Huskers Capable Of Ending Kansas' Indoor Track String
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"There has to be a curve in the road somewhere. It can't remain straight forever." These were the words of track coach Bill Easton when asked how he thought his squad would do in Kansas City tonight and Saturday.
Nebraska is a word that brings a worried look to Easton's face. He commented Thursday that Nebraska could very easily wrest the title from the Jayhawkers. The Huskers will be reaping the benefits of last year's freshman team which was unbeaten.
Easton was anything but optimistic as he talked of the Jayhawkers and their attempt to win their eighth straight conference indoor title.
The Nebraskans are undefeated this season in indoor competition. They have won a triangular meet from Iowa State and Kansas State as well as dual meets from Oklahoma and Colorado, the last meets being very close.
Nebraska's biggest threat will probably be Keith Gardner, a member of Jamaica's Olympic team last summer. He has been unbeaten in indoor meets this season in his events.
Nebraska Undefeated
The race between Gardner and KU's Charlie Tidwell in the 60-yard dash will possibly be one of the best races that could be witnessed on any track. Tidwell has tied the American mark of six seconds while Gardner has been clocked at :06.1. Both men are unbeaten in this event this season.
Gardner holds the recognized world record in the low hurdles with a time of .06.7. He has also ran the high hurdles in .07.2.
Another strong contender for the Cornhuskers is another Jamaican, Keith Young. He has been just one-tenth of a second behind Gardner in times in each of these three events.
Oklahoma State's Jim Graham, who would have been almost a sure bet in the pole vault, will not be in action. Graham vaulted 14-feet 8-½-inches to gain a berth on the 1956 Olympic team. He then injured his ankle and wasn't able to compete, relinquishing his spot on the team to his nearest competitor.
Kansas' Al Oerter can expect some competition in the shot put, especially from Iowa State's Phil Delavan. Delavan has tossed the shot 55-feet 3-inches, a record for Iowa State performers.
Nebraska's Ken Pollard will also be a contender for points in the pole vault. He has vaulted 13-feet -8 inches this season.
Also expected to be contenders for honors in the shot are Oklahoma's Dan Erwin and co-captain George Church. Both men have almost reached the 54-foot mark.
Graham had high hopes of breaking the 15-foot mark in this, his last year of competition. He was well on the way when he fractured his arm in a warm-up at a recent K-State dual meet. His plans now are to come back for another try next spring.
Another pole vault threat will be Oklahoma's Larry Neeley. He has the highest conference vault this season, a 13-foot nine-inch mark.
The Sooner's Bill Pritchett, all victorious in indoor competition this season is expected to place high in that event.
Gail Hodgson, South African miler and 2-miler, will be meeting up with two of KU's best in that event. Javahawkier tom Skutka defeated Hodgson earlier this season in a dual meet here in the time of 4:15.4. Skutka has since run the mile in 4:14 while Hodgson has dipped as low as 4:13.4 recently. Hodgson will be going against KU's Jerry McNeal in the 2-mile event.
KU's Ernie Shelby holds the best record in the broad jump and is expected to take first in that event, the only event which is reasonably certain.
Missouri's Henry Wiebe is expected to give KU sprinters much competition. Jim Green will be a threat in the high jump for the Tigers.
Hodgson A Top Threat
Easton said the Jayhawkers could expect threats from Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma.
Oklahoma coach John Jacobs summed up the meet in these words:
"Nebraska might brush loose. They've got some good boys. If they get some breaks and Kansas has a little dump or two, they'll be right in there. But I can't see Kansas having any bad breaks."
Nu Sigma, AROTC Win Titles
Nu Sigma Nu defeated Alpha Tau Omega 39-26 Thursday to win the Class B intramural basketball championship and AROTC defeated Beta I 43-36 to win the Class C championship.
Jack Runnels led Nu Sigma to an early 6-1 lead. The winners led 10-5 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter Buddy Merrit and Charles Stiles cut the Nu Sigma lead to one point 12-11. Lauren Welch connected with two free throws for Nu Sig and Merritt hit a jump shot to make the score 14-13. John Reese got two free throws for Nu Sig, but Doug Henning scored for ATO. Then Reese and Vic McCall made jump shots to increase the Nu Sig lead to five points 20-15. ATO's Maynard Morris scored a free throw and Stiles got two points.
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ATO came back to tie the score in the third period, 24-24. Henning scored for ATO, but McCall scored two free throws for Nu Sigma to make the score 24-20. Then Stiles made a jump shot and Morris scored two free throws to tie the game as the quarter ended. In the final period Nu Sigma clinched the game by scoring 15 points while holding ATO to two.
Bruce Wenger then scored for Nu Sigma to end the half with the score 22-18.
Nu Sigma controlled both backboards during the game as Runnels and Wenger pulled numerous rebounds.
ATO Ties Score
Reese was high scorer for the
winners with 12, followed by Welch and Wenger 8, McCall 7 and Runnels 4. Stiles led ATO with 7, followed by Merritt 6. Morris 5. Henning and Larry Olson 4.
In the C game, AROTC opened the scoring when Jim Henley intercepted a Beta pass and scored a layup. Dick Sengpihl tied the score for Beta with two free throws. Lawrence Thomas then scored three baskets and Mike Hyland added another two points to put AROTC in the lead. Beta came back to tie the game, 10-10, at the end of the first quarter. Sengpihl and Jack Spotts led Beta to a 5-point lead 19-14 in the second quarter. Dick Stephenson and Bob Crawford kept Beta in the lead as the first half ended 23-18.
AROTC came back fast in the third quarter as Louren Wood and Richard Meek each scored two points. Hyland tied the score 24-24 with a jump shot. Beta went into the lead again, but Wood and Thomas each scored two free throws to tie the score 28-28 at the end of the third quarter. AROTC took the lead in the last period as Thomas scored a basket and was fouled on the shot. He made the free throw to put AROTC ahead, 35-30. The winners were never in danger again. Wood and Henley each made another basket to insure the victory. Thomas led the winners with 15
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Thomas led the winners with 15 points, followed by Wood, Hyland
Freshmen Break All Records
KU freshman swimmers defeated the Minnesota freshmen 45-33 in a postal meet to climax a very successful season.
The victory was their fifth against three losses. Two of the freshman defeats came from teams that they later defeated.
During the season, the frosh broke all of the previous records except one.
The new records are:
400-yard medley relay: 4:19.4 Larry Prather, Bill Waldron, Mike Cassidy, Brad Keller.
200-yard freestyle: 2.23.5 — Bill Sitter,
and Henley 8 and Meek 4. Sengpielh and Jerry Spotts scored 8 for the losers, followed by Jack Spotts 7, Ed Saylor and Crawford 5 and Stephenson 3.
100-yard freestyle: 53.8 — Brad Keeler.
50-yard freestyle: 23.8 — Brad Keeler.
200-yard backstroke: 2:24.3 —
Larry Prather.
With two 1958 games remaining, Wilt Chamberlain needs only 32 points to reach a career mark of 1400 for his two seasons at Kansas. He already stands second among 11 Big Eight players who have scored more than 1,000 points.
Wilt May Reach 1400 Points Soon
440-yard freestyle: 5:24.0 - Mike Cassidy.
60-yard freestyle; 29.5 — Brad Keeler.
Clyde Lovellette, Jayhawker All America of 1951 and 1952, tops this group with 1979. Behind Chamberlain the others line up this way: Gary Thompson, Iowa State, 1253; Bob Reiter, Missouri, 1188; Les Lane, Oklahoma, 1180; Jack Parr, Kansas State 1139 (three regular season games remaining); Burdy Halderson, Colorado, 1125; Norm Stewart, Missouri, 1112; Dick Knostman, Kansas State, 1083; Charlie Black, Kansas, 1083; Joe King, Oklahoma, 1046 (two games remaining).
200-yard breaststroke: 2:44.2 —
Bill Waldron.
400-yard freestyle relay: 3:46.6 -- Bill Layton, Brad Keeler, Charles Bondurant, Bill Sitter.
Friday. Feb. 28. 1958
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Jayhawkers Will Try To Hold On To Second
The KU Jayhawkers will try tonight to keep their slim hold on second place in the Big Eight conference when they meet one of the two teams that could take that spot from them. This will be the last home game of the 1957-58 season for coach Dick Harp and his squad.
The Jayhawkers will have plenty to seek revenge for when they go against the Sooners tonight. The Oklahomaans got KU's conference title defense off on the wrong foot at Norman in January by handing the Jayhawkers a 64-62 defeat. That game was played minus the services of Chamberlain who just 10 days earlier had hit 41 points against the Sooners in the Big Eight tournament.
The Kansans will be attempting to come back after a 2-game losing streak, something KU hasn't had since they acquired their All America center Wilt Chamberlain.
The loss at Norman came like most of the KU losses have the past two years, by a shot in the final seconds. This time it was guard Gene Hudson who fired the fatal shot with four seconds left in the game.
If Kansas loses to OU tonight, it will send the Sooners into a tie for second in the Big Eight. This would mean KU would have to defeat K-State while OU lost their
final game if KU was to get the runner-up spot by itself.
Coach Harp seceded the Sooners in their game with K-State Tuesday. He said that in spite of a bad second half the OU squad was a "fine team and a really big team." (The Sooners have the largest squad, per man, in the conference.) He added that Oklahoma had improved rapidly and had the material to keep on improving.
Kansas now has a 16-5 record. Those five losses were by an average of 3.2 points per game.
No matter what the outcome of the two remaining games, the Sooners can brage about having their first winning season in seven years. Oklahoma, usually at the bottom of the conference, has a 13-8 record.
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