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University Daily Kansan Section 2
Friday, December 3, 1971
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Kansas Staff Photo by GREG SCHREIB
Athletic Trainer at Work
Eight trainers keep Jayhawk going
By MARION JOHNSON
During the football season the student trainers are kept busy five days a week from 1:30 p.m. to around 3:09 p.m.
Nesmith said in an interview recently that it takes a year for a student to learn all about training.
THE MEN working with Nesmith this year include Larry Lee. El Durodado senior, Steve Knope, El Paso Texas, Knopepple, El Paso Texas, junior, Dale Creed, Little River sophomore, Steve Rapp, Wichita freshman, Mike Ellswick, Arkansas city freshman and Dan Knope
The job of student trainer for an athletic team is not the kind of job that is glamorous or one that receives a lot of recognition, but
"We take a year to teach our boys," Neesmith said. "We have to treat the children, we treat the treat of aliments that will come up. By the time they're grown, they'll be able."
This year at KU there are eight student trainers working with the football and basketball teams. The head man of the crew is Dean Teimann, who has been head trainer at KU for the past 34 years.
University of Kansas Head Football Coach Don Fambrough said recently, "Trainers are certainly an important part of our organization. They do a great job and we certainly keep them busy."
WHEN A FRESHMAN starts out,he first learns the basic skills
Timmons Foreseees Rebuilding Season
"All these men were important cogs in our team last year," Timmons said.
SALB and WMHL finished first and second in last year's Big Eight indoor meet that the Jayhawks won. Kansas ran away from the rest of the conference after finishing a final finished second with 32 points.
Graduating last year were Karl Salb, Steve Wilhelm, Bill Penny, Mike Bates, Jay Mason, Phil Beaves and Jim Neihouse.
Also gone is Mason who finished first in the Big Eight two-mile race and Neihouse who took
With the indoor track season one month away the University of Kansas team is in the process of rebuilding after losing several top performers of last year's squad.
By MARION JOHNSON
KU coach Bob Timmons said recently, "we suffered big losses in the last three big weight men to graduation. All three were All-Canadian."
Salb was both indoor and outdoor NCAA champion in the shotput. He also threw the disc.
KU also lost several top runners from last year's team, including Bates, who finished second in the 60-yard high hurdles and third in the 60-yard low hurdles at the Big Eight meet last year.
Athletic Trainers Always Busy
first in the 880-yard run for the Hawks.
TIMMONS began practices this season with a squad of 45 men including 16 returning lettermen.
n. with a squad of 45 men
including 16 returning lettermen.
Top prospects include junior
leaders in the playoffs.
finished first last year in the Big
Eight indoor long jump. Another
team has won twice; events will be senior Bill Hatcher, a three-year letterman and an all-pole vault in last years Big Eight.
Other returning lettermen include seniors Rich Elliott, Rick Jacques, Doug Smith and Bob Bornkessel; juniors Dave Anderson, Jon Callen, Joe Larimore and sophomores Mark Lutz. Sean Tavsuco, Barry Schur and Gregg Vandaveer.
Not a Glamorous Job
Timmons said that with the addition of two junior college transfers and some new freshmen, they would be tough again this season.
The Jayhawks first meet will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. Arizona State. Abilene Christian and New Mexicos.
Ullom thinks that professional ball is quite different from college ball.
Other top meet onts the schedule other include the UTFF meet, Feb. 11-12 in Houston, the Big Eight Conference meet, Mar. 3-4 in Kansas City and the NCAA conference, Mar. 10-11 in Detroit.
"in professional hall, the teams have all the funds to develop a new program," his talents. KU couldn't dedicate any of the players to developing players," he explained.
HE CITED the unfavorable weather conditions in Lawrence and the lack of baseball coaches
Former KU Pitcher Favors Pro Ball
By MIKE DONNELLY Kansan Snorts Writer
One of several University o-
Kansas baseball players to sign
major league contracts last
season is Corky Lum. Although
he was both an outfielder and a
pitcher for the Jayhawks, his
pitching earned him a mite
touch with the Minnesota
Twins.
Ullman said that he did not regret leaving KU, although he had a full athletic scholarship. The hours are fantastic—you can eat good meals and play ball in the evenings, he said.
He signed for a sizable bonus last year even though he had not yet graduated from KU. He was the first player in City Royals and negotiated with them, but did not sign. The next time, he joined in the second draft and after signing him, assigned him to the Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the N.F.L.
IN HIS first minor league league, Ulmion posted a 4-4 win over the Lakers. Although he was a pitcher, he was used as a pinch hitter and led the team in hitting at .266. He was the most valuable player explained, because he had missed training and the Wisconsin Rapids team needed a big hit.
Ullom will report to the Minnesota Twins spring training camp in Orlando sometime in March. He hopes that the baseball will open up new opportunities and said that he would like to work in some capacity for the Campus Crusade for Christ.
"IN BASEBALL learning to
live with all types of people and
being away from his wife and
different things to adjust to,
he said.
During the off season, Ullom works to complete his degree. Presently enrolled in the School of Business, he hopes to get a degree in Business. He have one semester left after this semester, but will not be able to finish until after baseball season next year.
He pointed out that in Texas and some parts of Oklahoma teams are able to practice earlier than others, the season, down in Texas, their opponents have already played at fifteen games while the KU players haven't been able to get the best House and practice as a unit.
It is also Ullom's opinion that the Jayhawks need another full time baseball or pitching coach. Head baseball coach Floyd Tempel is not able to devote as much time as he should to pitchers and other players with the added duty of football recruiting, Ullom said.
as the reason why KU baseball is so far behind other Big Eight clubs
ULOM SAID that he learned more about fundamentals and technique in two months in the Army, and in his high school and college days.
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"We watch the varsity trainer, for a few days," freshman Rapp said. "Then we practice taping and wrapping each other till the time we are ready to practice. After they start practicing we have to tape and
"ON SATURDAY morning," he continued, "we go to the stadium and set things up to start taping when the team arrives. We have it all we handle the ice, towels and help Dean when he needs us."
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Monday - Friday
LUNCHEON BUFFET
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Wednesday
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By the time a trainer is a senior his job involves traveling with the team on road games.
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$1.49
Thursday
$1.45
Friday
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The rest of the trainer set up things at the stadium on Saturday morning and carry all the necessary equipment in the field.
On Football Weekends
Football Feast BUFFET $3.25
"On the road," Lee said, "we begin the Friday night before the wedding. We get to the around apples, oranges and sleeping pills to the players."
about the same. The only exeption is that the team travels to Topeka on Friday night. We do most of the taping in Topeka on Saturday morning before the game, arrives to the stadium," Lee added.
On Football Weekend
Jack Rockwell a former trainer under Nesmith is now a trainer for the St. Louis Cardinals professional football team. Eddy Vanderbilt another KU grad is a player at the St. Louis Cardinals professional basketball team.
Several former student trainers have gone on to professional training and other related fields.
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Asst. Innkeeper
"The best thing I can teach them," he said, "is to live a good life. I try to teach them now to get more things done. We are always doing something for someone else. And life is mainly something for other people."
"I don't necessarily prepare a
team," Neumann said. "Many of
them have gone into doctoring,
coaching, engineering and other
"I WAS A trainer in high school," Knopeeps said, "so when I went on to college I just learned that being a professional reason is that I would like to be a professional trainer or work in the rehabilitation of injured athletes after graduation and I would like to be a professional receiving will be very valuable."
Why does a young man want to be a trainer? Surely not for the money alone, as the student trainers make only $65 a month.
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"Also," he said, "there were four people in my home town who were trained." They told me about the job, stirring my interest in becoming a chef.
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