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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, May 20, 1965
Consistency Pays for McGreevy
Consistency has paid off for KU's Steve McGreevy, the Big Eight Conference's defending batting champion and a co-holder of the league's season record f. hits.
All but counted out of the race for a repeat title because he was hitting "only" in the mid-400's during the early part of the season while others in the Conference were taking their fling at the 500-plus levels. McGreevy has continually collected his four or five hits each weekend.
Thus, going into the last weekend of play, the Jayhawk senior is just four hits away from setting a new Big Eight record of 33 safeties in a single season—he owns a piece of the current standard with Colorado's Gale Weidner and Nebraska's Steve Smith.
McGREEVY IS also just one percentage point away from being the leading hitter. That honor belongs to Kansas State's Stu Steele for the second week in a row. Steele slipped
KU Heads Big 8 Records
KU dominates four out of seven field events and is tied with Nebraska for total records held in the Big Light, according to statistics compiled after last weekend's championship meet.
Glemm Martin of KU set a mark of 43-10-4 in the triple jump last weekend while John Lawson churned around the three-mile for a 14:09.6 record. Bill Nieder of Kansas set the existing mark in shot put
in 1956 when he tossed the ball 60-334. A 256-10 throw in 1959 for spearman Bill Alley still tops them all. In the discus, Al Oerter hurled the platter 183-5 in 1956 to establish the still-standing mark.
The Cornhuskers have undisputed claim on four titles, including the 120-yard high hurdles, the 220-yard dash, the 880, and the mile. Last weekend they tied Colorado's mark in the 440 relay at 40.5.
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some 48 points to the .440 base. McGreevy is at .439. Last week's runner-up, and the leader the week before, Bob Robben of Missouri, had his worst weekend of the year, dropping to .415.
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The only one of the three to hold his own, McGreevy increased his mark five points with six hits in 13 trips. Steele, who is destined to go down as one of Kansas State's best hitters, was held to two singles. None of the leaders has a shot at the Conference's single season-average record of .593 held by Missouri's Dan Reilly and set in 1960.
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THREE DOUBLES were included in McGreevy's bevy of hits, giving him the lead in that individual department with eight. However, he still ranks well behind Robben in slugging. The Missouri belter now has a .738 total bases mark.
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