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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Feb. 26, 1965
K-State Cagers Meet Golden Buffs on TV
Kansas State and Colorado tangle in the Big Eight basketball television feature Saturday. Tipoff in Ahearn Fieldhouse is set for 1:30 p.m.
The Wildcats can accomplish three things with a victory over the Buffers. First of all, then can snap a fourgame losing streak that started on Feb. 9. Secondly, they can gain partial redemption for two previous below-par showings on the tube. And finally, they can affect the conference title picture.
On the other hand, Colorado will come into Manhattan angered by a loss to the surprising Missouri Tigers at Boulder Monday night. The Buffs must win their three remaining games to stay alive for any claim of the crown, and that may not be enough.
IN COLORADO'S Chuck Gardner, the Wildcats will be facing one of the big surprises of the season. The 6-7 Yardley, Pa., pivot is among the leaders in both scoring and rebounding in the Big Eight. Last time out, Gardner popped in 27 points.
In addition to Gardner, the Buffs have one of the top sophomores in
Sox Walseth, Colorado coach, is expected to open with veterans Mike Frink and Norm Saunders at the forward positions and junior Lynn Baker in the backcourt with Pat Frink.
the league. Pat Frink, a 6-3 backcourter, was one of the standouts in the pre-season tourney at Kansas City and is the top scoring sophomore in the Big Eight.
NO LESS than half a dozen line-ups are possible for K-State. Tex Winter's sorting job becomes more complex with each game because of inconsistent performances on one hand and unexpected outputs on the other.
Department Names WRA Delegation
Two weeks ago, Roscoe Jackson was the big surprise. Then Dick Barnard jumped into the picture. Winter was pleased with John Olson and Larry Weigel, both reserves, in the 86-66 loss to Kansas last Saturday night.
Colorado will enter Saturday's game with a 7-4 conference mark and 12-10 overall. K-State now stands 3-7 in the Big Eight and 10-11 in all games.
KU's Physical Education department has elected representatives for Women's Recreation Association (WRA). These repreetatives are responsible for such things as intramural activities and tournaments with other schools.
Lyle Griffith, Lawrence junior, was elected president along with Marty Mettner, Topeka junior, serving as vice president. The recording secretary is Carolyn Guy, Lawrence junior, and the corresponding secretary is Jesse Lyon, Godfrey, Ill., sophomore. Lou Brown, Atchison senior, is treasurer. Babs Bomhoff, Atchison sophomore, will handle all publicity.
The sports chairmen are: Sally Smith, St. Joseph, Ill., freshman — badminton and tennis; Vickie McBride, Hutchinson sophomore — basketball and softball; Susie Geiger, Leavenworth junior — swimming; Terry Tippen, Prairie Village freshman — tennis; and Barb Bock, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore — volleyball.
Plans for the future include a badminton tournament with games every Tuesday and Thursday until the championship is determined.
Greeks, Independents Play for Titles
The quarter-final eliminations were completed last night in the intramural basketball race.
In the Independent "A" league, the Laws dawned the B.-Shooters, 62-45, and the Ellsworth team defeated the Nads. 39-38.
Phi Delta Theta rolled over Sigma Nu in one half of the Fraternity "A" competition, 59-26. In the other game, Delta Upsilon squeaked past Beta Theta Pi, 49-47.
Steve Wickliff, Mission sophomore, led the scoring for the winning Laws with 22 tallies. For the defeated B-Shooters, Anthon Schroer, Sioux City, Ia., graduate student, was responsible for half the team total with 27 points.
Individual scoring efforts in the Ellsworth-Nads contest was as close as the final score. Charles Huerter, Seneca sophomore, scored an even one-third of the total by sinking 13 for the Ellsworth crew. Gerald Poore, freshman, shot in 12 for the Nads.
In the one-sided Phi Delt-Sigma Nu contest, Harold Knapheide, Quincy, Ill., freshman, led the victorious Phi Delts with 29 counters. His high-scoring counterpart on the SigmaNu squad was Jerry Jaax, Conway Springs freshman, with 14 points.
Jeff Elias, Miami, Fla., sophomore.
led the DU's to their slim victory over the Betas with a scoring effort that netted him 18 points. High scorer for the Betas was John Grantham, Topeka junior, who tallied 12 points for the losers. He was closely followed by his teammate, George Benson, El Dorado senior, who shot in 11.
The winners of the quarter-final competition will be matched this afternoon in Robinson Gymnasium. The game for the Fraternity division will be at 4 p.m. and the Independents will meet at 5 p.m.
The championship game between the winners of both divisions will be held Monday.
Individuals to Spark Big 8 Indoor Track
Missouri's Tigers, convincing winners over three opponents—Oklahoma State, Indiana, and Oklahoma — in three pre-championship meets will be paced in the Big Eight Indoor track meet by one of two double winners back from last year, Robin Lingle, plus the king of the shot putters, Gene Crews, and the winner of the 880, Charlie Conrad, who is now beginning to round back into shape.
But KU still has Tyce Smith in the high jump and John Lawson in the two-mile, both of whom are defending champions, strength in the dashes with Bob Hanson and Ron Suggs, and hurdles with Hanson and Bill Chambers, and the conference's best in the broad jump according to current rankings, Larry Rheams, who has gone 24-3$^{34}$.
Add these three to a trio of veterans who are consistent point winners—Bill Rawson, Ron Peters, and Cal Groff—and three high-flying sophomores—Charlie Brown (sprints and low hurdles), Earl Denny (broad jump), and Steve Herndon (high jump)—and the Tigers are strong.
OKLAHOMA STATE makes no bones about it. The Cowboys have to score and score heavily in the 600, 880, 1000, and the mile if they want to stay in contention for the crown.
And they have the athletes to do it. Dave Perry has the all-time best for a Big Eight runner in the 600, a 1:10.4. Tom Von Ruden is tops in the 880 with a 1:51.8—right behind him are Jim Metcalf and John Perry, with John Winingham fifth in this week's rankings—and second in the 1000 and mile. John Perry ranks third in the 1000, with Fred Miller fourth, and Chris McCubbins is fourth best in the mile and third in the longest of them all. the two mile.
Nebraska has the greatest depth in the sprints and hurdles, mainly because of Charlie Greene and a returning Olympian, Lynn Headley. Greene has an :06.1 to his
credit in the 60, Headley a :06.2.
Headley is just out of the rankings with a :07.0 in the low hurdles, but teammate Ray Harvey has had an :06.9. Harvey is now fourth in the highs with an :07.5, just a shade behind the best time turned in by another Cornhusker, Preston Love, an :07.4.
In the 440, Dave Crook, who won the event outdoors last year, has had a :49.1, which is better than the winning time last year. Teammate Dennis Walker is ranked with a :50.1.
Colorado's main hope is its returning double winner from last year, Jim Miller, who won both hurdle events. Miller is working on a string of five straight individual hurdle championships, a streak that dates back to the outdoor meet in his sophomore year for the Buffaloes.
IOWA STATE'S Steve Carson is a strong contender for individual honors in the 440, particularly after peeling off a :48.4 earlier this month, the best time ever recorded indoors by a Big Eighter in the event, and the broad jump.
Kansas State has a contender in the 440 with Don Payne, who has logged a .50.2 as his best so far, one in the broad jump with Bob Hines, and the favorite in the two mile, according to early times, Conrad Nightengale. Nightengale's fine 9:16.2 is a full eight seconds better than his closest neighbor.
A pair of brothers, Bill and Lee Calhoun, hold the key for Oklahoma's success, in J. D. Martin's first year as a head man. Bill is a sprint ace, going in anything through the 440, including the low hurdles, while Lee is a middle distance liker, taking the 600 most seriously.
Fitting for Martin's first year back to the meet as a head coach is a Sooner leading the pole vault rankings, Jim Farrrell, who has a 15-3 leap to his credit this year, some 15 inches better than the next best jump recorded to date.