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Jayhawks to invade Drake Relays
By Ron Hanson
Fresh from one of the greatest Kansas Relays in years, KU's top trackmen will travel to Des Moines, Ia., this weekend to participate in the Drake Relays.
Jayhawks such as Jim Ryun, John Lawson, and Tom Purma, who performed with peak effort at KU last weekend, will be trying to turn in even better performances at Drake. According to head coach, Bob Timmons, KU will have men entered in six relays events, five field events, two special events, and the regular mile.
JAYHAWK runners will be entered in six of the following seven relays as one event will have to be scratched: 440 yard relay, 880 yard relay, mile relay, sprint medley, distance medley, 4-mile relay, and 2-mile relay.
Timmons was unable to say which of these events will be scratched until after the Jayhawks arrive at Drake.
IN THE FIELD events, KU will have Gary Schwartz and Gary Barr in the discus, Larry Burdick in the pole vault, Gary Ard in the triple and long jumps, and Tom Purma in the lavelin.
Both Schwartz and Ard are recovering from injuries, and
Timmons said their performances will probably depend upon how they have recovered.
Ard has been having difficulties with his heel, and Schwartz is reported to have had nerve pressure on the lower portion of his spinal column. His injury is similar to one of the several that plagued KU's all-time great discus thrower, Al Oerter, in the late 1950's.
KU's JAVELIN ACE, Purma, is reported to also have been having back trouble, but his injury evidentally is less serious than Schwartz's. Purma won the javelin event at the Kansas Relays and Schwartz was not even able to compete.
In special events, the Jayhawks will have Jim Ryun entered in the invitational mile and Bob Steinhoff in the pole vault. Ryun, who won the Glen Cunningham mile at the Kansas Relays last week, will be competing at Drake against both John Camien and Robin Lingle. These men were Ryun's chief competition at the KU Relays and are expected to perform the same role at Drake. Ryun won the Glen Cunningham mile in a record shattering time of 3:55.8.
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Bloodied and bruised rugby players trudged off Quigley Field Sunday. KU's first rugby team, the Jays, had lost its first home game of the season.
The score was close, a 6-3 loss to the St. Louis Bombers. But neither line was penetrated, as all the points came from penalties. Bob Evans, a graduate student from Wales, scored for KU.
ST. LOUIS BROUGHT a strong team, in two senses of the word. Their average man in the scrum was 64" and 240 lbs. Their record was nearly 100 wins and less than a dozen defeats, which supports their claim to the nation's No. 1 rugby spot.
As the score indicates, the game was a dour, defensive battle. The Jays took the lead and led 3-0 at half-time. But in the second half the Bombers took advantage of the slope and scored two penalties. Both teams came close to scoring, but each time the defenses held out.
The Rugby Club's next game is against the Kansas City Rugby Club, in Swope Park.
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KU's 5-2 tennis defeat Tuesday at the hands of K-State gave the Wildcats ample revenge for their 4-3 loss to the Jayhawks in the opening game of the season. KU's record now stands at 4-5.
A bright spot for the Jayhawks is the form of their number one player, John Grantham. The Topeka senior beat K-State's Dan Millis 7-5, and 8-6 to push his record for the season to 7-2.
GRANTHAM'S losses have both been against Benny Anzola, Wichita State, who is the Missouri Valley Conference champion. Anzola is also the number one player and national champion of the Latin American country of Colombia.
The other KU success was a doubles, also featuring Grantham. Grantham and Bill Terry, Hutchinson junior, beat Bob Hauber and Mike Krause 8-6 and 6-1.
"We haven't got a real good team this year," Grantham said yesterday. "Next year should be better, though. We've got some good freshmen."
The losses were: Terry to Krause, 6-2, 6-2; Bruce Landeck, Prairie Village sophomore, to Bob Hauber, 6-4, 6-3; Mike Allen, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore, to Richard Dickson, 6-1, 6-4; Jim Keller, Russell sophomore, to Dennis Patterson, 6-3, 6-1; and Landeck and Allen to Millis and Dickson, 3-6, 6-3, 9-7.
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KU's golf team takes on K-State, Missouri and Nebraska in two four-team matches this weekend, and golf coach John Hanna is confident about the outcome.
"We have a good enough team to beat all these fellows," Hanna said yesterday.
The Friday game is over the Lawrence Country Club, which gives the Jayhawks home advantage in an effort to improve their 7-4 record.
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a freshman, is expected to be among the leaders in the pole vault at Drake. He won that event at the Kansas Relays with 15-6.
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The regular mile run at Drake will see three Jayhawks competing. John Lawson, Gene McClaim, and Alan Russell are all entered.
Concerning his expectations for the meet, Timmons said the Jayhawks should be strong particularly in the distance medley and the 4-mile relays, and if Gary Schwartz's back holds up, in the discus. He said that KU will probably have the most trouble in the sprint relays.
THIS WILL be the first time Timmons has ever gone to the Drake Relays so he was not sure as to how many participants the meet will draw. He did say that the Drake Relays will probably be as big as last week's KU Relays.
The Drake meet, along with the Penn Relays, Texas Relays and Kansas Relays, is commonly accepted as one of the top relay attractions of the outdoor track season.
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