University Daily Kansan
Page 10
Tuesday. April 10. 1962
Relay Teams Win; Dotson Top Athlete
Take a bit of sunshine for atmosphere, some Kansans for home-state pride, and 11 runners from Texas Southern for thrills, mix, and you have the makings for what could be one of the great Kansas Relays April 20-21.
Only the sunshine remains in question. Based upon performances at the Texas Relays last week the other two elements are ready.
KANSAS AND Texas Southern had a hand in seven of the 10 records in the University-College divisions at Austin Saturday, and a repeat performance by these two teams next week in Memorial Stadium is possible.
Given any weather break at all, the athletes in the annual Kansas showing will have two days in which to prove that there are seemingly no limits in sight in lowering track records of any sort. That wasn't the case at Texas.
Day-long rains Friday forced the first postponement in the 37-year history of the meet at Austin. The scheduled Friday night program was run off Saturday morning, with the normal second-day program following that afternoon.
KU SET TEXAS Relays records in both the distance medley and the two-mile relay. The Jayhawkers came from behind each time on sparking anchor carries by senior Bill Dotson and for his efforts the KU captain was voted the meet's Outstanding Athlete award.
Dotson made up a 15-yard deficit and went on to win by 25 yards on his mile carry in the distance medley. He ran a 4:03.9 mile to equal his mark he ran two weeks ago when Kansas set an American indoor record in this event at the Kansas State indoor meet.
The Jayhawks ran 9:48.8 at Kansas State, which until Saturday was the fastest time in the event-indoors or out-by any Big Eight school. KU was timed in 9:46.4 at Texas.
BILL STODDART led off with a 49.0 quarter mile, Bill Thornton added a 1:52.2 half mile and Ted Riesinger turned in a fine 3:01.3 three quarters.
the performance knocked five seconds off the Texas Relaws record.
Tonnie Coane replaced Stoddart in the two-mile a few hours later as the Jayhawkers continued the buffeting of the record in this event. (They set an American indoor record three weeks ago, lowered it two weeks ago, then saw Missouri lower the all-time Big Eight record in the event last week.)
KANSAS RAN the event in 7:27.7 three seconds under the Texas Relays record set by California in 1958.
Thornton ran 1:53.1, Coane followed with a 1:55.3 and then Riesinger turned in his all-time best performance with a 1:49.7 to put Dotson five yards back of Southern Illinois' Bill Cornell with a half mile to go.
THESE TWO EVENTS were the only ones entered by Kansas in the relays field.
Dotson—timed in 1:49.6, also his best ever—caught the Englishman 50 yards from the finish, matched him stride for stride down the stretch, then lunged forward at the end for a narrow victory. The Southern Illinois team was awarded the same time as Kansas.
Pete Talbott finished fifth in the javelin with a throw of $ 206-2 \frac{1}{2} $ and Doug Stoner placed fifth in the discus at 157-$ 7 \frac{1}{2} $
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The Jayhawkers operated without two of their top distance hands. Defending Big Eight half-mile champion Kirk Hagan missed his second straight meet because of the flu and Charlie Hayward—who won the Texas Relays 3000-meter steeplechase last year—also missed the trip because of illness.
DESPITE THE two records by Kansas and some exciting performances by Abilene Christian relay teams in the University class, Texas Southern dominated the meet.
It was the first time the Houston Negro school was allowed to run in the meet and the 12,000 Austin fans howled in amazement as a combination of 11 runners not only set five records but became the first team (either college or university) to ever win five relay titles in one of the major relay carnivals.
Texas Southern finished the day with a 3:09.0 mile relay time—the fastest in the nation this year and a full second better than Abilene Christian used in winning a tight mile relay title in the University class. And in that University mile relay Olympian Earl Young ran a 45.2 anchor 440 to nudge Oklahoma State and Missouri for the victory.
TEXAS SOUTHERN'S narrowest margin of victory was 15 yards in the 440-yard relay. There could be a bit more competition for the speedy Texans next week at Lawrence, however.
Loyola of Chicago—anchored by Tom O'Hara—could push them in the sprint medley or two-mile relays.
Jayhawker Tennis Team Victorious
Waldschmidt relieved starter Roger Brock in the bottom half of the sixth inning to end a Cornhusker rally and preserve the Kansans' victory.
IN THE FINAL GAME of the Nebraska series Waldschmidt came back to strike out 11 Cornhuskers as the Jayhawkers scored a run in each of the first two innings and then scored another in the top of the sixth. Waldschmidt's victory was his third straight of the year without a defeat.
The Jayhawkers won their Big Eight openers by scores of 6-4, 8-6 and 3-2. Pitcher Jerry Waldschmidt supplied the spark for the last season's cellar dwellers surge into a tie for first place.
THE JAYHAWKERS at this early stage of the season have won as many games as they did the entire season last year.
The Jayhawker tennis team, riding the crest of a four-game winning streak, travels to Kansas City this weekend to meet the University of Iowa, Oklahoma State and Southern Illinois in a quadrangular.
Based on Texas Relays performances, at least 12 Kansas Relays records will be endangered next week. Texas Southern's five records at Austin were all better than current Kansas Relays records in the college class.
In the second games of the series it was Monte Stewart, Chattanooga sophomore, who put out the fire for the Jayhawkers. KU jumped to an early lead 5-0, before falling behind 6-5. The KU reliefer blanked the Cornhuskers the rest of the way while the KU bats added three more runs.
The Jayhawkers after splitting doubleheaders at Texas Lutheran at Seguin, Tex., and the University of Houston rallied in a three-game series against the Nebraska Cornhuskus at Lincoln to give Coach Floyd Temple's crew a 3-0 league record and a 5-2 overall record.
The Jayhawkers defeated Kansas State 7-0, Emporia State 7-0 and Oklahoma State 5-2.
The Kansas Jayhawk baseball nine opens its 1962 home baseball season Friday and Saturday against Kansas State atop the Big Eight conference standings.
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The University of Kansas golf team opened its 1962 season over the weekend participating in the third annual Oklahoma Intercollegiate golf tournament at Shawnee. KU's four man team of John Hanna, Paul Carlson, Dick Haitbrink and Reid Holbrook shot a 950 to tie with Wichita U. for sixth place.
Golfers Sixth At Oklahoma
Defending champion Oklahoma State won the meet which was composed of 11 schools from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. O.S.U. had a four man team total of 871-7 over par.
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Fifty-four holes were played in the meet, par being 72-72-72—216. O.S.U.'s Labron Harris Jr., won medalist honors with a one-under par 73-69-73—215. Low score for KU was carded by Holbrook—74-76-79—229.
The Hawks travel to Wichita Thursday for a triangular meet with Wichita U. and K-State. First home match for KU will be April 20 with Missouri.
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