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Thursday, April 20, 1972
University Daily Kansan
Relays Decathlon Opens in Rain; Hill, Wedman Take Early Lead
By DAN GEORGE
Kansan Sports Writer
On a day better suited to picking up fallen cats and dogs than having a track meet, Gary Hill of Oklahoma ran in the 47th Kansas Relays decathlon Wednesday.
Gone into today's final five events, Hill had a total of 3,928 points, good enough for first place but only 23 more than runner-up. And the second-half point differential, Andrew Pettes is third with 3,885 points.
The events were marred by cold weather and intermittent showers. The rains began shortly after the 100-meter dash and at one point became so heavy that the contestants were forced to retreat to Allen Field House for the high jump.
Hill, who finished second in last year's decathlon gained an advantage early when he ripped off a 10.7 in the 108 meters, the meet's first event. That gave him 69%
Hill benefited also from strong showings in the long jump, shot put and 400-meter run. His 22-10% leap in the long jump was the decathlon's best.
COLORADO'S WEDMAN also had a fine first day. His best events were the shot put, where he led the field with a heave of 8-4/4, and the high jump, where he leaped 6-2/4.
- PETES recorded excellent marks in four of the day's five events and only a poor showing in the remaining one kept him up. He was right at 10.8 time in the 100 meters, a 48.6 in the 400 meters, and leaps of 22-8+3 in the long jump and 6-4 in the high jump. Each gained him 790 points or more. His 36-5 goal shot put, however, was good for only 539.
Novotny Promotes Early Ticket Sale
John Novotny, University of Kansas Athletic Union director has encouraged tickets to purchase tickets early for Saturday's session of the Kansas
An unexpected rush of about 2,000 students shortly before world record-holder Jim Ryun was scheduled to run the Glenn Cunningham Memorial Year in Rockwall, swamped ticket boards at Memorial Stadium. Novotny said.
This year, Novotny has arranged to open nine ticket booths—six on the west side of the stadium, three at the center, two on the other; only four boards last year.
That measure still wouldn't handle a rush of several thousand in a few minutes, Novotny said, so he is pushing an advance sale.
Tickets for Friday and Saturday will be on sale at the ticket office inside the East entrance to Alien Land. The prices are $m, 3 m, and 3 p.m. today and Friday.
Admission to Friday's Relays is free for KU students, 50 cents for grade school and high school students and $1 for adults.
For Saturday's session, admission is 50 cents for KU students, with a discount on other schools; school and high school students, $2.50; admission and $3 for reserved seats.
A minor surprise of the deacathon's initial day was the less than outstanding performance of Bruce Jenner of Graceland College. Jenner, the defending champion was a distant fourth, with 3,642 points.
Although Jenner said the first day was always terrible for him, he expressed sadness. "It was a bit messy."
running. He ran the 100 meters in 11.4 and the 400 meters in 51.5.
"After all the running I did, I can't understand why I'm not getting any faster," he said. "I got tired after the first game." He had given that time without any practice."
KU'S ENTRY, Marc Harris, was eighth with 3,345 after the first day's events. His best event was the long jump, where he turned 21-5/2 for 723 points.
One of the more interesting aspects of Wednesday's decathlon was the pulleyman. He was 40 years old and an insurance salesman from Birmingham, Ala., Mulke is attempting to break the masters world record of 5,161 in the decathlon.
Mulkey, who entered today's events with 107 points, said he was satisfied with his performance.
in doing what I wanted," he sat,
and going to try to score an eent 6,000 point.
This is the 40th decathlon for Mukley, who has won the Kansas Relay event eight times, the last in 1968. He has not run since that time and has done no special training for this year's decathlon. He was optimistic about today's events, though.
"I'll do better Thursday than I did today," he said. "The second day is technique day. The high jump becomes the pole vault and the dash becomes a hurdle run. I can t run as fast or jump as high now." He says that I will have an advantage in technique."
Mulkey, whose put shot put of 45-7½ was second best in the event, said he also thought he could pick up points in discus and javelin.
"But," he grinned, "if I beat anyone here this year, it ought to be shame on them, as lousy as I am. They ought to try something else, like maybe basketball."
The decathlon resumed this morning at 9 a.m. with the 110-meter hurdles. The final event, the 1,500-meter run, is set for 1:30 p.m.
Kansan Staff Photo by TOM THRONE
Offensive Tackle John Bryant, Left, Blocks Defender
Line has protected quarterback David Jaynes, right, well this spring.
Decathlon Standings
10 meters. 1. Ill., Hilliokia Christian
10.7, 2. Pethes, Oklahoma, 10.8, 3. (the
Atlanta, Northeast Missouri State and
Wadremont, Colorado, 11.0)
★★★
G. Gary Hill, Oklahoma Christian, 368; II. Westman, Colorado, 39; II. Anderson, Florida, 40; III. Greenback, Georgia, 46; II. Laurie Frank, South Carolina, 42; III. Mamberg, Texas, 16; III. Smabt, G. Greackway, Texas, 16; III. Barker, 32; I. Danny Orange Wyoming, 30; I. Andy Orange Wyoming, 30; II. Phelouk, unattached, 13; T. Tom
Long jump - 1. HILL Oklahoma Christian
2. HILL Oklahoma Christian 22.8%, 3.
Wedman, Colorado 28.4%, 3.
Spot put - Wedman, Colorado 47.8%, 3.
Sukhye,attachies 47.2% 3.
Hill University 47.1% 3.
Rovals Lose
High jump - 1. Westbrook, Colorado, 106, 2. Peterson, Oklahoma, 6-14a (3). The all-Elite Northeast Missouri State, Frank, South Dakota and Brian Jewett, Greeneland, 6a and 7a.
460 meters-1, Pettys, Oklahoma. 48.6; 2 Hill, Oklahoma Christian. 49.6; 3 Frank South Dakota State. 30.3.
"I think that our most basic change is the way we are protecting our passer Coach McCallum, and take the defensive man on at the line of scrimmage rather than letting him engage you," Buda said. "As for running plays, he has played them in every game we have for the past six years."
OAKLAND  (AP) -- Reggie
Bullard breaks run as the Oakland A scored twice in the eighth inning to beat Kansas City 81 for a
60-59 victory.
"I think that right now with our people, this seems to be the best thing to do. We've had more money than we anticipated so far."
Maligned Line Shapes Up
'IT'S HARD for them to go out there every day and take the power he has the chance to make a big tack, recover a fumble or even to intercept a pass, but an opponent can always have a chance to gain recognition.'
By JIM SCHUMM
Kansan Sports Writer
Every football team in the country has a group of players who are usually among the biggest on the team, who are seidum recognized for the part they play in the team's success and who will be out when a play is not effective. They are the offensive linemen.
Buda said that the main difference between last year's line and this year's line extends to the personnel, teaching down to the personnel.
This year's offensive line coach Joe Spencer, who came to KU from a professional football team. He has made some changes that so
"It's a very hard position to play and very seldom do the job," said Nathan Parnes in the paper, but they sure deserve it. "Budd said in a recent interview. "They work just like us." But they just get only half the credit.
'Aother call would be 'gut.'
It tells the guard to go and get
the ball.
In a block involving the tackle
and the tight end the call would
- Also working with the linemen this year is Sandy Buda, a KU graduate who is starting his sixth year as a coach here.
"If we come to the line and see the defensive player in the guard play to the outside, then the guard calls 'tag.' This indicates that the guard is holding the gap and the guard will loop around and block the loose ball.
"It's a very complicated system that involves a lot of calls among the different linemen. In most instances, we have several plays that we can block as many as five different ways depending on the defense we see when we come to work with scrimmage." Buda said.
"A lot of people don't realize how much an offensive lineman has to learn. It's probably one of the best things in football," Fambrough said.
HEAD COACH Don Foley coaches an offensive lineman himself, note some of the handicaps that an offensive lineman has to work with.
BESIDES THESE limitations
Buda said, the complexities of the overall system are a handicap
When you play defense, you're allowed to use your hands if you want to strike them, but an offensive lineman has defeat a man without these skills.
"What makes it so difficult is that you're asking a man to do something that just isn't natural.
"Another technique that we are teaching the kids this year is the combination block. If there is a man in the gap, then we give both of our linemen the option of firing into the guy. If he slides into the gap, they can stop him. Man slips off the double team and blocks the loose linebacker.
This tells the two adjacent players to move their ball, both going to the half in each manner. The purpose of all this is to give our lineemen block angles on the ball.
"I think that one of the reasons our rapid improvements this year are so great for people. They are younger, not as experienced as last year, but they are much more confident."
"This is something that we haven't done in the past, not because we didn't know it about us," she said. "Kids could handle it." Buda ==>
As it shapes up this spring, the asl shape line consists of John Bardin's knapsack tackles, Jim Schumm and Roger Bernhardt at the guard positions behind the ball.
"We are blocking plays just
we are playing. We give them a lot more options,
whereas last year we said, 'This is
your man and you block him'
for the attack.'
"Another reason is that last we year we asked them to do some things they just weren't capable of doing.
Although an offensive lineman rarely does anything at one time to win a game, there are some rewards involved.
THESE ARE all newcomers to the starting positions. KU lost the entire starting interior line through graduation
"They have really picked it up very well so far."
"The reward is knowing that you were responsible for making a good block that enabled your back to make a big gain or a loss. Then you know that you did your job on pass protection, enabling the
quarterback to complete the pass." Fambrough said.
"Any time that your offensive game improves, you have to give most of the credit to those people up front," he said.
"We have been very pleased the spring with our pass protection program, scrimpage last Saturday, our running game in improved form."
IT'S VERY rewarding just to know that you had something to do with the success of the play.
Buda summed it up best when he said that the definition of a good back is a very good line.
Texas' Greg Hackney Grimaces After Putting the Shot
Kansas Staff Photo by ED LALLO
Hackney stood seventh in decathlon after first five events Wednesday in Kansas Relays
Sink Might Miss 6-Mile Today
Major Relay Races Start Friday
Whether or not Sink will defend his Kansas Rales title in the Julius Marks six-mile run this afternoon in Memorial Stadium could well depend on his thumb. The Bowling Green State University track team cancelled a game to Lawrence Wednesday.
Sink, who finished his
Relays Schedule
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THE BURKE PLANETARY
1:30—Decathlon 1,500 meters
2—440 relay (junior college)
neliminaries
2:15—Distance medley relay (junior college) final
2:35----880 relay (junior college)
preliminaries
preliminaries
2.50—Julius Marks six-mile run
2. 50—Julius Marks six-mile run (open)
3:25-440 relay (junior college) final
4: 80-880 relay (junior college)
fcool
FRIDAY MORNING Field Events
preliminaries and final
9:30—Javelin throw (high school)
9-Shot put (high school) preliminaries and final
preliminaries and final
10—Long jump (high school)
preliminaries and final
8. 30-100 dash (high school) preliminaries
Dave Wattle, the star miler who is Bowling Green's key man in the longer relays, had a sore throat. Bowling Green decided to
so unless Sink made his own
trees he would have no chance to better his
Relays record of 28:42.6 when the
event is run at 2:50
8:40—100 dash (univ.-coll.)
preliminaries
The first major event, the four-
mile relay at 1:50 p.m. Friday,
shapes up as a potent one.
8:50—120 high hurdles (high school) preliminaries
BESIDES THE six-mile, this afternoon's schedule is devoted to junior college relay events. Junior colleges offer 440 and 880 relays will fill most of the afternoon. The junior college distance medley champion also
(university) preliminaries
preliminaries
9:10—Sprint medley relay
9—120 high hurdles (univ.-coll.)
preliminaries
university prelimaries
9:30-Sprint medley relay
(college) preliminaries
Defending champion Kansas State, which staved off Missouri
MISSUOI, HOWEVER, ran a 16:32 to win at Texas. The Tigers had placed second in 16:31, in last year's Rivals.
(college) preliminaries
9:50—Sprint medley relay (junior
Shane A. State, Missouri will bring a completely rebuilt team. Dave Rogles, Jerry Watson, John M. Kelley and Kelly Keller in the Texas Reliefs.
50- Spiral index perry (yukiro college) preliminaries
college) preliminaries
10:10—Sprint medley relay (high
school) preliminaries
Another Big Eight team, Oklahoma State, was within two tenures of a second K-State in that Texas Races relay. Charles Beatrigh, John Holdermank, John O'Brien, and Manek Manke are at 16.39.
Lutz holds the KU record in the with 207, 6 Seavacu, who will win with 239. 4 Stevens, 21. 1 Steep, the 440 man, has run the quarter-mile in 47.0, and the long-distance in 47.0.
10. 10—Sprint medley relay (high school) preliminaries
10. 30—440 relax (college)
Coach Bob Timmons has said he expects KU to approach a 3.18. Louisiana State won the Texas RELays sprint medley in 3.18.5 Last year's Kansas RELays sprint medley by Texas in a record 3.18.7
10:30-440 relay (college)
preliminaries
preminimaries
11—distance medley relay (high school) final
to break the Relays record by five seconds last year, will return with a team that has run within the league of last year's winning time.
10:45—880 relay (high school)
nreliminaries
11:15—880 relay (college)
preliminaries
Jerome Howe, Rick Hitchcock and John Corbin return from the squat that clocked a 16:30.4 mile rear. Joined by Clarend Vinson, you run the Texas Relies in 16:37.2 weeks ago.
The Masters Mile for men 35 and older will be run at 3 p.m. The only other open event is the Masters Mile with 400 burdens will follow at 3,25.
preliminaries
11:30—300 intermediate hurdles
two-mile title at Texas, and
Texas, which placed fourth in its own meet, are also expected to contend.
KU WILL enter Mark Lutz
Tom Scavuzzo, Phil Stepp
Rick Jacques in the sprint medley.
(high school) preliminaries 11;45—Cliff Cushman 440 hurdles
After the four-mile, finals will be run in the sprint medley for the junior college, college and university divisions.
1; 45- Cliff Cushman 440 hurdles (open)
Nehraska, which went for the