Page 6 University Daily Kansan, November 4, 1980
JoJo White retires in KC; steps down with pride
From Kansan staff and wire reports
One of the saddest sightings in sports is a great star who is too proud to quit when he can't keep up.
Joilo White, a former All-America basketball player at KU and All-Star in the National Basketball Association, saw himself becoming one of those sad veterans. He didn't like what he saw, so yesterday, the 25-year-old guard announced his retirement from the Kansas City Kings.
"I promised myself that when I was dogging it, or if I could not play the way JoO White can play, it was time to step down," White said at a news conference in Kemper Arena.
"I haven’t gotten any睡 for the last couple of days. I don’t feel it’m playing as well as I’m capable of playing. I just thought to myself that you’re going to retire and leave space for the young people."
WHITE HAD BEEN with the Kings for only 13 games this season and had averaged 6.4 points a
game while playing 18 minutes a game as a backup to All-Star guard Phil Ford.
Before this season, White spent nine seasons with the Boston Celtics before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Kansas City coach Cotton Fitzsimmons said that the decision to retire was entirely White's.
At Boston, White was an All-Star seven times and played on the 1974 and 1976 NBA championship teams. In the 1976 playoffs, he won most games, including 52 against a year earlier. White averaged 17.2 points a game.
"We hate to lose him." Flitzimons said. "It was a decision he made. We certainly appreciate the effort he gave us, even though it was brief. I didn't believe he chooses his heir, he will continue to be a success.
"It’s always said when a great player ends his career, but it’s fitting that if JoJo couldn’t end his career in Boston, where he helped them win championships, he could end up in Kansas City."
WHITE ATTRACTED many fans in Kansas City during his career at KU, where he was an
AU-American in 1968 and 1989 and All-Big-Eight three times. He led the Jayhawks to a 68-12 record during his KU career and to second place in the National Invitational Tournament in 1968. During his four years at KU, he averaged 15.3 points a game. He is still the only Big Eight player to win the MVP award in the Big Eight Holiday Tournament three times. He also won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Ted Owens, White's coach at KU, said that White handled his retirement with class, just as he handled problems when he played at KU.
"He always had the judgment to know when to quit and when to stay." Owens said. "He's always done what is best for his team. He does what all great players do—like 'Magic' Johnson and Larry Bird. They make the players around them better."
Before the season began, White had said he would like to coach after he retired. Yesterday, he said that he hadn't received any coaching from him and he was in his first days of his retirement relaxing and traveling.
Swimmers look for revenge find it in Iowa season opener
By JIM SMALL
Sports Writer
Last season, when the KU women's swimming team traveled to Iowa State University for the Cyclone Relays, they received a physical thrashing from Wisconsin and Iowa State during the meet and a 45-minute verbal thrashing by coach Gary Kemph after the meet.
The defending Big Eight champions had been soundly beaten and finished a dismal third in the
But when Kempf and his squad made the trip to Ames last Saturday, things were a little different. The Jayhawks thumped last year's team by 16 points for that matter, to open their season with a win.
KU won eight of nine relay events and finished fifth in the one and three meter diving medley to capture first place with a combined score of 264 points. Wisconsin was second with 224 points, while Iowa State tallied 219 points. Minnesota and Nebraska trailed the field.
Perhaps more encouraging to Kempf than the victory was that Kansas qualified its 800 freestyle medley team of Janet Lindstrom, Susan Schaefer, Jenny Wagtail and Barb
Rutford for the national championship this season. The team's mark of 7:47.05 was good enough to qualify for the national meet.
"It WAS A LITTLE bit of a surprise for them to qualify for nationals so early in the season,"
The victory in Iowa was the first step in the Jayhawks' quest for an unprecedented seventh straight Eight women's swimming championship. But other brother championship was not out of the question.
"For this team to win a seventh championship is very feasible," Kempi said. "For this team to make it to the top 15 in the nation is very feasible. It's going to take a lot of work but we can do it. This team shows more potential than ever. We have the best team in the Big Eight."
One of the major reasons for Kempf's optimism is a bumper crop of recruits who, when combined with the returning swimmers, provide a very desirable mesh, according to Kempf.
WAGSTAFF, WHOM KEMPF called one of the finest swimmers in the nation, Lennie Shaffer, whose fortle is the butterfly, and Colen Nichol, a whistler, who are the recruits who will help the 'Hawks this season.
Kempf admitted that the swimming powers in
all of the swimmers were not said all
of the good swimmers grew up there.
"I am a firm believer in the Midwest," he said.
We have the athletes. It will just take time to develop.
"WHEN I RECRUIT, I recruit the Midwest first then I look elsewhere. That's not to say that I won't recruit a girl because she lives in Minnesota's just that I take care of the home front first."
Some of the Midwestern swimmers that Kempf referred to comprise the ranks of the returning swimmers for the Jayhawks this season.
"The reason that we have won six straight Big Eight championships is because we have girls that want to work and pay the price to be good," Kempf said. "I have been involved in swimming since I was a kid, which has taken a lot of dedication to be a swimmer. It's a lot of hard work, but they can still make it fun."
"Last year we finished 22nd in the nation, which is the highest that any Midwestern team ever finished in nationalists. We have the ability to win them and don't see why we can't make it to the top 15."
McNorton bragging rights won by Jayhawk brother
By TRACEE HAMILTON
There will be plenty of turkey, dressing and breading at the McNorton dining table this Thanksgiving.
Sports Writer
Kyle McNorton has earned lifetime bragging rights in his family, but said he would only hold them over his brother Kent's head if he had to.
"If he gets out of hand, I'll use them," Kyle said, laughing.
All the McNortons are laughing about Saturday's KU-Kansas State game—but for different reasons.
Jayhawk linebacker Kiley is happy about the obvious—his team beat the K-Sate Wildcats 20-18, Kent, a Wildcat linebacker, who led the offense in the governor's cursive class for the first time.
And the rest of the family is just relieved it's over.
"she was a little mad this year," Kyle said.
"but last year she sat in the stands and
she said she would be on stage."
According to their mother, Daytha McGee gave her a little gift. Her grabbed her after the game and kissed her.
Karri took the K-State defeat well, according to Mrs. McNorton.
Kip, 11, decided not to take sides at Saturday's game. He wore a shirt with a Wildcat on the front and a Jayhawk on the back.
"I just decided to cheer for the defenses," she said. "I was cheering all the time."
"He likes them both," Mrs. McNorton said.
And the proud mother?
The McNortons are K-State fans, but have adjusted to the fact that Kyle has defected to the red and blue camp.
"Kent is really good about it." Mrs. McNorton said. "I doubt there will be any hard
"It was different playing against him," Kyle said, referring to Kent. "In the other two games he didn't play. I found myself watching him instead of our offense."
Kyle also watched his brother during their years of high school ball at Seamant High in
"Mom was happy no one got hurt, but Dad was a little uset."
"Kent didn't say much after the game. I think he was happy he got to play more.
"He helped me a lot," Kyle said. "He
helped me with everything." He
played together at linebacker and ran
breds by him.
Kyle said that, although there were three weeks before Thanksgiving, the excitement of it was less than expected.
"Maybe it will have died down a little," he said. "But it will still be there. We'll try not to talk about it much. Thanksgiving is supposed to be a happy time."
JAYHAWK NOTES: Freshman tailback KERN WELB was named Big Eight Player of the Week yesterday. Bell, who rushed for 218 yards against K-State Saturday in KU's 20-18 victory, did not practice yesterday because of "turf toe."
"He sort of stubbed his toes on the Astrotruet," Head Coach Don Fambrough said. "It's just a real sore toe. We'll wait and see if he探察 tomorrow.
"But we've been very fortunate about injuries this season."
Both Garfield Taylor and Walter Mack are considered number two backs behind Bell.
Brett wins MVP title
ST. LOUIS (UPI) — George Brett and Mike Schmidt, the opposing third baseman in the 1980 World Series, were named the Most Valuable MVP and their leagues yesterday by the Sporting News.
Steve Carlton and Steve Stone received the top pitching honors from the publication, which determined the winners based on a poll of players in each league.
Brett, who led the American League in hitting with a 390 average, hit 24 home runs and had 118 runs batted in this year. He was a run-away winner, compiling 136 votes to Cecil Cooper's 77.
The four players head the Sporting News All-Star teams for their leagues.
American League All-Stars besides Brett and Stone were Milwaukee first baseman Cecil Cooper, New York second baseman Willie Randolph, Milwaukee shortstop Rob Ryan Mount, Milwaukee left fielder Ben Olgivei, Baltimore center fielder Al Bumry, New York right fielder Reggie Jackson, New York catcher Rich Carene and New York left-handed pitcher Tommy John.
The National League's All Stars are St. Louis first baseman Keith Hernandez, Phillips second baseman Manny Trillo, St. Louis shortstop Garry Templeton, Los Angeles left fielder Dusty Baker, Houston center fielder Cedeno Cedo, St. Louis right fielder George Hendrick, Montreal catcher Gary Carter and right-handed pitcher Jim Bibby of Pittsburgh.
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