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ins Two From Kansas State "2. 3-1 M.U. four wins and two losses. Missouri has a 6-4 record while K. MERCURY-CHRON1CLE MANHATTAN, KANSAS 4 Sunday, May 7, 1950 U.

and K-State are tied for last body admired for his guts and willingness to try. Now in his junior year at Kansas State Severna has suddenly found himself in the high Jump event. Ills jump of 6 feet 8 '4 Inches at the Texas Relays Is the best In the world this season. Me consistently breaks Harting. former Belolt ABLAer, in the third spelled doom for the speedy Reitemeier.

Perk accounted for the Cats' only tally with a tremendous 400-foot homer to right center 'the fifth. Harting's home run was setup when Johnson made a bad peg in an attempt to double Bill iiatoctc off second. With one out and Eatock on place with one win and six set-bticlcs Smith in Five-Hitter Smith, a classy left hander with plenty of steam, turned In a five-hitter to best Jim Iverson of K-State in a pitching dual in the first game. Iverson allowed but six hits, but four From the Sidelines by DCN WEMPE second as a result of a walk and Wildcat errors hurt his chances of pulling through to a victory. a stolen base.

Kent Kurtz slammed a liner right at Johnson. Eatock was caught completely Successive right field home Middleground Wins Derby CHURCHILL DOWNS. Louisville. May 6 (P) Middle-ground, a chestnut racer from the fabulous King ranch in Texas, came a-runnlng in the stretch at Cnurchill Downs today to outgame everything that challenged him and win the 76th Kentucky Derby with some to spare. The son of Bold Adventure, never in the early contention, droved himself a better colt than Your Host, the California favorite.

Hill Prince, the Virginia threat, and all the others of 13 rivals when tile chips were down. He ran the classic mile and a quarter in two minutes, one and three-fifths seconds, only Iverson, Perk Reitcmeier In Losing Causes The Missouri Tigers swept past Kansas State. 6 to 2 and 3 to 1, in a Seven baseball double header here Saturday afternoon with Bqb Smith and Gene Crenshaw turning in sharp mound performances. The two sever -inning games were brought about when Friday's performance was postponed due to high Nebraska, which ran into similar difficulty Friday, trimmed Kansas twice Saturday. 7-2 and 4-3, to take over undisputed possession of second place with a 6-2 record.

Colorado still leads with a 1-0 mark and Oklahoma is in second with i runs by Bob Bremner and Dick Johnson in the second inning tween halves of the football game. He always drew a cheer from the crowd namely because he was game enough to finish after the winner was taking his bows. Track coach Ward Haylett figured the two mile running was too much for the big kids legs and didn't let him run last fall. The result? Vlrg set a new Kansas State high-jump record. Severns is a Junior in agriculture education at K-State.

Although he's so modest he won't admit it, the tall, quiet kid has his eyes on the next Olympics. 6-4, which was the old K-State record. 1 He is expected to go great at the Big Seven conference meet at Lincoln May 19-20. One factor in Severns' sudden rise to fame may be that his legs have more energy this season. He formerly believed that he should work the year round to keep them in shape.

Consequently, during the two- off guard and would have been out at second had Johnson made a true toss to the bag. Now we've seen everything. I At 4.1 1 ll.n i The Tigers scored their first run in the top the first when Catcher Cliff Schumacher's The Kansas Staters lost two baseball games to Missouri, 6-2 and 3-1, dropped their first tennis match of the season 6-1 to the Tigers and lost a track meet to Kansas 66-65. Some days it really doesn't pay to push back the covers. throw went into center field accounted for the Purple tallies.

Jack Frier, big first baseman for M. blasted a two-run home in the fifth inning of the opening contest tt ice the game. Missouri's Gene Crenshaw and Perk Reltemeler locked horns In a hurlers' battle in the second affair, and each man gave up but three hits. But a two-run homer by Bob when he tried to nail Frier stealing second with Kurtz on third. Auuuu lie iuai tuiug in tiic world that this reporter expected to happen at a baseball game came about Saturday afternoon in the last game of the Wildcat-Missouri twin bill.

There was a strike-out, three assists and a putout on the same play. And on the same mile season, Vlrg used to plug around the track eight times with the rest of the pack be- Reitemeier Fans seven Reitemeier fanned seven in losing his third game In five de piay one man made both an cisions this season. crensnaw whiffed three Wildcats. Smith struck out six, to five one-fifth of a second off the assist and a putout In getting one man out of the way ana fans for Iverson, who has now It wasn't a rundown. Sounds won one and lost one.

Bob Bremner led the Cats at amazing, but it's true. the plate in the first game with Prather To Go Pro Rollin Prather plans to sign a professional football contract with a Canadian team. Prather presently plans to fly north In June to look over a job with a pro grid team at Edmonton, Canada. If everything works out, Prather will play pro ball and do geology work during the summer months. Prather will graduate as a geologist this spring.

two for two. Tim scannen col LAMPS Here's the way it hiippened. Perk Reitemeier fanned Walt Ulmer in the fourth inning, but Catcher Cliff Schumacher ONE HEADLIGHT 2-73 lected two for three in. the sec WEAK 14 NO TAIL LIGHT 7 ond game for Kansas State. The Tigers got one in the first inning of the opener when Eat dropped the ball.

Instead of Derby record set by the immortal Whlrlaway in 1941. He rewarded R. J. Kleburg, owner of King ranch, with and gladdened the hearts of the great Texas con-, tingent in the crowd of close to 100,000. Hill Prince finished second, Mr.

Trouble third and Sun Glow fourth in a field that was strung out for considerable distance. Hill Prince, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, made a stubborn run at MdcTleground vrtthjn the last 100 yards, but he couldn't take him. Only two weeks ago they exactly reversed the order of today's finish in the $40,000 Wood memorial at Jamaica. ock singled, stole second and scored on a single by Harting. A walk, an error and a single by Bob Davis accounted for another pair in the third.

The last Tiger tally came in the sixth on two hits and a K-State error. FIRST GAME touching Ulmer, who was heading toward the dugout, Schumacher tossed towards first. It was low and bounced off Dave Bremnfcr's glove towards second. Ulmer started towards first, but Tim Scannell charged in from his second base position, scooped the ball up and fired back to Bremner in time for the out. Missouri AB PO 4 12 2 5 i An Overnight Star Norton's Virgil Severns has.

in one short year, become a track sensation at Kansas State college. Last year Virg was one of those boys who made the track trips because the coach hoped to pick up a third or fourth place in the scoring. He was an awkward looking kid whom every tOOn I RAKES I NO STOt LIGHT 2 3 1 0 4 GLARING LIGHTS 1 0 0 2 1 1 AVERAGE AUTOMOIILE: 1 1 4 1 1 0 Eatock, ss Kurtz. 2b Harting. rf Frier, lb Davis.

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It was the Wildcats first loss of the season. Che-Kodak 25 2 5 21 4 Robinson struck out for Thayer In sixth. Missouri 102 021 06 Kansas State 020 000 0 2 RBI Kuntz. Harting, Frier 2, Davis 2, B. Bremner.

Johnson. HR Frier, B. Bremner. Johnson. LOB Missouri 8, K-State 8.

DP Smith-Boeger-Frler. SO Smith 6. Iverson 5. BB Smith 5. Iverson 2.

PB Alexander 2, WP Iverson. ER Missouri 3. K-State I. SB Eatock, Frier. U-Roark and Jessup.

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Bremner, lb Arnold tvtiiemeler, I In seventh. I Elliott struck out for Schumacher In seventh. Missouri 102 000 03 Kansas State 000 010 01 I RBI Harting 2.. Reitemeier. 2B amnell.

HK Harting, Reitemeier. 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0" 10000 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 110 0 0 114 S. 5th Phone 4354 L.UB Missouri K-state 4. so Crenshaw 3. Reitemeier 7.

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