University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 16, 1971
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Running Now Integral Part of Hershberger's Life
By DON BAKER
Jim Hersberger, to say the least, is a unique and extraordinary "youth" 40-year old man. His effervescent personality is only reflective of his attitude towards life. Energy to burn, excellence is his goal whether it be in sports or business. He is a boy who has not met all of his goals.
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The donor of $125,000 two years ago to build Memorial Stadium's Tartan Track, running has become an integral part of the former KU track star's life during the last three years as well. It has been this his running feats as he is for the fact that he was a self-made millionaire before the age of 30.
"I do it for my benefit," Hershberger said recently while in Houston supporting the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA Basketball Championships. "You get started in it and
you can't ston."
CURRENTLY THE HOLDER of 15 world records by age groups (two when he was 37, seven at 38 and six at age 39), training has his business in a Wichita of his life as his oil business in a Wichita.
So thorough is his training that every minute detail in his daily running is kept track of. Charted daily, Herberhager keeps tab on his weight, number of miles run, town running took place in, temperature, wind, number of cokes drank, number of spirits, number and what kind of pills taken, whether he was exercising or exercises, the course running took place and how he felt, times, and finally, a catch-all, general comments.
Having achieved national fame while competing in numerous track meet tiers, he was named the World's Greatest Runner.
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crowd-drawer and compares himself to another famed KU alumnus.
"I am kind of an old man Jim Ryun," he said. "Everyone expects me to run and win." AND, LIKE RYUN, he has learned that much of what is involved means personal sacrifices and, at times, unusual determination and pride.
"One thing I've learned from Ryun is a tolerance of pain," he said. "You just learn to accept it and live with it. I never had an injury that effected me in a race."
There are three things I always do when running--I finish the race, I give it all I have
Relays Part of Elbel Since 1928
By BION BEEBE
Korean Sports Writer
Dr. Edwin R. Elbel, retired physical education professor and manager of the KU Relays, is preparing preparations for the meet. Because he has worked on the meet since 1928, this year's meet will be his first.
The KU Relays were begun in 1923 and this is the 48th time they have been held. They were not held for two years during World
War II.
According to Elbeb, the Relays came about when John Outland, who had been a student at KU, went to the University of Penn. While there he became intrigued with the Pennsylvania Relays.
he was returned to KU, he
taken on the job, and then the
director of subordinates, and
the Kansas track coach, Karl
Schlademan. The three of them
had been in the same position.
Dr. John Outland is known as the
'Father of the Kansas Relays'. Competing in that first meet in 1952, he attended universities. 19 colleges, 36 high schools and four military academies.
"The thing that amazes me was the large acceptance of the meet," Elibel says. He has many stories about the early years of the meet. Most of these stories were told at the Forest Allen to promote the meet.
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He tells of the time in 1927 when
Experimentation Key Issue In KU Spring Football Drills
Don Fambrough's first Kansas football squad began spring drills March 29 with about 90 candidates participating.
Fambrough said the normal weekly schedule for workouts will be on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with a scrimmage at Memorial Stadium or a five-week session that ends with the traditional spring game May 1.
one of Kansas' best fortified spots appears to be at quarters and in town, year's regular, returns along with backup man Rich Jones, redshirt Bob Brueggem and sophomore David Jaynes.
The Jayhawks will work on the practice field west of Allen Field House, except for the serimimages or in the event weather is more desirable to practice on the artificial turf at the stadium.
"A number of kids will be tried at different positions both offensively, and defensively." Fambridge said. "We'll spend the first couple of weeks trying to get everyone in the right position."
Still around from the 1970 club that finished 5-6 are 36 lettermen, plus another half-dozen or so players. The team has held out of competition last fall.
Fambrough plans to switch back to the Wing T offense Kansas utilized in 1968 when it went to the Orange Bowl and on defense the Jayhawks will return to a basic five-man front. Last fall, the Warriors had two wide receivers on offense and a four-man front on defense.
Another of Fambrough's spring objectives is to install the offense and defense Kansas plans to run next fall.
"Both our offense and defense will be a little different from what we have seen in the past, who moved into the head job last January after 19 seasons as a coach."
Lettered  running backs available are Steve Conley, who rushed for 353 yards last fall in the shadow of All-American Chuck Schmidt, Vince Caii and Jerome Nolliam.
Wide receivers still around are used to stop people from participating and Xerk White, but the latter pair will be excused from spring to participate in track as spring is being used.
Another letterman who will miss most of the spring work is Jerry Evans, a defensive back who also plays baseball.
Standout returns from the offensive line are Mike McCoy at center, Robby Childs, Gary Bass and Andy Sullivan guard and Tong Gaunghat at tackle. Among the new coaching staff, the holes left by graduation of
Defensively the Jayhawks return such experienced players as Gery Palmer, Mike Sullivan, Tim McCarron, Ken King, Ken Page, Tommy O'Keeffe, Steve Roach and Phil Bassler up front and Mark Geraughty, Gary Adams, Lee Hawkins, Dick Cotter and Mike Cerne from the second half.
tackle Steve Lawson, a secon
round pro draft choice, and Capi
Larry Brown, a standout tigh
end.
In 1920 Alston staged a rodeo and a buffalo barbecue the night before the Relays in order to gain more publicity. But he was not until the days when Glenn Cunningham was at his barn, where he meet began to attract large crowds.
Alen engaged the Tarahumara Indians to participate in a public rally he He had the men Lawrence and the women Lawrence while the women Indians ran from Topeka to Lawrence. A top distance runner of the day ran along with the Indians and came in second.
One of Fambridge's early personnel switches will give him the position of the Jayhawk did not use last year when they $\textcircled{2}$ played with them.
Since the first meet, there have been many changes in the meeting, EOE have come in the addition of new events. The events that have been added include: the deathalism, the six-mile run and women's events.
When asked how the facilities were back then, he said they were "very close" to where we are anywhere else." He thinks the Hersberger麻醉师 that KU has now is a great improvement. But he doesn't think than our share of bad weather in the past," with this new track the hospital has made, much difference, he says.
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He thinks that one of the most important developments has been made in the cloud system. Although the crowds today take it for granted, they are kept very well informed on the latest news and can use a megaphone. He is full of praise for Max Faulkentstein and his team, who do the announcing.
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As manager of the Relays, Eibel works on many of the details involved as well as being a member of the officials, the Armies, Warmeemeyear, ran in the first meet and has now been appointed for 41 years. Eibel considers gratifying part of his job to be the work he does with the Kansas Relays Student Committee. Through this he has come to know and expect today's young people.
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And, above all, he likes track and those who participate in it. "I've always had a great deal of experience," he got there the hard way, he says.
Track competition is not new to Hershberger. He was a spinner on the KU track teams of the early 50's and was a part of the NASCAR team that won the Mile relay team during the 1964-65 season.
BUT SHORTLY AFTER leaving KU he became anything but a physical specimen for running and at 180 pounds with a bleeding vein not even, as he put it, "joe around the block."
That was in 1958 when he was in the ON Force but it was also then that he began to run again competing exclusively in the 220-yard dash, an easy race as he puts it.
But it was not 1988 that the running became a serious project again. At that time he joined the "Run for Your Life" club in Wichita. His effort with the club though was less than sensational, as be finished last in a mile run among club members.
But, as indicative of the general Herssberger attitude, determination and hard work made the difference and a few months later the number of $3.35 and lapped all 36 competitors in the tournament.
A YEAR LATER AT age 37 his running had become so concentrated that he laid claim to world records in the 220 and 200 meters for 37-year olds. A year later seven more records were made (age 89 years old) and similarly at age 39 he grabbed one more world standards, bringing his total to 15.
Now his training schedule is at a peak while
arming towards the 1972 Olympics. During the
first two months of last year he ran 181 miles
throughout the course. The injuries he
humps to 312 miles and 403 runs.
It is with slightly mixed emotions that Herbstier looks to this year's KU Relays. Entered in the master's mile, he will be out to win the event and over shadow last year's disappointing performance when he finished third. But, at the same time, he will tell you that he is primarily a spinner and, quite frankly, does not enjoy the mule.
**ABA M 40-YEAR old spinner**, he says the only race he has ever lost since college.
In last year's Raleys he lost the mule to Jan Howell of Georgetown. Colo. in four meetings last year with the Colorado runner it was his only defeat to him. In that race Hersberger's time was 4,54.0, far off his best time in the event, 4:28.2, recorded last October.
The Relays' race was one of only two third place finishes he had last year. Of the 20 races he competed in he crossed the finish line first 17 times with one second and the two thirds
"The loss at KU was hard to take," he confessed. "Even my wife, who doesn't really know all that much about it, knew after the first lap that I was in trouble. I was really mad at myself but the good thing about losing is that you learn."
IT IS LIKELY HE will avoid the rule following the Helixes with this thought, will consider
Eligible to compete in five events (for 40-year olds and over ~100) 1500, 1500, 5,000 meters and the marathon. Hershberger will compete in five European meets this summer in preparation for the 100 km of over 32,000 will be competing for the 100 km of games but, on the basis of previous times, Hershberger appears to be a solid choice to qualify.
When concentrating on shorter races should not get the idea Herbberger can make.
Last year in a race in Canton, Ohio he ran in
a 13 mile race in a field of 64. He not only won the race but he crossed the finish line eight minutes before the next man and averaged just under six minutes for each mile. And in the same year he also won a 10-mile race for 30-year ages and over while being clocked in midst a 20-mile-per-hour wind. Previously he had the run distance in under 55 minutes.
THOUGH RUNNING HAS been as successful an endeavor as his business interests have, there are goals to still be attained before he gives up competitive running.
"My main goal is to see how many world records I can set for my age group," he said. And even though the mile run will not be given a time limit, the record future, he admits that it is one he has sights on. The current standard in the overall master's mille (40-year ages and over) is 4:32.2 set at the age of 42 by Peter Mundel. That number seconds better than Herbers' best.
"I think I'll be better next year," he said in talking about perhaps his last year to make a major assault on the record books. "When I went out to want as being the best over 35."
On the basis of statistics he could quit now and claim that honor but somehow that is just not in the Hershberger tradition. Running has provided the Wichitan numerous opportunities and afforded him the nation's spotlight in more than just one area. But surprisingly enough, it is not what he considers his best sport.
"I water ski and I'm nationally ranked in paddle-ball and I love basketball," he laughed. Whatever it is Jim Herss伯斯beright is best at would perhaps be hard to answer for a player who has been carried on with the typical Herss伯斯 tradition—never quit and give it all you've got.
Kansas, Oklahoma In Two-Way Race
As things stand, now Kansas leads the league with 25½ points while (Oklahoma is right behind with 28 (low score is the best).
Going for its third straight eight All-Sports Trophy from the Big Eight Conference, the University of Kansas is under OKahoma this year with only four sports left to decide the issue.
Points are awarded on a basis of one for first, two for second, three for third, etc.
KU's chances at the trophy were, as is the case annually.
The totals to date find Missouri in the third with a distant 31%. Nebraska fourth with 32, Kansas State fifth with 33, Oklahoma State sixth with 33%, Colorado seventh with 35%, Iowa State eighth with 35%.
Kansas has finished first in basketball, indoor track and swimming. The Sooners have not won a championship yet but have won two before and gymnastics and tied for second in football and basketball.
Other individual sport winners have been Nebraska in football, Iowa State in gymnastics, Oklahoma State in wrestling, and Oklahoma State in wrestling.
jeopardized when the Jayhawks jump in high points in wrestling. But that is derestable because the Jayhawks do not field a wrestling match.
Other KU finishes include sixth in football, fifth in cross country and third in gymnastics.
And the Jayhawks rate a solid edge over Oklahoma in outdoor rack. This could be the key to the win, but it's not a finish second or third it might be tough to overcome KU competitor. GO!OU will save in golf and tennis.
Looking into the spring sports picture it appears to be a nip-and-tad, KU for the title. In baselines both teams are considered title treats with possibly the highest place in their second place finish last year and the fact they return most of the season to place ahead of the Sooers.
It is in these two sports where the sooner could pick up a first, a second, or a third when they finished atop the confederate year. In golf it may be harder for OU to claim the top prize but they will certainly finish the young Jawahk linders.
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