Only one splash left
Photo by Ron Bishou
Only splashing you'll see at future Kansas Relays will be at the water jump for the 3,000-meter steeplechase. KU's puddle-plagued cinder track will be replaced by a new eight-lane Tartan surface, to be installed this summer. A $125,000 contribution by Wichita oilman Jim Hershberger, announced this morning, will help make possible the modern track facility.
Ageless Celtics champs
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (UPI) — Larry Siegfried hit two free throws with 24 seconds left and John Havlicek made one with 15 seconds to go as the remarkable Boston Celtics edged the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-106 last night to capture their 11th National Basketball Association championship in 13 years.
The remarkable Celtics, fourth place finishers in the NBA's Eastern Division in the regular season race and down 0-2 in the finals, took possession of their title with a 108-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
"This has to be one of my greatest thrills," player-coach Bill Russell said after his club took the best-of-seven playoff series, 4-3. "It's always tough to come back but we did."
The Celtics actually won it with a third-quarter blitz. They reeled off 11 straight points to turn a 60-60 tie into a 71-60 advantage.
A Forum record basketball crowd of 17,568 watched the 35-year-old Russell help the Celtics become the first team in the NBA's 23-year history come back to win after losing the first two games in the finals.
KU netters 4-0 winners
KU's tennis squad came home to defeat Nebraska, 4-0, yesterday in a dual cut short by a rainstorm. The triumph followed a disappointing road trip for the Jayhawks.
Over the weekend, Kansas was edged by Kansas State, 4-3; blanked by Oklahoma, 9-0; and defeated by Oklahoma City, 5-1. Saturday's match with OCU was also halted by rain, forcing cancellation of the doubles matches between the two schools for the second time.
Yesterday's win boosted KU's overall record to 11-8-2 uwwith a 2-3 mark in Big Eight play. The last league match before the conference meet will be Saturday at Missouri.
The Wichita State dual, postponed from April 15, will be played this afternoon at 2:30 on the courts west of Allen Field House. The Jayhawks will face Washburn University tomorrow, also at 2:30, in the season's last home match.
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Brainy boss of Orioles feels Lopez shock waves
NEW YORK (UPI) — De Gaulle hangs 'em up and Kosygin feels it, which makes it pretty much the same way it is in baseball where Al Lopez quits and Earl Weaver is one of those hit by the shock waves.
Earl Weaver bosses the Baltimore Orioles. Right now, they're going good in first place.
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But that doesn't mean there is no link between him and Lopez, a man who left a fourth-place club because of nervous stomach trouble.
"Sympathy isn't exactly the right word because in this business one manager can't really feel sorry for another" says Weaver, a brainy little fellow with 22 years in baseball.
Managing ulcers
"But I certainly can understand how managing could affect anybody's health. No, I don't have ulcers. I holler and let it out."
Lopez didn't. He kept it all inside him and all his fellow managers knew it. They also knew Al wasn't lacking for money and the White Sox front office had to persuade him to return as manager last summer after he had "retired" once before.
Weaver took over the Orioles after the All-Star break last season and brought them home in second place. Now he has 'em up there on top and thinks they have a good chance of finishing there.
"Maybe it sounds funny, one manager saying this about another, but Al Lopez is one of my favorites." Weaver said.
Orioles 20-8
Managing even a first-place club has its moments which tie a manager's belly up in knots, though. Last Wednesday produced one of those moments.
Southpaw Dave McNally, a 22-game winner last year and the ace of Baltimore's staff, started against Detroit that night with a spotless 3-0 record and also had a 3-10 lead when he walked the leadoff man in the eighth inning and gave up a single to Al Kaline.
"Willie Horton was up next, and he has hit eight homers off McNally in two years. I knew I had to take McNally out but I hated to do it with a 3-0 lead," Weaver said.
"He understood. He said he should've never walked the first man up in the inning."
"What did McNally say to you when you went out to get him?" the Orioles' manager was asked
So Weaver brought in righthander Eddie Watt from the bullpen, Watt threw one ptich, and Horton hit a perfect double play ball to always-reliable Brooks Robinson at third. Always-reliable Brooks Robinson let that perfect double play ball skip right through his legs, however, and that gave the Tigers one run.
Jumpy stomach
Weaver's stomach churned a bit, and it did some more when Bill Freehan blooped a pitch in on his fists over second baseman Dave Johnson's head to make it 3-2 before Pete Richert relieved Watt and struck out Norm Cash, finishing off the Tigers for good.
It wasn't that much different Sunday when McNally ran his record to 5-0 in a 5-3 win over the Yankees in the opener of a doubleheader that Baltimore swept.
Again McNally wasn't around at the end; again Watt helped him out, and again Richert sealed off the final threat.
Naturally, there was that knot in Earl Weaver's stomach again.
Oliver red-hot
Royals playing best before TV cameras
KANSAS CITY (UPI) Television obviously is an inspiration to the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals have made four appearances on television and scored big victories each time. Sunday's 15-1 bombardment of the California Angels was the biggest triumph.
Bob Oliver was the hero of the TV drama, surprising himself and all who witnessed the debacle. Gaining only one hit in his first 25 times at bat this season, Oliver tied a Major League record Sunday with six blows, including a 2-run homer.
It elevated the rookie outfielder to the record book, becoming the 37th man in baseball ever to get six hits in a nine-inning game. Oliver's production was four singles, a double, and the homerun.
"I had some good pitches thrown at me and I took advantage of them," the 26-year-old Oliver said. "I began hitting when I started to relax at the plate."
He also got a single in his final time at bat Saturday night, which gave him seven straight hits.
Joe Foy and Lou Piniella also got two-run homers in Kansas City's 19-hit attack.
The Royals set numerous club records, including three homers in one game, highest score, and
most hits as every man in the starting lineup hit safely and scored at least once.
Golf stars in Wichita
TOPEKA (UPI) - Gov. Robert B. Docking has declared Wednesday as "Institute of Logopedics Day" in Kansas, honoring four famous athletes who will stage a benefit golf match that day in Wichita.
"All Kansans are proud to welcome Arnold Palmer, Mickey Mantle, Lee Trevino, and Don Meredith to our state," Docking said in making the announcement. "We are deeply appreciative of their efforts in behalf of the Institute of Logopedics."
Palmer, golf's all-time leading money winner, and Mantle, the ex-New York Yankee star, will team against 1968 U.S. Open champ Trevino and pro football star Meredith of the Dallas Cowbirds.
All proceeds of the match at the Wichita Country Club will be donated to the Institute. The match is sponsored by the Business and Professional Foundation of the Institute.
Major League Scoreboard
AMERICAN LEAGUE
| | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Baltimore | 20 | 8 | .714 | — |
| Washington | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3½ |
| Boston | 14 | 11 | .553 | — |
| Detroit | 14 | 11 | .558 | 7 |
| New York | 11 | 15 | .423 | 8 |
| Cleveland | 11 | 18 | .143 | 13½ |
Monday's Results No games scheduled
WEST
Minnesota 10 17 7 .696
Oakland 14 10 .583 $^{2/2}$
Kansas City 13 11 .542 $^{3/2}$
Chicago 8 11 .421 6
California 8 13 .381 7
Seattle 8 15 .348 8
Monday's Results
Today's Games
Washington (Hannan 2-1) at Oakland. Huron (12) night.
land (Hunter 12) ;jngt
work (Peterson 3-3) at Cali-
ifornia MLB
Boston (Cupid 4-1) at Seattle (Beil 2-1), night.
Boston (Bullet 1-1) at Detroit
fornia (May 1-1), night.
Boston (Culp 1-4) at Seattle (Bell
1-2), night.
Kansas City (Butler 1-1) at Detroit
(McLain 4-3), night. Minnesota (Hall 2-1) at Cleveland
(McDowell 1-3), night.
Chicago (Horlen 2-2) at Baltimore
Chicago (Horlen 2-2) at Baltimore (Palmer 3-1) night.
Wednesday's Games
Washington, night
New York at California, night
Boston at Seattle, night
Kansas City at Detroit, night
Minnesota at Cleveland, night
Chicago at Baltimore, night.
NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST
W 18 W L Pct. GB
Chicago 19 9 667
Pittsburgh 15 10 600 4½
Pittsburgh 11 11 500 4
New York 11 11 400 6
St. Louis 10 15 400 7
Montreal 9 15 375 7½
Atlanta 17 8 .680
San Francisco 15 10 .600 2
Los Angeles 15 10 .600 2
Cincinnati 11 14 .440 6
San Diego 12 16 .429 $ \frac{6}{1} $
Houston 8 20 .286 $ \frac{10}{1} $
Monday's Results
Monday's Results No games scheduled
phila (Fryman 1-3), night.
San Diego (Kelley 1-2) at Pitts-
town.
Cincinnati (Maloney 3-0) at New York (Cardwell 0-4). night.
Yofk (Cardwell 0-4), night.
Houston (Wilson 2-3) at Philadel-
lem.
San Diego (Kelley 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Blass 2-1), 1-8.
San Francisco (Sadecki 2-2) at St.
Louis (Gibson 2-2), night.
Louis (Gibson 2-2), night.
Montreal (Stoneman 2-3) at Atlanta (Reed 3-0), night.
Los Angeles (Sutton 3-2) at Chi
Los Angeles (Sutton 3-2) at Chicago (Holtzman 3-1).
Wednesday's Games
Wednesday's Games
Cincinnati, night
Houston at Philadelphia, night
San Diego at Pittsburgh, night
San Francisco at St. Louis, night
Montreal at Atlanta, night
Los Angeles at Chicago