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University Daily Kansan, August 26, 1980
Skywriters here
Bell situation finished; players ready for season
By GINO STRIPPOLI Sports Editor
The Big Eight Skywriters converged on Lawrence yesterday and the big topic of conversation was the ruling by the NCAA that Kerrwin would play for the Kerrwin football team during the first three games of the 1982 season.
The Skywriters, a group of sports writers and broadcasters who travel from Big Eight school to Big Eight school before the season begins, opened their first studio at The Night, they were given possibly the biggest story of the entire tour.
When the NCAA ruled on Tuesday that Bell was ineligible to receive a scholarship after graduating from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., the writers were given their stories. The writers, who doubled number from the previous day in Columbia, flooded the college hallway and Jim Lessig, KU athletic director, with just about every question possible on the situation.
"I was a little started at first," Bell said. "I knew you guys were coming though. I figured that I had to deal with it, so I didn't want to avoid it.
"I THINK this situation may have brought the team closer together. The team has been through a lot the last few months," she said, "we always helped each other out."
Fambrough agreed with Bell
"When I left coaching for four years, they asked me what I missed most," Fambridge told. "I said it was the statement, but I'll never say that again."
"It started with the bowl game on the open kickoff. We were down seven points before anyone had a chance to sit down. Then I was called off the bus after the game for an emergency phone call and found out that Chris Emerson bad died.
"I've always been told these things equal out. If it does, look out. The ball is due to start bouncing for us."
The skyerwriters originally were scheduled to discuss the team and after the Bell situation was covered Farnham got on with the business at hand.
"LAST SEASON was the strangest season I ever went through." Fambrough said. "We didn't put that many points on the board, but we still won a
or for games
"This will be the big improvement for this year's team. I don't know if we've
ever had the kind of numbers in quality players that we have this year.
"I really feel we are a much better offensive team then a year ago."
One of the players who was a pleasant surprise for Fambridge last year was fullback E.J. Jones. Jones, who started his career as a Jayhawk as a linebacker, said that he hoped to help the team more this season.
"I was pretty satisfied with my year," Jones said. "But this year I have to rush the ball better and have better hands."
"I HAVE to be consistent every game. We have to be ready to play every game and can't take anyone lightly."
Jones, along with the rest of the Jayhawks, thinks that the team is ready to compete with the two powerhouses of the Big Eight, Oklahoma and
"Two years ago when I first came here, we didn't believe that we were capable of playing with those teams," Jones said. "We proved to ourselves last year that we can play with anybody in the nation."
But the key to the offense still remains with the health of quarterback Frank Seurer. Seurer, who was named to the All-Big Eight first team by the league's coaches last season, threw for 1,189 yards last season. He was injured in the Missouri game, but came back in spring practice and threw the ball well.
FRANK WILL be starting his third year and is an experienced quarterback. Fambrough said. "We were worried about his arm before spring drills, but his arm had healed. His arm is probably stronger then it ever was. Frank has been throwing the ball better than he ever has."
"Frank Seurer is one of the best quarterbacks in the nation," Jones said. "He is a great leader who makes a lot of good things white you are on the field.
"He is always talking it up in the huddle and he makes you want to go for it."
"I'm very excited about this year's team. I've played football for seven years and I've never been this excited about playing before. We are going to do a lot of things that will surprise a lot of people."
JAYHAWK NOTES: At yesterday's Skywriter's event, there were four past Kansan sports editors, plus this semester's. They were Steve Schoenfeld of Tulsa, Tracee Hamilton, Kevin Bertels and Gene Mvers.
Kerwin Bell will start practicing with the team again Monday.
Fullback E.J. Jones moved through the Oklahoma State defense last year during his first start of the season. Jones, a junior, said the KU team would
surprise a lot of its opponents during the upcoming season.
Royals edge by Rangers, 4-3; Leonard wins sixth straight
By United Press International
ARLINGTON, Texas — Amos Otis singled in the winning run in the eighth inning last night to give the Kansas City Royale a 4-3 victory over the Texas
Otis hit a line drive to center to score Willie Wilson from third. Wilson led off the eighth with his second hit of the game and advanced to third on George Brett's single one out later. The victory was the Royals' fifth in the last seven games.
seven innings before reliever Dan Quisenberry went the final two for his 29th save.
Kansas City starter Dennis Leonard,
8-3, won his sixth straight. He pitched
The Royals took a 1-10 lead in the third on doubles by John Wathan and U.L. Washington, After Frank White's double-error enabled the Rangers to tie it in the third, Wathan gave the Royals a 3-1 lead by slamming a two-run homer in the fifth off Texas pitcher John Butcher, 1-3.
The homer was Wathan's second of the year and the Royals' first against them.
Texas died i-3.3 with a run in the sixth on an RI1 double by Jim SUNDberg and another in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Dave Hostelier.
Scoreboard
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L. W. Pet. GH
Milwaukee 73 51 589
Tampa Bay 62 40 569
Baltimore 66 37 537 |
Detroit 63 61 564 |
New York 62 61 564 |
York City 63 61 564 |
Nashville 61 50 114 |
Miami 86 45 165
West
California 72 73 53 84
Chicago 73 68 527 6
Kansas City 78 94 516 8
Seattle 59 60 439 26
Tennessee 59 60 439 26
Texas 40 74 349 16
Washington 40 74 349 16
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pct GB
St. Louis 70 56 43
Philadelphia 70 56 56
Pittsburgh 67 60 39
Chicago 67 60 33
Chicago 77 72 344
Chicago 77 72 344
Los Angeles 71 57 555 - 5
Houston 69 62 544 - 5
San Diego 63 60 533 - 5
San Francisco 64 64 500 7
Houston 64 64 500 7
Houston 64 64 386 21
Chicago 5. Cleveland 4
Baltimore 8. Toronto 3
New York 6. Minnesota 1
Kansas City 4. Texas 3
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Chicago 4, San Francisco 2
Houston 5, New York 4
Philadelphia 7, Los Angeles 6
Cincinnati 1, Montreal 0
Philadelphia 11, Atlanta 0 to innings
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