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Karl Salb, 6 foot 4 inch, 275 pound weightman for the KU track squad, is one of three giants the 'Hawks boast of this year. Doug Knop, 6-2 and 239 pounds, and Steve Whilhelm, 6-2 and 236 pounds, round out perhaps the best collegiate shot-put combination of all-time. All three will be on hand this Friday night in Allen Field House for KU's only indoor appearance of the season. Salb set a personal indoor best last weekend at the Oklahoma City Invitational when he tossed the 16-pound ball 66 feet, 10 inches. He hopes to better that mark Friday against Southern Illinois and Wichita State.
Arkansas will matchup with USC for 11th game
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UPI)— Arkansas broke a tradition Wednesday and announced a home-and-home football series with Southern Cal.
The teams will play in Little Rock in 1972 and in Los Angeles in 1973. It will be the 11th game of the season for both clubs.
The landing of USC as an addition to its schedule was a boost to Arkansas football which has been criticized for playing weak teams outside its own Southwest Conference.
But Arkansas' football schedule situation is somewhat unique. It is required to play six of its 10 games per season in Arkansas—three in Fayetteville and three in Little Rock. Every other year it must play four conference schools on the road and three out of conference games in Arkansas.
Major college teams, who prefer to sign home-and-home agreements, have shied away from playing the Razorbacks since the visiting team does not receive as large a percentage of the gate receipts.
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Wednesday's announcement marked the first time Arkansas had announced a non-conference game this far in advance. School officials announce the schedule only one year ahead of time.
The athletic directors of both schools were pleased at the prospective meetings of the two perennial powerhouses.
"We are happy," said John Barnhill, athletic director at Arkansas. "These should be good games of interest to both people of Arkansas and California as well as nationally."
"We are happy to have this home and home series scheduled with the University of Arkansas, in as much as we have never met before," said Jess Hill, athletic director at U.S.C. "It should be the start of a fine relationship and football series."
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Sayers receives honor from Jaycees as pro athlete, community leader
Gale Sayers, former All-American halfback for KU in 1965, has been named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of America for 1969 by the Jaycees. Sayers was recognized not only for setting six new NFL records in his four seasons as a running back for the Chicago Bears, but also for helping to improve the lives of those less fortunate in Chicago in his role as a community servant.
Sayers is the second KU athlete to receive the honor during the past two years. Jim Ryun, record-holding KU track star, was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men for 1968.
During both his junior and senior years at KU, Sayers was named to the All-American first team and was recognized as player of the year in the Big Eight Conference. Since joining the Chicago Bears four seasons ago, he was named rookie of the year for 1965 and has been a unanimous all NFL selection at running back four straight times.
Sayers played in three Pro Bowl games and was voted outstanding offensive player in his last two. Injury prevented him from playing in the 1969 Pro Bowl.
Sayers' six NFL records include most touchdowns in one game (6), most touchdowns in a season (22), most points in a rookie season (132), total offense in one season (2,240 yards), total offensive average in one game (19.6 yards per attempt) and the most touchdowns on kick-off returns in a career (6).
Though both a football player and a stockbroker, Sayers is also summer coordinator for the Chicago Park District's sports program for underprivileged children and is a member of the
Youth Action Committee in his neighborhood.
In 1966, he became co-chairman of the Sports Committee of the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP. In the fall of 1968, he started the Gale Sayers Foundation in connection with the Chicago Daily News to provide clothes and scholarships for needy student newspaper carriers.
Sayers, who began his pro career in 1966, has not yet received a degree. When interviewed by
the kansan earlier this year, he said he plans to receive a physical education degree in September, 1970.
"In my senior year I appeared in a lot of all-star games and was trying to sign a pro contract, so my studies were hindered and I had to drop some courses," he told the Kansan.
Sayers, at 26 years old, is the youngest of the ten men selected for the honor. The others include young businessmen, politicians, scholars and civic leaders.
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