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Monday, May 10, 1976
University Dally Kansan
You can't please 'em all
I was sitting at the desk in the newspaper minding my own business, dreaming of the many things I would rather do than go to my next class.
Suddenly my peace of mind was shattered by the phone and a cry from the campus editor. "Hey Quakenbush! It's for anybody in sports."
I winced as he laughed. We both knew what a phone call like that meant. Against my better judgment, I picked up the phone.
It was the KU Ice Hockey Club in informing us they had a game in Kansas
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To compound the space problems, women's sports have shown that they are here to stay. And with that stability come a desire for more and more publicity. Women's sports can no longer be imbored by a sports editor.
That proved to be a dilemma for me. I'm one of those chauvinists who still believe that the average sports page reader is much more interested in the men's athletic programs than those of the women. And that philosophy has
By Allen Quakenbusb Sports Editor
City that weekend. Could we send somebody to cover it?
I SIGHED. IT was a question I heard had too many times. And I knew, no matter how I explained it, my "no" answer would never be acceptable to me.
That's the biggest problem faced by the Kansan and many other newspapers throughout the nation. There simply isn't enough space to run all the stories you would like. Something has to be sacrificed.
But it simply isn't conceivable. Can you imagine what the pages of sport game of the Kansan would look like if it tried to cover everything? No, wouldn't be room for anything else.
The Ice Hockey Club is just an isolated example. There are countless club sports at the university that would like to see them play. The college and And that's perfectly understandable.
ITS BEEN OUR policy to concentrate on the so-called major sports, reasoning that they have more reader interest to them. It is hard for the basketball, baseball and track dominate
gotten me in more than my share of hot water this year.
We've also received our share of letters this spring. There's nothing more exciting than receiving a letter from someone who is either going to rip you or praise you. Unfortunately, more often than not, they were complaints. But that's the nature of the species, isn't it? Well, it's not.
We even got one letter complaining that one member of the team got too much, and we would be being pitifully slighted. We carefully took this into consideration and decided to do a story on the slighted athlete. Then we wrote it was written by the girl's friend.
Is nothing sacred?
FOR A TIME, I was getting those "anyone in sports" calls almost every day. We were getting so many calls that it almost became a joke. The phone is no longer ringing off the wall, though. You've got to do a better job of covering the word 'hey' they have simply given up, I don't know. I hope it's the former.
Softball team heads for Series
Center fielder Debbie Laudermilk agreed with Frank.
The KU women's softball team will travel tomorrow to Omaha for the Women's College World Series, where some of the nation's best players will compete.
There will be some tough competition, but there are women who are confident they can win the tournament.
It will be the fourth straight year the Jayhawks have participated in the Series. KU placed fifth in the tournament last year and would have won it but came in first in the Series, the team finished sixth.
So the College World Series is nothing new for KU. Perhaps past performance isn't solid ground to stand on, but the women won a awed either; they've been there before.
"Sure," said catcher Paula Frank. "Why not? If we hit. If there's a little bit of luck running our way like along with every other team."
KU coach Sharon Drysdale spoke a little more realistically about KU's chances for success.
"I think we need to play very well and make our own breaks if we're going to win it," Drysdale said. "But we've been there before, we've played well in the past and we have also made many KU team has produced as of yet. I think we've got the players that can do it."
"We don't have any doubts about our defense," she said. "I think if we had the team we have now any other year we would have won it—no question about it."
"But when you play in any extended tournament like that with so many different teams, it's difficult to show. You've got to win games and stay out of the loser's bracket.
"The teams will be evenly matched. It will be a matter of who's stronger any given day. I think we have a chance, but we'll play about as well as we can in order to do it."
The College World Series is an ASA Amateur Softball Organization organized by stages.
under the direction of the AIAW (Association Intercollegiate Athletics for Women). The AIAW equivalent to the team is the Drysdale, Therefore, said Drysdale, teams will be sent to the Series by states, "unless the region consisting of a number of different states is highly organized and wants to participate in procedure they would for an AIAW tournament."
Twenty teams are entered in the tournament. It isn't known who KU will play
Rovals beat Orioles
BALTIMORE (AP)—Bob Stinson and his brother Paul Stinson went to the yesterday as the Kansas City Royals five runs in the third inning and went on to defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 7-4, for their first win.
George Brett ignited the big inning with a one-out single.
The Royals scored a run in the opening inning on three singles and added their third uneared run in the fifth after an error by shortstop Mal Belanger.
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When Cromwell tried to explain why he and his coach were wearing matching yellow Addidas T-shirts, he said, "We're twins."
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The Jayhawks' young coach has been sharing that scar with his wife, Ann, for nearly two years now. She is an English teacher and guidance counselor in Birmingham and will be joining her husband in Lawrence in June.
Narewski more than a Polish joke
By GARY VICE
Cromwell then grinned back at his coach, who has become his neighbor as well as his friend, and muttered something about Polish people.
In early April, when it was first learned that KU's assistant track coaching position was to be filled by a former Al-Alaabama College Conference sprinter who was coaching at Auburn University in Birchwood. His seniors spread that the new coach was black.
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"My wife's maiden name was Smith," Narewski said. "Some people marry for money and some people marry for looks. But she married me for some identity."
Then, pointing his finger across the room at hurdler Nolan Cromwell, he says, "Ex-
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Those rumors continued about Stan Narewski, 36, even up to the day he arrived in New York. He has been Jayhawk sprinters and hurdlers. The assistant coaching position had been vacant since Thad Talley's departure to become the head coach at The Chelat in Charleston.
"EVEN AFTER PEOPLE found out my Narewki, nasewki said, they still thought I might be black. Some rumor was started that I was a black person adopted by a Polish family. A black Polack, I couldn't understand that."
Then, Narewski met the KU track team and ended all rumors that he was anything other than white. The track men also learned that Narewski had competed at the All-American bowl receiving the all-conference honors at Livingston University in Livingston, Ala.
"The first thing I heard when I got here," Narewski said, "was, 'Hey, I've got some good Polish jokes.' The problem was I had heard them all.
"THEER'S A THING about having a name like Narewski. Once someone hears it, they never forget. It's like a bad dream or a scar that always kind of lingers."
To which Narewki said, "I just happened to put this on. That's the only shirt I have."
Now, Narewski is searching for some identification himself at KU, coaching the
"PEOPLE ARE PRETTY nice around here," he said. "I was real pleased with that. people always talk about the friendly person, but people are as friendly, if not friendlier."
WHEN SERIOUSNESS RETURNED.
Narewki explained some more of his background. After graduating from Livingston, he was he said a disc jockey in Birmingham for one year and later worked as the station's news and community affairs director for two and one half years.
It was during this time following graduation that Narewki also tried Golden Glove. He had to play with a
"I was constantly getting beat up," Narewski said. "One day I was sparring without a mouthpiece against a guy 20 pounds heavier than I was and he tried to remove my head from the rest of my body. It felt like I had a mouthful of popcorn."
"After donating a few teeth to science, I decided to start a club crack to keep in mind the need for dental care."
HE THEN ORGANIZED the Birmingham Area Track Club, which had members ranging from a 5-year-old girl to a 60-year-old man.
“Most of the schools in the area had poor track programs,” he said. “There were a lot of coaches coaching track who knew a lot about other sports, but knew very little about track or the track club, we taught them how to train and what work load they should undertake.
Narewski continued with the track club until his appointment at Auburn in 1974 as a graduate assistant, and later as assistant track coach.
"I coached the jumpers at Auburn and revamped the weight program for the entire team last year. Coach (Jerry) Smith and I were impressed by the reasons they were so successful this year."
TWO OF NAREWSKI athletes at the 10-meter hurdles in 11.5 and Harvey the 10-meter hurdles in 13.5
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Narewski then told stories about his father, who was a former professional boxer. He said his father didn't want him in athletics, except maybe baseball.
"My old man, he's funny," Narewski said. "He bought me a glove and started pitching to me like I was a big leaguer. I was a big leaguer." He talked about 300 miles an hour and broke my nose.
blood. I was going to have it (his nose) fixed
and I went through the windshield and I went
through the windshield and I went
"Consequently, one passage is closed and I've got a bad allergy. Now I just breath on occasion, like my birthday." And that will be June 21.
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