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University Daily Kansan, December 6, 1982
Buddy Mangine/KANSAM
KU's can Henry, right, deflected a pass from St Louis' Kevin Williams, who was under heavy pressure from Henry and Tad Boyle during Saturday's KU St. Louis game. The Jayhawks face Michigan tonight in Am Arbor.
Sports editor job fun ends on sour note
Ironically, it ended almost exactly as it started.
On a warm, muggy July afternoon, I started my sports editor job by attending the annual Press Box Classic, a gathering of media and coaches for a basketball tournament. House rbi My partner that day was recruiting coordinator Dick Pardy.
My job ended this past Saturday, as it did for many of the KU football coaches, in the Kansas Ballroom at the annual football banquet. The banquet, held in honor of the players and coaches, was a much more sober occasion than before and we again, as fate would have it, Purdy was just across the table.
The five months or so that I have been with the family daily. Density of Romanian, I have learned a lot.
FOR A while, my job was the easiest in the world. I was writing about a faraway island.
GINO
STRIPPOLI
Sports Editor
to be successful and a basketball team that had one of the top recruiting years ever.
That luxury didn't last long.
First, Kerwin Bell was suspended for three games because of his high school transcript. Then, KU lost its season opener to cross-state rivale Wichita State, a loss from which the team never fully recovered.
It didn't get any better as the season wore on and it hit bottom at Kansas State, when the Jayhawks were trounced in Manhattan. To make it even worse, Jim Lessig, KU athletic director, gave an answer to the revolving door at the athletic department, resigned two days before the K-State game.
The basketball program, however,
has gotten off to a great start, a start I
will most likely follow as a writer on the
newspaper. (I am a fan of the
basketball team is a fresh, young team,
a welcome relief after a tough football season.
BUT MORE importantly than the teams, the people that you work with are the people that you remember the most.
First, Sid Wilson and his staff at sports information helped the sports staff many times. Some of these times were late at night. Second, the coaches, for the most part, helped us immeasurably in our jobs.
I also think I need to discuss two personalities in more detail - Monte Johnson, KU's new athletic director, and Don Farnbrough.
Johnson was selected as the new athletic director a little more than a week ago. Last Monday, when he met the press, he said he had no preconceived notions about the football coaching position. It didn't take him long, however — four days, to be exact — before he fired Fambridge.
Johnson appears to be a man who will work strictly for the interests of the alumni. What the alumni want seems to be what they will get. He was linked to the "dump Fambrough" movement when Fambrough was fired four years ago and he obviously wasn't behind him this time either.
MY RELATIONSHIP with Fambrough is totally different. I met Fambrough at the Press Box Classic and our relationship has grown ever since. He has always been fair to me already, so seemed to have the time to talk to me.
In my opinion, Fambrough got the raw end of the deal when Johnson decided to fire him. It was obvious by his actions that they wanted Fambrough back.
At the football banquet on Saturday, a lot of tears were shed by coaches and players alike. When I sat back and reflected on it, I was seeing a change of one that was totally unexpected when I took the sports editor job.
Overall, it has been a fun year. I have met some people that were pleasures to work with. But the final days put a sour taste on me, one that shouldn't have been there.
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Kansas faces Michigan tonight
When Kansas and Michigan meet tonight in Ann Arbor, Mich., in the Jayhawks' first road game of the season, it will put the highly touted freshman class of Kansas against the impressive freshmen of Michigan.
By GINO STRIPPOLI Sports Editor
Tippoff for the contest is 7 p.m. The game will be televised by WIBW-TV in
"We've accomplished about all we can at home," head coach Ted Owens said. "We need to get out on the road and find out what we can do."
Gansas, 4-0, will use the same lineup that has started the last three games. The Jayhawks are off to their best start since the 1978-79 season, when KU went 4-0 before losing to Kentucky in overtime.
THE JAYHAWKS will be led by junior Carl Henry, who leads the team in scoring with a 21.3 average. Joining Henry will be forwards Kerry Bogani, Jason Brill, and Emma Gorman, guard Tad Boyle, 3.7 points and 2 assists on the season; and center Kelly
"We don't have a choice to be to read," said Knight, who has improved in each game. "We've been a bad road for us, years, but I think we're ready now."
"We really have to concentrate a little more when we go on the road," Boyle said. "Last year, we got in a rut on the road. We didn't expect to win.
While Owens said he wasn't sure if the players are ready to go on the road, he didn't say. "I just need them to be there."
"We have to play 40 minutes of hard basketball. We have to play like we expect to win, and not like we're afraid to lose."
Knight, who did not start the opener,
15.5 points and nine rebounds.
FRESHMAN RON Kellogg, who has been a pleasant surprise for the Jayhawks, had another reason for wanting to go on the road.
Kansas was led by Boagni and Knight, who each scored 23 points. He followed by Henry with 15. Klogg with Boyle with seven and Dishman with six.
"In high school, I always played my best on the road," Kellogg said. "When you see people in the people are cheering for you. But when you go on the road, it totally different."
"We have to go up there and get ahead early. If we do that, we can take their crowd out of the game."
Knight led the Jayhawks with nine rebounds and Boyle had a team-high
Owens' squad will take on a very young Michigan team that has won its first three games of the season. Of its five opponents, Ike, Pearson, 6-foot-7, is a senior.
"At the beginning we were a little nervous," Boogni said. "Now we go on the road and it will be a big test for me and the rest of the team."
The Wolverines are led by sophomore sensation Eric Turner. Turner, who averaged 14.7 points a game as a freshman, scored 24 points in the Wolverines' 77-70 victory over Northern Michigan on Saturday.
THE REST of the lineup for Michigan is up in the air. The Michigan coach has used different combinations of five players to fill the front court positions. The starters will be either Pearson, Roy Tarply, 6-10 freshman, Robert Henderson, 6-10 freshman, Tim McCourty, 6-10 freshman, Rellford, 6-4 freshman, Sophomore Leslie Rockymoor will join Turner at guard.
The Jayhawks prepared for the Michigan game with an 83-69 victory over the St. Louis Billikens before a loss of 0,110 at Allen Field House Saturday.
Everyone can win at home. It's a test when you play on the road."
"Overall, it was the best game that we have played this season." Owens said of the team.
IAYHAWK NOTES — Whitey Herzog manager of the champion st球企 S.L. Cardinals, was in Lawrence on Soledar, and he attended the KU-SL. Louis game.
Calvin Thompson, whose father died a little more than a week ago, did not suit up on Saturday because he was planning to go golfing. Thompson will be in uniform tonight.
very well and I was impressed with the defense."
For Ted Owens, Saturday was much more than just another victory. After the game, Owens called to congratulate his teammates and braved their 65th wedding anniversary.
KU becomes home again for Jo Jo White
By MIKE ARDIS Sports Writer
The University of Kansas is home again for Jo Jo White in many ways.
Before, it was the scene of some of his great basketball games. Now it's a place to raise a family and coach basketball under his former coach, Ted Ligandt.
"It's home," he said. "I'm just happy to here in Lawrence."
White, who is in his second year as an assistant coach at KU, moved back to college.
KU'S FAST start can be partially attributed to White and his recruiting. He convinced Kerry Boagni to chose Kansas over UCLA. But White downplays his role in the recruiting and says the University does the recruiting.
"The University sells itself," he said. "The academics, the beauty of the campus. I just had to be open and honest."
Although White is valued for his
"I'm not in love with it," he said.
"But it's part of being an assistant."
WHITE, a two-time All-America for KU, went to the NCAA tournament twice while he was a player and to the NCAA final. He also represented National Tournament in New York twice.
"My most disappointing time was against Texas Western," he said. "I had the ball and stepped on the out of bounds line (at the end of the game)
One of White's least favorite memories was his first trip to the NCAA in 1986, where he spent in double overtime 81-80 to Texas Western in the NCAA regional finals.
'My heel was off it when I turned but from the foot's sole, I leaped bad...
"I thought we had the team to win it all."
WHITE WAS not the only KU player to be involved in that type of situation.
Wilt Chamberlain was a member of the 1987 Jayhawks that lost to North Carolina in the 1988 season.
Chamberlain also considered it one of his greatest disappointments.
White met Chamberlin during his
MA career, but the two didn't dwell on
their reunion.
"There have been too many good times," he said.
While White played for the Jayhawks, they made it into post-season play each year, but they never won all. For that reason, winning the gold medal in the 1988 Olympics in Mexico City was the high point of his basketball career.
"WINNING IT all for the first time was big," he said. "I've never been on a losing team but they always just came close to the top."
White was drafted by the Boston Celtics and played nine and a half years, and was voted first team all-prize seven times. He was on a World Cup berth. He was named the most valuable player of the 1976 championship team.
White finished his playing career with the Kansas City Kings in 1980.
Two years later, he said he doesn't miss playing.
"I did, but not anymore," he said. "I was very nervous. I was the time on the road away from his family."
WHITE PASSES on to the KU players a valuable lesson he learned while playing the long, grunting schedule of pros — the importance of conditioning.
"No question," he said. "You can't play if you're not in shape. In order to reach my potential, I had to be in top shape. If your not in shape, you can't do it."
White isn't making any long-term plans for the future.
Sports Writer
What he got was closer to a giant leap.
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempt was looking for a "progressive step" this weekend, that little something extra from his men's and women's teams that would show him that they were intent on winning.
"I will do all I can to help those here,
finding the area where I can be help.
By BILL HORNER
Sports Writer
For now, that involves helping KU get to the top.
"Right now I can't tell you," he said. "I plan to be here. Whether moving up or becoming a head coach some day, I don't know."
Both of Kempf's squads turned in encouraging performances, the women capturing their fifth consecutive Husker Invitational title in Lincoln, Neb., and the men scoring victories over the men and Drury at Robinson Natorium.
Jayhawk swim teams finish first semester with victories
At Lincoln, the Kansas women captured 13 of 24 events to score 1,218 *i* points, dominating the six-tem场 field. At Colorado State third at 754.
In the men's meet, virtually the entire team turned in strong swims to defeat Wyoming, 64-49, and last year's NAIA national champion Drury, 81-32.
"I think we did a very, very nice job," Kermp said. "We had some excellent steps from some individuals. We were able to do very seriously and very successful end to our first semester."
Kansas senior Tammy Thomas dominated the women's events, winning each of the five events she entered and reaching the finals twice in the 50-yard freestyle, 50
Junior Jenny Wagstaff captured three events, setting meet records in the 200 individual medley and the 400 individual medley events and winning the 500 freestyle. In addition to those finishes, Wagstaff swam exhibition in the 100 butterfly in a national qualifying time of .56.59.
butterfly, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly and the 100 individual medley were all below NCAA national qualifying times. In the winning 200 freestyle relay team.
Kempf commented on the performances of Mary Kay Fitzgerald, Celine Cerney, Jay Engel, Ron Neugent, Cammion Dunn and Gardner Wright; among others, who either won their events or had seasonal best times.
"You can go right down the line with our men and see how solid we swam," Kempf said. "It was good swimming for this time of the year.
"We rested a little bit for this meet,
and it worked for some, and not for others," Kemp said. "It was a learning step for everyone, including the coach."
"When you rest like this, which we always do at the end of the season for the Big Eight and the national championships, you don't want to go in blind, not knowing how some people respond when they see us. We did this. We can figure out where along the line you are reing to progress, or where they needed a little more rest."
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KU's Mark Pringle tucks into a dive while judges, coach Gary Kemp and a tiled Jayhawk keep an eye on his form. The Kansas men's team came out on top in a dual
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