The University Daily KANSAN September 1, 1983 Page 16 SPORTS KU picked 4th by Skywriters By United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Jayhawks were picked to finish fourth in the conference in a poll of the Big Ten with two and up a tour of the eight schools today. Nebraska was the overwhelming choice to win the conference title and Cornhusker quarterback Turner Gill served as defensive player of the year award. Nebraska, the preseason 1, pick in the national UPI poll and the only team with a victory thus far after having crushed defending national champion Penn State on national television last Monday, received 23 of the 32 first-place votes for 239 points — 13 more than runner-up Oklahoma. The Sooners received the other nine first place votes to hold a comfortable edge over projected third-placed finisher Oklahoma State, which had 158 points. KU was fourth with 143 points, followed by Missouri with 130, Kansas State with 90, Colorado with 73 and Iowa State with 53. The skywriters, a group of area writers who annually tour the Big Eight, also selected Oklahoma All-America defensive tackle Rick Bryan as the likely defensive player of the year and the Sooners' fullback Spencer Curtis, 290-point leader of the year. Kansas State's 290-point defensive tackle Curtis Hughes was selected as the likely defensive newcomer of the year. Ex-KU football coach named head of Memphis USFL team By United Press International MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Pepper Rodgers, named yesterday as coach of the newly formed Memphis Showboats of the USFL, said that although he had out of coaching for four years, he was not forgotten what was necessary to win. Rodgers, who also coached at the University of Kansas and UCLA, was fired from his last coaching position at Georgia Tech in 1979 and still has a damage suit pending against the university. "I'm a football man, always have been," said Rodgers, who has been in private business for the four years. Two of them went to the ball, but I think it's a real challenge. Rodgers' career coaching mark in the college ranks was 75-63.3. At KU he was 20-22.0 and took the Jayhawks to the Orange Ball in 1969. Memphis officials declined to discuss the terms of Rodgers' contract. "Any expansion team is tough," Rodgers said about his new job. "You're starting at ground zero. You have to work your way up." Homer snaps Royals-Sox tie By United Press International CHICAGO — Rookie Ron Kittle's 27th homer of the season — a three-run shot off Danny Quisenberry in the seventh inning — snapped a 2-2 tie and led the Chicago White Sox to a 73 victory last night over the Kansas City Royals. The victory, Chicago's fifth straight, extended the team's first-place lead over the Royals to a season-high 10 1/2 games. Kittle's homer came off the first pitch and landed in the left-center field stands, making a winner of Floyd Bannister. 13-10. The left-hander scattered nine hits and struck out nine in his ten triumph in 11 decisions since the All-Star break. Kansas City took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI single by Butch Davis. But Chicago tied it in the second when Jerry Dybzinski doubled one out, went to third on a passed ball and scored on Julio Cruz's sacrifice fly. Chicago scored two in the eighth when Crus, who had three RBIs, sliced a run-scoring triple and scored on Rudy Law's sacrifice fly. Stadium seating changes for football Students attending the football games this season will be affected by a new seating format. An open seating option, in addition to the regular reserved seating, was adopted by the athletic department last spring. Those students who bought the open seating tickets will be required to sit anywhere in the upper tier on the east section of Memorial Stadium and must enter through the upper level gates, said Tom Hof, ticket manager. Sections 35 through 47 have been reserved for open seating ticket holders (see accompanying diagram). Reserved seating ticket holders will not be allowed to sit in the open section, and open seating ticket holders will not be allowed to sit outside of their sections. Student reserved seating will include all or portions of sections 34 through 40. These students also must enter the appropriate gates. Hof said the tickets for the two sections would be colored differently and an extra amount of ushers would be kept students from switching sections First game ticket sales slow paced By COLLIN HERMRECK Staff Reporter Although the Jayhawks home owner is only two days away, student ticket sales are progressing slowly. Tom Hof, ticket manager, said yesterday. Yesterday was the third day students could pick up reserved seat tickets according to class rank. Freshmen can pick up reserved seats from 4 p.m. today at Allen Field Hospital. That was no surprise to Hof, however, who said he expected the freshmen and sophomores to choose the open seating route because many of the better seats in the lower deck had been taken. Hof said seniors had filled up most of sections 38, 39 and 40, and the juniors had started filling up section 37 in Memorial Stadium (see accompanying diagram). The sophomores, he said, were buying more open seating tickets. Many of the allotted 9,800 student tickets still remain, but Hof said the exact number of tickets sold could not be computed until tomorrow. "WE JUST AREN'T selling very many tickets," Hof said. He cited the conflict between Labor Day weekend and this Saturday's game with Northern Illinois University as a reason why he should be holding off on purchasing tickets. He also said the game, scheduled one week earlier than past seasons, had put additional pressures on the promotion of sales. Athletic department officials are anticipating a crowd of 25,000 to 28,000 Since single-game student tickets are not offered, Hof said, students will be able to buy season tickets at the Allen ticket office ticket office after the season begins. OPTIONS INCLUDE buying an open seat ticket for $23, a reserved seat ticket for $26, or a $4 All Sports ticket that includes seating for football, and general admission seating for basketball and the Kansas Relays. Susan Wachter, athletic department business manager, said 7,500 student tickets needed to be sold to meet budget expectations, an increase of 326 over last year. She said she was positive the department would meet that number, which was based on tickets sold in the past. KU sold 7,174 student tickets last year and 7,099 tickets in 1981. SPORTS ALMANAC AMERICAN LEAGUE | | W | L | Pct. | GP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Baltimore | 71 | 52 | .397 | .48 | | Milwaukee | 73 | 57 | .368 | .43 | | Cleveland | 74 | 57 | .368 | .43 | | New York | 73 | 57 | .368 | .43 | | Toronto | 72 | 62 | .377 | .43 | | Detroit | 62 | 68 | .437 | .45 | | Cleveland | 58 | 76 | .433 | 19 21 | Chicago 75 57 588 Norfolk City 64 67 481 10% Tampa 64 72 490 14% Toronto 64 72 490 14% Merritt 61 72 494 18% Seattle 76 27 496 18% **Toronto 4 Results** Baltimore 10, Toronto 2 Texas 5, Detroit 7 Minnesota at Boston, ppd rain Chicago 7, Kansas City 9 Shelter 7, Seattle 8 New York 6, Oakland 4 Cleveland 7, California 5 Today's Games Baltimore (Palmer 3:31) at Toronto (Alexander 1:8) under 1.6 Texas (Tanana 7-5) at Detroit (Morris 17.0) New York (Righetti) 14.4) at Oakland Codiroli 11.9) Minnesota (Williams 9-12 and Landerd 4-10) at Boston, Eckersley 7-0 and Dychk 6-7) Kansas City (Black 8-4) at Chicago (Hoyt 17- NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W 30 L 1.46 Pct. 10 Pittsburgh 59 329 Philadelphia 67 64 518 1 Cleveland 67 64 518 1 St. Louis 65 65 500 2 1/2 Chicago 65 65 500 4 1/2 Nationals 64 67 144 1 Los Angeles Milton Houston San Diego San Francisco Cambridge 77 55 5631 81 52 5340 1% 70 62 6130 1% 66 69 489 12% 61 70 479 14% 63 70 454 14% Northeast 4 St. Louis 6, 8 San Francisco 4, New York 6 Cincinnati 4, Chicago 4 Detroit 3, Houston 4, Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1 Pittsburgh (Tunnell 7-5) at Houston (Ryan 10-6) San Francisco (Hammaker 10-7) at Philadel- phia (Ghelli 0-0) Lin Anderson (Hammaker 10-7) phia (Greeff 0-0) Los Angeles (Honeycutt 2-0) at Montreal (Lea 1-0) 12.8) Chicago (Ruthven 10-10) at Cincinnati (Ber- c enyi 6-13) St. Louis (Allen 8-12) at Atlanta (Perez 13-5) Chicago 7, Kansas City 3 | h r b i | h r b i | | :--- | :--- | | Washington st i | Sogmanstr dh 2 0 0 | | I | Lhlaef str lf 2 0 0 | | Watman hdr 4 0 0 | Foike dh 5 0 2 | | McIlan hdr 4 0 0 | Toshi dh 5 0 2 | | McIlan drh 3 0 0 | Squires lh 1 0 0 | | Roberts hdr 1 1 1 | Luzinih drh 4 0 0 | | Roberts rt 1 1 1 | Baines rt 4 0 1 | | Slaughter ct 1 0 1 | Baines rt 4 0 1 | | Slaughter dt 3 0 0 | Dybrykshua dt 3 2 1 | | Sheridan cf - | Chrzub str lf 2 1 1 | | Sheridan df - | Chrzub str lf 2 1 1 | Chicago Washington (13-10) (11), L. Washington Winning RHI = Kittle (8) - Chicago (1) Washington = Billett (5) - Chicago (28) - Frank Dybzikow (5) - VAU (6) - Dybzikow (5) Washington (5) - Dybzikow (5) - Cru (2) Washington (5) - Dybzikow (5) Boyds Coins-Antiques ODDS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE San Francisco Saturday Philadelphia 34% Dallas Sunday Washington 2 New England Baltimore 5 Alamood Buffalo 4 Tampa Bay Minnesota 6 Pittsburgh Detroit 8 New Orleans Denver 7 Cincinnati LA Lake Huron 1 New Orleans St Louis 2 Atlanta Atlanta 10 Green Bay Houston 4 San Diego New York Jet 3 Seattle Seattle 16 Boyds Coins-Antiques Class Rings Gold-Seal Stainless Gold Silver-Coins 731 Antiques-Watches Nash Hammond THE CASTLE TEA ROOM Houston Fairfield Rice 14 Miss St. Saturday Talanbe 8 Texas A&M California 3 Florida California 3 Pittsburgh Tennessee 3 Georgia UCLA 2(3) Florida UCLA 2(3) California Miami 5, Florida Virginia San Jose 1 Cedarwood/Keystone Apts. Lockwood also said the game was enjoyable for the alumnae, who will draw from the current coaching ranks for two of its members. Assistant coach Jill Stinson '81 and manager Lori Suffecel '82 will direct the alumnae squad. Shelly Fox '81 a graduate assistant softball coach, April Beaver '79 and Jo Huntsinger '80 will round out the alumnae team. KU, MU swimmers to meet tomorrow Alumnae play volleyball team Jan Hunt, sophomore Susan Rupf and freshmen Julie Ester and Julie Beall The second annual Kansas Voleballle Varsity-Alumni game was scheduled to give KU's varsity a chance to compete against others besides themselves before the season began, said head coach Bob Lockwood in a press release. Seniors Lori Erickson and Leslie Lylod lead will the 1983 KU volleyball squad against a team of alumnae at ppm today at Robinson Gymnasium. KU's squad will also include junior The Second Annual Post-Summer Jayhawk Swimming Classic will take place at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Robinson University and University of Missouri swim teams. The classic will be this weekend because it marks the first time this week we see a major change. Heritage Management Corporation phone: 843-1151 The men's National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in March are in Indianapolis and the women's are in Cleveland. the NCAA championships, said Gary Kempf, KU swimming coach. Three KU swimmers will be trying to qualify in four events. New Hampshire Lawrence, Kansas 60044 913-842-8773 PRE-LAW CLUB September 1 7:30-9:30 p.m., big Eight Room Kansas Union funded by Student Activity Fee 1307 Mass coupon JEANS 10% OFF with coupon VALUES TO 35.00 WEARHOUSE PRICE 14.00 SIZES 3 to 16 ONE DISCOUNT PER PURCHASE expires 9/3 OPEN: M-W 10-6, Thur. 10-8, Fri. & Sat. 10-6, Sun 11-5 2449 IOWA * HOLIDAY PLAZA THE PASION WEARHOUSE LABOR DAY EXTRAVAGANZA! 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