Friday, May 21, 1965
University Daily Kansan
Page 9
Track Meets Highlight Weekend
Intensive preparation for the two big national meets, NCAA and Federation, coming up the second and third weekends of June, begins this weekend for Big Eight Conference athletes with district Federation meets in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, plus a regional meet in Colorado.
However, the best bet for the Big Eight might be in the 880 with Oklahoma State's fine crew. Tom Von Ruden won the NCAA indoor title, but has taken a back seat outdoors to the Perry brothers, John and Dave, and Jim Metcalf, mainly because he wants to concentrate on the mile now that the relay meets are behind. Until the week before the Conference meet, he spent his time getting ready for the 880 each week.
PERIAPS THE leading contender is Nebraska's Charlie Greene, who slammed the sprints at last week's Conference meet and won the Henry Schulte award as the championship's top performer. He'll try in the 100 for sure and possibly in the 220, when he set a new Big Eight record with a 20.8.
With the best group of individuals figured to represent the Conference since 1960 when seven titles were garnered by six men, a string of two straight years without an individual at the top could be broken.
In the field, Kansas State's Bill Floerke tops the list in the javelin with his 266-$^{1/2}$ over 16 feet better
The 1965 KU intramural softball tournaments got under way Wednesday.
All teams participating in the single elimination tournament have won the right by placing either first or second in their respective leagues.
The "A" championship, decided between the winners of the Fraternity and Independent titles, will be played Wednesday and the "B" title is scheduled for play Thursday.
Campus Tourney In Softball Begins
than last year's NCAA championship toss—Floerke missed last year's affair because of a pulled elbow muscle.
Missouri's Robin Lingle, with one of the best times recorded so far outdoors by a collegian in the mile, a 4:01.7, will go to Bakersfield and Berkeley as one of the leading contenders. Lingle won the 1,000 run at the NCAA indoor championships.
COLORADO'S JIM MILLER will begin stretching out to 440 in the intermediate hurdles, after renewing his hold on the American record in the 330's just two weeks ago. Missouri's Ron Peters is also rated among the best.
KU's John Lawson, with his record-breaking effort in the three mile, a performance that puts him in the
same class as Oklahoma State's Miles Eisenman and the Olympian from KU, Billy Mills—the only two in Big Eight history to run the distance faster—has to be considered, too.
Another sophomore, Bill Calhoun of Oklahoma, gets better each week in the 440, and has to be put among the best with his easy running style. He is consistently between 46 and 47, and hasn't been pushed yet.
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