Fridav. April 18. 1980
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" . He is one of Kansas' most famous athletes and Kansas will always be proud to claim him "
RY AVENUS also had his share of fame in two sports. He was an All-America basketball guard in 1942 and 43. Then, he was an All-American halfback for the Jayhawks in 1947. That team made it to the game, but it was only other Orange Bowl trip in 1969, the game ended in controversy.
University Daily Kansan
In '97, it was the famed 21st man incident. In '47, it was a disputed
fumble on the twofold line
Evans had scored two touchdowns, a 12-yard TD run and an 18-yard TD catch, and Don Farnham backed both extra points. But Guenther
Then Kansas staged a final drive. The Jayhawks recovered a fumble at the Tech 42. Three plays later quarterback Bill Hayon passed to All-America Oto Schnebacher, who is No. 18 on the all-inasket basketball scoring chart for KU, for a first down at the 26. Hayon scored in the third quarter and Schnebacher, who was forced out at the 10. Evans then bolted nine yards to the one-yard line and KU was in position to upset the Engineers.
BUT NEW QB LYNE McNutt, attemptting to sneak in for the tying touchdown, lost the ball and the official ruled that 'Tech's Rollo Phillips came up with it. The controversy centered on whether the defense could win it. The controversy Phillips took it away from him in the pileup at the goal line.
KU lost the argument.
Today Evan's son, Ray Jr., is on the KU football team. But times have changed. From the 40s to the 80s there is a definite athletic progression.
Evans and Bausch both were well-known for their two sport accomplishments. Chamberlin and Cromwell were not. Laverne Smith, John Riggins and Gale Sayers, ranked 1-2 in career rushing, also were not.
Smith, whose career ended in 1969 with Cromwell, had 3.192 pounds. Riggins, who left in 1970, had 2.702. Sayers, who graduated in 1944,
Smith and Sayers掉了 track man. Smith gained All-America status; Sayers did not. Riggs took to the baseball diamond in the
HE WAS joined there by Dave Robisch, basketball All-American 1971. Robisch now plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA, but, if he had played baseball his senior year, he could possibly be with the Cleveland fans of the American League.
"Coch Floyd Temple always ribbed me about that," Robisch, second in career basketball scoring and third in rebounding, said. "But I knew my place was on the court and not pitching on the diamond.
"But those days were fun. Right after basketball season would
Lester Mickens
Billv Campfield
end, it would be out in the field, playing in the sun in a relaxed atmosphere."
Since Robisch departed in 1971, the number of two-spotters has damnished dramatically. Part of the reason is that the baseball coach, who was not a great ballplayer, were expected to take the slack. Also, the basketball-baseball double is almost as difficult now as the football-baseball double.
**TODAY AT KU**, the best two-sporter is senior Lester Mickens, a track-football man. He's an Olympic contender, if there is Olympics for the United States. He is also in line for a start at wide receiver next fall in his final season of football eliability.
Another track-football man was Waddell Smith, who captured all American honors in the indoor track season twice and outdoor once. He doubled in football as a wide receiver on the Cromwell-smith wishbone team, which meant he didn't see the ball very often.
But after being cut at the start of his rookie season by the Kansas City Chiefs, he moved to Canada. He's since become a high-paid, mosi-valuable, superstar receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League.
Other two-sport notables of recent days are:
- Steve Renko, who was KU's last three-sport letterman. In the firework competition, he was shot down and fired struck. He was a starting pitcher with the Bentonville Soo.
- Karl Salb, who won n six NCAA shot-protitin训 in track and who watched Penn State put the winning play in the 1960 Orange Balloon game.
- Billy Campfield, who subs for the Philadelphia Eagles, runs sprints and long jumped in track for the Jawahaws.
BUT WHY does an athlete try for that second sport? Don't they want a vacation from competition?
Their reasons are many. Some say it 'is for the sport and non-pressure the second part can offer. Some say it 'is to stay in shape for the No. 1.'
Usually, they say because they're athletes. Ask Wilt.
This Monday will mark the 15th anniversary of an event that rocked the KU athletic department into a state of confusion and controversy.
By MATT SEELEY
Sports Writer
Sports Writer
At 10:35 a.m. that day, after the 1986 edition of the Kansas Athletic Association who had been JR's track coach for the past 18 years, into his office and issued Eastern an
Either quit or be fired.
Easton's feats impressive
Easton chase the laster and Stinson
KU to a 4-2 victory. KU to an unprecedented total of 28 straight Big Eight Championships—eightie in Cross Country, Indoor and outdoor track in
IT WAS NO secret that the relationship between the band and the harmonica乐队 before the Holiday, Euston said the track budget had been cut by $3,000. Stinson, however, said there were no such
"It's a fact," Easton said at the time, that "$2,000 had been cut from the equipment budget and $1,000 had been cut from the traveling budget."
The animosity between the two climaxed before the Relays that year.
Eastern eordered two pole vault boxes, required by NCAA rules for any records to be kept. The boxes were unnecessary and ordered them shipped back. A KU trackster retrieved the recorded box and eordered it.
THE BOXES WERE the straw that broke Easton's back. Stinion issued the following statement regarding Easton:
"It is to be regretted that differences which have arisen with Mr. Eaton over the last few months, and that irreconcilable that it has seemed best to terminate his relationship with the chairman."
EASTON REMAINED at KU for one year
"When I left," Easton said, "I left for good."
as a physical education instructor, then left to take a job in Mexico City.
But Bill Easton, the disciplinarian who modeled RK into a national track power, is now running his own Relays, the four-mile relay is being permanently joined after Easton, who now controls them.
It was his 1957 four-mile relay team that was the first collegiate squad to crack the 17-minute mark with a 18:57.8 romp in the Kansas Relays.
Today, Easton prefers to let the firing rest, saying 'there's no point to bring up dead horses.'
He politely adds, "It was time for me to move on."
"HE DIDN'T believe me that it was a new rule," Eason said. "He didn't believe the star by the rule meant it was a new rule."
However, Easton said Stinson didn't believe him or the rule about the pole vault boxes.
Bob Timmons, assistant coach at the time, had already accepted the head coaching position at Oregon State and within days was scheduled to assume that position. Also scheduled to go to Oregon State East High School standlum JMr Run.
The firing left the KU track program in an awkward, if not dismantled, position.
the firing of Easton ended perhaps the most spectacular and rewarding career of any track and field coach. Easton, 61 at the time of his death, continues longer than a disc loss.
Stinson, however, received permission from Oregon State officials to talk to Timmons about the open KU post. Within hours, he met with a coach with JM Rivon soon to follow here.
SELECTED AS THE nation's top collegiate coach by the Track Coaches Association in 1960, Easton guided the Jayhawks to the NCAA Outdoor Cham
pionship in 1959 and 1960 and the Cross Country title in 1953.
Among his world class crop of athletes was four-time Olympic champion AI Oerter, Charlie Tidwell, Wes Santee and Bill Neider.
"Discipline was the name of the game in our group," Eason said. "The team came first above any and all individuals, including the coach. And we adhered to it.
"I USED TO tell the kids that when anybody on the opposing team ever asked you what you did for practice just tell them that, because they won't believe you anyway."
Easton was a coach with an eye for the future. It was important, he said, to be concerned with athletes in the future as citizens.
"Granted we had a minor percentage who didn't graduate," Easton said. "But the majority graduated and have gone on to be successful and raise good families."
"We always tried to solidify our group. We never had a morale problem because we were a winning team. I always told them that the best, best, best give, when it hurts and lays on the line.
Easton began his coaching career at adhan'a Hammond High School in after eight years. After eight years, Easton left to serve as the director of the Relay Kings and track team.
In 1947, Easton said E.C. Quigley, KU's athletic director, approached him at Drake to take the head job at KU.
Easton, who says he could "coach right this minute," currently conducts clinics to help athletes of tomorrow.
"I REALLY ENJOY my work with
Easters, we are all fun!
Easter eggs! "I'm making
appearances at clinics all the time and I
especially enjoy the question and answer
"Too many people rock themselves to death."
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