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Wednesday, November 28, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Bowman Beats Odds To End With Flourish
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
Kanan Sports Writer
Someone obviously forgot to tell James Bowman, University of Kansas defensive back, that football players just don't break their arm and go back to back to back in football in November.
But Bowman, a 6-foot, 178-pound senior from Kansas City, Mo., has done just that. After breaking his left forearm in KU's sixth-round game against Boston, Bowman began the long trail back.
"At first, it was just a matter of letting the bones heal before I could even start running." Bowman said. "After they'd healed a little, I started running to keep my condition under control and with aid I started working with the team to get the feel of playing football again."
IF BOWMAN'S performances in KU's last two games with Oklahoma and Missouri are any indication, he's made a complete recovery.
In what he called his best performance of his career, Bowman made seven tackles and returned an interception 92 yards for a game. He also earned 48-20 loss to Oklahoma two weeks ago.
In KU's 14-13 win over Mississippi Saturday, Bowman intercepted another pass and intercepted an opposing touchdown.
But the spotlight on Bowman has always shined as brightly as it has recently. In his five years at Kansas, Bowman hasn't once to play a full season for the Hawks.
In practice a week before he was to start at cornerback his sophomore year. Bownain became what he termed the "first case of artificial turf at Memorial Stadium."
"I was running with a receiver," Bowman said, "and tried to come back to get the football because it was overthrown. But, as I stopped and tried to turn, my foot wouldn't give on the artificial fur. Because of that, I got twisted ligaments in my knee."
THE KNEE INJURY kept Bowman from playing his sophomore year, he was red-
His junior year wasn't much better. His knee could still bother him and he played three games.
What could have been a final blow to Bowman's at KU came last year.
"I thought I was ready to play, but the coaches thought I wasn't," Bowman said.
KU'S PASS DEFENSE ranks second in
KU's defense this year, giving
only 90 vards per game.
Although the defensive backs are extremely important in that kind of defense.
Bowman said KU's defensive line also played a major role.
"A quarterback knows how much time it's going to take his receiver to get downfield. He goes downfield. Bowry buys him the attack. He burrows his throw, that usually forces him to make a mistake.
"As defensive backs, we then try to take advantage of these mistakes. But the front line is a great factor in any success we have on pass defense."
While a defensive back can wait for the opponent's quarterback to make a mistake, Bowman said he can also take advantage of a receiver's tendency to give his patterns
"A LOT of times you know where a receiver's going by where he lines up." Bowman said. "If he sets himself near the sideline, he's probably going to run a break down the line or a run on the hashmark, he's probably going to run an out pattern."
"That's when I start thinking that maybe can cut in front of him and get myself on the ground," she said.
"That's what happened in the OU game. Their receiver ran an out pattern and I just stepped in front of him and took off down the sideline."
Bowman's 92-yard return on that interception was the second longest in KU's history, eclipsed only by John Haddl's 98-yard run in 1959.
The suit also seeks to have the procedure the Big Ten used in choosing Ohio State declared invalid because the procedure violated due process of law, and asks the
DETROIT (AP)—A suit on behalf of a University of Michigan student seeking to overturn the Big Tigers' decision to send the team to the Olympics was filed in U.S. District court yesterday.
It also asks the court to order Big Ten athletic directors to meet publicly to decide how the team will play.
U. S. District Court Judge Fred W. Kaesa set a hearing of the suit for Dec. 6.
court to bar Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke from participating in the decision.
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