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George Byers
Byers repeats; KU defends title
By LUIS F. SANTOS Assistant Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY — Hurdling star George Byers repeated his high-low sweep of a year ago while KU's Jayhawks captured a fourth consecutive Big Eight Indoor track championship Saturday.
A packed house at Municipal Auditorium saw Kansas outdistance Kansas State, 60-44, for team honors although both schools earned five gold medals. KU depth, evidenced by an expected 1-2-3 shot put finish, secured the crown.
Coach Bob Timmons, while expressing pleasure in his team's performance, added, "The meet had its high points and disappointments."
Steals show
Two of the high points were reserved to field events—the shot put slam and Stan Whitley's record 25'11" long jump. Byers, however, stole the show.
The KU senior broke the 60-yard high hurdles mark with a :07.1 preliminary clocking, then won the event two-tenths of a second slower Saturday night. Byers matched his world record :06.5 time in the preliminaries of the 60-yard lows.
Oklahoma's Wayne Long also zipped a :06.5 in the prelims, but Byers repeated his feat in the finals to edge Long by two tenths of a second.
Byers, a Kansas City native, has won 23 of 24 races at the Auditorium.
Whitley's record leap erased the Big Eight's oldest mark, that of $24^{\prime}9^{\prime}$ by Oklahoma's Neville Price in 1954. His winning jump came on his second try in the prelims as a bruised right heel kept him out of further competition.
Timmons described Whitley's feat a "superb jump—mostly when you figure he has only jumped five times in meets this season."
Another sweep
KU's strongmen — Karl Salb, Steve Wilhelm and Doug Knop — maintained their streak of 1-2-3 sweeps. In the process, Salb shattered the Big Eight record with a $64^{\prime}11\frac{1}{4}$ heave. Wilhelm withdrew because of a twisted ankle after heaving the weight $60^{\prime}5$ in the prelims.
The mile relay foursome of Bob Bornkessel, Randy Julian, Jim Hatcher and Julio Meade nudged Oklahoma with a winning 3:18.1 clocking. The KU squad ranked only fourth in the league by pre-Indoor performances, and "It was a great way to finish the meet," Timmons said.
There were also disappointments for the Jayhawks. Most noteworthy was
Jim Ryun's withdrawal from the mile and two-mile runs.
Assistant coach John Mitchell explained Ryun's knee was still bothering him. KU wouldn't need Ryun to win the conference meet but would need him for the NCAA championships, Mitchell explained. Ryun scratched to avoid aggravating the knee.
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"Jim probably won't run until the NCAA meet," Timmons said.
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Colorado's Craig Runyan broke the only other record, lowering the standard for the two-mile by nine seconds with a 9:00.2 clocking. Long tied the mark for the 60-yard dash (:06.0).
Three other Jayhawks won silver medals. Ron Jessie, :07.3 in the high hurdles; Julian, 1:12.7 in the 600, and Roger Kathol, 2:11.6 in the 1,000-yard run.
Timmons was pleased with the 6'6" high jump of Kenny Gaines, good enough for fourth place. "Kenny did an excellent job for his first high jump of the season," Timmons said.
Colorado downs KU 75-67, prolongs Big Eight race
BOULDER- Colorado prolonged the wild Big Eight basketball championship chase Saturday, scoring a "must" 75-67 victory over Kansas.
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The triumph boosted the Buffs into a first-place deadlock with KU, both clubs carrying 9-4 conference marks into next Saturday's finale. Kansas State (7-5) was dealt a virtual death blow to its title aspirations when Nebraska swarmed the 'Cats, 88-71, at Lincoln.
The Buffs rode the 27-point performance of 6'7" Cliff Meely along with 53 per cent shooting in the second half and a 21-of-25 harvest at the free throw line. The Colorado soph tallied 20 points in the decisive second half.
KU somehow stayed on Colorado's heels, 27-24, through the first half while the Jayhawk scoring leader Dave Robisch—was held scoreless. That "somehow" was provided by guard Rich Bradshaw, who peppered the nets on 11 of 19 attempts for a career high 22 points.
Bradshaw sparked the KU attack on the perimeter of Colorado's zone, but the Jayhawks never caught a hot streak until it was too late. Colorado forged a 54-40 bulge midway through the second half, then saw it dwindle to 60-53 with 4:05 remaining.
Bradshaw's 22 points were complemented by Phil Harmon's 17 and Pierre Russell's 11. The 6'9" Robisch was limited to six points—the second time this season under double figures.
Free throws and "gimme" shots off their delay game enabled the Buffs to preserve the victory.
Colorado effectively blunted KU's size advantage, holding
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Roger Brown and Dave Nash to a five points combined. The 6'10" pair alternated according to Brown's foul difficulties, and Brown was waved to the bench with his fifth foul midway through the second half.
This weekend, KU hosts
Kansas State and Colorado entertains Missouri.
BOXSCORE
KANSAS (67) - Brown 1-1-5; Sloan
2-2-4; Russell 5-1-2; Robbins 2-2-3;
Bradshaw 11-0-0; Nash 1-0-2;
Harmon 6-5-2; Totals 28-11-20.
COLORADI  (75) - Tople
Mittman 1-1-1; Totals 2-1-1;
Coleman 2-5-4; Wedgeworth 3-0-2;
Erfert 1-0-2; Richardson 3-4-3;
Totals 27-21-16.
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