Hawks stalk gold at Drake
The KU track squad, winner of a total of 31 first places in the Texas and Kansas Relays the last two weeks, should pile up more gold this weekend when they travel to Des Moines for the 60th annual Drake Relays.
Discus thrower Doug Knop, high hurdler George Byers, and the 880-yard relay team of Mickey Mathews, Randy Julian, Jim Hatcher and Julio Meade will be gunning for triple crowns after winning at the Texas and Kansas Relays.
Vaulters trade wins
Shot putters Steve Wilhelm and Karl Salb took turns winning their event in the Texas and Kansas Relays, and pole vaulters Bob Steinhoff and Jan Johnson did the same in the pole vault. Steinhoff won the Texas title with a career high of 16-6 and Johnson raised his career mark to 16-4 in the Kansas Relays.
Also at the Kansas Relays Stan won the long jump with a career best of 26-01/2, Kenny Gaines took the triple jump, and Bill Penney placed first in the
hammer throw.
Ron Jessie, a high hurdler and NCAA indoor champion in the long jump, has yet to win any gold on the relays circuit but he has finished second three times. Hawks strong in seven relays
Ravens strong in seven relays The Jayhawks will enter strong combinations in seven of the eight university relays, laying out only in the two-mile relay. They will also enter 13 individual events.
Jim Ryan will be anchoring the Jayhawk sprint medley team and trying to avenge a defeat at the hands of K-State two weeks ago at Texas. Ryun brought KU into contention with his anchor leg at Texas but K-State's lead was too much for him to overcome.
The Jayhawks were critized for not fielding their best sprint medley relay team to go after the Wildcats in the Kansas Relays.
KU entries with season's best marks in parentheses:
440-yard relay—Byers, Mathews,
Stan Whitley, Meade (40.3).
880-yard relay -Mathews, Julian,
Hatcher, Meade (1:23.4).
Mite relay—Neal Caterson, Hatcher, Julian, Meade (3:12.1).
Four mile relay—Roger Kathol, Mike Solomon, Doug Smith, Jim Ryun (16:42.2).
Sprint medley relay -Meadle,
Hatcher, Julian, Ryun (3:16.7).
Distance medley-Caterson, Jim Ninouse, Thorn Blem, Smith (9:33)
100-yard dash-Mathews (9.5).
480-shuttle hurdles-Bob Bornkessel, Gaines Jessie, Byers (no time).
Three mile run-Rich Elliott (13:49.5), Jay Mason (14:11.0).
120-yard high hurdles—Byers (13.9), Jessie (13.9).
Six mile relay-Elliott (30:03.4).
Mason (30:05.6).
440-yard intermediate hurdles-Bormkessel (52.2), Mike Geiger (53.5).
3,000-meter steeplechase-Paul Mattingly (9:09.9), Mike Hayes (9:28.0).
Pole vault-Steinhoff (16-6).
Johnson (16-4).
Long jump-Whitley (26-04) Jessie (25-10 3/4).
Triple jump—Gaines (49-5).
Whitley (46-11).
Shot put -Sab (64-4/4), Wilhelm (63-0/3 4), Knop (60-7).
Discus-Knop (189-8%) , Salb (189-0), Wilhelm (174-1).
Javelin-Bill Stiegermeier (207-9).
KU guns for soccer title
KU has one football championship this year and it will be going after another one in Manhattan tomorrow. This time it will be international football-soccer.
The KU soccer team will begin upholding its role as a co-favorite in the Big Eight soccer tournament at 8 p.m. tomorrow when it meets Nebraska in the first round of the tournament.
When the tournament was set
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up earlier this year KU and Kansas State were established as the favorites and put into separate brackets.
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Since that time the two teams have met twice and if those games are any indication of the strengths of the two teams, KU has the upper hand.
In the first game between the two the Jayhawks came back from a 3-goal deficit to tie the
Wildcats 3-3 in Lawrence. Last Sunday in Manhattan KU took a 4-0 lead and held on to win 4-2.
In other first round pairings Oklahoma State takes on Missouri, Colorado meets K-State and Oklahoma plays Iowa State.
The games will be played at the old football stadium at K-State and tickets will be on sale at the door. One ticket, priced at $1, is good for all games. The semi-final game will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday and will be followed by the final at 3 p.m.
DALLAS (UPI) - Bert Greene, a slender Georgian on his third tour campaign, scratched and scrambled a four-under-par 35-31-66 from Preston Trail Golf Club's thorny layout Thursday for a one-stroke
Greene leads Golf Classic
first round lead in the Byron Nelson Golf Classic.
The 25-year-old University of Tennessee product missed eight of 14 fairways, but "made everything from seven feet on in" on the greens.
Fri., April 25 — B G & the Bunch
Fri. & Sat., May 2 & 3 — The Serfs
featuring Mike Finnigan
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