Page 10 University Daily Kansan, September 4, 1980
Young in line to tackle takedown tally
By MATT SEELEY Sports Writer
By the midway mark of the college football campaign, KU will have crowned a new all-time leading tackler. This impressive feat of strength and agility, however, means little to the recipient.
Instead, Scellars Young wants to be remembered as a team player—one of 21 other young men on a fledgling football team hopeful of erasing the past three losing seasons.
IN A GAME WHERE heads and egos can inflate as easily as the ball itself. Young's approach, a one-for-all attitude, is refreshing, to say the least.
"There's no way I can go out there and do
things all by myself," Young said, "it takes
everybody working together, Specialists, offense and defense put it together. That's the only way.
"Nobody can win a game by themselves. You have to have everybody working together. You can never, ever say one person won a game."
THOSE ARE PRETTY strong words for someone who, during the past three years, has single-handedly spearheaded the KU defense.
Consider, for example, Young's freshman year, 1977. A part-time starter, the St. Louis native was the third leading tackler on the team with 91 takedowns, 89 of them solo shots. His big game, a 16-tackle effort (14 solo) against the Tigers, was in the game to preserve the Jayhawk victory. He was just rewarded by being named Sports Illustrated's defensive player-of-the-week.
"That game and the one against UCLA would have to be the highlights so far," Young said.
Against the Bruins in 77, Young also hauled in a key interception.
Interceptions notwithstanding, Young's strength, and at 6-foot-5, 320 points there’s plenty of it, primarily in his bone-crushing tackles. Now fourth on KU's all-time tackling
little. Young led the team in tackles last year with 94, the majority of leaders Leeroy Irvin's career-high 347 tackles.
"I HAVEN'T THOUGH about it," Young said of Irvin's mark, "I'm just out there trying to do the best I can. That's what I'm aiming for—trying to do my best and help the team."
"I don't like to bag or predict, so it's hard for me to judge myself. I rely on the coaches. They're the ones who develop the skills of the ballplayers."
And as the statistics indicate, the coaches have done a good job with Young.
"I do need to improve," he said matter of factly. "That's my goal, to get better as a player and help this team."
For Young, playing football is a privilege, and one doesn't abuse a privilege.
"I love the game of football," he said. "That's all I want to do. It's an opportunity for a unit to play together."
WITH HIS EXPERIENCE, Young will be counted on to provide not only experience to the young team, but leadership. And while he probably would admit he isn't the take-charge type, Young's role of the silent leader will command respect.
“When you're out there you have to play—keep your mind on everything that's going on on the field.” Young said. “That's one thing I've learned; you don't understand anybody."
And for the past three seasons, no one has underestimated Scellars Young.
Scellars Young
Kicking game scores in special scrimmage
The KU football team eased off its normal practices and concentrated on its kicking game yesterday, head coach Don Fambrough said.
Top booters for KU are ophorebner pouter Bucky Scribler and freshman place-kicker Bruce Kallmeyer. Scribler and Kallmeyer will kick in their first game in a Jayhawk uniform when KU opens its season Sept. 13 against Oregon at Eugene, Fambrough said.
"Both are doing pretty good," he said. "We cut practice down some today and concentrated on the kicking game."
"We had very little contact but we'll be back at it tomorrow. We worked a lot on organization."
Part of that organization will come from newly chosen captains Harry Sydney, fullback, and Frank Wattelte, safety. Sydney switched from the wishbone quarterback position to the fullback slot last year.
Harry Sydney
Frank Wattelet
AL Eastern dogfight continues
From Kansan wire services
Baltimore is pursuing, but the New York Yankees still aren't giving ground in the American League East.
Last night the Orioles, with Steve Stone's 22nd victory, defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-1. But the Yankees, with Bucky Dent's five RBIs, beat the Oakland A'8-3. The Yankees retained their 1/2-game advantage.
Baltimore, which swept its three-game series with Seattle, used run-scorning singles from Eddie Murray in the fourth and Rich Dauer in the fifth. Both scored four hits and at one point retired 13 straight
batters between the first and sixth innings. The victory was the 100th of his career.
The Yankees scored five runs on a triple and a double by Dent, usually a light-hitting stoplight. Oscar Gamble and Jim Sepner added solo run. Gamble's hammer, a towering blast into the left field, Yves Kissard, was his sixth home run in his last 33 at-bats. Tommy John 19-, was the winner.
The Boston Red Sox, the only other title contender in the AL East, had their nine-game winning streak snapped by California. The Angels, behind R Cardew's three RBs, won 9-2.
The Red Sox had won 22 of their last 28 games and had crept within 6 1/2 games of the lead. Boston is now $7 \frac{1}{2}$ games back.
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