KU looks to brothers for court action
By DAVE BROWN
Kansan Staff Writer
" . . . and at the guards, Kivisto
and Kivisto."
This is probably what the announcer will be saying in two years when the University of Kansas basketball team takes the court.
Bob Kivisto has already established himself as an outstanding guard in his first two years at KU. Last year, his first varsity campaign, he averaged 7 points per game as the Jayhawks finished second in the conference with an 8-6 record. In his freshman year Bob averaged 12.2 points per game in leading the frog to a 9-1 mark.
The new Kivisto to the Kansas hardcourt will be younger brother Tom, an entering freshman
this fall. A fine player in his own right, Tom has just finished an outstanding career at East Aurora (Ill.) High School.
In Tom's sophomore year, he and Bob led East Aurora to the Upstate Eight conference crown and to the Aurora Regional championship. During this year Bob made a national magazines H.S. All-American team as well as the Illinois All-State team, the All-Chicago area team and naturally, the Upstate Eight All-Conference team. Tom settled for being just an honorable mention All-Conference.
In his junior year with Bob gone and a heavier load to lift by himself, he led East Aurora to the semi-finals of the Illinois High School Association Basketball Tournament. Again East High also won the Aurora Regionals, Sectionals, and Super-Sectionals as well as sharing another Upstate Eight crown.
Tom finished third in the conference in scoring, was an All- Conference and All-Area as well as an honorable mention All- State pick.
Last year was his big year, however. Again he led East Aurora to the L.H.S.A quarter-finals, their third consecutive conference championship, and was a close second in conference scoring. This year he was a unanimous All-Conference player, honorary captain of the All-Chicago area team, all St-Stater, and a member of the H.S. All-America team. He passed up an opportunity to run track this past year so that he could play in the Dapper-Dan Basketball Classic in Pittsburgh. There he
In the strangest vote of the poll's 25-year history, newsmen throughout the midlands picked Missouri by a slim margin over Nebraska to win the Big Eight football championship this fall.
Mizzou tabbed Big 8 winner
Jay Simon, Kansas sports information director who conducted the annual survey, announced Wednesday that Nebraska received 25 more first place votes than Missouri, yet the Tigers finished 10 points ahead of the Cornhuskers in computing the over-all balloting.
Nebraska was tabbed by 81 of the near-record 201 sportswriters and sportscasters participating in
the silver anniversary renewal of a poll started in 1946 by the late Don Pierce, former Kansas sports information director.
Missouri received only 56 first-place votes, but edged the Huskers in over-all points, 478-488, low total winning. Missouri and Nebraska tied for the title last fall after newsmen voted the crown to Oklahoma, which wound up fourth in the championship race.
In explaining this year's voting oddity, Simon pointed out that only nine forecasters pegged Missouri lower than fourth, while
Nebraska was picked for a second division finish on 28 returns.
Kansas State, which drew 45 first-place votes, finished thirtid with 598 points and Oklahoma was fourth with 12 first places and 769 votes.
Trailing the four first division choices were Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma State and Iowa State in that order. The Buffs picked up four first place votes and Kansas drew three.
--scored 13 points as the U.S. All-Stars defeated the Pennsylvania All-Stars.
This was only the fourth time that Missouri had been picked No. 1 in mid-summer balloting. The Tigers topped the initial poll in 1946 and went on to tie for third in the race. In both 1948 and 1962 Mizzou finished second after being tabbed by newsmen to win the title.
Sports in Review
--scored 13 points as the U.S. All-Stars defeated the Pennsylvania All-Stars.
Two dramatic tennis battles in England, the American League's first no-hitter, a roaring rhubarb in the "friendly confines of Wrigley Field," and the Major League All-Star elections all caught this sports fans interest as the Kansan looks at the week in review.
FRIDAY, July 3: Margaret Court of Australia won her second Wimbledon singles tennis title defeating the United States Billie Jean King 14-12 and 11-9 in a match that lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Miss Court won the title in 1965. This marked the second straight year Miss King lost in the finals.
SUNDAY, July 5: The Chicago Cubs, in the midst of their worst losing streak in twenty-five years, engaged in an on the field rhubarb with the Pittsburgh Pirates and turned the "friendly confines of Wrigley Field" into a basebrawl battlefield. Reportedly, Pirates pitcher Doc Ellis said something to irritate Leo Durocher and the 65-year-old Cub manager charged Ellis to get in the last word. The mishap set off a series of events. Pittsburgh's
By DAVE GOSSER Kansan Sports Writer
Clyde Wright hurled the first no-hitter in the history of Anaheim Stadium, and the first in the American League this year against the hard-hitting Oakland Athletics. Wright walked three and struck out one for his twelfth win of the season before 12,131 fans.
Saturday, July 4: John Newcombe defeated Ken Rosewall in an all-Australian men's singles final at Wimbledon, England in the tournaments first five set match since 1949. Newcombe lost the first set 5-7, but won the next two 6-3 and 6-2 before dropping the fourth 3-6. A solid 6-1 victory in the final set clinched the crown for Newcombe before a courtside crowd of 17,000.
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Monday, July 6: The National League All-Star team, as selected by a nation-wide vote of the fans was announced by baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's office in New York. The starting line-up, excluding the pitcher who will be named later, includes: First base: Richie Allen, St. Louis, Second base: Glenn Beckert, Chicago, Third base: Tony Perez, Cincinnati, Shortstop: Donny Kessinger, Chicago, Catcher: Johnny Bench, Cincinnati, and outfielders (listed in order by largest number of votes received) Hank Aaron, Atlanta, Willie Mays, Chicago, and Rico Carty, Atlanta. The National League squad is led by New York Mets manager Gil Hodges. This was the first time since 1957 that a baseball All-Star team was decided by the fans.
Richie Hebner and Cub second baseman Glenn Beckert engaged in a wrestling match. Hebner, a former hockey player, placed Beckert in a head-lock. Chicago pitcher Allie Reynolds tried to break it up, but received a scratched cheek and a torn uniform. Eventually a plate mputer Nick Colosi got things under control and by a mutual agreement with Durocher and Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh, the game was called with one out in the ninth inning, the Pirates winning 5-2.
The irony of their high school careers is that they were coached to greatness by their father, Ernie Kivisto. Prior to his coming to East Aurora he taught at East Moline (Ill.) where he had Tom playing varsity as a freshman. One interesting note is that last year both East Aurora and East Moline were in the state tourney at Champaign. What would have happened if Coach Kivisto was still at East Moline and had Tom there with him?
Tuesday, July 7: The American League All-Star team, as chosen by the fans was released from the League's headquarters in Boston. First Base: Boog Powell, Baltimore, Second Base: Davey Johnson, Baltimore (replaced Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins who finished first in the balloting but suffered a broken ankle, and torn cartilage the week before the final results), Third Base: Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota, Shortstop: Louis Aparicio, Chicago White Sox, and the outfielders (listed in order by the greatest number of votes received): Frank Robinson, Baltimore, Frank Howard, Washington, and Carl Yastrzemski, Boston. The starting pitcher will be named later by Baltimore manager Earl Weaver.
Besides Tommy, Illinois will provide two other basketball stars for the Hawks. Already recruited are 6'11" Bill Kosick, an All-Stater from New Trier East, and Dave Taynor, a 6'3" honorable mention All-Stater from Bethalto. The two other players that have signed tenders to enroll at KU are 6'0" Randy Culbertson of Raytown South, Mo. and 6'3" Glenn Russell of Kansas City.
One thing for sure it looks as though the KU recruiters have done their jobs and the basketball fortunes should certainly be on the upswing.
The 201 participants in this year's poll just missed the record of a year ago when 202 writers and sportcasters cast ballots.
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