Jayhawks claim second
Ryun grabs two more wins
Bv KIT GUNN
KU's world record miler Jim Ryun scored a double victory in the 880-yard run and the
mile at the U.S. Track and Field (USTFF) outdoor championship last weekend in Albuquerque, N.M.
Frosh Schedules
Four football games and eight basketball games have been scheduled for Kansas freshman teams for the 1967-68 school year, Athletic Director Wade Stinson announced recently.
All but two of the contests will be played against other Big Eight schools. The exceptions will be two early-season home basketball games against Kansas City and Highland junior colleges.
KU's frosh gridders will play Oklahoma State for the first time, opening against the Colts at Stillwater October 27.
A new basketball rivalry for the Jayhawk yearlings matches them in a home-and-home series with Nebraska. The six basketball games with Kansas State, Missouri and Nebraska will be played as doubleheaders with the varsity contests between the same schools.
The schedules:
FOOTBALL
October 27 - Oklahoma State at
Stillwater. 2:30 p.m.
November 3—Kansas State at Lawrence. 2:30 p.m.
November 10—Missouri at Co-
Jumbia 2:30 pm.
November 20—Oklahoma at Lawrence. 2:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL
December 6—Kansas City Junior College at Lawrence.
January 6- Highland Junior College at Lawrence
January 16—Missouri at Lawrence.
California shot-putter to go here
Steve Wilhelm of Los Altoz, Calif., who ranks fourth in the nation this year among high school shot putters, has signed a national letter of intent to attend Kansas, track coach Bob Timmons announced recently.
The 250 pound, 6-2 prep star tossed the shot an even 65 feet for a career best to finish second in the recent California schoolboy championships. His best discus throw of 173-10 was made as a junior.
Wilhelm is a brother of Bruce Wilhelm, who won the Big Eight shot put title for Oklahoma State this spring.
THE YOUNG California giant is the second standout weightman who has signed a letter of intent with KU. Two weeks ago Karl Salb of Crossett, Ark., the nation's No. 2 prep shot putter at 66-9$_{4}$ , accepted an athletic scholarship with the Jayhawks.
Timmons said Salb's decision to attend Kansas was a big factor in recruiting Wilhelm.
"He's a competitor," Timmons offered. "The idea of having a teammate like Salb to work with and compete with for four years appealed to him."
The KU weight room, which has been upgraded with a lot of additional equipment the last year, also impressed Wilhelm, Timmons said.
January 20—Kansas State at Manhattan.
February 17—Nebraska at Lawrence.
February 20—Missouri at Columbia.
February 24-Kansas State at Lawrence.
February 27—Nebraska at Lincoln.
The Jayhawk Track Club which represented KU could only muster up enough points for a second place finish, falling behind the New Mexico Track Club.
KU POSTED 69 points while the winning team scored 85 and one-third. Last year the KU thinclads placed first in the meet.
Ryun ran the half-mile in 1:47.2, the best time recorded this year in that event. His mile, however, was a full 18 seconds off his world record time, as he coasted to a 15-yard win with 4:09.3.
Calling his mile "easy," Ryun
said he was not pressed "so I just ran to win." The USTFF meet record is 3:56.4, set by Bob Day of the University of California at Los Angeles in 1965. Ryun's world record is 3:51.3, run last year.
stevens on sports
Summer glances turn to Jim Ryun
AS THE GUN sounded, the Kansas star led the race briefly, but then fell behind teammate Tom Yergovich to run in third and fourth position for the first three laps. Ryun's famous last lap kick gave him a comfortable margin as he ran across the winning tape.
The sports picture in the summer at KU slows down considerably from the fast pace of winter activities.
Many of the coaches are working on getting the final letters of intent signed. Among late signers have been seven swimmers and a high school shot putter who ranks fourth among high schoolers.
But all KU-minded individuals will turn their sporting glances to Jim Ryun.
THIS SUMMER could be one of Ryun's greatest. Already he has run the mile 18 times under the magic four-minute mark. Ryun has posted three of the five fastest miles in history, including first and second.
Ryum ran his first sub-four-minute mile while still attending high school in Wichita. He was eighth among the rest of the miles when he posted a 3:59.0 at the Compton Invitational in Los Angeles.
Young Ryun and his coach, Bob Timmons, have come a long way. Five years ago Ryun was just another high school trackman and Timmons was another high school coach.
FOR A WHILE, it looked like Kansas-born Jim Ryun would leave the state for a college. KU officials definitely "wined and dined" Ryun but then his high school coach was given the head track coach job at Oregon State.
Rvun then favored to stay with his mentor.
But KU pulled a few strings. In probably the most criticized move in his career, Athletic Director Wade Stinson fired Bill Easton, then KU track coach. The feud which supposedly led to the firing revolved around the spending of money.
Yet KU should be proud of both individuals. Ryun has given KU a much better name and adds a feather to KU's crown. Timmons, too, is dedicated. He proved this in his first KU Relays when he joined the ground crews to help put a rain-soaked field back in running condition.
Yet almost every observer felt Easton got the ax so KU could take Timmons away from Oregon State. A week passed. No one was hired. Then as Timmons was on the way to the west coast, KU made its move.
In the days of the hard pressure recruiting, it is good that Kansas can keep its own native sons. KU dropped a notch in prestige last spring when three Lawrence High School gridders signed letters of intent to rival Kansas State University.
THE REST is history. Timmons accepted. He came to KU and Jim Rvun came with him.
it is good to go out and rob other states of their high school stars. KU has done this for years. But, we can't neglect the home front. Jim Ryun came from the home front and so have many other stars.
This was the second year Ryun has doubled up in the USTFF championships. At next weekend's NCAA in Provo, Utah, he will run only the mile.
During this week the Jayhawk runner will be returning to training at Adams State College in Alamosa. Colo., at an altitude of 7,500 feet.
The 2,400 foot drop in altitude between there and Albuquerque reportedly bothered Ryun in his 880 on Friday, but he stated afterwards, "By the National Collegiate Athletic Association meet I should have a pretty good idea about altitude running.
Seven tankmen pen intent letters to enroll at KU
Seven swimmers from Kansas City and Wichita high schools who scored in the 1967 Kansas championship prep meet have signed national letters of intent to enroll at KU.
Jayhawk swimming coach Dick Reamon announced Wednesday he's received signed letters from five Wichita boys and two from Kansas City. The group includes two state champions and three runnersup.
They include:
- Kim Bolton, Shawnee Mission North, second 50 freestyle, second 100 freestyle.
- Bruce Bove, Wichita South,
third 400 freestyle.
- Doug Pickard, Wichita South, fifth one-meter diving.
Ray Powers, Kansas City Wyandotte, first one-meter diving.
$ \textcircled{1} $ Steve Trombold, Wichita East, first 100 backstroke in state record time of 56.3, second 200 freestyle.
Mack Vanderlip, Wichita Southeast, second 100 butterfly.
**Bob Warwick, Wichita Campus, second 100 breaststroke.**
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