SPORTS The University Daily KANSAN September 16, 1983 Page 16 Old-Timer's game a family reunion for Trombold kin By JOHN UNREIN Sports Writer Janet Dulohery/KANSAN George Trombold, 75, of Wichita, prepared to bat in yesterday's Old-Timers baseball game at Quigley Field. Trombold, who played first base for the Jayhawks in 1932, was one of three Trombolds who played in the annual game. Kevin Trombold, a freshman walk-on for the KU football team, anxiously watched as his father shuffled his feet around in the batter's box and prepared himself for the pitch. "Go Jimmy," he yelled from the stands behind home plate. His eyes perked up when his father cracked a long fly ball into right field. It didn't matter how hard he jumped, it'd happy to be watching his play, for a change. Kevin's father, Jim Trombold, was one of about 50 former KU baseball lettermen on hand to play in the fourth annual KU Old-Timers game yesterday afternoon at Quigley Field. Not only was the event a chance for baseball alumnae to renew friendships, swap baseball stories and play a five inning game of baseball, but it was also an opportunity for the Trombold family to have a reunion. THREE TROMBOLDS played in the contest that brought three generations of the family together for the first time in years. John's father, George, and his brother, Michael, and Jim was on the blue squad. The white team won 7-4. "This is my vacation," John Trombold said. "It's the fourth game for each of us, including Dad, who George started the Jayhawk baseball tradition for the Trombolds, playing first base, third base and shortstop. John, who is one of only four KU All-Americans in baseball, became the next Trombold first baseman, when he started here in the early 1900s. The year after John his enrolled and also earned the starting first baseman. KU IS SUCH a tradition with the Trombolds that when Kevin graduated from high school in Seattle last year, he decided to to try and be a walk-on on the KU football team. Kevin might have faced some of the same pressure to be a Jayhawk that his grandmother, Elizabeth, spoke of as she watched her husband and two sons from the stands at Quigley Field. "George used to tell our boys, 'you can go anywhere you want as long as its KU,' " Elizabeth Trombold said. So how important is the Old-Timers game to the Trombold family? "IT'S IMPORTANT enough that my brother comes from San Diego and I fly in from Seattle," Jim Trombold said. Jim, who is a team physician for the Seattle Seahawks professional football team, said that his son's presence was an added incentive for him to come. John took time off from his practice as director of the Cancer Center in Lahoya, Calif., to make the trip. He said that had a good time playing, but especially the chance to watch his 73-year-old father go to bat. "Dad started pinch hitting two years ago, and in two straight games he got a hit." John Tromboid said. "I think we decided a while ago that 17 of us in the family went to KU. My grandmother and grandfather met here. I've had three uncles, an aunt and three cousins go to KU. KU means an awful lot of all us." Stadium possible with help of baseball alumnae By JOHN UNREIN Sports Writer The University of Kansas may have a 2,000-seat stadium built around Quigley Field within the next two years, if a member of the KU Alumni Association board of directors has anything to say about it. John Trombold, in town for yesterday's KU Old-Timers game, said that although the Jayhawk baseball program is now financially in good shape, improvements still need to be made. "I'm most interested in getting the baseball program off the ground so we don't have to be penny pinching all the time. Ultimately, we need Astroturf, now we need an irrigation system." Trombold said. KU HAS ALREADY been able to make several important purchases in the past several years because of fund raising efforts by the Tromboid family and other former Kamasas baseball players. Temple said that this will be the first year the baseball team will have use of an $8,000 tarp. He said that not having the tarp last year probably cost the team 20 rained out games. "All new fencing, the tarp, a very expensive lawnmower, battles cages and a video camera — all of these came about because of our baseball team. We have to give a lot of credit to the Tromboid family." Possibly the greatest contribution of all from the Trombolds, Temple said, was the idea of the Oasis. JIM TROMBOLD. John's brother, said that he came up with the idea to rekindle alumni interest in contributing to the baseball program. Yesterday's game was the fourth annual contest, and Temple and the Trombolids agree that the idea has been a success. "The first thought we had for the Old-Timer's game was to save KU baseball." Temple said. "Then once we had a stable amount of contributions for us, we were able to purchase the other stuff I mentioned." Temple said that seven years ago the baseball program was not able to give out more than seven scholarships a year, because of a lack of funds. Now, 13 scholarships are given annually. Because it is a non-revenue sport, baseball relies on alumni contributions for the majority of funding. Temple said. The only other money baseball receives comes from the football and basketball programs. "I THINK each year the interest in helping our program has grown," Temple said. "I think we are on sound ground." Gottfried finds turn around a tough task Rv JEEF CRAVENS Associate Sports Editor Mike Gottfried is well aware. around. Rebuilding a football team is often not an overnight task, as Head Coach Gottfried is trying to reubil his third ailing program in three jobs, and concedes that it may take a season or two to get the KU program turned Gottfried was called upon to turn around teams at Murray State University. "I want to go undefeated every PREDICTIONS
CarolonsBrownBudigCravensHartley
Wichita State at KansasKansas 69-68Kansas 27-13Kansas 37-21Kansas 27-21
Texas Christian at Kansas StateTCU 10-3TCU 20-13Kansas State 17-10TCU 20-10Kansas State 17-10
Missouri at WisconsinMissouri 24-14Missouri 35-28Missouri 21-17Wisconsin 21-20Wisconsin 27-17
Nebraska at MinnesotaNebraska 38-14Nebraska 62-6Nebraska 44-9Nebraska 42-7Nebraska 34-14
Ohio State at OklahomaOklahoma 24-17Oklahoma 28-24Oklahoma 23-13Oklahoma 35-10Oklahoma 19-17
Stanford at IllinoisIllinois 24-17Stanford 35-31Illinois 23-17Stanford 25-3Illinois 15-12
Oregon State at USCUSC 30-10USC 42-9USC 34-3USC 22-9USC 27-24
Michigan at WashingtonMichigan 30-27Washington 28-27Michigan 27-17Washington 17-13Washington 21-15
Iowa at Penn Stateiowa 35-20iowa 28-20iowa 21-10Penn State 14-9Penn State 22-21
Brown at YaleYale 21-19Brown 18-15Brown 16-10Brown 5-2Yale 17-13
Season Totals8-1-1...8898-1-0...8897-2-1...7786-3-1...6677-2-1...778
GOTTFRIED AND CO. will be looking for their first win of the season against the Shockers, a team that is not expecting any miracles. season that I coach," Gottried said. "But the job wouldn't be open if there After six defensive changes last week, Gottfried said, the only change this week might be that linebacker from the end of the game was the starting lineup at defensive tackle. The predictors are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Larry Brown, head basketball coach; Chancellor Gene A. Bulgi; Crave Jenkins, associate sports editor; and Andrew Hartley, sports editor. "You can't judge success in the first two games," Gottried said. "I see it like a book with the first four pages of a story, but I see the rest of the book isn't written vet." "WE TREW HIM in the water to sink or swim, and he swam." Gottfried said. "Darnell played well in the spring, and experience was the only thing holding him back, but not anymore." One pleasant surprise in last week's Texas Christian game, he said, was the play of freshman red-shirt Darnell Williams, who was in on 14 tackles. "He just wants to contribute" carried said. "He wants to get back in" the house. Gottfried said that tailback Kerwin Bell was about 90 percent yesterday and should be able to start against him. He had been bothered by turtle the week. If Bell cannot play, Robert Mimbs would be the only healthy tailback. Garfield Taylor, who has an injured ankle, will not play against WSU. Regents to consider preliminary drafts of practice facility By COLLIN HERMRECK Staff Reporter The Board of Regents will decide today whether to approve the KU athletic department's proposals for a new multi-purpose indoor practice facility and for the remodeling of the men's basketball complex in Allen Field House. The first proposal calls for construction of a $2.5 million to $3 million indoor practice facility to be built on the west side of the campus. Monte Johnson, athletic director, said The facility would be connected to either Parrott Athletic Center or the field house and would include a full-sized track and area for field events along with a weight training area and a 70-yard football practice field with a surface similar to Memorial Stadium. ALLEN WIECHERT, University director of facilities planning, said yesterday that the Regents approval of the proposals involved state property. Wiechert, one of the KU administrators who will be in Topeka for the meeting, said he did not anticipate any problems with the Regents approving the plan, mainly because the University was working private donations for the project. 'It's to the University and state's best interest if buildings can be built with solar power.' Johnson said donations for the facility would be channelled through the University of Kansas Endowment (UKE) if given the approval for the idea. The athletic department, he said, would be seeking as few as one or two players. "WE HAVE NOT taken it as a broad-base appeal to people but just to some individuals." Johnson asserted and capable of helping make it happen," Johnson said. Johnson said the completion time would be from 12 to 15 months. "WE'RE GOING to build something that will accommodate indoor practice for almost any sport that you can play in. We want the ball, ball, ball, softball or track." Johnson said. Tentative plans call for a building 220 feet wide and 360 feet long. Johnson said the building could be used for recreational sports also. The new building, he said, would be used for indoor track meet, so 7,500 to 1,000 permanent bleachers would be needed for adding of adding more for special meetings. Once the architect's plans are completed, Wiechert said, the state director of architectural services will have to approve the plan to make sure buildings meet the various state building codes and energy conservation measures. "From that group we hope to identify either that one person or group of people." Wiechert said that although some schematic plans had been drawn up, KU would hire an architect to draft the final plans after the Regents approval. Many times during the cold and wet seasons, Johnson said, Allen Field House is used for all the sports, whereas the new building will leave Allen Field House to the men's and women's teams. Johnson said the field house still would be used for physical education and recreation classes. THE OTHER PROPOSAL to be considered today is for a $150,000 renovation to to the men's basketball team's locker room and the basketball Wiechert said the renovation was to improve heat and air conditioning and to upgrade the interior. The expense, he said, would be paid from money in the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation. Liberty wins 2nd straight race By United Press International NEWPORT, R.I. — Liberty came from behind yesterday and beat Australia II by a huge margin of 1 minute, 33 seconds when the Aussies got caught in a tricky windshift, lifting the U.S. defender of yachting's top prize to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven finals. Liberty needs but two more wins to clinch the 25th America's Cup defense, keep the cup in the New York Yacht Club's Manhattan mansion and maintain the 132-year domination of the event by the Americans — the longest winning streak in sports. The Australians were expected to request a lay day today to regroup. Despite Australia II's impressive performance downwind to cut 17 off the red hulled Liberty's lead, skimmer Dennis Conner — the successful 1880 cup defender Well-wishers aboard spectator craft shouted their congratulations along with a chorus of boat horns. The race home on the final leg was so close at first that the Twelves were within a boat length of each other, but a windshift to the east powered Liberty into the huge hole. SPORTS ALMANAC AMERICAN LEAGUE W L L. Pct. GB Baltimore 88 56 Pct. 61 Detroit 84 56 Pct. 57 Detroit 82 63 Pct. 56 Toronto 82 63 Pct. 63 Milwaukee 79 67 Pct. 44 Boston 79 61 Pct. 43 Cleveland 64 82 Pct. 48 Cleveland 64 82 Pct. 45 Chicago 63 60 366 Kansas City 69 75 479 15 % Lansing 69 75 479 15 % Oakland 68 80 450 18 % Miami 68 80 450 18 % Minnesota 63 84 129 21 % Cleveland 63 84 129 21 % Texas 6, Oakland 3 Boston 7, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 6, Toronto 2 Seattle at Chicago (rain delay) Toronto (Gat 10-93) at Minnesota (Fibson 2-1) Oakland (Cedil 12-11) at Kansas City New York (Rawley 14-12) at Cleveland (Heaton 10-5) Detroit (Petry 17-8) at Boston (Ojeda 9-7) Seattle (Clark 17-6) at Chicago (Bannister Milwaukee ('Candioth' 4-1) at Baltimore (boddler 13-7) Boston ('Stephen Benton' 0-7) (Perry) - (15) Texas (Darwin 7-12) at California (Zahn 8-11) East Division NATIONAL LEAGUE W 7 L Pct. GB Philadelphia 70 61 52 Pittsburgh 75 68 51 Missouri 75 70 517 10 Los Angeles 75 70 517 10 Chicago 75 68 438 12 Chicago 75 68 438 12 Los Angeles Atlanta Miami San Francisco São Diego 85 61 65 582 — 80 69 70 324 Bg 59 62 324 Bg 73 73 73 300 12 68 78 78 466 18 68 78 78 466 18 Yesterday's Results Los Angeles 6, Hounton 0 New York 6, St. Louis 4 Montreal 4, Philadelphia 1 Montreal (Lea 15-8) at Pittsburgh (DeLeon 6-2) Houston (Knepper 5-13) at Cincinnati (Pulee 5-10) 1290 St. Louis (Stupor 10-10) at Philadelphia 9. San Diego (Lollar 7-10) at Atlanta (McMurtry) 10. 40 [Diego Lomar (10-17) at Atlanta (SEC)] 12-9] Louis, Kevin 10-10 at Philadelphia St. Louis (Stupor 10-10) at Philadelphia (Hudson 7-2) Pittsburgh at 0.04 on West Texas (Terrene Chicago (Reuschel 0-0) at New York (Torres 1-15) By JANELLE MARTIN Sports Writer Lori Erickson leads volleyball team to Albuquerque Los Angeles (Valenzuela 13-9) at San Francisco (Breming 9-12) The KU volleyball squad ventures away from the Midwest this weekend to participate in the New Mexico Tournament in Albuquerque, N.M. And for at least one team member, the trip is something to look forward to. Senior Lori Erickson said she was excited about the tournament which takes place today and tomorrow because it would give the squad a chance to play against different competition. "We'll get to see new teams and new faces," she said. "The last couple of years we've gotten into a rut by going to the same tournaments," Erickson said, "and you get tired of seeing the same old faces." Erickson said about the young squid, "We are stronger fundamentally and attitude-wise this year. We have a lot of new girls and they want to do good, so the team's attitude has improved 100 percent." ONE THING Erickson has had to get used to this year was new faces on KU's squad. She said the newcomers had helped the team a great deal. knows about, and she refers to it often when talking about her transition from high school to college. She said that the summer before her freshman year in college had begun, her entire volleyball game had improved. Although she was offensively oriented in high school, she learned that he played and player to make it on the college level. Improvement is something Erickson Her biggest improvement, she said, had been made in the area of defense. It took her two years of work on the KU team before things finally came together. LAST SEASON, as a junior, she was named to the All-Big Eight team. The "I was really fortunate to have a good coach in high school. That experience got me started in the right direction and I improved from there." biggest reason, she said, was that she finally started playing defense. "I'm getting a more level style of play," Erickson said. "I've always been a good hitter and more advanced than I am now. I'm also developing my defensive abilities." After Perry-Lecompont won the state volleyball title her senior year, she turned her sights to Mount Oread and began working for a scholarship. In her senior year at Perry-Lecompont High School, she still wondered where to pursue her career, she said. Because she was from a farming community, she had always been a fan of Kansas State University and would probably attend school there. COACH BOR LOCKWOOD first heard about her from some friends of his who were referees, she said. But it was Erickson who made the call. He is one of her family gave her Lockwood's phone number and told her to give him a call. Four years after her tryout for the KU squad she is setting goals for this season. 1 She said her plans for the future include getting married next summer and finding a teaching position when work for her degree is completed. She plans to work as a basketball coach in a small school as a first job. She prefers coaching basketball to volleyball because girls are more motivated to win on the basketball court in high school than those playing volleyball, she said. She also said the squad had put in good practices this week and had talked a lot about confidence, communicating and playing their own style of volleyball. She also said that he is going to play well this weekend against the competition in New Mexico.