Star Packed Kansas Relays Preview With 16 Footers
The 38th Mi Oread Games and Kansas Relays feature a crowded field led by two 16 foot pole vaulters from Houston and Texas Southern. A giant sprint and distance program includes Nate Adams Purdue and Roger Sayers Omaha, with top marks in high jump, shot put, and the Glenn Cunningham Mile in a premier weekend meet.
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Nebraska
Don Cooper
Fred Hansen
Rice
Kansas
Houston
Hansen
Texas
Boilermaker
Nate Adams
Purdue
Ed Red
Bill Alley
Red
Texas A & M
Danny Roberts
Bill Nieder
Phil Mulkey
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Dave Edstrom
Oregon
Oxnard Air Force Base
Roger Sayers
Omaha
Ray Knaub
Sayers
Emporia State
John Damien
Bobby Seaman
UCLA
Wes Santee
Glenn Cunningham
Damien
Cyrol Burleson
Bill Dotson
Seaman
Pat McNeal
Kansas State
Cal Elmore
Wichita
Robin Lingle
Missouri
Ireland Sloan
Pat Clohessy
Clohessy
Sloan
KU Plays K-State In Diamond Trio
Kansas University brings back leading hitter Steve McGreevy for the Kansas State series in Manhattan. McGreevy, who has a .348 average after a Nebraska set, sat out the Washburn win but will be ready. Leroy Rader returns to the lineup as Temple weighs fielding options against State.
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Kansas University
Steve McGreevy
Manhattan
Nebraska
Washburn
Jayhawkers
Dick Fanning
Missouri Fullback 33rd To Sign as KU Gridder
Kansas University signed its 33rd high school football player to a letter of intent Thursday when Coach Jack Mitchell announced the ink ing of R. B. Miller III from Platte City Missouri. Miller, 5 10 by 205, earned all conference varsity honors last season and is also a basketball and track letterman. He plans to major in law at KU. his parents are Mr and Mrs R B Miller Jr.
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Kansas University
Jack Mitchell
R. B. Miller III
Platte City
Miller
R. B. Miller Jr
Leiker
Mitchell
Baughman
Ken Coleman
Coleman
Ron Oelschlager
Gary Duff
Mike Johnson
Johnson
Garden City
Gale Sayers
Abe Woodson Sets Two NFL Records in '62
New York AP reports Abe Woodson of the 49ers set two NFL records in kickoff returns for the season. He averaged 31.3 yards per return to top Johnny Counts's 30.2. Woodson's 37 kickoff returns covered 1,157 yards, qualifying him for the season’s individual championship by average.
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Abe Woodson
New York
Swift Abe Woodson
San Francisco
National Football League
Woodson
Johnny Counts
Early KU Football Practice Shows Mixed Signals
Kansas University coach Jack Mitchell led the second spring workout with emphasis on contact and air attack. Freshmen Agenhart Ellis and Kent Craft were sidelined by injuries while Sid Micek and Steve Renko showed promise as quarterback options.
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Mitchell
Agenhart Ellis
Honolulu
Hawaii
Dean Nesmith
Kent Craft
Sid Micek
Scottsbluff
Neb
Steve Renko
Tough-Luck Bob Miller Shines In Dodgers Win
Bob Miller, after a rough Mets season, earned a win with the Dodgers by delivering 7 2 3 scoreless innings in a 1-0 ten inning decision over the Cubs. The win moved Los Angeles closer to the pennant as Dick Ellsworth’s control faltered and Miller left with no runs allowed. The game featured another late victory for the Dodgers with Ron Perranoski in relief as Lee Walls, Frank Howard, and Bill Skowron produced the decisive 10th inning run.
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Dame Fortune
Miller
New York Mets
Los Angeles
Houston
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco
Colts
Giants
Jim Campbell
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Jim O'Toole
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Dodgers
Dick Ellsworth
Lee Walls
Frank Howard
Bill Skowron
Ellsworth
Skowron
Ron Perranoski
Billy O'Dell
Howie Goss
Tom Haller
Willie McCovey
Ken Johnson
Campbell
Don Larsen
Braves
Phillies
Wes Covington
Don Demeter
Griffin inducted into Helms Hall of Fame
Lester R. Griffin longtime Dallas Athletic Club gymnastics coach is inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in Los Angeles. A native of Lawrence he coached since 1923 in Mountain Grove and joined the Dallas club in 1925. He has served as an Olympic coach and leads the U.S. Women’s Gym Team preparing for the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo Brazil April 20 to May 4.
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Lester R. Griffin
Dallas Athletic Club
Helms Athletic Foundation
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Baker University
Mountain Grove
Texas
Griffin
U.S
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Yesterday's Stars in Major League Action
Johnny Edwards hit a grand slam in the first inning and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh as the Cincinnati Reds blanked the winless New York Mets 5 0. Don Lee pitched four strong innings allowing three hits and one walk with three strikeouts in the Angels 4 0 win over the Minnesota Twins.
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Demeter
Claude Raymond
Lew Burdette
Paul Brown
O'Toole
Johnny Edwards
Mets
Carl Willey
Cardinals
Don Cardwell
Stan Musial
Carl Sawatski
Curt Flood
Ray Washburn
Cincinnati
New York Mets
Don Lee
Angels
Minnesota
Twins
KU Tennis Club blanks Washburn State in dual meet
The Kansas University tennis team blanked Washburn 9-0 in a Wednesday dual. Next action is a meet against Southern Illinois, Notre Dame and Oklahoma State in Kansas City on April 26-27. match details list Burns, Campbell, Burr, Cobble, McGrath, Guyot winning singles and doubles.
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Kansas University
Washburn
Kansas State
Manhattan
Southern Illinois
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Kansas City
Ku-Washburn
Burns
Keller
Campbell
Eckles
Burr
Lord
Cobble
Brooks
McGrath
Miller
Guyot
Rebek
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