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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 14, 1964
Sophomore Discus Thrower Seeks to Reach Personal Goal
If there is such a thing as a disgruntled, KU rookie discus thrower Gary, Schwartz fits the label.
He'll go into the 36th Big Eight Outdoor track and field meet at Stillwater this weekend with the two best marks among league competitors, 168-6$ _{3}$ $ _{4}$ and 168-5$ _{2}$ . Yet those are far below the goal of 185-0 he set for himself ahead of the season.
"I still think I can get it before the year's over," Schwartz remarked grimly. "My form is coming around now. It is more grooved. I have more speed and control. All season I've been having to slow down to maintain control. I still haven't got it so I can go all out.
"One of my problems is relaxation. In high school (at Wessington Springs, S.D.) where he threw the high school disc 190-7) I seldom had competition. I never worried then. Now, of course, I'm throwing against a lot of good boys. I don't relax and try to throw too hard. Yes, I was plenty nervous before my first big meet at the Texas Relays. (He barely was out of the money at 164-0.)
"I DON'T know what is worse, having no confidence, or knowing that you can do better and not doing it."
Actually, the 204-pound Jayhawker sophomore needs not lack for confidence. His peak throw of the year has been exceeded by only two other sophomores in Big Eight history. KU's two-time Olympic champion, Al Oerter, reached 184-102 in '56; Oklahoma's Mike Lindsay 175-8. Missouri's 1960 Olympic bronze-medalist, Dick Cochran, showed a sophomore best of 167-11%.
On the form chart, Schwartz's tightest competitor will be Oklahoma veteran Rich Inman, who owns a 165-5 for the spring. His career high, erected last year, is 166-7½.
Inman was third last year at Manhattan on 157-8½. Only other returning 1963 point-winner is Missouri's Bob Neumann, who was fourth at 156-6½. He ranks fourth on the pre-meet form chart at 157-7, a half-inch behind Colorado's Tom Galbos. Close-up are Neumann's stablemate, Gene Crews, at 155-1½, and Nebraska's Roland Johnson, 153-11.
IF SCHWARTZ can win, he'll be the first sophomore to bring down this blue ribbon since Oerter set a meet record of 183-5 at Manhattan in 1956. The defending champions, who surprised the field a year ago, don't figure to have enough ammunition to head off Missouri this trip, as the Tigers draw a bead on their first Outdoor team title since 1951. They edged KU by 10 lengths for the Indoor crown and may reach 125 points under the 10-8-6-4-2-1 Outdoor scoring system.
The Jayhawks also hope to get a point or two with Schwartz in the shot put. They'll need those plus cancellation of forecast blanks in three other events and a four-man placement in the three-mile, to make a hard run at the Tigers.
SOME OF THE story will be told in Friday's prelims. Finals are Saturday.
Going into the spring meeting at Stillwater this weekend, KU leads the Big Eight all-sports parade with 23 points, six ahead of second-place Colorado.
The Jayhawkers probably can nail the all-round title . . . third in the regime of retiring Athletic Director Dutch Lonborg . . . by finishing in the first division of track, tennis
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