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KU Star Attends FCA Talks
By John Peterson
Some KU athletes are laying aside their spiked shoes, basketballs and other paraphernalia of sport to pick up the Holy Bible.
These men are a handful of the hundreds of college athletes who are combining their talents and faith with such sport greats as Bob Feller, Rafer Johnson, Robin Roberts and Dave Ferris to actively believe their beliefs on religion to others through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Bob Covey, Ames, Iowa senior and track letterman, is one of the FCA leaders at KU.
Covey and about 20 other national sports personalities visited Charleston, W. Va., last weekend to show what athletes can do to combat juvenile delinquency by their examples and to encourage the junior high and high school age boys to attend the church or synagogue of their choice.
Covey returned inspired from his trip and told of a talk he gave:
"TO STAND BEFORE those people and tell them what God has meant to me is the most gratifying and fulfilling experience I have ever had.
Thursday, Feb. 16, 1961 University Daily Kansan
"Each of us talked about a dozen times and each time those listening — whether they were junior high and high school boys or adults — gave us their complete attention. I've never seen people who are so enthusiastic about their religion — it's wonderful!
"I gave a 15-minute talk at a Baptist Church. It was the most disconcerting but wonderful time I spent. Every time I made a point there was a chorus of 'that's right' or 'Amen' from the people. I'd never heard anything like this before."
Covey believes that the experience and value of making a Christian witness as he did in Charleston is as valuable to the individual as to the people listening.
"It's a good feeling to be talking to a junior high or high school assembly with another great athlete like Clendon Thomas and spend about three-fourths of the time tossing jokes back and forth and then simply telling the kids what God has meant to us.
"TO SEE A GREAT MAN like Clendon — he's the former Oklahoma All America football player who is with the Los Angeles Rams now — stand before these youngsters and just simply say, I believe
in God and the Christian way of life. I don't drink, smoke or swear because I don't think it's right.' You just don't hear that sort of thing anymore.
"All of these men at the rally are that way — Bob Feller, Bill Wade, who was with the Rams but now plays for the' Chicago Bears, Paul Dietzel, LSU football coach, Dave Ferris, former Red Sox great—well, there are two dozen others just like those." Covey said.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON a sports jamboree was held in the Civic Auditorium. Signs were put up for each sport and the athletes answered questions on their sport as the youngsters went from group to group.
Here again Covey was amazed at the interest the jamboree aroused and the number of boys interested in track. He said that "they just kept asking questions — good ones — and moving to another group."
THE FELLOWSHIP of Christian Athletes has grown into a national organization in five years and has held city-wide rallies in such cities as Denver and Cincinnati. Pete Woodward, Topeka junior and tennis and basketball player, attended the Cincinnati rally before Christmas.
Rallies have been held in Concordia, Junction City and Hiawatha, Kansas. Another is planned for Pittsburg, Feb. 23.
Gordon Davis, Wichita, has been elected captain of Kansas' 1961 track and field team.
Davis Named New Track Captain
Davis, a senior middle-distance man, placed fifth in the Big Eight Conference Outdoor 440 last May to help Kansas to its 10th consecutive league title. He has been the leadoff man in four championship two-mile relay combines on the Midlands grand circuit of Texas-Kansas-Drake over the last two seasons.
Davis replaces previously elected co-captains Darwin Ashbaugh and
The 106 point total of Kansas' Wilt Chamberlain in the 1957 Big Eight tournament is a tourney record.
Paul Williams, who became scholastically ineligible at the end of the first semester.
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Kansas Frosh Come From Behind to Win
By Steve Clark
The KU freshmen used a strong team effort to come back magnificently in the second half after a four point halftime deficit to hand the Kansas State freshmen their first loss, 81-69, in Ahearn Field House last night.
With five minutes gone in the second half, the KU frosh, on Buddy Vance's free throw, tied the game at 42-42 for the first time since the early moments of the game. In the next five minutes buckets by Dave Stinson and Jay Roberts pushed the Hawks to a five point margin.
K-STATE, although down, was not out. With 10 minutes left in the game, the Cats fought back to narrow the lead to one point, but a driving lay-in by Derrill Gwinner gave the Hawks a margin that was never to be contended.
Delighting the 2,500 partisan fans were K-State's Junior Miller and Max Moss with 30 and 20 points respectively.
Miller, a 6-2 center, awed the crowd with his keyhole play as he connected on jump shots from practically every spot on the floor and was strong on the boards pulling down numerous rebounds.
MILLER GOT 18 of his points in the first half and scored all of K-State's 10 points in the opening eight minutes of the second half.
Max Moss, 6-0 KS forward, was nothing short of sensational with his outside shooting, connecting on long set and jump shots.
Exemplifying KU's team effort was the five Hawk players who scored in double figures. Gwinner led the fresh's attack with 19 points. Following him were Roberts with 16, Harry Gibson with 15, Dick Baker with 12, and Vance with 10.
With five minutes gone in the first half, Roberts tied the game again with a charity toss. This was the last time KU was even until in the second half as the Cats surged into a nine point lead. The Hawks narrowed the deficit to 36-32 at the halftime intermission.
THE WIN WAS the first for the KU frost against two setbacks. The losses were to Parsons Junior College and Missouri freshmen by a total of six points. K-State had previously defeated Parsons.
The freshmen's coach, Ted Owens, said he felt "real good" about the comeback victory. He was exceptionally pleased with his squad's strong second half effort.
The two squads meet again next Tuesday night in Allen Field House at 7:30.
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