University Daily Kansan
Monday, September 17. 1979
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Tight 'Hawks bumble chance to derail No.16 Pitt
By TONY FITTS
Kansas may have wanted victory a little bit too much for its own good Saturday.
"They've been wanting to play a game for a long time," Coach Don Farnbrough said yesterday, "and I think it hurt them. I've never seen a bunch so tight."
Fambrough said he was most disspointed in the mistakes the Jayhawks made in their 24-0 loss to the University of Pittsburgh.
"I thought we had corrected our mistakes through the spring and fall problems. Though I could not believe that the people we had making mistakes—some of our oldest, most ex-
"It wasn't a matter of the kids not trying.
If anything, they were trying too hard.
"We had four opportunities to score, and then we made a mistake or failed to make the big play."
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KU had the ball deep in Pitt territory four times. In the first quarter, the Hawks drove to the Pitt 21 before Lester Mickens fumbled the ball.
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LATE IN the first half, KU drove to the Pitt 14, aided by a roughing-the-passer penalty. The drive ended with an attempted goal—which Mike Hulach missed badly.
In the third quarter, a pass interference call gave the Jayhawks on the Pitte seven. The scoring threat died on the one hand with KU giving up the ball after four downs.
And, in the fourth quarter, Kevin Clinton had the team on the Pit seven again, but he fumbled as he was hit attempting to pitch.
While KU was missing scoring opportunities, Pitt, led by backfull Randy McMilan, was taking advantage of theirs
McMillan's running set up Pitt's first
game. He took 60 yards and Sebastian
Mcumberd had six carries for 64
yards in the drive. He had 110 yards in
the first half, and finished the game with 141
yards.
THE KU COACHING staff was not surprised by McMillan.
"From the films we had of their spring game," Fambrouch said, "we figured they would send that big fullback at our
linebackers. And that's what they did. Then, when we adjusted to stop him, they opened up the pausing game."
Pitt three for 277 yards, most of that coming from junior quarterback Rick Trociano. He was 16 for 189 yards with one interception. Pitt coach Jack Sherrell tasted the crowd occasionally with fresh ballplay and was the most recruited player since Yorst Dorsey.
Besides starring in football at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Marvin Johnson led the Kansas City Royals. He thought he might try to play professional baseball and eventually become a NCAA player. He would lose his football scholarship if he signed a basketball contract,
Marino had five completes out of 11 attempts for 79 yards and one touchdown. His first pass, however, was intercepted by Frank Wattelite. KU defenders picked off
SOME OF HIS HISSE did connect, through. Tight in Ralph Still caught three touchdown passes, two for 23 yards and one for 16 yards, all four receivers with 12 yards on five catches.
four Pitt passes, three of them in the end zone, and three of them from Martino.
For KU, Clinton was the leading passer, throwing 17 completions in 30 attempts for 163 yards. Brian Bethe, who relieved himself in the game, won four for eight for 29 yards.
In spite of the score, Clinton said he was fairly pleased with his first game as a starter.
"I thought I did a pretty good job, but I made a few mistakes," he said. "The offensive line did a good job pass blocking. I knew what happened to the running game."
The running game never showed up. KU finished the game with a minus 17 yards on 22 carries, 128 yards behind last year's per cent passer. KU led the leading rusher, with 15 yards on nine carries. The negative yardage resulted in that it did not work and tackles in the backfield.
"WE CAN'T throw every down." Fambridge said, "we will have to a running game. Today, we will work very hard on the running game. We'll strive to play
errorless football, get the running game going and get stronger overall."
KU has to get stronger to have any chance at all against this week's opponent, sixth-ranked University of Michigan. He should not to No. 9 Notre Dame Saturday, 12:10.
"I was biping that Michigan would win," Fambridge said. "Then they might have been a little complacent. Since they lost, they're probably going to be mad."
Kevin Murphy, wide receiver, talked about the things KU must do to recover from the loss.
"We beat ourselves, not Pittsburgh."
Jouanista State 44
Colorado 0
Iowa State 38
Roseville Green 0
Pittsburgh 24
Kansas 0
Auburn 26
Kannapolis State 18
Missouri 14
Illinois 0
Nebraska 35
Utah State 14
Oklahoma 21
 Iowa 0
Oklaahoma State 14
Washington State 0
said. "We beat ourselves on mistakes that cost us the game. Turnovers decided who won. We'll be better. Now that it withover, we'll get to up and learn about the next game."
Kansas 10
Pitt 12
Fired-down 10
Rushing-yards 217
Passing-yards 307
Running-yards 39
Passing 29.64
Runs 29.64
Punt 10.59
Punt 6.34
Penalties-lost 3.41
Penalties-yard 9.81
Penalties-yard 10.12
KANAS - Sydney 9-15, Huggins 2-3, Mack 3-(32), Little
KRUPP, Joseph 3-4
PITTBRUGH-MCH 61-Manli 21-141, Jacobs 15-34, Trocano 3-10, Jones 3-3, D'Bertartia 2-2, Hawkins 1-2, Carter 1-2, Jenner 1-1
KANSAS - Mickens 24, Little 52, Wagomer 1.6, Murphy 34, Sydney 2.7, Sobek 24, Kemp 24, Capers 1.4, Davis 1.8
PASSING
KANSAS - Clinton 11-08, Sydney 6-1-0, Bethke 4-2-9
PITTUAMRICH - Tacoma 16-18-8 (one int.), Martino
3-11-7 (three int., Jenner 1-1-9)
PITT-SWIGGN 3HU-542, Jacobus 41, Pryor 67, Jones 12-
1-, Hawkins 35-, Baskin 10-, Dempsey 12-1.
1-.
Pitturchkii. Still pass from Trocauo / Schubert kick
Pitturchkii. Still pass from Matiro / Schubert kick
Pitturchkii. Still pass from Trocauo / Schubert kick
A - 41,34
KC loses to Seattle 6-3, remains 3 out
KANASA - Hundat 10-39 S
PITTSBURGH - Trout 5-3S.2, Marino 1-31 O
KANNAS    0     0     0     0   —   —
PITTSTURBGH  0     17     7     0   —   48
KANSAS City. Mio. (AP)-Julio Cruz drove in two rows and Boby Valentine and Rodney Craig each collected two hits as the Kansas City team beat the Kansas City Royals 3-western.
The Mariners, taking the three-game
series, will face the Giants in the
City's hope of overtaking California in
the American League West, scored five runs on
seven hits while batting around in the
first half.
Rob Dressler, 3-2, was the winner while Paul Shulttoff, 13-7, took the loss.
Leon Roberts, Willer Horton and Bill Stem stroked consecutive one-out singles to get Bocchie's first victory. Bochie's sacrifice飞 scored Horton to give the Mariners a 2-run, then lead, then Valentine, Craig and Larry Cox hit consecutive double plays that laid the bases for Cruz, who doubled.
Willie Wilson hit his fifth inside-the-park home run in the Kansas City third and the Ravens scored two unearned runs with the
help of a Mariner error in the fourth. The Royals committed three errors.
Porter, who leads the American League in walks, drew a free pass with one out in the Kansas City fourth, then Pete LaCock bounced to Valentín at shortstop, who
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W-20 W-15 L Pct. Pet. GB
Montreal 83 64 17
Pittsburgh 78 68 17
Philadelphia 78 68 17
Philadelphia 78 72 314 10
Chicago 71 69 254 14
Chicago 71 69 254 14
Cincinnati 83 64 370
Houston 82 64 354 %14
Los Angeles 82 64 354 %14
San Francisco 66 84 440 (19)%
San Diego 62 84 440 (19)%
toseced to second baseman Cruz. But Cruz dropped the ball for an error, and AI Cowens singled to drive in Porter for a Kansas City run.
New York 3, Pittsburgh 8
St. Louis 4, Montreal 10, 2nd game 10 innings
Chicago 7, Los Angeles 6
San Francisco 2, Houston 1
EAST LANES
Lake Winnipesaukee 79 17 Pct. GB
Baltimore 87 62 Pct. GB
Milwaukee 87 62 Pct. GB
New York 80 66 Pct. GB
New Jersey 80 66 Pct. GB
Cleveland 74 74 Pct. GB
Cincinnati 74 74 Pct. GB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
| State | No. of Residents |
| :--- | :--- |
| California | 621 |
| Kansas City | 78 | 68 | 344 | 238 |
| Kentucky | 61 | 72 | 202 | 3 |
| Texas | 74 | 76 | 357 | 3 |
| Seattle | 74 | 76 | 493 | 37% |
| Seattle | 61 | 80 | 453 | 17% |
| Seattle | 63 | 81 | 480 | 17% |
Toronto 8 Cleveland 2
Philadelphia 17 Boston 2
New York 12, detroit 11
Chicago 3, Oakland 2
Tampa Bay 1 Miami 1
Seattle 9 Kansas 1
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Weekend Sports Roundup
KU sweeps twinbill
The Jayhawks trailed 5-2 after two innings in the first game. They came back to the tie game 7-7 on Brian Gray's two-run homer in the sixth, his second of the fall. An innning later, Roger Lee scored the winning run on Jelz's tilt.
KU's baseball team swept a doubleheader yesterday from the Johnson County Community College Kansans. The Jayhawks won the first game 8-7 on a run-scoring single by Steve Jeltz in the seventh innings and sheltered the Kansans 23-1 in the second game.
KU starter Clay Christiansen gave up eight hits and walked two batters in 8-11 innings. He was relieved by Randy Melntoh, who pitched three.
The Jayhawks exploded for 23 runs on 17 hits in the second game. Jelz drive in five runs with two triples, hitting both sides of the field.
"Jetz is probably going to switch-hit from now on," RU Coach Floyd Temple said. "He's been looking pretty good."
Clayton Fleerman went five innings to record the win giving two hits. He struck out six and walked one.
The KU cross-country teams went through a rerun Saturday.
Harriers rerun '78
Last year, the men's team captured first place in the Wichita State Gold Classic and the women finished second. This year, the state
Tim Tays, who finished second overall, pushed the KU men to a 39-point margin over runner-up Wichita State. The junior runner rammed by the five mile course in 24:41.8, seven seconds off the winning mark set by Marymont's Larry Curran.
A freshman was KU's top women's fincher, Susan Phillips, of Georgetown. Pa., sailed fifth, the 5,000-meter women's course.
The men's top five finishes were KU 30, Wichita State 69,
Oklahoma State 85, Kansas State 94, Fort Hays State 117.
Juan Calderon, a freshman recruit from Puerto Rico, was the second highest "Hawk winners, placing fifth in 24-53. h"
KU and K-State dominated the women's division. Host team
Wichita State finished third with 131 points, behind K-State with 32,
and second-place KU with 40 points.
The other team results were Southeast Missouri State with 259 points, Dodge City Junior College with 231, Nebraska with 243 and 216.
Golfers place fifth
The KU women's golf team finished fifth out of seven teams in their opening tournament at the Air Force Academy this weekend.
For the first journey, I was happy with the girls' performance,
coach Sandy Bahan said. "With an inexperienced team like we
The Academy's course is in the mountains, which caused many problems, Bahan said.
"On Friday, it was 39 degrees and raining, and 500 feet up it was snowing." Bahan said. "On the other hand, Saturday was gorgeous. As a result, the girls had a great deal of trouble choosing clubs. What was too much one day, wasn't enough the next."
Low score on the KU team was carded by Sara Burges, who had a total day-of-35 (with rounds of 80, 83, and 88. The team score was 67.)
The next three KU finishers were Cindy Johnson, Julie Merwald and Sally White.
The top three scores in the tourney were turned in by Brigham Young University golfers.
Spikers fall at KSU
Despite losses to Tulsa, and eventual tournament winner Nierman Colorado, KU finished its indivision pool, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.
The University of Kansas volleyball team captured third place in the consolation bracket at the annual Kansas State University volleyball championship.
In the playoffs, KU beat the University of Missouri at Kansas
15-10, 12-15, 15-7, before losing to Kearney State College of
Nursing 14-8.
KU travels to Emporia Wednesday to face Emporia State University.
'Wood' brings gold back home
Rv PAM CLARK
Sports Writer
Lynette Woodard took her brand of basketball to Russia this summer for the Spartacus sports festival and to the World Cup, where she's placed to the KU star, there's a place like home.
"It was fun, but I'm just glad to be back where I can play with my own teammates," she said.
Woodyard returned to Lawrence Thursday after afternoon when she asked her best player to answer a question in World Games in Mexico City. The Wichita junior scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, including two from Cuba in the championship game. The 73-60 win averaged an upset loss to Cuba in the Pan American Cup.
THE U.S. TEAM had to overcome not only tough teams from Russia, Cuba and Canada but also those in other countries reiteres which Woodford thought favored the Mexican, Cuban, Costa Rican and Peruans.
"I thought the referees were somewhat biased," Woodard said, "but we just tried to keep our compassure."
Hostile, booing crowds were something new to Woodard.
"At first it was surprised and I didn't know what happened. They not only booed but were very untry. They beat drums and you think it's your idea, but it's the crowd."
"We got our respect, though. They would boo us for 38 minutes of the game, but in the end, when they knew we were going to win, they came around."
WOODARD SAID the crowds looked at the U.S. team as being at the top, but she thought of the team as the underdog.
"Cuba had big big girls who had 34-inch vertical jumps," Woodard said. "They crowed the height and the jumping ability. We won on determination."
Woodard said international competition reinforced her fundamentals because everyone else she played with and against was to talented.
"The first game, we beat them by 30 points. When we met again in the final everyone thought it was going to be a big turnaround. But I believed we could do it."
The biggest of the international competitions, the Olympic Games, will be next year, and a spot on the U.S. basketball team is one of Woold's goals.
Lvnette Woodard
"You have to stick to the basics and tighten up your game." she said.
"I want to be the caliber of player they need," she said. "Making the Olympic team
Defense was one of the biggest adjustments Woodard had to make under international rules. She said that on offense, players got one more step than was allowed in U.S. competition. On defense, Woodard and Woodard played it extra step and then anticipate a pass.
is one of the utmost can for woman athletes. I would like to think I can make it."
IF SHE MAKES the Olympic team, Woodard said, she would be thinking of her KU coach, Martin Washington, and her teammates as she played.
"Everything I do on the floor is a reflection of what Coach (Washington State) taught me, and it's different from the teammates aren't there. I want to show the people that this is what the team wants."
Woodard said she knew if she made the team for the World Games she would miss a lot of classes. She told Sandy Bahan, her academic coordinator, which she had volunteered to help for her during internship. They also went to each of Woodard's teachers and made arrangements for the three weeks of school she would miss.
ONE MIGHT think it would be a big jet-down to come back from winning a gold medal in Mexico to the daily grind of classes at Woodward College, the University, but Woodard said it was not.
"I have most of my classes on Tuesday and Thursday, so I didn't miss that many classes," she said. "I enjoy our conditioning nourran."
SO LYNETTE WOODARD is back at the team to work with her teammates taught them how to win in leadership, priorship, but for a while, at least, her thoughts will be in Mexico where she worries.
"All I could think of after the championship game was 'We won the gold, we won the gold!" she said.
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