Thursday, October 24,1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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U.S. swimmers pull off upsets
MEXICO CITY (UPI)—America's young swimming stars pulled off three upset victories and Charles Hickcock tagged on his second triumph of the Olympic Games last night to run the United States gold medal total to 35 and take a commanding lead for the 1968 title.
In addition, Bill Steinkraus of Noroton, Conn., won his first gold medal in five Olympics competitions by taking the Grand Prix individual jumping. Army Lt. Gary Anderson of Axtell, Neb., took the gold medal in free rifle shooting-making Wednesday the biggest day of the games, now only three days from the end, for American athletes.
That wasn't all as the Yank swimmers cashed in a silver and two bronzes to run the overall medal haul to 22 silver and 24
bronze, in addition to the 35 golds, for a grand total of 81.
Mike Burton of Carmichael, Calif., turned in the first upset in swimming when he beat world record holder Ralph Hutton of Canada while winning the men's 400-meter freestyle in the Olympic record time of 4:09.4. Alain Mosconi of France took the bronze behind Hutton, who was the big favorite.
Sharon Wichman of Fort Wayne, Ind., who had finished third in the women's 100-meter breaststroke behind Yugoslavia's Djedou and Russia's Calina Prozumshikova, turned the tables by winning the 20-meter breaststroke in 2:44.4 for another Olympic record.
Kaye Hall of Tacoma, Wahs., made it three upset victories on the day when she hustled home in front of former world record
holder Elaine Tanner of Canada in a new world record time of 1:06.2 Miss Tanner took the silver and Jane Swaggerty of Stockton, Claif., nosed out Kendis Moore of Phoenix for the bronze.
Hickcox, who had taken his first gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley, won the 400-meter event ahead of Gary Hall of Garden Grove, Calif., with Michael Althus of West Germany third.
For the American swimming stars, whose ages range from 15 to 18 with the exception of "graybeard" Don Schollander, who is 22, the four victories Wednesday gave them a grand total of 16 gold medals in 21 events with 11 to go.
Gibson says Tigers top title contender
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)— Kansas State football coach Vince Gibson says Missouri, the Wildcats' opponent next Saturday at Manhattan "does two things real well."
"No. 1 is—they play real well on defense. They're one of the best in the country," he told sports writers and broadcasters at the weekly Big Eight Conference briefing.
"The second thing they do is the defense makes a lot of plays for the offensive."
The coach said he believes "Missouri is the team to beat now" in the conference race. The Tigers are now tied with Kansas for the top spot with two wins each.
"I think Missouri is a better team than a year ago," Gibson explained. "They're getting better quarterbacking."
He said, "The difference I've found in Big Eight football is the physical strength of the teams. Take away Nebraska and Missouri and nobody else would stop anybody very much."
Gibson didn't mention Kansas among the physically strong teams, but explained that he hadn't seen the Javahawks play.
Then he said, "I think they've (Kansas) done an unbelievable job, but they don't have the physical defense of the other teams.
"I'm really impressed with Missouri's mean football. They really play reckless and mean. That's what I don't see at Kansas and that's what I haven't been able to get at Kansas State," he said.
He said that maybe he hadn't been tough enough with his players, but "my attitude is going to get tougher."
Gibson then got on the telephone with Missouri coach Dan Devine.
Devine, who had been talking to the briefing by phone, had said in typical pre-game convervatism, that Kansas State and Missouri were "about equal."
"Dan, this Vince," Gibson said. "I don't agree with you."
Devine said he would start George Fountain at defensive halfback.
Howard becomes first Negro coach
"He's been playing a lot on third down," Devine added. "Of course he's going to have to get used to playing on first down."
"He was playing intramural football last year," he said. "One of the intramural coaches said we ought to take a look at him."
The Tiger coach said, "Coach Vince has said they've got maybe the fastest backfield in the country—and that's got to concern you. Whatever has happened before means nothing."
NEW YORK (UPI) - It's Coach Elston Howard of the New York Yankess today and perhaps Manager Elston Howard of the New York Yankees some day.
The 39-year-old veteran of 11 American League pennant winners became the league's first Negro coach Tuesday when the Yankees also named former infielder Dick Howser to replace third base coach Frank Crosetti.
Howard, the AL's most valuable player in 1963, revealed that he had turned down an offer to manage Yankees' Class AA Binghamton team in the Eastern League and added he "would be happy" to eventually become a big league manager.
It is unlikely that the Yankees would have offered Howard the job as manager of one of their farm teams if they did not consider him a potential manager of the parent club at some time in the future.
Howard will serve as the Yankees' first base coach, replacing Whitey Ford, who resigned to devote full-time to his communications business while waiting for Jum Turner to step down as the Yankees' pitching coach. Ford, who said, "I didn't think I contributed to the team as first base coach," said he would be open to offers as a pitching coach if the opportunity arose.
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It was an encouraging—and exhausting—debut Sunday for the Kansas Track Club.
Sunday an exhausting day for the Kansas Track Club
The wearing of socks in National Football League games was made mandatory in 194$^8$.
The five-man KU squad, in its first cross country competition, ranked second in the Tri-State Marathon at Falls City, Neb.
The marathon covered 26 miles, 385 yards with 31 of the 39 runners going the full distance. The winning time (just over two hours, 29 minutes) was a mere 18 minutes off the world record for the distance.
"We were competing with men who have been running marathons for years," said Jay Steinberg, Glen Ellyn, Ill., sophomore and president of the KU club. "It was a very successful beginning for us."
The highest finish by a KU runner was turned in by Walt Geiger, Lawrence sophomore.
wno placed 12th with a 2:58:12 clocking.
Also placing for the Kansas squad were:
19th—Dennis Stewart, Topeka junior.
23rd—Jay Steinberg, Glem Ellyn, Ill., sophomore.
26th-Ron Schloerb, Prairie Village freshman.
29th—Phil Young, Wichita sophomore.
The marathon, a road race, began at White Cloud, Kan., then across the Missouri River, and finally into Nebraska.
Next on the schedule for the KU club is a 10-kilometer (approximately eight miles) race Nov. 3 at Iola.
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