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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, November 21, 1968
His eligibility terminated. Bohnenstiehl now coach
By LUIS SANTOS Kansan Sports Writer
Rodger Bohnenstihl's basketball eligibility ended last year, but his contributions to the team have not.
After lettering three years at KU Bohnenstiehl was drafted by the Minnesota Pipers, an American Basketball Association team, but broke a finger a week before practice began. He is now assisting coach Gale Catlett, with the freshman cagers and aiding head coach Ted Owens with the varsity. Bohnenstiehl also teaches an intermediate basketball course.
"I only spent about a week with the Pipers and didn't get to play much because of the finger." Bohnenstieli said, "but from observing pro ball and comparing it with college I'd say it's faster—there's a lot of running involved; there's a greater physical demand—everybody is so big; and it's a lot rougher."
Bohnensiehl will try out with the Pipers again next year.
Although Bohnenstiehl set-a Big Eight conference record in field goal percentage last year he said, "I don't think the team lost much in losing me; it gained more in (Dave) Robisch and (Roger) Brown (both sophomores)-losing only experience, but gaining height and strength."
Bohnenstiehl had the top shooting percentage among the KU players last season, scoring 162 field goals from 309 attempts for a .524 percentage in 30 games. He was second to Jo White in shots scored and second, behind Dave Nash in rebounding with 182 rebounds and a 6.1 average per game. Only All-American White, with a 15.3 point average per game, bettered Bohnenstiehl's 13.7 point average.
In 10 games Bohnentiehl was the Jayhawks' top server last season, netting his season high, 21 points, against Iowa State. He was top rebounder in six games, having a high of 12 against Villa-nova.
Watching the team practice every day isn't easy for Bohnenstiehl. "Playing doesn't wear off that easily," he said. "When I'm coaching I really miss it."
Coaching has helped Bohnen-stiehl's game. "I've learned more in this last three weeks about the game than what I knew ... and I'm still learning," he explained.
"Things look tremendously different from the coaching seat. You get to see the little things and their value. As a coach you observe what is happening on the court and then use it, while as a player you tend to overlook many things," Bohnenstiehl added.
Evaluating this year's team, Bohnenstiel said perhaps the lack of experience might hurt it some. He doesn't think anyone has earned a starting position, yet. "They're all still battling for them," he said.
"The loss of White may be a big factor in the final outcome of this team-he's such an all around player," Bohnenstiehl added. "I feel that the people we have will compensate. Hopefully it won't take long." White's eligibility ends after the first 18 games of the season.
"Good men are coming into most teams, and I don't feel there's going to be a weak team," he said.
Bohnenstiehl said the Big Eight conference this year is going to be tougher than last year.
As a high school star in Collinsville, Ill., Bohnenstiehl received more than 100 basketball scholarship offers. He came to KU because "here they played the kind of basketball I like to play -not all running, you set up your offense," he explained.
Bohnensiehl visited New Mexico, Missouri, Illinois, St. Louis and Evansville, but preferred the KU campus because "it wasn't too close or far from home, not too large or too small, and was what I wanted academically."
Jeff Butterfield, Lawrence junior, and Larry Green, Topeka sophomore, practice for Friday's tourney in Wichita. Green, the National Golden Gloves Middleweight Boxing Champion in 1965, won the National Golden Welterweight division this year.
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Thirty-five men belong to the boxing club which is not yet entirely organized. Seven club members will travel to the meet in Wichita.
KU boxers will compete in their second tourney Dec. 1 and 2 in Topeka.
Ridiculous behavior by fans reaches highest peak late during Jet-Raider game
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The ridiculous behavior of football fans reached a new peak in sports Sunday evening when the National Broadcasting Co. cut off the final minute of a televised game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders.
Some fans in New York were so outraged they called the police department. Which is downright aburd.
It doesn't do any good to call the police about a thing like that. They should have called the FBI
"There I was, flat on my back on the couch in the den. The Jets were ahead by three points and Oakland had the ball in their own territory. We were only 60 seconds away from victory. Then it happened."
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My friend Harvey Grimitch, a Jet fan with true grit, loyalty, dedication and determination, was still seething with anger when I talked with him the day after the game.
"You should be glad you didn't see it," I said. "I read in the paper that Oakland scored two touchdowns in the last minute and won the game."
"That's what I'm so mad about." Harvey said. "I'm holding NBC responsible for causing the Jets to lose."
"All of us Jet fans who were watching the game on television were sending out telepathic waves of support. The players could feel it and were inspired by it. They had victory within their grasp."
"But when the contact was broken, they suddenly felt let down and Oakland won."
"You're crazy," I said. "The outcome of the game couldn't have been changed by cutting off the telecast."
I said, "You're just being a poor loser, Harvey. I never heard' of such an outlandish excuse for refusing to admit defeat."
"Of course it could." Harvey insisted. "Haven't you ever heard of extra-sensory perception?
"It isn't outlandish at all," Harvey replied. "The facts speak for themselves. When the game was being telecast, the Jets were ahead. When the telecast stopped, they lost."
"It's like Marshall McLuhan said in his book—'medium is the message.'"
Intramural basketball starts Dec. 4
Plans for KU's intramural basketball program have been completed with play scheduled to begin Dec. 4.
The KU intramural department announced yesterday that all entries must be in by 4 p.m. Monday. Competition will be divided into three leagues of "A," "B," and "C."
Each entry must have at least 10 men and must be accompanied
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