Page 8 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 16, 1962
Baseball Highlights
Kansas Surprises League in Baseball
By Mike Miller
The Kansas Javhawkers have been eliminated from contention for the Big Eight baseball championship, but not before they surprised a lot of people.
The Jayhawkers, almost a perennial second-division finisher, lead the league until they were knocked out of the title picture two weeks ago when they dropped a three game series to the Colorado Buffaloes.
EARLIER IN THE SEASON the Jayhawks took two-out-of-three games from Missouri, who at the moment needs to take only one cut-off-three from O-State next weekend to win the Big Eight crown.
Floyd Temple's crew now stands 10-8 in conference play with one more series remaining to be played against the Oklahoma Sooners at Quigley Field Friday and Saturday.
The Jayhawkers showed their improvement over last year Friday and Saturday in their three-game series with Oklahoma State who has won the title for the past three years. The Hawks took one game of the series and dropped the other by two one run each, 2-1 and 3-2.
IN THE SERIES, coach Flovd Temple got fine pitching. Of the four KU pitchers who threw in the series, all but one, Monte Stewart, turned in stellar performances.
Probably the most surprising was the showing of Carl Nelson. The linky righthander had allowed some 15 earned runs in 20 innings prior to the O-State series and previously had serious control problems. Nelson entered the second game of Friday's double header in the top half of the second inning with runners on second and third and one out.
He walked the first man he faced, but then settled down to hold the Cowpokes to two scratch hits and two walks as he held the O-Staters scoreless the rest of the way.
JERRY WALDSCHMIDT, who had been counted on as the ace of the staff, pitched his best game of the season in the last game. The stocky righthander had been exiled to the bullpen for the last few series, but he held the Cowboys in Saturday afternoon's contest to 10 scattered hits and struck out nine to defeat the defending champions.
Roger Brock lost a heartbreaker in the first game of the series. The stocky southpaw with the herky-jerky motion held the Cowboys to four hits and struck out 9, but Ron Schlimme's Texas League single in the top half of the sixth inning scored two O-State runners and cost Brock the game.
He relieved Waldschmidt in the last game of the series in the final inning to find runners on first and second and one man out. He walked his nemesis Schlimme, but forced opposing pitcher Myrie Calmus to bounce into a well-executed short-to-second-to-first double play and preserve the win for teammate Waldschmidt.
LEFT FIELDER Jim Marshall was one of the defensive stars for the Javhawkers. Marshall, who played three years of varsity football, saved the game for Waldschmidt in the final contest as he raced to the leftfield wall in the top half of the sixth to rob Gary Karns of a two-run home run which would have given the Cow-pokes a 4-2 lead at the time. When Marshall caught the ball it was above the four-foot left-field fence and would have fallen over had it not been for Marshall.
KU's tennis team ends its dual season today by meeting the Colorado Buffaloes on the Allen Field House courts.
Kansas Tennis Team Ends Season Today
The Jayhawks, who now have a 12-3 season's record, host the Big Eight meet here Friday and Saturday.
KU Cagers Are Scholars
Kansas' 1961-62 basketball forces continue to collect scholastic honors. Most recent was Jerry Gardner's election to Fhi Beta Kappa, national liberal arts honor fraternity, and Jim Dumas' selection to Etta Kappa Nu, national honorary electrical engineering fraternity.
Dumas, junior forward from Topeka, also has been elected to Sachem, senior men's honor society.
His front-line teammate during the past winter, Harry Gibson, has been chosen for Owl Society, junior men's honor group, as has Dave Stinson, Lawrence guard.
Gardner, who finished his career last winter as the highest scoring guard in Jayhawker history with 1,030 points, was a member of both these orders as was reserve guard, Pete Woodward.
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