Monday, Feb. 10, 1964 University Daily Kansan
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KU Teams Begin Semester's Competition
KU sports fans saw a variety of contest over the weekend as the semester's competition got under way.
Coach Bill Easton's undefeated indoor track squad rolled over Southern Illinois and Pittsburgh State Saturday night in Allen Fieldhouse.
Tyce Smith, Cherryvale junior, set a new Allen Fieldhouse record in the high jump with a 6-81⁄2 effort. Smith's jump erased a mark of 6-81⁄4 which he set last week along with his teammate, Charlie Twiss.
FIVE OTHER MEET records were broken and one was tied as KU scored 82 points against 65 for Southern Illinois and 34 for Pittsburg State.
buff State.
SIU's Bill Cornell clocked 4:09.0
in the mile run to shave a half
second off the fieldhouse record.
In the 2-mile run, KU's Herold Hadley led a KU romp, knocking 8.7 seconds off the standing field-house record with a 9:10.9 effort. Jayhawk runners Bill Silverberg and Paul Acevedo followed with times of 9:14.1 and 9:17.9.
OTHER RECORDS FELL in the shot, 1000 and mile relay.
SIU's George Woods hurled the 16-pound ball a distance of 57-11/4, eight inches past the old mark held by KU's Yul Yost. Ken Holm ran a time of 2:13.9 in the 1000, three tenths of a second under the previous record and SIU's mile relay team shaved six tenths of a second from the meet record, finishing at 3:25.7.
KU's Bob Hanson tied the fieldhouse record in the low hurdles with a time of 6.9.
IN OTHER ACTION, the Jayhawk basketball squad squeaked by the Iowa State Cyclones by a close margin. 67-65. George Unseld had one of his best scoring nights, dropping in 28 points. The Jayhawks trailed at one time in the game—52-50—in the second half, but turned cold at the free throw line in the closing minutes of the contest and it appeared that the team might be headed for disaster. Del Lewis, however, hit the first of two free throws with
39 seconds remaining in the game to give KU the winning margin.
In a freshman basketball contest, the KU frosh defeated Iowa State 06-56.
KU's varsity swimming team maintained its undefeated record for the season as it downed Washington University of St. Louis and Oklahoma State in meets Friday and Saturday. Coach Dick Reamon's swimmers have won seven consecutive meets this season.
KU WRESTLERS SUFFERED a loss at the hands of the matmen from Kansas State. The Jayhawks were unable to score a single individual victory in the matches, but managed three draws. KU's undefeated heavyweight, Fred Elder, maintained his record with a draw.
The Jawhawk gymnastics team suffered an 83-29 disappointment at the hands of the Iowa State Cyclones.
Unitas' Pass Record
BALTIMORE, Md. — (UPI) Quarterback Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts set a new pass completion record during the 1963 National Football League season when he connected on 237 throws.
FROM THE FIRST AMERICAN Bowling Congress tournament held in Chicago in 1901 until the 1957 event in Fort Worth, Tex., the pins were set by pin boys, but in 1958 the machines took over.
Kansas Hospital Service Assn., Inc. Kansas Physicians' Service
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Representatives will be in the Rotunda on first floor of Strong Hall during Fee Payment Time, February 11, through noon, February 15, to answer your questions and to help you enroll in this special supplemental health plan.
HE'S OVER—Tyce Smith, here shown clearing 6-7, set a new Allen Field House high jump rec
ord Saturday night when he cleared the bar at 6-8 $ _{1/2} $ . (Photo by John Wright)
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