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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, December 6, 1967
History repeats self
By Chip Rouse Kansan Sports Editor
There is an old saying wunch goes, "History repeats itself." Or does it?
A near capacity crowd will anxiously await the answer to this controversial question tonight as Kansas and Louisville, a pair of nationally ranked basketball quintets supporting birds as mascots, tangle at Allen Field House
The Jayhawks downed the Cardinals, 70-68, in the second round of the NCAA regionals in Lawrence last spring.
In the latest ratings released by United Press International, Louisville is ranked second and KU is listed fourth. However, both teams support 1-0 records coming into the contest.
The Jayhawks worked out for one hour Tuesday reviewing basic game patterns.
"We are not close to as good as we hope to be later in the season," coach Ted Owens said. "We have a rough non-conference schedule this month, and we hope to do the
best we can to get ready for the conference games.
"We do not plan to do anything out of the ordinary in defending against (Louisville's) Westley Unseld," Owens said. "Basically, we will stay with our man-for-men defense."
This will put center Dave Nash on Unseld and guard Jo Jo White on the Cardinals talented guard Butch Beard.
It will be the second time in less than a week that White has been assigned to defend against a team's past-season scoring leader. Beard averaged 20.5 points-per-game last year. However, Unseld, who averaged 18.7, split the chords for 45 points last Friday against Georgetown to establish a new Louisville individual scoring mark.
Against Utah State, White held Shaler Halimon, the Aggies' All-American guard candidate, to 17 points. Halimon scored at a 23.5 clip last season.
"Our use of Harmon (Phil) will depend on the type of defense
Louisville uses against us," Owers said. "However, he will definitely see a lot of action."
Harmon, a junior from Tula,
Okla., scored 24 points against
Utah State to lead the Jayhawk
offensive punch.
Tonight's game will be televised live on WIBW-TV, channel 13. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:05 p.m.
Probable Starters
Kansas Position Louisville
Bohnensiehl 1-6 f 6-5 King
Sloan 6-5 f 6-4 Sely
Nash 6-10 c 6-8 Unseld
White 6-3 g 6-3 Beard
Bradshaw 6-3 g 6-3 Holden
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Track coach attends Aussie track clinics
Bob Timmons, head coach of the KU track and cross-country teams, left Lawrence Friday for a three-week tour of track clinics in Australia.
The tour was arranged by Ron Clarke, Australia's current distance running star who holds nearly every world record from three miles through six miles. He and Timmons will be working together in the clinics.
"I know very little about the clinics," Timmons said before leaving, "but I am looking forward to the opportunity of working with boys from another country and visiting with their coaches."
The series of clinics, sponsored by the Aussie athletic foundation, comes at the height of Australia's track season and they will be held in conjunction with several major track meets at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.
One of the coaches Timmons is most interested in meeting Percy Cerutty, who has trained many of the famed Aussie distance runners including Herb Elliot. Elliot was a gold-medal winner in the 1960 Rome Olympics and holder of the 1.500 meter record for seven years before Jim Ryun broke it last summer.
Timmons is accompanied by his wife, Pat, on the tour. Expenses for both are being paid by Australian athletic groups. They will also be met at Auckland, New Zealand, by Peter Snell, former world record holder in the mile, for a brief visit and tour of the city on the layover between planes.