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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 8,1962
By Steve Clark
One of the many All America basketball teams has been selected and it is not surprising that there was at least one gross error.
The Associated Press announced its 1962 All America squad which was selected by a compiled vote of AP sportswriters.
ONE OMISSION hit us hard on the home front. Jerry Gardner, KU's senior guard, did not even receive honorable mention. There were no Big Eight players on the first three teams, but Kansas State's Mike Wroblewski and Colorado's Ken Charlton made the honorable mention list.
It is obvious why Wroblewski and Charlton were mentioned, while Gardner's name was omitted. Kansas State and Colorado have outstanding teams while Kansas is an also-ran this year.
This situation exists too many times. Basketball players are judged on their teams' records instead of their individual prowess.
THE CONTRASTING argument is that if a player is All America caliber he should lead his team to a winning season regardless of who the other four players are.
GARDNER is perhaps the nation's top guard. Nevertheless this would not qualify him for All America because players are not chosen by position on the team. Very likely five centers could compose a first team All America.
The key to basketball today is depth. The day of an individual carrying a ball club is gone.
Gardner does everything well. He is a shooter, a ball-handler, a rebounder and e team leader. If he has a weakness it would have to be in the defensive department.
Gardner could make any starting five in the country. Here in the Midwest, it has been said if either Kansas State or Colorado had Gardner they would be undefeated.
GARDNER IS respected in the East. St. Johns' coach Joe Lapchick said after his Redmen defeated KU here in December that Gardner was one of the finest guards in the country.
Arkansas' coach Glen Rose had unlimited praise for Gardner after his team played here, admitting that the Southwest conference did not have an equal match for Gardner.
Publicity plays a big role in an athlete making All America. Very few sports writers and coaches who select the teams have opportunity to see all of the top 25-30 candidates play. Usually a voter has just seen one play, or sometimes none.
PUBLICITY handouts play a major role in a voter's decision. He goes by what others tell him and by statistics.
Well, Gardner has the statistics. He leads the conference in scoring both league and overall. He is the only Kansas guard to ever score over 1,000 career points.
Touche.
Physical Therapy Used on Athletes
Bv Murrell Bland
An athlete walked on crutches out of the physical therapy department in Watkins Memorial Hospital.
"How's the knee today, Chuck?" a staff physical therapist asked.
"IT'S BETTER. I was able to bend my leg a little more." Chuck said.
"That's fine," the therapist said "Keep up the good work and you'll be off the crutches real soon."
BETTY J. SANDERS, assistant professor of physical therapy, said in a recent interview that about 30 people are treated in the department every day.
"We give first preference to students," Prof. Sanders said. "However, we also treat staff members and Lawrence residents."
Prof. Sanders said that all the patients in this department are sent to them by a doctor.
"MANY OF OUR patients have been in serious accidents." Prof. Sanders said. "We have several devices to help them get back to normal.
"We have complete facilities for treating a patient to make him self-sufficient," she said. "We are fully equipped to treat a severe polio case.
"WE HAVE two electric devices
that applies deep heat to aching muscles," she said. "We also have two whirlpool tanks to treat injured legs and arms."
Sometimes it is necessary for us to use a step-by-step process to help injured patients walk again," she said. "First, we have them walk with the aid of parallel bars. We then have them use crutches. Then we have them use one crutch and then a cane until they can walk naturally."
She said the department uses ultra-viiolet lights in treatments.
Prof. Sanders said the department has taken several patients that could not walk when they were admitted.
Stan (The Man) Musial to Play His Last Season
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — (UPI)
— This is it for Stan (The Man)
Musial and he has made up his
mind to go out in style.
The St. Louis Cardinals are reluctant to concede that Musial, who is going on 42, will hang up his spikes after the current season.
Musial, however, leaves virtually no doubt about his intention.
"HE WONT quit if he has a good year," says Manager Johnny Keane hopefully. "He loves it too much."
"This is my last year," he said puffing placidly on the stub of a cigar in the clubhouse. "I'll be 42 after the season is over, I've played over 20 years and I don't want to become the oldest man in the majors."
THE CARDINAL STAR, who has gone to puffiness a bit around the face and hips during the past few years, glanced around the dressing room and talked about the day he'll take off his uniform for the last time.
"THE BIGGEST kick for me personally would be to wind up with a pennant winner. I don't expect to set any worlds on fire myself although I'm determined to have a good year. More than anything else I'd like to have a productive year, something like the one I had last season."
Since breaking in with the Cardinals late in 1941, Stan has broken or tied 35 different baseball records. He has a shot at seven more this season held by such greats as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Mel Ott.
Playing in 123 games last season Musial drove in 70 runs and hit 15 homers. His .288 batting average was way off his lifetime mark of .333 although he still was regarded as one of the National League's most dangerous hitters in the clutch.
"Most of the kids make a big mistake shooting for the fences all the time," he said. "You can't tell 'em that, though. The first six or seven years I was up here I went to left field a lot and concentrated on just meeting the ball. I wasn't interested in home runs too much and I guess you can tell by looking at my record.
LIKE STILL another great hitter, Joe DiMaggio, Musial believes the chief trouble with young ball players today is their preoccupation with home runs.
Few major leaguers have it and even fewer to the degree that Musial did. He did so well in baseball that it helped him become an "outside" success in the banking business, and later in restaurant and bowling ventures.
"IWOULDN't say I was an overpowering hitter but my power was good enough. I'd generally be good for around 25 to 30 homers a year. I was rather fortunate being able to hit for average and for power. That isn't a bad combination."
"Later on, though, when I felt I had enough experience and enough ability I'd take a shot at the long ball occasionally. I guess I didn't do too badly," he smiled.
MUSIAL, A MAN who has won seven batting titles, three most valuable player awards and taken part in 21 all-star games, can't miss winding up in baseball's Hall of Fame.
"Nothing compares to this, though," he said. "I think I'll be around in some capacity when I can't play any more."
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"He's truly an amazing athlete," said Tebbettes. "He was throwing hard the first day in camp last Thursday."
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Exhibition Baseball To Start Saturday
That's right, none other than 40-year-old Warren Spahn, who has rounded into pitching form as fast as any eager young rookie on the "citrus" or "cactus" circuit. The Braves believe in nothing but the best for their Bradenton, Fla. fans, so manager Birdie Tebbetts has named Spahn to start Saturday's game against the Detroit Tigers.
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Spahn, who achieved his 12th 20-victory season with a 21-13 record in 1961, is scheduled to go three innings and will be followed by Tony Cloninger and Bob Shaw. Carl Willey, Ron Piche and rookie Dennis Ribant will pitch for the Braves on Sunday when they play the Tigers at Lakeland, Fla.
THE BRAVES got some other good news when relief ace Don McMahon agreed to terms. The 210-pound right-hander had rejected the Braves' terms three times and is believed to have signed for a token raise.
picked by Manager Bill Rigney to start their exhibition opener Saturday against the Houston Colts. Rookie Al Neiger and Johnny James (0-2) also were named to pitch for the Angels.
Eli Grba, who pitched the Los Angeles Angels' 1961 opener, was
AT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., World Series hero Elio Chacon checked in and signed with the New York Mets, Chacon, who scored the key run of the Cincinnati Reds' only series victory over the New York Yankees last October, had been delayed in Venezuela because of illness in his family. His signing completed the Mets' roster.
High winds and temperatures that dipped into the 40s suspended or curtailed activity throughout Florida Tuesday so there was only a sprinkling of news from the camps.
Other camp news: St. Louis Cardinal pitching coach Howie Pollet tabbed Ray Washburn, right-hander up from Charleston of the International League, as the outstanding new pitcher in camp. . . Detroit Tigers' injured include Charley Maxwell, 15 pounds underweight after a bout with the flu, and Al Kaline, nursing a sore left shoulder.
Relief pitcher Turk Lown, who was the only Chicago White Sox holdout, reported at Sarasota, Fla., and said he is ready to work three innings... the Philadelphia Phillies were encouraged when they learned regular shortstop Ruben Amaro had received a 60-day extended leave from the Army and will report at Clearwater, Fla., today... right-hander Jack Sandon worked out with the San Francisco Giants for the first time and weighed in at 194 pounds.
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