KU Faces UCLA In Road Opener
After suffering a double defeat against Duke last weekend, 82-66 and 94-75, UCLA Coach John Wooden said, "Every team plays poorly away from home."
If Wooden is correct, KU will have to be at its best to defeat UCLA Friday night.
"WE KNOW the things we will be taxed with such as UCLA's full court press and quick revolving offense," Coach Tedy Owens said. "KU will have to be patient with its shots," he said.
"I think we can beat UCLA. We can beat anyone in the country on a given night. If we play exceptionally well, KU can win. We must keep our poise." Owens said.
AFTER THE UCLA game, KU plays Southern California the following night. Owens is not taking the Trojans lightly.
"Everyone has been talking about the trip and it's all been UCLA. We played Southern Cal two years ago and they were an all sophomore team. They will be tough," he said.
KU's Walt Wesley has started this season right where he left off aggressively last year, at the top.
Wesley has 112 points after five games. He holds a seven point edge over Missouri's Ron Coleman. Coleman has hit 105 in four games.
In the Big Eight Conference, Kansas is far and away the tops in the rebounding department, bogging 57 per cent of the missed attempts. Ron Franz, Al Lopes, Wesley and Bob Wilson all rank in the top 10 retrievers.
Kansas and Southern California have met six times with the Jayhawks holding a 4-2 lead in the series. Kansas won in 1936, 34-31; in 1940, 43-42; in 1952, 76-55; and in 1964, 60-52. KU's 1940 win came in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament.
Southern Cals' victories came in 1959, 68-55, and in 1962, 78-70.
High scorers for the Trojans are 6-9 center John Block, averaging 22 points. Dillon, 11.5. Bob Westphal, 11, and Mike Magegard, 7.
USC has won 3 and lost 2 in 1965. They defeated the University of Hawaii twice and the Hawaii Marines. Losses came against Butler and St. Louis.
Frosh Rank Second In Pre-Season Poll
In a recent national sports magazine pre-season poll, it was said "next to UCLA . . . Kansas has the best freshman team in the country."
Undoubtedly, UCLA has the best freshman basketball team in the country, if not the best freshman team in the history of sports. Led by New York's high-school sensation 7-1 Lew Aleindor, the freshmen defeated the UCLA varsity, defending NCAA champions, 75-60.
OF COURSE. MOST pre-season polls are based primarily on statistics of the previous year. Regarding freshman teams, there are no previous season statistics to make a sound judgment. They are freshmen. Actually, pre-season freshmen polls are sometimes far from being accurate. However, there is no substitute for publicity.
Yet, being ranked second to Aleindor and Company is quite an honor. The KU freshmen are undefeated in two games, look great, and have shown much improvement Coach Bob Muleahy said.
"ANY TYPE of honor is defi-nitely better than not getting any recognition at all." Mulcahy said. "The most difficult thing now will be to live up to such an honor. Only the season will tell if we deserve a second place ranking.
"I really don't know if we should be ranked second. I haven't seen any of the other freshmen teams. One thing for
sure, the KU freshman team has a great amount of pride. If this pride keeps up, they will definitely benefit within their next three years while at KU."
Six Students Win Speech Potpourri
Six winners were chosen from 12 finalists in the Speech I Potpourri contest Tuesday and Wednesday night.
The winners Tuesday night were: Johnnie Cole, Lawrence junior; Whitney Vanzant, Wichita junior; Robert Ward, Wichita sophomore. Wednesday night winners were: John Coyle, Coffeeville freshman; Beverly Bigks, Kansas City, Kan., freshman; and Margo Grutzmacher, Onaga freshman.
The audience voted on the best speeches both nights and the winners were awarded gavels. While the votes were tabulated a panel of three critics discussed the speeches.
The seven-minute informative speeches covered the subjects of quack doctors, surgery, the Congressional Medal of Honor, "Big Beat," marriage, and the coin shortage.
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2. Tires Ok'd
Three Jayhawk football players head this season's 22-man Big Eight Conference academic team announced today by Wayne Duke, executive director of the Conference.
3. Oil Change
4. Lubrication
7. Anti-Freeze
5. Snow Tires
6. Chains
Hawks Place Three On Academic Team
Mike Shinn, Topeka senior, is majoring in aeronautical engineering. The 6-4, 225 lb. tackle was named to the offensive all- Conference academic first team.
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BRUCE PETERSON and Bill Wohlford were named to the defensive team. Peterson, 6-2, 188 lb. Prairie Village sophomore, played tackle for the Hawks. He is majoring in engineering. Wohlford, 5-11, 191 lb. Genesee junior, played guard. Wohlford has not declared a major.
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Of this group, Missouri's Carl Reese and Kansas State's Dave Langford probably hold the best academic records of the top 22 named. Reese, a fullbacking biology and physical education major, had a 4.0 the second semester of last year. A nuclear engineering major, Langford had a straight "A" average the first
semester of last year and finished with a 3.8 for the year. He is an offensive tackle.
Institutional nominees included 12 from Oklahoma, 10 from Kansas, nine from Oklahoma State and Nebraska, eight from Missouri, six from both Kansas State and Colorado, and four from Iowa State.
Seven Jayhawkers received honorable mention. The seven players and their positions are Dave Bouda, quarterback; Bill Emmot, quarterback; Roy Holiday, halfback; Drue Jennings, halfback; Roy Manka, kicking specialist; H. B. Marshall, end, and Dave Waxse, linebacker.
IN ALL, 64 players were nominated for the team, which is sponsored by the Conference's sports information directors. Nominees must have had at least a "B" academic average during their last semester, quarter or year of work. The 22 making the team automatically become candidates for academic all-America teams to be announced later this month.
FIVE BIG EIGHT players who made the all-Conference academic first teams of last year are on this year's team. Leading the returnees are a pair of Coloradoans, linebacker Steve Sidwell and defensive halfback Hale Irwin, and Nebraska's Tony Jeter, all three of whom made the all-Conference units selected by the wire services earlier this month. Jeter is also a member of the Coaches' all-America team.
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