Thursday, October 20, 1977
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Swanson gets early start
Rv BLAKE GUMPRECHT
Sports Writer
Numbers aame
When Baytown, Mo., junior Mike Swanson decided to attend the University of Kansas this fall to pursue a sports journalism career, his decision was due largely to a recommendation by Kansas City Rivalts scoutster Fred White.
Mike Swanson, Raytown, Mo., junior, has been seen plenty of football stadiums this fall. Swanson, a journalism major, is the statistician for ABC-TV on the top floor.
Swanson didn't expect immediate success, however.
"He told me that if I went to KU I'd get
into trouble that doors would open," Swancon said.
Only days after enrollment, he received a call from ABC-TV asking him to serve as head statistician for the network's nationally televised college football games.
"I didn't expect it to happen the first week, it caught me completely off guard." Swanson said. "I was tremendously excited. I just hope I don't screw it up."
Swanson's career has not rested on one phone call, however. His association with sports began in high school when for three years he served as a water boy for the Kansas City Chiefs, traveling with the sound his last two years.
AFTER HE GRADUATED from high school, Swanson was given a job in the Royals public relations office and eventually worked his way up to the press box, compiling statistics. He still is the press box announcer for the Chiefs and the Rams and has kept statistics for the Kansas City Kings and the now defunct NYH.Scouts.
"I've always liked numbers and working stats," Swanson said. "As a kid, I used to sit in front of the TV set and keep score of the baseball games on a chalk board." I've always got a kick out of it. I guess I'm just not good with sports, but I played sports, but I'm in injury-prone.
As he head statistician, Swanson sits between Keith Jackson and either Ara Parsleyhan or Frank Broyles, one of whom feeds the statistics that are used during the game to Jackson and the other announcers. He also is in charge of the graphics that flash statistical information on television screen throughout the contest.
"THEY (THE ABC PRODUCERS) want me to find the story of the game in statistics. I keep a running total of the wins, losses and draws. We have true, I watch a little of the ballgame."
"It's a real challenge," he said. "You've got to be mentally prepared like the like."
The fall weekends are busy for Swanson.
He usually leaves Lawrence on Thursday
for the site of the Saturday college football telecast and returns early Sunday morning in time to resume his duties with the Chiefs.
How does he work full-time and still have time to attend college?
"The professors have really been cooperative," he said. "I'm taking all journalism courses, and the instructors that I'm getting a break in my field."
IN HIS FIVE WEEKS WITH ABC,
Swanson has logged thousands of miles.
He has stopped in Ann Arbor, Mich;
Lincoln, Neb.; Los Angeles; Pittsburgh;
Columbus, Ohio. His crew always covers game involving a team rated in the ten 10.
Swanson earns $10 a game and says he is satisfied with his salary.
"I'm 23 and I'm doing ABC and not spending a cent," he said.
Because of ABC's coverage of the World Series, Swanson took over as statistician for the last two Monday night professional football contests.
Bowl games also are in Swanson's future. ABC has contracts for the Sugar, Gator and Liberty Bowls and, if he is fortunate, Swanson will get the call for the annual Hula Bowl all-star game in Honolulu in January.
Despite his success with statistics,
Swanson discounts the possibility of a real
risk.
"I definitely don't want to do it for a career," he said. "Eventually I want to do public relations or possibly go into the sports industry, but I definitely want to stau in sports.
Swanson's appointment makes him the second man from KU in the ABC booth. He joins Jerry Klein, a 1967 KU graduate who serves as research editor for ABC Sports.
Volleyball squad breezes to win
Sports Writer
By PATSLATTERY
When the volleyball team went into last night's match with Wichita State, KU coach Bob Stancilft was a little worried. The Jayhawkes needed a win to ensure them a spot in the regional tournament, and their play had been erratic lately.
Stancliff need not have worried. The Jahyaks breezed through the match, downing the Wheat Shockers in straight games, 15-1, 15-8, and 15-1. In preliminary action, the KU junior varsity lost in straight games, 8-15 and 4-15.
Wichita was playing without its No. 1 player, who was out with an injury; however, Stancillift said he could take no credit away from his team.
"It was definitely our best match ever."
he said. "Our serving was good, we made some really good saves and we got balanced salads."
THE JAYHAWKS had counted heavily on the scoring of June Koleber, Lawrence sophomore, in previous games, and opposing teams were able to key on her. But by spreading the scoring around last night, the Jayhawks took away that advantage.
Stanclist credited the back line for enabling everyone on the front line to score.
"The whole objective of a good offense is to get the first pass from the back line where the setter can feed it to the players on either side." (This was a bit too literal, but that before, and it cost us some matches.)
STANCIFT SAID the team would have only a short time to celebrate the win.
"There will be some nationally powerful teams there," Stanclift said, "and I want to see how that goes. We'll find out how good we are.
"Things have been going our way mentally, but we're no national powerhouse. Even if we get beat early, we need to make a good showing to keep our attitude high."
Tomorrow the team takes its 17-10 record to the West in the Southwest Missouri State Institutions in the
"Ilynette Woodward was our key recruit and we've still got her," Washington said, referring to the star as a "first responder."
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Practice has barely gotten started, but the KU women's basketball team already runs into a problem. Gwen Bachman, a 6'11" transfer student from Denver, has quit the team because of back problems and has returned to Denver.
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"She's real disappointed because she really wanted to play," head coach Marian Washington said, "But it was best for her to quit. She's been going to a chiropractor and has been seen by doctors, but nothing seems to help."
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"We didn't get as much out of practice as we should have," Moore said yesterday. "We certainly need to improve. I don't know why we haven't had good practices, but I
The Kansas-Oklaahoma State game is just two days away and KU head football coach Tom O'Connor will start the game.
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Adding to Moore's worries is the fact that the Jahwahs must face the Bie Eighn's. No matter what,
Oklahoma State is averaging 300 yards rushing a game. Terry Miller, the country's leading rusher, has gained almost half of that total.
"Terry Miller is a great back," Moore
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year." He's a great bishop.
Moore said Oklahoma State's offensive line, the biggest in the conference, also waived from his position.
"THEIR OFFENSIVE linemen are huge," he said. "Their linemen are bigger than most pro offensive linemen. Their defenses do a lot of stunting, and we're going to have to get our defensive assignments down on their different defenses."
The Jayhawks worked on their game plan yesterday after emphasizing the kicking game plan.
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