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Wednesday, February 18. 1976
University Daily Kansan
Lockwood at home when in the country
By GARY VICE
At the end of each day when gymnastics coach Robert Lockwood completes his coaching and teaching duties, he exhales in his gym shorts, t-shirt and tennis shoes for cowboy boots and a western shirt, then takes a 20-minute drive to his home in McLoughlin.
Lockwood's life extends into a different environment when he is at home on his
"When my wife and I got married," he said, "we had this dream of having our own land with hunting grounds, a fishing pond, does and riding horses.
"Now, we've got 267 acres, some horses and typical farm dogs that control who comes in. I raise a few cattle, have a tanner and do some row crops, mostly rullo."
LOCKWOOD PAUSED TO prop his boots up on the corner of his desk. His boots were two tones of brown leather with designs stitched up the side in blue thread. He wore a black sweater, and he had orange embroidery on the front. When he continued, he spoke of plans for his farm.
"We hope to eventually come up with a summer camp, one that would have about 100 kids coming and going each week," he said.
He said a five-acre pond had already been built for the camp and he planned to build a mess hall and cabins on a tier above the pond.
Meanwhile, Lockwood wished the pond is popular when his birthday is celebrated with a celebration.
"WE ALWAYS have a trappe out over the pond to do stunts on," he said. "Usually we have a country band and barbecue a hog, they stay all night and through the next day."
Lockwood enjoys his rural life and writes and sings country music about his ex-
"Some days I can write an original country music song between classes," he said.
He reached inside his desk drawer and unfolded a sheet of paper with an untitled song scrawled on it. He first two songs were intended for him having his guitar with him, and continued to read.
"WE SHARED OUR LOVE through all these years.
We sang our songs and we shed our tears.
God loved us, like he said he would.
But we couldn't keep the bad behind the good."
Lockwood said much of today's country
music was written about pain, getting
used.
He folded up the song and returned it to his desk drawer. A sign over his desk read, "A clean desk is the sign of a sick mind." If there is validity to the sign, Lockwood is in super mental health. His desk is plied with unfold numbers of books and papers.
"I VOT GOT A lot of stuff here," he said,
"but I can usually find what I need."
Lockwood, now in his 12th season as the only gymnastics coach in KU history, is
satisfied with his responsibilities at the University.
"Where else could a guy go where he's around young people all the time who are excited about learning," he said, "I couldn't ask for anything better.
"The kids on this gymnastics team work as hard if not harder than any team in this country."
Hard work has characterized Lockwood's
career. As a student at KU, he competed on the national high school all-earned American basketball his senior year.
"Volleyball has been kind of a second sport to me at Kansas," Lockwood said as he entered the gym. He wore a magazine, "Our team never finished below third in the nation. We trained in Robinson Annex. It was an old but used for archery clubs; a driving range and for innermuraals."
Lockwood also excelled as a gymnasist on KU's sports club, winning the all-around and trampoline events his senior year in the Central Associations Championships.
He is also a record holder in an event no longer part of gymnastics competition, the rope climbing. His time of four seconds flat at a height of Bartlesville, Okla., has never been greater.
In 1984, three years after he graduated from KU, Lockwood began his coaching duties here. He initiated variety wrestling and gymnastics programs with $1,000 each, and sport under authorization of Arthur "Dick" Lonborg, former athletic director.
"I coached both of them on a voluntary basis" he said.
LOCKWOOD ONLY COACHED the wrestling squad for its first year. His team lost its opening meet 28 to 10 Kansas State in a televised contest and lost to Missouri before defeating William Jewell to record a 1-2 season.
He said, "I don't know if KU ever won at wrestling after that, but I'm sure they must be stronger."
The coach was soon to inherit another program to guide. This time it was tennis. He served two years, 1968-69, as coach of the tennis squad.
Lockwood said, "I think I'm the only guy at KU who has been head coach of three
"I'd have to say that an intramural
hospital has a very time-consuming and
exhaustive procedure."
Lockwood also served as intramural director from 1964 until this year.
"Because my load has been somewhat relieved this year, my enthusiasm for travel is up."
If history is any indication of the future, one auspels Lockwood will be picking up the lead.
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The loss puts KU 12-10 over all this season
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The Jayhawks' JV team also lost to CMSU, 50-40. Melaney McWhirter was KU's leading scorer in that game with 14 points.
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A small Kansas women's basketball team was trounced by Central Missouri State University, 82-61, Monday night in Warrenburg, Mo.
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"Our kids played hard and played well."
"They just wow us down in the second half."
The extent of CMSU's talent was seen in the stats. They shot 57 per cent from the
KU assistant coach Sheila Moorman said CMSU's main advantage was its height.
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The women's next game is against Fort
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"It was our biggest difficulty—we just couldn't compete with their size," she said. "They have more size and more talent than any team we've played."
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