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Wednesday, September 28, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Staff Photo by JOHN SHARKEY
Man at the mike
In addition to directing the University of Kansas Sports Network, Tom Hendrick is behind the microphone at all Kansas football and basketball games. Hedrick, who graduated with a master's in radio and television from KU in 1958, is in his second stint as the sports network's director.
Job still a challenge for versatile Hedrick
Sports Writer
By BLAKE GUMPRECHT
Sports Writer
Sports Work.
Tom Hedrick 'job as a professional sportscaster does not begin when he sits down at the microphone.
Hedrick said, "Ninety percent of what I do is preparation. Doing the games is the fun part. What I believe in is doing my homework; it's always better to be here."
He also does four daily radio shows on KLWN in Lawrence, another every noon on KANU, the University station, and seasonal television programs on two local television stations.
AS HEAD of the KU Sports Network, Hedrick has even more duties. In addition to setting up more than 25 network stations, he is responsible for hiring engineers, arranging telephone lines for away contests and issuing the monthly billins
During the football season, Hedrick, the voice of the Jayhawks, attends three KU workouts a week, studies game films, memorizes players numbers and compiles about a dozen notes to fill air space during the games. Furthermore, the game films the coaches of both teams intend to employ and find out who is injured and the extend of the aliment.
"I enjoy being busy," the Boston native begins. "It's just the kind of job I love. It has all the things that I like to do: management, sales, administration and the play-by-play I love. It combines radio and video. It's fun, which means I can get closer to the University, which means I can get closer to the scene. I know the players and coaches better so I can do a more effective job."
Triangular meet scheduled for volleyball team
The KU volleyball team will try to improve the 9-8 score tonight when it plays Beneficinct College and Fort Hays State in a triangular meet in Kolbahn Gymnasium.
Benedictine and Hays will start play at 6:30 with a best two-out-of-three games match. The Jayahawks will play Hays at 7:30 and Benedictine at 8:30.
Kansas has been plagued with mistakes in its previous games and Coach Bob Stanklift said he hoped the team could overcome them tonight.
With only four upperclassmen on the
squad, Standifun himself forced to rely on
the support of his fellow students.
"We've been making a lot of mistakes," he said yesterday, "but I think we can correct all of them. We just need for us to get more accustomed to playing together."
The inexperience has caused a lot of inconsistency. The Jahawks have managed to stay close against some strong teams, only to lose on crucial mistakes.
Debbie Kuhn, Atchison senior, and Tina Wilson, St. Louis sophomore, have been out with injuries but are expected to be back in action tonight.
Admission charges for the three matches will be $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for those high school age and younger. KU students with IDs will be admitted free.
HEDRICK FIRST took over as network director in 1960, two years after receiving his masters degree in radio-television from KU.
"It was the kind of job I always wanted," he said, "I was totally thrilled when I got the job. As a youngster I always thought of myself as the 'Voice of the Jayhawks.'"
But after seven years at the network's belm, Hedrick was yearning for something new. At 33, he had yet to work on television so he packed his bags for Lincoln, Neb.
Working for a local station he did the six and 10 m., sports shows and announced the play-by-play for University of Nebraska football games.
Later, he went to KCMO in Kansas City to do the sports segments on the noon and weekend editions of the news.
HE ALSO handled the play-by-play chores for the Chiefs, earning Sportscaster of the Year honors in the state of Missouri. He has won similar awards six times in Kansas.
Continuing his travels, Hedrick was play-by-play man for two years each for the Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers. In then July 1975, he came back to resume his former position at KU, ending his eight-year experiment.
of Sports.
"I love love Lawrence and KU," he said. "The town is just the right size and the people here are very friendly, they treat you real well."
Hedrick has also announced the last seven Cotton Bowl games for CBS Radio and done occasional reporting for ABC's Wide World of Sports.
"I guess I just fit in better in a university atmosphere," he said.
There are some things that the Oklahoma football team does not do well.
Sooners present problems
They do not pass the ball well, they fumble too many times, and they have a tendency to relax after they have built a comfortable lead.
HEDRICK DECIDED to pursue a career in broadcasting after taking a course at KU under Monte Moore, who now announces for the Oakland A's.
was wrenched after eight years skimming the big time, Drick does not dream of major league sportscasting or the large salaries that go along with it.
"I love what I'm doing now," he said. "I don't care what you're paid, if you're healthy, have good family life and like it, I want to be a hard man and I consider myself a rich man."
"We used to go over to his (Monte Moore's) house every night," Hedrick said. "We brought our tape recorders and made sportscasting was what I wanted to do."
But there are two things that a Barry Switzer team does that outweigh all their faults.
And they do not stop.
It was two years ago (where does the time go?) that the Kansas Jayhawks, a team must like this year's squair, join together to Norman and emerged with that KU coach Bud Moore called "the greatest victory in the history of college football" when they recorded a 20-3 upset win.
The Sooners have lost only three other times in the last five years, while winning 55 times with two ties. They have had only two losing seasons in the last 40
They will.
And they do not forget.
That loss was a first for Switzer—his first loss and the head coach in Soonerland, which is quickly becoming known as Switzerland.
They win.
By all rights, the Sooners should not be at an emotional peak this Saturday. The loss two years ago was revived last year, 28-10 in Lawrence, and the Kansas game is tied between two of the top teams in OU's schedule—State and Texas.
win.
DO NOT LOOK for history to repeat
itself this weekend.
Switzer admits it will be tough to keep his players from getting too complacent this week.
"IVE GOT to talk to the squab about that," Switzerland said early this week. "We're going to have to be ready to play, no question about that."
Rob Rains
Sports Editor
But there are some members of the Sooner squad who may not be ready to play, Quarterback Thomas Lott and halfBACK Billy Sims, among others, were banged up in the Sooner's nail-biting 29-28 victory over Ohio State.
violently *W.* I think Sima is definitely out for the rain. "Switzer," Switzer said. "I don't know about Lott at this time. David Overstreet's stained, Jim Timerson's rib cage is still sore. Several others have minor scrains."
m muscles
Latt auffreit a sprained knee, Sims a
sprained ankle and an injured achilles
tendon and Overstreet some bruised
back muscles.
"THE TWO that concern me now are Lots and Sims," Switzerland said. "Lot looks like he is going to be a slow bear, and all week, I might have to play Watts."
Switzer was referring to J. C. Watts, a celebrated sophomore from Eufala, Okla, home of the Selmen brothers. Watts had been scheduled to be red
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Another problem bothering, Switzer,
who installed the wishbone at OU in 1970
while offensive coordinator under Chuck
"Our defense is a better team than what has been scored against them," Switzerland said. "You can't give teams the ball to win territory and not it to score."
Fairbanks, is his team's nasty habit of fumbling the ball. Last Saturday, Ohio State got the ball seven straight times inside OU territory and three times inside the Sooner 25. All they got out of those opportunities was 21 points.
SWITZER SAID he thought the Sooners would have won the Ohio State game by a bigger margin if Lott had not been injured.
"The first quarter, offensively, we played as well as we have all year," he said. "After that, we lost all consistency, rhythm and confidence."
Lott had directed the Sooners to a 20-0 lead before he was injured.
If "Lott hadn't gotten hurt we might have won by two or three touchdowns," Swisser said. "When Loll turns up field, the receiver can get into it, that's the difference."
More knows the game is not going to be an easy one for the Jayhawks, no matter when the Sooners start at quarterback.
"There are about 100 coaches I'd like to change places with this week," he said. "The biggest problem we'll have is Okahama's physical ability.
"We have to get our offense straightened out to have a chance at Oklahoma. It will be very important for us to control the football as much as possible. I think the best defense against them is having a good offense yourself."
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Playing Oklahoma is enough motivation
Injuries loom big in KU picture
The Sooners, ranked number one in the nation on the NCAA Tournament, wished a washboard with one of their own.
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Moore said the Jayhawks should not have problems getting motivated to play the top-rated Sooners.
"Our wishbones are very similar," Moore said. "This works for both teams in preparing for the game. Of course, their players are a lot bigger, faster and stronger."
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Moore also said that running back Bill Campfield and quarterback Mark Vicen黛 both bothered by injuries, showed some improvement yesterday and was too early to play. He'd be ready when he KU opens Big Eight play against Oklahoma in Norman.
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"Young missed today because of a strained knee," Moore said. "He doesn't remember hurting it in the game Saturday or in practice."
There was some good news and some bad news yesterday concerning injuries in the field.
The good news was that defensive tackle Mike Beal, who missed practice Monday because of injuries suffered in the Washington State game, practiced this week. The freshman receiver Scellars Young missed practice with a slight knee injury.
An intrasquad benefit basketball game for the Danny Knight Memorial Fund has been scheduled in Hutchinson Nov. 25 by the Kansas Jayhawks.
Intrasquad game benefits Knight fund
KU basketball Coach Ted Owens will the game at the Hutchinson Sports Arena will be part of a doubleheader also featuring the Blue-Gold intrasquid game of Hutchinson High School. All proceeds will go to the Danny Knight fund.
Knight was an all-state basketball player at Hutchinson High and a starting center for the Jayhawks for three years. He helped guide Kansas to two Big Eight championships and a fourth-place finish in the 1973 NCAA championships.
Knight died in California during the after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
The Jayhawks faced four opponents last weekend, including Southern Illinois and Missouri, and won all of their matches. KU's defense was also strong, defeating Kansas State earlier in the season.
Kivisto said Baker's tennis team was not very strong and he did not expect any problems in winning, but he said he never liked to take an opponent lightly.
The KU women's team travels to Baldwin today for a match with Baker University that coach Tom Kivisto hopes is a breather.
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