Team more unified
Lawrence happy with run-gun
By MARY ARNOLD
Kansan Sports Writer
The run-gun type offense of this year's Jayhawk basketball team suits team captain Chet Lawrence fine.
"I played that type of ball in high school. It's fun to play and we have the personnel to play it," Lawrence said, but quickly added, "We threw the ball away too many times Monday night against Marshall."
Lawrence added that Marshall was a great shooting team and beating them was a good way to start the season. The victory not only boosted the spirit of the KU fans but also the confidence of the players. Lawrence said that even though the team was young and lacked confidence and experience, they had a great amount of enthusiasm and spirit.
"We also work together better as a team than the squad has for the last several years," Lawrence said.
"We should win a lot of games, even though our competition is tough. Three of the Big Eight schools have all their starters back and our non-conference games will be hard ones to win. These good teams just present a challenge to us and we'll have to work harder."
Lawrence, a native of Vienna, (and he'll tell you it's pronounced with a long i) Ill., is the first Kansas basketball captain elected prior to the season in the last five years. During that time, game captains were appointed and a captain chosen at the end of the campaign.
"I was thrilled to be elected," Lawrence said, "and happy that the guys expressed their confidence in me. I just hope I can live up to the honor."
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Gardner sets mark on rings
Kirk Gardner, Atchison junior, set a school record with his performance on the rings during gymnastic competition at the Midwest Federation meet last weekend in Chicago.
Gardner received a score of 9.55 out of a possible 10 which bettered the old mark of 9.45 set last year by himself and Steve Pyle. The record-setting performance was good enough for only a fourth place finish. Three Olympic performers finished in the top positions. Gardner placed second in the preliminaries.
One hundred teams participated in the meet, with 100 to 130 persons entered in each event.
Also entered in the competition were Gerald Carley, Wichita junior, on the horizontal bar; Richard Schubert, Lawrence sophomore, on the side horse; and Dan Bradfield, Overland Park junior, in the floor exercises. None of the three placed in the competition.
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Lawrence is one of two seniors on the team and is the only member of the squad with two years of varsity experience. His play, however, has been limited, seeing action in only 24 of the 57 games. Last season he was bothered with a knee injury that slowed him for nearly a month.
As an outstanding high school player at Vienna, Lawrence made the All-State team twice and his all-conference team three times. He also was an honor roll student all four years in high school.
The senior guard was the leading scorer for KU's 1967 freshman team with a 19.1 average and the free top shield shooter that year with 35 of 46 for a .761 percentage.
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Lawrence is majoring in physical education with a minor in history and will graduate in June. After that he isn't sure of his plans.
With that record he was sought by many colleges, but chose KU even though his parents and older sister had attended Southern Illinois University. He said he picked KU, not only because of its good basketball tradition and excellent coaches, but because of its campus.
"I'm number 148," he said and then grinned, "I would like to attend graduate school, but I also can get into the reserves. I guess I'll just have to see what comes up."
"I visited KU in the spring and really liked the campus. Also the people of Kansas were friendly," he said.
Lawrence enjoys working with youth and would like to be a coach. Last summer he worked in
Kuhn certain fans will vote for All-Stars
For many years the starting lineups for the mid-summer classic have been chosen by vote of the players. The remaining positions on the squad have been filled by the respective managers of the National and American Leagues.
MIAMI BEACH (UPI)—Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn said Wednesday he is "quite confident" plans will be worked out to permit the selection of players for the 1970 All-Star game by direct vote of baseball fans.
Kuhn, reporting on subjects discussed at a meeting of club general managers that opened the winter major league baseball meetings here Wednesday, said his office has been working for some time on "plans to perfect a device" permitting direct fan selection of the all-star squads.
Kuhn said the main problem was to find a way to handle the huge volume of ballots which can be expected. He said the commissioner's office has been in contact with several companies to study the use of computers for the tally.
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Lawrence is looking forward to Saturday's game with Kentucky at Lexington not only because they're a good team and will present a challenge, but because in high school he always dreamed of going to Kentucky to play ball.
Besides basketball, Lawrence enjoys hunting, fishing and water sports.
"But they didn't want me," he said.
Owens selected player of year
ST. LOUIS (UPI)—Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens of Oklahoma yesterday was named college football's Player of the Year by the Sporting News.
Owens headed the weekly newspaper's 36th annual All-America team, picked from nominations by the directors of player personnel of National Football League and American Football League teams.
and Mike Phipps of Purdue was the quarterback choice.
Bob Anderson of Colorado was picked as the other running back
Royals trade Joe Foy; Oakland swaps for Alou
The offensive line included center Ken Mendenhall of Oklahoma, guards Ron Saul of Michigan State and Mike Carroll of Missouri and tackles Sid Smith of Southern California and Bill McKay of Texas.
MIAMI BEACH (UPI) — The big sleep-in, otherwise known as the winter baseball meetings, suddenly came alive Wednesday with three interleague deals in which Atlanta and Oakland negotiated the biggest one by trading outfielder Felipe Alou for pitcher Jim Nash.
The defensive team had Bob McCoy of Notre Dame and Mike Reid of Penn State at the tackles and Al Cowlings of Southern California and Phil Olsen of Utah State at the ends.
"I want a left fielder, a catcher and a relief pitcher and I know where they all are," Finley said earlier in the day. "If I get 'em, I win the pennant."
Moments later, the world champion New York Mets acquired third baseman Joe Foy from the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Amos Otis, a speedy 22-year-old center fielder and a .325 hitter at AAA Tidewater, Va., and pitcher Bob Johnson, who had a 13-4 record and a league-leading 1.48 earned run average at Memphis.
He picked up one of those three in his swap with the Braves. Alou, who has one brother, Matty, with Pittsburgh, and another, Jesus, with Houston, at one time was considered the best of all three, but he injured his
They are pitcher Richard Beck, pitcher Al Schmelz, infielder Steve McMillen, pitcher Bill Kepler and catcher-infielder Mike Menster. The purchase price was not announced.
Charlie Finley, the energetic Oakland owner who keeps changing managers in pursuit of his first championship, figured he took a substantial step toward the club's first pennant by getting Alou.
Otis, a right-handed batter, played with the Mets during the first half of the season, then moved to Tidewater. In 71 games, he collected 81 hits, including 14 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs.
Johnson completed 13 of 17 games allowing 103 hits in 134 innings, walking only 20 and struck out 129.
In a separate transaction, the Royals bought five Mets farm hands for their class AA affiliate, which will be named soon.
Joe Foy—now a Met
thumb last season and had a sub-
par year even though he wound
up at 282.
Moreover, when he attempted to get back into the Braves' lineup up in the season, he found himself shut out because Rico Carty was tearing up all pitchers in sight, Tony Gonzales was only a step behind him and Hank Aaron looked better than ever.
With the A's, however, he will find a wide open spot waiting in left field, where he'll be flanked by Rick Monday in center and home run hitting Reggie Jackson in right.
Alou is 34, a young 34 because he doesn't smoke or drink or carouse and with the care he takes of himself could easily last another four or five years. Never a longball hitter, he had only 32 RBT's and five homers for
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the Braves, but with Jackson (118 RBI's and 47 homers) and Sal Bando (113 RBI's and 31 homers) the A's aren't worried about those departments.
They merely wanted a competent leffielder and felt they could part with the 24-year-old Nash because they have such pitchers as John "Blue Moon" Odom, Jim "Catfish" Hunter and Chuck Dobson on their staff along with some fine looking kids.
Besides, Nash was a so-so 8-8 this year and came up with a sore arm near the end of the year.
The Braves talked to Nash, however, and he assured them his arm was sound. He also told them he felt he was a better pitcher now than he was in 1966 when he was named Rookie of the Year on the basis of his 12-1 record.
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