University Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 7, 1978
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Careful Watch
Staff photo
Kay Wertberger, interim women's golf coach, took a careful look at the putting stroke of Cindy Johnson, Alexandria, Mimi., freshman, during practice yesterday afternoon.
Life hectic for stand-in golf coach
Sports Writer
Kwert Wertz伯 never realized this two weeks her life could be so busy and unbalanced.
Two weeks ago she was asked by Marian Washington, women's athletic director, to help out the women's golf team, which suddenly had been left without a coach. Bill Augusto, the former coach, left KU in late August to join in Colorado not involving golf.
"She (Washington) told me that they had a problem and beard that I had some experience in golf, and wondered if I could help them until they could find a coach," Wertzberger said. She agreed to do what she could.
Her immediate reward was hectic days spent on the phone and shouting in and out of her house.
Her evening, until well after dark, were spent at Alvamar Hills golf course organizing and supervising practice and qualifying rounds that the girls plued.
Eventually she narrowed the team to four women and has helped them get ready for the trip.
WERTZBERGER IS from the Kansas City area.
"I was a golfer player out of country clubs," she said. "I played 'hainfrun' golf or what I want to be to it. Then I played some team play games with a handicap of 18 or less you can qualify."
Six years ago she and her family moved to Lawrence.
"I was active in golf until we had our third child," she said. "I played one year at the Lawrence Country Club and won the club tournament that year, and then decided that I couldn't be away from home enough to get better."
DESPIETE ALL OF the work, Wertbzkerg said she was delighted with her duties as interim golf coach. She says her role is "to keep them organized, to get them to practice, to get them to and from the first meet, and if they don't have someone by the next meet, to get them to and from that meet."
"So, I quit playing golf and took up tennis,
because I can do that in an hour and a half. I have just sort of gotten back into golf this spring."
Wertzberger is optimistic.
"I think they look great. They all have tremendous potential. It is just a matter of getting all the strokes together at the same time," she said.
The team's first meet is Sept. 11 in Oklahoma City.
Wertzberger said she will rely on Nancy Hoins, Leavemount senior, to lead the team. Last year Hoins shot a 69 in the first round.
"We look for great things from her," said Wertzberger.
Wertbierger did not know how long she woul be coach. ut until she was replaced, it would be coach she will continue to be a wife mother and mother, although probably not in that order.
The win was Kansas City's fifth in a row and Oakland's 20th loss in 23 games.
With the score at 8-4, U.L. Washington started Kansas City's rally in the 12th with a walk off loser Dave Heaverlo (3-4). After Hal McAree forced Washington at second on a sacrifice bunt attempt and was replaced by Nathan singled and Darrrell Porter walled out in bases. Heaveler was relieved by Elias Siaw, who gave up Cowens' single to short left.
OAKLAND (UP1)—Al Cowens' bloop single with one in the out 12th inning scored pinch runner Wilmer Wilson from third base yesterday, igniting a three-run rally that lifted the Kansas City Royals to an 11-8 victory over the Oakland A's.
Royals thump A's in 12
One out later Amos Otis singled for his
fourth hit of the game to score Wathan and Porter with two insurance runs.
THE VICTORY WENT to Al Hrabosky (7-
6).
Kansas City, which pounded out a season-high 20 hits, tied the game in the ninth on a two-tuple by Frank White and Steve Rafter, one single. The Royals rallied from an 8-4 defense in the eighth inning on a two-run homer by Ols, his 16th and Porter's two-run single.
Oakland surged ahead early on ronce Carry's two-run single in the second inning with the 28th homer, a two-run shot, off Steve Bush. Bushy made the score 7-0. Bushy was making his first appearance since April 28 and his first appeal appearance ever in the major leagues.
McEnroe, women advance
NEW YORK (AP)—John McEarroe ended the rampage of gaint-killer Butts Waltz Tuesday, defeating him 6-4, 7-6 in the open championships.
Second-seeded Chris Evert put down Tracy Aucinat 7-5, 6-1, and top-seeded Martina Navratlova easily beat 11th-seeded Virginia Ruzomir of Romania 6-3, 6-2.
McEenroe, 19, is seeded 15th. He encountered little of the intensity that Walts had used in dumping defending champion Guillermo Vilas Monday night.
Waltz, who served spectacularly against Vilas, served well-74 percent of his first seals were good—but not nearly so emphatic. He just used just six times, the same as McEnroe.
But clearly the match was not decided on service. Wallet never broke service, except for one error.
A crowd of 1,350 watched the game.
McEnroe won the tiebreaker 7-4.
McEuro was faster and more successful at the net, and virtually controlled the first rate.
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