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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 18. 1959
Ralston, Mills Star as Sophs
Bill Mills
KU 1959 Outdoor Track Schedule
Thursday, March 26 - Sixway meet at Abilene Christian University.
Friday and Saturday, April 3-4—Texas Relays, Austin.
Saturday, April 11-open
Friday and Saturday, April 17-18 — Kansas Relays, Lawrence.
Friday and Saturday, April 24-25—Drake Relays at Des Moines, Ia.
Saturday, May 2—Missouri at Lawrence.
Saturday, May 9—Nebraska at Lincoln.
Friday and Saturday, May 15-16—Big 8 Conference Championships—Norman. Okla.
Saturday, May 23—Missouri Valley A.A.U., Mission, Kan.
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Friday, June 5 — Meet of Champions—Houston.
Saturday, June 6 - Central Collegiate-Milwaukee.
Friday and Saturday, June 12-13 National Collegiates— Lincoln, Neb.
Friday and Saturday, June 19-20-National AAU-Boulder, Colo.
Boston Bruins Close To Hockey Title
Bv United Press International
The Boston Bruins can nail down second place in the National Hockey League tonight by beating the Rangers at New York.
By Ted Dielman
The Rangers have lost their last four games and now are in danger of surrendering the fourth and final playoff spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Both New York and Toronto have three games remaining, so the Rangers still can qualify for the playoffs with any combination of two victories or two Toronto defeats.
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Ralston, a 5'8" 120-pounder from Topeka, got off to a late start in his track career, but has been improving steadily ever since. In the year and a half that he has been running for KU, Ralston has made quite a name for himself.
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But Billy Mills, a 6'1" 150-pounder, has an equally impressive record. Mills, a 1957 graduate of Haskell, had beaten Ralston steadily in most KU matches. Recently, however, Ralston has been narrowing down the margin.
This year in the indoor two-mile Ralston's time steadily improved, dropping from a 9:27 in the first race to 9:13.1 in the Oklahoma State-Kansas State triangular meet.
The prospects for the Jayhawker track team are appearing especially rosy this season with the dual threat of two sophomores, Danny Ralston and Billy Mills, running the distances.
Ralston began his track career after his size prevented him from going on in high school football. He finished second in the first sophomore time trials in the mile that year and by the end of the season was running in fourth place on the team. He was the only rookie who made the varsity that year.
Then, upon coming to KU he won the conference freshman postal titles in the Indoor and outdoor mile with a time of 4:22.8 and 4:18.3.
Ralston clocked better time than Mills in two two-mile races toward the last of the indoor season. Yet Mills was not concentrating only on the two-mile. While Ralston was running fresh Mills had run in the one-mile race previous to the two-mile event.
Mills started running when he was a freshman at Haskell.
Mills has clocked times of 4.50 in the one-mile race and 9:15 in the two-mile race during the past indoor season.
Mills, like Ralston, started in another sport while in high school but soon switched to track. In Mills' case it was basketball.
"I ran in the first track meet I ever said," Mills said. "I got lucky and won the half," he put in as an afterthought.
Both teammates agree that Easton's team this year has much more depth than ever before and that the squad is going to have some rough times, but given a little luck and without injuries KU has a good chance to run in the nationals.
As for which one is going to beat the others, each is confident that he can win. Mills said that Ralston is very good and that his time has shown remarkable improvement. The former Haskell star believes, though, that with both men running fresh he will be able to beat Ralston. "It will be a close race though," he added. "You really have to admire Ralston for the way he works," Mills said.
Ralston, on the other hand, said he believes he could have beaten Mills in the indoor races if he had been psychologically prepared. "I just couldn't get used to the idea of running that far," Ralston said. "Over Christmas vacation though I got out and ran about seven miles a day and I am now working out twice a day. I think I should be prepared this season."
Dan Ralston
Independence Juco Out
Chipola of Marianna, Fla., defeated Independence, Kan., Junior College yesterday in the first round of the National Junior College Basketball Tournament at Hutchinson, Kan.
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John Dillard, captain of the foil squad, won two of his three bouts. Floyd Dillon and Duke Fleckenstien managed to win one bout apiece.
At this crucial moment the epee play commenced. Coach Gielle's strong epee-wielding squad blanked the Kansas City squad nine to zero. Jerry Old, Franz Ettlin, and Stan Patterson chalked up scores of 5-1 5-2 5-0. 5-2 5-3 5-2, and 5-0 5-2 5-2 respectively in their epee match.
The sabre squad found a tower of strength in Herb Kasold, first year fencer. Kasold won all three of his sabre bouts coming from behind on two occasions to win 5-4. Merrideth Wilson and John Mallory were also able to score victories in the sabre event; each man winning one of his three bouts.
Fencing Team Wins Second Straight Match
After dropping a hard fought foil set, five bouts to four, the sabre team's effort tied the match at nine all by winning five bouts to the Kansas City Club's four.
The only bright spot for the Kansas City Club was foil fencer DiMartini's three victories.
The Kansas University Fencing Team posted its second straight win Sunday afternoon against the Kansas City Fencer's Club.
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