Monday, April 19, 1971
University Daily Kansan
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Kansan Staff Photo by JIM HOFFMAN
Kansan Staff Photo by JIM HOFFMAN
Kansan Staff Photo by JIM FORBES
1971 Kansas Relays Premier Performers
... (l to r) Randy Matson, Jim Ryun and Frank Shorter
Crowd is Contribution To Success of Relays
By DON BAKER Kansan Sports Editor
The 46th staging of the Kansas Relays is now history and hopefully, as the old saying goes, history will repeat itself often in the future of the famed KU track carnival.
The KU head man elaborated on the excellent calibre of athletes competing by pointing out that Kansas tied the previous year in points, replay and yet it was only good for another 45 minutes.
"It was one of the finest meets we've ever had," Timmons offered enthusiastically. "The new records (17 in all) test the quality of the field."
To term the spectacle, the second step of the Midwest's triple crown of track showcases, a success hinges on being an understatement. And no one could be happier about the whole thing than meet director and KU coach Bob Timmons.
And be went a bit further by saying that Wayne Osness, KU physical education associate professor and the coach of the famed KU shot patters, had pointed out to him that he was one of the most successful results) this year's Relays' shot patter was better than it was in the 1980 Olympics.
And most fortunate of all was the fact we entire show was witnessed by the second largest crowd in the Relays' history—nearly 23,000. In fact, the crowd was so responsive that performers and coaches were left in the dark as the crowd filled the shad put and the hammer throw alone.
"I've never seen a crowd like that witness the shot put," Timmons said. "There must have been 2,000 people or so around there. I've never seen anything like it anywhere."
crowd interest in the hammer throw. A crowd of around 500 to 600 crowded around the area just northwest of the stadium to witness the event won by KU's Bill Penny prompting one of his teammates Jim Timmons in saying he had never seen anything like it before.
Was the crowd a factor in the many record breaking efforts? You bet according to
"You can be sure there is a lot of *adrenal flowing*. Tirumais said. "All that happens in the brain."
But there were other factors too—like the Jim Herabberger Track, the absolutely perfect weather (despite the early Saturday rain), and no wind, or course, superb athletes.
"When you've got all these things you expect a lot of records to go and that's exactly what happened," Timmons explained. "And it's a great time in the season too. A lot of athletes are at the peak of their performances."
One of the peak performances came from ex-Kansas great Jim Ryun. The world recordholder in the mile did not disappoint his many followers by turning in a brilliant 35.8 effort to win the Glen Cunningham Mile. It earned him an award winning former award getting 19 of the 27 votes cast.
All this greatly contributed to the meet's success. But, as Timmons put it, there was a lot more it referring to the faculty, to the students, to people who contributed a great deal of time.
Records, Crowd, Weather Add to Relays' Success
"Our student relay committee really did a fine job," he said.
Records, Crowd, Standards Fall Often And Quickly in Relays
By DON BAKER
Kansan Sports Editor
Aside from the high school and junior college divisions, 14 Kansas Relays records fell by the wayside in the 46th running of the annual KU track spectacle that concluded Saturday. Three high school marks were also erased bringing the total number to 17.
Hardest hit in the record book assault was the Open Division. Nine events, two field and three scorecards.
MOST NOTEWORTHY CAME in the shot put where world record holder Rady Mattson heaved the 16-pound iron ball a distance of 68 feet and $3\frac{1}{2}$ inches to surpass the mark he himself established three years ago by $4\frac{1}{2}$ inches.
The other field event to see a change in the record book was the hammer throw where Bill Perrin of Kansas was the 195-5 mark, far better than the record of 183-11½ set last year by this year's second place fincher, Toli Wellikova of the Rutters Club.
On the track in the open division Frank Shortr, representing the Florida Track Club, set the Saturday crowd of 23,000 on its feet by eclipsing nearly 30 seconds off the previous three-mile run record. Shorter covered the distance in 13,858 as compared to the 1970 record-setting performance of 13,308 set by Reed Maddafer of Eastern New Mexico.
The second most major improvement in both the open division and the entire meet came in the Master's Mile where Larry Means, U.S. Air Force, was clocked in a 4:28 to better the old mark of 4:401 by nearly 15 seconds to the mark, Larry Means second place finisher, Jan Howell of the Rocky Mountain Runners, and was set last year.
Sidk Sink of Bowling Green also got into the act by covering the six-mile run in a time of 10 minutes. (Jennifer Toller)
THE SAME DISTANCE only covered in a different manner, the one-mile walk, also saw a new standard established in the open division. Larry Young, Columbia, Mo. to improve on the 6:57.1 record in 6-83 by Floyd of Godwin of the Denver Track Club.
Oukada's (Fort Hays State) 1797 record of 28-45.4. And former Kansas State athlete Conrad Nightingale followed suite by covering the 3,000 meter steeplechase run in a time of 8.0, nearly six seconds better than the previous one. By Chris McCubbins of Oklahoma State in 1967.
The open 404-yard race intermediate hurdles was as indicative a race as any as to just what kind of a beating the record books took. In Friday's preliminaries KU's Bornkessel was clocked in 51.2 as compared to the previous meet's record of 51.2 set in 1970 by Oklahoma's Denis Cotter. To prove it was no fluke the Kansas junior ran a 51.4 in the event's final but could finish no better than the top-10 finishes in the clocked in 50.5 to establish a new standard (Bornkessel's mark was short-lived) while winning the event
Kansas Staff Photo by JIM HOFFMAN
AND IF THAT WASN'T enough the women even got into the act before it was over with as Barbara Lawson won the open's 800跑 run for women in a time of 2.10.6 improvement on the 2.12.1 mark she set last year by one and a half seconds.
Only non-relay mark established in the university-college division came in the mile run where Oklahoma State's Larry Rose clicked off a 3.39.5 effort, over nine seconds better than Fred Cooper's (Texas) 1969 mark of 4.08.8.
Five more new standards were established in the university-college division including
Another mark came in the sprint medley where the University of Texas was timed at 3:16.10 to erase the 3:18.3 mark set by Kansas in 1970.
The relay records first came in the four-mile relay Friday where Kansas State covered the distance in 16:30.5. It was the fastest time by any Big Eight team in history and five seconds better than the previous record.
And finally Texas A&M, with the fabulous Mills brothers (Marvin and Curtis), established records in the 440 and 880 relay. The new times for the two events are the same: Marvin held the old 440 men's (48-3) in 1960 and Southern Methodist (12:24 a.m. in 1964) held the 880.
Jayhawks Place First and Third in High Hurdles
Bates (third from left) and Vaudevance (second from right)
Banner Bothers Pongers
NEW YORK (UPI)—The Communist Chinese are big for banners.
One of those banners was plainly in evidence for members of the United States military. They were hanging in the room where they their meals daily they were in Peking.
"We will defeat the U.S. imperialists and their running dogs."
There was no way in the world any of the U.S. team members could miss the sign which was written with the Chinese characters on the case and the English translation underneath.
Jack Hawck of Seattle, who is the captain of the U.S. team, returned to this country with the rest of his teammates Sunday and was how he felt each time he saw the banner.
"I didn't like it," he said quite firmly. Other than that however, Jack Howard enlisted himself to win the game.
the fact there were some hardships such as not being able to keep up with little things.
"I had an opportunity to go back and visit . . . get that? . . . v-s-i-t-1." Howard said, slowly and carefully spelling out the word upon his arrival at Kennedy Airport with the other team members, "I'd be surprised if you didn't have friends there. By the same token I'll admit I loved every minute of it when our plane touched down here just a little while ago."
Jack Howard confessed he was "ill at ease" after the team received the invitation to visit Palm Beach.
"I was still upset the first day we got there but each day I felt more and more at ease and finally I felt no uneasiness at all," he said. "How did I like what i saw, i took? I will tell you flat, I get a very good impression of what happens in my life and I will very small specialized portion and much different I'm sure that what I would've seen if i would've gone around the block."
Effort by Jayhawks Pleasing for Timmons
By DON BAKER
Kansan Sports Editor
Unlike most coaches at the Kansas Relays, KU coach Bibb Timmons had to be concerned with two things—one, as meet director, the overall operation of the meet, and two, as Kansas coach, the overall operation of the Jayhawks.
Prior to the meet some people doubled just how smooth either would operate while giving the ramp-loaded relays a better chance than the youth-planned Jayhawks. But, fortunately for KU followers, both teams well and Timmons was as pleased as anyone.
"I was very pleased and enthused with our individual efforts," he said pointing out particularly the KU weightmen of Karl Sall, Steve Wilbelt, Sean Colon, and Ralph Pomerantz.
In the university-college division Salb won the shot (65-64) with Wilhelm second (62-10). In the discus they traded places with Viktor Zubrowsky, Dmitriy Zitsev and Salb's TSA8 good enough for second.
Colson had a career best effort in the javelin throw with a toss of 252. On his way to scoring, he was
second as Kansas State's Ed Morland heaved the spear 260 for the top spot. Penny moved over to the open division where he set a new record in the hammer throw with a heave of 195-8.
"They all did a very fine job," Timmons said enthusiastically.
There were other shining lights as well, particularly in pole vault bill Hatter and other spikes.
Hatcher took second to Texas Relays champion Dave Roberts of Rice. Roberts cleared 16-4 to win the pole vault and Hatcher took second with a 16-4 effort.
In the 120-yard highs, Bates won in a call of 13.8 with Vandevera right behind
The Jayhawks don't do much in the relays but Timmons isn't discouraged looking ahead to the Big Eight meet and the national championship be held in Seattle, Wash. in Juice.
"I think we're really not there yet and will continue to improve," he said in reference to the big Eight meet. "And you know you have to play them one at a time."
Kansas City Splits Twinbill With Milwaukee Brewers
The Royals won the first game, 2-1, on Paul Schaal's ninth-inning home run.
MILWAUKEE (UP1)—A bases-loaded single by Tommy Harper with one out in the 13th innning scored Ted Savage with the winning run奖金 to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 3-2 win and a doubleheader split with the Kansas City Royals.
Tom Burmighern struck out the first man to face him in the 13th and then walked the next two to put runners on first and second. The call then went off for Ted Abernathy and Antonio Pena greeted him by pulling off a double steal that put runners on second and third.
Abernathy walked Phil Roof and Harper hit a 0-1 pitch to the left field score, scoring
The marathon game was marked by 25 strikeouts - 15 by Kansas City pitches. The Royals' hurlers combined for a total of 22 strikeouts during the long doubleheader,
The loss went to Burgermeier who evened his record at 1-3 before getting the benefit of a trade.
Milwaukee takes leads of 1-4 and 2-1 in the nightcap on a second-time home run by Bill McGinnis.
Milwaukee also scored first in the opener putting together one run on successive fourth-trimming singles by Danny Walton, Voss and Ted Kubik.
The Royals it tied in the fifth on a single by Fred Petal, a stolen base and a single by Joe Kee.
Errors and More Errors
Jayhawks Fall in Two of Three
By RICK SABBERT
Cansan Sports Writer
The hole in the Jayhawk glove just keeps getting bigger, but KU still managed to salvage one game in a three-game home series with Oklahoma this past week. OU won their two by scores of 7-2 and 7-3 while Oklahoma on top 1-5 in the second contest Friday.
Unearned runs cost the Jayhawks in their two defeats. The Sooners came across the plate with 15 runs in the series, but only three of those runs were earned.
It would have been enough for the Jayhawk had they been able to contain the fielding errors. The problems began in the third inning when OH had two out. A Jayhawk miscue, two walks and a single resulted in two unearned runs for the Sooners.
UK OPENED THE scoring as Paul Womble hit his four home run of the season to open the Jayhawks half of the second inning. The only other Kansas score came in the fourth when Skip James tripped to rightfield and came on home a Sooner ball.
Errors continued to plague KU in the sixth inning. Two OU singles and three consecutive Jayhawk errors gave the Sooners four more unearned tallies while there were two down. That was enough for Oklahoma as they went on to win 7-2.
Steve Corder took the brunt of the errors in the first game as he lost his third game as compared to only one win. Corder went the distance for KU allowing only one earned run.
allowed only one run and five hits while striking up six Sooner swings.
BILL STREMEGIER TURNED in a brilliant pitching performance for the New York Knicks.
The Jayhawks again opened the scoring as Skip James tripped in the second and came home on a fielder's choice. The real damage came in the fourth as Kansas scored four
KU finally managed to put it all together; good hitting, brilliant pitching and to top that
"This time they stacked the deck against us," said Lockwood. "They put their best two players in positions three and four." Despite this strategy, KU's number-four man, Mark Wick, Overland Sphomore, beat Oklahoma State's number-two man.
Tennis Team Dumps Oklahoma St., But Drops Dual to OU Sooners
The Kansas Jayhawks' tennis team beat Oklahoma State 6-4 Friday but lost to last year's Big Eight champion, Oklahoma, 9-6. Saturday "we played great against Oklahoma State," said Kansas coach Bob Koch in and just in blearent off the courts."
BILL TEMPLE THEN singled and came home on Ken Carpio's double to right center field. Carpio to third on a fielder's bat on Dave Plannellon's run producing single.
Bob Wolf led off with a base on balls and was followed by Wombie's second home run
And that he did as he held the highly sought Kansas City product to a single up the middle in the first game. But Oklahoma had problems containing KU's Womble. Womble went four for six Friday including his fourth and fifth home runs of the season.
Competition. This weekend, however, Lockwood said that his team showed great im-
"When you're on the bottom you want to beat everybody. We can still have a good
KU coach Floyd Temple reflected disappointment over the series. The loss drived KU to drop out of the World Cup.
Jack hit the first pitch of the tenth inning out of the park to give the Sooners a 7-9 victory. They added another insurance run in the tenth as a result of Javhawk miscues.
KU'S WOES CONTINUED on Saturday as the drop 10 in admission affair. OU's Bobby
Scheimler was pleased about his performance. He and he hoped this was the result of a new approach.
Womble said he felt really loose at the gate. He said he was glided to beat a concrete wall.
only earned run given up by Wolf was Jack's blast to left field in the 10th.
Bob Wolf also turned in a brilliant performance on the mount allowing no earned points.
At the first of the season, KU barely nosey,
oklahoma State in the West Texas State
"They're good. I was really worried about Newton (of Oklahoma). That would be the kind of thing we were going to do."
But it wasn't good enough as the Jayhawks had 10 errors charged to them.
The KU team will travel to Manhattan Tuesday to meet Kansas State University.
By DON BAKER
Spring football practice is normally a time of experimenting and personnel switching, filling gaps and strengthening other areas, while the other team remains strong as possible with the available talent. The Kansas Jayhawks are no different and now with only two weeks left in this year's spring drills, KU football coach Don Farran knows there likely will be some work ahead.
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"We might make a few more personnel changes." Fambridge said Sunday after viewing films of Saturday morning's shooting. "We were still looking for defensive tackles."
The Kansas defense, which last year was about as strong as a coke can go through the whopper at Memorial Stadium, has been a prime target of Famibuild's football
"I felt Ryan (Pat, a 6-1 and 191-pound to-be) to be a good job at defense and support," Ryan said.
(Phil, a 6-3 and 218-bound senior-to-be) and Sheets (Eddie, a 6-3 and 218-bound junior-to-be) looked real good there so we're pretty pleased with that position."
the scrimmage the offense moved the ball at will at times while scoring five touchdowns.
Passing-wise Dan Heck, last year's startling signal caller, had the best day from a statistical standpoint completing four of nine runs in five games. Thirty-five of those yards came on a touchdown pass
"It was pretty good," Farnham said in analyzing the session. "We had some good hitting. We had a real long and hard hitting practice Friday and then we had to practice at 10 a.m.) Saturday because of the Relays we're real happy with the effort."
Offensively, effort was particularly pleasing from Jerome Nellons. The 5-8 and 196-pound running back was again the leading ground gainer totaling 102 yards in 17 attempts. Other top ruthers were Vince O'Neil, 30 yards; and Steve Conley, 41 yards in 10 carries.
Schmidt was the day's leading receiver with six receptions for 134 vards.
"We're pleased with the progress in some positions," Fambridge said in conclusion. "We are confident that our work will be a positive influence."
play to newly received receiver Chuck Schiff who made a diving at the ball in the
Injuries were not a problem, as for the most part has been the case all spring, with only defensive tackle Mitch Sutton slowed. Farnham described Sutton's injury in action.
Reserve quarterbacks Rich Jones and Bo. Bruegging both had productive days as well. Jones hit fire of 10 for 76 yard and a touchdown, causing cashed in on three of eight for 65 yards.
The Jayhawks will resume work today beginning at 4 p.m. on the practice field west of the field house. Wednesday will have the same starting time with a scrimmage likely. All of this is leading up to the annual spring football game played this year May 1 in Memorial Stadium.
KU Ruggers Blast Mizzou
The KU Rugby squad beat the Missouri Ruggers, 16-5, in a hard hitting game at the Glenwood Manor field in Kansas City Sunday afternoon.
Missouri beat KU last year, and the Jayhawks were ready this year for a close scoring battle. The Hawks dominated the entire game, however, with MU's only points coming in the last five minutes of the 60-minute match. Intermittent showers damage the field and the fans had little effect on the spirits of the increasingly muddy Jayhawks.
The "B" team hosted the Raleigh squad Saturday, winning easily, 14-3. Three KU men to Watkins Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the fierce competition.
The "B" team reformed in Kansas City Sunday afternoon but lost to the KC Steers, a team formerly based in Colorado.