Baseball team to rival CU
By Ron Hanson
After a two week layoff, KU's varsity baseball team will take the field against Colorado in Boulder this weekend to play a three game series.
The Jayhawks, who had their home series against Missouri rained out last weekend, hold a 1-5 Big Eight record, good for last place, and are 6-7 overall.
THE ONLY conference victory for KU this year was a 3-2 decision over Kansas State two weeks ago. In the conference, the Jayhawks have lost three games
to Nebraska and two to Kansas State.
KU's conference record is a sharp contrast to its non-conference mark of 5-2. All of these games were played early in the season when the Jayhawks were on a road trip in San Antonio, Texas.
SO FAR this year, Colorado has a 2-7 league record and a 7-8 mark for all games. Last weekend, the Bucks lost all three games they played to Kansas State, and are reported regrouping their team somewhat for the series with KU.
The probable starting lineup for Colorado will include: Jack Coppom, centerfield; Don Alsup, third base; Steve Best, second base; Dan Kelly, shortstop; Dave Cramoy, leftfield; Duke Prentup, first base; Frank Rogers, rightfield; and Moe Radovich, catcher.
COPPOM and Alsup are the only three hundred hitters among the Colorado regulars as hitting is decidedly the Buffs' weak spot. Probable starting pitchers for Colorado against KU include Taylor Toomey, 2-2; Gary Mann, 2-3; and Clarence LeMasters. 2-2.
Freshman nine open with loss to Ichabods
KU's freshman baseball team began its season yesterday in a sorrowful fashion as the Washburn frosh defeated the junior Jayhawks 16-3 on the Ichabod's field in Topeka.
HOWARD ARNDT, a 6-9 pitcher and also a freshman basketball player, pitching the entire game for the Jayhawks, was credited with the team's first loss.
Coach Mike Dermanel said the freshmen have much more potential than the game indicated as they have been playing well against the varsity in practice.
THE FROSH will play the Kansas State freshmen in a double header Saturday, and Dermanuel said he is sure the team will do better.
The starting lineup for KU against the Wildcat frosh will be Curt Breeding, third base; John Willman, leftfield; Tom Shawver, centerfield; Randy Cordell, shortstop; Bob Moffatt, first base; Coley Stimson, catcher; Gary Skoog, rightfield; and Tom Morgan, second base. Pitching for the Jayhawks will be Rich Slicker and Roy Jackson.
PLAYING tomorrow in Manhattan, the first game will begin at 11:15 a.m. Dermanuel said that he plans to give the team a hard workout today.
The Jayhawk frosh have a total of six games on their schedule. Following the two contests with Kansas State, the team will play Washburn again, this time on the Jayhawk's field, May 12.
The KU freshmen will close out their season with a home double header against Nebraska on May 21.
KU's head coach, Floyd Temple, has announced that Jayhawk pitcher Fred Chana will return to action for the Jayhawks at Boulder and will draw the starting assignment in the first game. Chana has been sidelined for the past three weeks with an arm injury.
OTHER members of the Jayhawk starting lineup will be: Gary Ascanio, leftfield; Bill Fenton, third base; Jim Shanks, first base; Tom Evilsuren, second base; John Adams, catcher; Bob Skahan, centerfield; Alan Stoike, shortstop; and Steve Walsh, rightfield. Pitching along with Chana will be Sandy Buda, 0-2, and Bill Maddux, 3-1.
The top hitters for the Jayhawks so far this year are Fenton, 327; Shanks, 306; Evilsizer, 304; and Adams, 280.
Skahan is among the league leaders in runs batted in with 14, and Adams and Shanks are at the top of the conference in home runs with two apiece.
Following the Colorado series, KU will return home May 6-7, to play Oklahoma University in a three game set.
6 Daily Kansan Friday, April 29, 1966
BOSTON — (UPI)— Boston is still the capital of the basketball world, Red Auerbach went out puffing a victory cigar, and Bill Russell is ready to try his coaching hand.
Celtics win NBA crown
The incomparable Celtics knocked out the Los Angeles Lakers, 95-93. Thursday night for the eighth straight Boston championship and ninth in the last ten National Basketball Association seasons.
The Celtics, who had led throughout and were apparently coasting home in the fourth quarter after leading by 19 points in the third round, were pushed just a bit at the end though the outcome was not as close as the score would indicate.
VICTORY in the seventh and final championship playoff game meant a good deal more to the Celtics than the roughly $4,143 per man they will collect as world champs. It was the 1.037th lifetime victory for Auerbach who ended a 20-year coaching career to take over as Boston general manager.
RUSSELL, in his very last game
as strictly a player, stuffed a shot with 30 seconds left for a $5-85 Boston bulge. After that, it was a race to see whether the fans could cover the Boston Garden court before the Lakers could pick up enough points to close the gap.
Auerbach had his victory cigar lit by Massachusetts Gov. John A. Volpe and was half carried from the floor to a waiting shower while fully clothed. In Boston, it's been a tradition to drench Auerbach, clothes and all. But if they win again next year, the Celtics will have to fold Russell into the shower stall in his uniform of playing coach.
Star proved sportsman
KU track star Glenn Cunningham was called "The Sportsman of the Year" in Time, Jan. 8, 1934.
The winner of the Sullivan award "proved himself a good sportsman in running two races every meet and sometimes three against leading European middle-distance champions."
KARATE
Free Exhibition
Monday, May 2nd, 8:00 p.m. Allen Field House