(Columbia Daily Tribune, April 29, 1954)
Missouri's Tigers, lodged in fourth place in the Big Seven standings after a series split with Iowa State, meet their second conference foe here tomorrow afternoon when the third place Kansas Jayhawks move in for a two-game series.
An injury to Southpaw Ed Cook in Tuesday's Iowa State game left Coach John Simmons' pitching plans uncertain for the Jayhawk series, which ends with a Saturday afternoon contest at 1:30.
Aware that Kansas' lineup is loaded with left-handed hitters, Simmons had originally planned to send Cook against the Jayhawks tomorrow and start Bert Beckmann, a right-hander on Saturday. But Cook, struck on his throwing hand with a pitched ball Tuesday, may not be ready to work tomorrow. X-rays taken at University hospital revealed no fracture, but the hand was still painfully swollen today.
If Cook is unable to pitch in either game, Simmons will probably call on Emil Kammer, who was kayoed by Iowa State on Monday.
The Jayhawks, who own a 3-2 record and an 8-3 overall mark, are likely to pitch lefty John Brose and sophomore right-hander Bob Shirley.
Crippled Tigers Open Series With Jayhawks Today
(Columbia Daily Tribune, April 30, 1954)
Coach John Simmons readied a crippled University of Missouri baseball team today for the opener of a two-game series with the Kansas Jayhawks this afternoon at Rollins field.
Simmons, minus the services of two front-line pitchers, lefty Ed Cook and Emil Kammer, planned to start right-hander Bert Beckmann on the mound in today's game, with Gene Gastineau and Norman Stewart ready for relief duty.
The Tiger mentor had hopes that Cook, who was struck on his throwing hand with a pitched ball Tuesday, would be ready to work tomorrow's contest. Kammer was called home on personal business last night and was uncertain as to when he would return
Second baseman Buddy Cox underwent minor surgery at University hospital yesterday and may miss one or both games with the Jayhawks. Jack Gabler will be his replacement, Simmons said.
Tiger-Kansas Doubleheader is Cancelled
(Columbia Daily Tribune, May 1, 1954)
Wet grounds forced cancellation of a baseball doubleheader between the Missouri Tigers and Kansas Jayhawkers scheduled for today at Rollins field after a heavy shower halted the opener of the series in the first inning yesterday afternoon.
Missouri Coach John Simmons, minus two first-string pitchers and his regular second baseman, probably welcomed the cancellation, but the Jayhawks, with only 12 Big Seven conference games on their schedule, weren't too happy about it. The Big Seven rules stipulate that a team must play at least eight conference games to qualify for the championship. Already rained out in one game with Kansas State, the Kansans can afford only one more cancellation and still remain in the running for the title.
Simmons heard more bad news yesterday when second basemen Buddy Cox, who underwent minor surgery at University hospital on Thursday, reported that he must have another operation that will keep him hospitalized for four or five days and out of action for at least another week or so. Jack Gabler started at second yesterday and will probably continue to fill in until Cox returns to duty.
Now Cox, who has called Sikeston home all his life, swears by Simmons.
``He was a great psychologist,'' Cox said. ``He got the most out of whatever talent he had. He could take each individual and perk him up, tell him something he didn't do and also something he did do.''
(Columbia Daily Tribune, May 14, 1994)
Looking at Sports
Columbia Daily Tribune, April 29, 1954)
The Missouri Spring practice football team looked pretty sorry against the Alumni Saturday, but maybe the showing shouldn't be taken too seriously. Some of the fellows may have had other things on their minds that day - like beating Purdue and Maryland and Oklahoma next fall, for instance. And then, too, there’s a wedding coming up this weekend. But seriously, an alumni game is never a very good test for a varsity football team, particularly since invariably a lot of the talent that will be available in the Fall is busy with other things in the Spring. This wouldn't be the proper time to sell Coach Don Faurot's charges short next Fall.
Nor is it any time to sell Coach John Simmons' baseball team short after its first game defeat at the hands of Iowa State. The Bengals bounced back with a nice rally against the Cyclones the next day and won, despite the fact they committed six errors. It's a little hard to explain the rash of miscues which excellent infielders committed in those two Cyclone games. Maybe they got the errors of a season out of their respective systems in those two games. That's a hopeful thought, anyway.
The Tigers had had pretty weak competition in the Ft. Wood, Arkansas and Sedalia Air Base games we saw here, and the local folks had gotten pretty high on them. That's their first game defeat at the hands of the Cyclones was something of a shock. But it wasn't as much of a shock as the Nebraska fans have suffered.
The Cornhuskers opened with a brilliant performance in a two-game series with Kansas. The Jayhawkers got only one run and five hits in 18 innings. Nebraska Pitcher Dick Geir worked a no-hitter against the Jayhawks in the second game. Nebraska hopes were pretty high. Then the Cornhuskers went on the road. They dropped two games to Oklahoma and two at Kansas State, and talk about playing in the NCAA championships at Omaha in June subsided to a whisper.
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