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Wednesday, September 26. 1972
University Daily Kansan
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Two members of the KU women's field hockey team prepare to do battle during a
practice session Tuesday. The team has been practicing for one and a half hours, four days a week in preparation for their opener with the Kansas City Women's Field Hockey Club Sunday at the hockey field east of Robinson Gymnasium.
in Olympics Controversy
Timmons Supports Ryun
By DAN GEORGE
Kansas Sports Editor
Bob Timmons is not a stubborn man.
Such a cause is that of Jim Rynn
Not usually. But give the normally soft-spoken University of Kansas track coach a good cause, something he really wants to do and maybe age considerably before he changes his mind concerning it.
When the 25-year-old Kansas Speedster fell two weeks ago in a car accident, he met the meter run in Munich, thereby falling for the third time in his quest for an Olympic gold medal. When the committee ruled that he was responsible for the incident and turned down his appeal to run
"MY FIRST reaction," he said Tuesday, "was that it was Jim's friend. He was the people on the outside of him, it does appear that he caused the accident. I was just like everyone else, but I thought I had fault." I thought I had fault.
At first, Timmons, who was in Munich as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and worked with the judges with the judgment of the officials.
Then Timmons saw a German television videotape of the race and decided that Ryun was the victim of a sudden, though unlikely, hitter in front of him. Mohammed Younis of Pakistan.
"The guy (Younis) was leading at the time, but there was only about one and a quarter laps to go, and everyone started to pass me. I thought I had been taken away (Kip) Keino move out and knew he would have to, too. There was no way to anticipate the move, it was very quick, very fast. He was going down one way, then suddenly one of just weets to the outside.
veered unexpectedly to the outside of the track.
WHEN RYUN fell, he caused the runner behind him, Billy Fordor of Ghana, to trip Theo Willett of Atlanta moment. Then Ryun got up and began running to catch up. Although he picked up more than 30 yards on the leader, Keino Kubota, he ran back across distance left. He didn't qualify.
"I'm either hit someone's foot or the curb of the track with his hand," Timmons said. "It dazed him. That's why he says there so long
The leading rusher in a single season is Kenny Davis of Kansas at Gale Sayers. As a sophomore, Sayers ran 22 times against Oklahoma State in 1982.
before he ran."
Timmons was unable to meet with the Olympic Committee委员 after the Games Sunday in Paris, when she saw the tape of the race. The officials, however, remained firm on contention that Ryun at foul.
"The officials said Jim moved outside, Timmons said. "That's true. He did. But he was forced to believe they never admitted it, too."
"ID HATE to think that they would judge it on a nationalistic basis," he said. "So I can only see the importance of just at Jim and the people on his hardship him. But they never really gave a reason for Jim failing. They said they looked at the film 11 times and couldn't see anything. But we we've had some people see the same time and they saw the reason."
Timmons said he was sure that the elbowing by the Pakistani runner was accidental.
"I don't even want to speculate on why it happened," he said. "It just happened. I don't want to blame the guy.
"The real disappointment is that this is a guy (Ryan) who's spent eight years trying to get at gold. He really didn't know what
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it was about in Tokyo in '64, but he knew in Mexico City and he knew in Munich. That's the bad thing.
Many people, particularly some of the American contingent, have expressed the belief that the attack was victimized severely by several decisions the Command-in-Charge made at the Munich games.
Olympics Failing to Meet Purpose, Timmons Says
"I WAS really proud of Jim and the way he conducted himself and himself, however. He accepted it and it was not vicious or angry at anyone."
However, KU track coach Bob Howeum said of the U.S. Olympian Jake Ferguson concerned about this as he was about the general direction he had taken on his search.
a big to-do about the national achievements.
Timmons said that Ryun had experienced no major problems during the days before the race.
them the wrong time. The schedules weren't exactly secret. Other coaches and players could read them, too. But, then, the coach would have to say sometimes two or three events would conflict with each other."
'I don't think that the officials intentionally got at the U.S., but I do,' he said. 'We made decisions are made on a nationalistic basis. That must
"When I first got over there, he was kind of upright, but as the race approached, Don't misunderstand me; he was shocked, as was everyone, at her wrestlers did. But he stayed ready and waited five days before the race, he looked very good. And in my view he would win the gold medal."
Timmons also said that if the United States ran its Olympic program like the Germans or Russians, as some athletes of the Americans would regain their dominance of the Games.
"The basic purpose of the Olympics is to give the best opportunity to meet each other in their best sports," he said. "It isn't meant to be scored on a team or press somebody—always make
Another controversial aspect of the games was the criticism by American athletes of U.S. coaching methods, particularly in track. The major sore point was a mixup in times that caused captains, Rey Robinson and Eddie Hat, to miss the 100-meter dash.
"I think it was a shame that the guys didn't get there on time," Timmons said. "But it's unnatural." She said she landed on Stan Wright, who gave
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