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Monday. October 4.1976
University Daily Kansan
KU big plavs crumble Wisconsin
By BRENT ANDERSON
Kansas' big guns went off Saturday, leading the Jayhawks to a 34-24 victory over a feisty team from the University of Wisconsin.
KU is 4-0, having beaten four non conference teams. But the 'Hawks don't have time to look back. They travel to Stillwater, Okla., this Saturday to play Oklahoma State, starting what Kansas football fans call the "Cowboy season—seven Bie Flight Conference games.
It took less than two minutes for KU to score its first touchdown, a 29-yard pass (yes, a pass) from KU quarterback Nolan Cromwell to wide receiver Waddell Smith, play earlier, on the first play of the game. Cromwell hit his Vick with a 43-ard pass.
IT WAS CROMYELL'S most productive passing day ever. He completed three of 15 passes for 123 yards. All three receptions were made by Smith.
"We've never been afraid to throw the football," Moore said yesterday. "They were playing our receivers close to the line of scrimmage and we thought we could pass on them. We should have completed more passes than we did."
Cromwell took the blame for that, saying it was off target on some passes and forced him to run.
"I had men open but just couldn't hit them," he said. "But I think we'reimproving. I got some time in throwing me. I think our passing willcome around."
KU SCORED a second time in the first quarter following the first of two interceptions by cornerback Skip Sharp, who returned it 25 yards, to Wisconsin's three. Cromwell scored on the next play, making it 14-0.
Kansas failed to convert two other scoring opportunities in the first quarter, the first set up by a 49-yard punt return by Sharp, the second set up by a 36-yard kickoff after KU's second touchdown.
The Badgers refused to buckle, although KU was in control throughout the game. They scored 17 points in the second quarter, but the team's defense pass with no time left in the first half.
Unfortunately for Wisconsin, the Jayhawks responded to the Badger's first two scores with two, two-play touchdown drives, making the halftime score 28-17. Cromwell broke away for a 64-yard touchdown run after Wisconsin's first touchdown,
and hit Smith on a 51-yard pass to the Badger's six.
"IT TAKES ALL that zip out of you from when you score," said Wisconsin coach John Jardine about KU's quick touchdown strikes. "It's an emotional game. I think they were a well played player and so are some of those other guys. They have a talented football team."
All the Badger's points came after long scoring drives of 60, 80 and 84 yards. But six turnovers - five interceptions and a fumble recovery - made a Wisconsin comeback
Wisconsin actually had an edge, statistically, on offense. The Badgers rushed for 246 yards and their quarterback, Mike Carlo, passed for 231, a 474-444攻 for Wisconsin in total offense. KU's 111 return yards, however, gave the Jayhawks good field position on several occasions and less area to move the football.
Halfback Laverne Smith dashed for a 79-yard touchdown on the first play of the second half, tying Bud French's career touchdown record of 23. It was Smith's second longest career run; the best is an 80-yard run last year against Iowa State.
Both Cromwell and Smith rushed for more than 100 yards against the Badgers.
Cromwell had 123 yards on 16 carries, Smith 115 yards on 11 attempts. Smith now needs only 28 yards to pass Gale Sayers as KU's second career leading rusher and 59 to pass John Riggins as KU's leading ground gainer.
Smith's touchdown was KU's only score in the second half. Wisconsin also scored one touchdown in the second half. Both coaches said the heat (94 degrees at game time) began to take its toll in the fourth quarter.
WBISCONS, who played top-ranked Michigan in its first game, 40-27, had great praise for KU but its players fell short of saving that KU was as good as Michigan.
"Kansas could line up against anyone in the country." Wisconsin's Carroll said. "They are faster than Michigan, and every bit as tough. But it's hard to compare them in other ways because they are so different."
Jardine said, "Kansas has a talented
team. They never gave up and
grew up."
Moore said he thought Wisconsin was probably the best team Kansas had played this year. It was KU's consistency, or lack of it, that Moore was concerned about.
"Both offensively and defensively, we had some great individual plays," he said. "But we had mental lapses that hurt us. We'll play consistently well to keep winning."
Nolan Cromwell (9) gets his head taken off but no face mask penalty is called
Andy Reust is congratulated after intercepting a pass
Kansas surprises Badgers early; bombs highlight passing offense
By STEVE SCHOENFELD
Sports Editor
All week long Bud Moore had been thinking of having his Kansas Jayhawks open up with a surprise play against Wisconsin, the nass
"He told me while we were eating breakfast that he was seriously thinking about it." **backbonal** Nolan Cromwell said, "We were going to do it," game, he told me we were going to do it.
Right before kickoff, Moore finally made up his mind.
Cromwell stunned Wisconsin and most of the 48,360 fans by dropping back and lofting a 43-yard bomb to split end Waddell Smith in Saturday's first play. By the time day 4 came, the ball was in front of those bombs to Smith, and the Jayhawks had a 34-24 victory over the Badgers.
CROMWELL WAS INSTRUCTED to tie up the cable in a certain defensive formation.
"I checked it out to see what kind of defense they were in," Cromwell said. "They were in a rock defense with an eight-nine man-front. If they would've come out in something we weren't expecting, we wouldn't have run that play."
Smith made a beautiful catch, taking the away from Badger corner back Rick Chirch
"It wasn't that I had great quickness or great speed on that play," said Smith, "but
just that the defensive back wasn't expecting it and wasn't playing pass.
"WHEN YOU PLAY Kansas University, you know KU will have great running backs, a great quarterback, but you don't expect them to throw."
Cromwell hit only three of 15 passes for 124 yards. But his first two were complete, with the second one being a 29-yard touchdown pass to Smith, who was on the other end of all three Cromwell completions. Still, he wasn't pleased with his performance.
"I wasn't consistent," he said. "I missed a few passes. I was rushing it. I had a lot of people open, but I didn't get the ball. I know I forced at least two or three."
NEVERTHELESS, CROWELL may have answered his critics who said he couldn't pass. KU receivers coach Don Blackwelder thought so.
"A lot of people talk about Nolan and say he's a great athlete, but can't pass," Blackwelder said. "He couldn't be a good athlete if he couldn't pass."
The Jayhawks had a very ineffective
the team. They were outrushed,
158-134, at half time.
"We got to leave them let us do," running back Laverne Smith, who creeper less to the KU career rushing mark by gaining 123 yards on 11 carries. "We were whipping them passing. They couldn't handle Waddell. We not known for our passing. That
will give Oklahoma State something to think about
IT DIDN'T BOTHER THE KU offensive brains woke up. It spent much of the first half passing
"We do it out our ears in practice," offensive guard John Mascarello said. "It's easier than blocking for the run. And it's not as tiring."
The Jayhawks weren't the only ones who moved the ball well through the air. Despite having five passes had picked the Badgers and the Hawks had picked 444, and 477 yards total. The Jayhawks had picked 444.
"WHEN WE HAD pressure on the quarterback," said safety Chris Golub, who intercepted one pass and got an assist on another, "that's when they threw wild ... lofted it up in the air and we got interceptions."
Of the Badgers' 231 yards passing, two were for touchdowns, one on a very controversial call. Split end Randy Rose made a dying end-zone catch of Mike Carroll's shot from half to half was running out. Moore didn't agree with the call and vehemently protested.
Golub, who had a good view of the play from his free safety spot said, "There was nothing Andy (Reus, KU cornerback) could've done. It was a perfectly thrown pass. And it was a diving catch and he held on to the ball. There was no way to defend
Regional golf meet here
Fourteen schools from seven states will be in Lawrence today and tomorrow competing in the Association of Women Region Six golf tournament.
Tee off w 9 a.m. today for the first round of the tournament at Alamzar Hill
Second round tee off time will be 8:30—with schools teeing off from both the first and the tenth holes.
KU's golfers will be Nancy Hoins, Beth Bozer, Charneil Hadl, Jackie DelLong and Sharon Sogren.
States in Region Six are Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas.
In the second half, Roger Walter, Dan Katz and Bill McGillary each scored a try, and Rich Millard added two. Hay kicked two more conversions and the final was 41-0.
McGillvary kicked two field goals and a penalty goal. Katz and Pete Bloomfield each scored a try.
Varsity captain Doug Gunn said yesterday that when he was informed of the problem Friday he contacted Pittsburg, the game to come to Lawrence for a game.
In the City side game the score was a bit closer, but the 'result' was the same.
Rugby club takes pair
The Lawrence Rugby Club played the wrong team in the wrong place yesterday. But those details don't seem to bother the players, who attended intramural fields at 23d and 10a streets.
Originally, the ruggers were slated to play the River Quay club in Kansas City, but because of a conflict for River Quay, the match was canceled.
The University side had little trouble in its match and by halftime had built a 17-4 lead. Tries by Rich Coulson, Jon Mellon and Phil Hatch and a conversion and penalty goal by Dave Hay accounted for KU Lawrence's scoring.
The schools competing in the tournament are: Concordia College, University of Minnesota, University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of North Dakota, University of Sebastian, University of Oklahoma, George Washington, Stephene College, Southwest Missouri State University, Wichita State University, Central College and KU.
Golf coach Nancy Boozer said Stephens and Nebraska would be the toughest teams there. Stephens placed 11th in the nation and also tied for fourth, and both have good teams again this year.
The University side wiped Pittsburgh's
a team, 43-4, and the City side stopped
with 51-2.
Controversial hit wins Brett title
"Those two will be tough," she said. "If we play up to our potential, we'll be up there with them, though."
The University of Iowa and the University of Minnesota could be contenders also,
By GARY VICE
Assistant Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—When is a hit not a
hit?
Well, never when you're computing batting averages. But to George Brett and Hal McAfee, a hat laden with controversy they thought was the silver bat they sought all season long.
Minnesota won the game, 5-3, in Royals Stadium to complete a sweep of the three-game series. The loss dropped the Royals to 90-72 and a .556 winning percentage, one game behind their 1975 record. Minnesota finished in third place, five games behind the Western Division Champion Royals, with an 85-77 mark.
Brett won the bat representative of the American League batting championship by .001 over McRae yesterday on a pop-up, inside-the-park home run that both players said should have been caught. Had Brett hit, which came in his final plate appearance of the season, been caught, McRae would have won the championship. Brett finished the season at .333 and McRae at .332.
four after walking his first time up and finished the season at .331. The two hits gave Carew, who faced four different Royal pitchers in the game, 200 hits for the year, but not enough to claim his sixth career win, which would have been his fifth in a row.
THE TEAMMATES finished 1-2 in fencing off the challenge of perennial batting (3) and (4).
McRae, who is black, then implied that he had more significance than a racial one.
aloft to the crowd's ovation when he turned to the Minnesota dugout and made his hard feelings known. Dropping his helmet on the ground, McKae made an indecent gesture with her hand as she began to Gene Mauch, apparently thinking Mauch had ordered Bryce to let Brett's pop-up drop.
MCCRAE, WHO WAS two for four,
described Bryre's fielding efforts, saying,
"I saw this guy come in, back up, then run
him up the wall." (He had his
(Brert) to get a home run off it.)
BRETT'S NINTH-INNING hit dropped in medium depth left field in front of the Twins' Steve Brye and bounded over the outfielder's head to the fence for a homer.
Mauch and McAfee charged each other, prompting both benches to embody onto the stage.
McGae, who followed his teammate the Royals, duagut with his batting helmet held
"Things have been like this a long time and they are changing gradually," he said. "I just have to accept them. It's too bad we were in 1976, but they probably always will."
Weekend Sports Roundup
Kansas coach Bud Moore said Butler went to his home town, Washington, D.C., after the game. It isn't known when Butler will return.
Butler's father dies
After Saturday's KU-Wisconsin game, KU defensive tackle Mike Butler learned that his father, Samuel Butler, had died Thursday.
Butler's mother, Jacqueline Butler,
backed no to tell him the news until after the
battle.
Ball control gave KU its fifth straight field hockey victory when it beat the University of Nebraska Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
The teams battled to a 2-2 tie, but the Jayhawks won on penetration time—the time when the ball is within the opponent's 28-yard line.
Field hockey wins
KU's penetration time was 17:24 - 6:30 in the first half and 10:54 in the second. Nebraska's time was 14:29 - 4:54 in the first and 9:35 in the second.
After a scoreless first half, Alex Wagner put KU on the board first with a goal two minutes into the second half. Nancy second the second KU goal 10 minutes later.
"We should've won 2-0," said Diana Beeche, KU field击球 coach. "Defensively, we had down twice. We just relaxed and played a really fine game." I thought we played a really fine game."
Nebraska's scoring came with 15 and 10 minutes left to play in the game. Halves last
Although the victory gave KU a 5-0 record, it ruined its string of shutouts.
The Jayhawks will hit the field again tomorrow in a home game against Central Florida.
In the dual meet, which lasted four-and-a-half hours, Kansas picked up its second victory against no defeats. KU defeated Arkansas in 9-4, last weekend to open the fall schedule.
KU clips Cyclones
It took some time, but the KU women's tennis team was finally able to overcome a much-improved Iowa State squad, 6-3, Saturday in Lawrence.
In singles action Kansas won four of six from the Cyclones.
Carrie Fotopolous, playing at No. 1,
defeated Sue Patterson, 6-4, 6-1. Astrid
Daksa defeated Barb Knuntter, 6-3, 6-3.
Marlene Cook, playing on 4 singles, easily.
defeated Deb Parrott, 6-1, 6-1 Tracy Spellman, No. 6, downed Cheryl Wood, 6-2, 6-1.
Mary Stauffer, Topea freshman, suffered her first loss, falling to Dick Benson, 6-3, 6-3, in the 3. position. Stauffer is now 1-1.
"If the shoe was on the other foot I know they wouldn't have let it drol for me.
It took Iowa State's Sally Sharbo three sets to defeat Lydia Fonda, 1-6, 7-5, 1-0. In 5 action. It was Hill's first defeat of the season.
Kanass won two, of three doubles matches from Iowa State, which has been the best team in the state.
After losing the first set, Fotopoulos and Daksa rallied to kick Kentnurr and Patterson, 4-8, 6-2, 6-2 in No. 1. doubled action. Fotopoulos and Dakra are 3-2 this season.
The No. 2 team of Stauffer and Hill had trouble, losing to Sharper and Dickson, 34-6, 6-1.
Spellman and Cook picked up their second straight victory, downing Parrott and Wood
Kansas travels to Des Moines for a meet with Drake and Minnesota Friday and Saturday.
"They gave us good competition. I think their overall strength surprised everyone," Coach Korn Tivisto said. "They were a lot stronger than we had anticipated." We were stronger than we had anticipated.
"THE THING THAT disturbs me is how it happened. I wouldn't have been disappointed had he been a clean hit. That's what I said about—not losing, but because it was cheap."
Brett, who was three for four in the game, said, "I was surprised to see it drop. I thought maybe it fell on me for it to drop while I was running but I didn't believe it would."
When asked if he thought Brye let it fall in, Brett said, "I thought he did. He was coming in hard and then he stopped. I don't know why.
"I hated to beat Mac because he's helped me a lot. To see him so hurt, I just wish we could make it some sort of tie. But then, I take any individual honors I can get."
FOLLOWING THE game, a noticeably irritated Mauch said, "He (McRae) was mad at me and I can't understand it. I trust Steve Bryle implicitly and if I thought he missed it on purpose Dd run him out of baseball. I'd probably have to ask for that. It's sickening, you play hard all year long and end to it like this. Man, that hurts."
Brye, his voice quavering some after being bated by Mauch in the Twins' dugout, said, "I was playing deep and I thought the ball was hit harder than it was. That was my mistake. I was wrong. Gene had nothing to do with it."
Byre then admitted he played Brett deeper than he had been instructed to by
Just because the Jayhawks had success passing, KU isn't going to scratch their big goals.
"we're still blockers," said Blackwelder of hisre's trip. "That's still No. 1."
But Moore wanted to talk about Cromwell and his passing.
★
"He's no Joe Namath," Moore said. "But Namath can't run like he can, either."
KANAS
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
SUNIN
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
WILM - Smith 29 win from Crowell (Husack kick)
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
WILM - Carroll 2 run (Lamia kick)
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
WILM - Carroll 2 run (Lamia kick)
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
WILM - Lamia 34 field goal
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
WILM - Rose 1 pass from Carroll (Lamia kick)
14 14 14 6 0-3-4
WILM - Roadhouse 1 pass from Carroll (Lamia kick)
KANSAS
First downs
passing yards
Passing yards
yard loss
Pansen
Passing yards
yard loss
Punches-low
punches-low
3.14
3.14
2.74
WBCSON
WBCSON
69-221
97-260
83-221
16-34-8
6-3-1
5-1-1
INDIVIDUAL
KANSAS-Corpus Christi 16331, L. Smith II 15187, Mindy 1387
CANADA-Quebec 14209, R. Morgans II 14148, Carroll 1397
WESTVILLE-CONSIDERIA 1397, Morgan 1394, Carroll 1397
KANAS-Cromwell 3-15,232 (1 interception).
KANSAS-Cromwell 4 (4 interceptions), Matthias
0-1 (1 interception).
WASHINGTON—Edward F. Morgan, 384; Morgan 279;
Balley 26; Hodgdon 19; Howell 21; Carson 1-15,
Melvin 1
**RECEIVED BY:**
KANASAS -Dougherty 6-218 (35.8 avg.)
WISCONSIN -Milaager 5-148 (32.2 avg.)
Chiefs receive 50-17 thrashing from Buffalo
BUFFALO (AP) — O. J. Simpson ran for 138 yards in his first big performance of the season, and quarterback Joe Ferguson passed for three touchdowns as the Buffalo blush crushed the Kansas City Chiefs, 50-7, to win a straight National Football League victory.
Jeff Kinney, waved by the Chicks earlier in the season, came back to haunt them with a new look.
The Bills struck quickly, getting three points on newly signed kicker George Jakewenko's 30-yard field goal and Ferguson's first two touchdown passes to wide receiver Bob Chandler. The pair scored for another touchdown in the second period.
Simpson, who missed the preseason because he wanted to be traded, highlighted his ground game with a 49-yard burst in the first period. He also scored two touchdowns with 38 points and 378 points. The touchdowns were the 50th and 51st of his pro career.