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Thursday, March 15, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photo
Brian Cooper Performs Routine
Brian Cooper Performs Routine
Gymnasium is second in high bar scoring at KU
Jayhawk Baseball Squad Begins Season Saturday
By TIM WINTERS
Kansan Sports Editor
Jayhawk baseball coach floyd Temple will unveil his 1973 baseball squad Saturday when the 'Hawks tangle with Washburn in a game time. The same time for the first content is 1:30 p.m.
This year the squad will play 35 games and will try to improve last season's record of 20-10, best in the school's history. The team is looking forward to a good year, good for third place in the Big Eight.
This year's team is young—only seven seniors—and 11 lettermen are returning. According to Temple, the squad needs to win but the defense should be a strong point.
"Our pitching looks pretty good," Temple said. "We will need some good pitching to help our defense and we have some good pitching with the starting and relief positions."
The pitching staff will be led by Steve Corder and Bob Cox. Both are seniors and last year they combined for five shutouts. Corder finished the season with an ERA of 2.04 and Cox ended with a 2.88 ERA. Corder can also play first base.
Two newcomers are trying to break into the starting rotation. Rob Allinder, Independence freshman, and John Daniel, Oklahoma City sophomore, will start against Washburn Monday at Topeka Allender played at Prumman High School and West Virginia State. Daniel is a transfer from West Texas State, which dropped its baseball program.
Bob Strand will serve as a relief pitcher for the Jayhawk. Strand, a Peoria, Ill., sophomore, last season had the lowest Jayhawk ERA at 1.80.
Temple said that the club could experience some problems because the players had been hampered during spring practice by bad weather and have had to practice either on the stadium turf or the third floor of Allen Field House.
"We could have some early problems defensively because of our practicing indoors and on the turf," Temple said, "so we pani to be able to play all of our early carpets."
Senior Dick Bradley will be the KU field general and starting catcher and is ex-team captain for the NHL season Bradley was the best Jayhawk batsman and finished second in the conference with a 428 batting average. He won five games last season and has been mentioned as a possible All-American.
"We just haven't been able to work on fundamentals, and we need to have these skills so we can do it."
Temple said that Bradley did have a chance at an All-American spot but that a lot would depend on the team and on Bradley's hitting this season.
The Jayhawks have good competition for the starting infield spots. The first base position be platooned among several players, so far Alan Whitfield holds down the spot.
Larry Brazzy, a junior college transfer, and Bill Glass are competing for the second base position and Temple is still not sure which player will start the season opener. Sophonore John Turner will start at shorthanded first baseman, currently has the startin' berth at third
The outfield should be another strong point for the 'Hawks. Robert Ohm, fourth-best hitter on the team last season, will see action in left field during the season. Chad Drenn will start the season in center field. Johnny Smith will start the season at 276. Jerry Evans and George Johnson will start in left and right field against Washburn.
The 1972 Schedules
March 17 - Washburn at Topeka (2)
March 18 - Washburn at Topeka (2)
March 19 - N.W. Missouri at Lawrence (2)
 March 23 - N.W. Missouri at Lawrence (2)
March 26 - M-Florida Udv. at Lawrence (2)
March 29 - M-Florida Udv. at Lawrence (2)
April 6 - Okeana at Lawrence
April 7 - Okeana at Lawrence
April 8 - Missouri at Columbia
April 9 - Missouri at Columbia
 April 10 - Oklahoma at Lawrence
 April 11 - Oklahoma at Lawrence
May 13 - Kansas State at Manhattan
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Brian Cooper cuts callouses off his hands with an emery board every night.
Gymnast Suffers to Produce Points
By BRAD REHA
BY BREND KISHA
Kansas Sports Write
The Lawrence senior is the number one high bar man on the University of Kansas football team. The team number two spot on the all-time KU list for the high bar. But the rank does have its place.
*"Training for the high bar requires mostly conditioning and bicep and tricep strength. You must also get your hands in shape because they blister easy." Cooper
Cooper practices an average of one and a half hours daily.
A neighbor initiated Cooper's interest in the bigha bar when Cooper was still in grade school.
"My neighbor was a state champion at Lawrence High School and had a high bar in his back yard. So every woman in the neighborhood an interest in gymnastics," Cooper said.
An exercise on the high bar involves continuous swinging movements and no stops. A routine consists of giant swings—in circles, up and down, and back and forth, circles the bus-, but and of turns and twists.
In high school Cooper, was a member of the state champion Lawrence Lions for three years. As a junior he finished seventh in the 2004 team and finished fourth in the high bar competition.
In addition to changing from one swing to another, the gymnast must bring the hips or the feet to the bar in certain movements and release and catch the bar in others.
the longest wrong movement can cause a loss of points. A movement of the toes or moving the legs apart can cause a one-tenth point loss.
In competition each gymnast starts with ten points. Deductions are made for faults or omissions as specified in the tules. Routines must meet requirements for difficulty, combination of movements and execution. A perfect score is ten points.
The 5-8, 150-pound cocainp of the KU squad predicted Iowa State would win the Big Eight and also the national title. He gave the nod to OU and NU for second and
Cooper and his teammates are now preparing for the Big Eight Championships at Lincoln, Neb. The championships begin March 23.
The top three finishes in each event qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships, which will be held in Eugene, Ore., on April 5-7.
third places in the conference.
"I think the battle for fourth will be between us (KU) and Kansas State. Since we beat them Friday we should be favored over them," Cooper said.
Cooper is currently student teaching at Lawrence High School and Riverside Grade School. At Riverside he handles the gym classes for grades one through six. At Lawrence High he teaches sophomore gym classes and observes a biology class.
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