Page 12 University Daily Kansan, April 14, 1982 Investigation stuns. silences KU officials Don Fambrough was a somber man after yesterday's practice. 'ne weather was perfect and the workout went well, but once again Fambridge is coaching under a cloud—the cloud of an NCAA investigation.' The Kansas City Times said yesterday that KU's football program was being investigated by the NCAA for alleged recruiting violations. As usual, the NCAA would neither confirm nor deny the investigation. Tracee Hamilton And, as usual, the news came at an awkward time. Today is national a letter-of-intent signing day for basketball recruits in different sport, but the stigma remains. Fambridge is probably not surprised by the timing, either. Last spring, the Times released a similar story the next week, the biggest recruiting wrecked of the year. The news probably came as a surprise to few people. Rumors have been flying for the past few weeks concerning an investigation. But the number of people who have already written off Kmasas as guilty is amazing. There are a few things to be considered. FIRST. The NCAA must make an inquiry into the charges brought to it by another institution. The initial investigation may be either additional investigation is needed. Second, the alleged violations concern a player whose name has been mentioned before concerning violations—Richard Estell. During the final days before national letter-of-had changed his mind about coming to Kansas, that he was going to Oklahoma, and that that OU Coach Switzer was going to make a formal complaint against the Kansas football staff. Fambrough called Switzer, who said there was no truth to the story. In the meantime, Estell did an about-face and he said he was indeed coming to Kansas. Switzer told Fambrough he would never turn him in for anything. And Fambrough told Switzer the same thing. APPARENTLY NONE of the other coaches have the same scruples. It's hard to believe that one con- rence school would turn in another. K-State, Missouri and Kansas all compete for the same athletes year after year, and the coaches have known each other a long time. That doesn't make them the best of friends, but, nonetheless, most of them seem to get along fairly well. But why do something that will ultimately hurt the conference and all the conference schools? When one school is in the forefront of the school sheep the monetary benefits. If there have been violations, naturally the guilty school, KU or otherwise, should be punished. But if one conference school is going to turn in another, it soon may become a finger-pointing fest. And where does the loyalty to the NCAA rules end and petty jealousy begin? AN NCAA official, when asked how that organization would distinguish between vengeful accusations and solid complaints, said he couldn't answer that question. When asked if it was usual procedure to ask a source as a source in an investigation against a violator, he couldn't answer that question. That's the usual NCAA response. But it's hard for me to believe in a cloak-and-dagger investigation to uncover claak-and-dagger violations. More cover-up work goes into hiding the investigation than goes into hiding the original violations. By saying nothing, the NCNA compounds the problem. If there is no investigation, who would ever know? They will neither confirm nor deny But more galaling than the fact that the NCAA will not comment is the fact that no one in the KU administration will comment, either. I DON'T expect the administrators to jump to Kansas' defense, no matter what the charge. That would be unrealistic. To withhold comment denotes guilt, pure and simple. Any and all information about administration would have been taken as a sign of support of Fambrough and the team. Instead, silence. I remember a day last fall when Chancellor Gene A. Budig went to football practice and spoke to the players, telling them to win the Tulsa game for Famibrouw and that they would address them. Pictures of the chancellor addressing the team made it into several papers, including the Kansan. 'Hawks split with Cyclones Where is that support, now that it is needed? By MIKE ARDIS Sports Writer The Kansas baseball team split its double-board with Iowa State yesterday, but for a while it didn't look like the Jaybawks would get their split. After losing the first game, 4-3, the 'Hawks faced another defeat as Iowa State had the bases loaded with no outs in the first half and it went on to win in the eighth of it and went on to win in the eighth. KU, 15-13, will take on Emporia State today at 1 p.m. at Quigley Field in a double-header. Coplen then struck out Mike Hocutt, the ISU all-time home run leader to end the inning. COPLEN THEN faced Craig Howard, who hit a run in the first game. With the infeld draw in, Copelin got Howard to hit a pitch back to him. Copelin then threw to the plate, and Shally threw to first for a double play. Todd Robbe opened the seventh for Iowa State with a single to right field, and Jim Walewander bunted for a base hit. Robbie was struck out in Copenhagen, who threw to three too late. the mingling. In the eighth, Joe Heeney sacrificed Bill Yelton home for the winning run. To get out of the inning and win the game was very important, second baseman Mark Gile said. "We were very happy, elated," he said. "It looked pretty bad. You just think to do the best you can. We got the lucky break. "It really could be the turning point. It keeps our record above 500 and in the top of the conference. Every win counts." In the opener, Jim Phillips, 3-3, got the loss as he gave up his seventh home run of the season, losing 4-3. Phillips only gave up five hits: two doubles, a triple, a single and a home run. He walked three batters. Iowa State get single runs in the third and fifth innings, before KU tied the game in the sixth. The Cyclones in the sixth with single runs in the seventh and sixth. Dick Lewalien's third home run for the season which came in the ninth inning, turned it into a close game. But the Jayhawks were defeated, 4-3. Kevin Kroeker started the second game and had a one-hitter going into the fifth innning. Chris Ackley replaced him after Kroker gave up two straight singles. A sacrifice by Robbe, Ackley gave up a single to Walewander, scoring two runs. Ackley got out of the innings, leaving a man at third. Coppen got the win when he came in in the seventh, pitching his way out of the jam and retiring the Cyclones in the sixth, giving up 11 runs in the four-game series. THE KU HITTERS managed only 19 runs, with 10 of those in Monday's second game. Although they didn't score a lot, Gile said they hit the ball. "It was better pitching in conference," he said. "We hit the ball a lot. They just wouldn't fall. As long as we play in play, we'll make things happen." Gile, who played errorless ball over the weekend, 24 chances without an error, said the Jayhawks were pleased with winning 3 of 4 from Iowa State. "We would have liked to take all four, and we expected to take three," he said. "They were at home, and it's harder to road. We had the ball club to beat them." Joe Heeney had the best series at the plate, going 7 for 13 and also stealing three bases. When the Jayhawks face Emporia State today, they will be looking for an interim coach and 185, in a double-header in March. The players want to make up for that. "It was the first thing we started to talk about." Gle said. "We're a lot different team now. Everyone is hitting better. We'll definitely be ready." Royals rally beat Orioles By United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Amos Otsi' RBI single in the sixth innning capped a Kansas City loss and gave the Royals a 6-8 victory last night over the Baltimore Orioles. John Wathan singled in the sixth and took second on a two-out walk to Willie Alkens before Otis, who won the game for the Royals in their home opener against Detroit with a grand slam, knocked in his second run of the game to make a winner out of Dave Frost, who pitched one and two-thirds innings in his Kansas City debut in relief of Larry Gura. Dan Quisenberry hurled the final three innings for the Royals to pick up his second save of the season. Kansas City tied the score with five runs in the fifth off starter JalPalmier. With runners on first and third, George Brett blooped a single to left for the first run, and Aikens followed with a single to load the bases. Otis lost a sacrifice fly for the second run, Hal McRae doubleed home the third and Jerry Martin knocked in the final two with a single. Scoreboard Basketball NBASTANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W W L Pct. GB Boston 13 54 2.07 — — Philadelphia 55 24 1.94 — — Washington 42 37 532 19 Indiana 38 35 430 17 New York 36 35 347 26 Milwaukee ... 54 21 684 Atlanta ... 41 43 694 Detroit ... 37 37 18 Detroit ... 34 31 430 Chicago ... 31 45 200 Chicago ... 64 24 684 Western Conference Midwest Division San Antonio 47 35 .598 Houston 45 34 .570 Miami 44 34 .3 Dallas 28 51 .384 Kansas City 28 51 .394 Oklahoma 26 51 .384 Tennessee 25 51 .384 Los Angeles 54 21 684 Seattle 51 21 684 San Francisco 44 35 10 Phoenix 44 35 557 Portland 44 35 10 Portland 45 35 557 New York 64 24 209 Golden State 188, Los Angeles 101 Houston 142, Miami 95 Philadelphia 83, Indiana 69 Phoenix 74, Illinois 111 Chicago 120, Jackson 87 Washington 119, Minnesota 99 Houston 98, Kansas City 127 Seattle 88, Portland 124 Seattle 87, Portland 124 Hockey YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Divisional Semifinals Best of Five Best of Five Patrick Division New York Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Adams Division Quebec 3, Montreal 2, OT (Quebec wins series 9.0) Camilla Díclafan Los Angeles 7, Edmonton 4 (Los Angeles wins winning 3.2) Soccer MISL STANDINGS Eastern Division Team W W L Pct. GB New York 15 7 100 Pittsburgh 12 7 100 Baltimore 18 10 100 Buffalo 23 14 361 10 % Cleveland 13 18 181 10 % Cleveland 14 18 384 10 % WEIGHTED OVERALLS St. Louis 20 167 Wichita 34 16 878 Wichita 14 16 680 Denver 15 25 371 Denver 14 25 371 Kansas City 13 27 325 Kansas City 12 27 325 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 7, New Jersey 4 Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Dickson Chicago 3 0 0 1,000 Kansas City 3 0 0 1,000 Kansas City 4 3 371 1 Oakland 4 3 371 1 Oakland 3 3 360 1% Texas 3 3 250 1% Texas 3 3 235 1% Team W 1 W 1 Pct. GB Milwaukee 3 1 175 Charlotte 3 1 500 New York 2 2 500 Baltimore 2 2 400 Detroit 2 2 400 Toronto 2 2 400 Cleveland 1 1 333 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Miwakeau 9. Clevelanum 8, 10 innings Detroit 4, Toronto 2 Oakland 5, Miami 6 Oakland 8, Mimenea Kansas City 8, Dallas 8 Sacramento 3, spad. 17) Atlanta 4 2 1,000 Los Angeles 4 2 580 San Francisco 3 5 800 Houston 3 5 379 Cincinnati 3 5 280 St. Louis 3 5 49 NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division Team A B C D E F GB Matthews 4 2 167 Montreal 4 2 167 St. Louis 4 3 571 Philadelphia 4 3 429 Pittsburgh 1 2 332 Houston 1 2 300 Pittsburgh at Montreal, ppd. Pittsburgh at New York, ppd. New York & Philadelphia 2 San Francisco 3, San Diego 2 Atlanta 4, Chicago 3 Team Miami Bayou Pct. GB - Nebraska 8 4 8467 - Okahanna State 6 3 667 - Kansas 3 5 165 - Oklahoma 4 5 825 - Missouri 2 3 4544 2½% Iowa State 2 3 400 2¼% Louisiana 2 8 333 2% West Virginia 2 8 250 2 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Iowa State 4, Kansas 3-3 Plavoff-bound Houston beats Kansas City By United Press International HOUSTON-Elvin Hayes had 26 points and 13 rebounds last night to power the Houston Rockets to a 9-95 victory over the Kansas City Kings. The Rockets won despite a poor shooting night in which they made only 38-of-94 field goal attempts. The Rockets outrebounded the Kings, S2-32. The victory left Houston with a 45-34 record in the fight for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. U With six minutes remaining, the Kings led 87-40, but Houston went on a 12-0 spurt to lead 92-87 with two minutes remaining. Moses Malone added 23 points for the Rockets, and Robert Reid and Mike Dumleavy added 13 points apiece. The Kings had a well-balanced attack, as five players scored in double figures. Ernie Grunfeld led the Kings with 23 points. Mike Woodson scoreled 18 points. Phil Riegle King, Johnson and Phil Ford scored 11, 12 and 11 points.