Spring Swim Practice New Coach, Start Friday
Several new faces will appear on the Jayhawker varsity swimming squad as it begins spring practice Friday.
One of the most important additions to the squad is Jay Markley, Lawrence senior, who succeeds the graduating Chuck Edwards as coach. Markley had his competitive swimming at Michigan State, before coming to KU after a hitch in the service. He worked as assistant to Edwards last year.
"Prospects look fairly good for next year," Markley said. "We have a pretty good freshman crop coming up, but I think it will take about two years before we can be classed as a real power in the Big Seven. We plan to spread our recruiting program in an attempt to get an excellent group of freshman swimmers next year."
Outstanding freshman performers this year who will be eligible for varsity competition in the fall are Jared Pietry, Bartlesville. Okla., distance; Jim Laidlaw, Kansas City, Kan., and John Jeffrey, Bartlesville, Okla., butterfly a n d breaststroke; Price Haren, Kansas City, Kan., sprints; and Ed Poort, Toneka freestyle.
Don Morris, transfer student, will also be eligible next fall and will add power to the Jayhawker distance swimmers.
Returnees from last year's squad are Steve Hill, sprints; Bill Matthews and Buzz Ashcraft, diving; and Frank Fruedenthal, backstroke. Jon Poort, who was forced to sit out last season because of illness, will also return this year.
In previous competition, Poort had concentrated on the distances, but Markley said he thought he would change him to the back-stroke to take up a slack in that event.
Markley said the loss of Chuck Edwards, Tom Clevenger, Dusty Milledge and John Drowatzky by graduation would hurt KU a great deal in next year's dual matches. Edwards and Clevenger both picked up several points in the Big Seven meet last season.
There is a Big Seven regulation as to the length of time schools can hold spring swimming practice. Markley said the Jayhawkers would work out until the middle of May.
"We are going to try to work on form all this spring." Markley said. "Our schedule starts next December, while last year's schedule did not get under way until February. I hope to get a lot of the form work out of the way this spring, so we can start conditioning work earlier next year."
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Packers Lose Player
GREEN BAY, Wis.—(UP)—The Green Bay Packers are losing halfback Jack Losch to Uncle Sam. Losch, the Packers' No. 1 draft choice in 1955, will be inducted into the Air Force Friday.
The first 15-foot collegiate pole vault was made at the KU Relays in 1951 by Nebraska's Don Cooper.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—(UP)—The Harlem Globetrotters chalked up a 72-63 victory over the college all-stars Tuesday night for the 8th time in 10 games, as Wilt Chamberlain looked on as a guest from the Trotter bench.
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