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Dennis Ranzau, a husky 6-4, 220-pound Sooner pitcher will be one of the many faces opposing the Hawks when they make their first conference start in a roadswing to Oklahoma this weekend. Ranzau compiled a 6-1 record last year and is looking for an even bigger senior year. He led the Sooners with 39 strikeouts and had the second lowest ERA, 2.29.
Casper gunning for first Masters win
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI) — Even though it backfired last year, Billy Casper plans to play it nice and easy in the Masters golf tournament.
Casper, one of the all-time greats of the '60's but never a winner here in 13 tries, came within a stroke of winning the Masters last year after leading for three rounds.
"There was nothing wrong with my plan last year," the 38-year-old Californian insisted. "I simply ran into a little bad luck on that final front nine and didn't have time to make it up."
The Masters begins its 34th run over the par-72, 6,980-yard Augusta National Thursday morning. The course was to be closed to practice shortly after noon today to permit time for a final manicure.
The firing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. EST and, in keeping with a long masters tradition, the first twosome off the tee will include 87-year-old Freddy McLeod, the 1908 U.S. Open champion, and 85-year-old Jock Hutchison, the 1920 PGA chapm.
The field will be cut to the low 44 scorers, and ties, and anyone else still within 10 strokes of the 36-hole leader after the second round Friday. The final two rounds, Saturday and Sunday, are being nationally televised CBS with no area blackout as prevailed here prior to last year.
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66; South Africa's Gary Player, only foreigner to win here in 1961; and non-winning but long-hitting Tom Weiskopf who has been under par in his last seven Masters rounds, are figured as this year's favorites. And there's always support for four-time champ Arnold Palmer.
Hawks begin conference schedule against Sooners
The KU baseball team, off to a flying start with five wins in its first six contests, will open Big Eight Conference play this weekend when the Jayhawks travel to Norman, Okla., for a three game series with the Oklahoma Sooners.
The series will open Friday with a doubleheader on the agenda and will conclude with a single game Saturday afternoon
The Sooners, second in the conference a year ago, sport an experienced pitching staff and one of the top offensive teams in the conference. Oklahoma lost only one starter off the 1969 squad that went 23-10 overall and 17-3 in league action.
Joining Swenton in the outfield is Chris Rickey. Rickey, a third baseman last season, carries a powerful bat as he hit for a .298 average with 22 RBI's and a team high 7 home runs a year ago.
Heading the Sooner outfield will be hard hitting Mike Swenton. A husky, 6-3, 195-pound junior. Swenton was named to the all-Big Eight team last year in right field. He was the Sooners' leading hitter with a .327 average while collecting nine doubles, three homers and 29 RBI's during OU's 33 game schedule.
A strong OU infield is paced by slick-fielding second baseman Scott Harrington. Harrington, also an all-Big Eight selection, batted 315 last season after leading the team with a sizzling 344 average as a sophmore. An excellent fielder, he played his first
18 games as a sophomore without an error. He has outstanding speed and topped the club with 16 stolen bases last season.
A KU infield composed of first baseman Skip James, third baseman Paul Womble, and shortstop Keith Lieppman has carried most of the early season load for the Jayhawks.
James is currently sitting atop the Jayhawk hitting chart with an excellent .529 average, including a home run against C of E. Womble is close behind with a .471 mark and 2 homes. Lieppman is slapping the ball at a .450 consistency and has chalked up a club high three two-base blows.
Dennis Ranzau tops the Sooners' experienced pitching corps. Ranzau, 6-4 and 220 pounds, compiled a 6-1 record last year while leading the team with 39 strikeouts. He posted a fine 2.28 ERA, second lowest on the team.
The Jayhawks venture to Sooner country with the hopes of continuing their same fine brand of baseball that has seen them drop Washburn twice, Emporia State twice and College of Emporia once. Their lone loss was a weather-shortened five inning affair against the C of E.
The young Hawk squad is also intent on improving a disappointing 12-14 season last year that saw them struggle to a sixth place finish in the conference.
Southpaw Corky Ullom and Bill Stiegemeier, a former trackster, have provided KU coach Floyd Temple with the stingy
pitching that the 'Hawks lacked last season. Ullom has posted two wins in as many decisions and is sporting a remarkable 0.64 ERA. Stiegemeier has gathered 14 strikeouts in 11 and one-third innings and carries a 0.79 ERA.
The Oklahoma swing should give coach Temple and his squad a good indication of how the Jayhawks will fare in the upcoming conference race.