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Thursday, March 25.1971
University Daily Kansan
Hawks Eve Astrodome, Ready for UCLA
By NOBLE COSGROVE Kansan Sports Writer
HOUSTON—The Jayhawks finally made it to Houston, but with cool temperatures and no severe heat in than in Lawrance. The Thursday night game with UCLA, however, will be played in the perfect conditions of the Astrodome—the largest one-story convention facility in the city.
The players enjoyed the excitement of their night south and then went onto the court for the first time.
KANAS, AS ARE ALL the other teams, is allowed only one afternoon on the court before the first game. Consequently, the scene Wednesday afternoon resembled a weigh-in for a heavy weight fight with each team in the bout. The court for their allotted hour of practice.
Western Kentucky finished as the Jayhawks appeared on the arena floor and for a moment practice stopped as the teams sized each other up.
After what coach Ted Owens called a good practice, the Hawks returned to the Astroworld Hotel for dinner. They had indeed of later going to see a movie.
said. "They are already scheduled in advance and we usually go along with the decision of them."
One would have to describe the Hawks as being respectfully confident of the game
"WE REALLY HAVENT seen a good movie all year," nominare Mark Williams
"We will have to shoot well and keep our momentum going, but I think our chances are great of winning it all," Bob Krivist said. "Of course we could win, but Thursday, night they are not."
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against UCLA. The timing they displayed during practice and the ease they all seem to share whenever the game is discussed is a somewhat comfortable state they haven't reached this point in the season. Although the pressure is the enthusiasm mounts as the Game nears.
better team than we are."
uCLA guarding him. I respect the entire UCLA squad but I think we can beat them."
DAVE ROBISCH WILL be the man who covers UCLA's great forward Sidney Wicks and this will have to be one of his toughest assignments.
"Wicks is a great basketball player," Robishuck said, "and I'm really looking for
Being with the Hawks when they travel is an experience not easily expressed in words. Whether it be in an airport or a restaurant, eyes are it be cast upon them. Kansas City's Municipal Airport was no exception as the time before their 10 a.m. departure foundographs and people walking up close to Roger and he was really as tall as he looked from afar.
THE ONLY PLAYER consistently passed up by the curious public was 5-11 Mark Williams, because, next to Dave Robisch and companies, Williams cast a very small shadow.
The national press and area media are converging upon this complex they call the
"Astrodomain." NBC has color cameras and scores of technicians literally scattered throughout the arena while such noted announcers as Curt Gouldie and Jim Simpson did, by waiting for the action to begin. Everything looks impressive and expensive.
Before the team disappeared into the dressing area, some unidentified writer asked Owens what he thought of the conditions in the Astrodome.
"they are fine," he said quickly, and then snaked, "so if we play poorly we cannot use them."
Thus ended KU's first day in Houston. The Hawks will eat dinner, possibly take in a game and then early to bed, for they are all quite tired before next sun will dawn on the day of the GAME.
BOBBY JONES, DRAKE'S 6-4 guard who held Notre Dame's Austin Carr to 26 points, sticks with KU's Aubrey Nash in Saturday's battle between the Bulldogs and Jaguars. Nash will match up with UCLA's Henry Bibby when the Hawks and Bruns tip-off at 8:40 tonight in the second round of the 30,000 fans will watch, along with a regional television audience on channels 4 and 27.
Hawks Out to Stop Bruin Express
By DON BAKER
Kansas Sports Editor
HOUSTON—With both teams wrapping up final preparations with one hour workouts last Wednesday afternoon, the stage is set and now it is just a matter of a few short hours before the game. The floor for one of its biggest games ever in its long and illustrious basketball history.
Showdown Lineuns
BOTH TEAMS ARE 27-1 (unsurpassed by any other team in the nation) and both are have won 13 in a row since losing to Notre Dame, 89-82 in their 14th outing of the Year. And, of course, Kansas possesses the longest win record in the country, losing to Louisville just before Christmas.
The game will pit probably the two most physical teams in college basketball today with the likes of KU's Roger Brown and Dave Roberts. The former, Sidney Winters and Curtis Uwalla, UCLA simulated the edge, however, in the prognosticators' minds primarily because of more quickness and the fact that it has been before—in fact, five times in the last six years.
From all aspects it shapes up as a great game and UCLA coach Johnny Wooden ad-hoc in a whirlwind of overwhelming size of the Wodenski combined with what Wooden termed "surprising speed and *quickness* is his main concern but preparation for KU deviated little from its usual
The UCLA Bruins, the nation's top-ranked team and NCAA champions, come into the contest with the Jayhawks at 8/7 in first round action. The title. A crowd of more than 30,000, including about 5,000 Kansas faithful, will be on hand in 2,000 seats will be occupied by KU students, and over half of the other three participating schools.
'We just try to prepare best we can and not
Kansas UCLA
6-10 Dave Robisch F Sidney Wicks 6-8
6-10 Roger Brown C Steve Patterson 6-9
6-10 Pierre Russell C Curtis Rowe. 6-9
6-5 Bud Stallworth G Kenny Booker 6-4
6-1 Aubrey Nash G Henry Bibby 6-1
do anything different," Wooden said after his team's workout.
"Quickness is the most valuable asset we have." Wooden began in discussing the game, "But a lot of our success will depend on how well we shoot from the outside."
LIKE KU, the Bruins have played several close games (seven have been decided by four points or less) and has seemingly always had that little extra something to get them by. In a game in which something's got to give, both will rely on the same things that have taken them this far.
KU COACH Ted Owens isn't sayng, but one thing is for certain—he feels good about KU.
"Our practice yesterday was excellent and it seems as if it carried forth today," he said of his practice. "It was good."
Henry Bibby, a 6-1 junior, and Kenny Booker, a 6-4 senior, are the Braun guards that must shoot well, in *Wooden's* mind, UCLA is to fare well. So far this year they haven'tgiving speculation that KU may employ a zone defense.
"Ever since we started the season our thoughts have been on being to Houston and now that we are here I think we'll do well." THE JAYHAWKS appeared loose in
practice and everyone appeared anxious to
the contest that will follow the 6:40 p.m. clash
between Villanova and Western Kentucky.
Tightness has been a problem of late for KU
but Owens said he did not foresee it as a
problem against the Bruins.
"I don't think there's any difference," he said. "I don't want them tilted and yet I don't want it to be too wide."
Similarly, Wooden said he detected a mental attitude change in his players toward
AT LEAST ONE witness of tonight's game must have mixed emotions. That new Brunu football coach Pepper Rodgers who said in January when he left KU that he would like nothing better than to see the Jayhawks and Bruins square off in Houston.
Wooden, jokingly denied using any of Rodgers expertise about Kansas.
Bruins, Hawks to Clash in Track
"No, I haven't asked Pepper about Kansas," he smiled. "He's a football coach and when I have to rely on a football coach I guess I better quit."
Kansan Sports Editor
In the third KU-UCLA matche of the week, the Kansas track team travels to Los Angeles for the trip.
1:30 p.m. dual piting the two track powers together had been scheduled for Saturday afternoon but was postponed to Sunday when it became certain that either KU or UCLA would be playing for the national basketball championship at the same time.
By DON BAKER
It will be the fifth straight meeting between the two with the series standing at two aopie. UCLA won the first meeting, 85-16, in 1957 and again last spring, 99-55. The Jayhawks took back-to-back wins in 1968 and 69 by margins of to-12 and 91-43.
Tennis Meet With Emporia Is in Doubt
"I don't think this is going to be like
previous meet," Kansas coach Bob Timmons said earlier in the week. "Before you could almost plot it out and see that one was going to run away with it."
The Bruins have already had four outdoor meets, having won them all, and Tremonts have a fifth.
"Where we're really hurting is that we've a few events with only one entry." Timmons added.
early chances
"They've got a whale of a fine team," he said, "probably the best in the country."
In addition Timmons said the Bruins had "really getten high" for KU the last few years, and with KU being one of three defending leaders for Atlanta and Brigham Young), it seemed likely this year would be no different. Still, Timmons are encouraged.
"If we can get something going early I think we've got chance at them," he said. The conversation was about
In their meet last Monday with Lather the team was able to play in spite of the cold weather. The team played on courts that do not prevent play, but, moisture on courts will. Because of their composition, tennis balls absorb water and will break the strings of a tennis racket because of their elasticity.
The Jiahaykw tennis team was scheduled to meet the College of Emporia team in dual competition on the courts behind Allen Fieldhouse, where the men will play, however, the meet will have to be postponed.
KU has no indoor facilities for tennis competition.
Georgia Tech, St. Bonaventure Advance to N.I.T. Semifinals
NEW YORK (UPI)—With all but four teams watching from the sidelines, the replays of regular season games take over tonight in the National Invitation Tour-
Scene Has Changed Since Last Game in Astrodome
By DON BAKER
Kansas Sports Editor
Georgia Tech, getting a 27-point effort from Rich Yukus, Michigan HIGH 70 and St. Bonaventure reed off 10 consecutive points in the last five minutes to beat Hawaii 73-64 Wednesday night to move to a semifinal round showdown.
Playing basketball in the Astrodome (let alone watching basketball in the Astrodome) is something to behold. The normal relatively close confines of the arena are not exist. Instead, only the great expansion of this great arena looms in the background.
Tabbed the game of the century, that first one saw Houston defeat a Lew Alcinder-led team in 1968, 71-49. A man by the name of Elvin Hayes personally teamed in that game which turned out to be such Johnny Wooden's only loss that year.
"ITS STILL different than the normal place." Wooden said. "I'd be surprised if the shooting percentages are very high. The other team is at the same disadvantage."
Kansan Sports Editor
Three years later Wooden could not help but baze around the big dome Wednesday and reflect on the physical changes that have taken place in our building. Two things predominate in Wooden thoughts—one, the scats on ground level present now that weren't in 1968 and the raised court. Three years ago the court was on ground level—now it is no less than
HOUSTON—Tonight's NCAA semifinal games in the Astrodome will be the second and third basketball games played in the so-called eighty wonder of the world, but will take a decidedly different look from the first one.
The whole thing cannot help but make
KANSAS IS THE only team among the four participants that played regularly during the season on a raised court. The Allen Field House court is about two feet off the ground or about half what the Dome's court is.
one wonder just how a team will respond to it. Poor shooting background is one thing and the court being so high off the ground makes it hard for the press's press conversations centered on this.
"That wasn't a problem," he said after the team's practice Wednesday. "I was missing a lot of my shots at the first but was just because I wasn't warmed up."
KU's Dave Rebish does not expect the physical peculiarities to be a problem, but
KU had what coach Ted Owens termed a very good practice and seemingly hit a good percentage of its shots. Owens said he would aspect the surroundings to be a problem.
St. Bonaventure defeated the Yellow Jackets by two points in their meeting in the Gator Hall Classic, but Georgia Tech coach said, "I want to see a different end."
Whether the raised court and poor background for shooting make any difference or not remains to be seen. But it is clear that a setup like nothing you've seen before.
The other semifinal match pairs North Calahona and Duke against each other. In Atlantic Coast Conference tests, North Carolina took two out of three against Duke
UCLA'S SIDNEY Wicks had mixed emotions.
"It's a little different background but it didn't seem to bother us," he said.
"The raised court doesn't make any difference," he said, but the crowd being at the rally was astonishing.
Hyder's hopes for a "different ending" almost ended in the closing minutes of *Titanic*, but it remains as an ending.
Wolverines, however, when Yunkus tumbled head first to the floor. He was helped from the court, but after sitting on the sidelines for a game, he went back to play, game finishing with 16 rebounds in addition.
"I landed on my wrist and bent it backwards," Yunkus said, "but it neither bother me nor hurt me."
Wooden agrees with Owens, saying, "I don't see that it will pose a problem."
Yunkus is Georgia Tech. Hyder admitted Yunkus' importance by putting the 6-foot-9 center back in the garm after the spill and he then left and left and Georgia Tech held a comfortable lead.
Hawaii saw its hopes for a victory end in the second half as Carl Jackson scored 13 of his 15 points to lead the Bomies back. Hawaii had trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half but rallied to take a 62-59 lead with 6:13 left in the game.
Doctor Recommends Suspending Frazier
But then the Rainbows didn't score another point for the next five minutes as St. John's lost to Oakland.
Hawaii finished with a 23-4 record.
NEW YORK (UPI)—Heavyweight champion Joon Frazier faced possible suspension today by the New York State Athletic Commission on the recommendation of commission physician Dr. Edwin Campbell.
Campbell examined Frazier for three days after Frazier's successful 15-round title defense over Muhammad Ali on March 8 and said the champion was suffering from the concussion or a subdural bernaemia, a blood clot in the tissue surrounding the brain.
During the days after the bout, Frazier suffered from severe nausea, including vomiting, and "was more exhausted than any ill'veen they saw." Campbell said. He also showed an increase in blood pressure, a decrease in pulse rate and headaches before he was later hospitalized in Philadelphia for a series of extensive tests.
added that he was recommending suspension because of the probability of a head injury.
Frazier was hospitalized a week after the bout when he returned home to Philadelphia, and he will not be discharged until Saturday. He was described as "feeling fine."
Because of the symptoms, Campbell said he hoped Frazier would decide to retire and
Dr. James C. Giuffre, who has been administering tests and treatment to the 27-year old friend since he arrived at St. Luke's Children's Hospital, said, "I'm perfectly satisfied with my findings that he's fully recovered. He has a strenuous schedule ahead of him and we want him back in a month to check him.
"We want to make absolutely certain he is in top physical gear," Giffre added. "I’m perfectly satisfied that he suffered no head injury and was not at risk to me showing signs of tension and stress. His main complaint when I saw him_was of tiredness. It was because his blood chemistry was abnormal and his blood pressure was abnormal. There was no evidence of any head injury."
Four Kansas Swimmers To Compete in Nationals
Skottie Skulley, who led the Jayhawks to their fourth straight league crown with three individual victories, will lead the Kansas delegation.
AMES, Iowa.-Kansas swimming coach Dick Reason has taken four members of his Big Eight championship team to the NCAA on Wednesday. The teams meet beginning today and runs through Saturday.
Skulley, a junior from Omaha, Neb., wil-
compete in both backstroke races. Skulley
has a 54.8 time in the 100 and holds the Big
board with a 1.98 in the 200 backstroke.
"Scott's potential is virtually untapped," Reasonam said. "He really wants to do a good job at the nationals. I think he can go as low as !57 in the 200."
Phil Kild shows promise of becoming the jayhawks top spinner in time. He holds times of 10.6, 9.2 and 7.7 in the 100. Both are less than a second away from Big Eight and Kansas records.
Kemp holds Kansas records in the 50
(4-52.3) and 10 (10-66.3) and 1506 (18-46.7)
"Kemp吱n't hit his peak yet this year,"
'team said. "He's aimed for this meet.
Two freshmen who contributed a lot to this year's squad have qualified. Tom Kempf, who has rewritten KU's distance freestyle records, will go in the 1.650.
The Hawks have been scheduled to play Friends University Wednesday afternoon. Their next game will be against Oklahoma on April 2 in the first conference game.
Kidd has the ability to be a fine spinner. He is further ahead of any sprite we've had in the game and doesn't have to do anything.
Baseball Game Canceled Again
Also making the trip is Ray Powers, who will compete in the one and three meter diving. Powers finished third in both events at this year's conference meet.
The Kansas Jayhawk baseball team was stopped for the third time this week. This time, however, it was snow rather than rain and the postponement of their doubleheader.
The team stands 1-7 after a southern road trip.
CELEWAND (UPP)—Phill Rizutto of the Yankees and Lou Boudreau of the Indians are the only shortstop ever to be voted Most Valuable Players in the American League.
It is strictly short sleeves and shorts weather and as you look outside to a green earth caching in warm sunshine you realize that there is something stifling and dead about the odor of your old study desk and the room which had been so friendly to you all winter. I have to get outside and be a part of it, you say to yourself.
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For just a moment, dream with me and try to forget how those slushy sidewalks almost did you in on the way to class this morning. It's about four in the afternoon on what has been a simply beautiful balmy spring day. Your morning walk to had been so crisp, clean and invigorating but was too sweet moment how that wonderful smell of spring filled your nostrils and you thought, it's great to be alive.
Inside Intramurals
By HAL WHALEN
Although there may be snow on the ground, it is officially spring and time for a pitch. The deadline for entries in both fast pitch and slow pitch softball is 4:30 p.m. next Tuesday. Games will begin just a week from today, so get your teams together
To come alive outside in spring and fish this participation gap what you need is to join the team. Then then get your group together and sign up for softball. If you groove on individual type competition then the four-man teams in tennis, badminton and handball should be gone.
Deadline for four-man teams (one double team, two singles) is 4:30 p.m. a week from today at 208 Robinson Gym. Sign up sheets and regulations can be obtained at the same place. There is a 25 cent fee per man which, I think, gives equipment and the trophies that are awarded for division, league and all champions.
Well, so much for dreaming. We still
have some indoor sports to finish. All I have on co-ree volleyball right now is that the turnover was about 38 teams, a little less than half of all teams, can say to you boys and girls is ROTATE!
The scuttlebout around the intramural office favors, in the fraternity "A" league, the Phil Deltis, who scored 110 points in their first contest, the Betas and the Phi Sis House. In the independent "A" group the jocks are, said to be a team that might challenge the normally stronger fraternity teams for the hill championship.
On the basketball courts, you guys are still at it. Because of Jayhawk participation in regional last week and the NCAA final this week there were no games scheduled for Thursday and Friday last week and it will be the same week. We will be another full week of games in the final round before we get to the playoffs.
The Green Wienies, independent ("C" team, gave another devastating demonstration of their basketball prowess last night. For the first time this season I was in a single quarter, in fact, I played the whole game. You see, only five of us showed.
Near the end of the season with slacking enthusiasm and outside conflicts, such as the NCAA finals, it is not unusual to have a few absences. This worked a hardship on games because we had no chance for substitution or plenty of energy exhausted near the end of the game.
In spite of this it was a close contest all the way. A tie at the end of the fourth quarter meant a three minute overtime. The warm weather and a lucky break for either side can mean the game. The Wieners fought with all their remaining strength but just couldn't get it to win against their opponents and lost a close one, 29-27. On by, the other team only had four players.