THE REUNION'S ALMOST OVER
After pacing to a 1:58.3 half-mile behind ex-teammate John Lawson, Kansas sophomore Jim Ryun prepares to take command and drive to a 3:54.7 finish in Saturday's Glenn Cunningham Mile at the KU Relays.
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STEVE HERNDON of Missouri became a triple-winner in the Kansas Relays high jump with a leap of 7-0. Herndon won the KU event as a sophomore with a mark of 6-8, and set a new meet record last spring by clearing the bar at 6-91/4. Ron Tull of Oklahoma placed second in the event with a jump of 6-8.
While Herndon was shattering records in the high jump, Fred Burton of Wichita State was busy doing the same in the pole vault. Burton soared to a height of 16-7, to establish a new Kansas Relays record in the event.
The bar was moved to 17-0, but Burton was unsuccessful in three attempts. The Wichita State pole vaulter owns a career best of 16-9½ set one week ago at the Texas Relays. When asked if he would be going for 17-0 at the Drake Relays this weekend, Burton replied, "I'll be going for it in every meet."
TEXAS SOUTHERN'S highly-touted sprint crew performed as expected over the weekend-fast. The Tigers captured victories in the college two-mile, 880, and 440-yard relays, and set records in all three.
TSU, anchored by Jim Hines, won the 880-yard relay in a time of 1:22.8, only two-tenths of a
second off the established worldrecord. The previous Kansas Relays best was 1:23.8, set by Texas Western two years ago.
In the two-mile and 880-yard relays, the Tigers of Texas Southern blazed to clockings of 7:30.8 and 40.0.
Anchored by a career best 4:02.1 mile by Tom Yergovich, the Kansas Jayhawks upset favored Kansas State in the university distance medley relay. Yergovich took the baton on an exchange from Gene McClain, and ran right behind Conrad Nightingale of Kansas State for three-quarters of the race.
However, the KU distance ace streaked by Nightingale on the backstretch and carried the Jayhawks to victory in the time of 9:41.6. Nightingale is the current Big Eight Indoor mile champion.
CHRIS McCUBBINS of Oklahoma State clipped almost 10 seconds off the 3,000-meter steeplechase record with a time of 8:46.6. The mark established an all-time Big Eight best for the event.
The KU freshman team dominated the freshman-junior college division of the Relays by establishing new standards in the mile, two-mile, and four-mile relays. KU's winning times were 3:15.5 in the mile, 7:35.8 in the two-mile, and 17:24.2 in the four-mile.
To an uninformed observer, (a rare sight) the crowd at the stadium might resemble a Saturday crowd watching a KU football game.
A record crowd of 23,700 attended Saturday's events. Both sides of Memorial Stadium were nearly filled to capacity, the only empty seats being in the north end and in the upper seats on the sides.
All eyes on Ryun—
Gone were the clouds, gone was the rain, and gone were most of the parking spaces for Saturday's 42nd annual KU Relays.
Bu MIKE WALKER
KU lost the first game in a baseball doubleheader with Missouri on Saturday, but regained composure and beat the Tigers 7-5 in the final game. The Tigers won the first game 10-4.
THE KANSAS UNION was jammed with people eating a hurried lunch. Casual piernickers, eating a leisurely lunch, dotted the northern slope of Mt. Oread.
Relays draw 23,700
Hawks, MU split twin bill
Randy Corill drove in two runs in the sixth inning to boost the Jayhawks to their second Big Eight win, KU is seventh in the Big Eight Conference standings. Missouri is fourth.
Randy Stroup was the winning pitcher for KU. Jerry Hurt won the first game by striking out 12 batters, but not before KU's Junior Riggins and Randy Corill blasted in homers.
Palmer wins 9-6
Top rated Palmer College of Davenport, Iowa, defeated the KU rugby club 9-6 Saturday on the practice field west of Oliver Hall.
The Jayhawks will see home action against Colorado on Friday, April 28, in a doubleheader, followed by a single game on Saturday with the Buffalooes.
KU scored on penalty kicks by Robert Clancey, Prairie Village sophomore, and Pat Rapp, Leawood junior.
The club lost 25-0 to Palmer earlier this season.
The rubby team, with a 6-2 record, meets St. Benedict's of Atchison Saturday on the practice field.
"Man, there sure are a lot of people here," exclaimed one sprinter from Texas Southern University, as he squinted towards the press box.
One sight most unfamiliar to a track meet was that of an Oklahoma track squad member taking time out for a smoke. He looked
RELAYS QUEEN
THE GLENN CUNNINGHAM Mile was the great race of the Relays. Like a magnet, the army of photographers, running around taking shots of different events, were drawn toward the starting line for the mile run. Shouts between the newsmen could be heard as they jockeyed for the best angle shots.
around nervously as he took only several drags off the cigarette and then stamped it out with his track shoes and jogged off toward the center of the field.
1967 Kansas Relays Queen Karen Renstrom, Omaha, Neb., junior, presided during the Relays events. Her attendants were Sherry Hogan, Hutchinson junior, and Jane Lindquist, Kansas City freshman.
"Hey, could ya move a little to the right. I'm taking pictures," exclaimed one photographer.
"Hell no, it's every man for himself," retorted the other as he
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squated near the fifty-yard post beside the track.
"Oh, I just love him," exclaimed one co-ed as KU's top miler took his place in the middle lane. The throng of thousands eagerly awaited the loud retort of the starter's gun.
AFTER THE RACE, as Jim Ryun regained his breath by walking around the south curve of the track, he was heard to say, "I thought that I could run a 54 or 55. Yes, 3:54.7 to be exact."
Fred Burton, Wichita State's fine pole vaulter, came closer than anybody else in the Relays as he anybody else in the Relays history to 17 feet as he vaulted to a record of 16-7. The first Relays was won with a vault of 12-9. Burton lost his glasses as he landed with a loud thump on "cloud 9," the air-filled canvas bag.
A small group of youngsters started to walk away from the stadium after it was all over. Sunburned and tired, one future KU track star said, "I can't wait until I can run in the Relaxs."
"Aw, g'wan," said one of his friends.
Prep cager signs
Pierre Russell, top scorer and rebounder for Wyandotte's Class AA state basketball championship team, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at KU. Kansas Conch Ted Owens made the announcement today.
Daily Kansan Monday, April 24, 1967
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