Shot put trio leads way
Hawks to compete in Astrodome Relays
Unbeaten in team competition the past two indoor campaigns, KU will send a full squad to Houston this week in a bid to win the championship at the Astrodome Relays Friday and Saturday nights.
Jayhawks coach Bob Timmons has entered a 23-man squad, headed by his titanic trio of shot putters—Karl Salb, Steve Wilhelm and Doug Knop.
The three finished one-two-three at last year's NCAA indoor in leading the Jayhawks to the national indoor crown.
Salb, the reigning NCAA king both indoor and outdoor, hit an indoor career peak of 66'-10" in winning the Oklahoma City Invitational title two weeks ago.
However, he was upset by teammate Wilhelm in a triangular last week as the bespectacled California topped 65 feet for the first time with a winning toss of 65'-3".
Knop's life-time best of 60'- 91½" came last year at the NCAA meet when he finished third behind Salb and Wilhelm.
At Houston the Jayhawks will
have entries going in a dozen individual events as well as strong combinations in all three relays.
In the pole vault Kansas boasts a prime contender in Jan Johnson, a sophomore who soared to a personal best of 16'6" in the Oklahoma City meet to whip world record-holder Bob Seagren. Johnson won the Kansas Relays title last spring as a freshman.
Coach Timmons sent a small squad to the Omaha Federation Track and Field Meet Monday night. The only first place for a Jayhawk performer came from Phil Reaves, who went $24'-21\frac{1}{2}$ to nab the broadjump title.
Timmons said that Reaves, a Fresno Junior College transfer, did an excellent job from coming from behind because he was using a shorter runway for his approach than he was used to.
Mel Gray, Missouri spinner, turned in the fastest time of the evening with a fine 5.2 seconds showing in the 50-yard dash. Gray's clocking was a tenth of a second off the world record.
Timmons was also pleased with the performances of three promising freshmen, Dave Anderson, Gary Johnson and Larry Reineke.
Anderson, of Shawnee Mission, ran the best two-mile of his career in 9:02.2, tying for fourth place with teammate Rich Elliott, a Chicago sophomore.
KU signs fifteen to scholarships
Fifteen outstanding high school football players, including the third of the Riggins brothers and 11 Kansas City gridders, signed Big Eight letters of intent Tuesday morning to accept University of Kansas athletic scholarships.
He is the brother of John Riggins, the Jayhawks' junior fullback, and Junior Riggins, a half-back on KU's 1968 Big Eight co-champions and Orange Bowl squad.
Bill Riggins, a 5-11 and 195 pound defensive back from Centrala, became the third member of the Riggins family to pursue his athletic career with the Jayhawks.
'Cats ink eight
The full platoon of Kansas City athletes, accompanied by their parents, cast their lots with the Hawks at a breakfast signing party at the Hotel Muehlebach.
Kansas State assistant Jerry Elliott called Calhoun "the finest back ever to come out of Wichita." Calhoun rushed for more than 1,400 yards and scored 100 points last fall.
Seven of the 11 Kansas City
MANHATTAN (UPI) — Don Calhoun of Wichita North, one of Kansas' prize running backs, was among eight high school seniors who signed Big Eight football letters of intent Tuesday to attend Kansas State University.
Oklahomaans signed by Coach Vince Gibson's staff were Greg Jones, 210-pound linebacker from Tulsa Memorial; Chuck Davis, 215-pound tackle from Tulsa Hale; Clinton Baul, 180-pound split receiver from Tulsa Washington, and Alan Cheatwood, 185-pound tailback from Harrah. Other signees included Bob Rauscher, 210-pound linebacker from Coffeyville, Kan.; Larry Roth, 215-pound running back from Chicago, and Tom Evans, 215-pound fullback-linebacker from Blue Springs, Mo.
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The Wildcats also landed four Oklahoma high school stars.
signes were from Missouri and four were from Kansas.
Reineka and Johnson both jumped 6'6" in the high jump for career bests. Johnson, who this year is perfecting his own backward "Fosbury Flop," had a previous best of 6'2".
Tuesday was the first day Big Eight member schools could sign prospective football players to scholarship agreements.
The list of Kansas Cityans signing with KU include Gregg Beggs, a 6-1, 205 pound center-defensive tackle from Bishop Miege; Tim Johnson of Wyandotte, a 6-2, 215 pound tackle; Allan McCay, 6-foot, 185 pound quarterback from Shawnee Mission East; Mike Englebrake from Lee's Summit, a 220 pound fullback; Emmett Edwards III, Central's 178 pound safety-split end; Mike McDaniel, 205 pound offensive end from Oak Park; guard Randy Rice, a 6-1, 220 pound from Truman; Pat Henderson, Northeast's 185 pound split end; Robin Gifford of Southwest, a 6-2, 185 pound quarterback; Roland Cox, Southwest's 5-9, 175 pound linebacker; and Bob Tidwell of Pembroke-Country Day Kansas City, Mo., a 5-10, 185 pound halfback.
In other events, Doug Smith, Sioux City sophomore, finished fourth in the mile with a clocking of 4:16. Al Robinson, Southern Illinois's Australian distance man, won the event with a time of 4:07.7.
Other signes outside of the Kansas City area are Arkansas City's Mike Clemente, a 6-1, 220 pound center and Dennis Cohlmia of Wichita North, a 6-foot 200 pound tackle.
KANSAS CITY (UPI) — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will extend bids Feb. 24 to compete in its post-season championship basketball tournament.
NCAA to extend post-season bids
Bids to the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in New York are tendered the same day.
440- Randy Julian, Julio Meade
Mike Blake, Mark Smith, Mike Solomon
Milk- Brandon Smith, Mike Solomon
Bill Hatcher, Shawnee Mission sophomore, took second in the pole vault with a 15 foot completion. Mike Wedman, University of Colorado, won the event with a vault of 16'6".
A maximum of nine first-round games will be played March 7 with first-round winners advancing to the four regionals—East, Mideast, Midwest and West—on March 12 and 14.
A maximum 25-team field could fill the NCAA bracket with 15 conference champions automatically qualifying. Ten at large invitations could be extended Feb. 24.
The meet drew an estimated crowd of 5000 fans.
The semifinals March 19 and finals March 21 will be played at the University of Maryland.
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Kansas entries for Astrodome meet
100-Johnson, Mickey Martins,
and
Two-Mile—Jay Mason, Smith
46 Hurdles—Wille Amison,
Mike Bates
120 High Hurdles — Amison, Bates
High Lunar — Reinhardt
Pole Vault—Bill Hatcher, Jan Johnson
ong Jump - Reaves
Gordon Knop, Karl Sab,
Steve Wilhelm
Mile Relay-Marvin Foster, Mike Larimore, Julian, Meade
Jim Nethouse, Roger Kahol, McElroy
Jim Nethouse, Roger Kahol, McElroy
Jim Nethouse, Roger Kahol, McElroy
Nethouse, Kahol, Foster,
Nethouse, Kahol, Foster,
Nethouse, Kahol, Foster,
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