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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
18
The Kansas Jayhawks switch from a lean 1967 signings to a robust 1968 effort led by Bob Douglass and a wave of new talent. KU adds top high school standouts and sustains momentum from a 5-2 Big Eight finish, while Kansas State and Missouri face tougher competition for players as KU gains fan support and regional impact.
Six Lawrence High wrestlers travel to Manhattan High gym for the state regional meet with preliminaries Friday and finals Saturday. Schuler Hartman Ball Johnson Marsh and Pierce qualified from Olathe district with strong records, aiming for Arkansas City state finals next weekend.
NBA: Boston 118 over Detroit 96. New York 114 over San Diego 102. Philadelphia 149 over Seattle 125. ABA: New Orleans 106 over Houston 97. New Jersey 121 over Oakland 110. Minnesota 99 over Indiana 96.
In Grenoble France the Soviet Union faces a slower medal pace as rest of world rises. Igor Kazanski notes Italy France and Holland strengthen in cross country speed skating and Nordic events. aging veterans limit output with younger talent rising for 1972. Kazanski calls Alpine skiing insufficiently demanding in Russia.
Kansas City AP The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics named three teams to its national college division basketball tournament. Southwest Missouri State of Springfield, Pan American College of Edinburg, and Trinity University of San Antonio each hold 17 4 records. The field of 36 will run eight regionals with regional winners advancing to the Evansville Indiana finals March 13 14 and 15. Southwestern Missouri State will host one regional March 89. Sw Missouri State ranks fourth in the AP small college poll Trinity sixth Pan American eighth.
The Argonne Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps of Great Bend will provide halftime entertainment at the Kansas-Nebraska basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. The group, sponsor Ar gonne American Legion Post 180, holds eight Kansas State Drum Corps championships and has been ranked as high as third nationally. The band will honor William Galbraith, national commander of the American Legion, who plans to attend. Galbraith is an NU graduate from Beemer, Nebraska.
Gail Edwards Kay Coder and Barbara Lauter formed part of the KU women bowling squad that finished fifth at the Association of College Unions International regional tournament in Manhattan on February 9 and 10. Twenty KU students competed under coach Warren Boozer as entries from 19 colleges across four states competed in bowling chess billiards and table tennis. Bob Brook of Brooklyn won the three cushion billiards title and KU men bowlers finished second among 15 schools.
Kansas City Chiefs will meet the Minnesota Vikings in a preseason game at Metropolitan Stadium Bloomington Minnesota on Saturday night August 10. The game marks Minnesota’s second AFL opponent in their 1968 preseason schedule following last year’s 14-9 loss to Denver.
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