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Coach undaunted as KU drops first
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.
"Everything was fine except the score," sighed Kansas baseball coach Floyd Temple yesterday after his club dropped its season opener 2-1 to St. Mary's College
By JAY THOMAS Assistant Sports Editor
Lieppman had nothing to be ashamed of however. Though his eighth inning miscue, on what Temple called "a real tough play," did open the door to St. Mary's game-winning rally, the rookie shortstop knocked in the lone Kansas run and contributed two doubles to KU's nine-hit attack.
Nonetheless, anyone who saw the Jayhawks yesterday could not help but be impressed—at least by last year's 7 win, 20 loss standards. Righthander Randy Stroup pitched seven innings of shutout baseball and lost only after Keith Lieppman's error and catcher Cole Stimson's passed ball had let in two unearned runs.
Temple does not sound like a loser but when the last out was made, KU's record still stood at 0-1 and the tough part of the 13-day, 11-game road trip had yet to be launched.
"We just threw the ball game away after we had them beat. But we looked good and to be honest, I'm really encouraged after the way we played."
Kansas scored its run in the first on Tommy Anderson's lead-off single and Lieppman's screaming two-bagger. After that the Jayhawks were stymied, muffing several scoring opportunities and leaving numerous runners on base.
"We still hit the ball well," said a chagrined but smiling
UPI — The Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks both like to think they're the team in the future in the National Basketball Association.
The Bullets, molded into a unit this year by the presence in the lineup of rookie V.es Unseld who won the MVP honor, went from last to first place in a remarkable transition this season. But the Bullets feel their feat has been overshadowed by the second half surge of the Knicks, who became one of the strongest clubs in the league once they obtained Dave DeBusschere from Detroit in a mid-season trade.
Bullets, Knicks make bid
The Bullets are a four-point favorite in the opening game with the Knicks, who finished third during the regular season.
Both get a chance to start proving their point when they open their first round playoff series this evening in Baltimore.
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Temple, "even though we left a lot of men aboard. St. Mary's (now 3-5) only got six hits off us and this was their eighth game of the season. We're farther along than I thought we were to be playing so well against a club with that big a jump on us."
Today, KU travels cross-town to play powerful Trinity. Southpaw Rich Slicker will get the mound call for the Jayhawks.
Yesterday's box score:
AB H R RBI
Tommy Anderson, LF 4 2 1 0
Keith Lieppman, SS 4 2 0 1
Junior Riggins, 1B 4 0 0 0
Paul Woulf, 3B 4 1 0 0
Biff Temple, CF 4 1 0 0
John Nelson, RF 3 2 0 0
Colle Stimson, 2B 3 0 0 0
Cole Stimson, C 4 0 0 0
Randy Stroup, P 2 0 0 0
John Riggs, PH 1 1 0 0
Dave Robisch, P 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 1 1
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ST. MARY'S 10000002x 2 5 4 1
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