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University Daily Kansan, March 3, 1983
One of many KU students prompted by the early spring weather, John Courtney, Overland Park sophomore, broke out his Frisbee for an informal game of catch outside Oliver Hall.
Ultimate games bloom with coming of spring
By STEVE ZUK Sports Writer
Some people who used the Frisbee as a toy while they were growing up found it could be used as well in some more sophisticated grown-up games.
So the Frisbee Club sprung up at the University of Kansas five years ago, full of members who knew the strange ways a Frisbee works. It can curve, hover, dip or rise, depending on how it's thrown.
"After a while you learn a lot of different throws," Mark Cerney, Lawrence senior, said. "You can learn about ten or 12 throws with about four years of practice. The way to learn is to come out and play."
Cerney plays on the club's ultimate Frisbee team, the HorrorZontals.
ULTIMATE IS 16 of the games the Frisbee Club plays, along with freestyle, guts and golf. They have a disc golf course set around the Campanile that almost every club member has memorized, Cernay
"If you want to play just find a someone in the club." Cerney said.
The club is hooked on ultimate now. It's a game that looks like a mixture of football, basketball and soccer.
The game is played on a football field with deeper end zones and a shorter playing area. The offenses moves toward the goal line by passing the disc down the field while being guarded by the defense. Running isn't the only way to be immediately if the disc is dropped, knocked out or intercepted. The only stop in the action is when a point is scored.
WHOEVER HAS possession of the disc is the passer who tries to get the disc past the defenders to one of his four teammates on the field. The offense in the field run out and back several miles worth in a game.
The defense, played man-to-man or zone, tries to knock the disc out of the middle of the air.
Foul, such as touching the passer, are rare and almost never argued about.
The better throwers have little trouble throwing while closely guarded. They throw overhead or backhanded, or pivot on one foot to
"There are different ways to make it fly," Cerney said.
The HorrorZontals are getting ready to begin their third season next week. This season they will face teams such as Kansas City's UTitomes and other teams in Wichita, Topeka and Pittsburg. Almost every medium-size city has an ultimate team now.
WHEN THE KU club competes this season, they will travel to Dallas, Tulsa, Okla., and Springfield, Ill., among other cities. They will hold a tournament here in April with club teams from the Midwest and other campus teams, Cerney said.
The HorrorZontals, made up of about 40 regulars and 80 more who are "in and out," usually play behind Olivar Hall. But since they have no official field, sometimes they have to roam.
CERNEY SAID he plays about 20 hours a week, and he thinks the sport will grow in Lawrence in the next few years. He said new clubs were springing up across the country.
"I've looked at maps from the past few years and I've seen them moving in toward us from both coasts." he said.
Travel is a big expense, he said, but the only equipment needed is a Frisbee. Frisbee isn't the only kind of disc, but virtually every club uses them. The serious players also need cleats.
"And clothes you don't mind wasting out," Cerney said. "We're the HorrorZontals; the diving is best with mud on the ground."
Kansas falls in home finale, 60-58
Continuing the erratic play that has plagued them all season, the Kansas Jayhawks lost their second straight conti- nuation in Brownsville, Oklahoma in a nighth in Allen Field House.
By JEFF CRAVENS
Sports Writer
Dave Hoppen, the Cornhuskers' 6-11 freshman center who had been shut off by the Jayhawks earlier this season, erupted for 13 second-half points, including seven free throws, to seal the victory, the visiting Buckens.
THE JAYHAWKS led at halftime, 35-32, but the Cornhuskers batted back and took the lead, 41-39, on a David Ponce jump shot at the 17:12 mark. Then, spurred by Hoppen, Nebraska increased its lead to 48-43 at 11:47.
Carl Henry once again showed why he is considered one of the best complete players in the Big Eight. He has six majors and hawks with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
"Kelly Knight did a good job on him, but we didn't give Kelly the support we should in the second half," he said.
KU made one more run at the Huskers, taking the lead, 52-51 on a layup by Henry with 4:38 remaining in the game. Stan Cloudy, who hit seven of eleven shots for 15 points, answered with a bounce, but Cloudy hit another basket with a stuff, but Cloudy hit another basket and Nebraska took the lead for good.
museums host Kansas coach Ted Owens said Hoppen's second half performance hurt the Jhavawks.
Kansas now falls to 11-15 overall and 3-10 in the conference.
Calvin Thompson, who was 0-8 from the field for the game, then missed a shot and fouled Claude Renfro. Renfro hit both free throws to put Nebraska up by three. Henry hit two more baskets, scoring three of four free throws to ice the game.
"INITIALLY, we wanted to go inside, but we couldn't." Owens said.
JOHNSON, WHO had scored only four points in previous Big Eight games, was playing because Greg Rasmussen went to guard, was out with a bad ankle.
"I thought we played an excellent game considering we were playing without Downing." Isa said. "We had to win and our players played more than they have in the past."
In the first half, both teams struggled to gain control, as neither side led by more than four points. Kansas' biggest lead was at 18-14, but Nebraska came back to take the lead 25-24 on a Handy Johnson follow shot. Johnson, who has played sparingly this season, scored six points in the first half.
Hoppen was held to four points in the first half. Cloudy missed only one shot and led Nebraska with eight points at the half. Henry led the Jayhawks with 15 points and seven rebounds at the half, but did not get his first basket of the second half until 4:38 left in the game.
Larry George/KANSAN
"I came out a little slow," Henry said of his second half performance. "I tightened up a little in the locker room at halftime. I just wasn't open."
KU's Kerry Boagni steadies himself on the rim after stamming home a dunk in the Jayhawks' home-court finale last night in Allen Field House. The two points didn't help as Kansas fell to Nebraska, 60-58.
IN OTHER BIG EIGHT ACTION,
Oklahoma State edged Colorado, 75-73,
and Iowa State took Oklahoma into
overtime before bowing to the Sooners,
67-65.
NEBRASKA
Benfro 29 3 0 3-4 7 1 4 1 3
Brenford 29 3-1 3-4 7 1 4 1 3
Hoppen 38 1-8 3-4 7 1 4 1 3
Hoppen 38 1-8 3-4 7 1 4 1 3
Williams 26 1-2 3-4 1 1 5 2 9
Johnson, L. 16 3-1 3-4 1 1 5 2 9
Johnson, L. 12 3-1 3-4 1 1 5 2 9
Smith 12 3-1 3-4 1 2 3 7 1
Smith 12 3-1 3-4 1 2 3 7 1
Smith 22-44 16-20 27 12 27 12
KU swimmers shoot for underdog victory
It has been four years since the KU's men's swim team won the Big Eight Conference title, but the Jayhawks feel they have a good chance of winning it this weekend at the 51st conference championships at Ames, Iowa.
Sports Writer
KANANAS
| | M | FG | FT | R | A | F | TP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Boagni | 23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| Thompson | 29 | 6-11 | 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Henry | 39 | 6-11 | 5-6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Henry | 40 | 29 | 1-4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| Kellogg | 18 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Boyleman | 4 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Boyleman | 10 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Hill | 6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hills | 6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Smith | 12-50 | 12-17 | 14 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 58 |
By COLLIN HERMRECK
Ranked third in a poll of Big Eight Coaches, the Jayhawks will have to upend conference fees Iowa State and defending champion Nebraska, all picked ahead of KU in the poll, if they expect a chance at their 11th title. Missouri and Oklahoma were ranked fourth and fifth.
THE CORNHUSKERS, who won their third straight title last year with an easy 180-point victory over second place Iowa State, are this year's heavy favorite. They return an impressive
KU will counteract by using their team depth to score points that normally don't show up in a dual meet.
team that includes Big Eight record holders Cliff Looschen and Matt Rye, as well as strong sprint and diving teams.
"We have four or five people in each event," Kemp said. "In a dual meet you only score one or two, and our depth doesn't pay off. But we feel in the conference meet that if our depth swims to the level they're capable of, they'll score and we'll be a much stronger team."
THE JAYHAWKES captured their last conference title in 1979 under former coach Bill Spahn. Kansas currently holds four conference records, two of them belonging to senior tri-captain Ron Neugent, who is the defending champion in the 500-yard freestyle.
"Everything we've been doing was pointed toward this meet." Kemp said.
KU's Bob Vince is the defending champion in the 1.650 freestyle.
Kempt said this year's team had made winning the conference meet a reality.
"They've paid a big price all year long, so we're just going to have to swim closer to our potential than they are if we're going to have that shot we
to the Cornhuskers, 64-49, despite a strong showing by the Jayhawks. KU defeated Iowa State and Oklahoma in the Kansas Mini-Invitational.
KU HAS FACED all the Big Eight team this season in duals, beating Missouri 58-55, and Oklahoma. 82-31. Losses were to the Cyclones. 63-50, and
Neugent, KU's only qualifier thus far for the National College Athletic Association championships, said that a month ago he probably would not have given KU much of a chance of knocking off conference-power Nebraska. However, he said, the Jayhawks showed that they had a shot at winning the conference title from their dual performance against Nebraska.
This will be the last conference meet for four other seniors besides Neugent.
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Do good; seek peace and pursue it. (Ps. 34:14)
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Angels: On earth peace among all with whom he is pleased (Lk. 2:14)
Old Testament: God commands 'holy wars'. (1 Sam. 15:2-3)
Angels on earth come with all of us
Jesus: My peace I give you, not as the world gives (Jn. 14)
I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. (Mt. 10:34)
I can who take to the sword will perish by the sword. (Int. 28.52)
Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace? (Lk. 19:41)
All who take to the sword will perish by the sword. (Mt. 26:52)
Blessed are the peacemakers. (Mt. 5:9)
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