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Universitv Daily Kansan. January 26, 1983
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KU looks for first Big Eight victory No.13 Mizzou invades Allen
By GINO STRIPPOLI
Sports Writer
coach Ted Owens lets his players know how he feels in the losing battle against Oklahoma State last Saturday. Now that Owen's daughter has been born, his only worry is tonight's opponent, 13th-ranked Missouri.
A new child breathes life into a lot of things and the Kansas Jayhawk hopes the newest Jayhawk has the same affect on them when they take on the 13th-ranked Missouri Tigers at 7:40 tonight in Allen Field House.
The newest Jayhawk is Taylor LaRaine Owens, daughter of Kansas head coach Ted Owens and his wife. Michelle. She was born at 9:13 a.m.yesterday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Ted Owens had been juggling two jobs of late — one as the Kansas coach and one as an expectant father — and the stress had begun to show.
But while the one pressure is gone now, the pressure of being head coach is growing as the Jayhawks, 0-2 in the conference and 8-7 overall, take on national power Missouri in the 204th meeting of the two schools.
"They are just a talented, veteran team that has been very successful." Owens said. "They have two of the premier players in our league in Steve Sipanovich and Jon Sundvold, plus their teammate cast that plays very well together."
THE BIGGEST factor in the success of the Tigers this season has been the team's mentality.
Stanipano, who broke the Missouri all-time scoring record earlier this season, is averaging 18.4 points and 25 rebounds a game. He has been even better in conference play, where he is averaging 24 points and 10.5 rebounds a contest. His play in those games earned Big Eight Player of the Week honors.
"Stipanovich is just playing great basketball." Owens said.
But to stop the Tigers, 14-3 overall and 2-0 in the conference, Sundvold, a preseason All-American selection by Playboy magazine, also must be available in averaging 10 points a contest while running the Missouri offense.
The latter may be Sundvold's strongest point and it showed in the two Kansas-Missouri games last year. Missouri coach Norm Stempart went to the spread offense early and it was Sundvold that made it so.
JOINING Stipanovich and Sundvold in the Mizzou startling lineup will be sophomore Greg Cavener, 10.3 points and 8.5 rebounds; junior points and 4.8 rebounds; and senior
Mark Dressler, 7 points and 4.1 rebounds.
"When Missouri lost Ricky Frazier and Marvin McCray after last season, a lot of people just sat back to see how the Missouri players would respond." Owens said. "They responded the way they were supposed to respond to the situation."
"If we hope to win, we'll have to play a good game — hard and sound — but they'll be like that."
The Jayhawks have to continue good play from junior Carl Henry. Henry, who scored 20 points only once in the past eight non-conference games, scored 20 points in each of Kansas' two conference games. Not only is Henry leading the 'Hawks in scoring, but he also leads them in rebounding in conference games with an average of 7.5 boards a game.
AFTER HENRY, though, the KU startling lineup, which has seen nine different players in starting roles this season, is up in the air because of Kelly Knight's shoulder injury and Brian Martin, who is suffering from the flu.
Freshman Jeff Guiot will be starting at the musical chairs point-guard position because of his 17-minute performance against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Guiot scored 7 points and committed just two turnovers in the OSU game, earning him the start, his fifth of the season.
Owens said that freshman Calvin Thompson, who is averaging 13 points a game in conference play and is among the league leaders in field goal percentage, will get the starting nod at one of the forward positions.
ALTHOUGH OWENS did not name the other two starters, it's expected that Knight will start at the center position. Knight, who has started every half season, the season opener, is averaging 11.3 points and 7.3 rebounds a game.
The other position would probably go to Martin if he was healthy, but Martin practiced for the first time this week yesterday. Freshman Kerry Boogni, and last past two games for the 'Hawks, may get the call at the other forward position
Boagni, who has averaged 13.5 points and 6 rebounds in the two conference games, said that the home crowd, expected to be more than 15,000, will have a lot to do with the outcome of the game.
"THE FANS help the team and I admire the Kansas fans a lot. Desperate to win, they are."
there's been almost one cheering and now we're coming home and we'll have 16,000 fans on our side, and that will be a big plus.
"When I was walking through the field house, someone came up and said that I would see the real Kansas fans driving, and I’m looking forward to it."
After Missouri, the schedule doesn't get any easier. The Jayhawks travel to Manhattan to take on the Kansas State game, where they are expected he's be looking forward to a great week
"It could be a perfect week," Owens said. "It's one down and two to go."
Junior Carl Henry ranks fifth in
scoring, 20 points; first in free throw
percentage, 100 percent; and seventh in
rebounding. 7.5 a game; freshman
JAYHAWK NOTES — Many Kansas players show up in individual statistics after the opening week of Big Eight play
Kerry Boagni ranks 13th in scoring, 13.5 points; 10th in free throw percentage, 83.3 percent; and 10th in rebounding, 6 a game; freshman Calvin Thompson ranks 14th in scoring, 13 points; and ninth in field goal percentage, 83.2 percent; and junior Brian Martin leads the conference in blocked shots, 3 a game; and is seventh in field goal percentage, 63.6 percent.
As a team, the Jayhawks rank fourth in field goal percentage, 49.2 percent; first in free throw percentage, 82.8 percent; second in rebounding, 36.5 rebounds a game; second in offensive average, scoring 73 points a game; but last in defensive average, allowing 90 points a game.
Game time for the Kansas-Kansas State game has been moved to 7:40 p.m. Saturday at Ahearn Field House. The time was switched so the game could be shown on state-wide television.
Local group invites Russians to Relays
By BOB LUDER Sports Writer
For the first time in its 58-year history, the Kansas Relays could host an entire team of world-class foreign players on their home field for a new peace organization in Lawrence.
Athletes United for Peace, a two-month-old organization founded by Robert Swan, a local insurance executive, has taken on a project to promote peace between Russia and the United States by inviting a team of track and field athletes from the Soviet Union to compete in this year's Kansas Relaxs.
According to executive director Mark Scott, 2411 Louisiana St., Athletes United for Peace is willing to do anything to help athletes to Lawrence for the Relays.
On Jan. 13.
Scott sent a package of letters to Anatoly Dobryn, the Soviet ambassador in Washington, D.C., inviting the "best available" Russian athletes to
one Relays. Included in the package were letters from Gov John Carlin, Chancellor Gene A Budig, Monte Johnson, KU athletic director; Bob Timmons, head track coach; and former Jayhawk track great Jim Ryun.
Athletes United for Peace also has asked local grade school students to write letters of invitation to the poet thinks will be especially appealing.
"I feel that we've made it very appealing for the Russians to accept our invitation to compete at the KU Relays," Scott said. "We wanted to get the invitations out earlier, but our organization has only been in existence since early November, so we haven't had much time."
The organization's creator, Swan, is no rookie at working with athletes. He is currently head of Swan and Associates, a firm which specializes in disability insurance for professional athletes.
And Scott is no stranger to Russian customs and policies. A holder of four degrees from the University of Kansas, he spent many of his education years teaching in work-study programs. He also has worked for the CIA as a Russian analyst.
Although Scott said that Athletes United for Peace did have some political connections, he said they did not to use the Rails as a political forum.
"AUP has its political edge, but this project has mainly a general edge," Scott said. "Sports have great channels to reach." The new program is star athletes are looked up to.
"We're hoping that we can help create a better understanding between the peoples of the U.S. and U.S.R. but, in our view, it's not a box to make any political statement."
Athletes United for Peace chose the Relays to host the Russian athletes mainly because Kansas is considered by Russia as the heartland of America, and because the Relays are an American sporting classic, he said.
Many state and university officials have expressed support in the project.
"I think it could really spice up the meet," Timmons said. "I'm really excited about the possibility of having athletes of their caliber here."
"It's not often that people in this part of the country get the chance to see international world-class track and field athletes."
Timmons expressed concern that the Russian athletes, many of whom had several years of experience in international competition, may not get the high quality competition at the national level he asked for. He said he would try to get the best possible collegiate athletes for them to run against.
Jim Kryan, the former world record holder for the mile, from Wichita, has also voiced support for the organization and its project.
"Because of my Christian concern for peacemaking, I strongly support the goals of Athletes United for Peace. In my own track competition in other countries, I have seen how sports can impact our lives and nations together," Ryum said.
Even if the Russians accept the organization's invitation, Scott said, whether the necessary funding could be raised to bring them to Lawrence was not clear.
"A lot of it is a big gamble," Scott said. "AUF is not making any money from this and there is no guarantee that we'll be able to raise the necessary funds. It will probably have to come from public donations."
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Thursday, January 27 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 156 Robinson.
Information and applications will be given at this meeting. Basketball Officials Clinic will be Saturday, January 29 at 10:00 a.m. in the Old North Gym at Robinson Center.
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