Friday, March 5.1976
University Daily Kansan
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Good weather aids baseball start
By JOHN HENDEL
Sports Writer
Flovet Temple is beginnin' his 22rd year
ku baseball school at Louisville.
The warm weather throughout February enabled the team to start working outside at the earliest time since he became coach, Temple said.
"We went down to Texas last year and hadn't even been out on the dirt yet," he said.
Temple said he looked forward to the season with guarded optimism.
This year is different, though, and the team is making final preparations for its first game against William Jewell at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
"TIM BOTH OP TIMISTIC and pessimistic at the same time," he said.
Temple appears to have every right to be optimistic this year.
He also said KU's hitting and pitching were better this year than last.
Not only he has he had his earliest start ever, but he already has his lineup set and the new faces should be better than the people they are realigning, according to Temple.
New standouts mentioned by Temple were Lee Ice, Tom Kruattli and Brian Moyer.
at Lee ice, Tom Kratkii and Brian Moyer. Ice, a transfer from Johnson County Junior College, is slated to play shortstop. Ice is a good hitter with a good, compact saving.
TOM KRATTLI, FORMERLY a quarterback for the KU football team, will be roaming left field, instead of the backfield.
NCAA assigns at-large berths
KANSAS CITY (AP) - The National College Athletic Association assigned alarge beryths yesterday to second-ranked Marquette, fifth-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas and eight-ranked Notre Dame for its championship basketball tournament.
Unbeaten Rutgers was not officially given a berth, but the NCAA did guarantee the third-ranked Scarlet Knights a tournament berth.
Rutgers was 26-0 going into last night's Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament. Marquette (28-1), Nevada-Las Vegas, and Dame (28-23) are all major independents.
Four of the 15 wild card berths are assigned automatically to the winners of the eac ECAC's various divisions. To assure Rutgers' presence, the selection committee voted to take a second team from the ECAC Division, which includes both Rutgers and sixteenth-ranked St. John's (21-4).
Virginia Tech (21-6) was awarded a berthed,
virginia tech it will compete in has not
been awarded a berth.
Five of the seven remaining at-large berths will go to conference teams that don't win their league's automatic berths. They'll be joined by Atlantic Eight, Atlantic Coast and the Metro-6.
One spot in the tournament is still up for grabs and won't be decided until after Saturday night's games. The committee decided to award this spot either to DePaul (19-8) or a second team from either the Western Athletic Conference, probably Utah, or the Big Eight Conference, probably Kansas State or Nebraska.
Virginia Tech could wind up in either the East or Mideast region, depending upon the committee's selection.
Towers assaisned of tournament berries are:
Princeton (20-4), Indiana (20-4), Michigan (20-4), Alabama (21-3), Tennessee (20-5),
Missouri (20-5), Arizona (21-3), Washington (20-4) and Arizona (21-4).
Temple said power was Kratti's biggest asset. Krattti led the Ran Johnson League in scoring, recording 152 points.
The other new face is Brian Moyer, a transfer from West Chester (Pa.) State. Moyer led the team in hitting during the fall workouts. He is a catcher but will play the outfield when Andy Gilmore is behind the plate.
Gilmore is described by Temple as having a good arm and a lot of potential. Temple said Gilmore had to improve his 198 last season from last season to greatly help the team.
RON MACDONALD LEAD last season's team in batting with a 32 average and is slated to start the William Jewell game at home. The Giants won from shortstop to make room for ice.
Mark Hannifin will start at third base this season, Temple said Hannifin had a good arm but needed some work on his hitting.
Morty Holbos, centerfielder, is, according to Temple, one of the best defensive players in the Big Eight. Pat Scherzer and Vince Monsoil will be the other outfielders.
Kurt Knopf, one of the team's leading hitters last season, is expected to return to the team about April 1. Knopf is still recovering from knee surgery.
ROUNDING OUT team hitting are Bill Griffin and Kandy Tandry, who will be the next pair to hit.
Troutt was second on the team in hitting last season with an average of .294. He also tied MacDonald for the team lead in RBIs with 17.
The Jayhawks' starting pitchers will be Rob Allister, Roger Slager and Brian Ridenbush.
Temple said Allierd had a sensational
temperature as a freshman had tapped off the
laughter.
His record was 5-6 last year, but according to Temple, he has a good attitude toward the faith.
Slagle missed last season because of a shoulder injury. He is making a comeback this season after an operation. Temple said Slagle was throwing well and along with Allinder is expected to start against William Jewell.
Brian Rhodes
RHODES FINISHED LEAST season with an ERA of 5.85 and was the team's most dominant team since 2013.
Mike Love, Loren Taylor and Kevin Kerschen will be the main relief pitchers.
Temple said the favorites to win the conference are Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
"They have the scholarships and the facilities, but in the Big Eight Tournament you can't go. You've got to win."
This is the first year of the double-
elimination tournament, which will start on
Saturday.
"We don't have the talent that Oklahoma or Oklahoma State have, but if we can get the maximum production from the people we have, we have $p$ chance," Temple said.
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