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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, December 6, 1968
KU swimmers favored
By JACK PAULEY
Kansan Sports Writer
Head swimming coach Dick Reamon says he is sending the best swimming team in KU history into its first meet of the season today and tomorrow at the Big Eight Relays at Columbia, Missouri.
This year's sophomores racked up a perfect record last year as freshmen when their fresh team went 3-0 with victories over Missouri, Kansas State and Nebraska.
Reamon says this year's team is the best he's coached at Kansas and that the Jayhawks have to be favored to repeat as conference champions because of the number top-quality swimmers on the team.
Last year the Jayhawks were 9-2 in dual meets and won both the Big Eight Relays and the Big Eight Conference championships.
Some of these sophomores, and for the first time, freshmen, will put a 50 per cent new look on the team this season as freshmen become eligible for the first time.
"I don't feel we have a real weakness in any event," Reamon said. "Depth is one of our strong points."
KU's strongest events should be the sprint and intermediate free-styles and the backstroke.
"We have five top quality sprinters who should turn in some of the best performances
in the United States this year," Reamon said.
The five include three collegiate All-Americans back from last year—juniors Tom Ellis and Bob Hines and senior Roy O'Connor. The other two are sophomore Kim Bolton and freshman Mike Boyle.
Kansas should be strong in diving, although no diver on the squad has competed in a collegiate meet.
"Sophomore Ray Powers and freshman Bob Bishop both should be among the top three divers in the Big Eight this year." Reamon said.
Reamon said Oklahoma should be the toughest competition for KU in the Big Eight this year. The toughest test for the season should come from Southern Methodist University, a perennial national swimming power.
"The attitude and determination of this squad is excellent," Reamon said. "I feel this is an extremely important factor. I alway work to get the boys to believe in themselves. The best way to do this is to show them I believe in them."
Nine teams will be competing this weekend, including all of the Big Eight schools except Kansas State, with Colorado State University and Arkansas University also competing.
"Kansas and Colorado State are the co-favorites in this meet." Reamon said.
Twelve events are scheduled,
all of them relays, and Reamon
O.J. Simpson receives UPI honor
By MARTIN LADER UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPI)-O. J.
Simpson, the most celebrated football player of 1968, was elected yesterday as the United Press International College Player of the Year.
The fleet Southern California back, in New York to receive the Heisman Trophy at the Downtown Athletic Club also was the first unanimous selection ever to the UPI All-America team. The Heisman Trophy is the most coveted prize in collegiate football, presented annually to the country's leading player.
Simpson was a shoo-in for Player of the Year as he received 169 of the 194 votes cast by sportswriters and broadcasters around the country.
A pair of All-Americans, Leroy Keyes of Purdue and Terry Hanratty of Notre Dame, tied for second place in the balloting with five votes each.
It is just as well that Simpson reaps the rewards of his running ability while he can. For the honors will be a little harder to come by following a date in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1 when he leads the unbeaten but once-tied Trojans, the nation's second-ranking team, against top-ranked Ohio State.
Simpson is the almost certain first choice in the professional draft Jan. 28, and thus is doomed to begin his new career
Jarvis and Steele will play in the East-West Shrine game in San Francisco Dec. 28 and Johnson in the North-South game in Miami, Christmas Day, and the American All-Star Bowl Jan. 4 at Tampa, Fla.
Post-season games
WEST POINT, N.Y. (UPI) Army football seniors Charlie Jarvis, Gary Steele and Ken Johnson have accepted invitations to post-season games.
Coach reprimanded
EL PASO, Tex. (UPI)—Wayne Vandenbrug, track coach at the University of Texas at El Paso was placed on a year's probation by the school and the Western Athletic Conference.
Vandenburg was reprimanded for allegedly loaning money to an athlete before he enrolled at the school.
with what amounts to the worst team in pro football.
The 6-2, 207-pounder graduates from Southern California as perhaps the greatest runner in collegiate history. In two varsity years he gained 3,242 yards, falling only 265 yards short of the three-year national mark set by Eugene "Mercury" Morris of West Texas State this year.
Only 11 players in all received mention in the Player of the Year balloting. Kansas quarterback Bobby Douglass drew four votes and getting two votes each were running backs Ron Johnson of Michigan and Chris Gilbert of Texas, end Ted Kwalick of Penn State and defensive back Jake Scott of Georgia.
Simpson did break Morris' single season rushing mark with 1,709 yards in 1968 and he scored 35 touchdowns-22 this season—during his two years at Southern California.
Kansas will use the following swimmers:
Quarterbacks Cleve Bryant of Ohio University and Brian Dowling of Yale and tailback Richmond Flowers of Tennessee received a single vote each.
expects KU to be strong at all events.
400-yard medley relay—Steve Trombold, Bob Wright, Jim Kent, Roy O'Connor.
1000-yard free-style relay—Bob Daniel, Bo Darrah, Tom Ellis, Jim Kent.
200-yard free-style relay Mike Boyle, Kim Bolton, Bob Hines, Roy O'Connor.
One-meter diving relay—Bob Bishop, Ray Powers.
300-yard individual medley relay—Bob Wright, Bo "Darrah, Steve Trombold.
200-yard medley relay—Scott Skultet, Jim Keith or Bob Warwick, Bob Daniel, Bob Hines.
300-yard butterfly relay-Jim Kent, Steve Ulmer, Dave Laney
Three-meter diving relay—Bob Bishop, Ray Powers.
400-yard free-style relay—Roy O'Connor, Kim Bolton, Tom Ellis, Bob Tines.
300-yard backstroke relay—Steve Trombold, Scott Skultety, Mike Boyle.
300-yard breaststroke relay—Bob Wright, Bo Darrah, Jim Keith or Bob Warwick.
800-yard free-style relay-Roy O'Connor, Tom Ellis, Kim Bolton, Bob Daniel.
Dr. Fager picked American champ
NEW YORK (UPI)—Tartan stable's Dr. Fager was chosen today as the American champion for 1968 by the Thoroughbred Racing Association.
The 4-year-old son of Rough 'N Tumble captured 54 of the 55 ballots cast by the racing secretaries of the TRA member tracks with the lone dissenting vote going to Dark Mirage, the 3-year-old filly champion.
During the year Dr. Fager set one world, one track record and equalled another track standard. He won seven of eight races and $406,110 during the year to become the ninth thoroughbred in history to earn the $1 million. He has been retired to stud in Florida with a career record of 18 victories in 22 races and earnings of $1,002,642.
Jayhawk football players reported to their first practice since the Missouri game yesterday as they began preparation for their New Year's night game with Penn State.
Bowl practices begin
After the 67-62 loss to Wisconsin Tuesday night, the Kansas Jayhawk cagers will try to get their second win of the season against Loyola University (Chicago) tomorrow.
The practice was devoted to running and getting back into shape after the 12-day layoff. Next week full practices will begin again.
Tipoff time is 8:05 p.m. at Allen Field House.
Last year Loyola defeated KU 83-73 at Chicago. But the Jayhawks have won the other three games played between the two schools, by scores of 40-36, 41-40, and 80-60.
Loyola is next Kansas foe
Loyola finished last season with a 16-9 record, which was good enough to be invited to the NCAA regionals, where they lost to Houston 94-76. So far this year they have played Nebraska Wesleyan and St. Johns (Minn.), winning both games.
Offensively, Loyola likes to use a 2-1-2, or 1-2-2 formation. Because of their lack of height they usually use a pressing man to man against taller teams.
The fourth ranked Jayhawks enter into the game with a 1-1 record, the only team in the top 10 nationally ranked teams to have suffered a loss. KU defeated St. Louis University 88-65 in their season opener.
After two games, the Jayhawks leading scorer is All-America guard Jo Jo White, with a 20.5 point average per game. He is followed by Dave Robisch, 14.0 average, and Bruce Sloan, 10.0 average. So far the top rebounder is sophomore Pierre Russell, who has 17 rebounds. Robisch is second with 16, and Sloan and Roger Brown follow with 13 each.
KU has averaged 75.0 points a game to the opponents 66.0.
KU (1-1)
Jo Jo White (6-3) G
Joe Worsell (6-3) G
Dave Robisch (6-9) C
Bruce Sloan (6-5) F
Roger Brown (6-10) F
Loyola (Chicago) (2-0)
Walter Roberson (6-0) G
Bill Maungartner (6-3) G
Bill Moore (6-5) C
Wade Fuller (6-4) F
Coak Canack (6-4) F
Probable starters:
Togetherness
SWANAGE, England (UPI)
— Anglers Alan Andrews of Poole and John Andrews of Lytchett Maltravers, who are not related, hooked the same 26-pound cod while fishing off the coast here.
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