Thursday, February 8, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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KU frosh run today
Four of the nation's brightest high school track stars of 1967 will be in the spotlight today as the University of Kansas stages its annual freshman - junior college invitational at Allen Field House.
Preliminaries on the track begin at 1 p.m. with finals at 7 p.m.
Field events get underway at noon and continue throughout the afternoon and evening.
The 13-event meet has drawn 183 entries from 15 schools throughout the state, Bob Timmons, head Jayhawk track coach, said.
Top names from last year's national prep honor roll who will be competing are Kansas' prize freshman shot putters, Karl Salb and Steve Wilhelm, Fort Scott Junior College spinner Mel Gray and Butler County Junior College hurdler Marcus Walker.
Salb, Crossett, Ark, topped all high school shot putters last season when he broke the national record with a put of 69 feet 6 inches, Wilhelm, Los Altos, Calif., ranked third nationally with a heave of 65-10.
Last week in an exhibition at the KU-Southern Illinois dual meet Wilhelm hit a personal best
of 50 feet with the 16-pound shot and defeated Salb for the first time. Salb has a top 16-pound throw of 60-0½.
Gray, Santa Rosa, Calif., ran 9.4 last spring to equal the previous national high school 100-yard dash record. He finished in a tie for second in the national list behind the new record holder, Bill Gaines of Mull Hill, N.J., who clocked 9.3. Gray has run 6.2 this winter in the indoor 60, which he will run here.
Walker, Wichita, Kansas high school hurdles' king both indoor and outdoor, tied for third on the national 120-yard high hurdles. It last year with his 13.7 third place finish in the Golden West invitational at Sacramento, Calif. Walker will run both the 60-yard high and lows for Butler County.
Another of Kansas' top schoolboy runners of last year, miler Jim Neilhouse, Sailina, will be running for the Jayhawk freshman squad. Neilhouse won five state championships his senior year at distances from the 440-yards indoors to two miles in cross-country.
Two other standout middle-distance runners who will be com-
Hatcher was a member of Hancock's 440 relay team that set the national junior college record of 40.7 last year. He won the state
junior college 440 title and finished second in the 220.
'Hawks get juco transfers
He was voted the most outstanding junior college athlete at last year's West Coast Relays after a 46.3 carry in the mile relay. He has best times of 9.6 in the 100, 21.2 in the 220 and 47.2 in the 440.
petting for the young Jayhawks are Mike Solomon, Westminster, Calif., and Thorn Bigley, San Diego, Calif., who finished one-two in the mile at the California championship meeting last spring.
Three of the transfers are football players who will be eligible to compete next fall and participate in spring practice. They are: Ed Dooley, Centerville, Iowa, 220-pound tackle from Centerville Junior College; Allen Jakobic, Upland, Calif., 225-pound tackle from Chaffey (Calif.) Junior College and George Mcgowan, Glendale, Calif., 185-pound safety and split end from Glendale College.
Five junior college transfers have enrolled and begun classes at KU this semester on athletic scholarships. Wade Stinson, athletic director has announced.
The fifth mid-year scholarship recipient is Ron Jessia, Yuma, Ariz., 180-pound football and track athlete who attended Imperial Valley Junior College at El Centro, Calif., three semesters.
Entries have been received from Allen County, Butler County, Fort Scott, Garden City, Haskell and Hutchinson junior colleges and College of Emporia, Weston, Emporia State, Pittsburg State, Kansas Wesleyan, Ottawa, Southwestern, Kansas State and Kansas freshman squads.
Jim Hatcher, Washington, D.C., a spinner from Hancock Junior College in Santa Maria, Calif., is eligible for immediate competition and will make his first appearance with the Jayhawks at Saturday's Michigan State Relays in East Lansing.
Jessie will not be eligible to compete for KU until second semester next year.
This will be the KU frosh's first outing of the season.
IM b-ball continues
Basketball has become so popular at KU that nearly 16 per cent of the students here now play in trampled ball.
Although basketball intramurals began Dec. 4, the play has progressed slowly due to holidays and final examinations.
Robinson gymnasium has only four basketball courts—a shortage which has resulted in scheduling problems and delays, said Oren Ward, a supervisor of intramural events.
Leading the 195 teams are ATO and Kappa Alpha Psi in Division I of Class A of the Greek league, the Beta's in Division II and the DU's in Division III.
In independent Class A, Old Charters lead Division I. Law,
C.F. Raiders and Ellsworth 4N are tied for the lead in Division II. Grace Pearson and Pearson share the lead in Division III and the Blackhawks lead Division IV.
The games are officiated by students from officiating classes and professional officials. Over 500 games will have been played before the "hill" championships on March 8.
Spring intramurals including golf, tennis, swimming, volleyball and horseshoes will begin March 12. Deadlines for team and individual entries in volleyball are March 12; softball, April 5; swimming, April 26; golf, May 8.
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Timmons names Relays officials
KU track coach Bob Timmons last week completed selection of the officiating staff for the 43rd annual Kansas Relays, to be held April 18-20.
Frank Potts, Colorado University track coach, was named head official for the university division.
The 65-year-old Potts, who will retire this season after 41 years at Colorado, will help coach the U.S. Olympic track team next year. This is Potts' second time as a KU Relays referee. He refereed in 1948.
During his athletic career at the University of Oklahoma, Potts held several pole vaulting titles including two in the Kansas and Texas relays in 1923. He was Missouri Valley champion in 1925.
Named to head the college division staff was Bruce Drummond, track coach at Oklahoma Baptist University for the past 12 years and one time distance runner at Oklahoma.
Drummond, 37, has coached several star runners at OBU, including Pat McMahon, twice NAIA national cross country champion and winner of the 10,.000 meter run in the relays here in 1968. He was a member of the coaching staff of the U.S. national team that defeated the British Commonwealth at Los Angeles.
While competing for Oklahoma,
Drummond won the Glenn Cunningham Mile in the 1953 KU track and field meet.
Hoisington High School track coach Elton Brown will oversee the high school division.
Brown who has been at Hoisington 18 years has led his teams to three state championships. A half-miler for Kansas State College at Pittsburgh from 1930 to 1934. Brown sparked the Gorillas to Central Conference titles four years and was the backbone of the KSC relay teams that won 10 baton titles at the KU relays.
Kidd will ski in Olympic downhill
GRENOBLE, France — (UPI)— The men's downhill ski race, the glamor event of the Winter Olympic Games, was postponed today because of snow storms, high winds and fog.
Officials said the event probably will be staged Friday or Sunday
Officers said the event probably will be staged Friday or Sunday. The downhill postponement could prove a welcome boon for the United States since its top skier, Billy Kidd of Stowe, *Vt.* will have extra time to rest the ankle he sprained Wednesday.
Prior to the postponement, the
24-year-old Kidd had announced that he would compete in the downhill although he was still in "slight pain" from the injury he suffered during a practice run Wednesday.
Peggy Fleming, U.S. figure skater, virtually clinched the figure skating gold medal today with a near-flawless performance in the compulsory figures.
She now has 1,062.1 total points,
77.2 ahead of second place, at the
end of the compulsory phase of
the competition.
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