Battle for runner-up position unfolds when Jayhawks confront Missouri
Missouri ventures to Allen Field House tonight to tangle with the Jayhawks in a battle for second place in the Big Eight standings. Tip-off is 8:05 following a freshman tilt at 5:45 between the two clubs.
The Tigers got by Oklahoma State 72-61 Saturday night in Columbia and vaulted past KU into second place when Colorado nipped the Hawks in Boulder.
Missouri has a 6-5 plate in conference play and stands 14-9 for the year. The loss to Colorado dropped the Hawks to a 5-5 ledger in the conference and a 14-8 reading for the season.
K-State has now virtually cinched at least a tie for the conference crown but Missouri head coach Norm Stewart assures Tiger followers that they are not through scratching away yet.
"Our season is not over by any means," the young coach said. "We still have a chance for a good year. Our players have been struggling for three years. They won't stop now."
Don Tomlinson
Missouri still has a chance to eclipse 15 victories, a feat last achieved by the Tigers in 1955-56 when Stewart captained a 15-7 team under Sparky Stalcup.
In two previous appearances under Stewart at Allen Field House the Tigers have won nail-chomping one-point triumphs. In 1968, the Tigers prevailed 67-66 on Tom Johnson's two free throws after the game had supposedly ended and last year Missouri won 56-55.
The Jayhawks will be seeking to revenge a 56-53 loss to Missouri in the clubs' conference opener in Columbia.
Don Tomlinson, leading scorer with a 14.8 mark, will guide the Tigers into action tonight against the 'Hawks. The rugged senior captain has scored over 1,000 points in his three years of varsity play and now needs less than 20 points to displace Bob Reiter in the number three slot among Missouri's career scorers. He scored 23 against KU in the first meeting.
Doug Johnson, 6-5, will join Tomlinson on the Tigers' front line along with center Henry Smith. Johnson boasts an 9 point average and Smith, 6-7, has a
Theo Franks
11. 7 scoring figure and leads the Tigers in rebounding.
Gymnasts sweep weekend clashes in Colorado tour
By DON BAKER
Kansan Sports Writer
Missouri claims probably the best pair of guards in the league in Dave Pike and Theo Franks, Pike carries a 12.1 scoring mark and Franks is hitting at an 11 point clip while downing 88 per cent of his charity shots.
The KU gymnastics squad pushed its season's record to nine wins against one loss by winning two weekend matches against Colorado and Colorado State College.
Moving on to Greeley Saturday afternoon the Jayhawks scored an impressive victory over Colorado State College. 165.50-142.80.
Traveling to Boulder Friday night the Jayhawks defeated Colorado 151.70 to 127.55 behind four 9.0 or better performances. Among these was Rich Schubert, Lawrence sophomore, who tied a school record with a 9.2 score on the side horse. Also achieving at least 9.0 scores were Kirk Gardner, Atchison junior, 9.45 on still rings, Terry Blanchard, Ulysses sophomore, 9.15 on parallel bars, and Gerald Carley, Wichita junior, 9.20 on the horizontal bars.
The Hawks took first place in every event and the victory was the first ever for KU against Colorado in Boulder since gymnastics became a conference sport in 1958.
The KU freshman squad will also be looking to revenge an early setback dealt them in Columbia by the Tigers' frosh.
In gaining the victory the Jaya hawks set three school records and drew high praise from coach Bob Lockwood.
Front line subs Pete Helmbaock and Chuck Kundert saw a lot of action in the first meeting of the two teams and will be called on again tonight for added inside strength.
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"I'm real happy," Lockwood said. "We did not hit well against Colorado but came back strong against CSC."
Nine point or better scores in addition to Carley came from Gardner, 9.35 on still rings, John Brouillette, Wichita junior, 9.05 on still rings, and Roger Hemphill, Lawrence junior, with a 9.1 on the high bar.
Captain Chet Lawrence, sophomores Bob Kivisto and Aubrey Nash and Russell will all see action against the Tigers at the guard slots
5-10 Roger Brown with success at the middle post in the Jayhawks' last few outings and the junior center will probably be called on tonight against the Tigers. If Brown starts at the post position Owens will either go with Bud Stallworth or Pierre Russell at one forward position and Dave Robisch at the other.
Mo. (14-8, 6-5) Pos-
johnson (6-4)
Johnson (6-5)
Smith (6-7)
Franks (6-2)
Franks (6-2)
Included in the records were highest point accumulation away from home (156.50), highest team point accumulation in the high bar (27.05), and Carley set a school record when he finished with a 9.4 score on the high bar.
Against CSC the Jayhawks took first place in every event but one including a sweep of the first three places in two events.
Ransasa(14-8, 5-5)
Brobish (6-7)
Russell (6-3)
Brown (6-1)
Lawrence (6-1)
Klivisto (6-1)
Lockwood said he was particularly pleased with the high individual scores in addition to the team score because Colorado judges are generally very critical and rarely give high scores.
KU coach Ted Owens has used
Study in Guadalajara, Mexico
The next match for KU will be Saturday, Feb. 28 when Nebraska invades Robinson gymnasium for a 1:00 p.m. match. Imediately following the match the Hawks will journey to Salina to participate in the Kansas Open, a gymnastic meet sponsored by the Kansas Gymnasts Association.
Following this Kansas State will visit KU on Saturday, March 6 for the final dual of the season.
Guadalajara, Mexico
The Guadalajara Summer School, a fully accredited University of Arizona program, will offer, June 29 to August 8, art, folklore, geography, history, political science, language and literature courses. Tuition, $160; board and room $155.
Write Dr. Juan B. Rael, Office of Summer Session, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721.
Now, though, he will join the A's in their spring training camp at Mesa, Ariz., Friday and will stay with the club until the regular American League season gets under way.
"I didn't like all that traveling," DiMaggio said at the time.
DiMaggio served Finley as a vice-president and coach the last two years, then decided not to renew his contract.
I'll work in every phase of the game but only for the duration of spring training," Joe said. "This was at my own request and Charlie agreed."
Feb. 23
1970 KANSAN 9
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)—Joe DiMaggio, the old Yankee Clipper, is coming back to help Charlie Finley and his Oakland A's this spring.
The scheduling means that the Big Eight Sooners will be coming to Dallas twice this fall since they also play their annual grudge match with the University of Texas on the neutral Cotton Bowl turf. That game is et for Oct. 10.
"We are very happy to have Oklahoma come to Dallas," said SMU Coach Hayden Fry.
OU signs Mustangs as eleventh foe
SMU upset Oklahoma 28-27 in the bowl game in Houston's Astrodome on a last quarter pass from Chuch Hixson to end Ken Fleming. Previously, the two schools had met only twice, Oklahoma winning 9-0 in 1925 and the 1939 game ending in a 7-7 tie.
DiMaggio joins Oakland staff
DALLAS (UPI) — Southern Methodist and Oklahoma, who put on such a wild offensive show in the 1968 Astro Bluebonnet Bowl game, Saturday announced they had agreed on a two-game "11th game" series, opening in Dallas Sept. 12, 1970.
The two teams will play in Norman, Okla., Sept. 18, 1971 as the season opener again. Game times were left undermined, possibly because of potential television contracts.
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