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57th Year, No. 127 Section B—
Friday. April 22,1960
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Relays Feature Olympic Hopefuls Financial Troubles Bill Alley Loosens Arm for Long One 1960 KU Relays Hit Kansas Relays Rank With Best
--budget to handle the relays expenses is given as another step in the right direction.
By Jim Gardiner
Whether or not the Kansas Relays will be held after this year will be decided this weekend. Despite numerous attempts to find a way to make the Relays break even financially the event has annually lost money until the situation has reached its present condition. The way the matter stands now is that the Relays must break even financially or they will have to be discontinued.
--budget to handle the relays expenses is given as another step in the right direction.
Recently the ASC voted to support a recommendation of the relays committee that students and faculty be charged 50 cents to attend the relays. In the past an ID card was all that was necessary for a student to be admitted to the event.
This step while very good, will not solve all of the problem, the sponsors say. At present, the whole cost of the relays is paid by the athletic fund. The establishment of a special
The Relays now rank with the Texas and Drake Relays as the best track carnivals in existence exceeded only by the Olympics. Not only do the Relays offer a chance for some of the best track talent in the country to compete against each other but they also give the students, faculty and alumni of the University, not to mention the people of the surrounding area, a chance to see the nation's top performers in action.
The Texas and Drake Relays are financed in this manner. With the students and faculty charged admission and a separate fund, established for the relays the financial problem would easily be solved, those close to the event say.
--tries will be junior college and high school competitors.
--tries will be junior college and high school competitors.
The current method of charging $1.50 for general admission tickets (reserved seats are not sold) is not adequate for meeting the relays expenses without the athletic fund losing money. The idea of charging admission to the students and faculty will offset the loss but additional help is necessary. This help would adequately be furnished by the establishment of a special fund for the relays, several authorities say.
The biggest part of the expense of the relays is incurred by the obtaining of the competitors for the meet. Their transportation to Lawrence and their living expenses while here must be paid by the sponsors of the meet. The top flight competitors who make the meet as outstanding as it is often come from distant areas and the transportation cost is high. Naturally the other expenses cannot be forgotten but the cost of the performers is the bulk of the expense.
Bill Alley, one of the nation's finest invelin throwers and KU's best, holds several records, including the intercollegiate record of 270 feet. Alley set the Kansas Relays record at 254 feet last year. In the picture above, Alley loosens his arm for tomorrow's javelin event.
Track Roster
Terry Beucher, Lawrence senior, javelin; John Book, Kansas City senior, javelin; Lowell Charlton, Wichita sophomore, 440 and 880; Bob Covey, Ames, Iowa, junior, 440 and 880; Clif Cushman, Grand Forks, N.D. senior, 880, mile and low hurdles.
Gordon Davis, Wichita junior, 440 and 880; Bill Dotson, Jamestown sophomore, 880 and mile; Bill Dryer, Great Bend senior, shot put and discus; Jerry Foos, Scottsbluff, Neb., junior, shot put and discus.
The roster of the 1960 Kansas track team is as follows: Bob Albright, Pittsburgh, Pa., sophomore, discus and shot nut: Dick Anderson, River Forest, Ill., sophomore, hop, step, jump and high jump; Bill Alley, Short Hills, N. J., senior, javelin; Darwin Ashbaugh, Ellis junior, low hurdles, high hurdles and broad jump.
Arthur Henry, Miltonvale sophomore, 440; Jack Henry, Kansas City senior, two mile; Jim Hoffman, Kansas City, Mo., senior, high jump; Dick Keith, Blue Springs, Mo., senior, high jump; T. J. Kelly, Topeka junior, broad jump.
Dan Lee, Pittsburgh. Pa., sophomore, high hurdles and low hurdles; Bob Lindrud, Moline, Ill., sophomore, two mile; Curtis McClinton. Wichita sophomore, low hurdles and
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By Jim Gardiner
If top flight competitors are the main ingredient in a successful track meet, the 35th Annual Kansas Relays should be one of the most outstanding meets of the year.
The only other meet that will draw more of the nation's top college competitors will be the NCAA championships this summer. The Kansas Relays are not confined to college competition alone. Many of the nation's best track and field competitors who have completed their college eligibility and now compete in the open events will be on hand for the Mt. Oread Olympics.
Possibly only the Olympic finals will better the KU Relays in all-around excitement for the track fans as far as American meets are concerned. The Kansas Relays are the second of the Big Three that comprise the Grand Circuit of track and field carnivals. The Texas Relays held April 2 was the lead off meet and the Drake Relays will end the circuit.
Most of the winners at the Texas meet will enter the competition here this weekend. They will be joined by many other competitors who were unable to enter the meet at Austin three weeks ago. Along with the collegiate and AAU entries will be junior college and high school competitors.
From a national standpoint this will be the beginning of the battle for the Olympic squad positions. With the opening meets of the season and some outdoor practice under their belts, the competing athletes will be well on the way to polishing their form and aiming for records along with the Olympic berths.
Possibly the biggest drawing card on the program will be former Jayhawker Bill Nieder. Nieder broke the world's record in the shot put at the Texas Relays with a toss of 65-7. His mark not only exceeded the recognized world's record but shattered the other record-breaking marks that have been recorded this year.
Competition on the college level should be just as exciting if not more so than in the open events. KU alone will enter several place winners from the NCAA championship meet last summer. Among the Jayhawkers who will be on hand for the meet will be Charlie Tidwell, last year's 100-yard dash king, and Bill Alley, the nation's top javelin throuver.
Alley summed up the opinions of several of the KU track men when he said that he would really like to "uncork" a good throw at the Relays.