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Badminton Tough In Long Skirts
Badminton in national competition may be difficult, but its laboriousness is increased for a player in the long skirt and confining shawl of native Moslem dress.
By Jackie Helstrom
This is exactly what Nilofer Ahmed, Karachi Pakistan, graduate student, wore when she took two second place titles in the Pakistan national badminton tournament.
She also said that very few Moslem girls in Pakistan play the game seriously; the competition is mostly from American and British girls.
IN HER COMPETITIVE playing Miss Ahmed has won second national ranking in the All-Pakistan National tournament in singles and, with her sister, in ladies' doubles. She has won the Karachi title twice in the singles and many times in the doubles competition.
"BECAUSE I AM a Moslem, I had to wear my native clothes when I played, although I was told many times that I could never be a great player unless I wore shorts." Miss Ahmed said.
"My sister and I were the only ones who played in national competition," she continued.
Miss Ahmed began playing badminton as a small child in India, when her family had a court
in its house. But she did not become serious about the game until she started attending Karachi College.
"My sister and I then started practicing all the time and finally entered the ladies' doubles division of a Karachi tournament. We were beaten very badly because we had been practicing on our own and didn't know many things about the game," she explained.
After that match a man, who also held national ranking, offered to help her practice. Three months later she met the same opponent in another Karachi tournament and defeated her. "The lady vowed at that time that in the all-Pakistan tournament she would avenge her defeat. She had her reputation to uphold. But I defeated her once more in the finals of that tournament," Miss Ahmed said.
IN HER FIRST singles tournament she played against the Pakistan national champion and lost 11-0, 11-0.
"I USED TO PRACTICE for hours, until I had blisters on my hands," she said. "I also used to get up very early in the morning and run a half-mile without stopping until my lungs felt like they were going to burst.
Conway Hearing Set for Feb. 27
Former KU student Richard E. Conway, 18, will be given a preliminary hearing Feb. 27 in Douglas County Court, in connection with the shooting Thursday night of Lawrence Knapp, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore.
Conway, who is from Ft. Leavenworth, was freed on $1,500 bond Friday.
Knapp was not seriously in- jured.
Conway has been suspended from the University in accordance with a University policy concerning students charged with a felony.
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Weather
Springlike weather was expected to continue in Kansas today as a threatening cold front began to stall over Nebraska and Iowa.
Temperatures were predicted to edge into the 50s in eastern Kansas and into the 60s in the west again today.
Weathermen said the airic air outbreak previously forecast to enter Eastern Kansas today likely would have little effect on the state as it moved eastward. Extreme northeastern counties may receive a sprinkle of raighton.
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