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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 17, 1968
Royals choose youth
BOSTON (UPI) - They paid their money, $5.25 million apiece, and they took their choice. Neither the Kansas City Royals nor the Seattle Pilots expect to become the butt of Met-type jokes.
The two brand new American League franchises were stocked with rosters of 30 players each Tuesday. They paid the existing clubs $175,000 for each selection in a day-long expansion draft. And both managements came away poorer but insistent they had gotten what they wanted.
Kansas City went solidly for youth, some tried, most not. Seattle went more for "name" players and, as a result, acquired a much older collection of veterans.
Look To Future
The Royals were admittedly looking ahead to "1970, 1971 and 1972" according to General Manager Cedric Talis. They figure that pitchers Roger Nelson, 24, Steve Jones, 27, Jon Warden, 22, Dave Morehead, 25, Wally Bunker, 23, Jim Rooker, 26, and Bill Butler, 21, have "growth potential."
But just in case their "kiddie korps" is too young, the Royals installed Hoyt Wilhelm, 45, and Moe Drabowsky, 33, in their bullpen.
Seattle went for the veterans or what Tallis called players with "dwindling potential."
Pilot General Manager Marvin Milkes didn't agree. "We wanted
established players and we got them. We got power and speed. We expect to trade for more pitching strength. We have players of value and people on the other clubs already want to talk to us. Our store is always open," Milkes added.
He displayed a chart listing selections by position that showed an infield of Don Mincher, 30, Ray Oyler, 30, Rich Rollins, 30, and Jack Hernandez, 28; an outfield of Tom Harper, 28, Tommy Davis, 29, and Chico Salmon, 27; Jerry McNertney, 32, as the catcher and Pitchers Buzz Stephen, 24, Diego Segui, 30, Marty Pattin, 25, Gary Bell, 31, Gerald Schoen, 21, Jack Aker, 28, and Steve Barber, 29.
Some Holes
The Tallis player position chart was incomplete. The center field position, for example was entirely blank. But the Royals' boss quickly filled it with an arrow shifting minor league outfielder Pat Kelly, 24-year-old brother of the Cleveland Brown's Leroy Kelly, from right to center.
Tallis had Joe Foy, 25, Mike Fiore, 24, Paul Schaal, 25, and Billy Harris, 25, written across the top, though additional notes confused the matter somewhat.
In addition to Kelly, his outfield list showed Joe Keough, 22, Steve Whitaker, 25, and Bob Oliver, 25. The long list of pitchers, a dozen righthanders and five southpaws, dominated the sheet.
Douglass signs for All-Star game
TAMPA, Fla. (UPI)--Bobby Douglass, University of Kansas quarterback, and Dickie Lyons, University of Kentucky tailback, are the first two players signed for the American Bowl College All-Star football game scheduled here Jan. 4, it was announced Wednesday.
Douglass, an All-Big Eight selection and most valuable conference back last year, has guided Kansas to four straight wins and a No. 4 ranking in the nation this season.
Lyons racked up 321 yards total offense and scored three touchdowns last week in leading Kentucky to a 35-34 upset over Oregon State.
The North coaching staff in the All-Star game will include Kansas coach Pepper Rodgers.
U.S. boxer wins decision
MEXICO CITY (UPI)—American heavyweight boxer George Foreman of Houston, Tex., was awarded a controversial split decision over stocky Polish south-paw Lucjan Trela Wednesday in his initial Olympic match.
The 19-year-old, 6-3/2 Foreman, who towered over his 26-year-old opponent, received the votes of four of the five officials. But the verdict was unpopular with the sparse crowd in the Arena Mexico.
Foreman's victory was the fourth without a loss for the American team. It was his 19th win in 22 starts. The judges voting for Foreman had him ahead 60-58, 59-58, 59-58, and 60-57. The lone official voting for Trela had him the winner, 60-59.
Foreman, who was unmarked after the fight, said the Pole was a tough opponent because he was so small.
"But I whipped him with this good heart of mine," he said.
"It was almost impossible to hit him with a jab. I had to hit him with a right uppercut and
left hook. That definitely was a knock down in the last round."
Foreman said Trela was only the third southpaw he had met. His next opponent will be another lefty however, 22-year-old Rio Alexe of Romania.
Olympic medals
MEXICO CITY (UPI)— Medal standings in the Olympic Games at the end of Wednesday's competition:
Nation G S B 12
US 6 2 4 12
Russia 3 1 4 8
Hungary 1 2 3 6
Kenya 2 2 0 4
Great Britain 1 2 1 4
Poland 1 0 3 4
Romania 2 1 0 3
West Germany 1 2 0 3
Japan 1 1 1 3
Iran 1 1 0 2
Australia 1 1 0 2
France 1 0 1 2
East Germany 0 1 1 2
Austria 0 1 1 2
Holland 1 0 1 1
Finland 0 1 0 1
Jamaica 0 1 0 1
Mexico 0 1 0 1
Ethiopia 0 1 0 1
Sweden 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
Dunisia 0 0 1 1
Italy 0 0 1 1
KU defense may shift for OSU
Kansan Photo by Jim Wheeler
Head football coach Pepper Rodgers said after yesterday's practice that he might use a different defensive combination against Oklahoma State this Saturday.
"They have a different team than Nebraska," he said. "They will pass more than the Cornhuskers did. In certain games certain people are better than others," he added. "Against Nebraska the bigger people would do a better job."
He also respects the ability of OSU's head coach, Phil Cutchins.
Big Eight Back of the Week Bobby Douglass runs one of his patented end sweeps as he picks up rushing yardage in Saturday's game with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Yesterday Douglass signed to play in the American Bowl College All-Star football game, which will be played Jan. 4 in Tampa.
Rodgers said that he might play as many as 20 people on defense during the game.
"As I have said before, they are a good football team."
"It has nothing to do with the score. I may put in quite a few players in the first quarter with the score 0-0."
Rodgers said that he hasn't read any recent clippings which have discussed the Oklahoma State plans for the game this Saturday.
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"He does one of the finest jobs of coaching in this league or any league," he said.
When told that the Cowboys
have played their first three games at night, Rodgers replied, "We're going to get them some sunshine this Saturday."
Offense puts Chiefs on top
NEW YORK (UPI)—All it takes to know why the Kansas City Chiefs are leading the Western Division of the American Football League is one look at the individual offensive statistics in the sixth week of the season.
The Chiefs, who took over first place last Sunday with their fifth victory in six games, have the individual leaders in passing and scoring and the No. 2 and No. 9 runners in the league.
Len Dawson is the passing leader with 61 completions in 102 attempts for a .598 percentage, 818 yards, four touchdowns and an average gain of 8.02 yards. John Hadl of the San Diego Chargers ranks second with 77 completions in 156 attempts for a .494 percentage, 1268 yards, nine touchdowns and an 8.13 average gain while Joe Namath of the New York Jets is third with 85-172 for
494, 1339 yards, eight touchdowns and 7.78.
Hewritt Dixon of the Raiders has gained 484 yards in 91 attempts for a 5.3 yard average and the Chiefs' Bob Holmes, 5-foot, 9-inch, 220-pound "find" from Southern University, ranks second with 335 yards on 54 attempts for a 6.2 average. Hoyle Granger of the Houston Oilers is third and Ben Gregory of the Buffalo Bills is fourth.
Jan Stenerud is the leading scorer with 68 points on 14 extra points and 18 field goals—20 points more than Jim Turner of the Jets, who has 48 points on 15 extra points and 11 field goals. George Blanda of the Oakland Raiders is third with 40 points.
The No. 9 ranking runner is Kansas City's Mike Garrett, who has gained 208 yards on 59 attempts for a 3.5 average.