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University Daily Kaisan Wednesday, March 29. 1961
University Daily Kansan SPORTS KU Takes 2nd In Track Postal
Tonni Coane's 12 points and Charles Twiss and Jay Roberts' domination of the high jump led the KU freshman tracksters to a second place finish in the Big Eight Indoor Postal meet. Nebraska won the meet with $74\frac{1}{4}$ points.
COANE WAS THE ONLY participant to score in four events and tied with three others as the meet's high scorer. He placed second in the 880 yard run, third in the 600 yard run and two-mile run, and fourth in the one-mile run.
Finishing behind Kansas's 33% were Missouri 31 1/8, Oklahoma State 28 23/24; Oklahoma, 22, Colorado 20 1/6, and Kansas State 31%.
Others scoring 12 points were Ray Knaub and Robert Hohn of Nebraska and Ray Wesley of Oklahoma State.
Twiss picked up KU's only first place in the high jump with a leap of 6-2½. Roberts copped second with a 6-1½ mark.
THERE WERE TWO NEW meet marks set. Gil Gebo of Nebraska
Nebraska piled up a huge margin in the meet by winning six first places and tying for two others out of the 14 events.
OTHER KU TRACKMEN who placed in the meet; Leonard Scott, fifth place tie in the 60 yard dash and third in the broad jump; J. S. Tier, tied for third in the 60 yard high hurdles and took fourth in the 60 yard low hurdles; Dan Hudgins, third place tie in the 60 yard low hurdles; George Cabrera, fourth in the two-mile run; Yul Yost, fifth in the shot put.
set a new 600 yard run record of 1:13.0. Victor Brooks, also of Nebraska, leaped 24-10 for a new broad jump standard.
The best individual times of the season were used in determining the winners of the meet
"Nebraska has a real great team. They will be real tough the next couple of years," said Coach Bill Easton. "We have several boys who did a real fine job for us. Considering our lack of depth we did well and I am proud of my boys."
Bridges, Bellamy Lead West to 103-100 Win
KU's Bill Bridges and Indiana's Walt Bellamy led the West squad to a thrilling 103-100 win last night in Kansas City before 5,000 kans.
Sigma Chi downed Beta Theta Pi last night, 15-4 and 15-5, to take the Fraternity A division championship in intramural volleyball.
Bridges snared 13 rebounds and Bellamy grabbed 17 to lead the West to a 66-33 dominance of the back-boards.
The Harriers outlasted The One for the Independent A title, 15-11, 13-15, 15-10.
Both Bridges and Bellamy scored 21 points to tie for individual high scoring honors for the game.
The championship of the Fraternity C division will also be settled today with Sigma Alpha Epsilon going against Beta Theta Pi #2.
Delta Function meets the Medics today for the Independent B crown.
Sigma Chis Win
The singles matches broke down as follows: Mel Karrle beat John Woolfharth 6-3, 6-0; Pete Woodward beat Lee Eckles 6-4, 6-0; Jerry Williams beat Charles Brooks 2-6, 6-4; Jan Cobble beat Ray Manning 6-9, 6-3; Del Campbell beat R. D. VanderLaan 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Ken Peterson beat Nerland Mellar 6-2, 6-3.
The Sig Alphas downed Beta #6 15-8, 8-15, 16-14 and the Beta #2 team beat Beta #1. 15-7, 15-5 in the semi-finals yesterday.
- Phi Gamma Delta upset Delta Tau Delta in the Fraternity B final, scoring a 15-5, 15-10 win.
In the doubles matches, Karrle-Woodward defeated Wohlfarth-Eckles 6-3, 6-2; and Williams-Cobble defeated Brooks-Manning 6-3, 6-4.
BELLAMY WAS VOTED the most outstanding player in the 10th Annual Shrine All-Star game.
Neither team led by more than six points in the furious scoring battle which wasn't decided until time ran out.
In a hopeful portent of things to come. KU's tennis team routed Washburn yesterday, 8-0.
The highest field goal percentage ever recorded by a Big Eight basketball team was by Kansas in 1958.
KU Tops Washburn
The West led 52-51 at the half. The West was ahead five points with a little more than a minute left when Bob Wiesenhahn, captain of Cincinnati's new NCAA champs, and Larry Siegfried of dithered Ohio State collaborated to pull the East within one point, 101-100 with five seconds to go.
America, scored 20 points for the East and Sigfried got 17.
Bridges, in scoring 21 points, also led all players in number of field goals, dropping in nine to beat Stith and Eellamy.
GARY PHILLIPS, HOUSTON star who tallied 20 points, then made two free throws to complete the scoring.
The West shot 50 per cent from the field while the East made 47 per cent of its field goal attempts.
Tom Stith, St. Bonaventure's All
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