Polecats fatten edge in All-Star standings
The Polecats just keep rolling along in the All-Star Scratch league at the Jay Bowl.
After Monday night's action, the Polecats strengthened their first-place grip by five points to 11% points over runner-up Mid-18th Century.
New faces recorded Hi-10 and Hi-30 scores. Dave Sample fired a 247 and Rod Heffley shot a 633 series for the evening's highs.
In the Sunday night Guys and Dolls mixed league, Pat Brune again claimed individual honors—posting her second straight 582 series. Miss Brune's 188 average now stands second only to Bill Bott's 190 norm as the league's best.
First place still belongs to the Healers (9-3) followed by three teams deadlocked with 8-4 records.
ALL-STAR SCRATCH
W 62% L Ave. Pins
Polecats 62% 21½% 712
Mid-18th 61% 33 638
Century 51% 33 638
Zippez 49½% 34½% 675
Mothers, Inc. 49% 38 664
Deadwood 44½% 39½% 654
Riorcitjorec 42% 42 591
Plague 39% 45 675
Chargers II 35% 49 673
Hue 35% 49 673
Crust 34½% 49½% 658
Walletes 34% 50 649
Mom's Apple
Pie 33% 51 657
Individual HI-10; Dave Sample
237 Bill Bott 231, John Dreling
237
GUYS AND DOLLS
Individual Hi-30: Rod Heffley 633,
Mendel Kohn 627, Gary Land 600.
Team Hi-10: Polceats 766, Hud
743, Mary's Apple Bia 725.
Team  Hi-30:  Polecats 2160,
Zippers 2129, Hud 2099.
High Averages: Don Holman 193, Ron Mick 192, Bill Bott 189, Benbnett 184, Warren Boozer 181, Dave Zimmerman 180.
W L Pct.
Healers 9 3 7.50
Great B's 8 4 6.67
Lions 8 4 6.67
Kings & Queens 8 4 6.67
February's Children 8 6 500
Ca Ca. IL 6 500
Team No. B 6 500
Tri Pi (plus 2) 5 7.416
Lost Cause 5 7.416
Moguls 5 7.416
New Right 4 8.333
Lamprey Menace 3 9.250
Individual Hi-10: (men) Gary Land
232, Dave Goodpasture 227, Bill
Bott 225; (women) Pat Brune 224,
Chancellor Chancel 191, Judy Heal
186
Individual Hi-30: (men) Bill Bott
629, Gary Land 582, Cap Prusnerne
559; (women) Pat Brune 582, Kay
Coder 504, Judy Heal 503.
Men's High Averages: Bott Bott 190, Gary Land 183, Dave Goodpasture 183, Cap Pruessner 176, Bill Hunter 175.
A winner in the season's first meet, the KU women's gymnastics team will host a triangular Saturday at Robinson Gymnasium.
KU women scored 1-2-3 finishes in floor exercise, tumbling and trampoline and captured the top two places in the other events.
Paula Newton, Overland Park freshman, was a double winner in floor exercise and uneven parallel bars. Sue Tagg, Sioux City, Iowa, freshman, ranked first in balance beam.
Washburn University and Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia will provide the competition.
The KU coeds defeated KSTC, 101.45 to 67.70 in a dual last Saturday, winning all six events. Elaine Scott, Topeka sophomore, earned honors in vaulting, tumbling and trampoline.
Other team members are Cindy Price, Lawrence freshman; Marilyn Boon, Topeka freshman, and Sharon Livesay, Glen Ellyn, Ill., sophomore.
Alpha Kappa Lambda earned a berth in the Fraternity A intramural basketball playoffs Monday night with a 60-45 thumping of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 60-45.
Gal gymnasts win dual meet with KSTC
Wrong basket?
The AKLs were reported 60-45 losers in Wednesday's Kansan.
Women's High Averages: Pat Brune 188, Judy Heal 166, Brenda Chancelor 159, Kay Coder 156, Carol Crosswhite 152.
Playoffs for the Hill Championship begin next week in Robinson Gymnasium.
For NCAA tourney
KANSAS CITY (UPI) — Eastern powers St. John's, Villanova, and Duquesne-all nationally-ranked-grabbed three of the 10 at-large berths in the 31st annual NCAA basketball championships.
6 KANSAN Feb.27 1969
Award at-large berths
It marked the first time since 1964 the NCAA has filled its tournament bracket to a maximum 25 teams.
Other independents landing NCAA berths were Marquette (19-4) and Notre Dame (18-5) in the Mideast; New Mexico State (21-3) and Seattle (18-7) in the West, and Trinity
The Big Eight champion will meet the winner of the Colorado State (15-4) and Dayton (17-6) contest in the regional semifinals at Kansas State March 13. CSU and Dayton, two of the at-large choices, clash March 8 at Texas Christian University.
St. John's (20-3), Villanova (20-4), and Duquesne (17-3) are ranked eight, ninth, and tenth in this week's UPI major college poll. All were placed in the eastern bracket.
St. John's, Dayton and Seattle were the only teams selected which have ever reached the NCAA finals. Seattle bowed to Kentucky in 1958 and St. John's suffered an 80-63 setback at the hands of the 1952 Kansas NCAA champions.
University (18-4) along with Colorado State and Dayton in the Midwest.
Dayton, which defeated Kansas in the National Invitation Tournament finals last year, lost to UCLA, 79-64, in the 1967 championship game.
Villanova reached the 1939 semifinals, and Duquesne, which will be making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1952, was a semi-finalist in 1940.
Defending national champion UCLA, shooting for an unprecedented third straight title and its fourth in the last five years under Coach Johnny Wooden, would be one of seven conference champions drawing first-round byes in the regionals.
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