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Friday, February 5, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Staff Photo by DAVID HENRY
Bob Kivisto, 6-1 Jayhawk Junior Guar $ ^{3} $
. . . applies pressure to K-State's Terry Snider
Jayhawks to Lincoln In Big Eight Headliner
By DON BAKER
Kansan Soorts Editor
Leading the conference with a 4-2 record, the Kansas Jayhawks could take a giant step toward securing a spot at Saturday when they travel to Lincoln for a date with this week's 19th ranked Nebraska.
Nebraska and Oklahoma are the general consensus to give the 5th ranked Jayhawks a chance to play in the Midwest Regional in Wichita March 18 and 20 but both have already been declared for the State Championship.
THE CORNISHKUSER' second setback came MONDAY at the hands of Oklahoma and only a few hours after they had been voted 19th in the latest UPI poll. Currently they are 2-2 in league play with an overall 14-14. OU is 13-4 overall and 4-2 in league.
But a win in the unfriendly 7,000 seat Coliseum is considerably easier said than done for the Jayhawks (or any other team for that matter). Coach Joe Cipriani's "Huskers have not lost on their home in 13 games, which was an 9472 contest of KU last year.
And the "Huskers may be even more tough for another reason. In the finals of the Big Eight Tournament KU demolished the Iowa State and otherward things would be different in Lincoln.
KU COACH TED OWNES readily admits
the Jayhawks will have a rough time of it saying KU will have to play one of its better games if it is to improve on its 15-1 overall record.
One of its "better gamer" is something KU will not be coming off of as it heads into the playoffs. The Tigers have the poorest games offensively and having to rely on a great defensive effort, the Jayhawks squeezed by Kansas State, 79-74, before 17,000 Allen Field House players and a regional
Disappointed in many ways with the game, Owens said Wednesday he was happy the team could play so poorly and yet still win over a good basketball team.
"I think we tried to put them away too early," Owens said in explaining the poor KU defense but after forcing their mistakes we came down and put up some bad shots trying
A TELEVISION AUDIENCE will again witness the Jayhawks Saturday as the game will be regionally televised. The starting time for the game has been moved from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and the crowd will move mall walk by the crew of Apollo 14. Actual TV coverage of the game will begin at 2:00 p.
work announcer.
In addition to the television coverage, the Kansas-Nebraska radio account will be beamed around the world by the Armed Forces Broadcast Network and broadcast of Jerry Bailey, KU Sports Net-
This will be the second straight weekend the Jahyhawns face a "road-home" doubleheader. After the Nebraska game they return to Lawrence to prepare for a crucial Monday night date with Colorado and the final apache game of the CIF Meety, the conference scorer leader.
OWENS HIS starting lineup would not carefully not said that Sloane Bank will play at the guard positions with Roger Brown, Dave Robich and Pierre Russell manning the front.
Rundy Canfield, the 6-9 sophomore reserve from Wichita who suffered a collapsed lung in September, said he will not be able to start practice again for at least a week. It is likely to be at least three weeks before he can practice.
Nebraska is in a similar situation, however, as they are playing without the services of 6-8 junior forward Mike Petersen. A starter most likely, Petersen broke his foot nearly a month ago.
The Cornshakers still have the gaua it uses enough primarily in the form of 63-guard armor. The Corsair is currently averaging 22 point Stewart is currently averaging 22 point game while Jura is chipping in an average 18 point.
Other starters for Nebraska will be Al Nissan, 6-4 at forward, Leroy Chick, 6-4 at back.
Salukis, Alabama Here Saturday
KU Hosts Triangular Meet
By NOBLE COSGROVE
Kansan Sports Writer
The Kansas trackmen will host Alabama and Southern Illinois in a triangular meet, Saturday, in Allen Field House beginning at 10 a.m. with the first of ten races beginning at 7 p.m.
On the other hand, Alabama boasts having
strength in the sole vault and the mole relay.
Kansas' national champion track team will be making its only home appearance of the year in Washington last time Allen Pfeiffer House will house the race by the shot putting duo Karl Salb and Steve Wilhelm. Salb, who holds the current world championship record, is a weak that records in front of a partisan home team.
SOUTHERN ILINOIS poes a threat in the infants and the high jump. The Salukis' Inuktitut poem "Chairman of the daich champion, and high jumper Mike Bernard (who has cleared 7-foot) will lead"
John Mitchell, Alabama coach and former Jayhawk assistant, said that pole vaulter Tim Hamilton has already cleared 16 feet this season. He also expressed optimism that his
KANSAN sports
mule relay squad might sharply test Kansas' relay team that includes freshmen Tom Scavuzo and Mark Lutz along with Marvin Foster and Bob Borkennek.
KU IS CURRENTLY on the rebound of a sweeping victory at the Oklahoma City Invitational track meet. Taking all the field events except the high jump, Kansas claimed
first in a field that included 10 major universities.
Standouts for Kansas in the Oklahoma City meet were long lumber Phil Rehle, distance pitcher Paul Tennant, shot putters Salb and Wilhelm high jump, Barry Schur, and pole vaulter Hatcher.
Hatcher, who won his event easily, just barely missed it 6'0" in an effort to beat his
Although Kansas does have a strong distance running squad, they failed to really battle the Oklahomba City meet. In order to win the Oklahomba City the Jayhawks must be stronger on the track.
SOME OF THE OTHER Jiahawk athletes in their final competition at the field house long jumper Phil Heaves, half meter runner Chris Krohn and distance runners Jay Mason and Mike Solomon.
KU Tankers Look to Win Over OU
By JIM HOFFMAN Kansan Sports Writer
According to the University of Kansas varsity swimming schedule, the swimmer swimming at 10 a.m. swimming Jayhawks of Lawrence at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Rohanen Natatorium.
But schematics are not built around the weather and weather, especially bad weather.
Norman, Okla, is, at best, a five and a half hour drive from Lawrence. At its worst, that time could be doubled. And the length of time that a swimmer spends in a car on his way to a meet directly affects his times in competition.
A SECOND FACTOR that could have a direct effect on the times of a swimmer in competition is the frequency of competitive training. Jawayhs on the night after they meet the
Cowboyes of Oklahoma State. The outcome of that will also have a direct effect on the state's economy.
But despite the disadvantages caused by the prevailing atmospheric conditions, Oklahoma has a few weather advantages of its own. Nine advantages, in fact.
The first was the absence of Kim Bolton from practice this week. Bolton, KU's ace at basketball, played on the night before the Hawk's competition with Southern Methodist last week and did not return to practice until Wednesday. Bolton will swim Saturday night but his progress was slow in the first few games.
The other eight advantages are the generally poor physical feelings of eight of the only Jawkay swimmers. So poor are they feeling that five of the eight were forced to swim in water, as this was the last week. As Coach Dick Reamon put it, "This is just a bad time of year for swimers."
Kansas swimmers and coach Rearon hopes the weather does not hold down the attempt to win.
Kansas has met Oklahoma in two tournaments already this year. The Hawks scored 115 points to the Sooners' 104 in the Jayhawk Relays and in the Sooner Invitational, the Jayhawks scored 604 points to Oklahoma's 263.
THIS IS THE last home meet for the
The Kansas-Oklahoma swim meet could be a very good meet or it could be a very bad meet. The outcome could depend very much on the weather.
A lover of even competition will probably take an appalling view of this meet, a pure Kansas sports fan will savior the thought of an easy victory by his favorite team.
Either way you look at it, Kansas is going into this meet Saturday night with an over-
Meely Tops Scoring
Latest statistics from the Big Eight office in Kansas City show that Colorado's Cliff Meely may likely hang up the best scoring average over a 4-game conference schedule.
The 6-8 Chicago flash leads the league in scoring with a 22.5 average and has jumped his career scoring total to 16.94 points going into the second round. That total leaves him fourth on the league's all-time scoring list but just 43 more will boost Chicago's lead, leading Lovelle who finished with 1.797 points.
Meely is well on the rebounding charts. The do-everything Buff is averaging 11 rebounds a game now and has a career total of 837, ranking him eighth, just behind another Colorado great, Jim Davis, who finished with 863, the Colorado record.
Though Meely's scoring mark is currently seven points better than his nearest challenger, there still exists a four-man race for the individual title. Moving up steadily has been Kansas' Dave Robisch, who the league's score from Meely last year.
Robisch is now averaging 22.3 in league competition and is also hitting over 50 per cent of his shots. Now fifth, the 6-10 forward is still behind Nebraska's Marvin Stewart, who is second (25.5), Missouri's Henry Smith (24.4) and Iowa State's Gene Mack (22.8).
Taking over the rebounding lead was the Jayhawks' Roger Brown. The 6-10 center is pulling down 13.3 carons out but close behind is Nebraska's Leroy Chalk with a 13.0 average. Robisb is now listed fourth in rebounding with a 12.5 mark.
Roche Rears And Shoots
UPI Sports
After nearly three years of frustrations, the "real John Roche" has stood up.
an easy 118-83 victory over Furman.
Roche, the talented South Carolina guard, broke the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring record Thursday night as he scored 56 points in leading the seventh-ranked Gamecocks to
"He could do that all the time," surr r Run McGüire, the South Carolina coach. "He's the most unselfish player I ever coached. He played both and 94 game if he didn't pass the ball off."
KU Tumbles Into K-State
Tonight the Jayhawk gymnasts meet the Wildcats of Kansas State in the first of five February road duals. The Hawks will tumble into the Wildcat's Anearn Field House at 7:30 p.m. in hopes of breaking a three year dual between a losing streak to their old intra-state rivals.
"The these seniors have never beaten K-State in a dual," said Kansas coach Bob Lockwood. "Kansas State is going to be tough for us," he said. "We are 50-point team and it should be quite a match."
Last year in Robinson Gym the Wildcats just edged the Hawks by less than half a point in what Lockwood called a "real good meet." He was one of the few coaches because of injuries and poor performances. For the seniors, who make up a large part of the competition squad, this will be their last chance.
The Hawks are carrying a 2-4 dual record and have been hitting high in the 150's this past season. They were fifth in 157.9, last weekend, against the third nationally ranked New Mexico Lobos, who hit 161.15 to win the meet. The Hawks also met that weekend to tally a win, 158.8 to 168.8.
Speaking of meeting four teams in duals in eight days coach Lockwood said, "We've had a heck of a schedule this last week and some of the boys are really worn out."
Competition Wednesday Night . . . part of opening ceremonies
Competition Through Saturday
Female Combatant Warms Up
... stretching before first match
Women's Invitational Volleyball Tournament
Referee Watches as Wooster Awaits KU Serve even the losers continue to play
Professor of Law Plucks Guitar
. Charles Oldfather entertains after opening ceremonies
Jayhawk Team Member Pam Diehl
... catches her breath after Wouster match