First Ireland, then the Irish 'Hawks bounce Notre Dame for sweep
By STEVE SHRIVER
Kansan Sports Writer
Kansas completed a perfect two game road trip with a hardfought 75-63 victory over previously undefeated and 7thranked Notre Dame Monday night.
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Boosting two impressive road wins, over Chicago Loyola, 72-71, and now Notre Dame, Kansas stands at 4-1 while the Fighting Irish fell to 5-1. KU had not beaten Notre Dame in three previous meetings.
The 'Hawks were tested severely in both games but were still victorious over their "Irish" counterparts. Coach George Ireland's Ramblers fell prey to Kansas two nights before.
KU stands fast
KU status last Jumping to an early 22-9 lead with nine minutes to go in the first half, the Jayhawks carried the battle straight to the Irish. Dave Robisch, the Big Eight's leading scorer, paced a balanced
scoring attack with 28 points and 13 rebounds.
Kansas led by as many as 13 points in the first half and held a comfortable 37-25 halftime lead when Aubrey Nash hit a 20-foot jumper with four seconds to go. In the second stanza the 'Hawks held leads up to 15 points.
But Notre Dame sliced KU's lead to five points with 2:30 to go before they were forced into intentional fouls. The 'Hawks were nursing a slim nine point lead when coach Ted Owens sent them into a delay game with about five minutes left. Notre Dame had to foul to have a chance of getting the ball back and Robisbill and Nash hit clutch free throws down the stretch to hold them off.
Outside help not enough
The Irish rally even had help from the official time keeper who "forgot" to start the clock once with about two minutes to go. Notre Dame tossed the ball in after a Nash free throw and dribbed all the way into their own end of the court before the miscue was caught by Owens.
It was a tight 1-3-1 zone defense that enabled KU to withstand a furious Notre Dame rally in the second half. The Jayhawks committed only eight fouls the entire contest and the Irish could
convert those for only five points. Notre Dame had been averaging 89 points a game coming into this contest.
Hawks balance scoring.
Hawks balance scoring Behind Robisch were sophomores Bud Stallworth and Nash with 18 and 15 points, respectively. Pierre Russell chipped in another 11 and KU's third sophomore starter, Bob Kivisto, had three.
KU hit on 50 per cent from the floor compared to 28 per cent for
the Irish, and made 68 per cent of their free throws compared to 55 for Notre Dame.
Guard Austin Carr hit from long range for 25 points, many of them coming in the last frantic Irish rally. Carr had been averaging 37 points a contest. He was followed by 6-7 forward Collis Jones who had 19 points, but from there, the Notre Dame scoring dropped off sharply.
The 'Hawks next face Southern
Methodist in the first round of the inaugural Jayhawk Classic at 9 p.m. Friday in Allen Field House.
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Owens rates high in coaches' derby
Ted Owens, Kansas basketball coach now in his sixth campaign as the Jayhawks' head man, owns the second best winning percentage among all active basketball coaches, according to a compilation released by National Collegiate Sports Services.
Only Adolph Rupp, the one-time Kansas farm boy who has forged a fantastic coaching record at Kentucky, outranks Owens.
19-20. rounds out the top five.
Bearbaiting costs Carter
The 39-year-old Owens has led the Jayhawks to four straight post-season tournaments and each of those clubs posted 20 or more victories. His record by seasons: 1965—17-8; 1966—23-4; 1967—23-4; 1968—22-8; 1969—20-7.
Owens was an assistant coach at KU four years before moving into the head job.
CHICAGO (UPI) — Chicago Bears quarterback Virgil Carter was fined $1,000 Monday for his criticism of the Bears coaching staff and management after Sunday's defeat by the Green Bay Packers.
The fine was levled in a conference with Carter by club owner George Halas, who said it was the largest amount the club had ever fined a player for off the field remarks.
Carter, after the game, criticized Coach Jim Dooley as "not having the guits" to tell Carter that he would not play the second half of the game. He also said that if the Bears did not trade him, he would play out his option next year if the "management" didn't stand in his way.
"I don't know who is influencing this boy," Halas said, "but someone is in a very negative manner. Nobody could have such a change in character without
Halas imposed the fine before Carter and the team's other two quarterbacks reviewed Sunday's game films and said he chose such a large amount "because of the seriousness" of Carter's remarks.
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somebody influencing him, probably urging him."
Halas quoted Carter as saying "you can't do that" when told of the fine. Halas said he replied, "it's being done."
Halas said that the fine had nothing to do with any action which might be taken by Dooley and Dooley said that "anything particular I have to say to Virgil or the team will be done as a group."
Dooley added that any action he might take would come "at an appropriate time" and that he did not care to comment on the situation any further at this time.
During his five years as head coach the Jayhawks have won two Big Eight championships, finished second twice and tied for second the other year. They have won the Big Eight holiday tournament four times and posted a 14-1 record in the Kansas City event. Owens' teams also won nine of ten games in the Sunflower Doubleheader which is being replaced this season with the Jayhawk Classic.
Halas, who said the fine would be donated to the Crusade of Mercy, said he believed it was the largest penalty ever imposed by the club on a player for critical remarks.
He could not recall if it was the largest single fine ever levied by the Bears but pointed out that lineman George Seals paid a series of fines earlier this year which totalled $7,400 which also was donated to the Crusade of Mercy.
Based on records going into the present season, Rupp's Kentucky clubs won 811 and lost 175 over 39 years for a winning percentage of .823. Owens' first five Kansas teams fashioned a .772 record with 105 victories against only 31 losses.
"This boy has played six and one half games in two years with us," Dooley said, "and all of a sudden he is trying to question the coaching staff. I don't want to go into it any further at this time."
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Coach School Years Won Lost Pct.
Adolph Rupp, Kurtucky 39 811 175 823
Ted Owens, Kansas 5 145 31 772
Roy Mears, Gramieeose 13 250 75 769
John Wooden, UCLA 23 496 151 769
Don Haskins, U Texas El Paso 8 159 49 764
Don Donohue, Davon 5 111 35 760
Don Connecxse, St John's 4 83 27 755
Charles Driesel, Maryland 9 176 65 730
Jack Kraft, Villanova 8 162 60 730
Bob King, MacDougall 7 133 53 715
Roy Skinner, Vanderbilt 9 163 65 715
Fred Taylor, Ohio State 11 199 80 715
Joe Buss, California 14 147 62 703
Frank McGuire, South Carolina 19 336 144 700
Henry Iba, Oklahoma State 40 753 327 697
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) — Oddsmakers Monday made the Kansas City Chiefs three-point favorites over the New York Jets in Saturday's American Football League playoff game at New York.
In Sunday's other AFL interdivision contest at Oakland, the Oakland Raiders were installed as 13-point choices against the Houston Oilers.
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