6 Friday, September 21, 1973 University Daily Kansan Billie Jean Overpowers Riggs in Battle of Sexes HOUSTON (AP)--Billie Jean King, heroine of the women libbers, made Moby Riggs eat his words about women's tennis with a humiliating 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 victory Thursday night in their $100,000 winner-take-all Battle of the Sexes at the Astrodome. But she couldn't stop the little hustler from talking. "MAYBE I WENT too far out in my comments about the women's role," the 55-year-old former world champion remarked. "I take it back, but now I want a rematch." The bandy-legged little veteran was a crestfallen figure after the two hour-and-four-minute match in the air-conditioned arena which is a world showplace of sports. "I'm going to the bridge," he said. A SMILING BILLIE JEAN, siting at his table in a modestly 'breathe'. Be sure and take a parachute fir set. Billee Jean who had called Bobby a 'creep' before the match, said that she was being teased. Riga has boasted in one of his public appearances that if he didn't beat Billie Jean, the five-time Wimbleton champion, in their ballyhooed, Hollywood-produced spectacular, he would jump off Pasadena's "Sci-Fi Bride." Bobby never quits hosting Billie Jean was estatic ASKED WHAT HAPPENED — a weary, downhearted Riggs replied. "She was just too quick. I couldn't get the ball past her. I was too tired. I need a return match for the guys." "This is a culmination of 19 years of tennis for me," she said. "I've wanted to change the sport and tonight a lot of non-piece people saw the sport for the first time. She said she was inspired by the 'Hawks Seek Initial Win Over Seminoles The University of Kansas Jayhawks completed preparations yesterday for the Florida State game, going through a brisk 90 minute workout. The kickoff for tomorrow's game in Tallahassee is scheduled for 3 p.m. CDT. The game will be broadcast over KANU and KIWA, the network's network, at 10 a.m. Lawrence time. The Hawks are seeking their first victory over Florida State. They trail in the short In the first meeting between the teams in 1971 the Serminoselie beat KU-38 at home and won the championship. record, recording the season last week with a 29-8 pasting of Washington State. The Seminoles were upset last week by Wake Forest 9-7. Hit hard by graduation, the Seminoles will contend the Hawks with a talented but struggling team. But Jayhawk head coach Don Fambrough and team aren't taking the game lightly. "With the experience we've bad against Florida State, being beaten as bad as we have, there's no way we can take them lightly." Fambridge said. The KU mentor said that in the Florida State loss to Wake Forest, the Seminoles presented a more balanced attack and won. They also game more than they had in past years. "This was a dream come true," she said. "I've always wanted people to scream at me." Asked about Bobby's request for a rematch, Billie Jean said, "GIVE ME 24 HOURS and a beer—and I'll think about it." She gave Margaret Court, who was hired by the Maupin in a Mother's Day match earlier this year, credit for advice on how to beat Boby. boisterous, cheering crowd, the blaring barang, the scream like atmosphere the match. One year ago FSU brought quarterback Gary Huff and his aerial show to Lawrence and the Florida team passed its way to a 44-22 win. their first two games with impressive shutouts. Kansas Offense Florida St. Emmond Edwards SE Joe Goldman Hick Kwatch G Joe McGee Hick Kwatch G Joe McGee John Morgan G Jack Jones John Morgan G Jack Jones David Jayhawk GB Billy Sonntag David Jayhawk GB Billy Sonntag Robert Miller PB Herman Holmes Robert Miller PB Herman Holmes Dglenn Johnson FB Dglenn Johnson Huff has now departed the pro ranks but senior tailback Hodges Mitchell is back. Mitchell gained over 100 yards in last year's game, and the team's attack helped lead them to victory. The Jayhawks enter the contest with a 1-0 "She told me to play his back hand," she said. Asked if she was tired, the said. "I just woke up." Defense D Goode F Mick Sutton R Pedro Dillon T Nogeb B Steve Towle C Stave Towle C Steve Towle C Kurt Knott C John David C Jim David C Schenyler NEW YORK—Wille Mays announced his retirement from baseball Thursday the same way he's always played this game—gracefully. Outstanding Career Ends for Willie Mays By HAL BOCK Associated Press Reporters Mays told a packed news conference that he's probably played his last major league game after a fabulous 22-season career. He did it with grace and style, the same way he might have gone back for one of his basket catches in center field. So it was with pride that Mays recalled the highlights of a fabulous career that has reached its climax in the shadows of the New York Mets dug out. "I HAVE TO FACE FACTS," said Mays, who has been climbing along with a .211 batting average this season. The body is one of the few ways to get out when the game stops being fun. outouting .211 is no fun. I've been in slumps before and I've always come out of it. Mays hit six bombers this season, pushing his career total to 660, third on the all-time list behind Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. Even with his struggling 1973 season, Mays still has a .302 career batting average. His 3,283 hits are seventh on the all-time list. Mays entered pro ball in May of 1951 when the Giants called him up to New York from A WILD ROAR went up from the 30,472 fans in the huge air-conditioned arena when Bobby dumped a weak forehand shot into the net for the final shot. Bilje Jean, leading 5-3 with Riggs serving, earned two match points, earn 4-2. His most vivid memories of a fabulous career are of that rookie season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he game Brooklyn lead and beat the Dodgers in a playoff to win the National League. At the end of the match, while skrokyrets flared on the big Astrodome scoreboard and the University of Houston band played a martial tune. The happy Mrs. King fugl her racket high in the air and hurdled the net in traditional fashion. THAT GOT THE GIANTS into the World Series. Mays played in two other Series—1980 and 1992. The 58-year-old, bespectacled Riggs was a tired, rubbery-legged old man at the "She was just too good for me," he acknowledged ungrudgingly, rubbing his chronically right elbow. "She was much too quick and made better shots than I did." THE VETERAN RIGGS, Wimbledon and world champion now turned sports hustler, was just a shell of the man who defeated Australia's Margaret Court in San Diego May 13 in what he rakihally termed the Mother's Day Massacre. The puckish, garrulous little man, who had once said that all women should be kept barefoot and pregnant, was a tragic figure of tragedy. Billie Jean's slam-bang, aggressive tactics. RIGGS WAS RENOWED as a golf hustler-making bizarre bets which he rarely lost-before he came back to tennis capitalize on the new court boom. He played at times like a prizefighter dazed by a punch. His legs were wobbly, his shots were insecure, his movement over the court were those of a decent male. "Maybe I will take on the winning golfers," the dejected Riggs said. "I could play them from the women's tees. I hit the ball about the way a woman does." The duck-footed little preacher's son, who turned this victory into a million-dollar hustle, appeared now to bankrupt as far as any future such hustles were concerned. HE ARELAKY GOT his first service in court. His second service was a marshmallow delivery which Billie Jeans moved in and on put away for repeated wins. All men's shots lacked evidence. He was helpless under Billie Jean's unceasing attack. "Where can Bobby go from here?" everybody asked. Billie Jean King "Bobbie did too much partying and promoting during the past two weeks—he didn't train as hard for the match as he should," said Lorie Kuhle, Bobby's sparring partner professional from California. "JESUS LOVES YOU" Steve Says: These were the words Dave Wilkerson said to Nicky Cruz that lodged in his heart. Nicky, feared leader of the Mau Mau gang, accepted Christ! Fantastic! But True! Steve Allen Join me and hundreds of others this Saturday evening at 13th and Massachusetts at 7:30 p.m. for our JESUS FESTIVAL! (Sept. 22nd) You'll love the Galileans Our featured group from Dallas, Texas! Bring your friends! NCAA Supports Big Eight Ruling on Buffs, Sooners KANSAS CITY (AP)—Penalties for football recruiting violations against the universities of Oklahoma and Colorado have been announced by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The penalties duplicate those imposed in August by the Big Eight Conference in August. The NCAA issued a two-year probation in football to Oklahoma and prohibited the Sooners from appearing on television for the 1974 and 1975 seasons. Oklahoma also was banned from bowl games in 1973 and 1974. The television prohibition was set far in advance so Oklahoma could fulfill commitments for nationally televised games. Texas Oct. 13, and Nebraska Nov. 23. Colorado was placed on probation for a year, with no television or postseason bowl bans. The Oklahoma violations involved alleged altering of the high school transcripts of students who were enrolled in Colorado also was accused of altering transcripts, of transporting athletes by private plane and allowing students to work on campuses at illicit conferencing eligibility requirements. Meanwhile, Jack Highley and Paul "Buddy" Burris, Oklahoma alumni, have filed a federal suit challenging the authority of the conference and the NCAA from barring the university from television and bowl competition. The suit asks the matter be heard on its merits in court. It asserts the punishment by the conference and the NCAA is excessive. 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