K University Daily Kansan, September 18, 1981 Sports Recruiters drain Florida school KU drawswell from Killian By RON HAGGSTROM Associate Sports Editor Jayhawk football recruiter have quietly established pipeline from Killian High School in Illinois. Two years ago, the Jayhawks connected with Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., when they signed Karwin Bell, Bill Malasav and Edison High School. They added Edison standouts Dell Bell and Trevor Sayers. OVER THE LAST three years, the 'Hawks have signed four players from Killan. KU has signed two offensive players, sophomore running back Garfield Taylor and freshman quarterback Mike Frederick, and junior forward Alex Rodriguez. The Rod Demerittie and freshman Jef Brown. "All of them are fine individuals and perform well for their physical size," said Fred Cooley, Killian football coach. "They're well-disciplined, and when they get the chance they will perform." Coley took over the head coaching job at Killian two years ago. He was defensive coordinator before replacing Chris Vagatos, who is now assistant coach at the University of Miami. "I didn't have anything to do with the selection of their school. I just tell my players to go to a school where you are wanted and appreciate it," she said. "I will treat them well, so that's why they went there." Aside from being a consistent winner, Killian was produced 43 college football players over the past decade. "The players' parents are concerned about them being successful, so we work them," Cooley said. "I THINK Killen has been a winner since the high school was built," Taylor said. Taylor was the originator of the Killian connection when he signed with KU three years ago. "I liked the Towers and my host McNey McLean (now his present roommate) was great," Taylor said. Taylor, who was a second team all-stater his junior year in high school and rushed for 242 yards as a freshman last year, has been hampered by injuries. Last spring he had a shoulder injury. He was redshirted his first year here because of torn cartilage in his knee and he missed most of his senior year in high school with a broken nose and shoulder sensation. However, he was still recruited by numerous major colleges, including several football powerhouses. Taylor chose to visit Minnesota, Iowa State, South Carolina and KU. "I VISTED these four schools because they all ran out of the 'I' formation. I prefer the 'I' formation." "While I was being recruited I learned they (KU) were rebuilding and by the time I would be a senior they would be a winner, and I wanted to get out of Florida. I'm glad I came to KU." KU Head Coach Don Fambrough said of Taylor, "He has great skill, but at the moment he doesn't have the mental toughness a running back needs. "With an out-of-state athlete, you have to get your foot in the door," Fambridge said. "If the kids visit our school, we have a chance to get him. Once you get a player from a high school to the University it helps when that player helps with team practice by talking to fellow high school teammates." That is exactly what Taylor did "Garfield informed me about KU and he hosted me when I visited here." Demerritte said. "His roommate at the time, Leroy Irvin, also influenced me because he told me how tough the Big Eight was and I also knew he was going to the pros." DEMERRITTE, WHO Wanted to play in either Big Ten or Big Eight, visited Arizona State. Who? Demerritte said that he wanted to play in the Big Eight because it was the most competitive. "Rod's small, but he's very unique. The last place you'd expect to see him is on the football field." Fambrigh said. "He's aggressive and hits as hard as anybody around." Frederick and Brown followed the pipeline to KU this year. Frederick was Dade County Player-of-the-Year, first team all-city, third team all-state and Killian's most valuable player as a junior and senior. During his junior year, he passed for 850 yards nine touchdowns and 1,750 yards and 14 touchdowns. BEING A HIGH school honeer roll student had a lot to do with Federick's college decision. "I wanted to go somewhere that had a good business school." Frederick said. Fambrough said he was impressed with Frederick. "Frederick has been a pleasant surprise to me. I had no idea he had that type of arm," he said. "He's really skinny but has a great arm. We're really high on him." Joining Frederick was prep teammate Brown. Joining Frederick was prep teammate Brown. "As far as Mike and I come here, it was just something that happened. It wasn't planned," Brown said. Brown made 11 interceptions over a three-year period and was a Dale County "Blu Chipper" receiver. Brown, who visited Iowa State and KU, said, "I really wanted to go somewhere by myself. But when I visited Iowa State there was no way I was going there. "I CAME TO KU so I could with my friends from high school and I could go and play for a good team, although I didn't really want to leave the state to begin with." However, there was one thing missing from baseball at Killan High School—championship. Brown and the other Killian grads would like to experience a championship. "I would like to go to a bowl, preferably the Orange, so I can play in front of the home fans," Ben JAYHAWK NOTES: KU's junior varsity team battles against Oklahoma State. State #13. 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday. BOB GREENSPAN/Kansan Su Killian high graduates (top row, left to right) Rod Demerritte, Garfield Taylor, Jeffrey Brown and Mike Frederick all found spots on the KU football team. The Miami products mark a recruiting trend by the KU football staff. Former Kansas standout miler Jim Ryun, who held the world record in the mile, returned to Lawrence this fall and is participating in road racing events. Leonard to give up one title By United Press International PANAMA CITY, Panama–Sugar Ray Leonard, whose knock out of wiltweight Tommy Hears Wednesday night made him king of the ring in two classifications, must give up one of his titles, the World Boxing Association ruled yesterday. Because of an association regulation that prohibits boxers from holding titles in more than one weight classification, Leonard has 10 days to complete his training, association president Rodrigo Sanchez said. Leonard won the junior middleweight crown June 25 from Ugandan Ayub Kabale. If the Baltimore-born fighter wants to keep the mid-90s, he must take on an opponent within 90 days. Leonard took the welterweight title from Leonard's Hearns with a technical knock out in the second round. Leonard's first defense will likely come against association junior middleweight contender Tadashi Mihara of Japan, the top challenger on the association list. Ryun makes quiet return to Lawrence Intramurals Football YEEDERAY'S RESULTS Independent Men Wings 14, Gripdogs 7 Seven 12, Mallins 7 Independent Men Rec.B Snowmen 19, Sticky Fingers 6 Greek Men Soccer Independent Men Rugby etc. Trophy League Temple Hall International 2, Pars 0 S.M.S. 6, Hormones 0 McColmium 4, Busch 0 Grade 15 Fliji 42, Zig Zags 0 Dragonls 13, Bearfallers 11 Uncle Mildly's Whirly Birds 41, Gleam Machine 0 Greek B By MIKE ARDIS Sports Writer Kansas City Blues 36, KU10 Schedule B-Side A-Side Toronto KU "B" vs. Fort Leavenworth 1:00 p.m. KU "B" vs. Jefferson City "B"; 2:30 p.m. at 32rd and Iowa Sports Writer When Jim Ryun graduated from KU in 1971, he held two American records in the mile run and a 1,300-meter run. THE LAST MARK to fall was the American record in the 1,500-meter run, which he set in 1967 with a time of 3:31.1. This August, Steve Scott broke the record with a time of 3:31.9. For Ryun, there is no sadness in seeing the records fall. His walking cascade was recently removed and he has begun strengthening the tendon by working "I told my wife when Steve got the record, 'I’m free now,' he said. "I was happy for Stella when I met him." Ryn is training time, except it is a different pe of training. He is rehabilitating from surgery. His future running career is uncertain as he waits to see how the tendon stands up under pressure. RYUN RETIRED from professional track in 1976 saying that God had told him to stop racing. "I'd like to do more road racing," Ryun said. "But hey, I not other things." Ryun remained involved in track, however, through his Christian running camps. With his running camps, Ryun tries to make an impact on people. "To affect as many people as possible with Christ," he said. "The Lord has the answers." Ryum, who has been in church-related work for years, is also responsible for his recent move to Lawrence. "In a nutshell, we felt the Lord told us to Ryan said. Ryan is married and has four children." In recent months, Ryan has kept himself busy with other things aside from running. He contributed a chapter to a book by Denver Broncos quarterback Craig Morton, titled "The Courage to Believe." His chapter is called, "To Believe in Christ." Ryun has also found time to return to the KU team, which he said has changed from his college days. "IT'S A WHOLE lot more crowded, more bicycles," Rvum said. Ryun graduated from Kansas in 1971, where he studied photojournalism. He has worked for various publications, including Redbook, but lately has done little outside work. Though Ryun's American records fell recently, his world records were broken long ago. Ryum set the world record at 3:51.1 in the mile in 1967. Though it stood until 1975, the mile today record changes often. "No, not at all," he said. "I thought I would better it, and then when I didn't, I thought I should." In August, the world record for the mile changed three times, which did not surprise WHEN RYUAN is in high school at Wichita East, his coach, Bob Timmons, who was later his coach at KU, told him he would break the 4-minute mile. That Ryuan found hard to believe. But from his time of 4:26 when Timmons made a record, Ryan eventually took off 33 seconds. "Basically, I fell into a training program I was comfortable with," Ryun said. "I agreed with the program and that doesn't always happen with athletes." The running Ryun does now is road racing, with distances of 5,000 meters or more. In road racing, Ryun does not see the crowds that once cheered him on, but he said that he did not. “It’s part of the whole thing,” he said. “But you don’t spend a lot of time looking at the crowd.” Even though road racing hasn't brought him to the cognition that running has, Ryn still has many of them. "I almost get as much now," he said. "Now people are more knowledgeable; before only a few." Baseball team faces full weekend slate The Kansas baseball team will pick up its fall baseball pace this weekend with a full schedule of games. The Jayhawks will take on Allen County Community College tomorrow and Barton County Community College Sunday. Both fields will start at 1 p.m. at Qaligue Field. HEAD COACH MARTY PATTN said he did not know much about the teams the Jawahirwals had. mitted. But he said that the fall games were intended for evaluating the players and working with them. Pattin said he would be looking to see how the Jayhawks have improved on their fundamentals, which disappointed him during last weekend's games. In last week's doubleheader, the Jayhawks managed only two hits in the first game and made several errors during the day. Pattin said he would like the players to be more aggressive at the plate. Though the hitting was not as good as Pattin wanted, the pitching was better than he expected. The Jayhawks limited Missouri Western to four runs in last weekend's games. "The pitching has been really good," Pattin said. With four games this weekend, Pattin said he hoped to give all of his players a chance to play. Predictions
HamiltonHaggestromSchaadSmallRichardsonParker
Georgia at ClemsonGeorgia 14-13Clemson 21-20Clemson 24-17Georgia 38-14Georgia 31-19Georgia 24-3
Notre Dame at MichiganNotre Dame 17-14Michigan 20-17Notre Dame 17-13Notre Dame 21-17Michigan 10-7Michigan 17-14
UCLA at WisconsinUCLA 21-17UCLA 24-14Wisconsin 21-17UCLA 24-10Wisconsin 24-14UCLA 24-7
Washington State at ColoradoColorado 28-7Colorado 34-20Colorado 21-10Colorado 17-10Colorado 21-7Colorado 24-21
Iowa at Iowa StateIowa State 24-21Iowa State 21-17Iowa 27-6Iowa State 21-3Iowa 38-14Iowa 13-10
Rice at MissouriMissouri 14-7Missouri 28-10Missouri 37-21Missouri 24-14Missouri 45-7Missouri 14-0
Florida State at NebraskaNebraska 21-20Nebraska 17-10Nebraska 21-17Nebraska 17-3Nebraska 56-21Nebraska 35-7
Tulsa at Oklahoma StateTulsa 10-7Tulsa 17-13Tulsa 13-10Tulsa 21-0Tulsa 21-14Tulsa 14-10
Kansas State at WashingtonWashington 35-10Washington 31-7Washington 28-6Kansas State 25-23Kansas State 15-14Washington 42-14
Aabama at KentuckyA Alabama 31-3A Alabama 31-7A Alabama 33-14A Alabama 44-0A Alabama 28-3A Alabama 45-7
Season Totals4-6-06-4-06-4-06-4-05-5-07-3-0
The predictors are Tracee Hamilton, sports editor; Ron Haggstrom, associate sports editor; Bob Schaad, managing editor; Jim Small, sports writer; Earl Richardson, photographer; and Tim Parker, sports writer.