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Jayhawk Swimmers Seek Big-Eight Crown
KU's undefeated swimming team goes into this weekend's Big Eight championship meet hoping to prevent Oklahoma from winning its 10th consecutive conference title.
KU has never climbed to the top spot in the league, but did finish second behind the Sooners in 1962.
This year, however, according to Dick Reamon, Jayhawk swimming coach, the Oklahoma team may be in for a fall. Reamon said last night he felt KU to be the most likely team in the Big Eight to upset the hopes of the Sooners.
"O.U. IS the defending champion." Coach Reamon said, "and must be regarded as the team to beat, KU is, I believe, the leading contender in the conference for Oklahoma's title. We beat Iowa State and Nebraska and they were the other highly regarded teams in the conference."
Coach Reamon said the Jayhawk team's chances still depended to a great extent on whether or not Jim Basile, a top breaststroker will recover from a pulled muscle in his leg in time to compete in the Conference meet.
"KU's chances hinge." Coach Reamon said, "on whether or not we can use our breaststroker.
"Basile, if he competes, will be a top man in the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke and a mainstay in the medley relay. If he is unable to compete, we'll have to fight to take second in the meet."
COACH REAMON said, however, that Basile has been responding well to treatment and should be able to participate by this weekend.
"Basile worked out Friday and Sunday," Coach Reamon said. "But he's still weak. He swam the 100 in excellent time Sunday. The question is, of course, whether or not he will be able to last through the several races he must swim in the meet. We have no choice but to be optimistic and plan on his being in good shape."
According to Coach Reamon, the rest of his squad is in good health and shape for the meet. He said that, with the exception of a couple of minor illnesses, the squad was in excellent training and was ready for the meet.
Coach Reamon said the KU team has great depth of talent and would try to capitalize on the depth to win the meet.
"OKLAHOMA," Coach Reamon said, "lacks in depth. They have great individual performers, however, and will be going for the top places.
"We feel that depth—quality depth is necessary to a winning team. We hope to qualify a number of men in most of the events and get the third, fourth, fifth and sixth place points.
"The team which could really hurt us in our try for first is Nebraska. The Nebraska boys could grab a number of thirds, fourths, fifths and sixths and then we'd be out the points," Reamon said.
Coach Reamon said KU's big move for the title would come in the distance events.
THE KU TANKSTERS have practiced a total of 115 days this year. Each man on the team, according to Coach Reamon, has spent from 175-200 hours in the water since practice started in September.
The KU team left for Norman. Okla., last night. The swimmers will spend the week practicing starts and turns, while the divers will get used to the Oklahoma boards.
Members of the KU team who will participate in the championship meet include:
400 — Tom Hutchinson, Pete Stebbins, Mike Downey and Don Weiner; 50 freestyle—Dick Bisbee, Steve Brooks and Jack Allen; One meter dive — Ron Marsh, Don Buckholz and Dave Richwine; 400 medley relay — Bill Johnson, Jim Basile, Mike Downey and Dick Bisbee; 200 butterfly—Pete Stebbins, L. P. Jeter, Do Weiner and Mike Downey.
200 BACKSTROKE—Bill Johnson,
Jack 'Allen and Mike Downey;
200 breaststroke—Jim Basile; 500—Bill Mills,
Jerry Higgins, Mike Caldwell
and Stu Anderson; 200 freestyle—
Mike Caldwell, Bill Mills and Jerry
Higgins; 200 IM—Tom Hutchinson,
Mike Downey and Jack Allen; 1650—Bill Mills, Jerry Higgins, Mike Caldwell and Stu Anderson.
100 freestyle — Dick Bisbee and Steve Brooks; 100 breaststroke—Jim Basile; 100 backstroke—Bill Johnson and Jack Allen; 100 butterfly—Mike Downey, Tom Hutchinson, Pete Stebbins and Don Weiner; three meter dive — Ron Marsh, Don Buckholz and Dave Richwell; 400 freestyle relay—Dick Bisbee, Jerry Higgins, Mike Caldwell and either Steve Brooks, Bill Mills or Pete Stebbins.
Wrestlers Meet Omaha To End First Season
The last dual wrestling meet of the season will be tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Allen Field House when the KU wrestling team meets Omaha University.
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In addition to its being the last meet of the season, it will be the last time before the Big Eight Wrestling Meet that KU will face outside opposition. The Big Eight Meet will be held in Stillwater, Okla., March 13-14.
The lineups for KU are:
125 10. -Mike Eilwens
130 lb.-Bill Brackett
137 lb.-Mike Morgan
The lineups for KU 123 lh - Mike Elwoll
137 Jb. - Mike Morgan
147 Jb. - Claude Summer
Sumner at 147 pounds is wrestling his first varsity match. The Stuart, Okla., native got the position on the team by winning a try-out match earlier this week.
147 lb.—Claude Sumner
157 lb. John Workman
157 lb.—John Worlund
167 lb.—Phil Doughty, captain
KU and Omaha have met one common opponent this season, Ft. Hays State. Ft. Hays defeated KU in the last match before this one, and in a recent meeting with Omaha, downed them 14-12.
Hvy.—Fred Elder
KU's entry in the Big Eight tournament along with the one from Missouri marks the first time these schools have entered the tournament.
The next afternoon, wrestlers who win the preliminary matches will compete for berths in the finals which will be later that evening.
The tournament will get underway at 1:30 p.m. March 13, with 80 wrestlers competing in the preliminary rounds.
Along with the finals will be consolation matches for third and fourth places.
This will be the first time all eight schools in the conference have sent teams to the conference meet.
In recent listings by Amateur Wrestling News, Iowa State is ranked first in the nation, and Oklahoma State second.
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Lewis' Overtime Shot Beats Colorado 73-71
A lay-in shot by Del Lewis with eight seconds to go in overtime gave the Jayhawk cagers a 73-71 victory over Colorado last night in Allen Field House.
The game-winning shot came on an appropriate day for Lewis—his birthday.
The overtime was set up by a lay-in by Buddy Vance with 48 seconds remaining in regulation play.
The Jayhawks and the Buffs played a close game through the first half, ending the period with Colorado ahead 39-38. Colorado led the Hawks through most of the second half. KU, however, tied the score 65-65 with 2:42 remaining in the game and set up the situation which led to the overtime and victory.
The high scorer for the Jayhawks was George Useld with 19. Unseld, who fouled out with 10:27 remaining in the regulation period was not the high scorer of the contest, however. Colorado's Mike Frink captured the high scorer's honors with 22.
After the game, Coach Dick Harp said he was pleased with the performance of the team.
"I thought," Harp said, "the team played as aggressively as it had since the Cincinnati game. I was real pleased with the boys."
When asked what sort of play or plays the Hawks used to win the close contest, Coach Harp said they used series designed to permit one shot. He gave all the credit to Lewis for setting up the play which clinched the victory.
"It was all Delvey after he got the ball," Coach Harp said. "He gets the credit."
Harp said he was pleased with the performances of Buddy Vance and Dave Schichtle.
"Buddy did a real good job after George left the game, Coach Harp said. "David's leadership in the stretch was a vital factor."
Harp said he thought Unseld and Vance did an excellent job of containing Colorado's 6-8 center, Jim Davis.
The crowd of 3,500 roared their approval of the efforts of the Jayhawks in the last seconds of the regulation period and through the overtime.
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