Page 6 University Daily Kansas Tuesday, March 21, 1961 Hawker Tennis Squad May Challenge for League Title KU's tennis team is looking forward to a promising year including the possibility of a conference championship. Only arch-rival tennis power Oklahoma State threatens KU's pre-season prospects. Oklahoma State defeated KU for top rung on the conference ladder last year, and also gave Kansas its only loss in regular play. KU's overall record last year was 12-1 in conference play and second place in the Big Eight play-offs. "Following the plays doesn't usually bother us much," said E. R Elbel, professor of Physical Education, and regular announcer at most sporting events. Elbel Recalls Bad Days at 'Mike' "Two fellows, Martin Jones, professor in the School of Business, and James Gillispie, pharmacist at the Student Health Center, help spot the players. "The nightmare of all announcers is either mud or fog both of which make it hard to read the numbers on the players' jerseys." One instance of trouble was the Nebraska game of several years ago when Yelkin of Nebraska kicked a field goal to win the game 3-0. The entire game was played in heavy fog and mostly in the Northeast corner of the field. "Those games stand out in my memory because of the difficulty to identify players." said Prof. Elbel. Another instance is the time that Paul Turner of Kansas kicked in the rain to beat Oklahoma University. Emergency calls and lost people also present a problem to the announcers because the announcements must all be screened on the spot. However, he said that when the day is good and things are going well for the home team, the people don't seem to mind what you say over the public address. "Many times I have had phone calls from people wanting to know if some lost person found his ride home or something about the announcements that I made during the game," he said and added, "Once a small boy came up to the press box and reported that he had lost a bifold containing three dollars and a picture of Lassie. I announced it and that night I had two phone calls about it." He said that he tried not to be little opposing schools, but that no announcer was completely unbiased. Prof. Elbel has been announcing at KU since 1930. The first amplifier that he used, here was very unpredictable in its actions. The speakers had wooden horns and the microphone cut-out switches sometimes leaked so that it was as if the mikes had not been turned off. Professor Elbel said "the easiest thing for any announcer to do is to talk too much and most people have the tendency to use the phrase 'your attention please' for every announcement. This can really detract from the game." "If the boys show the progress, they did last year, we're definitely in the running for the conference championship, although our over-all won-loss record may not be better because we've tightened our schedule. ACCORDING TO COACH Denzel Gibbens, "we have the potential for a better team than we had last year "Our team should be stronger because there will be more of a fight for the top positions." PROBABLE TOP men for KU will be Mel Karrle, St. Joseph, Mo., junior, and Fete Woodward, Topeka junior. Karrle and Woodward tied for second in conference play-offs last year in singles, and together they placed second in conference in doubles — losing in both cases to Oklahoma State. But Woodward says of this year's prospects, "We stand a real good chance for first. Against Oklahoma State in the play-offs last year we 721 Mass. Tennis Schedule had seven matches in the finals, and five went to the third set. Mar. 25 Washburn Topeka Mar. 31 Oklahoma State* Stillwater Apr. 1 Oklahoma Baptist Stillwater Apr. 3 Oklahoma* Norman Apr. 4 Wichita Wichita Apr. 7 | Colo. & K. State** Lawrence Apr. 14 Iowa U.- Kansas State Apr. 15 Southern Ill. Kansas City Apr. 18 Washburn Lawrence Apr. 21 Oklahoma State* Lawrence Apr. 28 Nebraska Lawrence Apr. 29 Iowa State* Lawrence May 5 Wissouri* Lawrence May 17 Wichita Lawrence May 17 Colorado* Boulder May 19-20 Conference Meet Boulder *Conference match. **Triple dual. "OKLAHOMA STATE had somewhat of an advantage over us last year in that they can play tennis down there all year round. "Last year we didn't get out to practice early, and we didn't have a place to play inside." KU HAS TWO returning lettermen this year who didn't play last year, Pete Block, Mission senior, lettered in '59, and Jerry Williams, Olathe senior, lettered in '58 and '59. Both are expected to give strength to the team. Woodward said the toughest player KU will play against this year will probably be John Agnos of O-State, who was the Big Eight singles champ last year. Coach Gibbens is also keeping an eye on four newcomers. Steve Hall, Pratt sophomore, was the state class A singles champion in high school. Bill Adel, Kansas City junior, is a transfer from Dartmouth. Ken Peterson, Topeka sophomore, is especially known for his good strokes. Jan Cobble, Winfield sophomore, is an excellent doubles player who won the state class A doubles chari- mpishment in high school. When Nebraska's Gerald Tucker tallied 18 field goals against Oklahoma in 1953 he tied the existing Big Eight record which was set by KU's Clyde Lovellette the previous year against Colorado. Bridges, Price Star at AAU Meet DENVER, Colo. — (UPI) — Two Big Eight Conference basketball players are cutting some mighty big capers in the 54th Annual AAU basketball tournament here. Bill Bridges, all-time Big Eight rebounding champion from Kansas, and the talented Cedric Price of Kansas State combined to score 55 points last night and lead the Stevenson Roofters of Topeka to a 101-83 win over the Old Southern Foods of Jacksonville, Fla., in the first round of the tourney. Price and Bridges hit alternately for eight straight points during a late first-half rush which gave the Roofers a 56-48 lead at the interm- ission, and the closest the Florida team came in the second half was six points. Bridges finished with 34 points, and Price scored 21. Roger Strickland led Old Southern Foods with 39 points. The Roofers play the 66 Oilers of Bartlesville, Okla., in the second round of play. The performance of the Topeca club, coached by K-State assistant Ernie Barrett, established them as a strong "outside" contender for the championship. Try the Kansan Want Ads INTERNATIONAL CLUB TRIP to NEW ORLEANS April 1 - April 9 April 1 - April 9 Open to all students interested. 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