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University Daily Kansan Monday, March 2,1964
Mizzou Trackmen Edge KU in Big Eight Meet
KU's indoor track team, undefeated in competition all season, bowed to Missouri over the weekend, as the Tigers won the Big Eight Conference Championship Meet.
The Tigers, cited before the meet by Bill Easton, KU head track coach as the top contenders for the championship, scored in 12 of the 14
KU Cagers Meet Buffs
Coach Dick Harp's varsity cagers will be trying to place themselves in the winning team category as they meet Colorado tonight in Allen Field House.
The Jayhawks currently have a 6-6 record in conference play. KU defeated Nebraska last week. 64-55.
KU dumped the Buffaloes, 74-67, in the Big Eight's pre-season tournament at Kansas City then embarrassed Colorado badly with a 73-55 win at Boulder. But that was when the Jayhawks had Walt Wesley and Al Correll as eligible players.
The Jayhawks are expected to stick with their usual starting five for this contest. Harry Gibson and Steve Renko will start at forwards, George Unseld will play center, and Dave Schichle and Delvin Lewis will start at guard.
The freshman basketball squad will play Rockhurst in a game preceding the varsity contest. Tipoff time for the Hawklet game is 5:20. The varsity game begins at 7:35.
events in the competition and chalked up 57 points compared with the second place Jayhawks' 47.
After the meet, Coach Easton sailed the KU coaching staff was satisfied with the performances of the Jayhawk trackmen.
"We have no complaints," Coach Easton said. "We feel that the boys lived up to their reputations and by their efforts, kept up KU's tradition of a good track team."
Floyd Manning, Oxnard, Calif. senior, set a new record of 15-8 in the pole vault. Bill Younger of M.U. also cleared the bar at 15-8 to share Manning's record.
Both Manning and Younger narrowly missed clearing 16 feet in the competition. Manning won the event on the grounds of fewer misses.
The capacity crowd in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium roared their approval of the vaulters' efforts as they neared the 16-foot mark.
On Younger's first try at 16 feet, he jostled the bar on his way over and was in the pit when the bar finally dropped from the standards.
Manning cleared the mark well on his second attempt, but knocked the bar off its perch with his arm on his way down.
KU kept pressure on the Tigers all through the meet. As Coach Easton had predicted earlier, the meet was close. KU's strongest showing came in the two-mile when the Jayhawks finished one-two-three.
John Lawson, Wyandotte sophomore, finished first in the two-mile ahead of Bill Silverberg and Paul
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difference in the number of laps in the race makes it hard to judge just where you are at a given time in the race.
"I thought I could win it," Lawson said. "Of course, I haven't run the two-mile all year, but I felt very good. I got behind about the middle of the race, but came up later and passed Bill (Silverberg) at the end
Lawson said the KU two-milers ran at a slower pace than they had planned.
Bill Chambers—third — 60-yard high hurdles; Bob Hansen—fourth—60-yard dash; Gayle Sayers—fourth—60-yard low hurdles; Tonnie Coane—third—mile run; Heraid Hadley—fifth—mile run; Tom Wright—second—440-yard run.
When asked about KU's chances for the outdoor track season, Coach Easton said he thought the team would be very good. "We're bringing
KU's Tyce Smith won the high jump at 6-6. Smith won the event due to fewer misses. Charles Twiss took fourth in the event with a 6-4 jump.
John Lawson—first—two mile; Bill Silverberg—second—two mile; Paul Acevedo—third—two mile; Herold Hadley—second — 1000-yard; John Donner—fourth — 1000-yard; Tyee Smith—first-high jump; Charles Twiss—fourth-high jump; Floyd Manning—first — pole vault; Jim Fanuchi-fifth-pole vault.
"We didn't run at the pace which we had planned before the race, Lawson said. "We had trouble getting used to the board track. I personally had trouble with the track because it is smaller than the one we run on at home. In Kansas City, there were 24 laps in the two-mile while at home there are 16. The
in some new people to help our effort," Easton said. "I think the outdoor team will be even better and, I hope, fiercer than the indoor team."
Coach Easton said the KU team kept the pressure on Mizzou right down to the end of the meet.
KU players who placed in the meet were;
"We had them scared." Coach Easton said, "right down to the very last events. It wasn't until the results of the 880 and the mile were in that Missouri could breathe easy."
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