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Friday, June 25, 1971
University Summer Kansan
Campers Learn from Pros
Photos by Hank Young
Bv HANK YOUNG
The final buzzer sounds this afternoon on the Fourth Annual Yankah basketball Camp under the direction of KU Coach Ted Owens. The camp's four one-week sessions, have attracted 600 boys from 12 states and two foreign countries this summer.
The young men, 8 through 17 years old, are schooled in basketball fundamentals and skills by top-flight coaches from throughout the midwest. Owens' staff includes high school coaches, former KU hardcourt greats and the KU coaching staff.
Among the staff this summer are Jo Jo White, now playing professional ball with the Chicago Bulls.
The basketball camp is a recruiting aid and the Jayahawks' coach, but basketball players from other teams join.
A few summers back, a trumpet player from Hartlesheim, Ala. came to Lawrence for the KU Music Camp. Owens heard the young man could play basketball as well as the trumpet . . . and Bud Stalworth became a Jayhawk.
Maybe a future KU band director has managed this summer's session of the Jayhawk