Sports
University Daily Kansan, September 11, 1987
Oregon contest recalls Seurer-Bell frosh debut
By TRACEE HAMILTON Sports Editor
A year ago at this time, tailback Kervin Well and quarterback Frank Seurier were untried freshmen. Both made the trip to Eugene, Ore., and Jayhawk's season opener against the Ducks.
Things haven't been the same since.
Seurer is happy to be playing Oregon again.
BOTTLE BELL and Seurer came off the bench during the Oregon contest. Bell entered the game on the third play and gained 69 yards on 20 carries. Seurer took the field in the second period and guided KU to its only tail, a 14-yard pass to David Versei, which gave the Jayhawks a 7-7 tie.
"I'm pretty excited about this game," he said yesterday. "I played with a couple of guys on their team, and we were talking about the game during the summer."
Both Sleurer and Bell, who went to Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., know Monte Olson, second-second Oregon center, and Jeff Adams, second-team safety, from their prep days.
"It was a pretty intense game," Seuer said
of the scramble. "I standoff." "Someone will have to
prove something."
BELL, WHO carried the ball 28 times for 97 yards against Tulsa, was described by Head Coach Doun Fambrough as a "marked man," because opposing defenses will key on Bell throughout the season. Bell, the second-leading rusher among the nation's freshman class last season, said he would improve his footwork by using his head.
"I've got to think more, to choose my holes more carefully," Bell said. "I asked Coach if I could see films of last year's presession run over things and correct things I'm doing wrong."
Seurer, too, is working to correct errors made
in the Tulsa赛, in which he completed 10 of or 123 yards, but threw four interceptions.
"Last week I was forcing the ball," he said.
"So we worked on dumping it to the backs if the receivers aren't open. I don't want to force anything."
Seurer and Bell combined for several short passes in the flat that were successful against the mobile Tulsa defense, and Seurer said he hooted to use the play more often on Oregon
"WE MIGHT BE DOING that more," he said.
"It puts the running back one-on-one with the receiver."
But the Jayhawks never ran one of Seurer's favorites—the shotgun.
"I was hoping w'd run it," Seurer said. "I guess it was the circumstances we were in."
'We'll have to be at our very, very best. We can't give them anything. I think we've got our mistakes corrected.'
—Don Fambrough
Seurer also said he was pleased with the receivers' performances at Tulsa.
"I really feel good about our receivers this year," he said. "They work so hard, and conceive of them first."
Predictions
Replacing David Verser, now with the Cincinnati Bengals, as Seurer's primary receiver is junior Wayne Capens, who caught six passes for the Bears. Bell, too, wants to be in the receiving picture.
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"I caught quite a few in high school." Bell said.
The predictors are Tracee Hamilton, sports editor; Ron Hagstrom, associate sports editor; Bob Schaad, managing editor; Jim Small, sports writer; Earl Richardson, photographer; and Tim Parker, sports writer.
Bell said he also was excited about the Oregon game.
"There are instances where you should dump it to the back."
"THEY'RE GOING to be ready to play," he said. "They are picked to do really well in the Pac-10. I'm not paying much attention to that (Oregon's) 1. ranking in the Bottom 10."
Bell and Seurer's counterparts in the Oregon backfield, quarterback Kevin Lusak and running back Reggie Brown, will lead the 04 Ducks, who were upset last week on Fresno State. 23-16.
Brown led the Oregon team in rushing last season with 797 yards 171 carries for a 4.5 average.
The Kansas defense will face an extra Oregon punch. Senior fullback Vince Williams, who
missed the Fresno State contest because of eligibility problems, will suit up against the Jayhawks. Williams carried just 43 times for 205 yards last season, for a 4.8-yd average.
Against Fresno State, Lusk connected on 16 of 42 passes for 179 yards, one touchdown and, like Searer, four interceptions. Reggie Brown gained on 27 carries, almost identical to Bell's statistics.
The Ducks suffered several injuries during the Fresno loss. Junior defensive tackel Ed Rhone broke his foot early in the game and may miss the rest of the season. Offensive tackle Garrett Earle, who sat out of the Fresno game with a shoulder injury, is still questionable this week, as is Dwight Ford, who suffered a concussion during the opening game.
THE JAYHAWKS' injury outlook was brighter after yesterday's practice but free safety Roger Foote is definitely out for the Oregon game, as is defensive end Carkey Alexander. Defensive end Zachariah practice yesterday after being sidelined with the flu, but is still weak, according to Fambrough.
Despite the minor injuries, Fambrough was confident after yesterday's workout.
Starting in Foote's spot will be either senior Gary Luster or junior Robert Gentry.
"I felt pretty good about practice," he said. "we keep what we've got today, we'll be ready."
"But I'll tell you one thing. We'll have to be at our very, very best. We can't give them anything. I think we've got our mistakes corrected."
Walkon finds Lawrence golf 'paradise'
JOHN EIBELERMAN State Murray Kron, recently appointed assistant women's basketball coach, will work with men in Marian Washington after serving as a part-time teacher for the men's basketball team.
Knox moves to women's staff
Murray Knox, who was a part-time assistant under Head Coach Ted Owens, switched basketball programs Sept. 1 to become a full-time coach. He now women's basketball coach Marian Washington.
Knox will be responsible for advising the players, scouting and helping with recruiting. He is replacing Sandy Bahan, who was the assistant last year.
By MIKE ARDIS
The men's basketball program lost another person two weeks ago, except this time he did not
"With the men, I was a part-time assistant, but did full-time work," he said. "With Marian, I just had to do it."
"I ALWAYS knew I wanted to be a coach," Knox said.
His duties with the men's team were basically the same, he said, but with a different title.
Sports Writer
Knox came to KU from Garnett High School in Kansas, where he was the head basketball coach.
"I DIDN'T KNOW which sport I'd be thrown into," he said. "I went into the other areas for coaching. I knew all along that basketball was my favorite."
In switching to women's basketball, Knox said
"My main sport was track, he said. "I played football because, knew if I was at a high school I had to go to college."
Knox attended college for a year at Ottawa before transferring to Neosha Community College in Chanute, where he went to a national track meet in the high hurdles.
"I don't see that much difference in play," he said. "We have fast-break offenses."
Because he was interested in coaching, he participated in a number of sports college athletics and track and field.
he doesn't expect to see a big difference in the play between the words and the numbers.
"I think my strong point is that I'm open and honest."
"Coaching has been in my blood since high school," Knox said.
He completed college at Emporia State.
Kansas is not a tropical paradise. After all, not many people plan their winter vacations in Lafayette, which is cooler than the city.
Knox, who is married and has two children,
said he would like to stay at KIJ for a while.
LUCAS' RECORD in North Dakota is proof. He won the 1980 Minnesota Professional Golfers Association Sectional tournament, which included golfers from North and South Dakota and Minnesota. He also won the state local tournament in Bismarck and advanced to the quarterfinals of the State Amateur tournament this year.
"I feel fortunate to be here," he said. "I think it's a great organization."
Lucas said that the main thing on his mind now was to qualify to play in tournaments.
"When I was playing with a couple of the guys on the team before tryouts, they said I was good enough to make the team," Lucas said. "I have confidence in myself and I know that I can play."
He completed college at Emporia State.
But to Bill Lucas. KU is paradise.
"I came to KU to get out of the cold," Lucas, a golfer from Bismarck, N.D., said recently.
"Right now, we're looking at Bill to help us more in our long-term goals." Weiser said. "We need him to learn and get experience. It is hard for fresher students to help in a conference as tough as the Big Eight."
Lucas said that now he knows what he has to work on to improve his game. He said that the greens at Alvamar Golf Course were much better than the ones that his putting game could use some work.
"PLAYED POORLY this week," Lucas said. "I sit in the course here a lot, but it is going to take some time."
Weiser agreed with Lucas' critique of his play.
now. He said that even though he played badly last week, it was not going to keep him down.
LUCAS WAS ONE of 48 walk-ons who tried out for the KU men's golf team. Lucas had the lowest score and topped the list of five walk-ons that Head Coach Ross Randall selected for the team.
"Bill did a good job in the tryout," Randall said. "He should help us in a lot the future."
Weiser, assistant golf coach, said. "He's had a little problem adjusting, but as time goes on, we'll help."
Everything has not gone Lucas' way since he arrived here. He failed to qualify this week to play in the team's opening tournament, the 19th-place game in the NCAA Tournament. Geneva, Wis. He's辟出 rounds of 29, 78 and 87.
But Lucas said he wanted to help the team
"The 87 shot all of Bill's chances." Kent
Baseball team to open with Missouri Western
Coach Marty Pattin will get his first look at his Kansas baseball team in action Sunday when Missouri Western comes to Quigley Field for the first doubleheader of the fall schedule.
"THEY'L BE TREATED like spring training" he said. "We're trying to find out which players can help us and which can't. We'll try and get everybody in."
Pattin said he would use the fall games to evaluate his players, make final cuts and see what needed to be worked on for the spring.
Nine players were kept from the walk-on tryouts, Pattin said, but all of them may not be on the team in the spring. Pattin said he would like to cut the team from 32 to 26 or 27.
Pattin said he would wait to decide on Sunday's starting pitchers until he had looked over the results of yesterday's intrasquad game.
"ILL TRY TO get all the pitchers in and see what they can do." Pattin said.
Pattin will also be looking at the rest of the team to find weaknesses that need to be worked on. Because this is the first time Pattin has seen the team in action, he explained, he said he was not sure how they would do.
“It’s hard to say until I see them in a gamete situation,” he said. “It’s really hard to see women.”
“There’s talent, but it must be developed,” he
said. The main thing to get into their heads is to
believe in themselves.
etc.
Intramurals
Football
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Independent Men
Trophy League
Pars 3, McColium 1
Temple Hall Internationals 3, Hormones 0
S M S. 8, Puncho 1
MARK McDONALD/Kensan Staff
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
National Football League
Miami 30, Pittsburgh 10
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Greek
Dragonla 13, Fig. 837
Uuncle Milla's Wairly Birada 10, Phi Pai Bornberries
Hengement 7, Giam Machine 0
Nienstead 6, Zia Zae 0
Soccer
Independent Men
Roo-R.
Snowmen 2, Astehawks 0
Aardvarks 2, The Visitors 0
Sticky Fingers 2, Protons 0
Wings 6, Seven 0
Gripdogs 31, Mallins 0
Jill Stinson, (left), senior, and sophomore Lori Erickson, sophomore, team up to block a Missouri at attack. The Tigers went on to defeat the Jayhawks in three straight games.
Tigers defeat volleyball team
A strong Missouri team capitalized on KU's injuries and inexperience to defeat the Jayhawks in three straight games last night 15-6, 15-9 and 16-14.
"We're still short two first-theaters," said Coach Bob Lockwood. Spikers Kathy Kennedy, injured, and Susie Quirk, academically ineligible, missed the home opener.
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"WHEN THOSE KIDS get back, it'll make a
bout of difference. That’s where they’re lacking."
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The Tigers were able to contain KU's weakened spike attack and controlled the pace in the first two games. Kansas spent the rest of the match twicing to halt Missouri's momentum.
For most of the third game, the Jayhawks managed to stop the Missouri attack by methodically slowing down the pace. The tactic led to a 3-14, but the Missouri offense was unstoppable.
Sophomore spiker Lori Erickson, who was thwarted by Missouri blockers, called the loss a real disappointment, but said, "Hopefully, we'll win when we need to in the Big Eight Tournament."
Lockwood said, "We'll have many chances to beat Missouri—hopefully with a healthy team."
The quick KU defense that surprised Lock-ware is also match last week held up last night. He was the wrist on the court, but a good defense was enough to beat the well-balanced Tiger team.
"Our defense was better than theirs but their attack's better than ours," Lockwood said.
Susan. The team won't have to free over the loss because they play Oral Roberts in the first round of the Kansas State Tournament this evening in Manhattan. Lockwood he said he planned for the team to be playing in the finals on Saturday night.
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