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th Daily Nebraskan FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1961 VU Strong On Sprints . - Page 6 77n Thinclads (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last of a four-part series on this weekend's Big Eight indoor track and field championships March 3 and 4 in Kansas City.) The Big Eight indoor back championships Fri day and Saturday will be one big round-up with ath letes from each school try ing to rope in points for his team. And who will run what, especially in the distances, has become a major stra tegy for the coaches as they jockey for all tha points that can be found. Nebraska, strong over the short and medium dis tances, will have to go some to catch up with Kan sas (and Jim Ryun) in the distance events. Husker coach Frank Se vigne will probably find the most points coming in the 60-yard dash with Charlie Greene and Clifton Forbes and in the hurdles with Ray Harvey. Figuring the field for the 880-yard, 1,000-yard, mile, and two-mile run at the championships is strictly a guessing game at best. For the coaches, it could be a little like playing Rus sian Roulette, but with spiked shoes, as moves nev er found in a checker game will be made in an effort to get the most possible team points. All this because of Ryun, a holder of three world records, including the outdoor 880 (1:44.9), the in door 880 (1:48.3), and the mile (3:51.3). Cloudy Ryan Undoubtedly, no one has clouded the possibilities in all four races at Ryun, who has stepped to the confer ence's best times this year in the four events. Yet, the world's premier middle-distance runner, making his first appearance in a Big Eight championship meet as a varsity performer, is far from being alone. Kansas State's Conrad Nightingale is the defend ing NCAA indoor mile champion. Chris McCubbins is the current Conference record holder for the three mile run, as well as being Tankers9 Hopes In By Terry Grasm'ck Assistant Sports Editor Nebraska's faint hopes for a first division finish in this weekend's Big Eight cod ference meet in Columbia, Mo., rest on freestyler Rich Gordon and breaststroker Steve Goetz. Gordon has the second best time in the Big Eight this year in the 60-yard event However, bis time of :27.8 is almost a full sec ond behind Oklahoma's Jack Hove who has a :26.9 clocking to his credit But there will not be 60 yard competition in Col umbia as Missouri's has a twenty-five yard pooL Gordon Third F o r the fifty-yard d I s iance Gordon rates third in the conference as Iowa State's John Westensee holds first place. W e s t e n s e e ' s time is :21.5; Hove'i :22.L and Gordon's :52.3. Husker Steve Goetz is tied for sixth best in the aooard breaststroke tim ings with a clocking of 2:23.4. This time was re corded in a 20-yard pool and Goetz could have better results in Missouri's longer pooL Other Husker points could come from Jon Bur chill in the 200-yard butter fly and Tom Cook in the Freestyle distance events. This could finally be the year that Oklahoma's dom ination of Big Eight swim ming comes to an end. The Socmen are seeking their 13th straight conference Not since 1954, when Iowa State was declared the winner because Okla homa had ineligible men whfc" TO MOD the defending cross country champion. Missouri's Glenn Ogden is one of the most promis ing distance runners in Missouri history, already dipping under nine minutes for the two mile. Craig Run yan of Colorado is an NCAA ail-American ace, and Ok lahoma State's Jim Metcalf is the defending indoor 880 champion as well as being a member of the former world-record holding two mile relay team. Best Example Best example of the com petitive quality in the four events comes in the two mile. Never before has the Big Eight had more than one varsity runner under nine minutes during an in door season. Now, there are four Ry un (8:44.2), McCubbins (8:51.6, Ogden (8:57.9), and Nightingale (8:58.2) with a fifth, Kansas State's v., i v : : ... 'fb "'U;' - f " X I if .; I w y fcua i ii mum 0tnmmwmltiimmmmmm " i i i" ' 'it ' SPLENDID SPRINTERS . . . Clifton Forbes (left) and Ray Harvey (right) plus Charlie Greene make op the Huskers strongest threat for the Big Eight Cham pionships. Kansas is expected to dominate distance events. Faint 1st Gordon, swimming, have the Sooners been beaten. And again Iowa State poses the biggest threat. The Cyclones dunked Oklahoma 72-31 in a dual last Saturday. The meet could turn into a wide open affair between Oklahoma. Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State. Iowa State swimmers have the best times in five events, the Oklahomans have three, Kansas State two and Kansas one. But whoever has the best clock ing in an event will usually find stiff competition from all three of the other con tenders. The only event that seems to be dominated is the 500-yard freestyle where Oklahomans Doug Hellerson, Bill Watts and Jim Manring have the t o p three tur.es this year. Hel lerson is an outstanding swimmer as his 4.SC.8 time is almost ten seconds better than his teammates. Schober Best While Sooner Charles CAMPUS TRANSPORTATION VU ywr fortius rricf. - Kawasaki, MattUm mmi NrtM Mvtwqrcltt. 6tf tW best M to WESTERN GUN 3730 nsk utmi OpM t-i Mm. fhrwf h Smt Stride Wes Dutton, resting just .4 away from joining them. Last year, Kansas' John Lawson won the event with a 9:08.5. Nine times this year, that tiire has been bettered. Last year, McCubbins was second with 9:12.9. That is the exact reading of Kansas State's Van Rose this year and he ranks only fifth. Kansas' Mike Petter son, high school running mate of Ryun, is sixth with 9:13.2, a winning time of two seasons ago. Iowa State's David Lee, consis tently around 9:16, is sev enth. And Runyan, who ran so well during the cross country campaign, fits in there somewhere his times are deceiving be cause of the altitude differ ence between Kansas City and Boulder. Ryun's Mile Ryun has run the mile only three times in compe it I Division Goetz Schober's 2:04.9 in the 200 yard individual medley is the Big Eight's best he'll have two Cyclones, Steve Strauss and Jim Cotsworth, to contend with for the title. Two other Cyclones, Bruce Lechler and Westensee are one-two in the 100-yard free style. Other individual confer e n c e leaders include Lechler again in the 200 yard freestyle. K a n s as State's Dick Rivera in the 200-yard backstroke and Bob Duenkel in the 200-yard breastroke. 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No one, by Conference rule, can run in both races. r Si n 3 Opening Rounds Of Intramural Golf Scheduled The first round matches in spring golf will be played between March 20 and April 9, according to men's intr mural director Joel Meier. Medal play will again be the basis of matches. Those wishing to enter must go to the Physical Ed ucation Building between 3 and 5 p.m. on March 14 or 15th by 5:00 p.m. and sign the entry blank. Milt Rom jue, Chuck Walter and Beta Theta Pi are the defending All-University champions. j OPEN DAILY 1 PJL Pcwl Tablet ... Saaeksr Tablet ... Osa Bowfiaf . . SNOOKER BOWL EM r 3 Would You Like A Job Now With A Future Later? We are always on the lookout for young men, preferably Juniors or Seniors, who would like to earn while they learn the Life insurance business. You should be in a position to devote from 10 to 15 hours a week to Life insurance selling, and you can easily average $100 a week. But more importantly, you will be preparing yourself for a career as a successful professional Life insurance representative. If you are ambitious, intelligent and are looking for an opportunity to make additional money now, please call or come in for an interview. Jim Kowalke, General Agent 750 Stuart Buildinz. Telephone 477-4102 Poin j As in the mile, per haps the best standoff could come with a head-to-head meeting of Ryun and Nightingale. Ryun's best of the year is 2:09.9. Night ingale has done 2:10. Strong enough, in a "nor mal" year, to win the 1,000 is Kansas' Tom Yergovich, who has posted the next best times going into the meet, as he consistently hits the 2:12 mark. That time could shrink when he hits the banked boards. If Yergovich is the lead er, his greatest trouble could come from a trio of sophomores, Missou ri's Craig Endicott (2:12.7), Iowa State's Mike Houck (2:14.6), and Nebraska's Kent Radke (2:16.5), plus teammates McClain and Allen Russell. Definite Challenger A definite challenger for even Nightingale and Ry un in the 1,000 would be Metcalf if he were to de cide not to defend his 880 title and move up that notch. The only one other than Ryun to run on boards for the distance this year, Metcalf shows a 2:13.7 from an early meet It was Metcalf and Kan sas' Mike Sheahon who chased Ryun to his new world record in the 880 the 1:48.3 time was just re corded last Thursday night and a repeat would be a possibility if Metcalf and Ryun happen to tangle again in the half. All locked up in challeng ing positions are Missouri's Jim Larsen, Iowa State's Dennis Morgan and Houck, Nebraska's Les Hellbusch, Colorado's Paul Cattermole, and other strong middle distance performers such as Harper, Yergovich, Rus sell, Wells, and Kansas' Curtis Grindal. Points Count Most of these athletes look forward to meeting Ryun, but at the same time are thinking, too, of points as they try to help then teams to the best finish possible. Only time will tell how the four events line up. Preliminaries in the 880 and 1,000 come Friday night The scratch meeting for the coaches which will open the various possibili ties comes Friday morning. "One thing is for sure," said Oklahoma State's Ralph Higgins, long-time trainer of top distance men, "the Big Eight is bristling with strength in the dis tance. As a matter of fact the Big Eight may be the toughest conference in the nation from the 880 on up or from Ryun on down, whichever way it is measured." MOTORCYCLES New end used cycles. We have new cycles starting from under $250. We have financing facilities and are eager to take cycles in trade. HURLBUT CYCLE SHOP B.S.A. HONDA B.M.W. 7331 Thayer 466-977 n si uy Lreorge ivaurman If you're looking for a white hat in the NCAA-AAU dispute, stop trying. For, contrary to Midwestern belief, AAU does not stand for Anti-Athlete Union. When fine athletes like Jim Ryun of Kansas and Nebraska's Charlie Greene are caught in the middle, there is no right and wrong side. The dispute has been smoldering for a long time, but has come to public attention lately with the AAU's sus pension of several foreign athletes, and just last week with their rejection of Ryun's 880 indoor record. Because the NCAA refused to ask for AAU sanction both before and after the meet, Ryun's record-breaking half-mile was not certified by the AAU, which, in effect, means that it cannot be a world record. "I'm very disappointed by the record not being ac cepted," Ryun told me during a telephone interview, "but that's all I can be just disappointed. "This is the unfortunate thing about it (the dispute) it's hurting the guys that want to compete. I guess it's just one of those things ..." The Husker's Greene ran into the dispute, too, back in 1964 and it cost him a trip to Russia with the Ameri can team instead of a record. Charlie chose to obey the NCAA and not compete in the AAU championships, from which the U.S. team was to be chosen. Pressure was applied to the sprinter from both sides, and it's regret able that the actions of the NCAA and the AAU cost America more than it cost Charlie it cost our country a win over the Russian team, which, as Charlie says, "was completely ridiculous." "The AAU won their argument in 1964, but they lost the meet," said Charlie. "The AAU controls all interna tional competition, but as long as I'm in school I'm runn ing for the NCAA. I can't jump either way." For Charlie will be out of school this June, and you can bet he won't stop competing just because he isn't wearing a Nebraska uniform. "What you must understand," explained Charlie, "is that for records to be accepted world-wide, they have to be approved by the international body in that sport. And what is that international body?" Right. The AAU, the American branch of the inter national amateur athletic organization. The AAU is not contesting Ryun's time, nor the fact that he is a great athlete they presented him with the Sullivan Award last week-end they are merely asking that they be able to sanction the meets and underwrite the record for the international body. All the NCAA would have to do in order to do away with the ridiculous hassle over Ryun's record would be to utter three words: "Sanction the meet." Whether by government Intervention or just a little growing up on the part of the NCAA and AAU officials, the "great dispute" is going to have to be done away with if America is to continue competing internationally and keep from losing track meets to obviously inferior teams such as the U.S.S.R. A Nebraska track coach Frank Sevigne put it, "It's like two six-year old kids having a tantrum." Saturday Cage Tickets Going The Nebraska -Kansas State basketball game has reached near sell-out status. NU Ticket Director Jim Pittenger has announced that all general admission tickets have been sold and only "a limited number of poor-vision reserved seats remain." If students do not fill all of their area by 7:15 p.m., Saturday night, Pittenger said a limited number of general admission tickets will go on sale at that time. Hall Nomination Clarence E. Swanson of Lincoln, former University football star and Regents president, has been nomi nated for the Football Hall of Fame. rr 432-1465 140 No. 13th St "Do the Impossible STOP ROMMEL!" The adventure they lived is the screen's supreme achievement! aWHaSB'&OGGEPmiS GIMOCKWEU mm innl m wsmm rnmlB V. 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The Jayhawks, coached by Ted Owens, have Kan sas State and Colorado re maining on their schedule. Starters for Kansas will be Ron Franz, Rodger Bo henstiehl, Vernon Vanoy. JoJo White and Bruce Sloan. The Huskers have a 20 game winning streak on the home court. Nebraska was drubbed by KU 84-58 earlier this year. 2UFflBnS FOR. ANY Crf . Speedway Motors . 477-4421 7 'si DOORS OPEN 12:45 STARTS TODAY . . . rnnn (J l ht - Lh. J TECHNICOLOR ifttf 1 1 n. t, into; 1 UM 1 1 1 Car M J D00s mn 12:45 STARTS TODAY Is not Ftte - Barkra Ksnis it ram BANKERS LIFE NEBRASKA a ya-am-- ' ' I. .' ' '