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Karl Salb, and his record-breaking heaves in the shot put, will weigh heavily in KU's bid to capture the NCAA track crown tomorrow and Saturday in Detroit. Salb presently holds the longest collegiate toss of the season, 65' $ \frac{5}{2} $ ", which also ranks second among this season's world marks.
NIT features KU vs. Cooz
NEW YORK (UPI) — Bob Cousy's farewell to the game he made an art is expected to be the highlight of the 32nd annual National Invitation Tournament, which opens an eight-day run tonight.
The 16-team tournament will be kicked off by a doubleheader in which Florida meets Temple at 7 p.m. and Tulsa plays St. Peter's (N.J.) at 9 p.m. in Madison Square Garden.
Doubleheaders are also set for Friday night—Ohio U. vs. West Texas State and Rutgers vs. Tennessee, and Saturday night—Army vs. Wyoming and
Oddsmakers listing Oakland 2-1 favorites
LAS VEGAS (UPI) Oddsmakers have established St. Louis and San Francisco as 1969 divisional winners in the National League while world champion Detroit and Oakland got the nods in the American League.
South Carolina vs. Southern Illinois. But the feature of the first round will be Sunday's afternoon doubleheader.
Boston College, hoping to give Cousy an NIT sendoff to match the one St. John's gave Joe Lapchick in 1965, will meet Kansas in a nationally-televised contest. Fordham meets Louisville in the second game.
Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder listed St. Louis and Detroit as 5-2 shots to take the Eastern Division titles in their respective leagues. The Chicago Cubs (3-1) and Pittsburgh Pirates (4-1) were right behind the Cardinals.
Los Angeles (5-2) Atlanta (3-1), and Cincinnati (3-1) followed San Francisco (6-5) in the West.
In the American League, Snyder ranked Oakland as a 2-1 favorite to capture the Western Division crown with the California Angels, Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins listed at 3-1.
The quarterfinals will be held Monday and Tuesday nights with the semifinals Thursday and the nationally televised finals on Saturday afternoon.
Mor. 13 KANSAN 7
1969
In 1965 when Lapchick retired as St. John's coach, the Redmen beat Villanova in the NIT finals to give him an emotional goodbye to the game.
Cousy, an All-America star at Holy Cross in his collegian days whose artistry with the Boston Celtics became legendary, retires at the end of this season as Boston College coach. And the Eagles want to give him a winning sendoff. Cousy calls his present team, "the best I've had in my six seasons at BC."
Boston College owns a 21-3 mark. Rutgers, with an identical 21-3 and the only other team in the tournament which has won more than 20, must be given a good chance to give Cousy a losing sendoff. BC was 5-3 when Cousy announced his retirement, and the Eagles have rattled off 16 straight victories since then.
Tulsa, which has a 19-7 mark compared to St. Peter's 20-6 record, is paced by Bobby Smith, averaging 24.6 points a game. The club also has recruited two starters from New York, Rob Washington and Larry Cheatham.
Hawks among favorites for NCAA track crown
KU's track team will try to end the indoor season with a golden note-an NCAA team championship. Twenty Jayhawks travel to Detroit today where they will compete in the fifth annual NCAA meet at Cobo Hall over the weekend.
Tulsa should be favored, but teams have made the mistake of underestimating St. Peter's in the past and it'll probably be a high-scoring game. Tulsa has passed the century mark twice and St. Peter's has done it three times.
Villanova, San Jose State and Kansas lead the pack of favorites, and track Coach Bob Timmons said the Jayhawks will be in the thick of the race for team honors, "if we can put everything together."
Putting together Jim Ryun's ailing knee ranks high in the squads chances for the team title. The triple world record-holder has been bothered by the knee since he rejoined the team early in the semester.
Since his silver medal appearance in the 1,500-meter run at Mexico City Ryun has only finished one competitive race, dropped from another and scratched in several meets. Ryun ran a 4:06.2 mile in his only race this year.
Ryun's knee important
A double distance win by Ryun at Detroit would greatly strengthen KU's drive for the NCAA crown. He is entered in the mile and two-mile, but Timmons said an adjustment could be made if Ryun did not feel ready to tackle the double.
Shotputters weigh heavily
KU's shotputting corps also weighs heavily in the Jayhawks clue to success. Karl Salb owns the best collegiate mark of the season, and this year's second best in the world. Salb's 65'5½" best has been surpassed only by Neal Steinhauer.
Further strengthening the shot putting team are Steve Wilhelm and Doug Knop, who have not lost all season to other than Salb or each other. Wilhelm is not expected to be up to par because of a sprained ankle sustained when
heaving a second place 60'5" in the Big Eight meet.
Whitley, Byers, Jessie rank high
Adding more to the Jayhawks chances is another season's collegiate best and world second—best by long jumper Stan Whitley. Whitley's 25'11" leap that broke the Big Eight's record by more than a foot has been bettered only by world record-holder Bob Beamon, now out of the collegiate ranks.
George Byers is another of the Jayhawk strongholds. Twice this season Byers has checked :07.1 times in the 60-yard high hurdles. Last weekend he broke a 47-year-old KU record in the 50-yard high hurdles at the Milwaukee Journal Games. But his :06.1 finish was only good for third place.
Ron Jessie in the long jump also ranks among the Jayhawk's leading threats. Twice this winter he has passed the 25-foot mark.
Competition begins Friday at Detroit and runs through Saturday.
KANSAS ENTRIES
60.yard  dash-mickey Mathews (:06.2),
Stan Whitley (:6.1).
440-vard dash—Julio Meade (;48.7).
1,000-yard run—Jim Neihouse (2:10.3),
Roger Kathol (2:10.4).
Mile—Jim Ryun (4:06.2).
Two-mile—Ryun (no time).
60-yard high hurdles—George Byers (7.1), Ron Jessie (7.3).
Mile relay—Bob Bornkessel, Jim Hatcher, Randy Julian, Meade (3:16.9).
Distance relay -Paul Mattingly, Neal Caterson, Thorn Bigley, Doug Smith (9:49.8).
Shot put—Karl Salb (65-1/4), Steve Wilhelm (62-7), Doug Knop (59-6 3/4).
Long jump—Whitley (25-11), Jessie (25-0½).
Triple jump—Kenny Gaines (50-0), Whitley (48-2).
Pole vault—Bob Steinhoff (15-9).
Baseball shows major facelifting
NEW YORK (UPI) - Baseball has undergone another major facelifting for 1969.
Among the new faces—and places—on the major league scene are one new commissioner, four new cities, five new owners, eight new managers, 38 new coaches, 160 new players and many of the same old problems.
The refurbishing began right at the top when Commissioner William D. Eckert was fired and National League attorney Bowie Kuhn came in from the bullpen.
Eckert presided just long enough to see four new franchises created and stocked-Seattle and Kansas City in the American League, Montreal and San Diego in the National.
In addition to requiring a new competitive format calling for two divisions in each league, expansion also meant four new owners, managers, complete staffs and player personnel. A fifth new owner, Bob Short, took over the Washington Senators and promptly cleaned house down there.
Managers of the new clubs are Joe Schultz of Seattle, Joe Gordon of Kansas City, Gene Mauch of Montreal and Preston Gomez of San Diego.
Billy Martin replaced Cal Ermer of the Minnesota Twins, Hank Bauer moved to the Oakland Athletics for Bob Kennedy and Ted Williams deserted the Florida fishing waters to carry on at Washington after Short bounced Jim Lemon.
In the other managerial change, ex-pitcher Clyde King replaced Herman Franks, who shed his uniform with the San Francisco Giants.