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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 8, 1961
By Bill Sheldon
Every year at the Big Eight indoor track meet one of the most frequently discussed topics among the press, and the fans, is the miserable condition of the board track.
The track is much shorter than the usual 220 yard indoor oval, being only 150 yards long. This poses many problems.
IN A RACE like the 440-yard dash almost any runner could win the race. With six men running full speed it is often the runner who gets on the inside and to the front first who has the best chance of winning. The short straightaways provide little room for passing and trying to pass on the sharp, banked curves if almost useless.
In one of the preliminary races Friday night three runners collided on the north curve and fell. This was the most glaring example of the problems which the track poses although there was frequent elbow poking and body-bumping as the runners fought for position, and in many cases, merely to maintain their balance.
In addition to the abbreviated length, the track is in horrible physical shape. In many places it is worn down to the bare wood. When the runners pound around the track it sounds like a stampede of cattle. The boards give under the weight of the runners because of the hollow
supports which hold the track above the Auditorium floor.
ANOTHER DISADVANTAGE of the track is the delay after the completion of the dashes and hurdles to change the track.
Because there isn't sufficient room to run the 60-yard races except in the center, the banked portions must be put into place for the longer races.
Also, because of lack of space, the pole vault and broad jump runways are too short to provide the competitors a good chance of doing their best.
THEREFORE, times, heights and distances are usually not as good as they are on other tracks and runways.
What can be done about this situation? Unfortunately, very little. Kansas City is the only logical place to hold the annual meet. No other location would be fair to all of the teams, nor is there such a centrally located place in the Big Eight area which provides such good accommodations such as hotels and transportation.
The word at the meet this weekend was that the plans for replacing the track are now set for two years away. But, such "threats" have been circulating for several years now.
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Led by Terrell Hays' 641 series and a 623 series by Ted Diehl, the Kansas bowling team downed Iowa State. 6-2.
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In the match, which took place Friday, Kansas rolled a 2248 total to outdistance the visitors' 2157.
KANSAS TOOK AN early lead by winning the first game, 788-737 with Diehl being top man with a 265. The margin in the second game was even greater, as Kansas won 762-673. Hays was high man with a 244. Iowa State came back to win the final game, 747-697 as no KU bowler was able to surpass the 200 mark.
Hays added a 213 and a 184 to his high game to compile his winning three game total. Diehl's other games were 168 and 190.
In the singles matches Kansas was again victorious, toppling Iowa State. 9-7.
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THE LEADING bowler for Iowa State was Bob Kluth who rolled 192.178.224 for a 594.
THE CLOSEST match was Kermel Welch's defeat of Kluth, 549-543. It was the opening 227 which provided the margin of the Kansas win.
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The outstanding bowling in this competition was by Kansas' Dave Rybolt who combined 202, 216, 232 for the best series of the entire event. 650.
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