September 21,1984 Page 14
SPORTS
The University Daily KANSAN
KU to face high-flying Vanderbilt
By PHIL. ELLENBECKER Associate Sports Editor
Fans attending tomorrow night's Kansas Vanderbilt game at Nashville, Tenn., better not have any late-night activities planned.
Kickoff time is 7 p.m. CDT at Vanderbilt Stadium.
"The game may last 10 hours the way we both throw the ball," said Vanderbilt head coach George MacIntyre.
The two teams are practically mirror images of each other on offense. Both have averaged around 30 passes a game in two games this season, both have shown they can run after being primarily passing teams last year.
KU'S AIR SHOW MAY BE grounded somewhat tomorrow if wide receiver Skip Peeet has recovered from a knee bruise. He'll make the trip to Nashville, but may not play. Holloway will play an ankle injury Wednesday, practiced yesterday and will start tomorrow.
Fullback Mark Henderson will miss his second straight game because of a thigh bruise. He'll be replaced by Lynn Williams and Harvey Fields. Defensive end Guy Gamble, sidelineled much of the week with a knee bruise, will start tomorrow.
"They remind me a lot of our offense," defensive coordinator Vince Hoch said of Vanderbilt. "It was a good experience for our defense to work against our offenses in the spring and in pre-season drills. That gave us a feel for the kind of offense we'll see from Vanderbilt."
Hoch also be familiar with the Commodore offense as Memphis State's secondary coach last year, when the Tigers beat Vanderbilt 247-
Kansas (1-1)
Offense
SE—Johny Holloway, 5-11, 183 jr
LT—Jim Davis, 6-2, 145 jr
LG—Chip Schuler, 6-1, 260 jr
C—Bonnie Simecka, 6-5, 265 sr
RG—Dong Certain, 6-4, 265 jr
RT—Rob Pieper, 6-5, 265 so.
TE—Jeff Long, 5-11, 180 jr
FL—Skip Peete, 6-0, 185 jr
QB—Mike Norris, 6-3, 205 jr
FB—Lynn Williams, 6-2, 200 jr
TB—Robert Mimbs, 6-0, 190 jr
Defence
Defense
LE—Arnold Fields, 6-1, 190 jr.
LT—Jeff Anderson, 6-3, 252 jr.
LG—Phil Forte, 6-3, 220 so.
RG—Pat Kelley, 6-1, 240 sr.
RT—Robert Tucker, 6-3, 240 jr.
RE—Guy Gamble, 6-3, 225 jr.
LB—Willie Pleas, 6-0, 215 jr.
LB—Rick Bredesen, 6-1, 210 jr.
LCB—Dino Bell, 5-9, 180 jr.
S—Wayne Ziegler, 6-2, 190 so.
RCB—Alvin Wigelton, 6-0, 185 jr.
Vanderbilt (2-0) Defense
LE- David Wurm, 6-3, 225 fr.
LT- Steve Wade, 6-3, 228 fr.
RT-Karl Jordan, 6-1, 246 sr.
RE-John Windham, 6-4, 240 sr.
OLB—Jeff Cartwright, 6-3, 226 sr.
MLB- Steve McCoy, 6-1, 218 sr.
OLB—Jef Holt, 6-1, 200 rb.
CB-Kermit Sykes, 6-2, 191 rb.
SS-Tim Johnson, 5-11, 184 so.
FM-Manuel Young, 5-11, 184 sr.
CB-Thanh Anderson, 5-11, 174 so.
Vanderbilt finished the season 2-9.
Offense
sr—Joe Kelly, 6,0, 175 br.
LT—Rob Monaco, 6,3, 270 br.
LG—Will Wolfford, 6,4, 275 br.
JG—Dill Irma, 6,3, 264 br.
RG—Mark Herrmann, 6,1, 263 br.
RT—Darrell Denson, 6,6, 292 br.
TE—Jim Popp, 6,4, 292 br.
QB—Kurt Page, 6,2, 292 br.
KB—Keith Edwards, 6,0, 292 br.
TB—Carl Wood, 6,0, 200 so.
"WE HAD A LOT OF success against them, but the problem now is that they have a better running attack," he said.
Commodore tailback Carl Woods has gained 210 yards this season, including 116 in a 26-14 victory over Kansas State.
KU counters with Robert Mimbs, the second-leading rusher in the Big Eight Conference with 234 yards. He also has 53 pass receiving yards and 133 yards on kickoff returns, giving him an average of 226 all-purpose total ranks second in the conference and fourth in NCAA Division I.
While KU's and Vanderbilt's offenses are very similar, they differ in one important respect. Vanderbilt
starts seven seniors on offense. KU starts one.
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"WE'VE REALLY ONLY HAD two chances to work together, the Wichita State and the Florida State game, while they were together all last year," said head coach Mike Gottfred.
Maeintyre said, "We have four senior receivers, and that really helps Kurt (quarterback Kurt Page) out a lot. They know how to read the pass coverage and adjust their routes."
Leading the pack of senior receivers is Chuck Scott. He was a Sporting News All-American at tight end last year and was moved to flanker this fall. He has 12 receptions this year, including 10 for 162 yards in a 23-14 victory over Maryland last week
Fullback Keith Edwards, more an extra receiver than a running back, led Division I receivers with 97 receptions last year. He's caught five passes this season.
THE MAN AT THE CONTROLS,
Page, has completed 40 of 58 passes
for 512 yards and three touchdowns
and has thrown only one interception.
He's the fourth-ranked passer in
Division I.
Vanderbilt has an additional weapon, place-kicker and punter Ricky Anderson. He's made all five of his field goals attempt this year and has averaged 50.3 yards a punt.
"I feel very fortunate that every time we get down around the 30 we don't have to worry about scoring because of Ricky." MacIntyre said. "Kurt knows not to take any chances on third down in that territory, to throw it into the stands if he has to."
Macintyre is very confident of his offense. He's not so confident of his defense.
"WE'RE NOT VERY BIG and we're very young." MacIntyre said of his defense. "It was a real question mark for us coming in. We've only played 13 players on defense in our first two games, and we're not going to get by playing just 13 players."
to get fired. Gottfried said he was generally pleased with KU's defense in last week's 42-16 loss to Florida State.
"Our third-down consistency was bad, other than that the progress from week one to week two was good." he said.
Gottrried, who's in the middle of a rebuilding year, said he admired the way McIntyre, in his fifth year at Vanderbilt, has reshuffled the Commodore program. The Commodores went 3-8 in 1982 before undergoing a hard-luck season last year. They're off to their best start since 1975 this year.
500 are expected here for cross-country meet
By CHRIS LAZZARINO Sports Writer
The guest list for tomorrow's Jayhawk Invitational cross-country meet is huge, with more than 500 athletes scheduled to compete.
Fourteen women's and 15 men's teams, including both KU squads, will compete in the collegiate division of the meet at Rim Rock farm. In addition, 12 high school girl's teams and 14 high school boys' teams, varsity and junior varsity, will compete.
High school competition begins at 9:30 a.m. The collegians start at 11 a.m. with the women's 5,000 meter race. The men's 10,000 meter race starts at 11:30 a.m.
"There will be a lot of good competition at the meet," said Cliff Rovello, coach of the team. "We will definitely run faster this week than last. We are ready; no one is hurt."
Rovello said the top women's teams at the meet would be Minnesota, Kansas State and Kansas.
"Minnesota finished tenth at the NCAA meet last year. They are
outstanding." Rovello said. "K-State was ranked 12th in the nation at the end of last year and Nebraska is pretty good. After us and those three, the competition really drops off."
Other women's teams will include Barton County Community College, Butler County Community College, Colby County Community College, Emporia State, Fort Hays State, Haskell Ind Jr. College, Kansas City College, Ole Miss College, Park College, Park College and William Jewell.
The same schools, except for Minnesota, will compete in the men's division Maryland College and Pittsburgh State will also
The junior colleges will run in the same races as the colleges and universities, but will be scored separately. Rovello said.
The KU men's team also defeated SIU last weekend, 19-33 Brent Stiemer finished first with a five-mile time of 25 minutes, 12 seconds. Timmates Greg Joe Johnson Marissa Waylin finished on the top six.
Men's coach Bob Timmons said that Leibert had been bothered by an achilles' tendon problem, but should be ready to run Saturday.
Timmors said the men would also face better competition this weekend and that the team to beat should be K-State
The meet should be good for the high school teams. Timmons said, because they don't often run on a natural area like Rim Rock farm.
"It is not like a golf course", Timmons said. "It is more rustic more challenging"
These are the ghosts of KU punters past
Believe it or not, late one might last fall. I happened to be walking past Memorial Stadium when a steady thump, trump, thump caught my ear.
I decided to check things out, and upon entering the stadium, I saw the faint outline of two football players on the field. Obviously the ghosts of football seasons past.
After moving closer, I was able to read the names on the back of their jerseys. Hubach and Scribner.
They were getting in some extra punting practice, and for ghosts, they
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were sure getting off some boomers.
Time after time their pants sailed 50,
60, and 70 yards. Just like the good old days.
"We sure did a number on that Clint Colburn guy, didn't we Mike." Bucky said. "He looked like a pony league partner compared to us."
After littering the field with football, they stopped for a chat.
"Yep. Mike said, 'I wonder who we'll get to run out of town this
year
"I don't know," Bucky said. "But the pressure will sure be on that poor fellow."
The two ghosts faded, and their conversation was forgotten — until last Saturday.
That poor fellow has turned out to be freshman Tom Becker. And even though he struggled in last week's game against Florida State, he's a long way from being run out of town by the ghosts of former KU punters Bucky Scribner and Mike Hubach.
Becker is listed as the No. 1 hunter
for tomorrow's game against Vanderbilt Coach Mike Gottfried is showing his confidence in Becker by leaving him in the No. 1 spot, which is something a punter definitely needs.
Handling a snap and getting off a punt before a charging linenman arrives is enough to worry about without wondering whether a bad punt will cause the coach to bench you.
Fortunately for Becker, Colburn's performance as punter last year mellowed Kansas fans somewhat. Now they'll settle for "just" an above average punter.
Tennis season begins
Making matters worse for Becker are KU fans who, until last year, were blessed with the Big Eight's leading punter for four straight years. There's no doubt about it, Hubach and Scribner are hard acts to follow.
Becker is averaging 39 yards a punt on eight pumps this year. Colburn averaged 37.3 yards a punt last year. If you ask most Jayhawk fans, they'll say that Becker is a better punter than Colburn.
That is probably because of Becker's consistency. He has been able to stay away from the 20-yard shank punts that Colburn came up with in several crucial situations last year. His only hurdle now is being able to handle the snap and get the punt off in time.
Coach Mike Gottried said during the week that freshman John Brehm was also punting well. Add the fact that Becker will be playing his first road game, measure he is better worse. But Becker is ready for this week's game.
If practice makes perfect, Becker will have no problem clearing those hurdles. This week the punt team put in overtime on the practice field.
"We went over it a lot." Becker said. "Now we're sure everyone knows exactly what their doing."
The men's and women's tennis teams begin their fall seasons tomorrow, and head coach Scott Pere尔man says their competition should give him a good idea of how KU stacks up right away.
"I'm looking forward to it after last week's game," he said. "I have to come back and do my job."
By PHIL ELLENBECKER
The men's team, 14-8 and third in the Big Eight Conference last spring, will host the 2nd Annual Kansas Invitational at the Robinson tennis courts. Play begins at 9 a.m. tomorrow and will continue through Sunday Tulsa, Kansas State, Northwestern Illinois and Nebraska provide the competition.
Associate Sports Editor
Sophomore Mike Wolf, junior Michael Center, senior Charles Stearns, freshman Larry Pascal, freshman Dave Brody and sopho
The women's team, 9-7 last spring and also third in the Big Eight conference, will travel to Wichita tomorrow to take on three teams. They playamas at 9 a.m., 0:35 at 1:30 p.m. and Wichita State at 2:00 p.m.
Freshman Tracy Treps, sophomore Barbara Imran, senior Laura Runnels, junior Christine Parr, sophomore Cindy Bregin and freshman Marie Hibbard will make up the singles lineup.
more Tim Mahaffey will comprise the singles lineup.
Wolf and Mahaffey will team up for No. 1 doubles, Center and Mahaffey will play No. 2 doubles, and Stearns and freshman Greg Brown will make up the No. 3 team.
In doubles, Treps and Farr will play No. 1, Inman and Rumnels will play No. 2, and Bregin and freshman Janiele Bolen will play No. 3
Jon Hunt (right) and Beth Vivian are the only seniors on a very young volleyball team. Both are setters and are depended upon by their younger teammates to keep control of the action.
Senior setters take on responsibilities
By CHRIS LAZZARINO Sports Writer
Sports Writer
This year's volleyball team is dominated by youth.
Dominated by you. Dominated, but not controlled.
Dominated, but not contested. The two most important controlling factors on the team are setters Beth Vivian and Jan Hunt, the only seniors on the team. They are the only players in the starting rotation that are not freshmen or sophomores.
"I feel that I have added responsibility to exemplify what Coach Lockwood wants from his players." Vivian said. "They look to me as a player who has played for him before and I am a good indicator of what he expects."
Both agree they have a certain amount of responsibility to assume. They also agree that any success the team has must come through a team effort.
Vivian, the important thing is that it has talent.
The team may be young, but for
"This team has a real broad base of talent." Vivian said. "In the past, I think the players teamed on one really good player. Now, teamwork is at a higher level."
Hunt echoed Vivian's emphasis on teamwork.
"It is going to be a team effort this year," Hunt said. "How we do will depend on team unity."
Individually, Vivian sees improvement in her serve, her play selection as setter and her ability to set up the hitters.
Vivian came to KU from Omaha Westside High School, and was an important member of the team from the start.
"I have a lot of experience because I have played a lot of positions." Vivian said. "There were a lot of injuries on the team when I was a freshman, so I got to play quite a bit. Now, I don't even start, technically, because of the rotation system we
use."
Hunt graduated from Hickman Mills High School. She went to Johnson County Community College and played two years before coming to KU.
Although KU hasn't won many matches this year. Hunt is convinced the record book doesn't tell the whole story.
"I see improvement every game." Hunt said. "We didn't play in Nebraska the way the score makes us look like we did. We played excellently. If we play like that, we are going to win."
Hunt said the Jayhawks weren't at a disadvantage in the Big Eight conference, because most of the other teams were also young.
Coach Bob Lockwood told his seniors that their last year would only be what they made of it. So far he has been pleased with their efforts.
They are spreading around with the new players, instead of sticking.
together all of the time like seniors might do." Lockwood said. "They are very good and patient with the young players. Their leadership is very important."
Lockwood said the setting done by Vivian and Hunt in their last match at Nebraska, which the Jayhawks lost 15-6, 15-6 and 15-3, was the best he had ever seen.
"They came into the season in good shape." Lockwood said. "They use good play selection, read defenses well and have eliminated many of their mental errors. They are much improved over last year. They are good veterans."
JAYHAWK NOTES. The Jayhawks travel to Ames, Iowa today to take on Iowa State Lockwood said the Cyclones have been a close rival in the past Tomorrow's scheduled match with Drake in Des Moines, Iowa has been canceled because of scheduling problems.
Angels down Royals, 2-0; both teams protest game
By United Press International
ANMEH, Cali. - Mike Witt
blanked Kansas City on three singles
and Brian Downing hit his 218 herd
last night, carrying the California
Angels to a 2-0 victory over the
Rovals
The game was protested by both clubs over the use of illegal bats The Angels' second straight victory against a half score
clubs over the use of high seats. The Angels' second straight victory moved them just a half-game.
pennd first place Kansas City in the
AL West race. Minnesota, which beat
Chicago earlier, is one game behind.
Reinhardt lingers in coma
Collegiate Wittruck out seven and walked Wittruck to improve his record to 14-11 in completing his eight game of the season, the 23 year old right-hander set down the first 12 batters before designated hitter Jorge Ortea lined a single to left to open the fifth. One out later, Steve Bailoni bounced an infield single off the glove of third baseman Dou G'Inces.
EUGENE, Ore — Colorado tight end Ed Reinhardt打入 in a coma for a sixth day yesterday, still in critical condition from a severe head injury suffered in last Saturday's game against Oregon.
By United Press International
"His condition is unchanged — he's still in critical condition and unconscious," said a spokeswoman at Sacred Heart General Hospital.
The 19-year-old sophomore was injured when tackled by two Oregon players after catching a pass in the final quarter of the game, won be
Oregon 27.20. He got up slowly and was helped off the field, and collapsed on the sidelines a few moments later.
Surgeons later Saturday removed a blood clot from the left side of Reinhardt's brain
Experts' said the injury could not have been prevented by any equipment or gear now available or on the drawing board.
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Although Reinhardt complained of headaches to teammates both during the game Saturday and earlier in the season, Colorado team doctors said they were not told of this.