Friday, March 1, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Kansas favored in Big 8 track
Kansas goes into the Big Eight indoor track and field meet this weekend in Kansas City favored to sack up its 14th crown in the last 19 years.
The Jayhawks have 45 individual points still around from last year's championship team. In addition to those points KU still has anchorman Ben Olison from its record setting 1967 mile relay team. Olison has three new mates this year who figure to run as well or better than the departed trio who helped him lower the league standard to 3:16.3.
Only scoring Jayhawks of a year ago to graduate were Tom Yergovich, winner of the 1000, Gary Ard, second in the long jump, Dwight Peck, third in the 600, and Steve Hurst, fourth in
the 440. Ard, Peek and Ashurst also ran in the mile relay.
The 40th annual indoor carnival will be staged at Municipal Auditorium tonight and Saturday night. The final night has been sold out for more than a week.
Heading the Jayhawk's 22-man squad will be world record-holders Jim Ryun and George Byers, both potential double winners.
Ryun, who holds world outdoor records in the 880, mile, and 1500 meters, will run the mile and one other race yet to be determined. Coach Bob Timmons has him entered in the 890, 1000, mile and two-mile, but did not plan to divulge Ryun's second event until the coaches got together for the scratch meeting this morning.
Last year Ryun doubled in the 880 and mile and set records in both with clockings of 1:52 flat and 3:58.8.
Byers, holder of the world indoor record of 6.6 for the 60-yard low hurdles, is defending champion and record holder in the 60 lows. He is also a top threat to win the 60-yard highs. Last year Byers matched the conference record of 7.2 in winning two preliminary heats in the highs, but hit two hurdles in the finals and failed to score.
Happily for Kansas, Byers' teammate Lee Adams bagged the highs. Adams is with the KU squad this year but is just recovering from a pulled muscle and probably will not compete.
Adams, Byers and a third KU hurdler, Dave Stevens, all have equalled the 7.2 conference mark this year.
Bob Steinhoff, who has vaulted 16-1/4 in each of his last two meets, is back in peak condition after being plagued nearly all last season with an injured arm.
Steinhoff's recent vaults have lifted him into second place on the Big Eight's all-time indoor vaulting table. Only Chuck Rogers of Colorado, one of four 16-footers in this week's meet, has gone higher than Steinhoff. The leagues' other premier vaulters are defending champion Larry Curts of Oklahoma State and Larry Smith of Oklahoma.
Kansas' other leading contenders for high honors in the field events are high jumpers John Turek and Kenny Gaines, shot putter Doug Knop and Stan Whitley in the long jump.
Gymnasts' last home meet Sat.
The University of Kansas gymnasts, after posting a narrow victory over Nebraska last weekend, close out their 1968 home schedule at 2 p.m. Saturday in Robinson Gymnasium against a rugged Oklahoma squad.
Coach Bob Lockwood will send a 12 man Jayhawk squad after its fifth dual victory of the year against only one loss as two key performers return to action.
Wayne Dixon, after suffering an elbow separation a month ago, returns to compete in the parallel bar, still rings and high bar, Gerry Denk, who suffered a shoulder separation in January is ready to go in the trampoline and long horse.
Second place in Big 8 good for NIT bid
NEW YORK—(UPI)—The National Invitation Tournament continued its attempt to match the NCAA for post-season basketball prestige today with a record high entry for the 1968 classic at Madison Square Garden March 14-23.
Aware the National Collegiate Athletic Association had for all intents and purposes dwindled to
a two-team battle between UCLA and Houston, the NIT selection committee Thursday decided its field would be increased from 14 to 16 teams to accommodate some popular also-rans in conference competition.
John Bach, chairman of the committee, said the night of Friday, March 15, would be added to the playing dates and that byes would be eliminated.
Seven teams currently make up the lineup, with nine more to be added. Long Island University and St. Peter's were invited Wednesday night to join Fordham, Army, Notre Dame, Duquesne and Oklahoma City.
Runnersup in the Atlantic Coast, Big Eight and Missouri Valley Conferences are virtually assured of receiving membership in the 1968 NIT club.
Vanoy reinstated
Coach Ted Owens has reinstated Vernon Vanoy to the Jayhawk basketball team. Vanoy worked out with the team Thursday afternoon in preparation for the trip to Oklahoma. KU will play Oklahoma State Saturday and Oklahoma Monday.
The 6-8 junior was suspended from the squad Monday for a curfew violation and did not play in Tuesday's 76-69 loss to Nebraska at Lincoln.
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