Monday, September 8, 1975
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University Daily Kansan
Speed prevails for frosh Bass
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH
Associate Sports Editor
At 5-foot-6, 150 pounds, Bobby Bass scared off a lot of football recruiters because of his size.
Despite a fabulous high school career—which saw the speedy Bass rush for 2,986 yards in three years at Benson High School in Omaha—only four major colleges sought his talents after graduation last May.
But it wasn't always that way. After Bass gained 1,041 yards as a sophomore, he received letters from many major colleges throughout the country.
"THEY THEY FOUND out about my size." Bass said with a smile. He's now a freshman running back at the University of Kansas.
By the time he graduated, only four major colleges—Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Arizona State—offered him a scholarship.
Thanks to Gale Sayers and his wife, Ardie, Bass eventually decided to come to KU. Bass had been a personal friend of the Sayers family for several years but he never knew what kind of humor said their influence had much to do with his decision to enroll here.
so far, KU head football coach Bud On
dismissive play a chance on the dimpitive but quiet
"Bobby Bass has run real well," Moore said. "He has shown real effort. He's always downfield trying to make a block.
He's shown that he really wants to win a job with this football team."
BASS ISN'T CONCERNED with his lack of size. He said he makes up for it in other waves.
"I've got heart, desire and determination," Bass said. "I feel that my talent is just as good as anybody else's."
"I think I have pretty good quickness. I'm low to the ground so it's hard for anybody to get a good shot at me."
In KU's last two scrimmages, Bass showed the moves needed for a little man to survive in the rugged Big Eight. In those workouts, Bass gained 77 yards in only seven carries, an average of 11 vards an attempt.
"Because I'm small I have quick feet." Bass said of his ability to evade tacklers. "If you have quick feet, it's harder for the bit players to knock you down."
BECAUSE BASS IS SMALL and from Omaha, he is often compared to former Nebraska great Johnny Rodgers. Bass broke two of Rodgers's Omaha metro high school records: most points scored in a career and most touchdowns in a career.
"I know that I am myself and that he is himself," Bass said. "When people see me play, they might think our styles are two totally different players."
Staff Photo by DON PIERCE
As a running back in the wishbone, Bass blocks much of the time. Although he often will be blocking defensive backs
Bobbv Bass
who outwhole him by as much as 50 pounds, *Sass isn't concerned with that* matter.
"Really, in high school I was called upon to block all the time. "But "Bulldog" is a nickname."
"THE MAIN PART TO IT is getting the fundamentals down. Once I do that I know I can do the ich."
After practicing for three weeks, Bass is ready for his initiation into college football. In fact, he can hardly wait until State. He will be the same opener against Washington State.
"Having a game to look forward to makes things go a lot faster." Bass said. "I'm really looking forward to getting started."
Royals win 8th straight A's series starts tonight
From the Associated Press
Tony Solaita hit three home runs and a tie-breaking single in the 11th inning yesterday to give the Kansas City Royals an advantage over the California Angels in Anahiem.
Despite the victory, the Royals slipped to five games behind the Western division-leading Oakland Athletics, who swept a doubleheader in the Texas Rangers, 4 and 7-3, yesterday.
The Royals now travel to play the Athletics tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday night, in the biggest series of the season between the two clubs. A sweep by the Royals could pull them within two games of the A's. But Oakland could nearly clinch the
division title with a three-game sweep of its own.
In yesterday's Royals-Angels game, two-run doubles by California's Jerry Remy and Bruce Bochie lifted the Angels into a 7-7 tie in the bottom of the ninth innning.
But in the top of the 11th, Al Cowens singled and stole second. Solaita then drilled a single to right for his fourth RBI of the game.
Solitaire's solo homers in the fourth, and ninth innings gave him 16 for the year. John Mayberry chipped in with his 32nd and 33rd homers. He also scored three times and drove in three runs. His two homers gave him the major league lead in that category.
Watson wins golf's Series
AKRON, Ohio (AP)—British Open champion Tom Watson held off Jack Pickleau with a solid one-over-penalty for an eighth-round win. He here yesterday in the World Series of Golf.
It was a cool, crush afternoon at KU's
Mike Miller basketball game, just right for
a college football game.
Luckily for the Jayhawks, they didn't play one.
FOREST HILLS, N.Y. (AP)—Manuel Orantes of Spain turned his tennis miracle into a storybook fantasy with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over heavily favored Jimmy Connors here yesterday to win the U.S. Open Tennis Championship.
Home opener looms; Jayhawks not ready
"We're not prepared to play a game right now, far from it," said head coach Bud Moore after Saturday's two-hour practice. But Moore said his players were licking at him, and he refused to themselves against the Washington State Cougars this Saturday in Memorial Stadium.
Spain's Orantes whips Connors
"I'm sure they want to play." Moore said.
"They want to get it on and get it started."
"So maybe I should just go out."
"I certainly hope so," he said, smiling.
"We won't know that until we line up."
There's another thing Jayhawk football fans probably won't know until game time. "The players are all on the same team,"
The neck-and-neck battle between juniors Scott McMichael and Nolan Cronwell continues for that spot. Moore refused to be matched, now as nod as KU's starter against the Cougars.
"There won't be any decision until game time," he said. But he relented later and said the "players involved" would know before the game who was going to start.
The Jayhawks went through noncontact drills Saturday. Moore said the players would be concentrating on quickness and being more intense in this week's practice.
Tight end Jim Michael was off the injured list, although he wasn't at full speed.
Walk-on Dennis Kirk apparently has won the placeckicking job. The pouting probably will be done by either Bob Swift or third-stirring quarterback John O'Rear.
Tentative player rankings of the NU women's tennis team last week, announced by a college press release.
Women's tennis hosts triangular
Airtik Drask will play the No.1 position against Wichita State University and Fort Hays State College in a triangular meet here today.
Cecilia Lopez will play two matches with both schools, Cymbidium Latting will play four and Fuchsia Bajnacki will play St. Debbie Hunt will play five against WSU and third against Fort Hays St. Marv
Broadbie will play fourth against WSU and fifth against Fort Hays St.
Tracy Spellman will play the No. 6 position against both schools.
Klivisto said the doubles combinations would be Dakas and Lopez, first; Latting and Hunt, second; and Broadle and Spellman, third.
Today's triangular match will be set up as
three dual calls, Kivirot said. The match
below will be played.
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