Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1960 University Daily Kansan
Page 5
By John Peterson
Kansas' track coach, Bill Easton, proved once again his mastery on the oval last night as he shuttled his team members in and out of races to gain the vital points needed to tie a surprisingly strong Oklahoma squad.
Early in the meet it became apparent that the Sooners were going to give the Jayhawkers a tough time. First, Gail Hodgson won the mile in 4:16.0, and then Oklahoma finished one-two in the 1000 yard race, two distance races which Kansas teams perennially have dominated.
After the 1000 yard race was less than one lap old, Coach Easton saw Gordon Davis was off to a bad start with little chance of placing in the top three. He immediately pulled Davis to save him for the mile relav.
This proved to be a shrewd, almost deciding piece of judgment, as Davis ran a strong quarter in the mile relay to give Kansas a 10-yard lead going into the third leg. The Jayhawkers had to win that relay or face their first defeat in Allen Field House. They won.
But Bill Easton's success lies only partly in his coaching and manipulating of athletes. Just before the crucial mile relay, the coach called his quarter milers together and told them Kansas stood, and what his boys had to do to win, not what they might do.
Clif. Cushman who had already set a record in winning the 600 yard dash and finished third in the 1000 yard run, asked Coach Easton to let him run. Bob Tague who had just finished winning the grueling 880 yard dash two races earlier ran in third position.
When the race was over and Kansas had barely tiled Oklahoma for first. Easton ran out to congratulate his runners:
The Kansas team was not in top physical condition for the meet, but Coach Easton had nothing but praise for the Oklahoma team. "They have a strong, deep and fast team. It's well-balanced and definitely a contender this year."
"It was a supreme effort. Fine job, kids! It was a great race! Congratulations!" He later added, "What more can a coach expect from his boys than all-out effort."
Monday night was emblematic of the fight that the Kansas coach has and demands from his teams, teams that seem always to win conference titles and throw NCAA crowns in on the side.
Frosh Fade, Cats Gain Win, 78-71
The young Jayhawkers opened up an early lead and kept it throughout the first half behind the shooting of Ralph Heyward, a 6-3 forward who
An out-manned Kansas freshman team outhustled and outplayed Kansas State's Wildcats last night before finally being worn down late in the second half as the visitors grabbed a 78-81 win.
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NEW YORK—(UPI)—California's Golden Bears tightened their grip on the No.1 spot in United Press International's major college basketball ratings today by drawing 23 first-place votes and a total of 334 points.
The Cincinnati Bearcats, who lost first place to California last week after holding it since the season began, remained second with nine first-place votes and 316 points. The Golden Bears, who led by eight points last week, boosted their margin over the Bearcats to 18.
Colorado, the Big Eight's hottest basketball team, has done it again. The Bucks did it by out-defensing the defensive-minded Oklahoma State Cowboys, 48-40, in Boulder.
The win moved Colorado into a virtual tie for first place with idle Kansas State. The latter has a 5-1 conference record, while Colorado is 6-2.
Still more records for Oscar Robertson!
Cincinnati's fabulous Big O would have been excused a letdown following his record-breaking weekend but there was simply no holding him Monday night when he poured in 62 points in the 123-74 victory over North Texas State. The total ballooned his all-time major college point record to 2,662 and marked the biggest single night of his career.
Jerry West scored 35 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as West Virginia won its 18th decision in 19 games.
led both teams in scoring with 20 points.
Kansas State came back strong in the second half but Nolen Ellison partially stalled the onslaught hitting three timely jump shots. Al Peithman hit two free throws for K-State to tie the game at 44-44 and Kansas never caught the Wildcats again.
The game was marred by 56 fouls,
28 for each team. Kansas was hurt
most as Jim Dumas, a scrapy 6-1
guard from Topeka, fouled out with
only six minutes gone in the second
half.
Depth was the story of the game as Kansas' nine-man squad was obviously weary in the closing minutes while the Wildcats continued to pour on the steam.
KANSAS 71 FG FT F
Heyward 9 2-4 5
Scott 1 2-3 5
Matt 6 2-8 5
Ellison 5 5-9 4
Dumas 3 2-4 5
Williams 1 3-6 1
Fenderson 0 2-4 0
Keller 0 0-0 0
Cahill 1 2-2 0
KANSAS STATE 78 FG FT F
Baxter 3 6-8 2
Marriott 5 3-6 4
Suttner 3 3-4 5
Roy 4 3-5 4
Peithman 3 4-4 5
Gotfrid 0 4-5 4
Nelson 3 6-7 3
Locke 1 0-0 0
Combles 1 2-3 0
Mutuszak 0 1-2 0
Felver 0 0-0 0
Meeker 0 0-0 0
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A great effort by the Kansas mile relay team staved off the Jayhawkers' first loss in Allen Field House last night, but Coach Bill Easton's forces were able to salvage only a 61-61 tie with Oklahoma's determined Sooners.
Relay Team Sets Record
The result left little jubilation in the Kansas camp. Coach Easton exclaimed that "Oklahoma came up here with blood in their eyes. Yes sir! You have to say that they are a definite contender for the conference title."
In the last race of the evening the KU mile relay team — Paul Rearick, Gordon Davis, Bob Tague and Clif Cushman — set a new meet record in edging Oklahoma at the tape, 3:24.4.
Mile Run—1. Gail Hodgson, OU; 2.
Bill Mills, KU; 3. Bill Dotson, KU. Time—
4:16.0.
Sooners Tie Hawkers; Mile Relay Team Stars
Results
60-yard Dash—1. Charlie Tidwell, KU;
2. Dee Givens, OU; 3. Paul Williams, KU;
Time—*06.1*. (Old records *06.2* by Tidwell,
1958, and Givens, 1959).
600-yard Run—1. Clif Cushman, KU; 2. Robert Wilcox, OU; 3. Gordon Davis, KU. Time —1:13.2 (Old record 1:13.9 by Bob Tague, KU, 1959. Old Allen Field House record 1:13.6 by Ray Wyatt, KU, 1957).
440-yard Dash-1. Bill Noble, OU; 2;
85-mile KU, KU; 3 H Gerlert, OU;
Time--51.9.
60-yard Hurdles-1. Curtis McClinley, KU; 2. Dan Lee, KU; 3. J. D. K.; 4. Dan Lee, KU - 67.5. (Equals record set by Phil Frazier, OU, 1958, and Bill Tillman, KU, 1959).
High Jump--1. Mark Brady, OU, 6-2/3;
High Jump--2. Mark Brady, OU, 6-0/4; 3. Dick
Keith, KT, 5-11, OU.
Two Mile Run-1, Mills, KU; 2, Paul
OU; 3, Bob Lindrun, KU. Time-
5.48 min.
1000-yard Run- 1, Hodgson, OU; 2,
Buddy Stewart, OU; 3. Cushman, KU.
Time- 2:16.6. (Equals record set by Cushman,
1959).
880-yard Run—1. Bob Tague, KU; 2.
Lee Smith, OU; 3. Bob Ringo, QU. Time—
1:55.4. (Old record 1:55.8 by Gail Hodgson,
OU. 1959).
Shot Put-1, Mike Lindsay, OU, 57-71; 2.
Short Throw, KU, 51-7; 3, Jerry Foo,
KU, 90-31;
60-yard Low Hurdles—1, Tidwell, KU;
2. Mark Sullivan, OU; 3. Lee, KU. Time—
06.8. (Equals record set by Dee Givens,
OU, 1959).
Pole Vault—1. Martin, OU, 15-0½; Old
Dale Landstrom, Michigan, 1966. Old meet
record 14-0-3¾ by bill Carroll, OU,
15-0½. Neely, OU, 14-4; K. Ken Olson,
KI, 13-6.
Mile Relay-1. Kansas (Rearick, Davis,
Tague, Cushman). 2. Oklahoma. Time-
3:24.4. Old record 3:24.5 by Oklahoma-
John Dahl. Fraser, Jim Denton.
John Dahl-1956.)
Broad Jump=1.  Williams, KU. 23-8.
Broad BJuim=2.  23-0/3; 8. 3. Don Warrior,
OU. 23-0/5.
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CHICAGO — (UPI) — The Chicago Bears have put together two 18-game winning streaks that are tops in the National Football League. The Bruins' initial string was during the 1933-34 seasons and the second during the 1941-42 campaigns.
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No one was happier than Coach Easton as the race progressed. He had words of praise for each boy as he finished his leg. When Cushman finally came home first, the coach triumphantly yelled, "He came back beautifully, but wasn't Tague something! Rearick and Davis, simply great races!"
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The Kansas team was not at full strength for the meet. Cushman had been feeling sub-par all last week, Brian Travis, a top member of the distance stable, had a bum hip and didn't suit up, and Darwin Ashbaugh had only worked out for little more than a week after laying out of school first semester.
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"I thought our boys gave good overall effort," Coach Easton commented, "But we let down in a couple of crucial places."
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"Tague ran a beautiful 880, broke a record too, and then came back
great on the relay team. There were some great performances turned in by both teams tonight."
The outstanding performance of the evening was turned in by J. D. Martin of Oklahoma in the pole vault. Martin cleared 15- $ \frac{1}{2} $ feet, the highest a conference vaulter has ever gone indoors.
Charlie Tidwell turned in the lone double victory for the Jayhawkers. He broke the meet record in the 60 yard dash at :61.1 and equaled the meet record in the 60 yard low hurdles at :68.8.
The Jayhawkers were able to pull a 1-2 finish in only one race, the high hurdles. Curtis McClinton equaled the meet record in barreling to the win in 107.5. Dan Lee was second for Kansas.
The tie snapped a string of four consecutive indoor victories by Kansas over Oklahoma.
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