Page 10 University Daily Kansan, September 28, 1981
Sports
Jayhawks take third victory . . . without Bell Kansas shakes stupor to down Wildcats, 21-16 Taylor shines as Bell's bad
EARL RICHARDSON/Kansan Staff
Sophomore running back Kerwin Baldiz congratulates senior linebacker Kyle McNelson after the Jayhawks rallied to beat Kentucky, 21-16. Baldiz loriig ligations in his left knee during the first quarter.
For a while Saturday it appeared the Jayhawks' hope lay twisted and broken on the faded green Astrotrust of Memorial Stadium.
Kevin Bell, sophomore tailback and catalyst of the Jayhawk offense, went down after a 7-yard gain to the Kansas 47-yard line eight minutes into the first quarter.
BY HALFTIME, the whispers had reached the press box—Bell was out for the season. But more importantly, the whispers had reached the press office. The team with half a with a sort of numb inepness, trailing 10-8.
Some teams would have thrown in the towel then and there. Bell has long been hyped as the franchise; his loss is a devastating blow to KU's bowl dreams.
But the Jayhawks won the game, 21-16, and gained something more—the confidence that, if they must, they can win without Bell's backfield pulch.
"I knew what was wrong," Fambrough said of his team's stupor. "The answer was right in there on the training table.
"I've never seen a team in deep shock. Imagine what he means to a team, then to know he's through for the season. They were down, like everything was gone. I had a tough job at
Fambrough faces the same challenge the rest
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of the season—convincing the Jayhawks of their own potential. A rundown of KU's strengths and weaknesses is heartening.
Strengths:
- Defence: Time and time again, in all of KU's three victories this season, the defense has kept the Jayhawks in the game, making the big plays and forcing turnovers, including the Kentucky fumble that set up the first of KU's two fourth-quarter touchdowns Saturday.
"I don't know how long they were out there," Farnbaugh said Saturday of the defense. "It seemed like they were on the bullet an eternity, but they were still not ready for opportunity and we finally took advantage."
Linebacker Kyle McNorton, who led the defense in tackles with nine, agreed with Fletcher.
"YOU HAVE TO have faith in your offense," he said. "We knew that if we kept giving them the ball back enough that the offense would finally score.
The defense scored a touchdown against Tulsa in the season opener when safety Roger Foster ran back an interception late in the fourth quarter. Two weeks ago, against Oregon, defensive end Marky Alexander nabbed duck quarterback L Kevin Lusin in the end zone for a safety. And Sushi Laundry and Guy Adams kicked Kentucky back George Adams in the end zone for another 2-pointer.
"You know, the defense has scored in all three
games and its kind of becoming a habit," Mc- Norton said.
*Kicking game: With Bruce Kalmeyer handling the place kicking and Bucky Scribner doing the punting, KU can breathe easier in tight situations. Kalmeyer consistently lands his kickoffs in the end zone, and Scribner has improved his placement over last year's stellar performance. He boots the ball 11 times for a 43.1 yard average Saturday, a mediocre performance for him, but he was continually forced to kick into the wind in the third quarter.
*Schedule: KU faces its next two opponents in Memorial Stadium, and they are two of the lightest on the Jayhawk's schedule. Arkansas State visits Lawrence Saturday, and while the Indians have had a fairly strong start, they and the Oklahoma State Cowboys are certainly not all that ready to face what the Jayhawks will be facing when the Big Eight season is in full swing.
KANSAS TRAVELS to Norman to face the Sooners, hosts Kansas State, then faces Nebraska and Iowa State on the road in one four-game stretch.
*Sstart: Kansas has not posted three straight season-opening victories since 1976. That year, too, the Kentucky Wildcats were third on KU's string of victories. Also that year, KU won its fourth game, then dropped 5 of 7 conference
*Offense: Sadly, the loss of Bell further cripples the KU offense, which has been less than inspiring thus far this season. Bell himself managed 97 and 91 yards in the first two games, but opposing defenses left the stocky Californian bruised and sore for days after the contests.
Weaknesses:
Quarterback Frank Seurer's accurate arm has faltered on several occasions. In the Tulsa opener, he gave up four interceptions. Saturday, he was replaced for several series by senior backup Steve Smith, but returned to the lineup to guide the team to the final two touchdowns. Seurer was 8 of 17 for 58 yards, and had strong running from the backfield to fall back on.
"KENTUCKY WAS looking for the pass, so ran," Searer said. "This game will give us more confidence. It hurts your offense to lose a Bell. Walter Mack and Garfield Taylor can do the job."
The line, a wormisite area for Fambrough at the beginning of the year, has performed better than expected, even after losing senior offensive guard David Lawrence in the Oregon game.
"At the end the offensive line started making holes that we could run through," Seurer said. "The line was great. At the end they just kept moving forward and the backs were going through uptouched."
One back went through for 135 yards on 25 carries. Sophomore Garfield Taylor has the difficult job of replacing Bell in the backfield. Fambrough earlier in the season said that Taylor was an excellent back, but that he lacked his running ability. The Kentucky game may have given him some.
"GARFIELD TAYLOR found out that he might just be a better football player than he thought," Fambrough said. "He fought his guts out."
Fambrough also had praise for fullback Brad Butts, who rushed for 52 yards on 8 carries.
"He's a kid that, I don't care if it's in class, in practice or on the football field, he gives 100 percent." Fambrough said. "I hope I'll always have a Brad Butts on the football team."
KU receivers Russ Bastin, Wayne Capres, Bob Johnson and Jeff Schleicher have no problems catching the ball, but the Kentucky pass coverage was extremely tight.
*Injuries:* In addition to the obvious loss of Bell, Kansas' ranks are slowly dwindling. Besides the absence of Lawrence, Foote is still slightly behind him. Davis still hobbles by a sprained ankle. And the entire
team sports various bruises from the three physical ballgames.
Bell will definitely undergo surgery; a date will be set this week. And he will miss the remainder of the season. The Jahywahs will try to maintain that all conditioning that will allow Bell another year of eligibility.
"I could tell he did something I've never seen him "i do," Fambourg said of the play that injured Bell. "He got in an awkward position. He had his knee where it shouldn't have been. I felt
"I put my arm around him and said, 'Kerwin,
I'm sorry. What else is there to say?"
Taylor shines as Bell's backup
By RON HAGGSTROM Associate Sports Editor
KU's victory over the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday was Tavlor-made.
After carrying the ball only 48 times last year for 224 yards, Garfield Taylor was called on to be the Jayhawks' workhorse with just under seven shots in their first quarter, after Kerwin Bell was injured.
"I KNEW I WAS second team, and all the eyes were on me," said Taylor. "First and second team isn't important, you just have to do the job when you're given the chance."
"We put a lot of pressure on that young man," Head Coach Don Fambrigh said.
After Bella's injury, Taylor, who rushed for 132 yards on 25 carries, a personal best, and Walter Mack alternated at the tailback position for nearly three quarters before Taylor went to
Through the first three quarters, Taylor rushed for 45 yards on 13 carries. It wasn't until the fourth quarter that Taylor stole the show by rushing for 90 yards on 12 carries.
After taking the ball down to the Kentucky 19-yard line on a 33-yard run around right end with about two minutes remaining, Taylor exited.
"FATIGUE HAD ME down," said Taylor, after his 12th carry.
Taylor pulled KU within two points with 5-43 left to play, when he scored on a three-yard run off right tackle. His 33-yard burst, the second-longest run of his career, set up Mack's winning touchdown run of two yards with only 25 seconds remaining.
"This game put a little confidence in me and the people behind me kept inspiring me," Taylor said.
Taylor's previous best came last year against Oklahoma, when he rushed for 100 yards on 19 carries. He also had the longest run of his career in that game. 34 yards.
Ironically, he was then replacing Bell, who was sidelined with turf toe, a muscular inflammation of the toes resulting from prolonged running on a hard surface, such as artificial turf.
"We've known he is a fine athlete," Famalee said. "We're not going to himself that he's better than what he thought."
RENTUCKY HEAD coach Fran Curci said, "He did a great job for them, and I think he helped them win the football game."
However Taylor, who was a second team all-star his junior year in high school, has been selected by the Celtics.
Last spring, he had a shoulder injury. He was redshirted his first year at KU because of torn cartilage in his knee, and he missed most of his college school with a broken nose and shoulder separation.
When asked what carrying the ball 25 times a game would do to him physically, Taylor's leg cramped and he groaned an answer.
Taylor, a sophomore from Killian High School after Saturday's performance, performs for the school.
1. stay in contact with my family," Taylor
wrote. "In them always, check the paper for my
stats and tell me about your job."
Baseball team sweeps doubleheader
After a disappointing series last weekend, tu KU baseball team bounced back to take both games of a doubleheader yesterday against Kansas City Kansas Junior College.
With excellent pitching, good defense and key hitting, the Jayhawks took both games, 5-1 and 2-1
Jim Phillips pitched a complete game in the first contest. Phillips said that Head Coach Marty Pattin told him he could go the distance if the game was going well. Although he won, he wasn't completely satisfied with his performance.
"I had a little trouble getting adjusted to the 'tum and things,' Phillips said. "I just tried to put it on," he says.
Kansas jumped ahead in the first, scoring three runs on an error. The Jayhawks had loaded the bases with one out, but Bill Yelton popped up to second for the second out. Dick Lewis hit a
fly ball to right that looked like it would end the threat, but the right fielder dropped the ball, and three runs scored.
The Jayhawks added two runs in the second on a pair of doubles and a single.
Kansas City scored its only run of the day on a triple and in field out
*it was a bad pitch." Phillips said of the triple. "That's it to hannen."
In the second game, the Jayhawks kept their two-run lead with solid pitching. The Jayhawks got single runs in the second and third for their scores.
Keith Hokison got on base with a double in the second, went to third when the Kansas City pitcher threw the ball away on a pick-off play and scored on a bunt by Gibson Jolie.
Kurt Wentton scored in the third after a single, stealing second and scored on a double by Phil
Senior Randy McIntosh pitched five innings, striking out nine. Matt Gibson came in for the last two innings.
Despite his nine-strike out, performance,
Montsah said that strikeouts were not common for
them.
"I was pleased with both games," Pattin said. McNishod did a super job. He got a little tired.
"Well, I'm not sure I knew that," he said.
"I'm not a strikeout pitcher," he said.
Gibson bounced back from last weekend's game, when he was hit for nine runs.
The Jayhaws got a scare in the second game when Tim Heinemann went down after chasing a foul ball in the left field. He was taken to the corner box for X-rays, which showed a badly strained ankle.
"I felt a lot better than last weekend," he said.
"They (his pitches) weren't where I wanted them to be."
Jayhawks drop four straight
The Jayhawks' record stands at 8-10-1, but the record isn't as important to Lockwood as the learning experiences the team has gained by being in bigger, more competitive tour-papers.
The KU volleyball team's offense fell short at the Hanker Invitational this weekend as the team won the second game of its season.
The Jayhawks are entered in four more large tournaments this season before the championships, including the Iowa State Invitation, when they will get a final look at their Big Eight competition.
But Lockwood was quick to add that the team continued to improve and its quick, scrappy defensive play was the high point of the team's performance.
Coach Bob Lockwood said that weak blocking and a lack of offensive aggressiveness were the main reasons for the stutter.
"What we're doing now is building for Nov. 15, said Lockwood, referring to the Big Eight championship."
At Nebraska, kansas drew Minnesota as its first opponent, and stretched the match to three games. Minnesota returned all its starters from the squad that shut out the Jayhawks last year.
In their next match, Lockwood said the队 made basic basics against K-State, and last 15-13.
Kansas won the first game 15-9, then lost 5-15 and 14-18.
The Jayhawks then faced last year's regional champions, Southwest Missouri State, losing 12-8.
The Jayhawks then faced Big Eight power Nebraska, and lost 1-15 and 1-15.
In match play last week, the Jayhawks lost to Southwest Missouri State in three straight games at Allen Field House. The hard-hitting Jets beat Iowa 15-4, 15-4, and 15-6 in best-three-of-five play.
The Jayhawk attack, still missing the services of injured Kathy Kennedy and ineligible Suzie Quirk, was no match for the experienced SMS team.
The squad will travel to the Tuisa Invitational, a 12-team tournament. Friday, Oct. 2.
Lockwood wan't upset with the loss, and said that the team continued to improve against the
"We go into every game with the idea that we can win it," Lockwood said.
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Intramurals Football
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Greek Men
Trophy League
Independent Men Trophy League
Ki Pappa Kappa 18, Fij 18, F11' 417. OT
Alpha Dta Tau Omega 9
Alpha Tau Omega 8
Delta Theta Tta 17, Yuan Sanus 44
Delta Theta Tta 18, Yuan Sanus 44
Delta Theta Tta 39, Sigma Phi 10
Delta Kappa Kappa 25, Delta Tau Omega 6
Delta Kappa Kappa 3, Delta Tau Omega 6
Pi Kappa Kappa 15, Pikeen 6
Pi Kappa Kappa 16, Pikeen 6
The Mighty Wind 3, Task Force 0
BPI Beta Sigma 4, North Plane 6
BPI Beta Sigma 5, North Plane 6
Hawk Nighthes 6, James Ganso 6
Mudpack 6, Javide Quainawe 6
Machine
Greek Women
Trophy League
P1beta Phi 7, Kappa Alpha Theta 7,
Kappa Kappa Alpha 12, Gamma Alpha Beta 0
Alpha Chi Omega 6, Algebra Alpha Delta
Alpha Chi Omega 13, Algebra Alpha Delta
phila Omicron P10 Independent Women
Trophy League
Griddler Girls 0, Scouts 0
HPER's 24, Grapplers 0
Garfield Taylor, sophomore running back, races 33 yards down to the Kentucky 18-yard line, setting up KU winning touchdown. Taylor, who replaced Bell, rushed for 133 yards on 25 carries.
Harriers. win place second
The men's cross country team breezed to an easy first-place finish at the Kansas State Triangular Saturday while the women snared a second team-score Southwest Missouri State Invitational.
Paul Schultz, Omaha, Neb., senior and Tim Gundy, Burton junior, paced the men's team, nabbing first and second places respectively, and earning a 4-mile course in 19.12. Gundy finished in 19.25.
KU coach Theo Hamilton said he didn't expect the Jayhawks to beat Missouri. He was happy with the team's performance.
The Jayhawks placed five runners in the top six to finish with a team total of 15. Nebraska
The women's team, led by Kelly Wood, eighth place, and Gretchen Bajema, ninth place, totaled 84 points, outscoring Southwest Missouri State by two. Missouri won with 22 points.
"We aren't going to set the world on fire this
TEAM TOTALS
year," he said. "Right now we're a little thin with only seven women, but burping injuries
TEAM TOTALS
1. Kansas 18. 2. Nebraska 57. 3. Kansas State
Men's team scoring
Men's individual scoring.
1. Schulz, KU; 19:12. 2. Gundy, KU; 19:25. 3.
Adam, KU; 19:40. 4. Luder, KU; 19:53. 5. Leibert,
KU; 20:08. 6. Wright, KU; 20:01.
Were you ever a star?
Women's team scoring
8. Kelly Wood, 18:38. 9. Gretchen Bajema,
18:40. 19. Anne Johannes, 19:19. 22. Annette
Craighead, 19:40. 26. Heather Houchin, 20:18. 43.
Kelly Brown, 22:14.
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