6 Tuesday. November 21. 1972 University Daily Kansan Pepper Rodgers Still Not Proven Editor's Note: The following article is related to the San Bernardino (Calif.) Tape-Tempo. By PETE BOAL Pepper Rodgers still has to be taken with a grain of salt. Even with UCLA gunning for greatness, Rodgers only is pulling the trigger of a Bruin football team that obtained its ammunition from ex-coach Tommy Prothro. Of course, Rodgers freeloaded his way to fame once before a second-hand team. Of course, 9-2 record in 1968, Rodgers finished as run-uper or coach-of-the year balloting, not bad for someone who put 12 players on the Orange Bowl field and blew the game to Any bozo, however, could have done as well with the 168 Jawhakers as Pepper. Kansas was a prefabricated powerhouse, Rodgers arrived in Lawrence in 1967 to find more talent than Ted Mack could imagine already there. The Chicago Bears Bobby Zucker and the Faliors played end and the New York Giants' Vernon Vanoy anchored the line. ALL TOTALED, Rodgers had eight current pro players at his disposal in four years at Kansas, none of whom he recruited and not counting players such as All-Big Eight ticker Mike Swatman, who was commander to the Marine Corps instead of NFI. Kansan Photo by MALCOLM TURNER As the UCLA pressbook states, Rodgers' impact at Kansas not "all his 25-20 won." Oklahoma contest, Neither one of them got it, however, as Sooner quarterback Kerry Jackson recovered in time to jump on the pitchedumble hit. It was only one of three games, but they apparently bothered the Sooners very little, as they won 31-7. It was a lot less. Only in 1989 was Rodgers ever a winner. Kansas crumbled in every other season of the MLB. Legging It Cornberner back Steve Taylor (left) and Oklahoma halfback J Washington race after loose football in the fourth quarter of Saturday's University of Kansas- In fact, it was the season immediately following the trip to the Orange Bowl that KANSAN sports COMMENT carried Kansas to a 2-4 season so far this season. Kansas floundered to a 1.9 record under the second-string coach of the year. Guiding the Jayhawks to their second straight losing season in 1970, Rodgers earned the prestige of being selected head coach at UCLA. Undoubtedly, everyone back at the rolling green Kansas campus was happy for UNFORTUNATELY, his memory lives on. The fruits of Rodgers' recruiting finally have ripened in corn country. Apparently, they had the kind del Corn Monte didn't buy. They were a very poor group of NoZoks or Vanys. He finished last year with a 4-7 record and Rodgers retracts have Last week, Pepper's proteges lost to Nebraska, 56-0. Naturally, Prothro's players must be thankful that he had Prothro's players instead of his own when the Bruins opened this season with a 20-17 victory over the Cormuskens. Meanwhile back at Kansas, the Jayhawks have yet this season to meet Colorado, Iowa State and Oklahoma. Famibroug probably had Prodrohi's players at this point, too. The Bruins have a legitimate shot at the Pacific-8 championship. UCLA has cruised to a 6-1 record and the No. 9 spot in the national rankings, and it is still a question whether Prothro or Rodgers is responsible for the success so far. Nine of Prothro's players, however, are executing it out of the starting offensive RODGERS, who finished with a 2-1-2 record last season at UCLA, has to be credited with installing the Wishone attack that only Michigan has survived. Quarterback Mark Harmon is the lone member of the backfield recruited by Rodgers, who has developed five All-Star players. He is also assistant Harmon, though, is no Heisman Trophy candidate. The Pierce Junior College transfer hardly ever passes to augment the running attack that is James McAlister and Kermit Johnson. While the UCLA ground game is established, Todgers has yet to prove himself. In Las Angeles, a powerful Bruin team suggests that Pepper Rodgers indeed needs a big shot. More than a thousand miles away in a small Kansas town, however, there exists a team without luster and the stamp of Pepper Rodgers. Lack of Scoring Punch Worries KU's Fambrough Some of the best defensive teams in the nation have been one of the principal reasons the University of Kansas Jayhawks have had scoring difficulties on their way to a 15 conference record this season, KU coach Don Fambroub said Monday. Fambridge was referring specifically to Nebraska and Oklahoma, who together established the College of Public Health. Stopping Rodgers Tops on OUList The Sooner-Husker game probably will decide the Big Eight Conference football championship, although OU will have one game remaining with Oklahoma State. KANAS CITY (AP) - Oklahoma coach Chuck Fairbanks said the Monday Sonson would "try to keep Johnny Rodgers from battle with the Comckhusers at Nebraska." Fairbanks has his remarks during the Fairbanks Eight's weekly telephone briefing "We're not going to rood Rodgers down," added Fairbanks. "And we can't concentrate entirely on Rodgers. They've got some other people . . ." "It's a great thing we can play a game of this importance on national television," said Fairbanks. "We'll probably do it again next year." Fairbanks also said he was not sorry the Sonner-Husker games of the last two years have been moved up from Saturday to Monday in which there will be days in which to prepare for each other. The Sooner coach also had a thought about Saturday's game between the University of Alabama and Columbia, Mc., since Oklahoma beat both of the clubs on successive weeks a approaching weekend. "I think Missouri's got the strongest over- all football team," Fairbanks said. "If I knew it was a true "We are." Coach Don Fambrough didn't heatsate making a prediction on who's going to win the game. Fambrough described the Tigers as a "real fine team. No doubt they have made great improvements over last year. This is the big one. We don't need anything to get us ready, and they don't need anything to get them ready. It's an old rivalry." Both Bamfroub and coach Al Ofroifo of Missouri are wondering how the natural grass on the field at the Tigers' Memorial Stadium will affect the outcome. "We hope to practice on grass this week to get ready for the grass in Columbia," said Fambrigh. "We haven't played on grass this year, and we haven't practiced on it for years." Javhawks. Coach Johnny Majors of Iowa State predicted Saturday's game with Oklahoma at Stillwater, Okaa, could be "touger" or "bigger" than it would to be very sharp to beat Oklahoma State. "You might think it would be an ad- antage to us," said Ondrej "that Kansas has been the best state in America." "We're moving the ball from the 20 to the 10 to get it in from there," Fambrueh said. "I think we had our letdown last week. Against Oklahoma State, we have to try to contain Brent Blackman. He's the best counterballer we've seen this year." Fisk Gets Unanimous Call As A.L. Rookie of Year Iowa State lost to Missouri last week, 6-5. NEW YORK (AP)—Boston Red Sox catcher Caterin Fisk Monday became the first American Leaguer in history to be unanimously selected Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Fisk, who batted .293, eighth best in the league in 1972, hit 22 home runs and drove in 500 runs. —The present division of six teams in each league be carved up into three divisions. The winners of each division would be joined by the team with the best percentage among the three second-place finishers for best-of-five and the top-ranked officers to meet best-of-five for the league title. Playoff Changes to Be Discussed At Winter Baseball Conference Under a plan for restructuring the playoffs, the first two teams in each division of the two major leagues would qualify. The second-place team in each division would meet the winner of the other division in a best-two-of-three series, the winners to meet in best-three-of-five for the league championship. NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball would expand rather than cut its extensive post-season playoffs under proposals to be brought before the owners at their winter meetings, scheduled to open next Monday in Honolulu. The current format calls for best-of-five series between divisional winners to determine participants in the World Series, including the playoff structure are on the agenda. - Two teams, irrespective of division, with the highest percentage outside the divisional champions play a best-of-five round. The team will meet the winner of the divisional playoffs. Other items on the agenda include: Other items on the agenda include: -Report on player negotiations. Efforts —Change the rules so that games halted by weather which now become shortened regulation games become suspended games, to be completed later. The Jayhawks finish their season Saturday with a 1:30 p.m. contest with the University of Missouri Tigers in Columbia. The Tigers appear to be a soft finish to the Oklahoma State Cowboys, finishing, but MU upsets of Notre Dame, Colorado and Iowa State have changed that. - Coordination of spring exhibition sessions in Florida so that no game cold be included. - will be made to prevent a player strike such as the one which delayed the season opening - Increase the number of players who must be put on the 21-day list from two to six. He joined Frank Robinson and Willie McCovey of the National League as the only major league players unanimously selected since the award was first given to a player in each league in 1949. Robinson won both, and McCovey and McCovey in 1959 with San Francisco. Fisk's bait average and home run and RBI output were tops among American League pitchers. The team received the Gold Glove award of managers and coaches as the league's best defensive catcher and was named to the 1972 National League title by Manager Earl Wear of Baltimore. The 24-year-old native of Bellows Falls, Vt., had brief trials with the Red Sox in 1969 and 1971. The first time he failed to get a hit in five at-bats, the second time he hit .313 with 15 hits—including two doubles, a triple and two homers—and six RBs in 48 at-bats. Fisk is the Red Sox' third Rookie of the Year. First baseman Walt Drope was chosen in 1950 and pitcher Don Schwall received the honor in 1961. In addition, Fisk is only the second catcher to win American League rookie honors. Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees was selected in 1970. "The junior college people certainly helped them," Fambrough said. "They were a fine defensive team last year. They just needed a little help on offense and I think quarterback Don Cherry and tailback Tommy Reamon gave them that help." Wide receiver Bruce Adams, who missed the Oklahoma game, should be ready to start a game against Fambrillan, but linebacker Mike Gale, offseason, tackle Done Perkins are on the doubtlist. KU Statistics | | TC | Yds. | Avg. | TD | % | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Neillons | 164 | 982 | 5.4 | 3 | 1.8 | | Williams | 67 | 322 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Guston | 62 | 322 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Rugles | 63 | 118 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | O'Neil | 22 | 179 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | | Nell | 17 | 179 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | | Schrod | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | | Poster | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | | Youman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | | D. Rothman | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | D. Rothman | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | B. Adams | 10 | 7 | -1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | | B. Adams | 10 | 7 | -1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | | Breeringg | 3 | -16 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Harrell | 3 | -16 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Harrell | 3 | -16 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | | Guston | 67 | -115 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Att. 251 Comp. 137 Int. 20 Yds. 194 TR. 12 Jaynes 231 17 3 19 0 Jbreening 18 1 3 1 16 0 B. Adams 16 1 0 0 0 0 No. Yds. TD B Adams 25 19 Scholz 25 297 Gerhart 49 247 Miller 21 208 Nairnion 11 6 Porter 6 150 Foster 6 134 Williams 3 38 O'Brien 3 19 D. Rodinson 1 39 SCORELINES B. Adams 7 — PAY FAT PAT) FG Pts. 28 17 — 1-1 14 44 Helmhuber - 8-18 6-9 36 Edwards - 2 1-1 1-1 30 Edwards - 2 1-1 1-1 30 Williams - 3 — — 12 2 Williams - 3 — — 12 2 Javaye - 1 1-2 — 1 2 Javaye - 1 1-2 — 1 2 Team - 0-1 0-3 — 1 Team - 0-1 0-3 — 1 Opponents 23 17 PAT) 3-4 6-11 184 Opponents 23 17 PAT) 3-4 6-11 184 PUNTING No. Avg. Harris 66 34.8 PASS INTERCEPTIONS --- No. 192 Mudge 3 100 G. Adams 3 275 Towne 2 100 Weldner 2 60 Sheaths 2 10 Burton 1 40 Burton 11 11 Bron 1 3 Bron 0 0 Neyers 1 0 Kniff 1 0 Downtown Lawrence The Finest and Most Complete Shopping Center in Kansas Puzzled about Stereo Systems? SEE US FOR THE SOLUTION.