Rugby Club travels to Aspen
Nationally ranked and undefeated KU Rugby Football Club will meet the University of Denver Saturday morning, in the opening round game of a rugby
Tagge lands back of week
KANSAS CITY (UPI)—Nebraska's Jerry Tagge, the sophomore who grew up watching Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers, got his first start at quarterback for the Cornhuskers last Saturday. He made the most of it, totaling 301 yards in directing Nebraska's 42-14 rout of Minnesota.
It warranted Taggie being named Big Eight Back of the Week and it was enough to push the 6-2, 220-pound Green Bay native into the Big Eight total offense lead with 575 yards in three games.
"I never did meet Bart Starr personally, or Coach Lombardi either when he was in Green Bay, but the Packers were an influence on me." Tagge says. "Bart Starr was one of my idols, and although I don't try to pattern myself after him, I think he's one of the best quarterbacks there is."
Tagge's 301 yards-219 passing —against Minnesota was one of the best individual efforts ever in Big Eight history.
It marked only the sixth time a Big Eight player has accumulated 300 or more yards in a single game and it was the first time a Nebraskan did it. Tagge's 191.7-yards-per-game average is only a shade better than Oklahoma's Jack Mildren, another sophomore quarterback, who has totaled 379 yards in the Sooners' first two games.
Tagge also moved into second place in passing, running his three-game total to 35 of 61.574 for 457 yards.
K-State's Lynn Dickey maintained his passing lead, with a three-game total of 47 for 87.540 for 498 yards.
Oklahoma's Steve Owens, on a per-game-average basis, leads in rushing with 293 yards in two games for a 146.5-per-game average.
tournament in Aspen, Colorado.
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ment in Aspen, Colorado. The squad will also play two other teams Saturday afternoon. KU will encounter powerful Brigham Young University in an exhibition game after its opening game against Denver. BYU, fielding one of the better rugby football teams in the country, is unable to officially compete in the tournament because it is a Mormon school and therefore is not allowed to participate in any games Sunday afternoon. KU will then play a second-round game against a team that will be determined by opening round results.
The rugby team opened the fall season Sept. 28, by trouncing the Kansas City Rugby Club 9-3 in a game played in Kansas City. Outstanding second-half play by Dan Marting, Joe Groner and Bob Marquis perserved the victory for KU who trailed the KC club 3-0 at halftime.
Last Saturday the KU squad opened its fall season home schedule against the Kansas City Blues at Oliver Field. The tough fought and highly contested game ended in a 6-6 tie.
KU is a member of the Heart of America Union which is composed of Missouri University, Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Rugby Club, Rockhurst and St. Benedicts. The Kansas team, consisting of 35 men, has won the championship for the past three years. This year the Union will have a regular league schedule plus a tournament on Nov. 1 and 2.
Hammer throw in track program
The Olympic and NCAA 16-pound hammer throw and the NCAA 35-pound weight throw have been initiated into the KU track program for the 1969 season. Toli Wellikozkiy, hammer throw coach announced today.
Currently the track department is launching a recruiting program for qualified men. Ideally, Welikozkiy said, one should be about six feet tall and weigh 180 pounds or more. Previous experience in weight training such as bar-bells, shot-put, discus or javelin would be helpful, but it is not a prerequisite.
Welikozkiy is a 1969 graduate of Rutgers University where he competed in the hammer throw and the 35 pound weight throw from 1965-69. He is currently a graduate student in middle European studies.
The rugby schedule is divided into a fall and spring season. This year KU, which had a 10-2 record last year, will play four fall games and eight spring games, and will probably enter two tournaments in the fall and two more during the spring. Tentative plans include possible trips to Chicago and St. Louis for two of these tournaments.
Interested parties should contact head track coach Bob Timmons in Allen Field House or Toli Wellkozkiy in room 218 at Naismith Hall.
Club officers this year are Gary Patzkowsky, Kiowa senior, captain and Jim Thurman, Kansas City junior, backfield captain. Mark Bedner, Emporia senior, is the president of this year's rugby club.
All home games this year will be played at Oliver Field, which is directly west of Oliver Hall, and anyone wanting an exciting sports-filled afternoon should take in a rugby game. Rugby is considered by many experts to be the world's roughest sport.
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