University Daily Kansan
Mondav. Mav 1. 1978
Staff Photo by RANDY OLSON
the weekend, Kansas and Missouri split four games, the Jayhawks winning two Friday, 3-2 and 1-0, and losing two Saturday.
Missouri's Greg Cypret jumps high to avoid KU's sliding Steve Jelite and evites the double play against the Jayhawks during
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Football drills appear promising
Moore has been pleased with his team's efforts during the spring practices.
If KU men's football coach Bud Moore had ever way, spring football drills might go on to play.
"I'm pleased with the progress we've made as a team this spring," Moore said after Saturday's football scrimmage. "The attitude has been excellent."
MOORE SAID he be had been pleased with the performances of quarterbacks Brian Bethke and Jeff Hines. Bethke, a junior, completed six of 13 passes for 86 yards and one touchdown Saturday. Hines, a freshman, was five of 14 for 58 yards.
Freshman David Lawrence led the KU receivers, catching five passes for 47 yards. Sophomore Greg Jones caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Bethek.
Sophomore Bill Lillis was six of eight for 35 yards and one interception and freshman Steve Smith was five of eight for 49 yards and one interception.
The Jayhawks committed several turnovers during the scrimmage. There were eight.
"THAT'S A BIG concern of ours," Moore said. "Penalties in critical situations also hurt."
The Jayhawks may have discovered a
Levy ran for 154 yards on 19 carries and caught three passes for 22 yards.
secret weapon in the backfell. Tracy Levy, a 6-2, 20-pound sophomore from Welfa, flies through a hole near a ship.
More said he was impressed with Levy's performance and with the play of sophomore James Jackson at linebacker and junior Mike Beal at defensive tackle.
This weekend's spring football game is set for Saturday at Haskell Stadium. Moore said the format of the game would not be decided until the middle of the week. Several injuries may affect personnel on the two squads.
KU loses division and Gilmore
By KEN DAVIS
Andy Gilmore sat in front of his locker in the University of Kansas baseball locker room Saturday, his face filled with dejection.
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The Jayhawks had just lost a doubleheader to Missouri and KU had missed its shot for first place in the Eastern Division of the Big Eight.
However, KU lost two games. It also lost Glimore for the remainder of the season.
GILMORE, WHO was hitting, 330, suffered torn ligaments in his left thumb and will undergo surgery today. Gilmore, a catcher injured the thumb tagging out Missouri's Jim English, who was trying to win the MVP, was first in the fifth innings of the second game.
"He caught my glove with his spikes and just took my glove with it," Gilmore said. Because English was out at the plate, MUs lead was held to 1-0. However, the Titans forced four more runs in the last two innings and lost all three in the Big Eight's Eastern Division.
Gilmore had been the hero for Kansas Friday when the Jayhawks swept a doubleheader from MU-3, 2 and 1-Gilmore cracked two home runs in the first game, the second coming as he led off the seventh immining and the score was tied 2-2.
Missouri came back to win the first game Saturday, 3.2, and MU pitcher Steve Shockey held KR to only three hits to cap the 15-6 victory. The Jawhaws had been shut out this season.
FRIDAY'S VICTORIES ensured KU a second-life place in the Eastern Division and a birth in the conference championship tournament in Oklahoma City, May 17-21. The Jiyahayas needed only a split in the first conference and first a first conference title of any kind since 1949.
The Tigers finished Eastern Divisional play with a 7-4 record. The Jawahresnays ended
Dave Rusch pitched the first victory of the four-game series for Kansas. Rusch, a lefthanded senior, held the Tigers to three hits in the inpper Friday. Rusch struck out one and walked three while evening his record at 3-3.
Rusley picked a double to the next bater and Brown got a single in the third, but the Tigers were held bitless and scorele the rest of the game.
**MISSOURI WENT ahead in the second innings of the game. First baseman Carl Brown reached first on an error by KU second baseman Sue Jetz. After Rush had struck out Tim Lauder, left fielder Jim Brennan two+ run home run over the left field fence.
Meanwhile, Glinmore cut the MU lead in half when he hit his first home run to right
GILMORE WON the game with his lead-off home run in the seventh. It was his eighth home run of the season and placed him third in the league in run list behind Paul Womble, who hit nine home runs in 1971. The hit also was Gilmore's 32nd homer, broke his single season record (31 set last season).
score on Jelts' triple down the right field line.
With one out of the six inning, KU's John Spottswood singled and came around to
"MU pitcher Rob Pietroburgo came right in my power both times," Glmore said. "I wasn't thinking home run in the seventh. I was thinking on base or on base because we needed base rumpers."
The second game Friday featured clutch pitching by both sides. The game finally ended in the ninth inning when Lee Ice hit a three-run homer with a throwing error by MU's cutter Lauraine.
I ice walked on the inning and went to second on a bunt single that Dan Graham had pushed by Missouri's charging first baseman, David Patterson, second baseman, Monty Holbs came up and the count quickly went to 0-2. The next pitch was in the dirt and Ice took off for
KU baseball coach Floyd Temple said, There wasn't any way to stop ice. He's on the ice.
"I made up my mind that if there was a wild pitch or pass ball, I was going," ice球 right-handed hitter up. If I got to third, a fly ball would score me and they already had the double play lined up. I hate to think what would have happened if I had gotten thrown
LAUDEN retrieved the ball but he
landed it on the fence and he
frotted home with the warning.
Terry Sutcliffe, 8-6, pitched the victory. His eight victories are a school record for one season. He gave up five hits, struck out eight and walked four. MU runners reached third base five times during the game but each time Sutcliffe found a way out.
MUS' TU BLOEMEK did a fine job on the mound as well but his record fell to 4.3. He yielded only five hits while fanning 10 and walking only two.
"You have to give credit to the pitchers," Temple said. "They did a super job—both of them. They were all hard-working and lose that game. It was good baseball. Missouri doesn't beat themselves very well."
KU scored its two runs when there were outs in the third. Monty Marlin connected for a double into the right centerfield gap and Kobe Bryant doubled to Spottswood went to second when Al Hightower misplayed the ball in center field home by Jeltz's second single of the game.
MU. 31-14 overall, took a 14 to in the first game Saturday, After striking out the first two batters, KU starter Dan St. Clair walked Greg Cypret, who then advanced to second on a single by Brown. Laudner then drove Cypret home with a single to right.
THE TIGERS sent St. Clair, 6-2, to the showers in the sixth when Cyprien and Brown singled and both scored on a double by Laudner. Reliever Galen Worley got the next five Tigers out but KU could not rally to win.
"I just ran out of gas." St. Clair said. "Everything was all right before that inning. But once again today I didn't have my pitch and had to rely on my fastball."
KU, 28-11 overall, did not get a hit in the final game until the fifth innition when Monty Hobbs, pinch hitting for the injured, reached Shockley for a lead-off double.
"WE GAVE IT our best shot," Temple said. "We were confident we couldn't quite win, but we were going to OK." We were going to OK.
"It was a great series. You have to give Missouri credit. They're one of the best hitting, pitching and fielding teams in the league. That's the best pitching we've seen."
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