Boxing champ being sought
By DARYL HOLLOMAN
WHO IS . . . THE KING?
Muhammed Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, has been stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion title and sentenced to five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. All this transpired within the past few months. Now the big question is who deserves to ascend to Ali's vacated throne?
To answer this question for the boxing world, Sport's Action Inc., aided by American Boxing Commission (ABC), has set up an "elimination tournament" which involves eight top contenders in a runoff for Ali's Crown.
The eight contenders are Oscar Bonevena, Jimmy Ellis, Leotis Martin, Karl Mildenburger, Floyd Patterson, Jerry Quarry, Thad Spencer and Ernie Terrell.
The tournament will begin Aug. 5, and will be televised on ABC's Wide World of Sports. The contenders' purses will range from $23,000 to $50,000 beginning with the opening doubleheader featuring Ernie Terrell vs. Thad Spencer and Jimmy Ellis vs. Leotis Martin at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
The other two matches feature Karl Mildenburger vs. Oscar Bonevena in Offenbach, Germany, and Floyd Patterson vs. Jerry Quarry in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 21 or 28.
Semi-final matches will begin Nov. 11 and Dec. 2, and the Championship Bout will be held in late January or early February at the Astrodome.
In a breakdown of the first round matches, Terrell should come out the victor over Spencer. He has the most effective left-jab in boxing, and his combination of age and ring-wise ability are enough for Terrell to handle the youngsters in the tournament while enabling him to outlast most of the veterans in the ring. The only thing Spencer has is a possible inheritance of Ali's big mouth. Therefore, Terrell should win his first match.
In the Mildenburger-Bonevena match, Mildenburger should emerge the victor. He's a left-hander who gave Ali the toughest fight of his career. Although Bonevena crowds and left-hooks, which is the way to defeat a left-hander, Mildenburger should outlast and overpower Bonevena. Furthermore, to Mildenburger's advantage, the fight is being held at Offenbach, Germany, thus Mildenburger will probably fight more effectively since the match is at "home."
The Quarry-Patterson rematch is a difficult one to judge. Quarry is a tough young fighter who has steadily improved since he turned pro. On the other hand, Patterson is getting old and was knocked to the floor twice by Quarry in the draw they fought in Los Angeles, and his counterattack wasn't enough to defeat Quarry. It is most likely that Quarry will outlast Patterson for a victory.
Depending on how the semi-final matches are to be set up, the championship bout will probably feature Mildenburger vs. Terrell. Quarry and Ellis don't have quite the polish to win the tournament, but it is certain that they won't be complete pushovers for either Mildenburger or Terrell.
The ultimate winner of the tournament is hard to predict. Since Mildenburger and Terrell are the most likely to be in the championship fight, conclusions must be drawn from their styles and past performances.
When Mildenburger fought Ali, it was one of the toughest fights of Ali's career. When Terrell fought Ali, he was brutally mauled for the 15 rounds, but managed to endure the beating despite a badly damaged eye sustained early in the fight. Terrell has the best left-jab of any boxer today, but Mildenburger is a lefty, and many boxers have trouble with lefties.
If Mildenburger can keep up his good footwork and evasive action, then he can undoubtedly defeat Terrell despite Terrell's mature age and wisdom in the ring. Mildenburger should emerge from the tournament as the World Heavyweight Champion because he manuevers more for the effective punches, where Terrell tries trading blows in hopes of a knockout. Therefore, this tournament is likened into a gladiatorial battle: whoever remains standing is the victor.
Summer Kansan Friday, July 28, 1967
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KU track team holds conference, world records
Bv DON HOLLINGER
BY DON HOLLINGER
The KU track team holds a total of nine Big Eight Conference records. Jim Ryun has four of these records, either individually achieved or made on relay teams.
Kansas' four-mile, sprint' medley, and distance medley relay squads all hold Conference marks.
The four-mile relay team—Allen Russel, Gene McClain, Tom Yergovich, and Jim Ryun—has a pacesetting mark of 16:43.0 while the sprint medley relay team—Gary Ard, Ben Olison, Dwight Peck and Ryun—has a Conference mark of 3:15.2. The distance medley relay team—Curt Grin-
Ryun will go on a European tour to try to add to his list of world marks from August 12 to 20. He has asked to compete in a race other than the mile, possibly 800 meters, which could mean another record for him.
However, there are other KU track team members who hold Big Eight marks, too. George Byers, a 120-yard hurdler, holds a mark in his event while Steve Moon holds the javelin mark of 220-1.
A fall semester opening is slated for the recreation room and the 25x50 foot swimming pool to be built at Naismith Hall by owners Allen and O'Hara, Inc., Memphis, Temn.
Sliding glass doors will open onto the heated pool. Stairs from the pool deck will lead to the recreation room roof where shuffleboard, deck tennis, and sun bathing will be available.
A plastic bubble, or roof, will be added so that the pool may be used the entire year.
Rec room, pool slated to open
Existing facilities at Naismith include a complete boarding plan, parking, a telephone in every room, private baths, and carpeted rooms.
dal, Feck, Yergovich, and Ryun—has a time of 9:33.8.
The sprint and distance medley times are world records.
Ryun holds two official world records and one unofficial record. According to Bob Timmons, track coach, Ryun's record in the half mile is accepted as an American record but not as a world record. The meet in which Ryun set the record was not sanctioned by the AAU and Ryun's record could not
be accepted. Ryum's two official world records, set in the 1,500 meters and the mile, were sanctioned by the AAU and therefore were accepted. There is a possibility that the half-mile mark will eventually be accepted by the AAU.
KU has 22 players listed in the Big Eight's files for their naar-record accomplishments. There were 24 separate events in the Big Eight's final ratings.
Jayhawks to take part in Riverside Tourney
By RICK FOLKMIRE
A field of eight will compete in next spring's Riverside (Calif.) National Collegiate Baseball tournament in which KU will participate for the first time.
The tournament, scheduled March 18-23, matches every team against each of the other seven schools. Kansas Coach Floyd Temple said the Riverside tournament will replace KU's traditional early-season trip to Texas.
In addition to the Jayhawks, the six-day round-robin event will bring together Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Mississippi State.
Brigham Young, Oregon. UCLA and host Riverside. UCLA won the event last spring.
TWO WEEKS later, on April 5 and 6, the Jayhawks will host K-State to open their Big Eight campaign. The Jayhawks will play Nebraska at Lincoln April 12 and 13 and Colorado at Boulder April 19 and 20. Returning to Lawrence, the Jayhawks will play Iowa State April 26 and 27, Oklahoma State will host KU at Stillwater May 3 and 4. Then the Jayhawks return to Lawrence to close out the season with Missouri May 10 and 11 and Oklahoma May 17 and 18.
NCAA foiled in regulating size of scholarships
The National Collegiate Athletic Association regulates the size of scholarships a college or university may offer an athlete. The largest scholarships allowed by the NCAA provides for room and board, fees, tuition, books, and $15 per month for incidentals.
The sixty-two-year-old NCAA once tried to limit athletic scholarships to the cost of tuition and enforced that rule by suspending institutions from the association.
Full athletic scholarships were legalized again in 1952 because of the number of institutions that ignored the NCAA ruling.
Jayhawks to play Cougars
Jayhawk athletic director Wade Stinson announced Tuesday that KU and Washington State have signed for a non-conference football game to be played in Lawrence September 24, 1977.
The only previous meeting between the two schools was in 1955 when KU defeated the Cougars, 13-0 in Lawrence.
Among the non - conference football foes the Jayhawks will meet during the next decade are Illinois, New Mexico, Texas Tech, Indiana, Syracuse, Minnesota, Wyoming, Florida State, Baylor, Tennessee, Oregon State and Kentucky.
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