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Thursday, March 1, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Miranda Displays Drive and Intensity
By GERALD EWING
Kansan Sports Writer
The first impression that a person makes upon meeting Sam Miranda is that he is a talkative, soft-spoken man who seems confident and that takes up his majority of his time.
But this first impression is shortived. Miranda becomes a man with a large amount of intensity and drive, which are the key to creating a successful collegiate basketball coach.
Miranda has been at his post as assistant
basketball coach at the University of Kansas for nine years. He came to KU in 1964 after Ted Owens was named as the KU head coach. Before this, Miranda was head coach at the University of New Mexico at the school coach in Illinois from 1954 to 1962.
Sam Miranda Studies Action on Court
. . . assistant coach at KU for nine years . . .
Baseball Squad Prepares For First Season Contest
By DOYLE HUFFMAN
Kansan Sports Writer
Miranda's specific responsibility at KU is to serve as assistant varsity coach and junior varsity coach. He and Jim Karabetsos, the other assistant coach, trade off coaching the junior varsity, depending on which one is in town.
The baseball season is upon us again! According to Floyd Temple, head baseball coach at the University of Kansas, the baseball squad is in the process of building its field with full-scale spring practices that will begin when the warmer weather arrives.
The first baseball game of the season for KU will be against Washburn University on Saturday, March 17, at Lawrence. The first baseball game of Alabama State at Sillowater, on March 31.
"We work hard during practice." Temple said, "but we try to create a relaxed mood."
"Baseball is not as emotional as, say,
football. Rhythm and relaxation are what
we do."
"Baseball, is the only sport I know that's both fun to play and fun to practice."
Temple said that the team practiced two or three hours a day. When the weather was bad, he said, the men practiced on the third floor of Allen Field House. When the weather was good, through the players often practiced on the artificial turf at Memorial Stadium, he said.
Temple said he had the pitchers start training earlier because good pitching was extremely important to the team's overall performance.
If it was necessary to practice inside, Temple said, the men used a "cage" constructed of cloth netting. This cage was lowered from the roof of the field house and allowed pitching and batting practice, he said.
Practices at the stadium were better, Temple said, because the men could do some fielding. But, he added, he was looking forward to the time when the regular baseball field was fenced and dry, so the conditions would have realistic practice conditions.
"You've got to have a good pitching staff," he said. "Pitching comprises 60 to 65 percent of the game. Without it you're dead. You also have you have to have five or six good pitchers."
He said that he began the pitcher's training by having them pitch five or ten minutes of hard, controlled pitching a day and then gradually increased the amount of time.
Temple said the pitcher could now average about four innings of controlled pitching. They should be able to pitch seven innings by the start of the season. he said.
Temple said that fielding be no problem, as the outfield players were all veterans. But, he said, hitting would be a question until after the season started.
First Practice Royals' Longest
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) —The Kansas City Royals underwent a five-hour session Wednesday for their first full workout of spring training.
The baptism of fire for rookie Manager Jack McKeon ranked as the longest spring dribble in the club's five-year history. His career at the same workout Thursday.
Twenty players from the 37-man major league roster were on hand.
Okahama, Oklahoma State and Colorado would probably be the most difficult options.
Oklahoma traditionally has a good team, and spends about three times as much on baseball scholarships as KU does, Temple said.
Miranda's duty as an assistant coach is working with the development of the forwards and midfielders Wesley, Dave Roberts Roger Brown and currently Rick Suttle and Danny Knight. He also plays a very important role as a recruiter of high school
Miranda readily admits that coaching is a job full of anxieties, pressures and criticisms. He said, "It's part of it. It is important you understand when you enter coaching."
He also admits that coaching is a frustrating job because the coaches and managers are too busy.
"It is frustrating to fall short of perfection, but it is an everyday anxiety that I can deal with."
Miranda is not a believer in the stereotype that the Big Eight is a low scoring, slowdown league. He defends race as the main factor in evaluating a league's play. He thinks that the team that is consistently overrated, such as UCLA, will be good over the years.
He cited last Saturday's game with Nebraska as an example of this good defense. He said, "In the Nebraska game, we scored only 59 points but got 81 shots. If we would have shot a better percentage, we would have scored 80 points or more."
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He said the 30-second shooting clock was an aid in making Big Eight basketball more interesting, but he also pointed out that he would prefer a 45-second shooting clock. Miranda felt that the shooting clock's main importance was in cutting down the stalling speed.
Miranda disagreed with the contention that collegiate athletics were becoming more mainstream status. He compared a student who had an athletic scholarship with students who had band or academic scholarships. He feels that some amateur situations and should be regarded as such.
If you were 10 points down with four minutes to play, a team had a chance to win.
Miranda speculated on the upcoming National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, saying she favored to win their seventh straight national championship. He seemed to favor UCLA, but said, "Any team can be beaten on any given night, but I don't think they
When questioned on Kansas State's chances in the NCAA tournament, he replied that they had a good chance. He said the team would not—not a great team—but a good solid team.
When asked about his future plans, Miranda replied that he planned to stay at KU. He admitted that over the years he had worked in the field of dentistry "None of them have really appealed to me."
Rudy Guevara bends down, picks up his shot put and slowly walks back to the ring, pondering the problems of his form. He periodically glances across the University of Kansas field house floor to watch pole vaulters make it to the rampway towards the pit. Both are wrapped up in efforts to reach that winning form that always seems to be one step ahead.
Jayhawk Track Squad Pursues Winning Form
By EMERSON LYNN Kansan Sports Editor
At this point of the indoor season emphasis is placed on concentration. Each individual strives to apply the final touches to their respective events, in hopes of winning championships Friday and Saturday in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium.
As each individual concentrates on the problems of his own event, the man with the problem seems to be everywhere Wednesday afternoon given last minute pointer to each of his athletes in hopes that this last hard day of practice will reap good returns at the
"This was it," he said. "We've had our hard practice. Tomorrow we will assemble, talk about the meet and do a little jogging to get ready." Then the meet
The Jayhawks, who start the indoor preliminaries Friday, are not expected to walk away with the meet as they have done in years past.
However, Timmons and the rest of the Jayhawks are beset with a certain amount of pride and don't think that it will be that easy for the 'Huskers to win.
High jumper Barry Schur said, "I definitely think we are the team to beat, and it will take a concerted effort on any team's part to beat us."
Track is a capricious sport, and predictions are risky and often times wrong. But even Timmons ventured far enough to say Wednesday that the meet may very well be
Identical Twin Sons Unexpected by Ryuns
Special to the Kansan
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Anne Rynn, wife of the famous former University of Kansas male record-holder Jim Rynn, gave Wednesday morning to identical twin sons.
The twins weighed six pounds, 11 ounces and six pounds, five ounces. One of the twins will be named Nathaniel Charles, but another will be named Robert James, the second twin has not yet been born.
The Ryans have a daughter, Heather, who is two-years old.
Jim Ryun is presently preparing for his first professional track competition at Pocatello, Idaho, where he will be running Saturday.
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