Tuesday, April 6, 1976
Shot putter believes in burritos
By GARY VICE
Jim Pordrebacre, 64-27, openly admits he has a weight problem, but he doesn't expect to remain so.
The junior shot putter on the University of Kansas track team has been hunting down "all-you-can-eat specials" to gain weight so he can best his larger rivals on the shot put circuit.
EVEN WITHOUT THE added bulk, Podrebacar has been showing those big guys what a "little guy" can do. He tossed the shot 59-8½ last weekend at the Texas Relays to place fifth, was third the week before at the Dallas Invitational and finished a successful indoor championship in third place showing at the Big Eight championships.
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He said he couldn't remember how many slices of pepperoni, sausage and cheese pizza he polished off that night, while the restaurant manager will undoubtedly remember for a long time.
"I want to keep gaining weight as long as I continue getting stronger and avoid getting a big gut," he said. "Right now, I've got to rely on technique to beat those muscles so that the bulk and strength, I can work on my quickness."
Pobreadarac, a graduate of Bishop Ward High School in Kansas City, Kan., has been strenuously "weight training" this year with regular after-dinner excursions to restaurants.
HE RETURNED FROM an "all-you-can-eat" pizza special Sunday night holding his hands on his ample waist.
His favorite late-night food runs are to Mexican restaurants, of which he has become a connoisseur.
He said he had been gaining impetus to perform well at meets because of his fondness for burritos.
"It's a never ending cycle. To get stronger I've got to eat the Mexican food, and I might as well get free Mexican food."
"WHEN I BREAK different barriers, such as a
carrier, get an all-i-CAN-eat trip to (Taco)
from my friend."
"We've been going for milk shakes lately, too. You've got to develop a variety of foods in life. If you don't, your taste buds will die off. I want to have good milkshakes and I like them. And my milk shake taste buds along with the rest."
PODREBARAC, WHO transferred to KU after two years at Wichita State University, starting mixd himself his daily nutrient drink, which supposedly helps him build muscles and gain weight.
"I guess I feel that if I can take this stuff I'll be able to handle the shot better and maybe it'll lighter
He paused to read the label of the protein formula and said, "Delicious and nourishing" it says, nourishing maybe, delicious my ass. It tastes awful. It's like going through torture.
Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
The drink may have already begun to affect his throwing. At the Texas Relays last weekend, Podre-
Podrebarac's 59-8 $ \frac{1}{2} $ was his best
barac improved his personal best from 58-10½ to 59-
8½.
"I WAS WARMING UP real good," he said, "My three toses were terrible but my next three were all PRE."
The 90-45 toss, which earned him fifth place and made him his first CAA outdoor championships, came after he hit
Podbradac's medals for the Texas Relays and Dallas Invitational were lying on the table beside him. He picked them up and said, "They're pretty nice. They really are."
PODREARAC's PROGRESS this season has been rapid. He begin the year with an outdoor best of 66-15 and the next week he scores 62-14.
With a grin he added, "I wish they'd put money in
medications, you know, put it back in here
(with the medicine) to save my life."
"I need to improve another four feet to make my ultimate goal for this season," he said. "I got a long way to go, but if I make some more necessary changes in techniques and strength I can make it.
"I'm going to slow down my drive in the ring. Before, I was getting so anxious to release 'I' be released before."
"Now I'll be concentrating on relaxing more, coming through with more power and releasing my peak to 180."
"I did that just to give myself some motivation for my training. It helped to pass the time I spent lifting." Podrebares said he should also be competitive in the discourse once he builds up his strength.
PODREBAUR ACAID HIS power would improve with his progress in weight lifting. Last fall, he won the super heavyweight division of the AAU Mountaineer Valley Cup, where he earned 6.4 total in both the snatch and the clean and lift kills.
'Maybe late in this season I could come around in the discus. It would really help the team if I could, but right now I haven't had time to practice on both the shot and the discus. The shot has gotten priority.'
"When I have thrown the disc, the biggest problem was clearing the softball players off the practice field. Sometimes I'd like to stop and play softball with them and maybe hit a few out like Roger Maris."
"BY THE TIME I finish throwing the shot, it's too hard to work with the discus. I'd need a fluorescent discus."
Podrebarac said he transferred to KU after his sophomore year because there weren't other weightmets to train with him at WSU and because there weren't indoor training facilities.
AFTER HIS TRANSFER, he said, he spent a year at a "living in exile" waiting to compete again this year.
"I really started improving after Karl (Salgb) began helping me. I didn't think he'd bother with me because I was already a very intelligent person."
Salb is Kansas' all-time leader in NCAA competition with six shot put titles, three indoor and three outdoor.
"He was able to help me because he had been through all the stages of development I was entering. Now I've got Karl Salb pictures hanging up in my room. He is great."
Plunkett trade completed
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Quarterback Jim Pinckett became a San Francisco 49er yesterday when a trade made two weeks for the New England Patriots became official.
Owen is a graduate of Turner High School in Kansas City, Kan., and Wichita State
The 48ers gave New England Tom Owen, a 23-year-old quarterback, their two No. 1 draft choices this year and their first-and-second-round picks in the National Football League college draft.
Plunkett, 21, is from San Jose and was a Heisman Trophy winner at Stanford in 1970 when he led the school to a Rose Bowl championship. Another Stanford product, John Brodie, was the 49ers' quarterback for more than a decade.
The 49ers traded veteran quarterback Steve Spurrier to Tampa Bay last week. They still have journeyman Norm Sneed, 36, who is expected to back up Plunkett.
Plunkett had indicated to the Patriots he would play out his option this year. Plunkett, the first player chosen in the 1971 NFL draft, asked to be traded to the 49ers partly because he wanted to be near his team, a blind widow who lives in San Jose.
Plankton missed most of last season because of injuries, including one suffered in an Oct. 26 game against San Francisco. Rookie Steve Grogan from Kansas State handled the Patriots' quarterbacking, in Plankton's absence and showed enough promise to make the Patriots consider dealing Plankton.
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"This year is the last for any specialists (one event competitors)," she said. "Next year, you have to be an all-arounder or a member of a team to qualify."
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