Three fencers seek All-American honors
By MIKE RIEKE
Kansan Sports Writer
KU might have three more All-Americans before the week is over.
Steve Keeler, Ken Muller and Tom Fenton will represent the KU fencing team in the NCAA championships this week at North Carolina University. Keeler will fence in the foil division, Muller in the epee and Fenton in the sabre. Keeler, the team coach, said all three have a chance to be All-Americans. To make the All-American fencing team, they will have to place at least sixth in their weapon division.
Keeler returns to the championships for the third straight time. He said the first time his coach sent him it was more for experience than because he was the best on the team.
Record improves
"I finished dead last," he said. "I only won three of my thirty-two matches. Last year I won half of my matches and finished 24th."
Endurance plays a big part in the competition. Keeler said. Each man fences 30 to 40 bouts during the meet. Keeler said that is approximately the same number a man fences in a regular season.
The three KU men have
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) The entry list for this year's 500-mile Speedway auto race rose to 23 today with the receipt of five machines, three of them from J. Marshall Robbins of Troy, Mich.
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Yarbrough, who wrecked his car near the half-way mark of the 1967 race, was not in last year's starting field. Last month he drove to victories in 300 and 500-mile NASCAR events at Daytona Beach, Fla.
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They are also training under J. H. Giele, a Fencing Master in Kansas City. Keeler said a Master is a professional fencer. Giele is one of the few in the country and the only one in the area.
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Muller returns
Muller is also making his third appearance in the championships. He finished 26th in his first trip. Last year he was in contention for All-American honors after the first two days of competition.
He ranked sixth after the first round and seventh after the second round. He said his lack of endurance on the third day knocked him down to fifteenth place.
Muller said he is suited for epee competition because of his height. The target area in epee covers the whole body. If an epee man has a long reach, he can score points on his opponents hand.
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Fenton has had to work his training around his student teaching job this semester. Because he has not been able to make all the team practices, Fenton has been working out on his own. He will be making his second trip to the championships.
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Keeler said the KU team should surpass its highest previous finish in the championships-thirteenth place in 1963. He said KU should finish in the top ten nationally. If all three KU men make All-American they will rank at least sixth.
Running attacks and slashing blade movements mark the sabre competition. A sabre man must be quick and aggressive.
Royals stop skid
FORT MYERS, Fla. (UPI) Billy Butler pitched a one-hitter, and Joe Foy hit a two-run homer Tuesday to pace the Kansas City Royals to a 4-0
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