Coaches look back, ahead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—Despite Kansas State's surprisingly sizable 48-15 season-opening football win over Baylor last weekend, Coach Vince Gibson said Monday the Wildcats still "have a long way to go."
The thing that impressed Gibson the most about K-State's opener, he said, was the Wildcats' quick start.
"We got the ball and scored and then held them," Gibson told Big Eight writers by telephone Monday. "We've still got a long way to go. We can compete now, but we're not over the hill.
"Defensively," he continued,
"We were pleased with our interior line. Ron Yankowski had a
great game." Yankowski, a junior defensive tackle, had eight solo tackles, a couple of assists and was responsible for Baylor's first fumble of the game.
Iowa State nearly upended host Syracuse before an 80 yard touchdown drive in the final period spoiled the Cyclones' opener. Syracuse coach Floyd Ben Schwartzwalder said, "We were behind and just with a few fortune circumstances I guess you'd say, we got out by the skin of our teeth."
The Orangemen face Kansas next Saturday at Lawrence, with the Jayhawks seeking to rebound from opening 38-22 loss to Texas Tech.
Schwartzwalder said of the defending Big Eight co-champions . . . "They're gonna be mad. It was an unbelievable set of circumstances that beat them. They're a team that could go undefeated from here on out."
Kansas coach Pepper Rodgers, who spoke before a luncheon gathering of sportswriters, warned that the Jayhawks were not the same team which captured a
share of the title with Oklahoma last year and went to the Orange Bowl.
"I think that our team and our fans and coaches felt that we were going to be great," he said. "Our team is back on the ground."
Other coaches who spoke by telephone hookup were Dan Devine, whose Missouri Tigers scraped out a last-minute 19-17 victory over Air Force, and Illinois coach Jim Valek, whose club faces the Tigers next Saturday in St. Louis.
Devine commented that the Tigers were just pleased to have won over the Falcons and then termed the game a "typical opener for us in that we made more than our share of mistakes."
He added that the Illini was a better balanced team than the one the Tigers demolished 44-0 last year.
Valek admitted that his team "has more depth and better people," but warned that Missouri's offense is overwhelming. He termed it the kind "you have to defense from sideline to sideline."
Sports shorts...
CINCINNATI (UPI)—The Cincinnati Royals and the Boston Celtics negotiated with an undisclosed third National Basketball Association team in an attempt to get Bob Cousy released from the Celtics so he can play as well as coach for the Royals.
Both the Royals and Celtics offered each other deals without results.
The Royals' hope to make a multiple trade to get Cousy off the Celtics' voluntary retired list. He retired in 1963 after 13 years in professional basketball.
Last week the Royals offered the Celtics an unnamed player in exchange for Cousy and a Boston draft choice. It was turned down by Red Auerbach, general manager of the Celtics.
Coach Pepper Rodgers put his University of Kansas football team through nearly two hours of practice Monday and said the Jayhawks would have to work on "everything" in the coming week.
Kansas dropped its opening game to Texas Tech, 38-22, Saturday.
Rodgers said, "I think we have a good chance to become a good team, but not just because we do things naturally. We have to work at it. There's no magic formula to this game . . . if there is, I haven't found it."
Ailment may stop Dawson
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—Len Dawson, Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback, will be flown to Oklahoma City Tuesday for an examination of his injured left knee, it was learned Monday.
Dawson's knee was placed in a cast Monday after he directed the Chiefs to a 31-0 victory Sunday over the Boston Patriots.
In an interview with a local television station, Dawson said X-rays Monday did not reveal whether he suffered torn or strained ligaments. Torn ligaments might mean surgery.
Could mean season
"If it's surgery, you can kiss 1969 goodbye," he said.
Dawson suffered a fractured finger on his passing hand in the Chiefs' final pre-season game Sept. 6 against Atlanta but had played, despite the injury, in Kansas City's first two regular season games.
6 KANSAN Sept. 23 1969
The Chiefs had made no formal announcement regarding Dawson's injury but it was learned the 33-year-old veteran was hurt on a third quarter play at Boston Sunday.
Richardson Music Presents the...
Alvarez Special
The Alvarez Special has a mahogany body with fan braced spruce top. Genuine marquetry 3/4" wide around sound hole. Neck is mahogany with rosewood fingerboard. The Alvarez special is an unusual value in tone and appearance.
Guitar . . . $29.95
Case . . . $10.50
This guitar with case, chord book and picks—Plus 1 free lesson was $44.95.
NOW, Yours For Only
$35.95
Easy payments
Richardson Music Telephone VI 2-0021 18 East Ninth
TEAM OPENINGS
You can form your own floor or hall team. We can also assist in placing you on a team.
Openings now exist on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Golden Nugget and Centurian Brown.
$16
813 Mass.
VI 3-2091