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Thursday, March 6, 1958 University Daily Kansan
The long, long trail will be coming to an end for many major league baseball stars who have written years of headlines and records.
Not all will fall by the wayside this season but a large percentage will. They are the ones in the forty brigade who are at or past an age where brittle bones and sluggish muscles can mean the end at any time.
There's Country Slaughter of the Yankees who keeps on playing with the zest of a 20-year-old. He's 42 and right behind him is Murray Dickson of the A's, a 41-year-old veteran pitcher.
Then there's Sal Maglie, the unshaven former nemesis of the Brooklyn Dodgers (also former now) who joined his old enemies for a year, won them the pennant then went to the Yankees to ply his trade.
Of course nobody's calling it the end for phenomenal Spitting Ted Williams who will be 40 in August. Hank Sauer is crowding 39—he won't be up there too much longer.
Other names in the star-studded list include Dixie Howell and Gerry Staley of the White Sox, Bob Lemon and Jim Vernon of the Indians and Jim Hegan of Detroit.
Battling for a youngster's position with the Dodgers is Pee Wee Reese, probably the gamest of them all—he'll be going for a "comeback" at his old spot, shortstop.
The list reads like a box score from an old all-star game and many of the players are going into the final inning.
Three Lettermen On Golf Squad
Three returning lettermen will bolster the KU golf team as it prepares for competition this spring. They are Bill Toalson and Bob Wood, juniors, and Bob Davies, senior. The members gone from last year's team, which finished second in the Big Seven conference meet, are Gene Elstun and Bill Sayler. Elstun finished second in the conference meet as Oklahoma won the championship. KU's season record was 13-4.
The Jayhawkers open their schedule with a non-conference meet with Wichita here April 9. Two other non-conference meets will be held with Washburn University.
"We'll have a hard time equalling last year's record," said Jerry Waugh, assistant basketball coach and golf coach. "Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will have good teams," he said.
Waugh said the men would start practicing soon, weather permitting. Qualifications for the team will be held around the latter part of March.
A team consists of four players during conference meets. Five may compete in the conference tournament with the four lowest scores making up the total. The tournament is made up of 54 holes of medal play, with 36 holes being played the first day.
Home matches are played at the Lawrence Country Club.
Jim Letcavits Signs Edmonton Contract
EDMONTON, ALT., MARCH 6— (UP)-The University of Kansas' 190-pound end Jim Letcavits, signed yesterday with the Edmonton Eskimos.
The 6-2 flanker caught 33 passes and gained 591 yards during his three years with the Jayhawkers. Letcavits, a native of Massillon, Ohio, was also used as a punter.
A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg earned letters in baseball, football, and basketball. Only 31 other Kansas graduates have earned three sports letters.
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Oklahoma City Invites Xavier OKLAHOMA CITY  (UP) - Xavier University of Cincinnati has accepted a bid to participate in the 23rd Annual All-College Basketball Tournament here next Dec. 26-27-28. Xavier joins Oregon U. and host Oklahoma City. Five other teams will be added later.
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Tall Corn Championship Goal Of Kansas' Volleyball Team
An optimistic Kansas University volleyball team will leave Friday for Des Moines, Iowa to compete in the 14th Annual Tall Corn Tournament. The Jayhawkers high hopes stem from the presence of spiker Harold Lowe on the travelling squad. Lowe, who was an All America in 1953 while playing with the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, has been unable to travel because of a heavy study schedule.
The addition of Lowe to the spikin in corps of Jim Coleman, (All America last year), Dick Houghland (named to the Oklahoma AAU AllStar team in February) and Glen
Spring football drills are tentatively set to start Monday, April 21, according to head football coach Jack Mitchell. The drills will be climaxed by the annual Varsity-Alumni game Saturday, May 24.
The quarterback spot will be shallow since number one quarterback Bobby Marshall will not be able to take part in practices. Marshall received a knee injury in the first home game of the season last year and has been in and out of action since.
The game may possibly be played Saturday night at Haskell Stadium. The game will be the day after final exams start May 23.
Coaches are expected to do a lot of shifting on their squads due to a lack of depth in tackle, guard and quarterback spots.
Football Drills Start April 21
Mitchell described the loss of Marshall as a "serious blow" to KU's football hopes.
KU will open their 1958 schedule against Texas Christian University at Lawrence September 20.
During Dr. F, C. Allen's 38% years of coaching basketball at Kansas University, his teams scored 34,930 points in 810 games.
Buell should make the KU team a strong contender for the tournament championship. Lowe will play in place of newcomer Bob Russell who injured a shoulder in the Omaha tournament three weeks ago.
strength with Lowe in the line-up to have a chance. If we play as well as we have occasionally this year we can win it."
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Setmen for the KU squad, which has a 29-25 record in five tournaments this year, are Dick Laptad, Bill Henson and Chuck Mader, who was awarded honorable mention in last year's All America balloting.
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Even at strongest, however, KU will have a tough job to do. No college team has ever won a tournament against such teams as the host des Moines YMCA which was fourth ranked in the country last year or the Chicago Wilson YMCA which is always a national power. In KU's only other attempt at the Tall Corn the team finished last. This was the same team which went on to win third place in the National Intercollegiate Tournament.
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In his basketball career at Kansas, Clyde Lovellette scored 1979 points. During this time he played in 80 games.
In spite of the strength of the entrants, coach Kevin Jones said, "We are going up there to win. We have been able to play on relatively even terms with YMCA competition so far and we gave Des Moines a tremendous battle before losing at Omaha. We should gain enough
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