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Indoor Drills Begin
DENNIS SHEFCYK—One of many top frosh prospects.
HERE'S HOW—Bill Easton advises Verne Gouby.
JERRY McNEAL—Mainstay on KU's distance corps.
KU Relays Becoming Best In Nation
A "new look" for the KU Relays this spring will make the annual event probably the best in the country from the standpoint of the spectator as well as the participant.
The competition for colleges, junior colleges, universities and AAU entries will be held on two days instead of one and the high school events will be limited to only the contestants who have met certain standards.
One of the most important changes will be in spreading the events over two days, thus giving many individuals and teams the opportunity to be at top strength for several events.
"These changes should make the KU Relays better than the Drake Relays, since we are able to offer events they cannot handle," said KU Coach Bill Easton, head track coach and director of the Relays.
He explained that KU has a steeplechase, 400-meter hurdles, decathlon and hop, step and jump, four events which are not included in the schedule at Drake.
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Easton said that the 4-mile and 2-mile relays will be on one day and the distance medley and sprint medley relays will be on the other day, enabling a team to enter more races.
"We should certainly have some improvements of the records, with men not being forced to run all their races in one afternoon," Easton said.
The high school portion of the Relays will not be divided into classes this year, but all participants will run in one class. Any boy will have to meet a certain minimum performance before the meet.
"A boy who wins will be truly a state champion, since he will have won over the best competition from all classes of schools. Easton said."
"The Saturday program will be shortened and the college events divided between both days, which should make the Relays more interesting to the spectator." Easton said.
The high school meet will be more of a relay meet this year. There will be 440 and 880 yard, mile, 2-mile and sprint medley relays. The only individual events will be the 100-yard dash, the 120-yard high hurdles, the mile run and the field events.
The Relays, which will be April 18-19, will be the 33rd in the series. A high school meet has been held here for 54 years.
ATO, Phi Delts Win Easily
In the only other Fraternity A game of the night, Phi Delta Theta won over Tau Kappa Epsilon, 45-22. Jim Elliot led the Phi Delts with 16 points and Dale Remsberg was close behind with 13, 7 of them free throws.
Harold Kirkpatrick and Roger Hill each scored 17 points for the ATO's. Ron Gast scored 10 points for Triangle.
Alpha Tau Omega defeated Tri-angle, 72-19. Wednesday night in an intramural Fraternity A basketball game.
The closest game in the Independent B division was Carruth-O'Leary's 35-22 victory over the Hicks. Rudy Mauser was high scorer for the winners with 9 points.
Oread Hall won by forfeit from ICBM in the only Independent A game scheduled.
In other Independent B games Delta Function defeated the Boosers, 35-21; the Newman Club won a forfeit from Liahona; the Air Force ROTC won over Pearson Hall, 32-18; Concordia defeated the Clods 27-11.
The 1800's buried the 69'ers 41-8 and the Naval ROTC edged the Cisabs, 35-28, in the only two Independent C games.
BOB HICKMAN-An early start paid off.
Bob Hickman Got Early Start
Bob Hickman, one of KU basketball's starting five, is the kind of guy who really goes all out as far as getting an early start in life is concerned. He started playing basketball when he was in the third grade. This early start in life has paid big dividends for the 6-foot $1\frac{1}{2}$-inch guard from Terre Haute, Indiana. It has won him honors such as being the No.2 high school basketball player in the east and boosted him to a starting berth in his third game with the Jayhawkers.
Hickman's basketball "career" started at Youngstown Grade School near Terre Haute. It was in this little country school that he became a part of a team of 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. They played a rugged schedule of two games a year. He then played three years of basketball in junior high school.
From there he dribbed his way into Gershmeyer High School in Terre Haute where he lettered all three years. He was team captain both his junior and senior years. These two years he also won all-state honors in a state noted for its top basketball players.
Hickman said he wanted to come to KU because he knew Ron Loneski-another Indiana product—was playing here and also that Wilt Chamberlain would be here. He also attributed much of his desire to attend KU to Jayhawker basketball coach Dick Hart.
Real Praise For Harp
"He is a real great coach. He has the finest morals of any man I've ever met. He helps us solve our problems, not just basketball but others too. He's not just a coach. He's a real fine man along with it." Hickman said.
He also has words of praise for Harp's assistant, Jerry Waugh. "Mr. Waugh has really helped me get started; he's done a lot. I probably wouldn't be starting if it hadn't been for his help."
Although Hickman thought the Wildeats would be hard to handle he was far from forecasting defeat.
He added he thought the Wildcats would be the toughest team KU would meet this season.
Hickman said he felt the Christmas tournament in Kansas City would probably decide the Big Eight champions. As far as meeting Kansas State in the finals he said they hadn't thought about meeting K-State as a team.
"I think we can defeat K-State. They have Jack Parr and Bob Boozer but I think we've got the better all-around team."
"The way we feel now is that we've won five and we've got to win 22 more—then we'll be the national champions. Our goal is not to be No. 1 now but at the end of the season," he said.
Hickman made it clear that the team was taking its games one at a time.
Hickman named Northwestern as his choice for the toughest team the Jayhawkers have faced this far with Oklahoma State running a close second.
Hickman concluded, "I wanted to come out here and play with the best. I thought if I had a chance to make it with the best I'd certainly try."
He tried and he made it.
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