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Thursday. September 4, 1975
University Daily Kansan
International tennis spurs Clarke
By RON COHN
Sports Writer
It would be nice to tell the registrar you missed enrollment because you were playing in the United States Open Tennis. That was Bill Clarke's excuse.
Clarke, the University of Kansas' number one singles player, competed in qualifying rounds for the last week at Forest Hills, N.Y. He was one of 250 players trying to qualify for the 28 remaining berths in the torque. Clarke won his first two matches
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Before losing in the third qualifying round to a player from Pakistan.
Clarke, a junior, said he enjoyed playing in the tournament.
"It was a great tournament because there were super players from all over the world," he said. "It didn't scare me because I've run across a lot of them before."
CLARKE NOTED ONE THING different about Forest Hills this year. For the first time, the matches were played on clay courts.
Actually, that's a declining term. The courts have a clay base, they are actually covered with fine gravel. Clay makes play very slow, Clark said.
He said a different class of player would do well on clay. However, Clarke plays a serve and voley game which is poorly suited for the slow surface. Clarke said the ball would go through him much that it's easy for the opponent to hit passing shots and approach the net.
"It different," he said. "It's fun. You really slide a lot. It was my first experience on clay. I noticed that most of the other serve and volley players changed their styles on the surface. I think I was the only one who didn't."
CLARKE QUALIFIED FOR Forest Hills
INTRAMURAL DEADLINES-The deadline for entries in the men's intramural touch football competition is 4 p.m. today. A 50 cent entry fee will be charged to each participant. Participants also must sign a medical permit. Competition will begin Sept. 15.
The first of three mixed doubles tennis tournaments will be 10 a.m. Saturday. Teams may enter by reporting to the In-ground tournament ack. There is no charge to participants.
The entry deadlines for men's and women's intramural tennis competition is Sept. 11. That date is also the deadline for women's kickball entries.
All entries should be turned in to the intramural office. 208 Robinson.
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CHICAGO (AP)—Al Cowens' two-run triple in the 10th inning lifted the Kansas City Royals past the Chicago White Sox here last night. 5-4.
Amos Otis led on the Royals' 10th with a single. George Brett then into a forceout, but John Mayberry singled. After Cookie Spencer cracked his game-winning hit to center.
The win moved the Royals to within 6% games of the idle Oak Athletics, in the race for the American League West division pennant.
by winning the Missouri Valley AAU tournament this summer. That tourney included amateur players from a five-state area.
He said playing and teaching tennis this summer had gotten him in great shape. He said he didn't hit his stride last season until he was 20, now he is, he said, then at any time last year.
Clarke said he could have done much better last season. At the NCAA Tournament last June, he came within two points of defeating Brian Teacher, the fourth-seeded player in the tourney, and then played World Championship Tennis.
"blow it," Clarke said of that match. That would have been the biggest win of the season.
However, Clarke said nearly beating Teacher gave him a lot of confidence.
Playing pro tennis doesn't appeal to him that much. Clarke said.
"THEE ARE PLAYERS who are late but they are not in that class. I am not that type."
Right now, Clarke is a business major. He has worked for Microsoft at this point and is about to learn the future.
Clarke said KU would be among the top two or three teams in the conference this year. Every team but KU lost players to graduation.
Last season, three of the top six KU players became academic casualties at midseason. The team became demoralized after that. Clarke said.
"Attitude is really important," he said,
"I think you have to guys the team, but I still the ball with it."
"This year we'll be different. We'll have a good team. It'll be to take a lot of work, and we will be very focused."
CLARKE SAID HIS GOAL this year was to be the Big Eight Number 1 singles champion. He practiced every day this summer to improve his ground game.
"I'm going to win the Big Eight," Clarke said. "I guess it just takesgit out and do it. I know I can win it because I've been through all of them, and I know that they are all in my class."
Carke said he planned to take it easy this call. He's going to restrict his playing time a little. He's said he's not going to do that.
After all, when you have a shot at being the champion, you can't afford to be tired of it.
Injuries mount; Moore worries
Early this week, KU football Coach Bud Moore was feeling pretty good about the injury.
"I'm knocking on wood, but thus far we've been fairly fortunate," he said then
He probably doesn't feel as fortune-telling. The injury lays much to Moore's dumay, is beaten up and blown over.
Junior running back Scott McCanny missed yesterday's practice with a pulled leg muscle, and three other players limped off the field during practice. Tight ends Jim Benson and Lloyd Sobek and offensive tackle Jackie Johnson all missed at least one of the workout.
"All of them are bruises," Moore said of the injuries he least wove that all "they're in right."
The loss of Michaela and Sobek leave KU with only one tight end, freshman James Jackson. Gregg Hosack, a starter at that most of fall practice, with an injured back
Defensive tackle Paul Van Saun and linebacker Randy Cox are both listed as questionable for the first game. Van Saun has missed almost all of the fall workouts with an injured leg. Cox suffered a separated shoulder in practice last week.
"Injuries are a problem now," Moore admitted. "We have to get our players well."
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