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The University Daily KANSAN
University Daily Kansan, April 16. 1984
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Brown in a 'funk' after losing Bowie to Sooners
When you talk with Larry Brown these days, his mind seems to be wandering elsewhere. For the normally smooth-talking man from the East Coast, the words are not flowing like a ball, but rather dripping like a faucet.
"I'm still in a funk," Brown said.
"I've been like that since the day I found out he signed with Oklahoma."
The player Brown was talking about was Anthony Bowie, a player who did it all for Seminole Junior College (Okla). this past season. Bowie visited the KU campus recently and attended the basketball banquet.
Brown also found out that Kevin McDuffie, who came to KU recently, decided against playing basketball for the Jayhawks. He apparently will
attend Northeastern, not necessarily a hot-bed for college basketball.
"TM REALLY disappointed in the way the Bowie and McDuffie things went."
But the situation with Bowie hit Brown particularly hard. When Bowie got ready to leave the KU campus, he asked Brown to come home with him and meet his parents. Brown went and Bowie said at the time that he would probably forego his final visits because he wanted to come to KU.
That was the last time Brown spoke with him.
While Bowie was at KU, his junior college coach, Jim Kerwin, was visiting Oklahoma and was hired as a replacement for former Sooner assistant Mike Johnson, decided to follow his former coach and Brown was left with bitter memories.
That's the distasteful thing for me."
"When you make a decision, you ought to be responsible enough to tell everyone what you are going to do.
The distasteful thing for Brown is that he puts a lot of stock in personal relationships. He tries to treat people well and does not blame them. He feels that Bowie has cheated him.
"KIDS HAVE GOT to learn that when someone spends the time and effort to show interest, they have to show some consideration. Brown said, "That's what I am trying to do, you are not going to go to their school, but you have to accept that as part of it."
"We tell our kids to tell the other schools what is going on before we sign them. I want to make sure the other coaches don't have to read about it in the paper. Sometimes the players will say, 'Coach, I don't want to tell them that we aren't going to tell them that if they are like that, then they aren't worth worrying about.'
The call from Bowie never came. Although life will go on for Brown, the addition of Bowie could have helped KU considerably. At 6-feet.5, he had the ability to play several positions for the Jayhawks next season. Brown was hoping Bowie could add a little stability to the young Jayhawk team.
"We are really going to be young and that was why we were so interested in
Anthony," he said. "He would have had a legitimate chance to start and play two or three positions for us. As it will have six freshmen and one senior."
"WHIEN YOU RECRUIT someone for so long, you kind of attached to him. I really felt Anthony was a special situation. This would be a good situation for him."
"I can't have such an egg to expect every kid to want to sign here. There are good programs all over the country. I think we do a good job of teaching the kids here. I tell every recruit what the program can give him."
Brown said that although Bowie was an outstanding player, he would have a hard time getting his minutes with the Sooners. Besides returning guards Tim Mcalister and Shawn Clark, Brown said OU has signed Linwood Davis, the premier junior college point guard out of Texas.
AFTER BOWIE COMMITTED to OU, it was rumored that his teammate at Seminole, Archie Marshall, would follow James, Oklahoma's high school player of the year two years ago, just before his freshman season at Seminole.
Brown said that Kerwin had requested that KU not recruit Marshall, Kerwin's wish was respected by Brown, who said that he tried not to alienate a junior college coach. However, Marshall visited OU after Kerwin was hired.
Brown said that it is doubtful the Jayhawks would sign anyone else before next season. KU had signed four players in the early signing period in November. Brown is in Bloomington, Ind., this week to watch one of them — Danny Manning — participate in the Olympic Trials.
"Then we heard Archee had visited Oklahoma and I started to wonder. But we spoke to him recently and he wants us to go there." And we were still very much in his mind."
"WE HAD A GREAT recruiting year," Brown said. "If we had signed those four in April, we would be ecstatic about them." Mr. Brown asked anybody if Kerry (Bougain) had not left.
"But right now, we're not going to sign anyone else. We could have signed a couple, but it is silly to bring in kids that might not have a chance to play."
It is clear that Brown is concerned about the players that he signs. He wants to treat them fairly and he expects the same.
NU sweeps Jayhawks in 4 games
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
The Kansas Jayhawk baseball team continued to have trouble hitting Big Eight Conference pitching as they dropped 15 innings to head-to-heads to the overtime the weekend.
The Jayhawks lost 5-2 and 5-0 Saturday and 4-1 and 3-1 yesterday. Their record fell below 500 for only the second time this season as they sank to 17-18 and 19 in conference play. They also 18 runs in conference games so far.
Nebraska, which was in second place in the conference coming into the weekend, improved its conference record to 12-1.
THE NEBRASKA PITCHING staff, which had a 1.85 earned run average in the latest conference statistics, held KU to a total of 19 hits in the four games. KU pitchers held the 'Huskers to 22 hits, but were hurt by the KU hit by three and three errors in each game on Saturday and four in Sunday's first game.
The Jayhawks played error-free bale in Sunday's second game. They gave KU starting pitcher Duke Lohr, 3-2 this season, a 1-1 lead in the first inning when Hugh Stanfield led off with a triple and scored on Bill Yelton's single.
In the first game Sunday, KU starter Kevin Kroeker, 1,4 once again was the victim of non-support from his teammates. He gave up four runs, two earned, in seven innings before giving up three pitches. Steiger got the final out in the eighth.
NU CAME BACK to the t score in the second and added two runs in the fifth against Lohr, who went the distance and was tagged with the loss. He scored any runs after the first against M术itors Chris Krust and McBillure.
Kroeker, who has an overall ERA of 2.15 and a conference ERA of 1.80, has received a total of two runs in his past three starts.
KU's only run came in the fourth when John Hart singled, went to third on a double by Joe Heeney and scored on Todd Schweigert's sacrifice fly after Rob Thomson had walked to load the bases.
KUH HAD HELD a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning. NU then put together four singles, a walk and double, scoring three runs off KU starter Charlie Buzard, 1-3, and one off Steiner.
NU starter Jeff Anderson, 6-2, held KU scoreless the final two innings and picked up a victory. He set a school career innings pitched in the process.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Ben Crenshaw savors sinking a 60-foot birdie on the 10th hole of the Masters Tournament. Crenshaw won his first green jacket yesterday after a 12-year wait, finishing the final round two strokes ahead of Tom Watson.
Crenshaw finds niche by taking Masters title
By United Press International
AUGUSTA, Ga. — After 12 agonizing years of anticipation, Brent Creshman finally carved his own niche in golfing by winning the Masters Tournament.
Perhaps the most serious student of golf tradition among the touring pros and certainly one of the most successful Crenshaw finally took a place in the sport's history by capturing his first major championship.
"You just have to believe in yourself, and today I did." Crenshaw said following his two-stroke victory over Tom Watson, as he was proudly wearing the traditional green jacket that goes to the Masters champion.
"THERE'S NO QUESTION I put a lot of pressure on my to win. Today was my day. I was determined I was going to control myself and my golf game."
Fittingly, after such a long wait, Crenshaw had to spend almost 11 hours at Augusta National before rolling in the tellering 2-foot putt on the final hole to earn the triumph. The third round had its start behind because of Saturday's thunderstorm.
Crenshaw started the final round tied for third place, two shots behind Tom Kite. He led for the lead with a baird to the right and scored for good with another baird on No. 10.
The key blow for Crenshaw was a curling 60-foot putt on the 10th hole to complete a string of three consecutive top propel him to a three-stroke lead.
"When I saw that ball go in, I said maybe this is my day," Crenshaw said. "The way the pin was set, that was very, very three-putable."
PLAYING CONSERVATIVELY after that, the 32-year-old Crenshaw finished with a 4-under-par 68 for a 72-hole total of 277. The victory was worth a record Masters first prize of $108.00.
second place, worth $64,800, with his 69
for 279.
"It was one of those days when I never came close enough to put any pressure on Ben," said Watson, who now has three runner-up finishes in the Masters to go with his two victories. "I made a couple of bogeys early in the season and had to back to catch up. I had to have some mistakes, and Ben didn't make many."
Watson sank an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to earn sole possession of
TOM KITE, the third-round leader,
suffered a triple-bogey on the 12th hole
on his way to a 75, dropping him into a
four-way tie at 322 with second round
leader Mark Lye (74), David Graham
(73) and Ronnie Black (68).
Gil Morgan, improving his score each day here, and Masters rookie Dave Edwards, both of whom shot 67, shared third place at 280, and another stroke farther back was U.S. Open champion Larry Nelson with a 70.
It marked the sixth consecutive year that Kite has finished no worse than sixth in the Masters, but he has yet to capture his first major championship.
"I don't know what's going through Ben's mind now, but I know he knows what is going through mine," Kite said. "It's not jubilation."
Midway through the final round there was a frantic logjam near the top with seven players bunched within four strokes of Crenshaw.
BUT CRENSHAW stretched his advantage to three shots with the crushing 60-foot putt in the 10th hole while runner-up Kite took a biggie there, and he was in control the rest of the way.
Crenshaw faltered slightly on the 11th hole, where he picked up his first bogy of the round, but he got that right back with a 9-foot birdie putt on the short 12th hole. The slight, blond Texan, enjoying his day in the sun, added another birdie with a 20-foot putt on No 15.
A second bogyen on the 17th hole only narrowed his margin of victory.
"Beginning with No. 13, the only thing I could do was play conservatism."
Softball team pulls upsets in Big Eight
Solid pitching and timely hitting helped the Kansas softball team defeat fourth-ranked Oklahoma State and 12th-ranked Nebraska yesterday in Lincoln. The Bayhawks games against Minnesota were rained out and will be played today.
"We didn't think we were going to get the games in because of the rain, but they moved us to the football stadium to UK assistant coach Shelly Fox said.
Playing their first game in a week after two rainouts, the Jayhawks showed that they hadn't become rusty by defeating the Cowboys 2-1 in the first game and the Cornhuskers by the same score in the second game.
Jayhawks beat 2 ranked teams on football field
THE JAYHAWKES GOT on the board early against Oklahoma State, scoring a run in the first innning when Judith Phillips led off with a single, and moved to second on a sacrifice by Kim Cobb. Phillips moved to third on a single by Tracy Bunge and scored on Keli May's fielder's choice.
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
The winning run came in the sixth innning when May led off with a single and scored on a triple by Ann Brent. Starting pitcher Bunge then retired the side in the seventh for the victory Louis' record this season improved to 9-5.
AT THE PLATE, Kansas had four hits, led by Brent's triple in two at bats, while May, Phillips and Bunge all singled May and Brent each had one HBI. Bunge allowed one earned run on three, with a walk and four strikeouts.
In the second game, Kansas used a big third innight to score two runs and
Kansas started the third inning with a single by designated hitter Patti Regan, who advanced to second on an overthrown. Judith Williams came in as a pinch runner for Regan and was sent off by Phillips. Kim Cobb then snuck in Regan.
Kansas' other in the inning came when the Cornhusker right fielder displayed a line drive by May, allowing Cobb to score.
NEBRASKA THREATENED in the seventh, scoring a run, but Bunge replaced Tisdale and retired the side for the save.
Deb Randel went two for three with two singles to lead the Jayhawk hitters, while Phillips, Bunge, Regan and Cobb each collected a single. Cobb had the one extra base hit a double by Shroeder of Nebraska
Kim Tisdale was the winning pitcher, moving her record to 3-3. In six innings of work, Tisdale allowed one unearned two hits, a walk and four strikeouts.
"They were really good games for us," Fox said. "We had been hearing good things about both Oklahoma State and Nebraska. We were so hungry for a
Fox said that today's games might be played on Nebraska's softball field, but that playing on artificial turf was not a disadvantage to her team.
KU men third at WSU: women take 3 firsts
By GREG DAMMAN
Snorts Writer
Three individual first-place finishes in the field events Saturday highlighted the KU men's track team's participation in the Wichita State Sports Festival. The women's team also received three firsts in the field events at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla.
Sports Writer
The men's team finished third at Wichita State with 35 points. Missouri won the meet with 68 points and Wichita State placed second with 59 points. No
Jim Metzger led a Kansas contingent in the pole vault that ended with four Jayhawk vaulters clearing at least 16.0. Metzer soared a personal best
The men's team was led at Wichita by weightman Clint Johnson, who dominated the shotput and discuss by winning both events with marks of 60 feet $7\frac{1}{2}$ inches and 180 feet 4 inches, respectively.
team scores were kept at the John Jacobs Invitational.
"It WAS REALLY a pretty good meet for us," KU assistant coach Steve Kueffer said. "The pieces are beginning to fall together."
17-41<sub>3</sub>, capturing first place and qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
"We had a super pole vault," Kueffer said. "The qualifying mark for the Olympic trials is 17-8½ and Jim just missed that."
METZGER NOW RANKS third on the KU all-time outdoor pole vault list behind former Jayhawks Jeff Buckingham and Terry Porter, both of whom will be competing in the pole vault Saturday at the KU Relavs.
Freshman red-shirt Scott Huffman,
competing unattached, cleared a per-
formance, and won.
The Jayhawks had one other first-place finish in the javelin as freshman Ron Bahm won that event with a loss of 228.0 Kuefer said that he was pleased with his performance, considering the caliber of competition and the poor throwing conditions.
shifr jcu transfer Scott Raine vaulted 16-0
"The conditions weren't that good. Kueffer said. He really did a superb job."
OTHER JAWHAVWS who placed in the top four were Kelly Kilcrease, third in line, and Michael Wynn.
of 48.7 and fourth in the 200 in 22.1.
Torey Kelle placed fourth in the 600 in 1:54.97 and 50% Free Lewis leaped a personal best 50-5% in the triple jump.
"We left the meet pretty darn excited," Kueffer said. "We've got a really young team and nearly all of these kids will be back next year."
Auerter said that the Wichita State meet would help his team in the KU Relays, which are set to begin Thursday.
KU tennis teams beat CU; men lose at WSU
"We've got a little momentum, so I think we'll be OK," Kuefer said. "There were just lots and lots of good things."
By JEFF CRAVENS
Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawk men's tennis team came close, but could not defeat Wichita State yesterday in a dual match at Wichita. The Shockers edged KU 5-4. Friday, the KU men swept Colorado 9-0.
The KU women traveled to Colorado Friday and beat the Buffaloes 7-2. They take on Kansas State tomorrow on the John Field House courts beginning at 1 p.m.
WSU LED 4-2 after the singles competition, but the Jayhawks came back to win the No.1 and No.2 doubles matches. Wichita State then rallied to win the No.3 doubles and take the match.
In the No. 3 doubles, the KU team of Scott Alexander and Franco Cacciopolli took a 4-2 lead in the first set and had the serve. When WSU's Kris Braunt and Jeremy Grubi came on, they scored 7-6. They also won the second set 6-1.
"We're very disappointed," KU tennis coach Scott Perleman said. "We had opportunities to win and couldn't pull it off."
"They are an excellent team. They're in the top 20 and are the best team in on the map."
Mike Wake and Michael Center swept the No. 1 doubles 6-1, 6-2 over Dale Houston and John Thrope. Jim Syrtre won both, earned the No. 2 doubles 6-4, 6-3.
"I thought we played extremely well in doubles." Perelman said, "We
WOLF CONTINUED his current streak in which he has won 13 of 14 matches. He beat Houston 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 1 singles. Wichita State was without its top player, Matthew Saad, who is suffering from an arm injury.
should have done better in singles. I thought we should have had at least a split."
Stearns was the only other Jayhawk to pick up a singles victory. He won the 4. match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Simon Norman.
"I told our guys we have a lot to feel good about," Perelman said. "Last year, they killed us 9-0. We didn't have the chance to get away. We lose 5-4 and badd an opportunity."
KU's record fell to 11-8.
"That was a big win over Colorado, especially considering that they beat Nebraska 8-1 and Iowa State 7-2 last week," Perkerman said. "I feel our guys are really running to sense that they can start at the Big Eight Championship."
ON FRIDAY, the men swept Colorado
9-0 to keep their hopes for a Big Eight championship alive. The Jayhawks finish their conference season this weekend when they travel to Nebraska and Iowa State.
He also said the women could finish well in the conference if they could win this week. Besides the K-State match between Alabama and Iowa State, Nebraska this weekend.
"That was the first time we've beaten Colorado." Perelman said. "I think if the girls have a good week, we can make a run for second place."
The team finished with 116 points. Kansas State finished second with 68 points, while Nebraska finished third with 30 points.
KU Crew takes Big 8 title for fourth consecutive year
By the Kansan Staff
In three events, KU's rowers took both first and second.
The men's varsity heavyweight eight, the women's varsity eight and the men's novice eight all took first and second in their events.
The KU crew team won its fourth consecutive Big Eight Conference title Saturday, taking five of eight titles on the Kansas River in Lawrence on the Kansas River.
The only races KU lost were those in which a four-man boat was used. Kansas State won the men's varsity four and the men's novice four, while Nebraska won the women's varsity four.
The meet was held despite low temperatures and occasional rain. Because of this spring's cold, rainy weather and because the Kansas River is running higher than usual, water on the river is often as expected.
The Kansas Crew will be in action this Saturday in the Sunflower State Championships. KU will compete with Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Washburn.
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