Jayhawks Eye Big Eight Relay Gold at National Meet
Kansas swimmers led by O Connor and Hines chase a 30 point haul at the national meet after strong Big Eight showings. Beamon notes KU's 1966 500 yard freestyle placement as precedent. Hines aims to finals in sprints and joins O Connor, Darrah, Ellis for the 800 and 400 frees. Griffith headlines breaststroke with a 2 17.8 school mark.
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Don Pennington
Reamon
Kansas
O'Conner
Lawrence Jun
Ior
Beamon
O’connor
Hines
O Connor
Ellis
Darrah
Jayhawks
Askins
Griffith
Bob Hines
Roy O’connor
Bill Griffith
Bo Darrah
Tom Ellis
Mitchell Pro Stars Face No Color Barriers in Slums
Washington Redskins halfback Bob Mitchell says athletes face no color barriers when talking to urban youths. He notes interactions with players like Sonny Jurgensen and Frank Howard show kids see through racial lines, while he helps lead the National Negro Industrial and Economic Union founded to aid business development in slum areas.
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Mitchell
Washington (Ap
Bobby Mitchell
Washington Redskins
Jurgensen
Howard
Sonny ‘Jurgensen
Washington Senators
Frank ‘Howard
National Negro Industrial and Economic Union
Cleveland Browns
Jim Brown
Ford Foundation
Topeka Race Car Show Set for This Weekend
Cars from Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City will be featured Friday and Saturday at the Topeka Auto Racing Boosters show at White Lakes Shopping Center. Twenty two cars across eight classes, many built last winter, will be on display. Notable attendees include national supermodified champion Thad Dasher and Topeka track record holder Buddy Marsh along with other drivers and owners. The event runs 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas
Mets trim roster to 35 players in Florida cuts
The New York Mets reduced their roster to 35 players in St. Petersburg Florida sending eight to the minor league base. Departing are outfielder Jerry Morales infielders Kevin Collins Joe Moock Juan Rios and pitchers John Glass Ron Paul Steve Renko and Al Schmelz.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
New York Mets
Jerry Morales
Kevin Collins
Joe Moock
Juan Rios
John Glass
Ron Paul
Steve Renko
al Schmelz
Colavito Sold and Kaat Slips Into Spring Training Delays
Chi Sox drop Shaw and O'Toole as Colavito moves to Dodgers. Kaat begins spring with elbow trouble delaying his 1968 debut. Pirates win 2-1 on Mota homer. Mets top Cardinals 1-0. Reds beat Dodgers 7-2. other games noted with early spring results and roster moves.
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Jim Kaat
Bob Shaw
Jim O’ Toole
Shaw
O'Toole
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Rocky Colavito
Los Angeles Dodgers
Kaat
Minnesota
Twins
Jim Bunning
Pittsburgh
Pirate
Philadelphia
Boston
Manny Mota
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
New York Mets
St.Louis
Atlanta
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
San Francisco
Chicago Cubs
California
Cleveland
New York Yankees
White Sox
Oakland
Allen on West Bench For East West Contest
Dr Forrest C Phog Allen former Kansas University basketball coach will sit on the West bench as honorary coach when the East and West play in an annual game Saturday afternoon at Baker University in Indianapolis The West team will be coached by Tex Winter of Kansas State and one of the players on the team will be Kansas University guard Jo Jo White Other players on the West team include Dennis Black of San Francisco Russ Critchfield of California Joe Franklin of Wisconsin Art Harris of Stanford Bill Haskett of Ohio State Merv Jackson of Utah Rick Mount of Purdue and Cliff Parsons of the Air Force Academy
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Forrest C
Phog) Allen
Kansas University
Baker University
Indianapolis
Tex Winter
Kansas State
Jo Jo White
Dennis Black
San Francisco
Russ Critchfield
California
Joe Franklin
Wisconsin
Art Harris
Stanford
Bill Haskett
Ryun Injury Exam Sets KU Track Star Back
Kansas runner Jim Ryun to undergo afternoon examination in Topeka for a pulled muscle from a Tuesday practice. Dr Bernard Joyce to evaluate the world record holder as Kansas plans to hold him out of the UCLA meet in Los Angeles.
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Kansas University
Jim Ryun
Topeka
Bernard Joyce
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Raymond Schwegler
Lack of Interest For Olympic Team Shown by Whites
East-West college all-star director Fred Corts says lack of enthusiasm from top players for U.S. Olympic tryouts is a sad trend. He notes both white and Black players have skipped trials while some standouts work out, including Pete Maravich and Rick Mount. An all-star game at Butler University Saturday will be nationally televised to cap the pre-trials. A selection tournament in Albuquerque will determine 12 players and six alternates for the Olympic team.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fred Corts
Corts
Pete Maravich
Louisiana State
Rick Mount
Purdue
Butler University
Albuquerque
N.M
Salary Battle Develops Over Elvin Hayes Signing
The Houston Mavericks and the San Diego Rockets square off in a looming contract war for Elvin Hayes. Rockets offer $300,000 for three years while the ABA Mavericks counter with $500,000 for the same period. Hayes chairman says he may favor NBA but will consider offers if price fits.
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Houston
Tex
Elvin Hayes
San Diego Rockets
National Basketball Association
Houston Cougar
Hayes
Houston Mavericks
American Basketball Association
San Diego
Slater Martin
Bob Breitbard
Rockets
Breitbard
NBA
ABA
Mavericks
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Larry Barnett
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Bill Ross
Larry Sherry
Houston Astros
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Cisco Carlos
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Nolan Ryan
Bill Short
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