Page 6 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 17, 1962 Baseball
By Steve Clark
The Kansas Relays landed its drawing card yesterday morning when it was announced that John Uelses, the world record holder in the pole vault (both indoors and outdoors) would enter.
To add icing to the cake, it was also announced that Henry Wadsworth, former Florida vaulter and now in the service, would also compete.
WADSWORTH DEFEATED Uelses at the Chicago Daily News indoor so a rematch between these two vaulters should draw a larger crowd to the Relays. There is a possibility that Uelses and Wadsworth could attract an extra 5,000 to the relays.
Uelses broke the coveted 16-foot pole vault barrier in New York on Feb. 2 by a quarter of an inch to set the world record. The next night at Boston he erased his own standard with a 16-0 3/4 vault.
He predicted a 16-6 vault this year. He still has five and one-quarter inches to go. Uelses' prediction may come true, because a photograph of his winning vault showed him clearing the bar by his own estimate of six inches.
IT WAS NOT enough that Uelses broke the world record, but he told reporters that he was "cold" and very tired and had not warmed up properly before the meet.
Previous to that 16-feet had been deemed impossible just as the four-minute mile, the 60-foot shot put and the seven-foot high jump.
When most records are broken there is some controversy and Uelsen's situation is not uncommon. The first attack on his record performance was by Harold Abrahams, chairman of the International Amateur Athletic Federation's technical committee, who tried to ban his fiber glass pole.
ABRAHAMS SAID that the IAAF could classify the fiber glass pole in a special category as they had the "built up" high jump shoe the Russians tried to introduce several years ago.
Don Bragg, the former record holder with a 15-9½ vault, attacked his colleague by calling the fiber glass pole a "gimmick."
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Cornelius Warmerdam, the world's first 15-foot pole vaulter, took a neutral stand. He said that "the best coordinated individuals still will be the best vaulters.
HE SAID with a fiber glass pole one does not have time to think what's happening. It's "one, two, three and you're over," he said.
Several months ago Uelses said that when he is discharged from the Marines in May that he would attend Southern Illinois. Following collegiate competition he plans to start his own businesses making pole vaulting poles.
Uelses countered criticism by saving he could clear 16-feet with either a fiber glass or a steel pole. Uelses said that the difference between the two poles is "you need more muscle in the arms and shoulders with a steel pole and with fiber-glass you need more coordination."
"IF THEY OUTLAW fiber glass," Warmerdam said, "better steel and wood probably would be developed and jumpers still will go higher, up to 17-18 feet. We are going to have to change our thinking on what's a good jump because of technical improvement in the poles.
Davis said he favored the dictionary definition of pole vaulting, "Getting over a cross bar with the aid of a pole."
There may be some attempted recruiting this weekend. There are probably many college coaches (including Bill Easton) who are not convinced that Uelses should attend Southern Illinois.
George Davies, former Oklahoma State vaulter who set a world outdoor record at the Big Eight meet last year, hit at the crux of the matter. "These glass poles have been around since 1952 and many vaulters have used them since. No comment was made until the record was broken."
KU loses Jack Stevens this year because of graduation. The next vaulter in line will be Roger Schmanke, a junior, whose peak is 14-2.
It matters not which college Uelses chooses to attend, but mainly that he is appearing at the Kansas Relays and may help put its sagging financial situation back on its feet.
Hawks Retain League Lead
Baseball
Rebounding from a last place finish last year, the KU baseball team beat Missouri yesterday and became the sole possessor of the Big Eight first place.
The Jayhawkers, going into the contest tied with the Tigers with a 5-1 record, downed Missouri, 9-3, at Columbia.
KU pitcher Steve Lunsford held the Tigers to seven hits in the 8 1/3 innings he pitched. Jerry Waldschmidt relieved Lunsford in the eighth inning.
MISSOURI ADDED another counter in the fourth before KU, aided by Fanning's circuit blast, scored five runs in the fifth inning.
KU scored two runs in the second inning and Missouri, in their half of the frame, countered with two runs.
KU's final runs came in the sixth and eighth innings. The Hawks scored once in the sixth and twice in the eighth.
Jim Marshall saved a would-be home run in the sixth inning. With two on base, and Missouri trailing 6-3, Marshall raced back to the wall and hauled in the blow.
FIRST BASEMAN Dick Fanning led the Jayhawk attack with
The scheduled tennis meet here tomorrow between Washburn and KU has been postponed. The next Jayhawker tennis action will be April 24 when the Jayhawks host Kansas State.
KU collected 12 hits off Missouri's Rich Peterson, the losing pitcher. The Tigers also used two other pitchers in their losing cause.
Tennis Match Postponed
Operation on Gibson Believed Successful
Kansas basketball forward Harry Gibson, who limped through most of the season on a lame knee, has undergone a cartilage operation which is believed to be successful.
Former KU Guard to Coach
The new head basketball coach of the Clay Center High School is former Kansas University basketball guard Dee Ketchum. Ketchum replaces Lyle Rutter, who has not announced future plans.
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