KU Track Club lights up to keep from running down
By JOE CHILDS Kansan Sports Writer
The Kansas Track Club (KTC) is alive, but contrary to popular belief is not living somewhere like Argentina.
It is living right here at KU, with a bright new perspective—if bright is the word. The club has 6,000 light bulbs which they intend to sell in order to raise money for the purchase of uniforms, equipment, transportation to and from meets, and entry fees.
Organized on Sept. 23, of last year, the club has expanded to 45 active members including KU students with previous experience in track or field at the high school or college level.
After a strong showing in the fall AAU cross country competition, club members are now looking to the spring season with eagerness and optimism. Club president, Jay Steinberg, Glen Ellya, Ill., sophomore, said: "We layed off for the winter. I was put in the position of having to tell our members that we had no facilities to practice in during the winter months. Therefore the non-runners who couldn't work out on their own stopped working. Now spring is here and I have 45 members wanting to run and compete, but no money."
Scarce money halts progress
Steinberg recalled that money and facilities have always been a problem. "Back in September when there were 15 men and three girls on the squad, I called John Rose, a member of the Missouri Valley AAU board and head of the West Kansas Track Club. I told him what we had here at KU and asked that we be sanctioned by the AAU. In a couple of weeks, he (Rose) wrote me and said in his letter that we were sanctioned by the AAU.
"Then I went to SUA as a club asking for money," Steinberg said, explaining how SUA was kind enough to grant the club $50 for the fall semester. When he approached SUA again during the spring semester, Steinberg was told that the KTC had been dropped from SUA.
Steinberg, not defeated, turned to Henry Shenk, director of the Physical Education department, for financial aid. He had heard that the fencing and rifle clubs received a budget from the Physical Education department, and he took his club to Shenk. Here again Steinberg was turned down because of the conflict which might arise if a club and a varsity squad compete in the same sport.
Idea brought to light
"We put our heads together," Steinberg said, telling how the members of the club took the financial matters in their own hands. "Pole vaulter, Rob Taylor, Kirkwood, Mo., sophomore, came up with the idea of selling light bulbs. Taylor said that the University of Missouri chapter of his fraternity had made a great deal of money selling light bulbs. That was all we needed," Steinberg said.
The club is backed by Millard E. "Bill" Easton, adviser and part-time coach. Easton who was head track coach here at KU during the days of Wes Sante and Billy Mills had heard mention of the club from Peggy Grinvalsky, the club's leading female runner. When Steinberg asked Easton for his guidance he was enthusiastic about the club's activities, and offered his leadership.
The KTC is an expanding organization, with impressive credentials. Their fund drive, although a desperation attempt, has a unique twist to it, and could, in fact, shine a new light on the city of Lawrence.
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Army's impregnable defense stifled South Carolina 59-45 in the other second-round contest sending the Cadets against BC in one of Thursday's semi-finals. Temple and Tennessee will fight it out for the other berth in Saturday's championship final
NEW YORK (UPI) — KU's old tormentor, Terry Driscoll, performed his now famous oust-the-bird act again last night as he powered Boston College to an 88-33 NIT quarter-final
The Eagles' All-American was aided by Tom Veronneau who scored 18 points in addition to holding Louisville's 6-10 center Mike Grosso to 14.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI) — The four teams in the semifinals of the NCAA basketball championship arrived here today with two coaches worried about injuries, a third about lack of practice and a fourth about a "super team."
Still in the friendly confines of their home areas Tuesday, the four coaches talked over a coast-to-coast telephone hookup with basketball writers about Thursday's tournament.
The biggest problem of all faces Drake Coach Maurice John in stopping 7-foot-1 Lew Alcindor and his UCLA teammates who have compiled a 27-1 record this season and are seeking a third consecutive NCAA crown.
John called the UCLA squad a "super team with super players."
He said the Missouri Valley Conference co-champions would not change their tactics greatly.
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The BC-Louisville battle was close all the way with no more than six points separating the teams at any point. The game featured a fight between BC's Vince Costello and Louisville's Ed Linonis at the 16-minute mark of the second half. Both players were ejected and two technical fouls were called on each team.
The score was 50-50 when the fight erupted. Driscoll sank one of the Eagles' two free throws while Jerry King, who finished with 27 points, sank one of the two Louisville charities to knot the count once again.
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The losers managed to gain their final lead at 58-56, but Billy Evans and Ray Lagace followed with field goals at the 12-minute mark to put BC ahead for good. Evans, a 5-10 ballhandling wizard who stalled KU's hopes Sunday, finished with 15 points while running-mate Jimmy O'Brien added 11.
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Butch Beard tallied 17 for Louisville and Marv Selvy notched 13 for the Cardinals, who finished the season with a 21-6 log.
Army, scored only one field goal in the final 10 minutes of the second half but a rash of free throws and a stingy defense
made the difference in dumping the favored Gamecocks.
Army set the tempo from the start, permitting South Carolina only three buckets in the first 12 minutes. With Jim Oxley and Dick Simmons hitting from the
Oxley and Simmons paced the winners with 16 and 14 points respectively while John Roche supplied SC's only offensive punch with 16 points.
The loss ended the Gamecocks' season with a 21-7 record.