Early football draft yields 26 prep stars for Kansas
Football prospects for the future are looking better as KU has signed 26 high school stars to letters of intent and has five more seriously considering KU, according to Don Fambrough, assistant football coach.
The new NCAA rule that requires high school athletes who are awarded athletic scholarships to pass the college board examination and have a predicted college grade average of 1.6 has affected KU's recruiting, Fambrough said.
"We have always looked for the good athlete and student," said Fambrough, "but now being a top flight student is a higher prerequisite for getting an athletic scholarship than ever before."
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UNDER BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE rules, KU is allowed to sign 45 football players to letters of intent each year, but this year KU could sign 50 because only 35 football scholarships were given last year. However, Fambrough said the coaching staff is going to try to sign only 40 men by next fall, most of whom they hope will come from Kansas.
"So far we have signed 22 real good boys, and although we had a disastrous season last year, we're on our way back," Fambrough stated.
At KU, recruiting athletes is one of the biggest duties of the
athletic department, particularly in football, because so many scholarships are given.
Most of the athletes who eventually attend KU visit the campus on one invited trip allowed by the NCAA and sponsored by the school. Help from alumni and faculty is invaluable as the coaches rely on these people to give advice to athletes in their respective fields.
"Recruiting takes much more work than most people realize." Fambrough said. "The coaches can't do it alone, and we receive tremendous help from faculty members and alums throughout the nation.
"We try to sell KU on educational factors, and we tell the high school boys it's hard here, but strangely enough that is what many of them like most about the school."
OF THE 26 football players already signed by KU, almost half are from Kansas. The list includes: Jim Bailey, 6-0, 200, Kansas City; Bob Brown, 6-1, 190, Kansas City; Jim Ettinger, 6-2, 200, Bartlesville, Okla.; Emery Hicks, Nowata, Okla.; Pat Hutcheens, 6-0, 200, Mason City, Iowa; Spencer Kissell, 6-0, 190, Bartlesville, Okla.; Derrick McCord, 6-0, 190, Kansas City; Tim Scanlon, 6-3, 205, Kansas City; Dave Standage, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Bob Tyus, 6-5, 252, Kansas City;
Rifle team wins NRA meet
The KU rifle team took first place over 23 teams in the National Rifle Association international sectional rifle match at the University of Missouri at Rolla on Sunday. The team shot a score
of 1082 for the first place. John Strahan, Salina senior, was high shooter. The team will fire Friday at Pittsburgh State College and will host the Air Force Academy here Saturday.
Tom Abbey, 6-0, 214, Norton;
Mike Carmichael, 6-3, 215, Mulvane;
Gary Davenport, 6-1, 185,
Wellsville; Dale Evans, 6-1, 215,
Russell; Jim Fritz, Kansas City;
Mark Hantla, 6-3, 215, Shawnee
Mission; Randy Keller, 6-2, 215,
Great Bend; Steve Lukert, 6-2,
195, Sabetha; Chuck Scott, 6-1,
210, Topeka; Vic Williams, 6-1,
185, Mike Hageman, 6-2, 195,
Tribune; John Weir, 6-1, 195,
Lombard, Ill.; Al Rocowiak, 6-3,
240, Chicago, Ill.; Tim Oesterling,
6-5, 235, Riverside, Calif.; Rick
Durrett, 6-5, 210, Kansas City;
Bill Bell, 6-1, 185, Fall Church,
Va.
Intramural basketball play-offs continued last night with action in the three leagues.
Results of last night's first round action are:
Hill play-offs continue
Fraternity B: Sigma Chi, 29— Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 28; Eeta Theta Pi, 46—Tau Kappa Epsilon, 21.
Independent C: Warriors, 31— Pearson, 22; Fort Mudge Five, 50— Law No. 1, 36.
Second round results, all in the Independent A league, are: B. Shooters, 57-Tempiun Pln. 2, 56; Blackhawks, 53-Navy, 40; Pearson, 35-MFU, 34; Law, 45-JRP No. 1, 45.
First round play continues tonight with two games in the Fraternity A league: Delta Upsilon vs. Phi Kappa Psi, and Phi Gamma Delta vs. Sigma Chi.
Second round contests include the following:
Independent C: McCollum 10F vs. JRP No. 1, Law No. 3 vs. Law No. 4.
Fraternity C: Beta Theta Pi No.
3 vs. Phi Delta Theta No. 4, Phi Delta Theta No. 1 vs. Beta Theta Pi No. 1, Sigma Alpha Epsilon No.
2 vs. Phi Gamma Delta No. 4, Sigma Alpha Epsilon No. 1 vs. Beta Theta Pi No. 4, Phi Delta Theta No. 6 vs. Alpha Tau Omega No. 3, Delta Upsilon No. 1 vs. Delta Upsilon No. 2, Phi Gamma Delta No. 1 vs. Beta Theta Pi No. 5, and Phi Kappa Psi No. 2 vs. Delta Upsilon No. 6.
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