Friday, April 20,1973
University Daily Kansan
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Kansan Staff Photos by PRES BRANDSTED
Jim Ryun Wins Mile in 1972 Kansas Relays
. Began career as professional athlete last month
By MARILYN GIBSON
Kansan Staff Writer
"I think the frequency of meets will work to my advantage though," said Ryan. "I always run my best when meets are frequent."
Ryan normally runs twice a day, averaging a hundred miles a week, and he said he was still trying to find the best program for concentrated periods of activity.
Ryun said he thought the ITA had advantageats which amateur competition did
Quigley suffered a broken hand in 1910 when he was playing in minor league baseball, and he began to officiate at athletic events.
He officiated at about 5,400 major league baseball games, 400 football games and 19 basketball games. He hosted three Rose bowl games and an NW Series. He officiated at five Yale-Harvard games, one Cotton Bowl game and 19 AU playoff games, memorials, NCAA playoffs and NCAA finals.
In 1961 Quigley was selected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame at Springfield, Mass., after 60 years of dedicated service to sports. He was one of referees inducted on a roster of 14 former coaches, coaches, referees and contributors.
Quigley Chiselled KU Debt
"We usually have meets on two successive nights in towns not more than an hour away."
Ryun said he easily made the change from amateur to professional, except that the adjustment in his training schedule presented a problem.
In 1950 Quigley was elected to the Kansas
It was said that he would wonder through the stadium locker rooms to turn out locker lights and do touch-up painting around the athletic fields.
Quigley introduced a plan to get KU out of the $133,000 debt that resulted from the construction of Memorial Stadium, which was completed in 1920. His plan was to lead his team to alumni to purchase war bonds during World War II and donate them to the University.
"The ITA will improve the sport in time."
Ryun began his career as a professional athlete last month, when he competed with 60 other athletes in the first meet of the U.S. Basketball Association (ITA), in Pocatello, Idaho.
Ernest Quigley, former University of Kansas athletic director, was responsible for boosting the Jayhawk sports program and creating a better team. He won honors on the local and national level.
Quigley helped to legalize open interviewing of prospective athletes. He brought in George Sauer as head football player in 1941. That year KU went to the Orange Bowl.
Amateur Status to Pro Easy Change for Ryun
Jim Ryun, a former University of Kansas track star, says he thinks the life of a professional runner is easy-going and has learned to compare with his days as an amateur.
By BRAD BACHMAN Kansan Staff Writer
"I was in favor of anyone being able to participate in the Olympics when I was still an amateur," Ryan said. "The idea of the Olympics originally was to bring together the best athletes. Now it just brings the best amateurs together."
Ryun said. "It will encourage good track and field athletes to stay in their fields by offering them a career similar to professional basketball or football. We will not recruit players while they are still in college though."
Ryun said he also thought the ITA would help open the Olympic games to all athletes, regardless of their professional or amateur status.
Although his training schedule, part-time-job, ITA public relations and new twin sons keep Ryun busy, he has already planned to visit his previous occupation, photography, to photograph a professional athlete, Ryun worked as a photographer for the Topeka Daily Capitol and also did free-lance work for Sports Illustrated and Redbook magazines. Ryun said he would postpone serious competition of another occupation for a few years.
"I've got a great deal now," Ryun said. "I'm making a living doing what I like best—running and participating in track meets."
"He was a highly conscientious athlete," she said.
"I would work with him as much as possible. I would time him at the track and I often would drive beside him in the car to pace him."
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Cushman
After the 1960 Kansas Relays, Cushman, team captain, was named the outstanding performer of the meet. He won the 400-meter hurdles in 51.2. He also led off the winning sprint medley relay team; ran a half-mile leg of the winning two-mile relay team in 1:53.8; and anchored the KU mile relay team, which placed second.
Cushman set many records during his running career at KU, according to Bill Easton, assistant professor of physical education.
"He never ran any bad times," said Eason, who was coach of the KU track team.
"I hold him in the highest eastern for two reasons," said Eaton. "First, because he was a great speaker."
because he was a fine Christian young man who had had an excellent rearing and
Easton was well acquainted with Cushman personally. When Cushman was still in high school, at Ames, Iowa, Easton hired him as camp Administrator at Camp Eton for Boys in Ely, Minn.
"You never had to worry about Cliff. He was a victorious competitor when he thought I could win."
According to Easton, Cushman could run short and long distances well and was beaten by only a fraction of a second in the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960.
Cushman, who came to KU on an athletic scholarship is "almost a legend because of his leadership qualities and outstanding competitive abilities." Easton said.
"He had the self-discipline to challenge himself to win. If you needed that extra man, you could can Cliff. He was one of the best defenders in the team because he could win the gold medal."
"I always thought Cliff would make it out Weatman all right. And I wouldn't be at all hurt."
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Quigley dropped out of college and accepted a football coaching job at Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg, Mo. In 1920 he went to St. Mary's College and was athletic director and coach of all sports. Quigley remained there until 1914.
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