• Relays Spotlight Shared by. Miler, W Paces Kansas to World Medley Mark, and Discus Ace
EIGHT RECORDS Universitv Colle98 Division BYERS ATTAI 232·4.Javelin-1.2, MikeRoqerRoss,Collins,KansasKansasstate, Si~{"9'.
3,LcuisBob Cardenas,Winn, Otta;ya,RIce, Ko~~"71. ~. 2i4.OWai;, Chamberlain, Texas, 215.3'12 •.• ANOTHER 'GI CO BY BOARDS 100-yard dash-1. Mel Grav, Mlssour'l, Lela~d,'093 (new.Texasrecord;Christiar,old record19.30;:O?.4'b~VBo y Whilden, Texas, 1956; Jim HInes, Texas Southern, 1967. 2, Rockv Woods, Texas Jayhawk Athletes Break A&M, :09.4. 3, Mickey Ma)he.ws, Kansas, Hurdler Picks Up I :09.6. 4, Aibert Huqhes, Wichita, :09.7. 5, Th ree of the M~et Horace Levy, Nebraska, :09.7. Victory in K. U 120hiqh hurdles-L George Byers, ~~~• Standards sas, :13.9. 2, Ron Jessie, Kansas, : .. Relays 3Nichols,Fred Nicholl.Missouri,Nebraska,:14,5. 5, :14.3.Jack ibgtif0, By Del Black TexasShot A&M,put-,-l, :14.5.Karl Salb, ~a~l~as'36351fDout By Fn 't z Kr els. 1er (A Member of The Star's Sport. Staff) 2Knop,SteveKansas,Wilhelm,58-01/2,Kansas,4, Doug- Lane,;4" K~n-. (A Member of Tearh St 'ss ports Lawrence, Kas . - With sasKan.,StateState,57-8.57-Ph.5, AI Feuerbach,,.: EmpOria, Lawrence ' Kas.-It wa: nostalgia and sunshine Hammer th~o":~1.D~~lf''l>nennv,Kansas, of triumph for George By 166·0 (new record; old record 159-4, f II won a Kansas drenching Memorial sta- Mark Cox, Southern Illinois Tra.ck S11~b, ma y . " m~{'3:' G~'rlt~~~:~~e, T:~"cir'i~ St~tt watch. dmm, JIm t Ryund and.' dAld 140·0:Kas., 4,State,Maurice123·0.Lervold,.5, P,I FortBlaktJps,ISOn, In fashioning a reput' , Oerter yes er ay PIOVI e Southern IlIin9is, 112-9.. 1 J' C aw- one of the finest hurdler. R I 'th Glenn Cunnmqham mlle-. 1m r • ford, Harqin9, Ark.C!4605-7:052'9Jglllto~~;:;'ci Eight conference histo the Kansas•• e ays WI son, PacIfIC Coast u, "'t ••• , .4
Ryun flashed a blistering pe{b6-Yar~a~saaSsh.!lt;ttha~;'~i.6Green~, Li~, an enviable list of reco one of Its'" fmest hours. \ ~~~~tin~~'i1h,. Mak'~~g~~.Mel ~~ti:4.4:ogteveGray, MISSOUri, lean, wispy • Byers has] 3:57.7 mIle m anchonng Kansasl~g~n:\. Nf,b·'Ai3r,,3'..fugh.es,Wichita State, championshIps. t Id d f 9'33 in the '098 (Onlv three fmlshers.) o a wor: recor o. I . LOI;9 jump -' L .Stan Whitlev, K~nsas, StilI Owns Recor d· t dl' 1 126.01/2.2, Ron JeSSie, Kansas, 25-10v,..3, . IS ance me ey re ay. Bill Aeschlimann,. C;olorado, 24-2. 4, car,1 He was the fIrst athle th f J h k Mills Texas ChrIStian, 23-10'12. 5, Ha . t Oerter,t h e tl·ormer.K U ay • Iaw oswa'itHi h Oklahomaiump - 1,State,23-8.Fernando Abugattas, to run the 60-vard" lows S ar 0 w om Ie •• Ie ays Nort~western College (Iowa), 7·01/4.(r~c- and still owns the Big were dedicated, set a ,stadium o~~t;riOIMj,>co~~J~v~~GTII,Hg,n~s~~'l'{';,'i;, ... ' record with a discus throw of 189 6-8 3, Mark Timon, Colorado. 6-8.. 4, all-tIme best of .13.6 In feet, 7% inches. For the crowd Wanamaker,Ricl< Old PittsburgDrake, 6·8State,.... 6·8. 5, Rick- yar· d h'Ig hs. He h as wo of 20:000," the final day of this Distance ~~~~~~Si~~la~~f:O~ansas.(Jim conference titles as we] 44th relays was thrill-laden with ~1~h'k":~n).R9~3%,i~~~r,;rJto~~~ o~dg:~~.~ishing first last sum me eight meet recor~s •. g:;1Ie~iire\e~6rl~;I~A~~~'i,'':d ~~j~:8,~~~:U. S. Track and Field fe< But for the. UnIversityk ofh Kan-B b ordsas,9'41.3,'1968; ~ansasansas, ~~JW2re6~~~'e., ,.o~d'4~ei-5'6' meet in Houston • T·sas and Its't trac th coac,d f th0 5,3, Co)oradq.MISSOUri,9:56.2.9:52.4. 4, Oklahoma, 9:5Be,.. Y t no t u nti! yesterd Immons, 1 was e ay 0 e 440·yard relav-1, Kansas (QeorgeJ IV- B bl t h Jayhawks . Meade)ers, Mickey:40.3.Mathews,(Kansas StanRelavswhltleY'dYrecor ,.0 'I~ yers . a e 0 come om Never in the 145-meet history record19671. 2,:40.5,Rice,Nebraska,;40.6. 3, 6k~\a omang ft~1~'. ' ner In the Kansas of the •••Texas-Kansas-Drake re- ''410.. 4, MiSSOUri,Women's:41.9.DiVISion5, ~olorado, ,42.4. Pushed by teammate I lays CIrCUlt has a team dommat- 100-yard dash - 1. Geo~~iad~ohti~o~: sie, Byers flashed to a sl d t K U d'd th' Texas Southern, :10.8. 2, on t e a mee as . ,I IS one. in9. st. Louis Blues. :10:9. 3" 13.9 to win the 120-ya: Th f k b t" Brown, Texas Track Club, .11.0, q, i~ne• ar_ : e per ormance ran.s es m lotte Hawkins. C.olorado Olvmplcs, .11.0. and thus was awarded c meets spanning 42 years of Tex- ?, Cathv Hamblm, AlbUQuerQue.N. M. ,_ as relays 44 for K U and 59 for .1~4kvard relaY-1,. Texas southedn bDOv watch-the prize gIVen Drake the, stop .•this coming othyGeorgiaMvlesJohnson).Mercedla:47.1,Jackson,(KansasJu VRelaysve, neIS. 0f' m d'vidualI even weekend, for most of these ath- record'19671.'2,oldColoradorecord Olvmpic,:47.2, Texas:47.7.Southern,3, St. open, unIversl. 't y an d letes, Louis:49.3. 5,Biues,Topeka:47.8.Cosmos,4, Texas:49.5.Track Club, d'IVISlOnS... M e1 G ray 0f M'Issoun "'tIgm ed AS CITYHIGHMOSCHOOL880-relav-1, Cen- 'liI usua y I00 k for Je the records burst with a : 09.3 in tra~ArJathew Brown, \arrv Do~lin'1.~P3- I didn't today," breathE th e 100-yar d d as h 0f th. e UnIVer-. mettRecord.EdwardsFormer MarVinrecord 1Fqster:28.8 bv•.. South-, as IIe wa Ik e d b ac k t o. t
sity-college division. That wiped. west,"280, 19583, Raytownand Centr~l,au tl~8i:3~'6soJth~~~!, •.. I iug line where he'd sta out the oldest mark on the K. U. !iir,', :31.9. 5, De La sal~~ \3~2;'ham warm-up clothes. ' I w~ books, a :09.4 performance by Mr~g-RL~~~~~~'-?~.\'ri~;rAnt~~ny Glenn); if I started looking, I m Cy. Lel?nd in 1930, and equalled UV:~;~~w0"vnac;doH;?·2d2.~'~~'t~h~:.,t~e him. So I just r~n. I I tWice smce. MissionMILE South.RELAY-1.1:33.2·Wvan d0tt e (Frank was there though. Gray returned an hour later to Johnson, Alfred McKelvev. Harold Brg,,!n, Byers, who first won pus. h Ch ar rIe G reene, th e f ?rmer- Hal3:23.8,Williams),3, Shawnee3:21.9,Mission2, Arkansas?o~th, 3:23-~:I y, rmg spur~ a t c. en t r~ Nebraska ace, to a :09.3 Victory 4 Wellington. 3:23.8, 5, Wichita Sout school, saId he dIdn't h in the open division century. ea~i2~28.0STEEPLECHASE -1. ~avid dIe. "Usually when I By Joe McGuff Gray was secon d an d was Eichner,Blow WichitaShawneeNorth,Mission4:46.7,~ou.th,2, 4:50.7,van spee d Up, I h't1 h ur dl es, " (The Star's Sports Editor) cI oc k ed' ill: 093., a I so a s t acrmm 34-520Terrv 4SmithBill ShawneeCarpenter,MISSionWyandotte,North,. b Ut l'm no t h'tt'1 mg th er mark 4:58:5: 5, 'Don Rude, Topeka West. 5.:13:0. used to " .• TWO-MILE-1, Jon Callen, Wichita ... LAWRENCE, KAS.-THE 44TH KANSAS RELAYS BIll Penny, K. U. sophomore East, 9:03.4, 2. Dave Anderso~, Shaymee Mel Gray MiSSOUri's will be remembered as a pageant of sunshine, nostal• f rom E mpona,. no tch e d a h am- Altamont,Mission South,9:29.0,9:03A.4, Randv3, ~mith,Mike W!ch!ta1>!,xqn,spee d ster, tWIce'. b ro k e mer throw mark of 166 feet; the ~;~ihe~;~~'~:3t4, J(0~~ns~~ff~~1~~~~~0~~1lays' 100-yard dash r~c ,gia and records. It was an occasion on which Olympi• Jayhawk 440-yard relay team of For,:"er mark 9:20.8, 1968, bv Bob Bar, he had only one champlo ans Jim Ryun, Al Oerter and Charlie Greene reaf• George Byers, Mickey Mathews, ratilkcus THROW-1. Mike Kotrous, show for his efforts. St Wh'tl d J Meade Shawnee Mission West, 162-3'/>; 2, Jm _. 'firmed their greatness. It was a day on which the an 1 ey an ur10 Schumm Bishop Mieqe, 158.11; 3, Hal 'l'hat came III the Ulll 'record book became more obsolete by the minute. cruised :40.3 for a stan<;lard; X,dWd'~?"s:~~an~~~; W;~a~~ia~a~~3_m-;61hd,college division where hi posted a meet best of 13:50 m the Ken Stadel, Quenemo, 149-5.. ed to the tape in :09.3 1 '1 F d Ab 0t TRIPLE JUMP-l, Steve W,lev, Wvan- , Imorial stadium, appropriately had the crowd of 20,· open 3-mI e; ernan 0 Uga - dotte. 44-4'12; 2, Larry Rankin, Wichita, tbe relays' record of :09 Ryun, running his final collegiate race in Me• t f Northeast (la) college East 43-3; Roger Jones, Wyandotte, It' 1 b C L 000 on its feet cheering as he anchored the Jayhawks as 0 .' . 43]1/ . 4 Guv Morrow Wichita Southeast, nal y se ill 930 Y Y cleared 7 feet, l/2-inch for a rec- 43:11/;; Bob Hicks, Topeka, 40-21/2.(Kan- Texas Christian and th to a world record of 9: 33 flat in the distance medley ... 1 . h' sas Relavs Record. Former mark, 43-9'/2. ord In the UnIVerSIty-co lege Igh Dennis Woods, Shawnee Mission East, by Bobby Whilden of ~ relay. Ryun ran the anchor mile'in 3:57.7. jump; and the. Texas Southern 19trlGH HURDLES-l. Paul G~aham, 1956 aud Jim Hines 0
"The way the weather was Friday our chances team breezed.•. to a '471 clocking RidqeSumner,:14.7;:14.3;3, 2,OscarMark Brown,Bartell,~0~'1dIC I a Southern in 1967 • of a record in the distance medley looked pretty in the women's 440-yard relay. North, :14.7; 4, Pa.ulDillon, Wichita South- A little more than an I h east, :14.9; 5, Richard Morsden, Wyan- , slim," Bob Timmons, the K. U, coach, said. "When Then, of course, there was t e dotte, :15.1. er, Gray repeated hIS: the weather cleared I felt we might be able to do it. world mark triggered by Ryun w~~o~do~~~:o~~s~iie~' r~:oar~~6i~~n~~: special open race, but t The conditions we had today were great. I don't in' the distance relay, and Oert- 811~~~,s~~,';,':,:,u~~~~o;J~~1ke ~ert-:.tt~~he was _edged at the know how things could have been better unless we er's display that goes into the rence, :10.1; 4, L~rrv Kimball, !-awrence, Charlie Green, the gr had a tartan track. I've got to get in a plug for records because it is a new :1~'~~TN~ru~1=~tS~lyA~~~~~':\~Y'~lgh6iiabraska sprinter who is a event for the open division. &aUlkh:r~s~JRnal~o'f~~~n"g~r~uX:~~~r~~sh~~~er of the world's rei that, you know." In all the 3-day spectacular nee Mission West, 3:31.3; 3, Wichita North, '09 1 Jim Neihouse of Kansas put the Jayhawks ahead , , . ' 3.33. 6; 4, Wellington, 3.34,4; 5, Arkansas . ". , hampered by r~m and cold CilXo_k:lt;,;y_l. Lawrence (Larrv Kim- Gray IS, rec{)vermg in the first two laps. Randy Julian, running the third Thursday and FrIday, produced ball, Kyle Steve~s,. Ed Lanning, Mike pulled grom muscle, Vi lap, maintained the lead and passed the baton to eight records in the university- Cerne), 43.5; ~, Wichita Southeast 43.7; 3, injured jumping last wee m1 h_ T'\_~_.....1 ,...... ,_n;l~~_ TT~J!£~~~.(. •...£ n ..•..••..•1-,·•••• 1 •...•+n .•.• """"""''''4''''0,:1 n~ll,.. •..•.,.. •.•.•..•..1 •••.•..••..•.•.•.:I:""';•••: .•....•.••..•.__ ..:1 ~Ahi~~~=~Af~I;S~~~ J'\E~~~,••:1~;?J~;~;~l'~,~ree1.! ! _L _ rI _!_"I J...I~" .•....•.•.~u'-' ,--,.u~Y,",.L~J.~J VL .L~au- ~;d'9~41.~i,K~~~~~,'1966)~21,cD~'ake~9"':47~2~meet in Houston. sas and Its track coach, Bob 3, Coloradq,9:52.4.4, Oklahoma,9:55.6.... Timmons, it was the day of the 5,4~~~~~~rI;'er~~~:iKansas (qeorqe By- Yet,' not untIl" yesterd Jayhawks . Meade)ers, Mickev:40.3,Mathews,(KansasStanRelavswhltlev'iulll~recor ,.0 Byers . able to come homl
Never in the 145-meet history record1967). 2,:40.~,Rice, Nebra6sk~,:40 .• I 6k~\a Q~~ s~~'i~', ner In the Kansas of the. Te.xas-Kansas-Drak~ re- :41.0.4, MiSW~it\'eri1i·tii;isfo~orado,:42.4. Pushed by teammateE laysd Cll'cmtt hasK aUteamd'd dommat-thO Texas100-yardSouthern,dash -:10.8.1, 2,GeorqiaRhondaJoh~lson,em- sie , Byers flashed to a S] Thee a performancemee as .. ranks1 bestIS one.in ;ng,Brown,st.TexasLouisTrackBlues.Club:10:9... 11.0,3,4, itnet1ar- ..'139 to win the 120-yaJ . lotte Hawkins,ColoradoOlvmplCs,:1 .0. and thus was awarded a meets spanning 42 years of Tex- 5. Cathy Hamblin, Albuquerque.N. M.. _ as relays 44 for K. U. and 59 for :1~4~_YardrelaY-l,. Texas Southern(Dor- watch-the prrze gIven Drake the, stop thIS.. commg othvGeorqiaMyles,Johnson),Mercedla:47.1,Jackson.(KansasJudVRelavsDver, neIS• 0f' IIId"dIVI ua I even I weekend, for most of these ath- 1967).record''2,oldColoradorecord Olvmpic,:47.2,Texas:47.7.Southern,3, St. open, umversl.. ty an d Ite es. Louis'49.3. Blues5 Topeka''478·Cosmos.4, Texas:49.5.Track Club, d'IVISlOnS... M I G f M' ···t d' , HIGH SCHOOL e ray 0 ISSOUrIIgm e C TY MO 880-relav-l Cen- 'I usually look for Jel the records burst with a :09.3 in tra~A(~:;~ew'Brown,'Larry Doolin~Em; 1 didn't today," breathe th e 100-yar d das h 0f th. e umver-. mettRecordEdwards.Former MarYinrecord 1Foster),:28.8 bY South-:27., as he walke d b ac k to tJ sity-college division. Thath wiped 1'280,west, 19583, Raytownand Central,Sout,1~81\hsoth~~~:... , ing line where he'd stal bout kthe oldest'094 mark f on t e K. bU. ter,'l880-RELAY-l,:31.9.5, DeSumnerLa Sal!e,pau\3~2.raham, warm-up. clothes." ' 1 wa 00 s, a .. per ormance y Mike Lee, Don Younq,Anth.onyGlenn), If 1 started lookmg, I ml Cy. Lel?nd in 1930, anq equalled U~:~:1~ww~nac.i'doH;'>·2d2.~I~~lt~h~~~t~~him. So 1 just ran. 1 I tWIce Slllce. M~~~g S~~t~Ay~~:·2·WYandotte(Frank was there though." Grayh ChreturnedG an hourth laterf' to Johnson,Hal Williams),AlfredMcKelyey,3:21.9,2, ArkansasHaroldBr0Y'n,CIty,. Byers ' who first won pUS ar rIe reene, e ?r.mer 3:23.8,3. ShawneeMission?o~th, 3:23.8,lmg spurs at Centra Nebraska ace, to a :09.3 VIctory 4 Wellington,3:23.8, 5, WIChItaSouth- school said he didn't h . th ~.. " t east, 3:28.0. 1 D'd ' III e open CIlVISIoncen ury. MILE. STEEPLECHASE-, aYI die. "Usually when I By Joe McGuff Gray was secon d an d was EichnerBlow, WIChitaShawneeNorth,Mission4:46.7,South,2, 4:50.7,Ryan speed up Ih'It hur dles ''. (The Star's Sports Editor) cIoc kemd' •.'09 3, aIso a sta(rmm 34:52.0,Terry4,SmithBill ShawneeCaroenter,MissionWyandotte,North, bUt' Im not, hI'tf Illg th'en mark.. 4:58.5,TWO-MILE-1,5, Don Rude,JonTopekaCallen,West,WIChita5.:13;0.used to ." LAWRENCE, KAS.-THE 44TH KANSAS RELAYS f BIllmE' Penny, K.n U.t hedsophomoreham East,Mission9:03.4,South,2, Daye9:03.4.Andersory,3, MikeShaymeeN.lxqn, Mel Gray , Missouri's. will be remembered as a pageant of sunshine, nostal• 1'0 mpona, 0 c a - Altamont,9:29.0,4, RandvSmith,W.lCh}taspeedster, tWIce broke ,gia and records. It was an occasion on which Olympi- mer throw mark of 166feet; the East,Southeast,9:29.8,9:30.4,5, John(KansasNOff~i~qer·eavs :lChl~1ecor lays' 100-yard dash rec, Jayhawk 440-yard relay team of For,:"er mark 9:20.8,1968,by Bob Bar- he had only one champioi George Byers, Mickey Mathews, ratJlh:us THROW-l. Mike Kotrous,show for his efforts. Stan Whitle and Julio Meade Shawnee Mission West, 162-3'12; 2, Jm ". irmed their greatness. It was a day on which the y Schumm Bishop Mieqe, 158.1113, Hal That came In the um fransrecordJimbookRyun,becameAl Oertel'more obsoleteand Charlieby the Greeneminute. reaf• cruised :40.3 for a stanc;1ard; ~,dWJ~i1.";~~"n~~?;~;~~~~ia~a~i3_1~t6V~,college division where hi posted 3a meet'1' Fbest of d13:50Abm thet KenTRIPLEStadel,JUMP-l.Quenemo,Steye149-5Wllev,.. Wvan- ed to the tape in '093.. , b ImorialRyun,stadium,runningappropriately'his final collegiatehad the crowdrace inof Me•20,· open -mi e, ernan 0 uga - dotte, 44-4V2; 2, Larry Rankin, Wichita, the relays' record of :09. 000 on its feet cheering as he anchored the Jayhawks tas of Northeast. (la.) college ~3~f,%;l;-&;uv ~ogr~';,w,J~j'i~'i1ita~~~r~g~~tnally set in 1930 by Cy L, cleared 7 feet, l/2-mch for a rec- 43-1'12; Bob Hicks,Topeka, 40-2'12. (Kan- Texas Christian and tif 'ta a world record of 9: 33 flat in the distance medley d· h . 't 11 . h' h sas Relavs Record.Former mark, 43-9V2, or III t e umverSI y-co ege Ig Dennis Woods, Shawnee Mission East, by Bobby Whilden of 1 relay. Ryun ran the anchor mile'in 3:57.7. jump; and the, Texas Southern 19ti'\';H HURDLES-l, Paul G;aham, 1956 and Jim Hines 01 "The way the weather was Friday our chances ~eam breezed toa :47.1 clocking ~y~~er':14X3~,2os't'aa(kB~g;;:~!\!fIg~n~Southern in 1967. of a record in the distance medley looked pretty III the women's 440-yard relay. Norih, :14.7;4, Pa.ulDillon,WichitaSouth- A little more than an t slim," Bob Timmons, the K. U. coach, said. "When Th f th th east, :14.9; 5, RIChardMorsden.Wvan- . WOl'l~n,mar0 ~ot~i1'1 ere ~'ebw~y yune Wyandotte,d~trig:';l~b :09.8DASH-l,(ties record.Frank DickJohnson,Mc- er,specIagrlayopenrepeated~IStrace, u ~I. The conditions we had today were. great. 1 don't in the. distance relay, a~d Oert- 8l~~~,s~~,;;,:~u~1~~0;J~~1~e~er.;-:.tt~~ he was. edged at the 1 ). knowthe weatherhow thingsclearedcouldI felthavewe mightbeen betterbe ableunlessto doweit. er's dIsplay that goes mto the rence, :10.1;4, L~rrvKimball,J-awrence,Charlie Green the dN bad a tartan track. I've got to get in a plug for recor dbs ecause 1't IS. a new :10.3;SPRINT5, BruceNEDLEYBasli,ArkansasRELAY-l,CltV,Wichita:10.6.. braska sprmter ' wh0 IS. .,.,a that, you know." event for the open division. 0"a~kh"r~s~JRnal~jf~~?nagne'rf.ut~~g~~sh~~~er of the world's ree In all, the 3-day. spectacular, ~~~./'tssl?nw~m~g1b~~·3U4.Y;i~~ilar~ao~i~s:09.1. .. hampered by ram and cold City.3:35.5. Gray IS recovermg 1.in theJimfirstNeihousetwo laps.of KansasRandy Julian,put therunningJayhawksthe aheadthird Thurs day an d F1'1'd ay, pro. duce d ball,440-RELAY-l,Kyle SteYe~s,.LawrenceEd Lanning,(Larrv MikeKim- pulle d' grom musc 1e, w Ilap, maintained the lead and passed the baton to eight records in the university- ~~~~e~ee43J{ss1o:'If~~\~~f5~~~e~~ts~~~~e~injured jumping last wee Thorn Bigley. Gordon Hoffert of Drake later passed college an~ open divisions and M~~011;feskei~~~~,nlVs~~~~~~iS'I.Xr;iionhis victory, Gray said Bigley and when Ryun took the baton he trailed El• another pair rank there because West (DennisMcAlister,GregDunn,Dave was all rIght now. liott Evans of Drake by about 10 yards. they're new events. A record fell ~';ie'8~8.~i1~ EIGHT RECORDS ::.::~~~:~;;I~~~.~~~u,~:;BYERS ATTAINS Go BY BOARDS c~~~:;~al~ash'=f,s'tDursObc~.~ennas?t1~y;e,J~?-3C¥~aY,K~h2~~~·waliMissouri, ANOTHER 'GOAL Leland,'093 (new.Texasrecord;Christiar,old record19.3D;:09.4,BobbyCy _ Whilden, Texas, 1956; J'm Hmes, Texas Jayhawk Athletes Break Southern, 1967. 2, Rocky Woods. Texas A&M, :09.4. 3, Mickey Ma.the.ws, Kansas, Hurdler Pi~k5 Up Initial :09.6. 4, Albert Hughes, Wichita, :09.7. 5, Three of the Meet Horace Levy, Nebraska, :09.7. Victory in K. U. 120 hiQh hurdles-L George Byers, K~~- Standards jasFr;,~nic~olro~e~~~~~a, ~fr.~~s4, :bita Nichols, Missouri, :14.5. 5, Jack Abbott, Relays Texas A&M, :14.5.' 635'V: •• 2 SSht~~.;'~iT~el~~rM~~bs', i)~~"7.~s3, DoU~ I (A MemberByof DelThe Star'sBlackSports Staff) . Knop, Kansas, 58-0'/2. 4, Doug Lane, K~n- (A MemberByofFrItzThe StarK:eIss Sportser Staff) . Lawrence , Kas • - With sasKan.,StateState,57-8.57-1V25, AI•.••Feuerbach,~ EmpOria, Lawrence , Kas.-It was a day nostalgia and sunshine Hammer th~::~l,Da~lflCpnennY, Kansas, of triumph for George Byers. He drenching Memorial sta- 166-0Mark Cox,(new Southernrecord; . Illinoisold recordTra.ck 159-4,Club, fmaIIy won a Kansas relays' 1968;. 2, AI Feuerbach, Emporl.a State, t dium Jim Ryun and Al 145-1. 3, Gary I,.awrence, EmpOria State, wa Ch. O t , t d . ided 140-0Kas.; 4,State,MaUrice123-0.Lervold,5, Pi! FortBlakiston,Hays, In fash'IOnmg. a repu taf10n as er er yes er ayI plOV. 'th SouthernGlenn Cunnin~hamIllinois, 112-9mile-I,... Jim Craw· one 0 f the rmest hurdlers In. B'g1 the K~ns~s Re ays WI ~'b'n~'p~~~~~n~ot[tkCljb~5I-oh Jg,h'to~~~d Eight conference history, the oneRyunof Itsflashedfmest hour~a blIstermg.. I ~~~~tin~;,I{ih,Pero'o~Yar~a~s:ih.!i~t~ha~"~~Mak'~~g~~' ~~01:4.4:oHtev~.6Green~, LiQ- anlean,enviablewispy listByersof hasrecordspiledandup 3:57.7 mile in anchoring Kansas I~~ni Ni.b·'A,,~rn3. ~U9~:;'G~~~hit't's~~~r~: championships. to a world record of 9:33in the I :0r.'~';q (?un~p t~e~ .~~~'~h~~illeY, Kansas, srn Owns Record d· t dl 1 26-0'12. 2, Ron JeSSie, Kansas, 25-10',4. 3, 1. ISO ancet meth eyf're ay. J h k Mills,Bill Aeschlimann,.Texas Chmtlan,C;olorado,23-10'12.24-2. 5,4, CarlHal He was the fIrst athlete, ever t ert er,who e theOImerK Uayrelaysaw Oswalt,High Oklahomaiump - 1,State,23-8.Fernando Abugatlas, t0 r un the 60-vard•.. lows'in '06 5 s ar 0 • m ". Northwestern Colleqe (Iowa), 7-0'/,. (JV..e.c-and still owns the Big Eight's were dedIcated, set a stadium ord, .old rj)co~d J~'~eG~1I HR'a~~~' std?; . record with a discus throw of 189 g_~url3,19~ark' Ti~on, c c'olorado, 6-8.. 4: all-time best of :13.6In the 120- feet, 7% roches.• For thecfrowd Wanamaker,Rick Old PittsburgD.rake; 6-8.;State,.. 6-8. 5, Rick....,. yar d b'IghS.' He bas won seV"e•• of 20,000/ the final day of this Distance ~~d~~~SI:~I~~"::'f:o~ansas. (J im conference titles as well as fin• 44th relays was thrill-laden with ~i~h'kU;~;,),R9~~~.~, i;1,~~{'dr:ch~d~ o~dg:~~~ ishing first last summer in the eight meet recor~s .. g~1Ie~;'~;e4're~~ri"~I~A~~hc~d ~~~1:8,1J~~:U. S. Track and Field federation But for the Umversity of Kan- sas, '1968; Kansas ~~l~js{eg~~~'e 0~~4~ei- meet in Houston sas and its track coach, Bob 3rdc~:I~~-~dO~a~~th 4, Okiahoma: 9:55:6: •• 5; Missouri, 9:56.2. (G By. Timmons , it was the day of the 440-yard relay-I, Kansas eorge .• Yet, .not until yesterday was Jayhawks • . Meade)ers, Mickey:40.3,Mathews,(Kansas StanRelavsWhilleYiulll~recor ,.0 Byers . able to come home a wm• Never in the 145-meet hIstory record1967). 2,:40.5,Rice, Nebrask~,:40.6., 6k~\a 0~~ft~1~', ner m the Kansas relays. of the. Te.xas-Kansas-Drak~ re- :41.0. 4, Mis~~~'e~~·tii~isfo~orado, :42.4. Pushed by teammate Ron Jes. laysd CIrCUItt hasK aUteamd'ddommat-thO e TexaslOa-yardSouthern,dash -:10.8.I, GeoR~ia2, onioh~I~~:a J t sie ' Byers flashed to a sparkling eTh a meef asmance.. ranks1 bestIS onin. ;ng,Brownst. TexasLouisTrackBlues_Club:10,9... 11.0.3,4, c'I,nelab_ : 13.9 to win the 120-yard highs e per or .. lotte Hawkins, C;olorado Olvmpics, :1 .. and thus was awarded a relays' meets spannmg 42 years of Tex- 5. Cathy Hamblin, Albuaueraue, N. M. '" as relays 44 for K U and 59for :1~4i-_Yard relav-T.. Texas Southern (Dor- watch-the prIze gIven to wm. Drake the, stop •••this commg othyGeorgiaMyles,Johnson),Mercedla :47.1,Jackson,(KansasJudy RelaysDyer, neiS• 0 f' md"dIVI uaIt'even s IIItlle weekend, for most of these ath- record;1967>. 2,oldColoradorecord Olympic,:47.2, Texas:47.7.Southern,3, St. open, umverSI"t y and coIIege Ite es. Louis'49.3. Biues5, Topeka''478 'Cosmos,4 Texas :49.5.Track Club, d'IVISIOnS... /, M eI Gray 0f M'IS~OUrI. 1'gm't~d . KANSAS CITY,HIGH MO.,SCHOOL880-relay-l, Cen- 'I usua IIy 100k for JessIC,. but the records burst WItha :09.3 m tral (Mathew Brown, )...arrY Doolin'I'~7'1- 1 didn't today," bI:eathed Byers the 100-yard dash of the univer- r;r:~brldi!~;::'~r ~~~~dn '~~8~~er6y S;'uih~ as he walked back to the start• sity-college division. That wiped west,1'280, 19583, Raytownand Central,SoutV08/:3hso~th~~~!, ...• , ing line where he'd stashed his out the oldest mark on the K. U. ter," :31.9. 5, De La Sal!~ \3~2. ham warm-up clothes. ' 1 was afraid books, a :09.4 performance by Mf~~-RL~~~'f;~~' -1g~~;rAnt~gny &1enn); if I started looking, I might see Cy. Lel~nd in 1930,anti equalled UU: ~~w~~nac;doH;?·2d2.r'~~'t~h~~~t~~ him. So 1 just ran. 1 knew he tWIcesmce. M)j.~~& ~~tA/.j~·2·WYandotte (Frank was there though." Gray returned an hour later to Johnson, Alfred.McKelvey, Haroid Bro~'m, Byers who first won his hur- pnsI1 CharrIe Greene, the f'?rmer Hal3:23.8,Williams),3, Shawnee3:21.9,Mission2, Arkansas?o~th, 3:23.8,City,.' lmg spurs at Central hig. h Nebraska ace, to a :09.3victory 4 Wellington, 3:23.8, 5, Wichita South· school said he didn't hit a hur. in the open division century. ea~iC~28.0STEEPLECHASE -1. David dIe. ':Usually when I get my By Joe McGuff Gray was second and was Eichner,Blow WichitaShawneeNorth,Mission4:46.7,~ou.th,2, 4:50.7,Ryan speed Up, I h'It hurdles,"h e saId,. (The Star's Sports Editor) cIocked' In ..'093 , aIso a s.a(• rIIIm 34-520Terry 4 SmithBili ShawneeCarDenter,MISSionWyandotte,North, bUt I'm not h'tf1 mg them. like 1 mark.. 4:58:5:TWO-MILE-l,5, 'Don Rude,JonTopekaCallen,West, Wichita5.:13:0. used to•" , KAS.-THE 44TH KANSAS RELAYS BIll Penny, K. U. sophomore East, 9:03.4, 2, Dave AndersoQ' Shay,"ee Mel Gray Missouri's football ered as a pageant of sunshine, nostal• from EmporIa,. notched a ham - Altamont,Mission South,9:29.0, 9:03.4.4, Randy3, ~mith,Mike W.'ch}taN.lxqn, speedster, tWIce'. broke the. re- . It was an occasion on which Olympi- mer throw mark of 166feet; the ~;~:he~~t:;3~4, Jt~~ns~~f~~1~~~ ~~C::~1lays' 100-yard dash record, but Al Oerter and Charlie Greene reaf• Jayhawk 440-yard relay team of Forl)1er mark 9:20.8, 1968, by Bob Bar- he had only one championship to George Byers, Mickey Mathews, raglkcus THROW-I. Mike Kotrous, show for his efforts. eatness. It was a day on which the Stan Wh'tle and Julio Meade Shawnee Mission West, 162-3'12; 2. Jm ' •• ame more obsolete by the minute. 1 Y Schumm Bishop Miege, 158.11; 3, Hal That came In the UnIVerslty- ing 'his final collegiate race in Me• cruised :40.3 for a stan~ard; ~dWd'~r:,s; ~~an~~~;e ~;~~~~ia~a~~3_Jv.;6'12i college division where he sprint- posted3a meet'1' Fbest ofd13:50Abm thet KenTRIPLEStadel, JUMP-I,Quenemo, Steve149-5..Wiley, Wyan- ed to the tape in •.09"3 breaking•• I appropriately had the crowd of 20,• open -mi e, ernan 0 uga - dotte, 44.4V2; 2, 'Larry Rankin, Wichita, the relays' record of :09.4,orlgl- heering as he anchored the Jayhawks tas of.• Northeast (la)'. college 43-1'12;East, 4,43-3;GUYRogerMorrow, Jones,Wichita Wyandotte,Southeast, nalIy set In. 1930bY CY LIde an 0 f cleared 7 feet, Ih-mch for a rec- 43-IV2; Bob Hicks, Topeka, 40-2'12. ~K9"V:'-Texas Christian and tied twice rd of 9: 33 flat in the distance medley d· h . 't 11 . h' h sas Relays Record. Former mark, 4 - 2, • the anchor mile'in 3:57.7. _ or IIIt e umversl y-co ege Ig Dennis Woods, Shawnee Mission East, by Bobby Whilden of Texas In ,the weather was Friday our chances jump; and the, Texas Southern 19~1GH HURDLES-I, Paul G~aham, 1956 and Jim Hines of Texas team breezed to a '471•• clocking_ RidqeSumner, :14.7;:14.3;3, 2,OscarMark Brown,Bartell, WICN)o~.ndIta Southern in 1967• the distance medley looked pretty in the women's 440-yard relay. North, :14.7; 4, Pa.ul Dillon, Wichita South- A little more than an hour lat- Imons, the K. U. coach, said. "When f h h east, :14.9; 5, Richard Morsden, Wyan- .• Then, 0 course, t ere was t e dolle, :15.1. er, Gray repeated hIS :09.3IIIa ared I felt we might be able to do it. world mark triggered by Ryun w~~o~r.;')~~:0~.~s7ij;~r:=(.,~~~di~~n~~:special open race, but this tin1e we had today were great. I don't in the. distance relay, a~d Oert- 811~~~,s~~';,':~u~~6~0; J;~1~e ~er~~tt~~~he was. edged at the wire by ,gs could have been better unless we er's dIsplay that goes mto the rence, :10.1; 4, L~rrY Kimball,)...awrence, Charlie Green, the great Ne- rack." I've got to get in a plug for recor dbs ecause 1't IS. a new :10.3;SPRINT5, BruceNEDLEYBaSIl, ArkansasRELAY-I,City, Wichita:10.6. bras ka sprm. ter wh'0 ISa co-h0 Id_ " .event for the open division. ~aUlkh:r~s~JRnal~oW~?n~~rr.uX:r,~g~~sh~~~ er of the world's record of' e of Kansas put the Jayhawks ahead In all, the 3-day. spectacular, ~:A'tssl?nw~~f~g~b~:·3i.j4.¥:i~~ilar~a~:~~ :09.1. .. aps. Randy Julian, running the third hampered by ram and cold CitY,3:35.5 .. Gray IS recovermg from a Thurs day and Fn'day, produced ball,440-RELAY-1.Kyle Steve!']s,.LawrenceEd Lanning,CLarry MikeKlm- pUIIed' grom musc Ie, which IIe the lead and passed the baton to i eight records in the university- Cerne), 43.5; ~, Wlcf1lla Southeast 43.7; 3, injured jumping last week After &ordon Hoffert of Drake later passed college and open dIVISIOns••• and M~~I.~~Shav.:nee~est,_:45.0.MISSion East,(Only :45.0;four finIshers!.;4,.Shawnee r •••••.••• _~ "'_h_ _ ~_1': • 1_ T"'Io ""'" •••• ~ - -- ·tne-l\':anSaS-l\,eIaYS-WlLU 'fOrif;"HardiiiQ."'"Ark~4:05:7~2""JOnn·".w'. f ~·-.·_--t~ f·t t h son, Pacific·CoastClub,4:05.9.3, conra4d EIght con erence uiscory, .ue one 0 I S fIlles our~ .. ~~~~lin~~li1h,Ma~~~:~~~,~~o'i:4.4:ogleve lean, wispy Byers has piled up Ryun flashed a bhstermg percicr-Ya~a~s:s'h3~ltha~i~~·6Green~,Li~· an enviable,list of records and 3· 57 7 mile in anchoring Kansas coin Neb '093 2, Mel Gray, MISSOUri, ... I :~d.3. "Aivin.Hugh.es,Wichita Slale, championships. to a wot:ld record of 9:33 m thej :ot~';Q(?J'~pt~e1~~~~'~h~~illeY,Kansas, St"ll 0 R d d' t dl I 26-0'/22 Ron Jessie, Kansas, 25-10'A.3, I wns ecor IS ance me ey re ay. Bill Aeschlimann,.<;olorado,~4-2.4, ~a:11 He was the first athlete ever Oerter, the former Jayhawk ~i~~h T6~f:hO~;'W:I~,il~.O/" 5, d star to whom the K U. relays HiQhiump - 1, Fernando AbuQallas,to run the 60-yar Iows....m .06.5 were dedicated set •a stadium ord,Northweslernold recordColleQe7-0',Stev\,(Iowa),Herndon,7-0'1,.(r~c-Mls- an d s till owns th ell B'g E'ght' IS record wIth.. a dISCUS' throw. of 189 6.8souri3. 1967)Mark2, Timon,Ray McGIll,Colorado,Kansas6-8.Siale,_4, a11-l'Ime bes t 0f ..'13 6 In- th e 120- feet,. '"/% mc. hes. For t he crow d Wanamaker,Ricl ~:j~~~~ \ ;})8:'" ~t' CJ3~~ ~t't~J.< ed. And they need your c, Where does that leave yo YourNear relativesCourtesy Renl·A·Car,have descen~Ihl where! Renl a T·Bird, Ford, No ' tang, or Torino for a day, weel<, (Continued From Page J.S,) month. Lower rates. K. U. relays, H.yun smiled and said, "I don't know, I COURTESY may be retired bythen." RENT·A.CAR Oertel' Docs Bettcr Than He Predicted Main Lobby, Plata Inn 45th & Main PL 3.m Oelter, the former Kansas star, competed here for the first time since 1957 and won the discus with a throw of 189 feet, 7% inches. Prior to the start of the event he predicted he would not surpass 180feet, which would seem to prove that he scarcely knows his own strength. Doug Knop of Kansas was second and Karl Salb of Kan• sas was third. "It's amazing how much arm strength I've lost since the Olympics," Oertel' said. "I just can't hold on to the dis• LEASED cus. I've only had two weeks to get ready. I hadn't touched .a discus from the· time the Olympics were over until two weeks ago, I had been out on the banquet circuit and that COST L gets to be unbeJievable. "I was real pleased with the distance, especia11y since I, YES "Considerably Le! · was tbrowing inside the stadium where there isn't much wind Business. Tax Savings. · to help you." ••• Preserve Y, Oertel' plans to make this his last' year ofcorr..petition. "I'm on sort of a soggy, nostalgic trip right now," he We H av, said. "From here'I plan to go to Walnut, Calif.; for the Mount Makes 01 Sac relays. I'm hitting all the spots where I've had success in the past." _. _. " ,.' Before throwing yesterday, Oertel' said he planned to lEASING IS OUI ·compete in national championship events only if· he could' * NOT JUST reach the point where he was hitting 190 feet or more. Now that he is only four and a half inches short of his goal after two weeks of practice it is safe to predict that he will be very IF YOU ARI:; CONSIDERING much on the scene. WE WILL SELL YOUR PRI I IMPOI "I'm not sure 'whether I can stay over here Sunday or not," Oerter said, "but if I do I'll be out here throwing be. Daily and We. cause I want to take advantage of this warm ·weather. We * haven't had much good weather in New York." " . Yesterday's meet was dedicated to Oertel', a 4-time Olym- · pic winner in the discus and the only man ever to win 'an OIympic track and field event that manytiIr.es. 615 S.W. BLVD. Greene Edges Gray inClose Race, GREENE. A THIRD place finisher in the O1ympic l00-me• \.. Kansas tel' dash, defeated Missouri's Mel Gray by about the thickness of his jersey in the 100-yard dash. He and Gray were both clocked in :09.3. Earlier Gray won the university 100-yard dash with fthe same time to set a .meet record. Open division ATTE ~- , records are listed separately. Ie CORPORATIONS • EXE1 ft "Everybody told me Friday night there was nocompeti- •tion in my race, but in sports you don't win talking," Greene ,t• said. "You got to win the race out there on the track. = • L~ of is "Gray is in the same situation I'm in. He's got to look BOATS IS ahead and point for certain meets. If you start running too CARS • Ie fast' early you can bl'eak np later on. You've got to stay in IS one piece and be able to do your thing in the big meets. "The Big Eight is coming up in about three weeks. That's a big meet for Gray. He can win the 100 and 220 there if he BILL WOODS stays in one piece. And winning the 100 an'd 220 there wouldn~t 5025 N. ANTIOCH RD. be too bad, would it? ' . "If you get hurt early you have to rush the human process and you never get back to where you were." YOUR NEW CAR, Greene, who is, currently making his hOlr.e in Lincoln, Neb., works for the telephone company there, goes to gradu• ate school at night and sandwiches his running in between. N ODLER "It's a busy schedule, but other people have done it before and there's no reason I can't," he said. Greene is giving no thought to retiring at this time. "Running is in my blood now so I'm going to keep at it, until I start getting beat regularly. I'm not talking about (jij;SmrlARMO running second and third to the good guys. If somebody like Carlos or Smith or even Gray beats IDe that's something you have to accept. But when I start getting beat by the un- knowns I'll getout." - Since Greene was making his first outdoor start of. the ALl. MAKES AND MODE season yesterday and stil1 rana:09.3 it does not seem that he is in great' jeopardy from t~.Jeunknowns. The 44th relays wiI1 go down as one of the most memora• ble of an considering the perfonr.ances of Ryun, Oertel' and Greene plus the fact that eight university and col1ege division records were broken. A total of 13 were broken in a1l divi• sions, A 14th record may also have been wiped out in view of BECAUSE IT IS NOB~ the fact that yesterday's competition opened 'and closed under - a cloudless sky. Royals Box Score Notes of the Game r;a~~K,,~~~~$$ ~•• ,~,L~_.!iIrR~U'f-4The box.<,office.will open at 9 jj!i; Nossek, If 0 non no, .' J8