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K-State Drops Big 8 Race
The Nebraska Cornhuskers jumped on the defending Big Eight basketball champions, Kansas State, last night and handed them a 62-57 defeat.
The first loss to the Huskers in the Wildcats' Ahearn Field House left K-State tied with Missouri in conference play, 3-4. The defeat almost eliminates the 'Cats from the title race.
The Huskers dropped in 20 of their 45 shots for a devastating 44 per cent. The Wildcats turned in one of their poorest performances of the season hitting only 20 of 67 for a 30 per cent record. Nebraska converted 22 of 34 foul shots while the K-State hit 17-of-25.
Both teams lacked strength on the bench. Nebraska was so hard hit by injuries that it suited up the student manager. Despite the somewhat sparse teams, some of the players tudned in outstanding performances.
Roscoe Jackson and Ron Paradis hit 18 and 16, respectively, for the 'Cats. The Huskers had three men in double figures. Grant Simmons pumped in 18, Nate Branch 17, and Coley Webb tallied 11. Jerry Spears, Nebraska forward, took the rebounding honors, hauling down 10.
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stayed alive in the race Monday night with victories over Missouri and Oklahoma.
KU, on the strength of Walt Wesley's 34 points, handed Missouri its first home court setback this season. Colorado center Chuck Gardner canned a jump shot with 0:10 remaining to lift the Bucks past determined Oklahoma 57-55 at Boulder.
Kansas State, 3-3 in the conference, had won six of seven games at home this season while Nebraska had dropped all nine road games this season. The Cornhuskers are last in the league at 1-5.
The defeat dropped Missouri to 3-4 and virtually eliminated the Tigers--the only conference club to hand Oklahoma State a loss this season. Oklahoma's setback dropped the Sooners near the basement at 2-6.
Oklahoma State leads the pack with a 6-1 mark, followed by Colorado at 5-2 and KU at 5-3.
In addition to Wesley's brilliant performance at Columbia, the league's other top scorers Monday night were Colorado's Pat Frink with 18, Missouri's George Flamank with 19, and James Gatewood of Oklahoma with 17.
Mills Is State's Top Athlete
Marine lieutenant Billy Mills, KU graduate, was presented with two awards honoring his winning run, the first for an American, in the 1964 Olympics. Both of the awards were from the people of California.
In San Diego on Jan. 26, Mills was cited as the California Athlete of the Year and the San Diego amateur Athlete of the Year in a combined ceremony before a crowd fo 500.
"They've honored me in New York and other cities for winning the 10,000," he said, "but in my own mind my greatest accomplishment was merely finishing the marathon race." Mills was 14th in a field of 72 starters.
Mills, a native of Coffeyville now stationed at Camp Pendleton, told the audience that his 10,000 meters triumph wasn't his greatest achievement at Tokyo last October.
"The marathon covers 26 miles and for most of you that's a $4 cab ride," he said, "But it is an honor just to finish among the first six in this race and if I complete in the '68 Olympics, it will be my event."
Mills said the U.S. Olympics, distance runners were told before the Tokyo events that they were on their own and should do their
Track Needs Talent
KU track coach, Bill Easton, has issued an invitation for all men on campus interested in track and field athletics to report now.
Easton and his assistants said they would like to talk to interested men any morning in their office in 10 Allen Field House or the men may report to the coaches in the fieldhouse arena in the afternoon.
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"But once you're there and running and get to hurting, you look down and see USA on your jersey and all of a sudden you're not running just for yourself anymore," Mills said.
Mills went on, "My surprise wasn't in winning the 10,000 meters. It was the reception I've had since I came home and found how many people are proud for me."
Mills shared the spotlight that
evening with several other sports figures also there to receive awards, including coach Sid Gillman of the San Diego Chargers, western division champs of the American Football League.
The award for California Athlete of the Year was presented by Bob Myers, sports editor of the Los Angeles bureau of the Associated Press. The recipient is determined by a poll of the state's sports writers and is conducted by the AP.
KU Gets Letters of Intent
KU landed ten high school football prospects in the first day of letter of intent signings.
All but two of the prep seniors are all-state choices. Two were chosen to all-America teams.
First to sign were three hometown products - Lawrence High's guard Ken Wertzberger, and half-back Rod Taylor, both all-state and all-America picks, and guard-tackle Rick Trapp, a member of the Topeka Capital - Journal's second team all-state selections. Taylor is the son of Bernie
Weather put a crimp into the first day of the talent search. "It killed us. It changed all our plans," head coach Jack Mitchell said after arriving home late Tuesday night.
With rain grounding planned flights, KU coaches headed to divergent corners of the state in cars. After signing the three Lawrence players, Mitchell headed for Manhattan.
Taylor is the son of Bernie Taylor, an assistant KU football coach.
Other assignments found Taylor in Central Kansas, Don Fambrough in Northwest Kansas; Bennie Lee in Southeast Kansas and George Bernhardt in Southwest Kansas.
Bernhardt will also make a swing into. Oklahoma.
Of the first day, Mitchell said he was "real pleased. I'm just sure we have signed more, but with everyone having to drive cars, I just haven't heard."
Other players signed Tuesday: Bill Green, Ottawa, tackle; Doug Knop, Olathe, quarterback; David Aikins, Erie, fullback; Keith Christensen, Concordia, tackle; Donald Criner, Oklahoma City, end; Dave Morgan, Wauwatosa, quarterback; and Orville Turgeon, Valentine, Neb., guard.
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Major College Ratings Tight
NEW YORK—(UPI)—Michigan, UCLA, and St. Joseph's (Pa.) remained one-two-three respectively in the weekly United Press International major college basketball ratings today, but the margins separating them continued to shrink.
Providence held down the fourth spot while only 12 points separated fifth-ranked Vanderbilt, the fastest rising team in the ratings, and eighth-ranked Wichita. Sandwiched between Vandy and Wichita were sixth-ranked Davidson, two points behind the Commodores, and seventh-ranked Duke, only four points behind Davidson.
Seldom has there been a tighter race among the top 10 teams in the 15-year history of the UPI ratings.
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