Page 14 University Daily Kansan, December 7, 1981
Sports
'Hawks have first easy victory, 74-56
By RON HAGGSTROM Associate Sports Editor
The wild finish was missing.
However, that's the only thing the Jayhawks were missing Saturday night.
KU, who won its previous two games by 1 and 2 points, came away with an impressive 74-56 triumph over the Michigan State Spartans at Allen Field House before 12,610 fans.
**WERE WE a real basketball team tonight on both ends of the court," Coach Ted Owens said. "Every good team you see has a strong defense and we have to give it good rebound well against a Big Ten team."
The Jayhawks' defense throughout the game and their second-half offense turned out to be the best in the league.
"Kansas played well both on offense and defense," Michigan State Coach Jachi Heathcote said. "But the KU defense is what really won the game for Kansas."
The defense held Michigan State to 40 percent shooting from the field and forced 17 turnovers.
Michigan State's leading scorer, Derek Perry, was held scoreless, and the Spartans starters on goal
But the ingredients the Jayhawks have been missed showing up in the second half when the Raptors hit 44 points per game.
It was KU's starting frontline that led the second half surge.
During that half they hit 16 of 20 shots and scored 37 of KU's 46 points.
AT THE BEGINNING of the half it looked like
it was oointed to be the Jeff Dishman show.
The 6-foot-6 Hutchinson Community Junior College transfer scored the first seven points of the half for the Jayhawks and wound up scoring in the half, hitting all 5 field goal attempts.
Dishman wound up the evening with 21 points.
"Dishman was playing awesome in the second period," he said.
Forward counterpart David Magley, who finished with 18 points, scored 14 of those in the game.
"Everybody starters to shoot a little better." Magley said. "We just got the momentum
Knight responded in the second half and finished with 15 points.
"WE HAVE A lot of good shooters," Knight said. "No one could explain why we shot the bad ones."
The insertion of Tad Boyle at points guard also
sparked the Jayhawks. Although Boyle finished with only 4 points he dished out 7 assists, 6 in the second half when he was able to get the ball inside.
"Tad Boyle had the most impressive game, I thought." Heathcote said.
However, Boyle was injured with 1:37 remaining in the game when Knight fell on top of her.
"I don't remember too much of what happened," he said. "My memory is really fuzzy right now."
"That is the least of my worries," Owens said, "and I lost good shots. He's playing fine basketball."
Preseason All-America candidate Tony Gay continued to struggle from the field as he hit only 12 points in 30 games.
"THE TEAM IS playing well without me and just giving it up. Just be another asshole if I get my shooting back."
The Jayhawks, who have a 3-game winning streak, have won 16 straight games at home.
KU will play its four straight home game tonight when the Jayhawks host Arizona at 7:35. The Wildcats beaten in their opener by Nevada Las Vegas, 69-48, and beat Providence, 62-58.
Seurer hopes to be healthy for bowl game
Frank Seurer says yes. His doctor says no.
The KU quarterback is struggling to come back in time for Kansas' Dec. 31 Hall of Fame Bowl appearance in Birmingham, Ala. Saeler's was dislocated in KU's final game against Missouri.
Seurer says his doctor, Ken Wertzberger,
doesn't think he'll be ready.
"They are still being pessimistic," Seurer said. "But the chance is there."
Seurer's right arm is in two casts, one above the elbow and one below. The casts are connected by steel hinges and cables to allow some mobility.
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"It ites pretty good," Seurer said. "The swelling's down an awful lot. The doctors say I'm coming along an awful lot than normal. And it's not that sore.
"The cables restrict my movement. They adjust the cables every week to allow more
The Jayahwaks begin light practice Dec. 14, but Seurer has an itinerary of his own.
"I'm hoping to run a little next week," he said.
"Then I'm going to try to be out in sweats and at least play catch and get the motion down. Then I will go back in with everyone else after Christmas break."
"But I haven't told this to anyone. I talk to my doctors tomorrow."
The 'Hawks will practice through the morning of Dec. 24, then resume practice again Dec. 6. The team will leave for Birmingham Dec. 27.
Seurer said his main motivation for a quick recovery was a chance to play in a bow.
"And it should be a good game. Their defense is pretty tough. I'll be there no matter what. I'll stay with you."
"I'm really excited," he said. "It should be a lot of fun. They've got one a schedule for us."
JAYHAWK NOTES: Defensive end Bryan Hora was selected to play in the Hula Bowl, an annual contest for seniors. Teammate Kyle Grobe and Jack West, Wash. game and the Japan Bowl in Tokyo.
Billy Campfield had two touchdown receptions of 25 and 5 yards for the Philadelphia Eagles, who lost to the Washington Redskins, 15-13. Campfield had two carries for 12 yards and four yards in the game. former KO running back, as is John Riggus, had 11 carries for 61 yards for the Redskins.
Kansas point guard Tad Boyle, who had seven assists, brings the ball down court against Michigan State's Randy Morrison. The Hawks earlyly downed the Spartans, 74-56.
KC Comets reflect growth of soccer in Kansas
By JAN BOUTTE
Sports Writer
The green laser beams shot across the darkened arena, keeping time to the crowd—rousing music from the movie "Midnight Express." The beams crossed and came to rest on the home goal, where out of the smoke shone the neon- lit Comet logo, a background for the emerging players. Thus Kansas City was introduced to its newest professional athletics, the Comets.
The home opener on Nov. 28 was an eye-opening experience for Kansas City soccer fans, who watched a game considerably different from that which has grown in popularity since their inauguration.
BUT THE FANS caught onto the variations quickly and soon outvowed the Wichita Wings fans to cheer the Comets to a 5-4 overtime victory.
The Comets join the Wichita Wings as Kansas members of the four-year-old Major Indoor Soccer League. The Comets plan to capitalize on the ongoing success and growth of soccer in the Midwest.
The fans saw a form of the game adapted from
the outdoor game that was tailored to please the fans. The outdoor 45-minute halves were changed to four 15-minute quarters, and a second half was adopted to spice up the game and add excitement.
Indoor soccer is played on a hockey-type field that is a cement floor covered with astroturf. The walls with pleixglax toppers make the game move more quickly by limiting interruptions caused by balls kicked out of bounds. Occasionally the ball flies over the glass barrier.
The walls add to the bounces of the game, as in pool, and they can be used to one's advantage by hitting them.
By reducing the number of players from 11 to six, the defenses put together by the five players other than the goalie closely resemble the man-to-man and zone defenses of basketball.
BY SHORTENING the length of the field to fit it into an arena, the inventors of indoor soccer added more emphasis on ball control, making dribbling and passing as important they are in
As in hockey, indoor soccer sends its penalized player to the penalty box, leaving his teammates short-handed. This added facet injects intensity into the already high-scoring game.
"We tried to design the game to complement television, rather than coming back and saying 'Hey, we have to restructure our game,'" Liwkee said.
ALL THESE innovations were geared to make the game faster, higher scoring, more exciting, and more visually attractive. And visual it is. For the fan in the stands and for TV audiences. There isn't a bad seat in the house at Kemper Arena. Fans in the cheap seats (tickets fringe from $75) would have been better at the vantage point for seeing the game develop, and fans behind the goals, the worst seats for most sports, said that they liked it there enough to request those seats in the future.
KANSAST CITYF will have the chance to
watch television this season and can see 20 more home
Indoor soccer creators didn't stop with the playing field. In Charlie Finley style, they colored the court after testing colors for television with television cameras, chose fiery orange, or rocked red in Comet lingo.
This compatibility of the game with television and fans was no coincidence. Terry Leiweke, the brother of Comets officers Tim and Tracey, is a graduate who was one of the innovators of indoor soccer.
Gerald "Magic" Celestin leads a Kansas City Comets attack while Silvio Dai Turfichachao trails the play. The Comets, members of the Major Indoor Soccer League, have drawn over 40,000 people for their two home games and exhibition games.
games, including a match against the three-time league champion New York Arrows Friday
At the beginning of the season, Tracey Leiweke, president of the Comet organization, said that the Comets would have to draw 10,000 to 12,000 fans to each home game to break even.
"We don't expect to break even this year, but we certainly can expect to next year," he said. "The first year of any franchise is an investment."
The Leiwes may be in for a surprise, as the MISL, reported an overall increase in attendance of 70 percent from last season. The league average so far this season is 12,000. On opening night, the Clements drew 15,295, the third-highest attendance in the league.
PROSPECTS ARE looking better for the MISL financially. Last year no team turned a profit, but after the attendance increase of other front teams in the league, their own teams had a good chance of finishing in the black.
Before the start of the season, the league said it hoped to draw a total of 3 million fans, including playoffs attendance, but if attendance continued at the current rate, the league said it would be 3.4 million excluding the playoffs attendance.
St. Louis has been a hobbed of soccer, with many college programs from which to draw. The city's most successful
St. Louis, the leader in attendance, attributes
success to a roster packed with homeplays
and players.
The Kansas City team boasts only one hometown player, Dan Daleley, who was an All-American for Avila College. But Daleley was raised in St. Louis.
The balance of the team roster requires a pronunciation guide, which the Comets provided in their press packets. The abundance of foreign players is no new matter for the MISL.
The Comets are waiting to judge the public's reaction to their non-local team. They've put together a slick package, and they're waiting to see Kansas City will buy it.
THE LEAGUE has rules limiting foreign players. The rules set a minimum of 13 North American teams.
"I've never been in a town, except for New York, where everybody talks so much about it," she says.
The market for soccer is certainly there. There are at least 15,000 kids playing in Kansas City, more than any other sport, according to the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission.
In addition to the various soccer leagues that allow youngsters to play team soccer long before they can start football, soccer has moved into the schools.
The Shawnee Mission schools have been fielding teams for three years. While soccer is not one of the sports sanctioned by the state, they still make up school teams in the area to make a full schedule.
SHIRLEY HOFFMAN, of the Shawnee Mission Northwest athletic department, said, "I wouldn't be surprised at all if the state made soccer official within the next few years."
Wichita has the same sort of soccer programs for the young, as well as adult leagues that involve 20 teams for both men and women, very close to that of the Kansas City clubs.
The northwest team lists two girls on its roster. Danya Smith explained that during the fall season she plays for the male school team but not in soccer because she would be separate non-school league for men and women.
Sara Mills, a coordinator for the KU women's
Mills and her counterpart on the men's team, Nelson, said that their clubs were growing.
team, said that soccer had grown a lot in her hometown since the Wings came two years ago.
"It has gotten a lot stronger just this year because a lot of freshmen have high school experience," said Mills.
MILLS SAID that the women's team is an offshoot of the men's. Last spring, the women played their first four games, and they finished up their fall season this year with a 7-1 record.
Mills, who hadn't played soccer until college, that it was an up-and-coming sport partly because of the team's success.
She said that another point in soccer's favor was it was less expensive to field a team than football.
Although it may cost less than football, soccer isn't a cheap hobby for the club members. The University pays for the ball and refers; but not for training, because not the bill for uniforms and traveling expenses.
Nelson said, "It gets kind of expensive, but it's a matter of how much you like to play."
THE KU SOCCER club's membership is open to anyone connected with the University. The men's team drew nearly 40 players this year, and the women's team drew 19.
As women's clubs were fairly new, the women have to do a little searching to find teams to fill their schedule, going as far as Creighton and Iowa, where the number of teams was consistently increasing.
The men have no problems fighting opponents, as the sport is more established. They will play with a variety of skills.
During Nelson's freshman year, there was a split between the American and foreign players, but since then, the two factions have gotten back together to form one team.
Both teams play a fail and spring schedule and work out in the fieldhouse during the break.
Nelson said that although the team wanted to be recognized as an official KU sport, he didn't expect it in the near future because of the financial situation.
"THE BIG EIGHT is so football-oriented—the initiative will have to come from schools like MU and Colorado who have the stronger programs," Nelson said.
Missouri, which draws many of the St. Louis natives, is always a strong leader in Big Eight schools.
Nelson said that because KU had such a large base of students from which to draw, they were able to play competitively against area colleges, schools, and Avila, whose teams are NIAA contenders.
Nelson said that although KU could play against those schools without an official team, it was a different story.
"We won't be recruited as long as we're only a club, and our possibility of turning pro is just not there."
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