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Mondav, September 18. 1978
University Daily Kansan
Royals win 5-0 but division race lingers in minds
By LEON UNRUH Sports Editor
By LEON UNRUH
The Royals beat the California Angels 5-4 Sunday on homers by Frank White and George Brett and five-hit pitching by Dennis Leagard.
That put Kansas City 4½ games up in the American League West. The Royals' magic number—the combined number of Royals' runs—and their ability to clinch the division title—dropped to nine.
Kansas City, winner of six of its last seven games, has 14 games lost. California, loser of eight, has 13 wins.
"It's really not over," Brett said. "We've got 14 games to go."
"They're capable of winning 11 straight. I think it's better, ball, ball. We're with winning 11 straight."
Eight of Kansas City's remaining games are at home. None are against California, Oakland or Texas. Six of California's 11 will be played in Anaheim.
"If we think it's over now," he said,
"We're capable of doing what we did two
times."
Two years ago, the Royals had a good lead at the beginning of September. Then they faded as second-place Oakland picked up steam. The Royals backed into the title because the season ended before the A's could catch them.
Hail McTae, the Royals' designated hitter, said, "We didn't assume we had it so soon. We played bad. We were under a little pressure.
"We're playing more aggressive ball now than we've played all year."
"We're not going to tighten up. If we lose,
it's because somebody else had a better
team or we played poorly. It won't be
because we tightened up."
Acknowledging that neither the Royals' nor the Angels' schedules could be called the toughest ones down the stretch, Mcae said, "We pretty much got to win a lot, too. We can't go out and expect them to lose them all."
Leonard did his best to make sure that California didn't take Sunday's game, the last one between the clubs this season. The Angels wone of the 16.
He allowed just five singles and no more than one in an inning. He struck out three batters and walked none while going the whole game.
Loser Frank Tanana, 17-11, gave up all six Royals' hits. He is, by the seventh by Dyun McNeil who retired one batter and two. No. Miller was replaced by Ken Brett. George's brother, who got the final four puts.
White led the Royals to the scoreboard in the second with his sixth homer of the season, a long shot into the left field cheap first down, with a blast his seventh, to right center.
Brett suggested that the years had worn some of the polish off Tannana's fireball.
The Royals stirred again in the fifth, when, with two outs, Brett walked and was driven home by McAkee to double to. Amos Olsen drove in McRae, his 92nd run, for 16 points.
"I used to be really intimidated by him," he said. "I was not bothered now. He still has super control, but he's not what he used to be."
The final run came in the seventh. Shortstop Fred Patek rolled a double to the right field corner and scored on a single by Brett.
"They pretty much have to win 11 in
"he said, "and I think that'll be hard."
Leonard, who didn't seem to have any trouble with his control, said he would be better off having a therapist.
Royals manager Whitey Herzog took a conservative tack.
"No speeches," he said. "If we're six up next Sunday night we'll be all right."
KANSAS CITY
The Royals play tonight and tomorrow night in Seattle then return home for two games against Milwaukee. They open a four-game weekend Friday at Minnesota.
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Athletic promotions head to be announced today
The University of Kansas will announce today that a football recruiting coordinator at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has come back KU's third assistant athletic director.
Mays said last night that he was looking forward to his appointment and to working with Marcum and KU's athletic department.
"Bruce Mays is an excellent addition to our staff. he said 'He has a proven record of success.'"
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Bob Marcum, KU director of athletics,
said in a release that recruiting coordinator
Bruce Mays will begin this week as
a athletic director in charge of promotion.
"I think it's a great opportunity and
Kansas is a great university," he said. "I can't wait to get out there to get going."
MAYS, WHO HAS had extensive experience as both an assistant and head high school football coach, began his collegiate career at Kansas State University as a freshman. He left KState in 1973 to become recruiting coordinator at North Carolina State.
In 1976, Mays, 35, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, went to the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked under head football coach Johnny Malors.
"Bruce Mays has done a real fine job for us," Majors said. "Although we hate to lose him, we're glad to see him move on to a better opportunity. He's a very energetic and talented man. Kansas is very fortunate."
Majors and Mays both went to the University of Tennessee where Majors is head football coach and where Mays was recruiting coordinator for 18 months.
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Kansas City's George Bretts past the late throw of California catcher Brian Downing and the glove of shortstop Dave Chalk to steal his 20th base this season. The theft,
Sunday sliding
'Hawks soaked bv Huskies 31-2
Bv LEON UNRUH
Sports Editor
SEATTLE, Wash——When it rains, itours. And when the Jayhawks werestarting to look a little soggy against theskies, theyasked Saturday, the skiesreally opened.
That rain probably ruined a perfect day for Washington, victors by a 31-2 score. It evened the Huskies' record at 1-1 and lost to the Cardinals, their second loss against a ranked team.
Washington dominated KU both on offense and defense, running 65 plays to KU's 20. Washington was 13-7 against KU.
KU-WU stats
Washington had 404 yards on offense, and
Hawthorne that. More than anything, was the
difference.
Kansas 8 Washington
First downs 36 105
Rabbit-yards 36-106 63-252
Passing yards 47 152
Passing yards 47-51 17-26.6
Return yards 7 17
Points 11-36.7 7-37.9
Pound-lost 12-37 9-40
Punishment Yards 8-90
Rams received the opening kickoff, ran
playes and punted. WU took six runs, an
overtime victory.
Kansas took the ensuing kickoff, spent four plays and punted. WU took eight plays
KANAS TOOK the ensuing kickoff, ran six plays and tried a 45-yard field goal. It missed. Washington took 14 plays and hit a 24-yard field goal. 0-17.
The field goal came less than a minute into the second quarter. At the end of the half, the ball was gone.
Rushing - Kansas: Wagner 5-20, Barrow 5-17, Sydney 4-14, Friars 6-12, S.C. Smith 1-5, Hines 1-65, Edgert 4-31, Washington: Steele 36-42, Gibson 194-44, Poram 6-45, Warner 36-42, Gibson 194-44, Poram 6-45, Tiger 2-1er Flier 1, fleck 2-1er Flier 1
**Kansas - Kansas:** Hines 8-2(4-7), Sydney 0-1-0.
*Washington* : Porras 9-5, Dudley 0-2-0.
*Michigan* : Bickford 3-1, McCormick 3-1, Mickelson 1-4, S. Smith 1-4, Friesen 1-2, Serena 1-2man: Washington.
*Briarcrest* 4-31, Greenwood 1-0, K. Richardson 2-2, Gaines 6-2.
Paintings - Kansas: Hutchison 11-8.7, Washington Wilson 4-8.3, Caperton 3-4.3.
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"We didn't do a good job against them," said John Levrau, KU offensive coordinator. "They whipped us offensively and defensively."
IN WASHINGTON'S last series before halftime, substitute quarterback Tom Fick, who started fail practices as the third quarterback in UU quarterbacks what passing is all about.
The teams spent the next five series扑打背 and back forth under partly cloudy skies.
Another punting volley, this one lasting six bouts, consumed the third quarter. And as the rain turned from the usual afternoon mist to the usual afternoon drencher, tailback Joe Steele marched the Huskies to another touchdown. He scored on a 3-air burst.
He connected on seven of seven attempts, the last a 4-yard shot to tight end Scott Greenwood for the Huskies' third touchdown.
Kansas' lone tally came with 69 seconds left in the game. The play was preceded by a fumble by Husky toissuf Toussaint Tyler, and Larry's recovery was recovered by KU Lineman Charles Casey.
KU'S HARRY Sydney, who had just entered the game at 4:40, threw an interception on his first play. Washington returned him on the next play with a fumble.
Kansas moved to the Washington 10-yard line, two yards short of a first down and turned it on. On the next play, tailback Vince Coby misplayed a pitchsee. Thus that it could turn into a KU touchdown, he hit out of bounds to leave KU with a safety.
Freshman Dan Wagoner, moved to tailback after the opponent at Texas A&M, was KU's led rusher. He had 30 points in 17 games and back Robby Barrow was with 17 yards.
Tim Jones, another freshman who was moved into the backfield to provide the 'Hawks with a little more speed, didn't even touch the ball.
"We got ourselves behind every quickly," eva said, "and had to throw a lot and push it."
KU STARTING quarterback Jhines Hij eight of 24 pass attempts, but at least
seven were dropped by slick-fingered receivers.
The offensive line, criticized by Moore a week ago for protecting much protection, is now the center of play.
But, Moore suggested, it didn't do a very good job of opening up the defense. KU's longest run from scrimmage was 19 yards and an average of 15.2 yards per game. Hawk made over 10 vards on the run.
For the Huskies, Steele gathered 120 yards on 26 carries. He was backed up by Gipson with 44 yards and quarterback Tom Pgras, 40.
Porras hit 10 of 17 passes. Flick hit seven of eight and Akins missed his only try.
KU head coach Bud Moore said, "Washington is one of the better football teams we've played in a good while. We may have helped them look better than they are, but they are an outstanding football team and their execution is excellent."
LEVRA SAID Washington, ranked 18th and 19th in the wire service polls last week, had looked exactly as powerful as KU had expected.
"We didn't take them lightly, that's for sure." he said.
Moore worried after the game that KU's morale might be hurt by successive defeats of 37-10 and 31-2, by facing ninth-ranked Oklahoma and starting the start of Big Eight season in three weeks.
"We've got nine games to go and it's important that we start improving and get some positiveness about our football team," he said. "But right now I don't see anything positive. I don't think we played well as a team at all."
Runners open season at Wichita Men repeat as titlists Women finish second
"At times, it seemed as if there were many ambulances as runners. I think that 12 runners were affected by heat exhaustion."
"It was a terrific hot day, 103 degrees at race time. That is six
hours that has ever been in Wichita in Sept." said Bob
Timmons, mime's coach.
The heat, probably a runner's greatest enemy, was at record levels. If he didn't stop the KU men's cross country team from defending its title,
The Jayawhaks placed four runners in the top 10 and won the meet. The Tavares placed four runners in the top 10 and points followed by Mission, 72 points, and Wichita State, 128 points.
Tim Davis of K-State won the four-mile race in 20:21.
Bruce Coldsmith, Brent Swanson, and Tim Schmidt finished 12th,
18th, and 21st.
"We won this meet last year but we didn't do too much after that," Timmons said. "There is going to be no complacency on this."
ONLY A MINUTE behind Davis was KU's Paul Schultz moved up two places from his last year's fourth place finish second.
ANOTHER HAPPY NOTE for Timmons was the performance of freshman Jerry Campbell, who won the open division, competing unattached. Campbell's time was 29:57, which put him in fifteenth place. Open and university division contestants ran in the same race.
Other Jayhawks in the top ten were Kendall Smith, four place Bauer, sixth place with a 20-37, and Tim Tess, tenth place in 20-41.
"We were very pleased with Jeff's performance. He will be running for KU next time we are in competition," Timmons said.
Four points away from a first place finish, the KU women's cross country team placed second Friday in their meet of the year, the UCLA women's cross country team held third.
K-State finished first with 44 points, KU was second with 48, Oklahoma finished third with 73 and Southwest Missouri State was fourth with 62.
The highest place finisher for KU was sophomore Michelle Brown. Brown finished third in a time of 11:02. She was barely edged out of second place by Southwest Missouri State's Eileen Brown, who had a time of 11:08. She was Nebraska's Carol Schoek, a freshman, with a time of 10:49.
TWO FRESHMEN HAD the next highest KU finishes. Louse placed north in a time of 11:33.0 and Farnsworth Finished him in a time of 11:34.5.
Women's cross country coach Teri Anderson said that she was pleased at her team's performance but that she was disap-
pared by the lack of support from Kate Kasper.
"We were so close," she said. "If we could have moved one runner up we would have won. We did all right considering it was a good decision."
Finishing 30th is Bridgett Bennett. Denise Homa finished 34th. Debbie Hertzko finished 32nd and in 40th place was Maureen McDhee.
Anderson said she was impressed with the freshmen's performance, especially that turned in by Finholm.
"Maurieen had been running good in practice," Anderson said,
"but she really turned it on at the meet.
"I think that Louise (Murphy) and Vicki (Simpson) can run better than they did. When they do that's going to help us."
Other KU finishers and their times were: Karen Fitz, 12th place,
11:58.0; Vivi Simpson, 16th place, 11:56.0; and Jane Brock, 19th
The team's next meet will be September 23 at the Lawrence Country Club.
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Big 8 splits against foes
KANAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—The Big Eight broke even with outsiders this week, winning four and losing four. Only Oklahoma, Colorado and Iowa State remain unbeaten.
Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma State remained winners. Kansas State are into AAA.
No. 1 Alabama, for the second game in a row, mauled what's supposed to be one of the Big Eight's stronger teams. After recovering from a three-touchdown blitz in the second quarter, the Crimson Tide turned and blasted eleven-thrank Missouri, 38-20.
The Kansas State Wildcats, who were shufl out by Arizona in Jim Dickey's debut last week, staged an 18-point rally in the second round before succumbing to Ailburn, 45-32.
Nebraska did even better, 56-10, against Hawaii.
Kansas trailed 18th-ranked Washington in total yardage, 151,19 at the end of the first quarter. The Jayhawks wounded up on the short end of a 31-2 decision. Oklahoma State was fumble-prone in bowing to 16th-ranked Florida State at Tallahassee, 38-20.
Colorado dispatched Miami, Fla., 17-7,
San Diego State, 14-13
San Diego State, 14-13
OKLAHOMA AND Nebraska have known tougher days when scrimmaging against their own reserves. The Sooners are the Sooners crushed an outworn West Virginia, 52-10.
There was little for Bud Moore, Kansas acces to say follow his team's second playoff
When the game was far out of reach, Kansas scored its two points on a safety late in the fourth period when a Washington pitchout rolled through the endzone.
Aubana coach Bear Bryant said he was "just tickled to die to get out of here," after having survived Missouri's comeback attempt.
WASHINGTON, LED by the passing of quarterback Tom Porras and the running of tailback Joe Steele, totaled 385 yards. Kansas managed just 119.
"Once in a while we could get a good run, but we couldn't get it all together," said Mike Gay, Kansas tackle. "One time he was out and the next time he would be swapped up."
"Offhand, I can't think of a game that turned so quickly," Bryant said. "All at once we collapsed, I don't think we collapsed so much physically as mentally."
Warren Powers, Missouri coach, said, "I thought we had them on the ropes."
WITH ALABAMA leading, 17-0, the Tigers exploded for three second quarter touchdowns. Earl Grant rambled four yards to cap a long drive, quarterback Phil Bradley returned it and another touchdown and rush Calebasre returned an interception 30 yards for the third.
Marty Lyons, Alabama tackle, said, "When you let somebody score 20 points in one period that's not showing tradition or class. In the third quarter, that's where we showed class. That's where we proved we were No. 1."
Iowa State quarterback Terry Rubley threw a touchdown pass in the first quarter and fired a two-point conversion in the final period to rally Iowa Tight. Tight end Guy Preston snared the conversion after a four-yard touchdown run by Victor Mack.
Colorado quarterback Bill Solomon tossed touchdown passes to second-stringers Kazelle Pugel and Greg Howard. Solomon hit Pugel on a 73-yard bomb to give the Buffs a 10-2 lead in the first half. Miami failed to cross midfield until midway through the third quarter. Miami finally scored with 11 minutes remaining in the game.