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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 20, 1968
Illinois and KU met last during wild 20's
Will history repeat itself?
When KU and Illinois take the field Saturday it will mark the fifth time the teams have met. The four previous times turned out to be winning years for both schools.
Back in 1892, Kansas beat the Illini 28-4 at Lawrence. That year KU finished 7-1 and Illinois won 9 lost 3 and tied 2.
Oklahoma City (UPI)—The Hills of Michigan, brothers Dave and Mike, pitched and putted their way into a two-stroke lead in the first round of the $200,000 PGA team championship Thursday with a blistering nine-under-par 31-31-62.
Illinois won 30-0 in 1916 at Champaign finishing the season 3-3-1 while the Jayhawks were posting a 4-3-1 record. The following year the Illini won again at home, 22-0, and finished with a 5-2-1 record with Kansas' final record 6-2.
Another interesting sidelight is that Kansas has won only five openers in the past three decades, and only one of those victories has been away from home.
The fourth meeting was also at Champaign, in 1929, where Illinois won 25-0 on the way to a 6-1-1 season, while KU finished 4-4.
Hill brothers lead in PGA
Defending champions Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer made a run at climbing to the top, but fell short with a seven-under-par 31-33-64.
The Hills and Nicklaus and Palmer, as did nine of the top 10 tandems, got in their opening round licks in the half of the field that played the comparatively short and easy 6,700-yard, par 35-36-71 Twin Hills Country Club score.
Dave Hill, the eldest of the brothers by two years at age 31, did the most par-wrecking with five birds and an eagle, but brother Mike kicked in with a pair of 15 and 10-foot birdie puts and, in Dave's words, "made three great pars" to stave off disaster.
Dave started things on the back nine, two, with a 16-foot birdie on the 10th. He canned a four-footer on the 13th, reached the green on the 559-yard 16th in two shots and dropped a 10-footer for an eagle, then wedged to within almost "gimme" distance for his final birdie on the 18th.
Dave got the family bid with a 20-foot putt on the first hole, Mike contributed his birdies at the fourth and sixth holes and saved a par with a 14-footer at No. 8 before Dave pitched to within four feet and sank it to make the turn in four-under-par.
The field was bunched closely back of Nicklaus and Palmer as the 124 teams prepared to change courses Friday to determine the 60 low teams and ties who will play the final 36 holes at the 7,100-yard par 36-36-72 Quail Creek Country Club course.
KU track team meets with coach in closed session
The KU track team conducted a closed meeting last night with head coach Bob Timmons.
After the meeting Timmons said that the wearing of moustaches by track members was discussed. It was decided, Timmons said, that the Negro track men could wear moustaches because of tradition.
Timmons agreed to work on a list of undisclosed requests presented to him by some track members earlier in the day.
Of those five victories, four have been at the expense of the same school—Texas Christian The only away from home opener the Jayhawks have won since 1937 was at Fort Worth against Texas Christian in 1951.
The last time KU won an opening game anywhere was in 1964 when the Jayhawks shaded Texas Christian, 7-3, at Lawrence.
KU's probable starting team
Split End 81 Geo. McGowan 180
Split Tackle 70 Larry Brown 125
Split Guard 67 Dave Alkins 215
Center 55 Dale Evans 209
Tight Guard 65 K. Wertzberger 210
Tight Tackle 76 K. Christensen 164
Quarterback 90 John Bollard 214
Quarterback 10 B. Douglas 215
Tailback 23 D. Shanklin 168
Fullback 45 Mike Reeves 211
Wingback 28 John Jackson 175
Left End 84 Vernon Vanoy 260
Left Tackle 61 O. Turgeon 251
Right Tackle 73 Steve Lawson 252
Right End 83 John Zook 253
Linebacker 62 Emery Hicks 232
Left Halfback 20 Tommy Ball 181
Right Halfback 18 Bill Bailor 160
Right Safety 31 Andy Anderson 160
Right Safety 31 David Morgan 192
Golfer named
Uniform numbers and official playing weights listed.
New York (UPI)-Shelley Hamlin of Fresno, Calif., was selected Wednesday to replace Phyllis Preuss on the U.S. women's golf team for the world amateur championships in Australia Oct. 2.
Miss Preuss, of Pompano Beach, Fla., Miss Hamlin's Curtis Cup teammate, withdrew because of illness.
Athletic Guy
DES MOINES, Iowa (UPI)— Gov. Harold E. Hughes of Iowa was a well known high school athlete before he came to prominence in politics.
Hughes in 1938 won the state high school discus championship and in 1940 he was an allstate football guard. Hughes attended Ida Grove High School.
PEPPER: "NOT DISPLEASED"
KU football coach Pepper Rodgers observed the action on the practice field Thursday afternoon as his squad prepared for its season opener against Illinois in Champaign, Ill., Saturday. Rodgers said he was not satisfied with the Jayhawks, but he wasn't "displeased either."
KU winds up drills
KU wound up its drills for Saturday's opener against Illinois in a 48-minute practice session Thursday afternoon.
Coach Pepper Rodgers said he was not satisfied with the team, but that he was "not displeased either."
play, but apparently has changed his mind.
"Our timing is better," Rodgers said.
Carl Salb, sophomore, who was a shot putter for KU's freshman track team last year, will make the trip as a middle guard. Earlier Salb had indicated that he didn't feel he was ready to
Rodgers singled out three Illini as players to watch in Saturday's game. They are fullback Rich Johnson, quarterback Bob Naponic, and defensive tackle Tony Pleviak.
"We are as healthy as we could be." Rodgers said.
Only Dick Fortier is injured and can not make the trip.
A 48-man squad will leave JRP at 1:00 p.m. today for the trip to Champaign. Sixteen varsity members will not make the trip.
Roscoe is gone
Warrensburg, Mo. (UPI)—A spokesman for a Central Missouri State College fraternity Thursday asked for help in finding the school's mule mascot, Roscoe.
Members of Sigma Pi fraternity discovered the absence Wednesday.
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