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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 20, 1968
Dixon flies and writes
By Jerry Bean Kansan Staff Reporter
"An athlete is an athlete, and should be proud to be noted as one, no matter what sport he excels in," wrote a KU gymnast in a recent article published in the Christian Science Monitor newspaper.
Wayne Dixon, Olathe senior, and varsity gymnast wrote the article in defense of sports in the Monitor's "Dialogue wih youth."
Dixon also writes poetry and hopes to combine his gymnastics ability with his writing talent and teach high school English and coach gymnastics.
"If I teach English, I know I will continue my writing," Dixon said.
He describes his poetry as "semi-romantic and satirical."
The 5 foot 4 inch gymnast is
currently ranked third on the high bar in the Big Eight.
His coach, Bob Lockwood, said Dixon "has all the requirements of a great gymnast, good strength, great form and most important he has the attitude." He is also "determined and a hard worker."
"His prospects are good for the meet at Norman," said Lockwood, speaking of the Big Eight gymnastics meet to be held at the University of Oklahoma. Norman.
Since gymnastics became a recognized sport in the Big Eight four years ago, KU has taken fourth, third and third, respectively.
This year KU has a good chance of winning the title, Dixon said.
"The team can win if we all get together. We are as good as any of the other teams, it is just a matter of if we all hit, and do our
routines as we usually do," Dixon said.
Iowa State, Colorado and Kansas will be the main contenders in the meet, Dixon said.
If the gymnasts excel at Norman, they will go to the national meet to be held in Tucson, Ariz. the first week in April. The top team plus the top three men in each event at the conference will be eligible for the nationals, Dixon said.
Dixon will also compete on the rings and the parallel bars. He was Kansas state champion on the rings during high school.
Dixon's ability was summarized by his coach.
"He will be a great teacher, he's enthusiastic and devoted to helping others. There is only one way he can go and that is up," Lockwood said.
Dayton, Notre Dame win in NIT
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Dayton's Dan Obrovac hit six successive free throws in the last two and half minutes of play to lift the Flvers from a 56-55 deficit to a 61-60 triumph over Fordham in the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Tournament at New York's Madison Square Garden last night.
Notre Dame became Dayton's opponent for one of Thursday night's semifinals by barely holding off Long Island University 62-60 in the second game of the doubleheader.
Both games had dramatic finishes with the losing teams having shots bounce off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
cit to one point, got a chance to win the game when Fordham regained the ball on Don May's errant pass with four seconds remaining. Fordham called timeout and set up McLaughlin for what would have been the winning shot—but it bounced off the back rim.
Notre Dame, taking advantage of frigid 33 per cent floor shooting by the Small College National champs in the first half, had a 36-28 bulge after the first 20 minutes.
as Bob Arnzen and Bob Whitmore, whom Coach Johnny Dee calls "our two premier players" combined for 28.
Fordham's Frank McLaughlin, who hit jumpers with 32 and nine seconds left to twice cut the defi-
The Fighting Irish stretched the lead to 13, but behind the efforts of Newbold, LIU chipped away at the deficit and led 59-58 with 2:14 to go. But a basket by reserve George Restovich and a foul shot by Jim Derrig with 11 seconds left gave Notre Dame the victory.
Kansas baseball team loses first two games
The KU baseball team took Tuesday off after losing its first two games Monday in the Riverside (Calif.) National Baseball Tournament.
The Jayhawks took an early lead in the first game against Pittsburg. The Panthers came back to score two runs in the last of the ninth inning to tie KU. In extra innings, Kansas scored in the top of the eleventh to take a one run lead but Pittsburg scored
twice in its half of the inning to win, 9-8.
In the second game Kansas scored first but the host team, Riverside, scored four runs in the last of the third inning for what proved to be the winning margin. Riverside won the game 7-3.
After the one-day lay off Kansas returns to action to meet Mississippi State, Oregon, UCLA, Brigham Young and Tennessee in that order. The six-day tournament winds up on Saturday.
Lewis predicted a higher score than the 71-69 game the Cougars won two months ago. Both teams were, tight and cautious in that contest.
HOUSTON—(UPI)—Coach Guy Lewis of the University of Houston said Tuesday his team will be more confident and more relaxed when it plays UCLA in the NCAA semifinals Friday night than in the Astrodome encounter between the teams Jan. 20.
Coach says Houston ready
"I would think psychologically we have the edge," Lewis said at a news conference. "We beat them this year. They have got to prove now they can beat us."
"I think we will loosen up," Lewis said. "I don't know about them."
He said he does not think the Los Angeles site will give UCLA any advantage.
Lewis also said he does not think Coach John Wooden will direct his UCLA team to stall.
"I think in a regular season it would make a great deal of difference, but in a NCAA playoff game, you can throw all that out." Lewis said. "The players themselves are not going to let the home town crowd bother them. We'll block that out."
Spring drills to start
Spring football practice for the Kansas Jayhawks will begin April 13 and wind up with the spring game May 11, coach Pepper Rodgers has announced.
"I think Coach Wooden was trying to psyche us." Lewis said of published reports Wooden is thinking seriously about using slowdown tactics. "I've known Coach Wooden a long time and he's never used a stall game.
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