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Tuesday. April 15, 1958 University Daily Kansan
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Bv BOB MACY
A national champion is something a school can be proud of be it basketball, debate, football or track. Along with a national champion in some such event you will also find a backing of national championship calibre. Not so at KU.
About the only thing KU is national champion in is the apathy field. KU had a basketball team that many agree could have whipped the best in the nation if both clubs were at top strength. Yet, many times the students didn't turn out for games the way they could have. (Although going to a game at 6:00 to find the student section almost full can get discouraging.) The before-game rallies were the really pitiful part of the lack of support that was shown for the KU squad. Usually the rallies consisted of the cheerleaders, Sarge and his fellow canines, two men from Buildings and Grounds that happened to wander by, and 10 or 15 students who happened to come upon the scene.
Before the basketball season was over, the students were again showing their lack of concern for top flight sports teams.
The KU indoor track squad was undoubtedly one of the nation's best—if not the top. They ran away with the point total at the Michigan State Relays, where some of the top indoor teams in the nation performed. Yet, the indoor meets in Allen Field House were attended by a very small number of students.
Usually there were more performers and newsmen on the ground by the track than there were in the spacious field house. A record—yes, that should be some kind of a record, although not one to be proud of.
The outdoor track season has started true to form with the other sports at KU; the students just won't come. Last week the students had a chance to see three of the top individual track performers in the nation in the dual meet here with Oklahoma State. One, Al Oerter, has already tossed the discus 202-feet 6-inches for an unofficial world's record. Another, Jayhawker Ernie Shelby, is fast approaching the world mark in the broad jump. The third man, Orlando Hazley, has proven he can come close to tieing or breaking the 100-yard dash mark.
Yet, as usual, Memorial Stadium was nearly bare last Saturday.
In spite of the fact KU students had a chance to see some of the top track stars in the nation, the students just wouldn't show up for the meet.
Why won't students turn out for track meets like they will other sporting events? The big reason most give is that the meets move too slowly and there isn't enough action. Today that just isn't the case. There is still some delay, but meet planners have worked so there is very little time for the spectators to get bored. Spacing of the events, adding other races and many features have made track meets something any sports fan can enjoy.
Kansas has come to be known as the Oklahoma of Big Eight and national track, yet the KU students have fallen far short of presenting a following that can compare with those high ratings.
Washington In First Place Yanks Haven't Played Yet
By UNITED PRESS
No, dear reader, you are not holding your newspaper upside down—Washington is in first place in the American League today.
But you'd better look fast, and manager Cookie Lavagetto better enjoy life while he may. Because this has happened to other Washington teams that won the opening game of the season while other teams were idle, and we all know what happened to them.
But that's a nasty thought to bring up on a day when Lavette and his merry men, particularly Cuban pitcher Pedro Ramos, are the toasts of the game for their stirring 5-2 triumph over the Boston Red Sox in yesterday's traditional opening game before President Eisenhower and a crowd of 23,675.
The last Senators team to win an opener was the 1955 array and they wound up in that familiar home of Washington clubs-last place.
An average of more than 10,400 new residents have settled in the 13-county San Francisco Bay Region every month since 1950, according to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
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Richard E. Dowell, Bartlesville, Okla. sophomore and tournament chairman, said there will be two brackets of singles for the elimination. The over-all winners will be the best three out of five in the doubles tournament.
This year's last table tennis tournament will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Student Union Activities will give four trophies—two for the team winners and two for the runners up.
Dowell said both men and women students are eligible to enter. Registration is being taken at the information booth in the Kansas Union. He said there are no fees and all equipment is furnished by SUA.
The last tournament, a singles, was held in November. Tonight the table tennis club will play Washburn at Topeka.
Sophomore Class Officers
Trophies will be awarded to champions in four types of billiards played in the Student Union Activities elimination tournament April 21-25. The playoffs for all games will be April 25.
KU Table Tennis Event Wednesday
Ted A. Diehl, Lawrence freshman and tournament chairman, said all
students are eligible to enter. Entry blanks and contest information are available in the Kansas Union Jay Bowl. Deadline for entries is Friday. The tournament games are: call shot (14-1 continuous), three cushion straight rail and snooker.
Lovenquth, Merrit Cut
ST. LOUIS —(UP)— Right handed pitcher Lynn Lovenguth and Lloyd Merrit were cut by the St. Louis Cardinals today, leaving the player roster at the legal limit of 28. The Cardinals said they had not as yet decided to which clubs Lovenguth and Merrit would be sent.
San Francisco's Cow Palace, largest indoor arena in the West, is valued at more than $50,000,000 and can seat more than 17,000.
In addition to his world record peg of 202 feet $ \mathbf{6}!\mathbf{2} - \mathrm{inches} $ at the Arkansas Relays, Kansas discus giant Al Oerter fired five other heaves beyond 190 feet. He thus exceeded his one-week-old career peak of 188 feet 2-inches six times.
Oerter Breaking Own Marks
Casey Stengel when asked about this year's Yankees: "If my guys blow this one, I certainly should have staved a dentist in Kansas City. Those there other fellers got no right in the same ball park and my, ain't it gonna be a nice summer."
Amherst Will Try To Speed Up Game
AMHERST, Mass. — A test was planned for today to decide if college baseball time should be cut down by one hour.
Yes Casey, It'll Be A Very Nice Summer
The experiment will be tried during the Amherst College-American international game. If successful, Amherst Coach Paul Eckly said it could put to its best use during the sometimes cold weather of April and early Mav.
No infield practice during innings;
any player attempting to stall a game
will be penalized; ball-tossing between outs will be forbidden; pitcher warm-ups will go on while his team is at bat.
Some of the time shorteners are:
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