Kansas swimmers bidding for 1st Big 8 championship
By Ron Hanson
With a team presenting as much balance as any in several years at KU, the Jayhawk swimmers will try to win their first Big Eight Championship swimming meet in Norman, Okla., today, tomorrow and Saturday.
The Jayhawks, who placed third in the meet last year, hold a 6-4 record for all meets this year. In their last meet, the Jayhawks lost to Oklahoma at Norman, so this weekend, KU will be out to even the score.
Tie-breaker to be played at Manhattan
K-State's Ahearn Field House at Manhattan will be the setting for Big Eight basketball play-off Wednesday, March 9, should KU and Nebraska share a first place tie.
The decision was made in a three-way telephone conference yesterday evening between Wade Stinson, KU director of athletics; "Tippy" Dye, NU director of athletics; and Wayne Duke, Big Eight athletics commissioner.
"THE FINAL decision lay with the Big Eight Commissioner with the acceptance of both universities." Stinson said at his home last night. He said both Kansas and Nebraska were in agreement on the choosing of the K-State site.
NU's defeat over K-State Tuesday, gave them an 11-1 conference record, the same as KU. The Huskers finish their season against Colorado at Boulder, Saturday, and Oklahoma State at home. Monday.
KU plays K-State Saturday in Manhattan, and Colorado here Monday. KU must face the Manhattan crowd twice in five days if the Jayhawks and Huskers win their remaining games.
KU'S BALANCE is clearly shown with at least one individual ranked in the top six positions of every championship event. Bill Johnson, Jayhawk backstroke ace, has the best time in the 200 yard backstroke this year with a 2:04.9 clocking, almost a full second under the listed Conference championship record.
Other KU swimmers who are among the leaders in the Big Eight include: Joe Henderson, 50 yard freestyle; Greg Bell, 60 yard freestyle; Don Pennington, 200 yard individual medley and 160 yard individual medley; and John McPherson, 500 yard freestyle.
Henderson is very close to this year's best time in the 50 yard freestyle as he has been timed in the event in 22.6 seconds and the league's best is 22.3 seconds by Jack Hove, Oklahoma swimmer.
KU IS NOT favored in the meet as Oklahoma, with the top two relay units and five individual-event leaders, ranks as the top seated team. The favorite's tag is nothing new for the Oklahomaans, winners of the last 11 straight team titles in the conference.
Oklahoma's success has been the work of three men, Charles Schober, Jack Hove, and Jim Manring. These men have the conference's best times in six of the 12 events to be held in the meet this weekend.
Head coach Dick Reamon of KU will enter 17 swimmers in the championship meet. The Jayhawk entries and their top events are: Jay Allen, 100 yard backstroke, Jim Askins, diving; Jim Basile, 400 yard medley; Greg Bell, 50 yard freestyle, Dick Bisbee, 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle; Tom Bowser, 100 yard freestyle, 200 yard freestyle, and 400 yard freestyle relay; Jim Cough-enour, 100 yard backstroke, Mike Fleskes, 400 yard individual medley, Bill Griffith, 100 yard breaststroke, Joe Henderson, 50 yard freestyle; Bill Johnson, 100 yard backstroke; Chris Jeter, 500 yard freestyle; John McPherson, 500 yard freestyle; Hugh Miner, 400 yard medley relay; Don Pennington, 500 yard freestyle; Pete Stebbins, 200 yard freestyle; and Tom Van Slyke, 200 yard freestyle.
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Filling out the first team are Chuck Gardner, Colorado 6-7 senior and Don Smith, Iowa State 6-8 sophomore. All of the first team choices are seniors except for Smith.
Al Lopes, Kansas forward, was named to the second team and Jayhawkers Rodger Bohnenstehl, Jo Jo White and Ron Franz were given honorable mention.
HONORS ARE piling up for the 8-11 Wesley this week as he was also picked yesterday for the second team of the United Press International All-American squad
Earlier this week he was a third team choice by AP for their All-American poll.
Wesley has been playing aggressive defense, hitting the boards and shooting a high percentage in the Jayhawk's stretch drive. His scoring mark is 21.0 compared to 26.9 last year - third best in league history - but his shooting accuracy is better at 523.
6-1 Lewis from Topeka makes the big plays and the big points for the Jayhawks. As head coach Ted Owens puts it, "He's the kind of boy who picks up the coaches when they're down."
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