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Wednesday, April 11, 1973
University Daily Kansan
NCAA Group Favors 'Poll Bowl'
NEW YORK (AP) - College football has buried the idea of a post-season playoff series, but the National College Athletic Association television committee now favors a "Poll Bowl" to settle the national championship.
The suggestion of a head-to-head Junny
football showdown is expected to be
present April 26-28 at the executive
committee meetings of the NCAA in Kansas
City.
"Our television committee likes it," said Tom Hansen, assistant administrator of the NCAA. "It would be strictly a one-game deal to be played after the regular bowls."
If NCAA executives approve the plan, a mass vote of member institutions would still be required to decide whether to add this bit to college football's post-season cake.
"This would be approached as a national championship game and not as a gimmick for TV," Hansen said. "Of course, the team they want to play tell the way they paw over the phone."
The plan would be to match the highest-rated major college teams as of Jan. 2, scheduling the Poll Bowl at a time when the Big Ten championship thunder of pro football's Sugar Bowl.
No one has decided how the 1-2 schools would be determined, but a television official said he would favor using The Hearst. It was taken after the regular bowls are played.
That would have meant Southern California, 12-0, would have been matched against Oklahoma, 11-1, last January and their victories in established bowl games.
Conferences such as the Southeastern and
'Hawks Sign Lydon Star
Jayhawk basketball coach Ted Owens announced Tuesday that Bob Emery, a 6-5 all-stayer player from Lyndon, had signed a national letter of intent with KU.
Emery was named a consensus all-stater by the Tepeka Capital-Journal last season despite the fact that Lyndon is a class 2A school.
There are five classes of schools in Kansas. Fewplayers from the lower classes are named to the all-state team which is composed of all five classes.
Emerley led the Lyndon Tigers to a 22-2 record last season and averaged 20 points and 15 rebounds a game. He also hit on 71 per cent of his free throws.
Besides being an exceptional basketball player, Emery is president of the National Honor Society and ranks in the top 10 per cent of his class.
Women's Track Meet Saturday at Stadium
The Woman's Recreation Association is sponsoring its annual intramural track meet at Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Competition will begin at 10 a.m.
The meet is open to all women students. The events include: the high jump, long jump, softball throw, 75-yard sprint, 75-yard hurdles, mile run and 440-yard relay. This year's meet will also include a surprise relay.
Independents who wish to participate in the meet should be at Memorial Stadium at 9 a.m. to register for their events. There will be a charge of 25 cents for those not registered with the intramural sports office. Organized housing should return their entry forms to the intramural sports office Room 112, Robinson, today.
Intramural Squads Begin Final Playoffs
After 97 games between 60 teams, six teams have emerged as league champions in the men's intramural basketball tournament.
The six teams will compete today in Allen Field House for the hill championships. Tipoff for the first championship game will be at 4:30 p.m. between the two C league teams batting. This game will be followed by the B league game at 5:30 p.m. The A league championship game starts at 6:30 p.m.
The hill championship tophies will go to the winners of games pitting league champions against the three fraternity teams against the three independent league champions.
Competing for the hill championship in C league are fraternity C champs Phi Delta Theta no. 6 and independent C champs Magic Mushrooms. Fraternity B winner, Delta Upsalon no. 1, goes against independent C champs. In the league competition fraternity A champs, Phi Delta Theta, will play independent A champs, Sou Company, for the trophy.
Royals Win Opener In New K.C. Stadium
KANSAS CITY (AP)—Paul Splittorr hurled a five-hitter and John Mayberry drove in four runs as the Kansas City Royals celebrated the opening of their new $43 million stadium by clobbering the Texas Rangers 12-1 Tuesday night.
Splittorff lost his shot with one in the
sniper innning when Jeff Burroughs out
in the fight.
Big Eight have generally opposed any playoff series, due in part to the millions of dollars their teams have bankrolled from bowl games.
Most educators have been found to be against a long-play-off series since student-athletes would be taken from the classroom for an examination period for many colleges.
The Poll Bowl is the alternative.
The earliest possible national charm
pionship game would be after the 1974 season," Hansen said.
ABC-TV has owned the NCAA football contract for several seasons and is heading into the second half of a two-year contract worth $27 million to the colleges.
Roone Arledge, president of ABC Sports, said the network would be overloaded at the time. Bowall though the game would significantly benefit the team if rights included in the overall package.
KU's Fiddelke Excells In Two Varsity Sports
Mike Fiddelke, Paullina, Iowa, sophomore, a member of the University of Kansas basketball squad and also a member of the KU varsity golf team.
Fiddelke has played golf for nine years, starting in the sport at age 11. Even though golf is a minor money sport at KU, it is important to Fiddelke.
"in the back of my mind, I still hope I'm good enough someday to play pro golf,"
Fiddelle is aware of a personal conflict in paying two major sports. He tries to divide the players on the court.
In the fall Fiddelke plays both golf and basketball. "Basketball pays for my education and I don't want to cheat the other players or coaches." he said.
Fidelike views golf as a team-effort sport that gives a player a chance for individual success. Most golfers now run the golf队, but only the top four scores were counted in match play.
According to Fiddelke, in basketball it
takes a team working together for a common goal of a victory.
"It takes a little more discipline to go out and play golf because there aren't set practices. There is not as much pressure. Most of the golf team members are out for a good time and really enjoy playing," Fiddelle said.
While golf is somewhat of a non-spectator sport at KU, Fiddelke had a special feeling for the home basketball it has." I love it. I just go crazy. It always has amazed me. Those people must really care to come watch us," he said.
Fiddelke does not anything different to get up for a golf match or a basketball game. "I'm mentally prepared all the time. But the crowd helps in basketball," he said.
Fiddelek predicted that Oklahoma State would win the Big Eight golf championship. "I'd like to see us finish second or third. I think our chars are good." he said.
Fideldele alternated at a forward position during the past season for the Jayhawks.
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