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Tuesday, October 24, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Freshman Murphy worked hard for chance to catch KU passes
By BILL BUZBEE
Sports Writer
Freshman wide receiver Kevin Murphy is a man living out his dreams.
While growing up in Kansas City, Kan., he attended High School, graduate bad pad driving ambition.
"I just wanted to play four years of scholarship football," Murphy says. "I would like to turn pro, but that would just be a bonus.
"Now, I just want to do my job."
Murphy, at 6-3 the tallest wide receiver on the team, appears to be doing that quite well. Ranked ninth in the Big Eight in pass receiving, Murphy leads the team with 13 catches for 194 yards. He has also scored a touchdown.
One of the more highly recruited wide
"I FELT I could help the team out," he said. "And I wonder if someone so people there would play me play."
receivers in the nation, *Murphy came to KU* after several successful seasons at Summer
"I have no regrets about coming here," Murphy said after reciting a list of 20 major colleges, including Oklahoma, Texas and UCLA, that actively bid for his services.
Murphy, however, thinks he could be doing better.
"I really haven't had a good game this season," he said. "But the best so far was probably against UCLA when I caught a 51-yard pass."
Although Murphy is at KU on a football scholarship, he might very easily have gone
In his senior year at Sumner, he won the state indore 400-yard dash with a time of 51.0 and finished second in the 60, with a time of 6.5.
Murphy said he would like to run track this year as well as play football, but he didn't think it would be right for a freshman to miss spring practice.
"My best 440 time is 47.6."
"WHEN I GET hurt on the field, sometimes I think that I should have gone with track," he said jokingly. "I think of track as the easy way out, but really it isn't."
"I know I can catch, but I still have a long way to go." he said.
Murphy, however, doesn't think he has reached his potential.
way to be, that there is a bit more involved in being a wide receiver than having good
"I don't like to run much anyway, and people have told me that I have more ability."
"You have to block, run the right route, read the defense—I don't think it as just a matter of doing."
"It'll take another year, I think before I learn it all."
Swollen by injuries from the Oklahoma State football game, KU's glutted injury list contained 24 names yesterday.
Football injury list registers 2 dozen
included on the list were six regulars who Moore said might not start Saturday against Iowa State. They are wingbacks Jimmy Little, David Verse and Dan Wagoner, and linebackers Scailara Young, Baford Johnson and Kyle Mc-
"It's about as bad as I've seen it," said head coach Bud Moore, who is midway through his fourth season.
Little is out with a bruised shoulder, Verser with a pulled hamstring muscle, Wagner with a bruised back. Young and McNorton with a shoulder injury.
"IT'S A little frustrating," Moore said.
One-time starters also on the injury list are: John Alpine, pulled groin muscle and ankle injury; Max Ediger, injured shoulder; John Hammond, Bettek, back; John Odell, knee; Mark Wilbers, knee; Robert Gentry, ankle; Joe Tumpick,膝; and nine other injuries.
"but no more than the guys who are injured—well, maybe a little more."
Freshman free safety McTeeny may was moved to linebacker, and tackle Bobby Cunningham, and defense in practice. Moore also experimented with tight and Kirby Criswell
To try to make up for his losses, Moore has been juggling positions.
their first conference victory Saturday in Kansas' homecoming contest.
"Iowa State was picked to be one of the top contenders for the title at the beginning of the season," Moore said. "And Coach Earle Erice said that his team had the best potential of any football team in the history of the school."
BOTH KU and Iowa State will try for
The Cyclones, however, have failed to capitalize on that talent so far this season. After defeating Rice, San Diego lost to Arizona in the last three consecutive conference games.
Iowa State, tied for last place with Kansas in the Big Eight at 4-3, lost to Nebraska, 23-0, Missouri, 26-13, and Oklahoma, 34-6.
Herzog realized risk in removing Lau
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Whitely says he knows the heaps he put his head on a chopping block by fire Charley Lau, the city batting coach of the Kansas City Royals.
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"It's very difficult for a manager to sign a one-year contract and fire a popular coach," the Royals' skipper said yesterday in a news conference.
"I stuck my neck out and I believe everything will work out."
Herrzog said Laau's status was one thing he had needed to resolve before agreeing to another one-year contract with the Royals. He said the contract last week after much hesitation
"I played with Charley in 1961, so he's a personal friend of mine," Herschag said. "I still feel he is a personal friend of mine. I just feel that 16 guys on the same ball club can't stand in the same place in the bathtub." She扣了 the hat the same way and hit alike.
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HERZOZ SAID Lau had done a tremendous SAID with players George Brett and Hal McRae, but added, "I do think there are other people on the ball club who could do better. My philosophy is that some people have to crowd the plate and some have to stand in the middle of the box. Not everybody can stand away from the plate."
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