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Monday, October 11, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Cowboys gun down 'Hawks, 21-14
By GARY VICE
STILLWATER, Okla.—As winners, KU's football team has walked about their locker room following a game displaying satisfaction—nothing more. They hadn't been overly exuberant in compiling a 40 record
And following Saturday's game against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, OKla, the atmosphere was much the same, only more subdued. The Jayawacks had just trudged off the field after 21-14 loss to the Cowboys, KU lost once in its last nine games against OSU.
Not quite knowing how to cope with defeat, players sat around the locker room in silence, not talking about the game, which many felt they deserved to have won. There were words like "worries," no excuses, just their own words, and their own duty to mentally punish themselves.
SOME BEGAN to slowly work their way out of swayly uniforms and yards of clothing that are too small, blank expressions and their heads bowed. Wide receiver Waddell Smith sat near the locker room entrance with his hands crossed under his shoes in his mouth. Defeat tasted bitter.
"Idon think our players are going to lay down and die," coach Bud Moore said yesterday. "And our fans aren't either. If we did, we wouldn't be a very good team. And our fans wouldn't be very good fans if they did."
"Sure I'm upset about the loss, but people are going to be disappointed when they lose."
There's no doubt in my mind that we'll bounce right back."
WHAT SEEMED to bother several players was that they believed they had outplayed the Cowboys most of the game, only to lose in the final minutes. KU, relying most on its running attack, ground 21 first downs and 367 total yards compared to Ohio State. The Jayhawks did, however, carry two more burnovers in the game.
Senior free safety Chris Golub emerged from the showers and said, "That should have been our game. It was our game all the way."
Defensive tackle Franklin King agreed, saying, "Definitely I think we whipped em."
WHEN ASKED he thought his team beat the Cowboys on the field, Moore said, "No, because the score doesn't say so. Statistics are for losses. We played fairly well but so did they.. It was a good ballarame."
Offensive guard John Mascarello said that although it hurt to be shot down from the infliction of an undefended record, KU's offense and they' d just have to win the next one.
"I think we outplayed them," Mascarcelo said. "We won the battle but lost the war. We'll just have to go out and win." We've known our record against Oklahoma teams.
The game was the first conference match for both teams. Oklahoma State is now 3-1.
FOLLOWING THE game, which was played before 37,500 fans in Lewis Stadium,
victorious coach Jim Stanley said, "It's very rewarding to win a football game. And in my opinion we beat a good football team that has a good coach. There were a lot of good licks on both sides. You can't forget Kansas, she still in the picture."
Stanley's players, however, believed otherwise.
OSU cornerback Milton Kirven, referring to KU's national ranking in the associated Press poll showed, "Who's number eight?" as he headed for the locker room. Defensive tackle Mike Robinson said, "We're going to the Orange Bowl baby."
There were, to be sure, representatives from the Orange Bowl committee at the game, which prompted coach Stanley to cancel a game and probably were here to see Kansas first."
AND KANSAS scored first, driving 80 yards in nine plays on their second possession. Fullback Norris Banks, who alternated garnering first downs with the fourth, was dashed off right tackle for 10 yards and the touchdown. Dennis Barker, playing in his first game this season, converted the extra point. Kerbel, who was the Hawks No. 1 placekicker last season until he twisted his knee in a game's kicking chores with Mike Hubach.
The Cowboys came back to tie the score at 7-7 in the second quarter when running back Robert Turner burst up the middle from six yards out for a touchdown. The scoring opportunity came following a fumble by Cromwell on the Jayhawk's 42-yard line. A
busted play that OSU quarterback Charlie Weatherbie converted into a 21-yard gain and a face mask penalty set up Turner's touchdown.
ON THE 'HAWKS' ensuing possession,
running back Bill Campfield capped a five
play 80-yard drive with a 45-yard touchdown
gallon.
At the half, Kansas had 209 yards rushing and a 14-7 lead. In the second half, the Cowboys continued to relinquish yards, but scored and scoring two touchdowns for the victory.
Another fumble, this one by halfback Laverne Smith, gave the Cowboys all the help they needed for the go ahead score. On the first play after the fumble, Weatherie hit split end Sam Lisele on a 35-yard touchdown pass that split the Javahws' zone.
A 51-yard pass play to wide receiver Gerald Bain in the third quarter set up running back Terry Miller's one yard touchdown plunge that tied the game at 14. Bain was positioned in position to pick off the pass thrown from Weatherbeer, but was outfanned by Bain.
COSTLY PENLITES and strong outside containment of KU's running attack stalled the Jayhawks' efforts to maintain their scoring punch in the second half.
run outside. They took the pitch away from us and we weren't strong enough to run inside on them."
Breaking Riggins' rushing record gives Smith hollow satisfaction
Smith, however, was able to pick up 78 yards, enough to surpass both Gale Sayers and John Riggins on the career rushing list and move him into the No. 1 position with 2,786 yards. Riggins is second with 2,706, and Savers is third with 2,675.
By STEVE CLARK
STILLWATER, Okla — Laveney Smith
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The Wichita senior fought for his 78 yards on 13 carries against a stingy Oklahoma State defense to claim the No. 1 spot in KU history. His 728 yard total held him past former Jayhawk great Gaiers (2,075) and John Higgins (2,706).
"Man, that turf ate me up," he said as he checked his forearms and elbows.
Now every time Smith gains a yard it will add to his record, but those thoughts didn't seem to be on his mind following KU's 21-14 loss to Oklahoma State.
SMITT SIGHED and began assessing the day's damage. His muscular upper body was covered by a grey T-shirt that was soaked with sweat, but it didn't hide the scraps and burns that come from playing on an artificial surface.
Smith sat on a bench in the visitors' dressing room in Gallagher Hall and answered reporters questions as they wandered by. He rested his arms on his thighs and stared at the floor waiting for the questions.
A trainer approached him and offered to cut the tape from his heavily wrapped ankle. Smith declined, took the scissors and began snipping away. The tape finally fell and fell to the floor, which was littered with still more tape, bandages and equipment.
"Yeah, it takes a whole bunch of the excitement away," he said, referring to the loss. "I think we should've won. We're a better team than they were."
IN TERMS of first downs, 21, and rushing yardage, 318, KU was better. But the Jayhawks also were guilty of three turnovers. One of the miscues came in the kickoff. The Cowboys took the lead on the ensuing play. Smith said he didn't fumble.
Staff photo by JAY KOEI 720
"I was on the ground," he said. "I thought whistle should've been blown. I was on the ground." He had to stop.
Ironically, it was on that carry that he tied Rigins' record mark.
SMITH, WHO has had more than his share of electrifying runs, was limited to a few.
"They were playing to the outside a lot," he explained. "They had too many people out there for us on our side. They didn't runnng backs to get outside, period."
More reporters found their way to Smith and began asking the same questions he'd already answered—and would answer again later. He remained sitting, leaning on his hands, but still staring at the floor, as if looking for the answer as to why KU lost.
Cromwell, in only his second season on offense, moved into fifth on the career rushing list after 89 yards against the Cowboys. Cromwell, who now has 1,670 yards gained, passed Delvin Williams, 1,623, and Donnie Shanklin, 1650.
Several doors away bud Coach Moore was also gazing at the floor searching for an answer.
MOORE WAS slumped in an easy chair, but he didn't appear to be comfortable. His hands were on the desk.
during the game, remained uncombed. In his right hand, a can of Coke, in his right hand a cigarette.
From the adjacent football stadium, sounds of the celebrating Oklahoma State fans and strains from the Cowboy marching band filtered into the tiny room.
Moore's voice was hoarse and at times barely audible 10 feet away. "I don't think our players quit or gave up," he said. "It was just a matter of being outcoached in the game."
Jayhawks' Beeson, Balagna and King surround OSU's Robert Turner
"The MISTAKES that we made were coachable mistakes and we made several of them in the second half." Falling under the heading of coachable mistakes were the two fumblies, the interception, and the penalties, all of which worked in the Cowboys' favor.
Note pads rustled and tab tops popped in the awkward gaps between answers and answers.
If there are some problems that can be corrected before Saturday, KU will need to find the answers if it expects to win against the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday.
Against many teams KU could have made the mistakes it did and still won. Not against Okahanna State. And the Jayhawks don't think they should think and think about what might have been.
And if the answers were hidden in the text, that Moore, Moore and Smith shouldn't found them.
Thers's another university in Oklahoma and its coming to Lawrence with a visit from the late 1970s.
Rovals' win evens series
Sports Editor
KANAS CITY, Mo.-M Paul Splitterff took a vacation last month. But he wasn't yachting.
The Royals' left-hander was working in the Florida Instruction League, trying to get back with the big boys after suffering tendencies on the middle finger of his pitched ball.
The trip paid off—although the New York Yankees might not agree. Splitter hurried 5-2 3-mings of shutout relief to pace Kansas City to a 7-3 must victory over the Yanks and even their American League play-off series at one game annie.
"I don't think I would have pitched," he said. "I don't think it would've been fair to the rest of the guys for me to pitch hadn't I gone down there."
Last night was the most Splittoff had pitched since he suffered the injury July 27. But there were times when Splittoff wore a uniform over pitch for the Royals again this season.
“At one point I was told to take the spint off the finger after three weeks and it swelled up again,” said Splitorff, who had been suffering from a fractured hip. If bleep up again surgery, was possible.
"I waited a week and tried it again and it
was well. It was weird. I thought I was going to run out of time."
Many of the record crowd of 41,091 at Royal Stadium also thought Kansas City was the best.
But the Royals' milded offense was still stuttering. That is until the sixth.
Third baseman George Brett, the league's batting champion, led off with a triple that center fielder Mickey Rivers first came in on and then watched sail over his head to
First baseman John Mayberry put away his year long anemic bat and followed with a line single to left-center—his first hit in the play-offs to drive in Brett. Left fielder Mo Pouquerie doubled one out later up the alley in left-center, scoring Mayberry with the go-head run. That was all for Yankee Royals to only three hits before the sixth. Figueroa still hasn't beaten the Royals this year.
The Royals put the game away in the eighth, adding three runs without hitting any ball hard. With one out, Pouquette, who also singled in the Royals' second run in their two-run first, reached Yankee reliever Dick Tidrow for a walk.
to the very same spot—driving in Poquette with White going to third.
With the Yankee infield pulled in, it happened again. Buck Martinez hit a soft fly ball that barely got over one baseman's "fleece" glove. Both White and Pete scapel
"We outfaced them," Royals' manager Whitey Herzog said. "We hit some bloops. We hit some strange balls like they did and we make them like them. We haven't scored in a while."
Poquette said. "Sure, we hit a couple of chins tonight. But we've hit a lot of balls hard that have been caught. I guess it has to even up.
The Yankees pounded Leonard early, scoring one in the second and two in the third before Splittorr bailed him out of further trouble. Split left after the eighth, and the Yankees ended up walking one before turning things over to Mingei Gorky, who pitched the ninth.
The two teams take today off and meet again in game three at 7:15 p.m. tomorrow in New York. The Royals will send lefty Nick Johnson to mount against right-hander Dell Ellis.
The Royals will still be playing within center helfer Armas Otis, who grappled an injury on Sunday.
"Amos won't play the rest of the play-offs," Heroz said. "He can't play until at least Thursday and even if we make the Series, I doubt he'll be ready."
Max Ediger, John Algee and Waddell Smith sit in a subdued KU locker room pondering their defeat.
Royals fish for runs but Hunter nets KC
By BRENT ANDERSON
Associate Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Play-off and World Series veterian Catfish Hunter held the Kansas City Royals to one run and five hits to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-1 win in the first game of the American League playoffs.
Hunter, who pitched in several play-off and World Series games for the Oakland A's before being sold to the Yankees for $3.5 million after the 1974 season, had a two-run victory against the Royals, benefiting from the game by Royals third baseman George Brett.
Hunter retired the first 10 batters he faced, and he faced the minimum number of pitches he took.
back or two runs after two were out in the ninth to make it 4-1.
The Royals could have easily gone into the ninth inning leading 1-0 had George Brett been able to complete a double play one out and the bases loaded in the first.
THE ROYALS got a run in the eighth to make the score 4-1. After Al Cowerta triumphed, the Rockets went on to win.
Having backhanded a hard grounder by Yankee first baseman Chris Chambliss, Brett stepped on third, but his throw to second was not good. The ball was low and awaing by Mavryllus.
"John told me Chamblais kept him from fielding the throw," Brett said after the game. "I think I tried to aim it too much—I would have had him on a good weapon."
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SCOOKING
RANSAS State 7 7 0 0 9–14
Oklahoma State 7 7 0 0 8–21
KU 18U
First downs 9
Hunts yards 67,318 50-185
Hunts yards 67,318 50-185
Return yards 8 61
Return yards 8 61
Poundless -10-4 50-184
Poundless -10-4 50-184
R1- Klinker 10 km (Klinker bik)
R2- Klinker 10 km (Klinker bik)
R3- Milrer 10 km (Dingkik bik)
R4- Milrer 10 km (Dingkik bik)
R5- Milrer 10 km (Dingkik bik)
IT WAS Brett's second throwing error of the iming. Lead-off hitter Mickey Rivers chopped a grounder to Brett, and, after a pump-fake, Brett's throw to Mayberry went awry and Rivers advanced to second. But Royals manager Whitley Herzog and Brett both said the errors didn't cost the Royals the game.
K - Crumpler 32, 69.400; Kappel 9, 69.1; L. Smith 17.878;
USU - Milier 28.400; Tursed 17.700; USU 14.14; H.
Huynh 13.540.
K1- Crowerum 3-04-8 (1 interruption)
K2- Crowerum 3-04-9 (1 interruption)
K3- Crowerum 3-05-7 (1 interruption)
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K4- Campfield 3-05-10 (1 interruption)
Basis 2.59, Link 2.50, Taylor 1.79
Dougerty 3-00-7 (41.4 avg.)
Miller 3-00-6 (37.6 avg.)
"We're still making the same mistakes," coach Bennie Mullin said yesterday. "We played for about 20 minutes, but the rest of the game was taking our shots and getting pussed around."
SOCERC-KU's soccer club saw its record slip to 2-2 as it dropped a 2-0 decision to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa over the weekend.
"They were a very poor team and it's really a backdrop for us to lose to them," but within a year, he put it on for a time, but he haven't put it together the way we need in to order be a good team."
Iowa state scored both its goals in the second half, but KU never could find the ball.
states and covered different distances, but George Mason and Michelle Brown returned to Lawrence with the same result—a first place finish.
CROSS COUNTRY--They ran in different
Sparked by their teammates' individual honors, both the men's and women's cross-country teams are proud.
The men defeated Southern Illinois in a duel, 25-1, in Carbondale, III, and the women won a three-team meet in Kirksville, M. MO, KU won with 25 points, Missouri was second with 46 and Central Missouri State was third with 71.
Mason's five-mile mile of 25.17 was 32 seconds under the Southern Illinois course record. Brown's two- and-a-half mile distance was 16 seconds ahead of her closest rival.
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For the women, Sena Frane was third in 15:58; Lauren Marty, fifth in 15:67; Nancy Bissell, 10th in 17:01; and Kim Glasgow, 12th in 17:04. Connie Lane was 14th, Mary Jo Kolark is 18th, and Jennifer Howe and Jane Brock finished the race.
RUGBY—The Lawrence Rugby Club split a pair of home games Saturday against a tough Kansas City club. The Lawrence city side lost to the Kansas City "A" team in the first game, 14-4, while the varsity upset the Kansas City "B" team, 10-7, in the second game.
In the second game, Roger Walter and Bob Tucker both scored tryts in the second half against the Kansas City "B" team. Dan Katz kicked the conversion, two points, after Tucker's score, and Lawrence held on for a 10-7 win.
Rich Millard scored the only points for Lawrence in the first game with a first half try, a score earned by advancing the ball to or beyond the opponent's goal line, to put the city side ahead, 4-0. But Kansas City came back with a try and a penalty kick to put Lawrence out. She added another penalty kick, three points, and a try, to put the game out of reach.
"Brett made a great play on Chamblis' grounder," Herzo said. "I didn't cost us the game. What cost us the game was that we couldn't run. That's what I'm worried about."
Next weekend, the club's top 20 players will play in the Heart of America Union Invitational Tournament against players from 40 other clubs.
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LARY GURA, who was traced to the Royals from the Yankees this year, pitched 8 2/3 innings, giving up 12 hits and taking 15 hits. The team's season and was used primarily as a pitcher.
"I didn't have very good stuff, Gura said. "I was giving them stuff to hit, hoping they would hit it to our players. They just seem to the big hit when they need it."
After the Royals had held them scorele for seven straight innings, the Yankees scored two in the ninth on a well-placed but unproductive run by Roy White, the Yankees' left fielder.
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