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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. Jan. 8.1964
This Evening
Why Not Invite Athletics to KU?
By Roy Miller (Sports Editor)
Poor Charlie Finley.
If the American League refuses to permit him to move his Kansas City Athletics to Louisville, Ky., the madman of major league baseball will have to continue his search for a suitable cow pasture in the Kansas City area—assuming he keeps his present position on not playing in Kansas City's Municipal Stadium.
But, we've got a solution for the A's owner, who is a Chicago insurance man when he's not trying to ruin major league baseball. His team won't have to play in a cow pasture at Peculiar Mo, afterall.
ACCORDING TO MAJOR league baseball rules, the Athletics could play within a 50-mile radius of Kansas City. Lawrence is within such an area.
Let the Athletics move to KU's Memorial Stadium. There might be some problems fitting a baseball diamond into the stadium, but "Dutch" Lonborg wouldn't mind rebuilding the stadium, would he? Yeah, guess KU's athletic director wouldn't be too happy with that proposal.
Okay, how about Quigley Field? Even though some Big Eight infielders might disagree, the KU baseball diamond is better than a cow pasture.
All kinds of bleachers could be erected to handle the crowds. And, unless the A's are improved 800 per cent this season, the Jayhawker baseball team could provide good spring training exhibition competition.
AND, KU ADMINISTRATORS, just think of all the cultural and academic benefits that could be reaped with Finley so close at hand. Why, the KU sociology and psychology departments would have to go only a few blocks for good case studies.
And, if Finley wouldn't mind, his team could be clad in crimson and blue uniforms.
Aside from the financial aspect, we think Kansas City would be glad to get rid of Finley. The city fathers then could give Lamar Hunt permission to do almost anything to turn the Municipal Stadium into a good stadium for his Kansas City Chiefs professional football team.
Seriously, we think Ford Frick, commissioner of baseball, should intervene in this squabble between Finley and the city administration. As Sports Illustrated magazine pointed out recently, Frick is getting paid to be commissioner.
There's a question whether professional baseball is of a business or entertainment nature. If it's a business, it seems Finley should have the right to move his team.
But, if the sport is deemed a sport and not a business, it would not be in fans' interest to move the team. We have doubts the team would have any more support in Louisville than in Kansas City or Lawrence or Oskaloosa.
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Ranking Worries UCLA Coach
NEW YORK—(UPI)—The UCLA Bruins are the third and latest collegiate basketball team to occupy first-place in the United Press International rankings but their coach, John Wooden, isn't happy.
UCLA was ranked No. 1 by 25 of the 35 coaches on the UPI rating board yesterday to give the undefeated Bruins their first taste of the top spot in their history. The last West Coast team to attain first-place was California, crowned national champion March 8, 1960.
"Of course it is a wonderful honor," acknowledged Wooden, who has never had a losing season in 15 years at UCLA, "but it also means there will be much more pressure on us. It will be a natural reaction for all of our opponents to try to knock off the No. 1 sound."
WOODEN SAID HE wasn't convinced any team could consistently play the caliber of basketball required to be the best team for an entire season.
"A team is never any better than its last game or its next one." Wooden said. He rated the Bruins' strength in quickness and teamwork and tabbed them as "the quickest club I've had since I've been at UCLA."
20th in the rankings with points distributed on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for ratings from first to 10th. The ratings are based on games played through Saturday, Jan. 4.
Wooden couldn't be blamed for
being a bit leery about the Bruins' lofty position. Kentucky, No. 2 this week, could hold the top spot only one week before Georgia Tech upset them, and two weeks ago, Loyala of Chicago, now ranked third, was tripped by Georgetown (D.C.), and lost its first-place perch.
KENTUCKY (10-1) WAS RANKED first by six coaches, 76 rating points behind UCLA (11-0), one of only three unbeaten major college teams, while Loyola (10-1) and little Davidson, ranked fifth and the only unbeaten quintet in the rankings, received two first-place ballots each.
Michigan remained in fourth, Oregon State jumped two places to sixth and Vanderbilt, which had its 15-game winning streak snapped by Tennessee, dropped to seventh.
Just North of Union Bldg.
Cincinnati and Duke, both with 8-3 records, placed eighth and ninth, respectively and once-beaten Villanova, winner of the Holiday Festival in New York. retained 10th.
Wichita (No. 11), Utah (No. 12), Texas Western (No. 13) and Kansas State (No. 14) led the second 10 followed by resurgent St. Louis (No. 15), Stanford and St. Bonaventure, tied for 16th.
Bradley rated 18th, Illinois, 19th and LaSalle and Minnesota shared
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