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Wednesday, November 4, 1970
University Daily Kansan
Cy Young Award to Gibson
NEW YORK (IPH.) -Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals, who posted a 20-victory season, beat the Cleveland Tuesday was named winner of the National League's Cy Young award for the second time in
The 34-year-old righthander, who won 20 old games and lost only two, was the first non-nean autonomous choice in the balloting of 23 members of the United States Senate from America. Gibson received 23 firstplace votes and one secondplace vote, easily outstanded by Gailard Perry of the San Francisco State University.
New York Mets, got only four points.
Perry, who had a 23-13 record, got one firstplace vote, 14 second places and third-place mentions for 51 points. Forgus Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs was third with 16 points. Pittsburgh Pirates and Jim Merritt of the Cincinnati Reds were fourth with 10 points year's winner. Tom Seaver of the
Ten pitches in all received votes but Gibson was the only one to be named on all 24 ballots.
His 23 victories marked the fifth time in his 12-year career that he has won at least 20 games in a season.
The BBWAA is using a new oting system this year because
Ironically, Gibson didn't lead the league in any major pitching departments, except most vie-
Detroit Tigers in 1968 and again in 1969 when he tied with Baltimore's Mike Cuellar.
Perry became the workhorse of the Giants' pitching staff this season because of an injury to Juan Marcial and pitched 328
widespread Cardinal shakeup in player personnel the team has experienced since its National League pennant in 1968, the last time the Carlsbad have claimed it. The league more, it is highly unlikely Gibson
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of a tie in last year's American League balloting. Three pitchers were named on each ballot with points distributed on a 5-1-3 basis. Two writers from each National League participated in the balloting.
Gibson, who also won the Cs
Young award in 1968 when he was
wounded in 1972, earned four
runs average. He scored 450
Cardinals this season, and completed 22. He recorded three
goals in 1973 and 1974, and 88 and 88 compiled as of 1.32.
tories where he was tied with Perry.
In winning the award, Gibson becomes only the third player in history to honor more than once. Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Clippers, times, 1963, 1965 and 1966, received the American League winner award.
innings. He had five shutouts,
struck out 214, walked just 84 and
had an earned run average of
3.20.
Gibson's personal success was not enough help for his St. Louis team, which finished fourth in the tight National League Eastern title.
Gibson has escaped the
will ever wear another uniform besides that of the Cards
Gilson has been largely responsible for the Cardinals' success in the pitching staffs in the National League. The Redbuds have not won a victory since 2013 in each of recent years including 1980 when they combined for a 6-4 record.
League Balance Appears to Hurt Bowl Prospects
By DON BAKER
BY DON BAKER
Assistant Kansas Sports Editor
With bowl invitations less than two weeks away, the Big Eight conference appears to be coming up on the short end in the continuing battle to attract attention from the post-season spectacles.
Only Newkura, which is 7.0-1 with the number four spot in the top 50, is eligible to participate because of its disappointing as it may be, the chances for conference teams to win a national title.
A situation such as this might not be too disturbing to some conferences across the land but this is not entirely so with the
In each of the last three years the Big Eight has placed no less than three teams in post-season play. As a result the conference has become generally regarded as one of, if not the, toughest football联赛 in the nation.
This feeling was substantiated last spring at the Big Eight. The Big Eight, Lawrence,跃 major and minor bowl in the country, for the first time, trains only the champions from the Big Ten and the Pacific Coast from those meetings that up to four or even five teams attended from these meetings was that up to four or even five teams
You may be asking, "what happened?" The answer is not difficult to find. Kansas State, presently in second place in the NCAA tournament, has a strong pre-season pro prospects like Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado have not produced any players for this season. Missouri threat in pre-season, has as much of a chance as any of those three and the Jayhawks have been pretty well散养 after all.
Now, another question: "Why has Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado not produced?" Easy again. They along with other teams have been successful.
Next question: 'Wan't this expected last spring when the bowl representatives were talking about taking four or five teams?' Easy again, but unfortunately; this answer is somewhat disappointing.
Big Eight Commissioner Wayne Duke, at least outwardly, is not too upset over this situation despite his criticism of this law.
There appears to be a slight change in thinking of those bowl representatives. In a nutshell it amounts to the fact that it's not so much how good you are but rather what kind of statistics (notably won and lost stats) you possess.
"Our bowl experience has been excellent," Duke said Monday at the Big Eight briefing in Kansas City, "and yet we will hurt in bowl prospects because of our overall balance. Yet to me this is what it's all about."
while overall balance might be "what it all about," figures
from the past year's reports from past bank experiences seem to imminent in most cases.
Bowl revenue from the 1967 season netted the conferences $361,176.63. This included teams playing in the Orange, Gator and Bluebonnet Bowls. A year later (when KU went to the Orange Bowls) the conference netted approximately $235,000 in bowl wins. Last year net profit amounted to $241,771.67 while net profit teams participated in the Orange, Liberty and Sun bowls.
The Big Eight admirably has a policy of splitting the net profits with all schools in the league regardless of which ones earn more. This day and age when it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach the bank balance in the black and out of the red, one can't help but wonder how much of an impact loosening this income will be. Maybe none at all but you can bet everyone would like to have it.
"I think bowls place too much emphasis on records and rankings," Duke emphasized. "Here we are with overall balance, keenly competitive games and yet we are not figuring in some of the major bowls."
Be that as it may, no doubt the tremendous overall balance the Big Eight does possess (and there are very few who would want to admit it) is limited by the nature of conference, while gradually building up to this balance in the latter part of the '60's, did not overly suffer in the bowl picture. In recent years, however, some teams have realized as ever this year and as a result Nebraska may be the only team playing after Nov. 28 when the regular season ends.
Most observers agree that the strong internal status of the conference is of greater importance than an impressive bowl record. But at the same time one can't help but wonder if, when the same team wins, Eight won't be in danger without an impressive bowl record.
"This overall balance could hurt us externally in the polls and bowls," Duke conceded. "but internally it has helped us. I think it is better to have a close conference race and overall balance. This is what we want, the seven dwarfs this has been the corner of the Big Eight."
To borrow a slogan from a popular apparel commercial, one can only ask: "What do you want - good bowl" records or good balance? Unlike the commercial, it unfortunately appears difficult for the Big Eight to have both.
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What's It Take?
Kansas City Chiefs' running back Robert Holmes (cb) and his fellow teammates must be wondering what it takes to win a game after Sunday's conference opener. In the world champion Chiefs are off to a blitz.
Kansan Photo by HANK YOUNG
Hawks Workout Amidst Cold Winds and Drizzle
showest starts since their inception into pre football ten years ago with only a 3-1-2 record to date. The Raiders and the Denver Broncos are both ahead of Kansas City in the tight divisional race but Chiefs' coach Hank Stram remains confident his team will repeat as champion. In this play the Chiefs' Jim Iver 74 could not stop a host of Oakland Raiders from stopping Holmes on a short for Kansas City.
Pepper Rodgers sent his Kansas Jayhawks through an eagle session Tuesday in Memorial preparation for Saturday's important Big Eight contest in Colorado Buffalo.
As far as the weather was might well have been well in Boulder cold wind wind bristled through the stadium amid a constant
Rather than keep the Hawks inside, as is usually the case in adverse weather, Rodgers chose to stay outside.
"We were needing the practice," Rodgers said, adding that the session was a good one.
Colorado will enter Saturday's game with a 3-4 over record and only a 1-4 conference mark. The team will be favored to defeat the playoff team.
Asked what impresses him most about the Buffers, Rodgers was quick to answer.
"We've got to run the ball better than we did last week," Rodgers said. "But we're not going to change what we've been doing."
"We are going to throw the ball more," Rodgers quickly interjected though.
"Their physical size and toughness impress me the most," Rodgers said. "They have great speed in Branch (a wide receiver team that has a) yard dash in 9.3 seconds). He scares us as much as anybody."
Rodgers mused that he would say Branch is the fastest man KU will face this year until it faces Missouri's Mel Gray.
KU will leave Friday afternoon via jet from Kansas City for Detroit before night before traveling to Boulder Saturday morning by bus for the event.
KU's supposedly explosive offense has stalled over the past
two weeks but Rodgers has planned no changes.
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Owens pointed out that his recruiting efforts stressed academic achievement first and basketball achievement second
Delts Hear Owens Talk About Season
According to KU's head basketball coach, Ted Owens, basketball's real importance in the university is to serve as an example of success achieved through service, motivation and team effort.
"This dedication." he said, "requires that we use our skills to the simetr. As coach, it is my job to recognize of each young man on the squad."
Owens, speaking informally as the first guest in Delta Tau Deltas special speaker series, *scribes*, and plays basketball program is any good at all it should show what he and effort can produce."
while emphasizing that as a recruit's coach for four years it is his responsibility to help that person mature.
The second half of Owens talk was devoted to the upcoming season and the development of the team in pre-season drills.
"This year's team can be very good." Owens said "We have to be super aggressive and be a totally dedicated team, we can win the championship." Owens said Kansas State was the winner of the Jayhawks and would be the team to beat in the conference. The Jayhawks open their season against Long Beach State. However, the annual varsity freshman game is scheduled for September 10 at 8 p.m. tip-off. It will be an 8 p.m. tip-off.
NOVEMBER 5
REPRESENTATIVES AND LITERATURE
FOR THE EDUCATION LOBBY
PLAN SEED
PLAN SEED R. M. - Urban LoBBY
APPEARANCE:
A. F.
Loyber College, University of Oklahoma Foreign Study Advisor, will be available to visit the institution K-8, study programs.
Join you at:
United States
Indianapolis
Wisconsin Forest
Bordeaux Infantile
Paris
London
Mediterranean
Berlin
Rome
Madrid
ALSO, Mr. Wille will be available to talk to students who are interested in foreign language.
1970
JAYHAWKER DISTRIBUTION (Finally)
EDITIONS 3 & 4
Nov. 4, 5, 6
STRONG ROTUNDA
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