Kansas Prep Track and Field Athletes Off to Fast Start
Kansas high school track stars blaze early in the season led by Bernie Perrine of Derby with a 49.1 in the 440. Teammate Larry Schneider and Res Restser also break 51 seconds. Pole vaults reach 13 feet with Whiteanack and Maska topping 12 feet. Ken Barber leads the javelin with 205 feet 4 1/4 inches. Other marks include high jump and relays with standout performers from Shawnee Mission, Haskell, Wichita East, and more.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bernie Perrine
Derby
Larry Schneider
Res Resster
Wellington
Ed Whiteanack
Shawnee Mission
George Maska
Hays
Ken Barber
McPherson
Barber
Conner
Cary Baer
Salina
Perrine
Peerrine
Cliff Bear
Haskell
Larry Floyd
Wichita East
Ted Lewis
Rex Slucker
Effingham
Hurdies
Paul
Bowles
Hutchinson
Stucker
Toneka
Ward
Tom Wright
Harper
Jim Ragan
Law
Tener
Whileanack
Art Lee
Wichita North
Jerry Johnson
Broad Lee Ae Richardson
Manhattan
Boston Marathon Becomes Easier With 36 Fast Miles
Boston's 60th running foregoes extreme tests as the course trims to 36 miles of 5:20 pace and a 1385 yard finish sprint. Notable times include Hamamura’s 2:18.22 mark last year and Karvonen 2:20.39 in 1954.
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Boston
A. A
Japan
Hideo Hamammura
Finland
Veikko Karvonen
Keizo Yamada
Nick Costes
Natick
Mass
Boston College
May Vote on Texas Tech for Membership
DALLAS expansion is on the Southwest Conference agenda for Fayetteville May 10 12, bringing Texas Tech up for a renewed membership vote. Tech has pursued entry for 30 years and last December earned four votes, one short of the requirement. If current indications hold, Tech may gain at least five votes. a prior motion proposed inviting Tech and Oklahoma, but it is unclear if the issue will be voted.
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Dallas
Tech
Oklahoma
Waco
Former League Official Dead
SAN DIEGO Calif John A Heydler 86 former president of the National League died yesterday in his suite at a suburban residential hotel His health and eyesight had failed in recent years leaving him a virtual invalid He leaves a widow Nancy funeral services will be held here at 2 pm tomorrow Interment will follow in Cypress View Cemetery Ford Frick commissioner of baseball and Warren Giles present NL president said they were deeply shocked by his death They and President Will Hart Ridge of the American League and George Trautman president of the National Assn of Professional Baseball Leagues termed his passing a great loss to baseball He was active in professional baseball for 50 years and was president of the National League from 1918 until he retired in 1984 He also served as the league's secretary and treasurer for three years the only man to hold all three offices The league named him honorary board chairman for life when he retired because of failing health and decreed that the office should expire with him
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San Diego
Calif
John A. Heydler
National League
Heydler
Nancy
Cypress View
Ford Frick
Warren Giles
Will Hartridge
American League
George Trautman
National Assn
League
Baseball's First Commissioner Aided By Heydier
Heydier helped appoint Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as first baseball commissioner after the Black Sox scandal. Born in Lafargeville New York he has lived in seclusion since the 1951 meeting in New York, seen only by a few close friends.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Black Sox
Heydier
Lafarge-ville
N. Y
New York
Maryland Laurel track hosts two historic match races
The Laurel race track in Maryland staged two notable match races in 1917 and 1918, Hourless facing Omer Khay yan and Eternal opposing Billy Kelly. The Preakness Stakes name traces to a Dinner Stakes winner from Pimlico in 1870, and West Virginia University captured consecutive Southern Conference basketball titles with Fred Schaus coaching. Stephen Ballarini, a grand opera performer, represents Chilean hockey player Carlos Cruz, while Michigan has claimed five NCAA hockey championships.
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Maryland
Laurel
Omer Khayyan
Billy Kelly
Pimlico
West Virginia University
Fred Schaus
Stephen Ballarini
Carlos Cruz
Michigan
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