SPORTS
November 16, 1984 Page 1b
The University Daily KANSAN
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Associate Sports Editor
Because neither team will go to a bowl game, an appropriate label for tomorrow's season-ending football Missouri might be the "Salvage Box."
At the beginning of the season, Missouri had expectations of going to a bowl game and possibly challenging for a Big Eight conference title, but three marrow early-season defeats sent the Tigers, 3-4-1 to a conference, into a tailspin from which they have never fully recovered.
At 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Columbia, Mo., as Missouri and KU renew the nation's oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi River, the Tippers will be able to salvage their season and perhaps lead head coach Warren Powers' job.
Powers is suffering through his first losing season at Missouri after taking the Tigers to bowl games five of the past seven years.
"T'S A UTAUGHT SITUATION for us to go into, but I'm confident our kids will play hard." KU head coach Mike Gottfried said earlier this week. "They've been play ing hard all year, they're playing things to be any different Saturday."
With a 4-6 overall record and a 3-3 conference record, the the Jayhawks have probably already salvaged their season in many people's eyes. At the beginning of the season, KU will try to finish last in the conference.
The winner of tomorrow's game earns the fourth-place spot in the conference and the loser will finish fifth.
The two teams are nearly even in the conference, but they're not equal according to the oddsmakers, who insisted the Tigers an 18-point favorite.
GOTTERIED SAD MISSOUR'S talent rated just below that of the top three teams in the conference — Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Those three are ranked first, fourth, and fifth respectively in the nation by United Press International.
Missouri ranks second in the conference behind Nebraska and eleventh in the nation in both rushing and total offense.
The Tigers will be going against a KU defense that has once again had to do some shuffling to make up for losses. Freshman David Smith, who has started the past seven games at rbbacker, won't play tomorrow because of a 41 loss injury suffered in last week's 41-7 loss to Nebraska.
Guy Gamble, who has started most of the year at dropperhop, will take on the job this fall.
ble said there wasn't that much difference between the two defensive end positions. The rushbacker usually goes to the strong side of the defense and rushes the passer, while the dropbacker usually goes to the weak side and drops back into pass coverage.
MAKING THE TRANSITION easier for Gamble is the fact that he started out at KU as a rushbacker last spring, after transferring from Cerritos Junior College in Compton, Cal.
Gamble and freshman Marvin Mattox, who will start at dropbacker tomorrow, will figure largely in how well the defense can contain Missouri's veer offence and its winfield, Winfield native Marlon Adler.
"He's a very agile quarterback, so I've got to make sure he doesn't ever run a ball."
Adler ranks fourth in the conference in total offense, one place behind KU's Mike Norseth.
Missouri's other main offensive threats are wide receiver George Shorthose and running back Jon Redd Shorthose ranks fifth in the conference with 33 receiving last beating KU's SK Picee and Robert Mimbs.
Redd is fourth in the conference in rushing with 641 yards in eight games. He ranks just ahead of KU tailback Lynn Williams, who has 689 yards in ten games. Williams missed part of last week's game because of a sore shoulder, but said he expected to play the entire game this week.
"THIS WEEK IT hasn't hurt a bit." Williams said. "I can still run at full speed, and I haven't gotten hit so, wait hopefully it'll hold up."
Led by linebacker Willie Pless's Big Eight defensive player of the week performance, the Jayhawks defeated the Tigers 37-27 last year in Lawrence. Many of the players responsible for that victory aren't around this year, but Williams and Cain had the biggest newcomers, said they were well aware of the rivalry between KU and Missouri.
"Nobody's had to say too much about how big a game this is, not when you're playing Missouri," Williams said.
Gamble said, "From what I understand it's similar to the KU-KState rivalry, maybe not quite as intense as that. I'll be two teams wanting to have something to look at. It'll be a tough, physical game."
GAME NOTES: Seniors Bennie Simecke, Harvey Fields, Pat Connor, Pat Kelley, Quintin Schonewise and Dodge Schwartzburg, as well as junior Dino Bell, will be playing their final game for the Jayhawks
Kansas (4-6)
Offense
SE-Jeff Long, 5-11, 180 sr.
LT-Jim Davis, 6-4, 215 fr.
LG-Paul Simecka, 6-4, 245 jr.
C-Bennie Simecka, 6-5, 265 js.
RD-Dong Ceperin, 6-4, 265 js.
RT-Bob Pieper, 6-5, 265 so.
TE-Mark Parks, 6-5, 225 fr.
QB-Mike Norsett, 6-3, 205 js.
FB-Mark Henderson, 6-9, 250 ls.
TL-Lynn Williams, 6-2, 200 js.
Missouri (3-6-1) Defense
Defense
LE-Guy Gamble, 6-3, 225 jr.
LT-Robert Tucker, 6-3, 210 so.
NGP-Bil Forte, 6-3, 220 so.
RT-Jon Stewart, 6-4, 210 fr.
RE-Marvin Mattos, 6-4, 190 fr.
LB-Wille Pless, 6-0, 210 fr.
LCH-Yvonne Pless, 6-0, 210 fr.
LCH-Alyn Walton, 6-0, 185 fr.
FS-Arnold Fields, 6-1, 190 fr.
FS-Wayne Ziegler, 6-2, 190 so.
RCS-Milt Garner, 6-0, 175 fr.
LE—Lenson Schaff, 6-4, 240, scr.
LT—Michael Scott, 6-5, 280, soo.
NG—Robert Curry, 6-3, 244, scr.
RT—Steve Runyan, 6-4, 245, jr.
RE—Gary Justis, 6-4, 215, jr.
LD—Bo Sherrill, 6-2, 220 so.
LB—Tracy Macek, 6-2, 222 scr.
LCB—Wallace Snowden, 5-9, 188 scr.
CS—Cameron Riley, 6-1, 191 soo.
FTS—Terry Matchak, 6-2, 190 scr.
RCB—Jerome Caver, 5-10, 198 scr.
Offence
SE- Andy Hill, 5-9, 165 br.
D- Dave Tapehn, 6-5, 283 br.
LG- Phil Petty, 6-4, 275 fr.
C-Phil Greenfield, 6-1, 250 br.
RT- Nick Klewleyn, 6-1, 268 br.
RT- John Clay, 6-3, 280 so.
TE-Tony Davis, 6-5, 238 br.
QB-Marlon Adler, 6-0, 186 br.
FB-Eric Drain, 6-2, 210 br.
TB-Jon Foulk, 5-11, 192 so.
Offense
KICKOFF: 1:30 p.m. at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo.
SERIES STANDING: Missouri leads 43-40-9. Kansas defeated the Tigers 37-27 last year in Lawrence.
Kellogg scored nine points during that time.
Kellogg, Manning lift team to win
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Editor
The Kansas basketball team defeated the People's Republic of China's National team last night in an exhibition game in Allen Field House 91-69, behind 21 points from Ron Kellogg and 19 from freshman Danny Manning.
Kellogg, a 6-foot 4 junior,
scored 15 of his points in the second
half after the Jayhawks led just
38-37 at halftime. He connected on
10 of 12 field goals and was one of
one from the free-throw line.
Manning scored 10 of his points in the second half. He pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds and also had five assists.
"It was about like last year's game against the Netherlands," head coach Larry Brown said after the game. "We struggled early, but we had a brief run in the half and half and put the game away."
"He's a great shooter," Brown said of Kellogg. "And that's not something that was just tonight. He's more relaxed this year. He's
Kellogg said, "The last two years I've developed a lot of confidence and feel that I'm one of the leaders. I just need to take my time and work on moving the ball around."
The Jayhawks' starting lineup included Kellogg, Manning, Greg Dreling, Tad Boyle and Cedric Hunter.
THE SCORE WAS 64-60 with 7 minutes. 47 seconds left in the game, but the Jayhawks outscored the Chinese team 17-1 and led 81-61 with 3:27 left in the game.
Zhang Yongjun, a member of the People's Republic of China National Basketball Team, and Danny Manning, KU forward, battle for the ball. The Jayhawks defeated China 91-69 last night in Allen Field House in a season-opening exhibition game.
Manning, who had foul trouble in pre-season scrimmages, had three fouls while playing 32 minutes. He also had two blocked shots.
"He was just great," Brown said. "It was the first time I'd seen him play a whole game. Every time I watched him in high school he fouled out. He does a lot of it, and he's only going to get better."
Manning said, "Cedric and Turtlege did a great job of getting me the ball tonight I was very happy. Manning I wasn't playing my game."
Hunter had four points and a team-high seven assists. Turgeon had five points and five assists.
"WE SHOT WELL, over their zone even though we haven't spent a lot of time on the zone." Brown a lot of time to run and get some cheap baskets.
Dreiling fouled out with 10:37 left in the game. Brown said that Dreling, who finished with eight points and three reboundes, was uncomfortable with the Chinese team's style of play.
"He was lost out there," Brown said. "They have an unorthodox style. They spread out so much. The second foul was a joke and I never think the first foul was that secreth. He played so well in practice."
The Jayahaws suffered a blow to their inside game when freshman center Mark Pellock severely sprained his ankle in the first half. Pellock had six points and three rebounds in just six minutes of action. He is expected to be out for six to eight weeks.
"THAT WAS A real blow." Brown said. "It's really a major, major concern right now: Rodney Hull now becomes a big factor. We might have to go to a smaller lineup and play a zone.
"He's by far our best rebounder. After a week of practice I thought he'd be one of our top six, seven or eight guys and that hasn't changed. Now we have to get Rodney ready."
The Chinese team was led by guard Lu Jmqing with 19 points and seven assists, and center Liu Jianli, who scored 18 points. Guard Zhang Yongjiuon led the team in rebounding with eight.
CHINESE TEAM LEADER Chenghai Qian said, "The first five players of both teams were very even. I felt that our guys played extremely good first half of basketball. The bench for KU was much better than ours and we grew tired at the end of the game."
Kansas' next game will be Nov 23 against Maryland in the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage.
"They're tough." Manning said. "We need to do a lot of work to get ready for them. Toni showed us much more we really need to work."
Jayhawks defy preseason predictors
The Kansas football team is having the last laugh. Meaning, they're laughing at all of the fools who picked the last last in the Big Eight Conference.
But let's not be too hard on the preseason predictors. After all, back
GREG
DAMMAN
Sports Editor
in August when the team began three-a-day practices in the sweltering heat with more than 100 players, it was to early to predict how well the team would hold in the Big Eight Conference race three months later.
That didn't stop the predictions from coming out of the woodwork.
THE JAYHAWKS WERE picked to finish eight, last, in the cellar and every other place reserved for the "experts" perceived as the weakest.
So now it's only appropriate that the team picked last in the conference be allowed to have the last laugh.
THE LAUGH IS ONLY a chuckle right now, but it could become a side splitter if Kansas knocks off Mississippi tomorrow. A victory would leave the Jayhawks, in now four place in the Nebraska, in sole possession of that position.
The first surprise came when the Javhawks were forced to play their
The Jayhawks' lofty fourth place standing is surprising, but it's just one of many surprises the team has come up with after falling down on the last past three months.
first game against Wichita State without 10 players, four of whom were to start, who were declared academically ineligible.
Kansas 31. Wichita State 7
THE JAYHAWKS CRUSED along as they were supposed to for the next three games, losing big to Florida State. Vanderbilt and North Carolina. Then they faced Iowa in another game the Jayhawks had a "chance" in
Kansas 33. Iowa State 14.
The victory over the Cyclones gave the Kansas team and fans a lift. The Jayhawks were to play Kansas State, who had just been drubbed 49-17 by South Carolina, in a game that was supposed to be too close to call.
Kansas 7. Kansas State 24.
The Jayhawks, at 2-4, carried what they had learned against the Wildcats, that lack of enthusiasm loses ball games, with them to Stillwater to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Jayhawks looked as if they were
shaping up to be the team the predictors knew they could be by losing 47-10 to the Cowboys. Mighty Oklahoma would roll into Lawrence the following week, and the nail would be in the Jayhawks coffin
THE DEFINITIVE UPSET. EVER an eternal optimist had to admit before this game that the Jayhawks didn't have a chance. Fortunately, no one admitted it to the Jayhawks. Kansas went on a mini-roll by defeating Colorado 28-27 the next week. The Nebraska team happened once, it could happen again", attitude before the Nebraska name.
Kansas 7. Nebraska 41.
The Cornhuskers brought the Jayhawks back to reality.
Win or lose, the Jayhawks will be laughing when the season's over. Tomorrow's game will only determine how long and how hard they can laugh
Jayhawks will play Iowa State tonight
Conference tourney to end volleyball season
By CHRIS LAZZARINO Sports Writer
Sports Writer
The volleyball team is looking to finish a disappointing season on a high note this weekend at the Big Eight Conference Championships in Norman, Okla.
Senior setter Beth Vivian, who was named to the Academic All Big Eight team this week, said, "This season wasn't quite what we hoped for. We have an opportunity to do something for the program by winning against Iowa State in our first match."
The Jayhawks, who haven't won a match in conference play this year, open the tournament tonight against Iowa State.
Vivian said she was pleased with the academic honor because it helped
"IT IS NICE to be recognized for good work in school, especially if you are an athlete." she said. "It refutes the doe joke imagine."
defuse a stereotype commonly given athletes.
What the team lacked this season. Vivian said, was consistency
Head coach Bob Lockwood said Susan Ruff would return to the line up after an absence of two weeks because of a shoulder injury. Middle blocker Tammy Hill will miss the tournament because of a knee injury.
He said the loss of Hill put the team in a bad position because middle
blocking wasn't a strong point of the team.
Iowa State will play emotional volleyball. Lockwood said, but the Jayhawks are ready to give their all
"WE ARE READY to play hard," he said. "It is going to be an exciting tournament."
Lockwood said one advantage for the Jayhawks was the fact that they haven't been beaten by Iowa State since Oct 6, which means they will win more than if they were playing a team that had recently beaten them.
"We have improved since we played them last." Lockwood said. "We have improved our court movement, which hurt us against them last time. But while we improved movement, our offense shipped. Now, we have reached a
fairly good balance. We should be very much in the game."
If the Jayhawks, seeded sixth in the tournament, beat the third-seeded Cyclones, they will play second-seeded Missouri Saturday.
The season-ending tournament will also mark the end of the collegiate careers of the two seniors on the team. Vivian and Jan Hunt
Nebraska is the top seed in the tournament with a 10-4 conference record. Oklahoma is seeded fourth and Kansas State is seeded fifth. Colorado and Oklahoma State don't field volleyball teams.
"This is my last Big Eight championship." Vivian said. "It does have some sentiment value in that respect, but it is also an opportunity to put a cap on the season with a big win in our first match, against Iowa State."
Tennis team has regionals
For the second week in a row, the men's tennis team is heading out of town without its top singles player, but this week that is not all bad, head coach Scott Perelman said yesterday.
The tournament is the qualifier for the national indoor tournament at Houston in February.
The men are going to the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Regional Qualifier at the Wichita Racquet Club today through Sunday. The team begins play at 1 p.m. today.
Because this weekend's tournament isn't a team tournament, the Jayhawks won't be yicized by the loss of No. 1 singles player Mike Wolf, as they were last week at the Southern Illinois Edwardsville tournament. Wolf is out for the month with a shoulder injury.
With Wolf out, Michael Center and Charles Stearns, the No 2 and No 3 singles players, will have a chance to display their talents.
"People don't give enough recognition to Center and Stearns." Perelman said. "This tournament will give them the opportunity to show the rest of the region that they are national caliber players.
Also going are Larry Pascal, Dave Brody, Dove Owens and Willie Sawyer. They will be Center and Pascal, Stearns and Brody, and Owens and Brown.
The singles division will be a 64 player draw and the doubles will be a 32 team draw Perelman said the two single winners finishes the tournament, the team would automatically qualify for the national tournament.
"I feel good about it," Perelman said. "We are ready to play hard."