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Tuesday, May 4, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Riddle seeks the ideal shot ring
By KEN STONE
Associate Sports Editor
Jessie Riddle, the only member of the KU women's track team to win an event in the Big Eight championships Saturday in Ames, Iowa, is demanding her rights.
It has nothing to do with women's liberation, a place in the weight room or the chance to work out during a prime afternoon training hour.
SHE WOULD JUST like the opportunity to throw from a dry, cement shot put ring,
Sputters, unlike other track athletes, impetuously skips, and the best surpasses them from below.
exactly what Riddle missed at Iowa State—a good sold shot put circle.
"At the last meet, it was a wooden ring." Riddle said. "And it gave it a lot. It was硅. Little things like that don't help me. In it were so bad that I actually fell out of the rink."
It wasn't as bad as she made it sound, though, because she won her event with a toss of 43/114, a Big Eight record. But she was taken by the crowd when they had thrown from a ring like KU's.
OUT OF THE CEMENT circle just outside Memorial Stadium, Riddle has thrown past 47 feet in practice. Her outdoor best is 45-11-13.
Staff photo
Riddle's grimace reflects strain of lifting 150 pounds
NBA eases hardship rule
NEW YORK (AP)—The National Basketball Association (NBA) has relaxed its hardship rules for college and high school players who wish to be drafted, NBA Commissioner Larry O'Brien announced yesterday.
Under the ruling, which is part of the recent collective bargaining settlements, any player whose high school class has graduated may make himself eligible for the draft by renouncing his collegiate basketball eligibility.
source that renounces his collegiate
status for the last 45 days before the
scheduled date.
THE RULING IS effective immediately.
Beginning with the 1977 draft, any player who wishes to become eligible for the NBA draft will have to give the league written
For this year's draft, scheduled for June 9, an exception is being made that permits a vote on the first ballot.
All players who previously have made hardship applications to the NBA for this season will be eligible 24 hours before the draft, will be deemed eligible and won't have to give further
PREVIOUSLY, THESE players had to fill out hardship forms. The NBA would scrutinize their financial needs before declaring them eligible.
Referring again to the substandard throwing conditions at the Big Eight meet, she said, "They had a cement ring just inside the stadium, but we thrown inside the stadium.
Another difference between the Iowa State ring and KU's is the surface in front of it. At KU, she said, putters can throw at plainly marked chalk lines on a dirt surface rather than having to land a weight in the grass, as they must do at Iowa State.
"It's easier to reach for something that's viable," Riddle, a Lawrence sophomore, explained. "Otherwise, it's like throwing in an open field."
But that's all past now. Coming up for Riddle are the AIAW national track championships at Manhattan in two weeks. The goal is to have it as ideal conditions for putting the shot.
"EVERYBODY THREW under the same conditions, but to many, it was a disadvantage. I hate to complain about the torture. I don't crying—but they used poor judgment."
- "They (the meet management) sacrificed the athletes for (local) TV. They wanted to be able to film the shot and discus. They couldn't shoot it outside."
"At K-State it's not on the grass," she said. "I'm more excited (at competing in the AIW meet) than last year (where she didn't score). I think I have a chance of placing in the top six or maybe the top three."
Woman racer Guthrie seeks Indy 500 berth
TRENTON, N.J. (AP)—Whether Janet Guthrie, or a handful of other rookies, will be allowed to take driver's tests for the May 30 Indianapolis 500 will be decided this week by officials of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the U.S. Auto Club (USAC).
Dick King, USAC executive director, said in Indianapolis yesterday that he would meet with Tom Binford, chief steward for the team, to review the qualifications of all rookies.
"I WOULD BE reluctant to express an opinion either about Miss Guthrie's chances or those of any other rookie until I have been able to meet with Mr. Binford." King said.
Apparently, it already has been decided to ask one rookie, Gary Allibritain, to gain more experience and try again next year. Allibritain crashed in practice for the two USAC national championship races this season and didn't make either field.
Guthrie, in her initial appearance in body-type cars, ran well here and finished 15th on the U.S. road. Sunday in the Trentonian 200. Her performance was viewed positively by most
Trentonian winner Johnny Rutherford credited her with a good effort and said, "It's a shame she didn't have a better race car."
Said King, "I didn't bear any comments from the other drivers, one way or the
Another USAC official said it was possible no official announcement on any of the potential Indy 500 rookies would be made until the speedway opens Saturday.
other I guess that's a good sign. If they do something, I usually hear about it pretty easily.
"In this case, they might make an exception. But usually they wait," the official explanation reads.
This procedure for handling rookie ornaments has been pretty much standardized.
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