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Sports Writer
A pretty fair contribution for a farm boy from Beinnington.
When Jay Wagner walked onto the Kansas track team as a freshman, he didn't know what kind of contribution he could make.
Last weeked at the Big Eight Indoor Championships in Lincoln, Neb.,
competing in both the Big Eight indoor meet and the 600-yard dash in a record time. He also anchored the mile relay to a meet record and the Jayhawks to their eighth title in 1982.
"When I went out for训," Wagner recalled yesterday, "I didn't think I could be of much use to them. I found out that they were soldiers so that's what I decide to run."
THE FOUR YEARS he has competed for KU, Wagner has excelled in the 440, 600 and the mile relay, although he hasn't won any of these conferences conference meet until the 600 this year.
"I like winning," Wagner said. "I went up there with my last real chance of getting the school record."
And get it he did-twice. In the preliminaries last Friday night, Wagner ran away from the field to the win in 1:09.79, breaking Nolan Cromwell's school record of 1:10.0 and qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Wagner had already qualified for the NCAA meet, which will be March 11-12 in Detroit, in the 440 and mile relay.
Sprinter Jay Wagner
THEEN SATURDAY, running in the finals against an outstanding freshman, Poole Phoenik of Nebraska, Wagner brothers own record with a blistering 89.4.
"I figured he would be my main competition," Wagner said of Poehling. "I planned my race around him."
In the race, Poehling took the early lead. But Wagner took the lead at the start of the second lap on the 220 track and took one turn. Poehling one second ahead of the freshman.
"Iusually start a little slower," Wagner said. "But I moved ahead so I could know where he was the whole race. He will be what make my move when he started to move."
"It was fun." Wagner continued. "I thought I had the Big Eight record too, but then I found out some guy (Dave CRUN, NO)肌 a1:09.2 long time ago."
AFTER THE race, Foehling came over to Wagner to offer his congratulations. Wagner offered him a coke.
"You'll get it next year." Wagner said. "Did you like a senior." Poelhing hated the idea.
Wagner had a little extra incentive for wanting to do well last weekend—his father, mother and brother were at the meet.
They had been to see him run before—including last year's conference outdoor meet, where he qualified for the Olympic trials.
"It didn't hurt at all to have them
he said. "They didn't use to go to the
museum."
'My dad never got to compete in high school because he stayed on the farm and worked. I think he gets a little satisfaction out of seeing me compete.'
EVEN THOUGH it seems like Wagner is having more success this year than in previous years—he hasn't been beaten in the last five games, but he concentrating solely on his running.
The education major and Summerfield Scholar is student teaching chemistry and physics at Shawne Heights High School in Topeka.
Wagner, who has compiled a 3.92 grade average, hopes to go to law school next year. He has applied to the University of Florida and may apply to the KU law school.
"I don't believe I will teach more than a year or two," Wagner said, "but I look at it as good experience. I'm always of great comfort when you know about the everything."
"Virginia is about the fifth best law school in the country," Wagner said. "and it's a northeastern school, I think it might be a bit out of place up there."
But that all comes next year. Ahead of Wagner, he is the NCAA meet.
"I had five goals at the start of the season," Wagner said. "I wanted to get the field house record, win the Big Eight, get the school record in the 600, win the nationals in the mile relay and place in the 600 at nationals.
"Let's see, I'm batting 600 right now. I have two more to go."
Not many people will be betting against him.
Douglas on All-Big Eight squad
Kansas City, Mo., (AP)—Junior guard John Douglas of the University of Kansas was named yesterday by the Associated Big-All Big-Eight basketball team for 1978-77.
Joining Douglas, a 6-2 junior college transfer from John C. Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., were a senior, junior and freshman, comprising the youngest squirt in years.
Besides youth, the first team shares another bond. They all wear the uniform of one of four semifinalists in the conference tournament. This begins in Kansas City tomorrow night.
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surprise many observers and tied Missouri for second place.
From Kansas State comes Mike Evans, the only repeater from last year's team, and Curtis Redding, the 65 freshman sensation whose scoring, rebounding and infectious personality also were instrumental in Kansas State's winning surge.
Missouri, which goes against Oklahoma in tomorrow night's first game, is represented by Kim Anderson, the 8-4 center who ranked near the top of the conference in scoring, with an average of 18.5 and rebounding, with eight.
Kansas, K-State's seminal opponent tomorrow night, boots Douglas, who joins Evans in the first team back court. Douglas, the younger brother of professional star Leonard Douglas, ranked second in conference scoring with an 18.9 average.
OAKLAMA ADDS John McCullough, a 4-ahiphon forward who had 16 rebounds in the NBA.
In an overtime victory at Iowa State, he scored 40 points, the third highest total in college football.
Emmett Lewis, Colorado's sophomore guard whose 19.6 shooting average led the Pac-10 in scoring and defense.
ANDERSON AND EVANS were the top vote-getters from the panel of sports writers and broadcasters who regularly cover the Big Eight. Evans, with one season in the playoffs, said the points shy of the school record of 1,865 points set by Bob Booster in the late 1980s.
He is joined by Al Beal, Oklahoma's 6-9 freshman center who edged out Carl McPipe of Nebraska by one vote: Olus Holder, Oklahoma State's 6-16 junior forward, Larry Dassie, 5-Kansas State senior, and Scott Sims, 6-6 Missouri senior.
Evans averaged more than 18 points a game this season.
First Team
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Johnson, Kansas, KAIS; 4J. Junior,
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ALL BIG EIGHT BASKETBALL TEAM
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Jim Kimmel, Gary Johnson, Milwaukee; HORR BOBLEL,
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McKinna, Brian Malloy, Minneapolis
Kuhn seeking meeting with Charlie O. Finley
CHICAGO (AP)--Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kwain wants to talk about a lot more than just the cash sale of pitcher Paul Lindblad at a scheduled meeting, but also that his attorney Fulley will have none of it. Finley's attorney, Neil Pekkam, said yesterday.
Papinoi said Kuhn "evidences a
dagerent interserve to interfere with the private
media".
The meeting on the $400,000 sale of Linda to the Texas Rangers is scheduled for
After Papaan sent his telegram to Kuhn yesterday, it was unclear whether the phone had been switched off.
In his telegram, Papiano said, "Oakland will not attend a hearing for the purpose of allowing any interference with its private property rights."
LNBLADAD HAD been working out with special permission of the New York Yankees at their Fort Lauderdale, Fla., training cann.
The players association says Lindlbad is an "innocent party" to the dispute between Finley and Kuhn. "We still say that," said Dick Moss, the union's counsel. "But after assurances from Bowie Kuhn that Lindlbad is asked only as a witness, and that there is
no question of wrongdoing or misbehaving on his part, Paul and I will appear."
Moss said he asked Kuhn why Lindbald was essential to the hearing and was told that Lindbald may have some knowledge, from having negotiated with Finley, on whether the Oakland owner plans to liquidate his ballclub.
IN ADDITION to the Lindbald sale, Kuhn
he said he wants to discuss the following:
"—The present status of the Oakland club's roster, including progress with respect to the signing of players on the roster, plays a role in player talent available to the Oakland club.
—The recent offering by the Oakland club of the contracts of various players, including Vida Blue, Mike Torres and Phil Berry, would make possible trades for each player's contracts.
"The facts established" at the trial in Chicago of Finley's suit against Kuhn for voiding the cash sales last year of three players.
**Actions of the Oakland club with**
**players available in the 1978 re-
treaty deal.**
"The availability of the Oakland club's franchise for sale to third parties."
Intramural Indoor Track Meet
Thursday, March 3rd
Entry DEADLINE at 5:00 p.m.
Friday, March 4th Room 208 Robinson
Preliminaries, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 5th - Finals, 3:00 p.m.
Allen Field House - No entry fee
Mon & Women Divisions & Co-Rec Relays
Intramural Swim Meet
Diving and Swimming Events
Monday March 7th - Preliminary
Monday, March 7th - Preliminaries, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 8th - Finals, 7:30 p.m.
Robinson Natatorium - No entry fee Enter at Recreation Services at pool lobby on March 7th, 7:00 p.m.
Entry sheets available at RECREATION SERVICES
ROOM 208 ROWS
ROOM 208 ROBINSON GYM.
Guard John Douglas
Women lose cage berth
KU women's basketball coach Marian Washington announced yesterday that her team wasn't selected for an at-large tournament March 10-12 in Decatur, Iowa.
The Jayhawks and the University of Missouri were the two finalists for the berth, but Missouri was selected on the basis of an 81-81 victory over KU in the Big Ten tournament. That game was the only meeting between the two schools this year.
NFL smokes peace pipe
The signing ceremony was about an hour late but after the three-year negotiation tug-of-war that preceded it, nobody was concerned about the extra 60 minutes.
Management ratified the pact last week. The contract will cost the 28 member clients $475,000 per year in basic area—pensions, lawsuit settlements, insurance and post-season pay. Fringe improvements such as meal money and minimum salaries will add to the dollar
NEW YORK (AP)—Pace officially came to the National Football League yesterday.
The union membership, about 60 per cent of nearly 1,300 NFL players, must still be fully represented in the Washington Haus of the Washington Redskins, a vice president of the union, expect no problems.
Sargent Karsh, executive director of NPL Management Council, and EG Garvey, head of the players association, initialed a new five-year collective bargaining agreement.
The draft will be a 12-round affair May 1 each year instead of 17 rounds in January. "That will create more free agents and give more room to shop around," Garvey said.
Ballots will be mailed out Monday with
the union estimating 10 days for all the
return.
It also introduces a new concept in the areas of the draft and option systems which have created past problems between the two sides.
Contemporary Writers and Poets Series presents
. . . in a reading of their works.
4:00 Wednesday, March 2
Ken Irby, Pine Room, Kansas Union
4:00 Friday, March 4
Chester Sullivan, poet
Parlor A. Kansas Union
No admission charge
7th & Mass.
THE LAWRENCE OPERA HOUSE 7th Spirit balcony Presents This Week
Thursday . . . Lawrence's finest
MILLIONAIRE AT MIDNIGHT
'1 $^{10}$ Cover
Wednesday . . . DISCO BEER BASH
Free Pitchers with Every Admission,
$ ^1 $ 1$ ^{\circ}$ Cover
Friday . . . JOHN'S LAW from Manhattan
11" Cover
Saturday . . . DISCO EXTRAVAGANZA Free Admission for All KU Freshmen & 1st Year Students
Showtime 9:00 p.m.Both Nights
Pitchers $ ^{1} 2 ^{5} $ , 7:30-9:00 p.m.
SEE EUROPE THIS SUMMER
The University of Kansas Summer Study Abroad '77
ENGLAND
Dates: June 7 to August 9, 1977
*Cost*: $1495
Application Deadline: April 1,
1977
Cities included: Paris, London,
Exeter, York, Bath, Bristol,
Strafford, Edinburgh, Cambridge
Contact: Prof. John Macauley,
Dept. of History
YUGOSLAVIA
Dates: Mid-June to Mid-August, 1977
*Cost: $750.00
Application Deadline: April 2, 1977
Contact: Prof. Joseph Conrad, Dept. of
Slavic Languages
GERMANY
*Cost: Approx. $1400.00
Dates: June 7 to Aug.9, 1977
Cities included: Paris, Hamburg, Kiel, Lubeck, Copenhagen, Berlin, and London Application Deadline: April 1, 1977 Contact: Prof. Henry Fullenwider, Dept. of German
Dates: June 13 to August 6, 1977
*Cost: Average $450.00
Application Deadline: April 15,
1977
Stays in Guadalajara, Mexico
Contact: Dept. of Spanish &
Portuguese
MEXICO
Dates: Mid-June to Mid-August, 1977
SPAIN
Application Deadline: April 1, 1977
*Cost: $1250.00
Cities included: Granada,
Toledo, Burgos, Sequoia, Madrid
Contact: Prof. Robert Spires,
Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese.
FRANCE
Dates: June 7 to August 9, 1977
*Cost: $1325.00
Application Deadline: March 1, 1977
Cities included: Paris, Charteus,
Chateau Country of the Loire,
Historical sites in Burgandy or
Normandy.
Contact: Dept. of French & Italian
- Cost subject to changes necessitated by airfare where included and or currency valuations.