distance medley for Oklahoma at the Texas Relays. In this event he put on the steam to catch KU's Tom Skutka, who had an 18-yard lead.
In the same meet, Skutka ran off a 35-yard lead in the first mile of the 4-mile relay.
Kansas has some strong men in competition and some weak spots showing through at the same time.
One of the bright spots in the field events is the broad jumping of Ernie Shelby. He cleared 25-feet six times in the indoor season. His indoor jump of 25-feet 4-inches was the longest in Big Eight history.
3 Lettermen Return To Golf Squad
"Bolstered by the return of three lettermen, the golf team has a good chance of finishing third in the Big Eight meet held May 16 and 17," said Jerry Waugh, golf coach.
Last year the Javahawkers placed second to the Sooners in the league meet at Lincoln, Neb. But the number one and two golfers from that second place team, Bill Salyer and Gene Elstun, were lost by graduation.
"First and second places should go to Oklahoma University and Oklahoma State in that order. Third place will be up for grabs and we should have a good chance of taking it."
Over 30 On Team
The three lettermen returning to this year's squad of over 30 men are Robert Davies, Dodge City, senior; Bob Wood, Liberal, junior; and Bill Toalson, Dodge City, junior. Toalson holds the Lawrence Country Club record with a sub-par 66.
A top prospect for the No. 4 man on the team is Jerry Krause, a sophomore from Kansas City. This last summer Krause reached the semi-finals of the National Amateur Golf Tournament.
"Our returning lettermen all shot constantly in the 70's last year, which is real good golfing. Yet Oklahoma University will have to be the favorite to regain their conference title as they lost only one man from their winning team of last year. Oklahoma State always has placed a strong emphasis on golf and should have a real strong team." Waugh said.
Waugh's First Year
Waugh, who is in his first year as golf coach, pointed out that the weather has held the team back. As a result, the team has not gotten in very much outdoor practice. Two weeks ago the team went to Texas in an effort to get in some outdoor practice before league competition started.
Waugh added that this year's league meet is on Friday and Saturday. The 5-man teams will play 36 holes the first day and will close with 18 on the final day. Scoring is by medal play or the total strokes taken by each team's four best scorers.
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