Thursday, September 19,1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
Speaking of Sports...
by Ron Yates, Kansan Sports Editor
Saturday, September 21. The day when the untested top twenty football teams in the nation make the pre-season predictors look good ... or bad.
For most major college football teams, this Saturday will be the season opener and what a day it should be.
season opener and then Notre Dame meets Oklahoma, Southern Cal. meets Minnesota, Texas takes on high-scoring Houston and Florida invades Tallahassee for a game with Florida State.
Armed, therefore, with a few facts and hopefully a stadium full of luck, here are this week's predictions:
There is a knack to predicting the outcome of football games. It's called luck, sprinkled with a few facts here and there.
The Big Eight
Notre Dame 24, Oklahoma 13—The Irish have too much for the Sooners, although it could go the other way if Notre Dame's untested defense can't do the job.
Nebraska 21, Utah 7-Huskers should show more offense here. Kentucky 18, Missouri 10-Always a battle, but the Cats have an edge at home.
Oregon 20, Colorado 17-Picking an upset here on the Buff turf. Kansas State 21, Colorado State 10-Cats should handle this weak Ram team.
Iowa State 27, Arizona 21-Cyclones looked good against Buffalo last week. Majors might be the tonic at ISU.
Kansas 20, Illinois 17-If speed can overcome the Illini defense. Other Games
Southern California 28, Minnesota 17—Simpson the difference here, although he will need a lot of help in getting the holes in a good Gopher defense.
Indiana 20. Bavlor 10-Hoosiers still tough.
Penn State 31, Navy 17—The Lions roll this year.
2d-30. The Citadel 2d—Odets should have no problem
Army 24, The Clauder 3—Cadets should have no problems. Purdue 35, Virginia 10—Boilermakers will turn on the heat at home.
Texas 26, Houston 21-Houston offense slowed by Longhorn defense.
LSU 24, Texas A&M 13-LSU will surprise a good Aggie team. UCLA 17, Pittsburgh 7-Pitt goes down swinging, but goes down hard
Arizona State 30, Wisconsin 17-ASU continues to make noise in the West.
Michigan State 14, Syracuse 13—State gets the edge at home. Alabama 31, Virginia Tech 10—The Crimson Tide floods Tech. Oregon State 27, Iowa 7—Beavers dam-up Iowa.
New discus record set
The distance was 6 feet 1 inch better than Silvester's 218 feet 4 inch distance which is currently pending as a world record.
Reno, Nev. (UPI) - Jay Silvester, the U.S. Olympic team's discus star, broke the world record Wednesday with a throw of 224 feet 5 inches in a tune-up exercise.
K-State gridders sore, but ready
Manhattan, Kan. (UPI)—Kansas State coach Vince Gibson said Wednesday his squad is "sore and bruised" but will be ready for Colorado State in its season opener Saturday.
"The work's over now," Gibson said. "We're going to rest and get ready. We'll be ready to play. It's going to be a heck of a ball game."
Gibson said the Wildcats are not set at three positions for the game. He is still trying to decide between senior Ken Eckardt and junior Arvyd Petrus at defensive tackle.
Nicklaus, Palmer tourney favorites
Their combined 1967 accounts of better than $262,600 was by far the heftiest of any of the 122 teams entered in the 72-hole competition. The tournament will be played over both Quail Creek and Twin Hills Country Club courses the first two days and at Quail Creek the final 36 holes Saturday and Sunday.
Oklahoma City (UPI)-Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, the defending champions who rank second and fifth in this year's earnings, ruled strong favorites Wednesday on the eve of the third $200,000 PGA team championship.
The chief challenges to the champions were expected to come from such well heeled teams as Billy Casper-Gay Brewer, Miller Barber-Don January, George Archer-Bobby Nichols, Lee Trevino-Homero Blancs, Tommy Aaron-Charles Coody, Bob Charles-Bruce Devlin.
The Ohio bear and the general of Arnie's Army won this team effort in 1966 at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. with a best ball of 256. 32 under par.
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The Fencer's Club was organized in the fall of 1957 to give KU students an opportunity to compete in a "minor sport." KU women have been involved in fencing training, practices and competition since 1962.
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The KU Fencer's Club opened practices Monday with a few members scheduled to enter an individual tournament Sept. 29 at Robinson sponsored by the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA).
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Dual meet competition will begin in January when KU crosses blades with Iowa State. Other teams on the 1969 schedule include the Universities of Iowa, Chicago, and Illinois, and the Air Force Academy.
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Last winter the Fencer's Club dropped all eight dual meets. The team of Ken Muller, Kansas City, senior, Tom Fenton, Barrington, Ill., senior, and player-coach Steve Keeler represented KU in the Nationals last season and placed 19th out of 42 teams.
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Fencers begin drills for Sept.29 tourney
A valid target in a sabre match is the area from the torso to the hip bone including the arms, head and back. A fencer will receive credit for a touch if either the tip or the cutting edges of the blade land in this area.
Electric scoring devices have been developed to eliminate human error in the judging of foil or epee bouts. The weapon is wired to a central machine. The button at the tip of the blade is pressed in when a touch is made. The light and buzzer of the central machine record any touches.
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A touch is considered valid in men's epee when the tip of the weapon contacts any part of the opponent's body. In men's foil a fencer must land the point of the blade on the rival's torso which includes the back but excludes the arms and head.
Nine men from each team participate in the three events of a dual meet. The three weapons used in these events are the foil the sabre and the epee. Although all three weapons have 35-inch blades, they differ slightly in structure and in weight.
The epee weighs about a half pound more than the other two weapons partly because of its rigid, heavy triangular blad. There is a large bell guard at the epee's handle.
in all three events a contestant wins after he has scored five valid touches against his opponent. Only four valid touches are required to win a match in women's competition.
The foil weighs about one pound. Its quadrangular blade becomes smaller from the handle to the tip. The sabre also weighs one pound and has a triangular and flexible blade. The large guard of the sabre curves around the hand to protect the fencer's knuckles.
Since an accurate way to determine any touches in a sabre match has not been devised, a jury of Judges and Director referee the match. The Judges look for touches and call them to the attention of the Director. He makes the final decision unless the two Judges watching one contestant agree on the call.
Devaney demotes Patrick
Lincoln, Neb. (UPI)-Two changes were made Wednesday in Nebraska's starting offensive lineup.
Coach Bob Devaney named quarterback Ernie Sigler, who engineered the Cornhuskers' comeback win over Wyoming Saturday, and halfback Mike
Devaney said he hopes to use quite a few substitutes this Saturday as he did last.
Green as probable starters for Saturday's encounter with Utah.
Sigler replaces Frank Patrick and Green moves in ahead of Joe Orduna. No other changes were made in the lineup.
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