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Tuesday, May 8, 1973
University Daily Kansan
KU Spring Sports Program Wet
Rv BOR KISSEL
BY BOB KISSEL
Kansan Sports Writer
The spring sports program at the University of Kansas is drawing to a close and a backward glance finds the past春 spring of successes as well as disappointments.
A lack of experience and consistency best describes the KU basketball team this past season. The team finished with an 8-18 record, the worst in many years. The Jayhawks appeared to be jelling fast with a fast offense that Hayawk Classic over San Francisco State.
But an eighth place finish in the Big Eight Pre-Season Tournament seemed to turn the season around and many a home game near the end of the season ended with a barrage of ice and paper cups from the disillusioned Kansas fans.
Some of the inconsistency can be attributed to the inexperience of the team. Coach Ted Owens started three sophomores in most games during the year and freshman Nino Samuel saw considerable action in the final few league games. Losing the fight for the team's games also had to hurt the team's performance early.
With all of last year's starters back, however, and a very successful recruitment this spring, Jayhawk basketball fortunes will take a turn for the better next year.
The unusually wet spring this year played havoc with many KU spring sport teams who required the outdoors to practice. One of the best examples of this is the Jayhawk baseball team, which lost 12 games to the weather this year.
Coach Floyd Temple said that the weather was the predominant factor in the crash.
"We had very little opportunity for outside work early this spring," he said. "We were already in the field."
the weather and had to meet one of the better Eight teams early with very little training.
Temple thought that the addition of three or four players plus the normal improvements by some of the younger players would help make the Jayhawks a possible contender next year. He also said that this was one of effort this season, despite the record.
"It's hard playing against teams like Oklahoma where they have a full scholarship man at every position," he said, in the last year though, and that all I can ask.
The KU golf team also experienced problems with the weather this spring. With only the Big Eight Tournament remaining, Coach Wilbur Norton cited rainy weather as the major factor in the team's performance this spring.
"The weather hampered us throughout the spring," Norton said. "It prevented us from practicing and, therefore, hurt our performance."
On the bright side, many on this year's golf team will return next season. Junior Bill Mosimman and sophomores Bill Kipp and Mike Fideldeke are just three of the teams. Next year's squad, that with some help from the weather, loops to improve next year.
The KU gymnastic team didn't have the weather to compete with, but NCAA Champion Hawks State seemed just as formidable. The 'Hawks split the season, going 4-4, and placed fifth in Big Eight competition.
But the team was young and Coach Bob Lockwood appears to be having a good recruiting season so the future looks optimistic for the gymnasts.
The KU tennis team is finishing its training season in four years. Their young hawks have a chance to make it to the semi-finals are 14-3.
Coach Mike Howard said that he was pleased with the team's performance this year.
"We're a good young team right now," Howard said. "Four of our top six players are freshmen and five of the top six will be back next season."
head into the Big Eight Meet May 18th and 19th.
Howard said he also saw the tennis team as improving next year.
"We've got a couple of boys who were ineligible this season who will be able to play next year," he said. "With these additions and the added experience of the younger players on the team, we should be improved next season."
Although the current track season is far from over, the season has already had many bright spots. They tied for second in the NCAA Indoor Meet, but failed to regain the Big Eight Indoor title from Nebraska. The season, however, has been highlighted by several outstanding performances by individual athletes.
Sam Colson, KU kavel ace has broken all University records and has the best throw in the world this year at 290-10. Rudy Guwear broke the 60 ft. barrier this season
with a heave of just over 62 ft. Terry Porter, KU pole vaulter, has cleared 17 ft. this season and high jumpers Barry Schur and Randy Smith have both cleared 7 ft.
Football also made its way into the sports picture with the annual spring practice and
Concentrating on building a solid running attack, Coach Don Fambrough tried this spring to form a corps of running backs. Leading thebacks this fall should be Delvin Williams and Robert Miller. Other backs have taken strides in recent years and recent scrumptions were Randy Ross, Robert McCaskell, Steve Taylor, and Steve Elliot.
Fambrough has also worked on the defense this spring, especially the backfield. At the end of the scrimmage Saturday, Fambrough commented that the defense was greatly improved. "It'll be the best defense we've ever had," he said.
Greg Vandana set a new Kansas Relays record in the 120-yard high hurdles with a time of 13.5 seconds. The 440-yard relay team outscored the one-man race, one of the nation's best times.
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