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Thursday, February 22, 1973
University Daily Kansan
KU Alumni Big Recruiters
By HIM WINTERS
Kansan Snorts Editor
Rv TIM WINTERS
Don Fambrough, head football coach at the University of Kansas, says he has had more pie and coffee in the homes of high school students than in all of his 60 years.
this new diet is a change from the previous recruiting practice of entertaining a prospect in his home town. A new NCAA rule says that the college can only talk to the high school athlete in his home—no more going out to movies or restaurants.
This means that the KU alumni and athletic fans must now play an even greater part in the recruiting process, either by attending the athlete or writing him informative letters.
According to Fambrrough, the alumnus fills many roles. He helps to inform the University of good high school prospects, perhaps talks with prospects and their parents and helps to gain the interest of high school players in KU as a school.
"Coaches pretty much say the same thing about the game," he said, drawing our football program and the University.
then an atom will come by and talk about something outside the area of football. For example, if a prospect is interested in engineering, we try to get Alumni who are engineers to write letters about the KU engineering program."
Farnbrough said that he had a large stack of copies of letters the alumni have sent to him, which he says will be useful.
about the University's programs
"I think the alumny have been a tremendous help this year," Fambrough said.
Fambrough also said that it was very important to the high school players to know that someone besides the coaches was interested in them.
Fambridge said that the athletic department got letters from alumni in all parts of the country informing the coaches of outstanding players in various areas. But the information process sometimes back-fires on the coaches.
"When recruiting first starts, it's exciting for the prospect," Fambrough said. "But after a while it almost becomes boring. It gets better when you come from somebody outside of the coaches."
"Some alumni are especially interested in a player from their home town," Fambridge said. "and they'd like to see him come here. But we can't take all of them—that叫 thatuler of football player, and we are limited to the number of scholarships.
"And sometimes the alumni get mad when we can't take the player. But all-in-all, they don't."
The KU Alumni Association tries to be of help to the athletic office during the recruiting season by passing on any letters to the alumni concerning high school athletes.
Richard Wintermorte, director of the alumni association at KU, said that the
KU Primed for Indoor; Huskers Picked Again
Bob Timmons, head track coach said, "Everything we've done this season has been predicated toward doing the best possible in the conference meet. We won't go there any other way other than trying to win."
The defending champion Nebraska track squad has again been picked as the team to beat in the Big Eight Indoor championship, March 1-3. And the best way to stop them, Thad Tailley, assistant track coach said, is to dominate in the middle distance events.
Talley said he also hoped that KU would get some help from the other Big Eight schools in trying to cut points from the Nebraska middle distance man.
Talley said, "Jim is running well and stands a good chance of placing."
"The alumni office often helps the coach, who cannot scout a player because of the location." Wintermote said. "We help to provide the name of a good alumnus who the coach can then recommend to the team for the student-athletes by supplying names to the coaches of various alumni involved in work that would be beneficial to the athlete."
However, Timmons was not satisfied with dependency on the other schools and said he wanted to place at least four men in the middle distance events.
Being counted on for a good performance in the 800 and 1,000-yard runs is Jumel Ewell.
alumni office acted as a clearing house for the athletic department by directing letters to the coaches and also by helping the coaches to locate certain alumni members.
In the 440 and 600-yard races, the coaches are looking to Phil Tepple, Tulsa, Okla; senior; Mark Lutz, Rochester, Minn.; junior; Eddy Lewis, Mobile, Ala., freshman; and Bob Bornkessel, Shawnee Mission senior.
Bornesselk lobz Lutz when he said, "I can run man open open quarters, but I think I can do it."
Both Lutz and Borknessel said they thought KU had the capability of winning, although Lutz said that it would take an all out effort by everyone involved as the Jayhawks were in second place going into the meet.
"We send about 6,000 to 7,000 letters to alumni members each week (out of a total of 21,000)."
I-State Picked In Big Eight Meet
Iowa State, picked as favorites in the annual tourney, will receive stiff opposition from defending the conference charges, Oklahoma, State, and perennial power, Oklahoma.
Before the Big Eight indoor the Jayhawks batte a dual with Southern Illinois at 6 p.m. on Monday, the team will be dual is the only home appearance the 'Hawks will make during the 1973 indoor season, and the team will be using the meet team to win the championship the following week.
Wintermorte said that each football season the alumni association offers to send association members a weekly newsletter from them, describing the previous months of sports.
COLUMBIA (AP)—Led by the defending national champion Iowa State Cyclones, the 40th annual Big Eight Conference Wrestling Tournament, the Heares Multipurpose Building here.
Four defending champions will try to regain titles a wann a year. Oklahoma has won its last three games, Breece and 185-pound Jeff Callow, Iowa State returns Olympic bronze medal winner Chris Taylor at heavymen and Oklahoma State returns 42-pound champion Bobby Sites.
The Alumni association does not have one club with a function of helping to recruit, but Wintermute said that various athletic groups, such as the Quarterback Club, took part in recruiting process, especially in the informing of coaches about prospects.
in the championships KU's strongest events will be the high and low hurdles with Bornkissel, Delario Robinson, Los Angeles, Shawnes, Oklahoma, Gregg Vanderwae, Shawnes, Oklahoma, Gregg Vanderwae
Another strength is Terry Porter, FTL, Worth, Tex., junior, in the pole vault. Porter said, "Okahama has two very good knees." Terry said, "I'll be very disappointed if I don't win."
According to Talley, the high jump should also be a good event for KU with Barry Schur, Tucson, Ariz. junior, leading the state in the heat. The boys will be Gary Johnson, Lawrence senior.
Rounding out KU's top hopes in the field events is Rudy Guevara, Newark, N.J., sophomore, in the shot put, Guevara, who won the event last year, said, "I feel I can compete. I have a 62-foot throw in me, it's just a matter of getting it out."
Wintermorte said that the athletic ambassadors were used extensively by the coaches for recruiting. The athletic ambassadors interested in helping the athletic department reach the high school prospects. Each area in Kansas has at least one athletic ambassador, and some of the more populated areas had many ambassadors, Wintermorte
In the sprints, Timmons is looking to Tom Scavuccio, Littleton, Colo., junior; Delvin Williams, Houston, Tex., junior; Eddy Lewis, and Emmett Emmets, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, to pick up some points for the Jawhawk.
Finally, a willingness to compete on the part of the athletes will aid KU's bid for the championship. As expressed by hurdler Gregg Vandever, "If it could get a point by running the half-mile, I'd do it. Everybody on the team wants this one."
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Fambrough said that the athletic department tried to keep the alumni informed of the new rule changes as soon as the rules were started.
The alumni association does not send out information on the new NCAA recruiting
"We're not recruiters," Wintermute said. "If a coach involves an alumnus in recruiting, I'm sure he would make sure that the person knew the recruiting rules."
"It is hard to keep up with," Fambrough said. "But these people are interested in our program, and don't try to break the rules. They are not going to break them, so we try to keep them informed."
Farnburgh said that most of the time alumni would contact him or another coach before graduation.
Fambrough said that for the most part the alumni did not attempt to spend a large amount of time there.
"They know that they have to work within the rules." Fambroub said.
"what it bolt down to is that the coaches have to recruit the player," Fambrough said. "There are certain things the alumni cannot answer, such as questions about the defense, how many times a back can carry the ball and what the scholarship amounts to."
"But the alumun can be a big help by writing the kids and letting them know that they are interested in them. They play a very important role in our recruiting."
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STILLWATER (AP)—Sam Aubrey submitted his resignation Wednesday as head basketball coach at Aklaheim State Athletic Director Floyd Gass announced.
"It's with the deepest regret that I accept Sam's resignation as head basketball player for one of the most times and only a man of great integrity. We have emphasized the priorities of
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