Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Flashy 5-foot, 6-inch George Waters fires a pass to set up a frosh play. Topping ' Cat scorers in mid-season, Roy Fraction is a starting player. 1966 Freshman Basketball Squad TOP ROW: Robert D. McMohan, George E. Shupe, Douglas A. Tietjen, Assistant Coach Davis B. Neely. SECOND ROW: Lawrence K. Thummel, Michael Barber, Frank- lin E. Wilson, Coach Roy DeWitz. THIRD ROW: Dennis J. Vest, Stephen G. Unruh, Roy W. Fraction, Wil- liam R. Long. FOURTH ROW: George W. Schultz, James A. Ikord, Thomas M. Howe, Coach Tex Winter. BOTTOM ROW: Dwight W. Oman, George E. Waters, Kenneth K. Miles, Steve R. Swanson. Exploding for a 30-point, second half out- burst, 6-foot, 11 -inch Mike Barber extends. Hffift . 373

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Barely clearing the out-stretched arm of a KU defender, Steve Unruh scores two points in the frosh 81-69 loss to Jayhawkers. Double trouble is ahead for George Shupe as the ' Cats battle back from a 43-26 half-time deficit against the Kansas frosh. Freshman team scores two wins in cage action Salvaging victories over Nebraska and Missouri, the Wildcat freshmen settled for a 2-6 seasonal mark. George Shupe ' s 18 points and Nebraska ' s poor shooting accounted for a 67-55 ' Cat win over the young Huskers. Mike Barber ' s 21 points, Roy Fraction ' s 14 points and 17 rebounds prompted a 77-67 conquest of the Missouri frosh. 1966 Freshman Basketball Kansas State 65 Dodge City Junior College 69 Kansas State 67 Nebraska 55 Kansas State 55 Kansas 80 Kansas State 81 Parsons Junior College 85 Kansas State 77 Missouri 67 Kansas State 69 Kansas 81 Kansas State 59 Missouri 68 Kansas State 65 Nebraska 89

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Wrestlers gain two seats in NCAA championships Placing two wrestlers in the NCAA champion- ships, the ' Cats posted an 8-7 season record, in- cluding a first in the four-team Ohio State tour- ney. Jerry Cheynet earned an 11-3-1 mark and finished sixth in the 137-pound NCAA class. Bill Brown placed sixth nationally in the 152-pound contest. The squad was sixth in the conference meet. Cheynet ranked third, and Brown and Larry Elder fourth. 1966 Wrestling South Dakota State 19 Nebraska 1 1 Oklahoma 34 Missouri 7 Kansas 6 Oklahoma State 31 Mankato State 13 Colorado 25 Indiana State 27 Central Missouri State 15 Iowa State 35 Kansas 5 Wyoming 24 Air Force 13 Oklahoma State won the Big Eight meet, with Okla- homa second, Iowa State third, Colorado fourth, Ne- braska fifth, K-State sixth, Missouri seventh and Kansas eighth. K-State 14 K-State 18 K-State 2 K-State 25 K-State 29 K-State K-State 19 K-State 6 K-State 6 K-State 17 K-State K-State 32 K-State 11 K-State 19 I 1966 i Wild wi grapple Coach Fritz Knorr, in his fifteenth season, attends to a minor injury while his team is hosting the Big Eight wrestling meet. Trading a toe hold for an arm lock, Wildcat wrestler Bill Brown places fourth in Big Eight 152-pound consolation finals.