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Friday, April 21, 1972
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photo by RICHAED GWIN
Oklahoma Teammate Congratulates Randy Heierding
Heierding, left, came from behind to win Belafonte-6-mile . . .
Big Crowd Expected For Relays Saturday
Even if the rains continue until Saturday afternoon, the focal point of the Kansas Relays, world record-holders entered in four invitational events are expected to travel to Memorial Stadium, John Novotny, UU assistant athletic director, has said.
Novotny therefore has encouraged students to arrive at the stadium early in the afternoon to avoid creating a sudden rush like the one that swamped ticket booths shortly before the Glenn Cunningham Mile in last year's RELays:
Jim Rumy, world record-holder in the mule, is expected to be the biggest gate attraction. He will run in the Glenn Mile at 2:40 Saturday afternoon.
Charlie Green, world record-holder in the 100-yard dash, and Cliff Branch, world indoor record-holder in the 100, will take on a flashy fire in the open 10 at 2:25 p.m.
Delay Likely For Baseball
Postponement of the University of Kansas baseball team's doubleheader game against the Chicago Bulls made likely by rain Wednesday and Thursday, coach Floyd Temple said Thursday night. A decision whether to postpone the game was to be made this week.
The Jayhawks' series with Missouri would be moved back a day. The doubleheader would be played at 1:30 p.m. A single game would be at 1 p.m. Sunday.
KU has yet to play a weekend baseball series as scheduled. Friday-Saturday series have been posoned here against Iowa State and on the road against Nebraska and Colorado. Cold weather was responsible each time.
IN THE FIELD events, the open shot put will feature a dual between world record-holder Randy Matson and world indoor record-holder Al Feuerbach. They are the only two men who have ever put the shot more than 70 feet. The shot put will start at 3 p.m.
Kjell Isaksson, who has set a world record each of the last two weekends, will compete in the open pole vault. Vaulting will start at noon.
Isaksson vaulted 18-1 at the Texas Relays two weeks ago, then 18-2 last week at the UCLA Meet of Champions. Isaksson's countryman, Hans Lagervagst Isaksson (17-8%) and Olympic champion Bob Sagenen (19-9) will also enter the pole vault.
Admission to Friday's Relays is free for KU students, 50 cents for grade school and high school students and $1 for adults.
For the Saturday session, admission will be 50 cents for KU students, $1 for grade school and high school students, $2 for freshman admission and $3 for reserved seats.
Hill Wins Relays Decathlon; OU's Heierding Nabs 6-Mile
By MATT BEGERT Assistant Sports Editor
Despite the wet day and the damp score, Gary Hill from Oklahoma Christian College pleased that he had won the game on Saturday. It was his first big 10-event win.
Hill stayed close to last year's winner, Bruce Jenner of Graceland College, and this years run-up, Mike Wedman of Colorado, until the last event, the 1,500. Hill knew he had to beat Wedman in the 1,500 to win.
"I just tried to outrun Mike," Hill said. "I had no choice. I knew I had a chance to outrun him."
Hill scored 560 points to Wedman's 358
for the last race. Hill's time was 4.344.6.
He came in second at 4.345.7.
BUT HILL fell short of the Olympic qualifying total of 7,600. he scored 7,530.
"We were all trying to, '800,' "hissed,
talking about himself, Wedman and
Jouer. "But when it came down to the last
even of course, each of us wanted to win."
Hill's previous best for the decathlon had been the 7200-plus. He attributed his higher score to training during a program during the season and good off-season work on weights and technique. He said he and the other leaders tell short of Hill's final qualifying mark because of the weather.
And rain it did. Mother Nature dumped 1.6 inches of rain on the KU track meet between the time the decathlon began early morning and Thursday afternoon.
The University of Kansas gold team will host Kansas State, Iowa State, Missouri and Nebraska in a golf meet at 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Country Club.
Hill said he did better than he expected in the 100 meters, though he thought he lost points in the discus and described his performance in the javelin throw as poor.
Head coach Bob Frederick said he was unsure who KU would enter. Frederick has been on a basketball recruiting trip, and missed the qualifying rounds for his team.
Golf Team to Host Four Big 8 Teams
Wells turned in his best score in a college meet last week with a five-under 67 at the Alamara Hills Golf Course against Baker University.
One KU golfer who probably will be in the team in Roger Wells, three year letter to the president.
Frederick said he thought that Nebraska and K-State would be the teams to beat. KU will travel to the Manhattan Country
KO will travel to the Manhattan County Club to play K-State Saturday.
IT WAS a major victory for Hill over defending champion Jenner.
"he beat me all last year," Hill said.
"He hasn't been in outdoor meetups to be in shape yet. He'll be strong by the time nationals come around."
Hill has two chances left to qualify for the Olympic trials, his goal for this year. He is entered in Drake Relays, and the meet in Billings, Mont., is upcoming.
The decathletes were not the only ones to brave the inclement weather, which is becoming more of a tradition to the Relays than new records.
The junior college teams for the 440 relay, the distance midley relay and the 880 relay ran thursday, and so did the first event of the carnival, run, the first open event of the carnival.
SID SINK, the Bowling Green track star who won last year's 6-mile title, did not report to the track when his name was added. The team withdrew from the meet Wednesday.
But the race went on without Sink, and Randy Heierding, a junior from Oklahoma, sprinted from behind during the last 680 to win with a 24:52.6 time.
Heering took the lead relatively late in the race. He said he had had an Achilles' tendon injury and was not sure that the leg would hold up throughout the race.
But it did, and all butheed the time was slower than his best. Heerding said he was happy with it since it was the first time he had a single race in a year because of the injury.
"I just wanted to maintain contact, 10 to 15 yards behind, and then with about a mile or so to go, I'd try to do my best," he said.
HE SAID he wasn't particularly affected
when Sink didn't show up at the starting line.
"It didn't really hit me that he wasn't going to be there. I thought there were several other runners here who could run faster than me," he said.
Heierding first ran the 6-mile last year at the Los Angeles Meet of Champions, and he only ran it three times in the past. But if you can prove him if he would like to try it, so he did.
"I just wanted something new, I guess," he said. "I feel more confident running a longer distance."
Between the decathlon and the 6-mile run, the junior college teams were passing through a hurdle.
Florissant Valley emerged as the undisputed relay king, taking first in all three events. Florissant Valley's time for the 440 relay was 42.0; for the 880 relay, 1:27.6, and for the distance medley relay, 10:12.8.
MEANWHILE, PHIL MUKEL, a 40-year-old Birmingham, Ala., insurance
Hershberger to Run Masters 880
Millionaire Holds 19 Age Records
Jim Hershberger, Wichita oil millionaire and major contributor of the Tartan track in Memorial Stadium, will compete Saturday afternoon in the first Masters 880 to be held in the Kansas Relays.
By ED LALLO Kansan Sports Writer
Hershberger will be running in the Kansas Relays for the third straight year
In a recent interview, Hershberger said he had fully recovered from the ankle injury he received while running the Masters Mile in last year's Relays and the two bladder operations he had in October and November.
and is hopeful of winning a watch to match the one he earned at this meet 21 years ago when he led off the Jayhawks' winning distance medley team.
"I've run in Philadelphia, Hawaii, the Astrodome and the Big Eight Indoor in Kansas City," said Hershberger. "I feel fine now. I'll certainly be ready for the Relays, but I won't make an predictions on how I will do."
The team will practice behind Allen Field House instead of at Memorial Stadium.
The University of Kansas football squad will wind up its fourth week of practice today with the team concentrating mainly on passing, as coach Don Fambrouch said Wednesday.
hold their week-end scrimmage at 2 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Stadium.
Earlier in the week it was announced that there were two position changes. Defensive边 Jeff Turner was switched to defensive end Ted Weidner. Weidner moved to defensive end.
Sogg and sore, Mulkey was glad he beaten the masters' records of 5,003, but I couldn't stop looking at him.
salesman, was breaking the masters' record in the decathlon.
AT THE TEXAS Relays two weeks ago, the 40-year-old sportsman won the Masters Mile in a record time set of 4:38.8., three seconds under the mark he set in 1977.
Hershberger, a self-made millionaire by the time he was 30, has spent the past 11 years concentrating on his athletic achievements. This year he is eligible to try out for five Olympic events for men 40 years and older. He has a good chance of
A third move put rowing linebacker Gordon Peterson, Wichita sophomore in the attack.
The Jayhawks will find little freedom from practice over the weekend. They will
needed all the points I could get in the pole vault. I immediately my next masked opponent.
At last count, Hers伯格尔 had 19 world records for various ages and distances, including the Olympic runners 38 and 39 years old. That total is exceeded only by Ron Clark, the great Australian campaigner who is credited with recording world records at distances from 3,000 meters up.
being one of the 100 chosen for the U.S. team.
This will be the fourth Big Eight meet for the netters this season. They will face Missouri in Columbia April 29, then Nebraska in Cornhusker territory May 1. Iowa State and Colorado will be here May 5 and 6.
The University of Kansas tennis team will take on arch rival Kansas State in a dual at 1 p.m. Saturday on the newly-refurbished courts of Allen Field House.
KU to Host K-State In Tennis Showdown
"I THOUGHT I was ahead of schedule.
All of a sudden I was behind schedule and I
What saved the day for Mukley was his javelin throw of 165 feet. His career best shot, he had.
But what Mulkey didn't know was that Norton broke his own record of 5,161 at a meet in Oonolulu, Ha., March 11. Mulkey found out about Norton's new record of 5,503 while he was competing on the pole vault Thursday.
The points he got for the javelin gave
Mikeley a 5,507 total before the 1,500
metre.
"I know I can do better than that," he said of his total of 5,638. "I can do better than that even if I don't get any better by next year," he continued, saying that he could have done by next year's Relays. "I've never gone through a decathlon in so much rain."
Mukley called KU track coach Bob Tummies before the Reliays to tell Tumley that he had decided decathlon to shoot for the masters' record set by Brayton Norton of Santa Clara, Calif. Tummies let him enter, even though an event place because it was not an open event.
Scrimmage Sunday
Mulkey did no training before he entered the decathlon, he said. He had never had a rubdown during a decathlon in his life, he found that he needed several this time.
*all put my pride away and went over*
*to training every time there was a*
*training day.*
Mukley, a Woyming alumnus, won the decathlon at the Relays eight times between 1959 and 1966. In 1960 he qualified for the Olympics, but pulled a muscle in his elbow and was forced to withdraw. He was fifth in the running when he dropped out.
Mukule has two sons in high school who have both been state school champions in college.
Kansan Photo by RICK KERSEY
Leaders Jockey for Position Early in 6-Mile Keith Pearl Jeard, Ryan Eichler is second. Randy Heierding, third
Relays Results
*Gary Hill, Okla. Christian, 7.500 m., 2.988 ft.* *TOM BURKE, North Carolina, 7.500 m., 2.988 ft.* *DANIEL ALBERTon, North Carolina, Mt. Ste. 6, 5.480 m., Larry F. Hartzell, North Carolina, Mt. Ste. 6, 5.480 m.* *MARIE HARTZell, K.I. 6.345 m., 9.100 m.* *DWAG BOOGLISTEN, ISI 6.477 m.* *THAKSANA TRAX, Breight Wright, 7.944 m., 1.913 ft.*
Jawelin- 1. Bruce Jensen, Graeland, 2. 6. Brett Wheeler, Graeland, 3. John Kelley, Gary Hill, Oklahoma City, 4. Phil Mukles, Birmingham, Ala., 14.6%; 5. Andrew Pattee, Oakland, Ala., 14.8%; 6. Mike Gardner, Garyville, Missouri, 18.2%; 7. Mike Wedman, Colorado, 15.7%; 9. Tom Smyth, Newton Illinois, 15.2%; 10. Marc Harris, St. Louis, Missouri, 15.5%; 11. Daniel Levy, Larry Frank of Dakota State, 13.1%; 12. Dog
1,500 meters. - 2, Danny Orange (4,179). - 2, Bruce
Hawkins (3,864). - 3, John Randle (4,157).
4, Larry Frank. - 4,1,6,7,6,10,7,6,10
10. motor hurder... 1, Gary Hill, 14, 17, 2, Andrew Wade
11. hurder... 1, Gary Hill, 14, 17, 2, Andrew Wade
Marc Harte, 15, 1, 6, 7, Green Hackett, 14, 17, 8, Bruce
Brown, 15, 1, 6, 7, Green Hackett, 14, 17, 8, Bruce
16, 2, 12, 8, Brian Hickey, 17, 13, 8, Doug Bloquetman, 14, 12, 19
17. Brian Hickey, 17, 13, 8, Doug Bloquetman, 14, 12, 19
18. Mike Wedman, 13, 14, 8, Gary Hill, 14, 13, 10,
19. Mike Wedman, 13, 14, 8, Gary Hill, 14, 13, 10,
20. Ging Hackett, 17, 13, 8, Tom Smyers, 17, 13, 8,
Mike Hockey, 17, 13, 8, Tom Smyers, 17, 13, 8,
21. Ging Hackett, 17, 13, 8, Tom Smyers, 17, 13, 8,
23. Dan Doyen, 8, 46, 14, 1, Marc Harte, 95, 12, 3
24. Dan Doyen, 8, 46, 14, 1, Marc Harte, 95, 12, 3
Pole vault - 1, Mike Wedden, 16:0, 2. Don Attliont, 16:0, 4. Brewery Bears, 14:4, 6. Duckfoot Birds, 14:4, 5. Gapley Birds, 14:4, 6. Dan Orange, 12:4, 9. Tom Sayve, 12:0, 10. Andrew Petes, 12:0, 11. Paul Hillman, 11:0, 12. Brent Wright, 10:0
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16th card relay. 1 Florida Voulte (Houston Barker)
2 Illinois Voulte (St Louis Barker)
3 Eastern Oklahoma. 5 Hutchison (4 Quinnipiac)
6 Texas Voulte (Austin Barker)
800-340-jardel | Florissant Valley (Fred Nature)
800-340-jardel | Florissant Valley (Fred Nature)
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Writer Experiences Physical Discomforts of Football
Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of weekly reports from spring practice by Kansan Sports Writer Brad Avery, who was working out with the team since football drills began in February.
By BRAD AVERY
Kansan Sports Writer
A chill, southerly wind blew unhindered across the practice field and caused players to thrust their knees forward in search of a source of warmth.
Cold, even more than being
rammed by an onrushing
lineman, and the greatest
need was held during the
week and a half of practice.
But the weather soon changed,
becoming oppressively intense.
Under his gloves, he portalled saunas and absorbed the thick player was leaking by the fire.
being exploited. Then he would usually try to gain the same position by casually drifting in a semicircle.
THE TERM "cotton mouth" is usually reserved for the dry mouth one has after a drinking spree. But it is every bit as applicable to the crusty mouth one develops during a practice of smoking. You will welcome because it is the only smiden of moisture on the field.
While I was standing on the sidelines, I would try to jockey for a position so that I was shielded from the wind by my helmet. Then, if I would last about a minute until the other player realized he was
So I watch a movie, go to bed and rise once again in the morning completely unprepared for another class. When one goes through a few weeks of practice, he feels he is on a team, an emphasis on last year's team who had nearly a 4.0 average, seems particularly amazing.
Football is a game of discipline, and that quality is decidedly lacking in my personality. In an equip. room, the term "anathema" becomes anathema after a long and tedious day on the field.
1 usually arrive home at about 6:30 p.m. That ordinarily leaves about two and one half hours for eating dinner and napping. After arising, I ascertain the late hour is much too late to start working.
After practice one is treated to a watery orange drink to quench his all-consuming thirst. One has the option of sampling a very salty lime drink which has the flavor of a lemonade or stomach if it is consumed too fast. Somehow, neither hits the spot.
ON THURSDAY of my second week, I received my first battle scar. A defensive halfback hit me on the back with the right arm. Consequently, I
developed a large, purple bruise in the shape of a forearm.
I was told that there wasn't much that could be done. With that rebuff, I became curious about what was being done in the war and why they weren't curing bruises. So I went to the head nurse, Nesimh.
It was exceedingly painful, so I went to the training room, which is not often fully attended, "Deaner's Hospital," after the KAU Trainer, Neesham Mellish.
Nesmith reminds me of career Washington bureaucrat who sits in a secure position and watches the action around him. As Nesmith puts it:
"I just seem to stay here while head coaches come and go."
Indeed, Nesmith must seem invincible to those who look at his record. he's been trainer at KU for 34 years and took the job when he weren't flying around too freely during the Depression."
WHAT NESMISH does most in his "hospital" is taping. By his own initiative, he was刻着 initially a half-mile of tape a day. Taping is done mostly around the ankles to prevent twisted knees and turned
Nesmith contended that many players were not the rough, unbrilious people that their stereotype called for.
"A lot of them try to baby me and the same one to me with the same thing that is painful, but really isn't that bad," she said. "We work with a little girl." he said.
They yell and scream a lot on the field and, in the process, bruise many eggs. But they also
Another little-see area of the
Kiwi forest is where the coach
explore was the personalities
behind the coaches. It's easy to
acquire a stereotype of coaches
I didn't bother to ask in what category he put my bruise.
mother those same egos eventually and develop a sort of closeness to the players. After the players have been through it all, they have been through it all.
Take Charles McCullers, the offensive coordinator, as an example. The affable Floridian said he might be working in the Florida phosphate mines or farming if he had not been received a scholarship to attend the University of Tampa.
"Football," McCullers said, smiling. "I have been after my family and my religion. The most important people in my life have been coaches." They were "well-known."
Another coach who came up the hard way is Sandy Buda, the offensive line coach. Buda grew up in Nebraska and taught class district in Nebraska.
"WHEN IVE gone back home and seen the people I went to high school with, I want them to plants, I wonder if that is what I need for my scholarship. My parents simply couldn't have afforded to send me to a school the caliber of my classmates."
disciplined person. I was not the nicest person in the world before I became interested in football."
Both Buda and McCullers had similar views as to why college football had become the immense business it has.
"I think the reason football has grown so large," said McCullers, who is a member of many of them live and die with a favorite player on the field, and I think in today's world people have a kind of outlet for aggression.
Buda said that the aggressiveness players demonstrate on the field was in line with the satisfaction a satisfied desire for violence.
Brad Avery