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Freshman Team Prospects 'Good'
When you lose the goose that lays the golden eggs you can either sit around and cry about your loss or go goose hunting. Basketball Coach Dick Harp and his assistant, Jerry Waugh, have forgotten about Wilt Chamberlain as far as next year's KU basketball team is concerned and have gone hunting.
Two questions asked most of Coach Harp are who will be the big men next season and what are the freshman basketball prospects?
Bigness in basketball players is relative—that is in relation to Wilt Chamberlain the Jayhawker's big men next year won't be as big. In fact a pair of 6-7 seniors, Dick Keith and Gary Mowry, will furnish the altitude on the 1958-59 squad.
If their ability has not been stunted too much by the Chamberlain shadow and they blossom out into frontline players KU will be in the thick of the Big Eight race.
But in a day when size and speed means so much in basketball Mowry and Keith must furnish the size or the Jayhawkers will go into the Big Eight battle with only half a weapon-speed.
Mowry and Keith will both be pushed by husky Bill Bridges, Hobs, N. M. freshman. Bridges is still somewhat of a 'diamond in the rough' and several facets of his game must be smoothed before he can sparkle in Big Eight competition.
But Bridges can use his 210 pounds well and it won't be long before Big Eight opponents will feel his presence and respect him.
All other Jayhawk starters of last season, with the exception of Chamberlain and John Cleland, who graduated, will be back this fall.
"The freshman prospects for this fall are good," said Coach Harp. "We have what we think are the three top prospects in the state enrolling at the University this fall."
The three Kansas boys are Jerry Gardner, Wichita East; Larry Sterlin, Scott City, and Charles Smith, Junction City,
Gardner and Smith are two-sport athletes having starred in basketball and track at Wichita and Junction City. Larry Sterlin, who stands 6-5, was on the Scott City class A state championship basketball team and selected to the all-tournament team.
Another good prospect is Bill Goetze who starred at Pembroke Country Day, Kansas City, Mo.. Missouri state champs while he was a sophomore and junior. Bill is 6-3 and ranked high scholastically in his class.
These four plus Wayne Hightower, the 6-8 Philadelphia, are the brightest freshman prospects.
Campers Enter Bowling League
The Ha-Ha's, Odd Balls and Aces held on to their first place leads in the three Jay Bowl summer leagues and the Misters jumped to a lead in the newly formed Prairie Campers league. The latter is made up of students from the Midwest Music and Arts Camp.
Monday Night League W L
Ha-Ha's 9 3
W & G 7 4
Bildge Rats 6 5
G & B 6 6
Alley Rats 6 6
M & T 1 11
Tuesday Night League W L
Odd Balls 10 2
FDA-V 10 2
Ordonios 8 4
N & P 4 8
Irvines 3 9
Mountfords 1 11
Wednesday Night League W L
Aces 10 2
Smithstones 6 6
Pick-ups 6 6
Lucky Strikes 5 7
Keglers 5 7
Hot Shots 4 8
Prairie Campers W L
Misters 3 0
Foursome 2 1
Strikes 1 2
Aces 0 3
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Season football ticket sales are the best they have been since 1952 according to Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager.
Tickt buying has been especially brisk since Jayhawk followers got a preview of the 1958 team in the Varsity-Alumni game at the end of spring practice.
That game, plus an attractive home sechedule and a new coaching staff has made season ticket sales approach the 1952 record despite an increase from $3.50 to $4 in ticket prices.
Football Ticket Sales High
The Oklahoma game leads in single game ticket requests and if any game this fall is a sellout it will be the KU-Sooner game on October 18.
Asked if he thought the up in admission prices had affected sales, Mr. Falkenstien said no.
"Why should it, people are paying more for other services and entertainment and certainly all of our costs are up," said Mr. Falkenstien.
"Airline fares alone went up ten per cent recently and that is just one item that has increased. Almost every item that is needed to field a college football team has increased in cost."
The KU home football schedule will start off with Texas Christian here Sept. 20. Colorado will be here October 4, Oklahoma October 18, Tulane October 25 and Nebraska will be here November 8 for Homecoming.
Mitchell To Speak Tonight
Jack Mitchell, head football coach,
will speak to Kappa chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, professional fraternity for men in education, at 6 p.m. today in the English Room of the Kansas Union.
Tuesday, July 8, 1958
Stengel Praises All-Star Team
BALTIMORE, Md.—(UPI)—Cagey Casey Stengel, miffed at his past failures as manager of the American League team, defended his 1958 squad today as "one of the strongest ever" and said it "has a great chance" to beat the national league in the silver anniversary All-star game tomorrow.
Under the rules, all the chosen starters must play the first three innings,barring injuries. Only the starters were chosen in the poll, which was taken away from fans after last year's balloting resulted in most of the Cincinnati Redlegs being named as starters.
Fred Haney, who has six Braves on his squad, two of them chosen as starters, said he "might go along with my starters all the way if we get out in front."
Stengel indicated that if the American League got off in front and stayed there, he might not use any of the Yankees he personally selected for the team "except perhaps those pitchers of mine."
To illustrate that he does not plan to favor his own men, Stengel hinted that he might bat the switch-hitting Mantle second, rather than in his accustomed third or fourth spot in the batting order.
He wants Jackie Jensen of the Red Sox to bat third and Bob Cerv of the Athletics fourth "because they been goin' better than Mantle."
All the pitchers were picked by the managers, however. They cannot pitch more than three innings unless the game goes into extra innings.
All-Star Starting Players Named
Baltimore, Md. — (UPI) – Batting orders for Tuesday's major league all-star game (with batting averages and pitching records):
National League
Willie Mays, Giants ... 375
Bob Skinner, Pirates ... 325
Stan Musial, Cardinals ... 361
Hank Aaron, Braves ... 289
Ernie Banks, Cubs ... 303
Bill Mazeroski, Pirates ... 276
Del Crandall, Braveys ... 284
Warren Spahn, Braves ... 10-5
Nellie Fox, White Sox ... 327
Mickey Mantle, Yankees ... 280
Jack Jensen, Red Sox ... 311
Bob Cerv, Athletics ... 323
Frank Malzone, Red Sox ... 304
Gus Triandos, Orioles ... 262
Luis Aparicio, White Sox ... 269
Bob Turley, Yankees ... 12-3
American League
Umpires — Ed Rommell (AL),
plate; Tom Gorman (NL) 1st base;
Bill McKinley (AL) 2nd; Jocko Conlan
(NL) 3rd; Frank Umont (AL)
and Frank Secory (NL) foul lines,
(after $4\frac{1}{2}$ innings Rommel and Conlan will exchange assignments for rest of game).
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