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Wednesday, April 24, 1974
University Daily Kansan
KU Pitcher Newcomer to Baseball
By KEN STEPHENS
Karen Simsie Writer
When Flood Temple, the University of Kansas baseball coach, saw Roger Slager pitch for the first time, he told Slaughter that he had been playing for him when he joined junior college.
That was in 1972, the summer after Slagle's freshman year at Hutchinson Junior College. Slagle was pitching for Laredo in the state American Legion
"I definitely knew I wanted him after I
saw him at the American Legion tourney," Temple said.
After he graduated from Larned High School, Slagle wanted to play basketball. He accepted a basketball scholarship at the college and was sent to the all-team team in high school.
"Hutch had a good team, and I was interested in playing on a good team I went to the
At Hutchinson, Slager was a starting guard on the Blue Dragon basketball team,
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Jayhawk Pitcher Roger Slagle
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te-breaking run on Martinez' hit to deep short.
Vada Pinson reached first on a force-out bounce, mute second, made third on a base before bounce.
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Single had been a four-sport athlete at Larneed, but ironically, he didn't play baseball. His homeetown didn't have a high school baseball team and didn't develop an American Legion team until 1972. He played his last game was 18 years old until the summer of 1972.
Last summer Slagle was a student with the Hutchinson Broncos, a semi-pro team. He posted a 4-0 record and owned the club's best earned run average. 70.
"It was evident he hadn't played a great deal of baseball, but he had the raw tools to become a good Big Eight pitcher," Temple said.
Single looked upon his lick of playing experience in high school and junior college
During the American Legion tournament Temple was impressed by Single's size and
"I might be lucky I didn't play earlier because I might have gotten hurt, but it has been a disadvantage because I didn't get any experience." Stlaire said.
This year has been a learning experience for me and for the whole team at HOPE.
Because of his lack of experience, Shlage had had much to learn with only two sums.
"He's still learning. You don't become an outstanding pitcher overnight," Temple said. "He is learning something new with each outing. It takes time but he has tremendously improved since the start of the season."
Slagle, the ace of the KU pitching staff, threw what he considers to be his finest game this season against Oklahoma State University two weeks ago. Slagle surrendered only three hits in shutting out the Cowboys, 4-0.
He again went the distance last weekend against Colorado. KU won, 10-3, and Slagle picked up his fifth win of the season against three losses.
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Slagle throws three pitches, a fast ball, a curve and a fork ball. Slagle and Temple both said that if he was to become a complete pitcher he must develop a change of
Slagle has had to try to mix his pitches and keep the batters off balance without the benefit of a change of pace pitch. Learning to throw the new pitch has been difficult for Slagle. A sore arm has kept him from throwing in practice.
"They want me to have my arm operated on at the start of next fall." Stiagle said.
Slaghe has a tendon in his bicep that refuses to stay in place.
"It's something that just happened," he said. "May be it was the way I threw after you."
Slagle said that his arm usually began to bother him around the fourth or fifth inning of a game. He loses his control and has trouble throwing strikes.
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