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Wednesday, October 12, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Quarterback roulette bothersome
Brian Bethke did not come to the University of Kansas to sit on the bench. But that is exactly what he is doing.
But that is exactly what he did. And he is growing less fond of it with each passing week.
When Bettek, a junior from West Covina, Calif., transferred to Kansas last spring from Mount San Antonio, she brought with him an arm of outstanding credentials.
He knew those credentials would not automatically thrust him into the Jayhawks' starting lineup, but he thought they would show him a good look from coaching staff.
And that is the part that is bothering Bethke.
The Kansas coaching staff has tried three different quarterbacks in the Jayhawk's first game this fall in an effort to move the moving, but they have proved successful.
the coaching team.
BETHEK DID get a look, about a brief one, and he seems now to be the forgotten man among KU's quarterbacks.
Bethik admits that he would like for one of the three quarterbacks—even if it is not himself—to win the start job. So would Bud Moore. But all three showing a full-time role becoming a full-time coach also have experienced their share of misfortunes.
Rob Rains
Sports Editor
"I don't believe in swapping quarterbacks a lot," Bethke said early this
week. "I think the one that earns the first team spot should stay in there unless he's really good."
"HE NEEDS to get used to the other players's important for the quarterback
And that gets back to Bethke.
After stepping in when Vicendice went down with a leg injury in the Jayhawks' opening game with Texas A & M, Bethkofa was named captain for UCLA for two second contest, at UCLA.
But with the Jayhawks trailing, 17-7,
after three quarters, Moore inserted
a deep breath.
Bethke has played one series of downs since.
"I don't know what's going to happen this week," he said Monday. "I'm hoping I'm going to play in the league." But what he's believe I too slow. That's what they've told me anyway."
BEHIKE, WHO ran for more than 900 yards and completed 62 per cent of his passes in junior college last year. He came around. His best time in the 40-yard dash is 4.7 seconds.
Brian Bethke
But there is more to running a wishbone offense than pure speed.
"It's more quickness than anything else," Betkhe said. "It's a matter of getting down the line quicker and being able to turn up field quickly."
Bethke, a business major, does not give credence to the theory that defenses have caught up with the wishbone and that they cannot be defeated. I have had trouble moving the ball this year.
THEY CURRENTLY rank last in the
team's most important score in scoring, passing
and total offense.
Saint Joan:
"People wonder what it's going to take to get us going." Bethke said. "That's a big question. I really don't know."
"We're just inconsistent at the wrong times. We move the ball for three or four plays and then we have a bad play that stops our drive.
"We've been in every game we've played until the third or fourth quarter. We're just beating ourselves. That's our biggest enemy.
"We're going to have to start making all ours and being more consistent at quarterback."
BETHEK THINKS the Jayhaws still care about the wishbone offence but says will not let them.
"I'd like to come out throwing the ball more," he said. "I like to think I can both pass and run, and I like to think you can do both effectively in a wishbone."
But Bethek still spends most of his time at the Jayhawks' practices watching Mark Vincented and Hines run the first-team offense.
"The only thing that bothers me is that by not practicing with the first-team very much I'm not as prepared as I could be if I go into the game," he said.
It sounds as though the confidence is warning.
Yankees take opener in 12th, 4-3
NEW YORK (UPF) - Wille Randolph and Paul Blair, a pair of low-voltage performers in their team's power-packed lineup, turned on the juice in the 12th inmary last night. Their hit song, "The Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in the first game of the World Series.
Randipold, whose home run had tied the game in the sixth innning, hit a double off losing reliever Rick Rhoden in the 12th inning. He then scored the winning run when Blair outspaced Danny Field in right field, drilled a single leaf, after twice failing to sacrifice.
“It’s the second-biggest hit I’ve ever in a world Game series,” said Blair, a former All-Star center fielder with the Baltimore Orioles. “I hit a home run against the Dodgers to beat them 1-0 in 1968. I was trying not to strike out after I missed the two buns. I was disappointed I didn’t get the bunt down.”
IT WAS BLAIR'S second key hit for the Yankees in the last two games. In the Yankees' pennant-clinching victory over the Kansas City Royals last Sunday, Blair started in place of Jackson in a controversial move made by Manager Billy Martin, and hit a ninth-inning single that offended the winning rally.
"Nothing compares to the one the other night," Blair said, "because it did so much good for the club. Coming off the bench is a role I had to adapt to. I couldn't do it in Baltimore because the manager (Earl Weaver) ruined my confidence.
"Billy rebutt my confidence. I think he paid him back with six game-winning hits. If this was Baltimore, they wouldn't even have let me hit against the right-hander."
The hit crushed the Dodgers, who had rallied from behind to tie in the ninth inning, but it did not destroy Manager Tom Lasorda's confidence.
Men golfers close season with victory over Missouri
The KU men's golf team closed out the fall season yesterday with a five-strike victory over Missouri in a dual match at Alvamar Hills Golf Course.
games against Kansas City. He now has a string of 10/1 3 scoreless innings in post-season competition.
The Yankees, the underdogs, need three more victories in the best-of-seven series to win their first championship since 1982. The second game of the series will be played at Yankee Stadium tonight. The teams will then switch to Los Angeles for the next three games, beginning Friday night. Burt Hooton (Tampa Bay) and Jeff Gordon (Jim "Catfish" Hunter, who will be making his first appearance for the Yankees since Sept. 10.
It was the play of Craig Palmer that ignited the Jayhawks as the senior from Independent Kansas. KU, eight-man total of 624. Missouri's top eight players totaled 623.
Although Palmer struggled to a four-over-40 on the front nine, he came back with a solid 33 on the back side when he birdied four of the first five holes.
"The Yankees played exceptionally well," Larsa said. "We knew they would be tough — we knew this wouldn't be an easy Series. They are an outstanding ballclub.
temperatures and a mild breeze kept the scores high.
While Palmer's 73 was the best score from the 10-man KU squad, he was not without a challenge.
KU coach John Hanna said that the 73 turned in by Palmar was a good score anytime at Alvamar and that it was considered even better yesterday when cool
"I told my guys they did a heck of a job and played well. I told them we'll get them tomorrow. In the World Series, you have to win," she said. "We'll bounce back. We'll be there tomorrow."
SPARKY LYLE, the Yankees' ace relief pitcher, saved the victory with 3 2/3 scoreless innings and a crunch victory. The Cincinnati team scored. Lyle also won the last two American League playoffs.
Jim Doyle, Jim Michaels, and Jeff Masonhall finished with rounds of 77, and it was Masonhall, the last Jayhawk to finish, who sealed the victory with his five-over-par
Other KU scores were a 78 by Steve Gebert, a 79 by Max Hedric, an 81 by Tom Pearson, and 82's by Rick Kennedy and Jon Hall.
John Weston led Missouri and was second overall with a 26 white Peyton Godwin and Tim Tebow.
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Colorado to third in poll
By The Associated Press
The football bounces funny at times, and this week it bounced the University of Michigan back into the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll.
Coach Bo Schembecchier's Warmer
started the season as the nation's No.1 team
as determined by a nationwide poll of sports
writers and broadcasters. But two weeks ago,
Michigan was voted out of the top posi-
tion at Schembecchier's request.
Then last Saturday, while Michigan was beating Michigan State, 24-14, Alabama upset No. 1 Southern Cal, 21-20, and Texas stoned No. 2 Oklahoma, 13-6.
That sent Michigan back into first place in the pol, as the Wolverines had 44 of 61 first-place votes and 1,180 of a possible 1,220 points.
Told yesterday that Michigan again was No. 1, Schembechler recalled that his 1971 team was 11-0 before losing in the Rose Bowl.
"If we had gone 12 and 0, we wouldn't have won the national championship." Schembecher said. "You never know how to figure it."
That was the year the Big Eight Conference dominated the poll with Nebraska finishing first with a 13-4 record, Oklahoma second at 11-1 and Colorado third at 10-2.
The AP Top Twenty
| | 5-0-0 | 1,380 |
| :--- | :--- | ---: |
| Michigan (44) | 5-0-0 | 1,290 |
| Colorado (14) | 5-0-0 | 775 |
| Florida (10) | 5-0-0 | 775 |
| Ohio St. (1) | 5-0-0 | 735 |
| California (10) | 5-0-0 | 735 |
| Oklahoma (10) | 4-0-0 | 657 |
| Oklahoma (10) | 4-0-0 | 657 |
| Nebraska (10) | 4-0-0 | 471 |
| New Jersey (10) | 4-0-0 | 471 |
| Notre Dame (10) | 4-0-0 | 319 |
| Notre Dame (10) | 4-0-0 | 319 |
| Texas A & M (10) | 4-0-0 | 169 |
| Wisconsin (10) | 4-0-0 | 169 |
| Texas Tech (10) | 4-0-0 | 169 |
| Louisiana Tech (10) | 4-0-0 | 169 |
| Pittsburgh (10) | 3-1-1 | 90 |
| Philadelphia (10) | 3-1-1 | 25 |
| Houston (10) | 3-1-1 | 25 |
| California (10) | 3-1-1 | 18 |
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