Thursdav. October 21.1976
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University Daily Kansan
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Cochran changes colors
By STEVE CLARK
Sports Writer
The intense rivalry between Kansas and Kansas State isn't limited to football and basketball. It pervades every sport and the Wildcats battle, including soccer.
Although soccer doesn't have the tradition of other sports at KU, when it comes time to play K-State the emotion is there.
John Cochran will attest to the intensity of the matches. During the 1973 and seasons he played in several U-K-Star teams, and his margin was never more than one goal.
THIS SATURDAY COCHRAN will be on the field in Manhattan for another KU-State soccer game. But this time be in the rather awkward position of playing against former teammates on the K-State squad.
During Cochran's previous participation in the Sunflower rivalry he played for the Wildcats. Although he is quick to point out that K-State won during their first two games, nothing better than to hand undefeated K-State, 7-0, its first loss of the fall.
"It's going to be a really psyched-up situation," Cochran said yesterday. "It'll be ready. I've got a lot of friends there who're going to come out and watch the game."
ONE OF HIS acquaintances viewing the game but is his girlfriend, who is running away.
"I was up there last weekend and she
said, K-State, K-State, you know who
it is."
As if that isn't enough, Cochran will be spending the weekend with two childhood friends who are now on the K-State football team. "They are really hopeful he hopes KU wins, by a small margin,"
Photo by CORKY TREWIN
"I don't want to embarrass them," the center half-back explained. "If we'd go out there and score a lot of goals there'd love of hurt feelings and I don't want that."
Cochran, former Wildcat, looks to bounce KSU
"BESIDES, I'M going to be spending the night with those guys."
So although Cochran's social relationships might be in trouble this weekend, his soccer abilities aren't
KU coach Bernie Mullin has been impressed with the play of the 5-10, 180- pound midfielder.
"He's taken over the job of team captain and he's developing in that role," Mullin said.
"John's got the respect of the other players, he a good athlete and he got a lot of respect."
dously aggressive and always gives a total effort."
In fact, the only problem that Cochran does on the field is a typically large gap.
*BECAUSE HE doesn't have the background that the foreign players do,*
be sometimes misdirects his energy," Mullin said.
"I'm used to running up and down the field, playing an aggressive, physical play,"ochran said. "Here we're more methodical with our movements in learning to play a more control game."
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Tennis team seeks tourney berth
By ERIC MARTINCICH
The KU women's tennis team visits the Wichita State Shockers tonight to play a match that will determine who will represent the large collegiate district in the Kansas State Championship Tournament tomorrow and Saturday in Emporia.
Sports Writer
Because it beat Wichita State earlier in the year, 9-0, Wichita needs to win just one match from the Shockers to participate in the tournament.
It it was presumed that the Wichita State meet would be the last meet for the team until next spring. However, coach Tom Kivisto received a letter Monday evening.
THE LETTER informed him that if his team won they were to be in Emporia tomorrow for the state tournament, which would be on April 15th to the Region 6 tournament next spring.
This came as a quite surprise to Kivisto. "I figured that we were sent to Wichita State to assess it, determine the representative of the large school and that in the spring the AIW (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) would tell us when the Kansas tournament would be." Kivisto said. "Now I am calling me the tournament is this weekend."
Emphoria this weekend for the championship. If KU scores a victory over Wichita State, they will represent the large collegiate district. The two top teams in the tournament will represent Kansas in the Region 6 tournament.
KANSA IS divided into four districts and each division will send its team to team
Kivisto said that the tournament was in the fall this year because many of the smaller schools in the state don't have spring tennis programs.
The problem of selecting teams in the fall rather than in the spring, he said, was that spring and fall teams for the larger schools often varied.
KIVISTO SAID that the differences were largely due to some players deciding not to return, to the inflow of transfer students and new players, and to injuries.
Kivisto said that he did not agree with the present method of selecting representatives
"I's just a little too early to run a state tournament," he said. "I say 'like holding the conference championship in basketball before Dec. 25 and then letting that team play in the finals, which isn't until March. I can happen in those three months."
Each school can send four singles and two doubles entrants to Emporia. If KU goes, they will serve Carrie Fotopoulos (5-10), Jill Hunt (5-12), Mary Stauffer to play in singles. Fotopoulos and
Commissioner Bowie Kuh ordered the game rescheduled for tonight. The postponement set up a possible conflict for television schedules with the final presidential debate if the Series goes to a fifth game tomorrow.
Daksa will be the No. 1. doubles team and Cook and Tracy Spellman will make up the
Game 4 tonight
NEW YORK (AP) - A day-long rain force postponement of yesterday's scheduled fourth game of the World Series in the Cincinnati Reds and New York, Yankees.
"The presidential debate is certainly a concern," said a spokesman for the commissioner. "There could be variations on Friday that do not include Friday night."
The whole question of a Friday game may be academic. Cincinnati has won the first three games of the Series and needs just one to win up its second straight world championship.
That presented the possibility of either a day game or late afternoon start that wouldn't collide with the 8:30 p.m. start of the Ford-Carter debate.
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