Soccer squad needs support
By MIKE RIEKE
Kansan Sports Writer
A co-favorite to win the Big Eight soccer tournament in April, the KU Soccer Club has found that lack of support ranks as its biggest problem.
The team will play its first home game at 2 p.m. Sunday behind Robinson Gymnasium. KU's opponent, Nebraska, will also be the club Kansas meets in the first round of the tournament.
In the past, says Coach Fred Mandel, Berkeley, Calif., graduate student, only about 10 persons have turned out to watch home games.
"Some people say soccer is too dull because the scores are always a 1-0 or 2-1," said Mandel. "But KU is a very high-scoring team. Last fall we averaged about six goals a game."
Mike Radakavich, Leavenworth sophomore and newly appointed publicity director of the club, said Kansas State-the other tournament co-favorite does not suffer from a similar lack of support.
Last fall, Radakavich said, KU played at K-State before about 200 paying K-State fans. Despite the overwhelming K-State support, KU beat the Wildcats.
When K-State came to Lawrence for a return game, Radakavich said, about 50 fans
- 40 of them from K-State — watched the game free of charge. KU lost the game, 4-1.
Both Mandel and Radakavich promised a good show for anyong turning out for this
Hebert nabs lead
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI)
Lionel Hebert,
a trumpet-playing former PGA champion who faded from the golfing spotlight in recent years because of tendonitis in his elbows, shot a 5-under-par 67 Thursday to seize the first round lead in the $100,000 Greater Jacksonville Open.
Royals fall late
FORT MEYERS, Fla. (UPI) — The Atlanta Braves pushed across two unearned runs in the 10th inning Thursday to take a 5-3 exhibition victory from the Kansas City Royals.
Cecil Upshaw, who worked the final $ 2 \frac{1}{2} $innings, got credit for the win, while Gerald Cram was tagged with the loss.
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spring's games. All but one starter from last year's team returns. The team played their first game last Sunday and tied the Wichita Soccer Club, 3-3.
"We were ahead 3-1 at the half," Radakavich said, "but we blew a lot of chances in the second half and they tied us."
KU has never played Nebraska before but team member Tim Rickard played for the Huskers before coming to KU. He said he thinks KU should win.
The team has scheduled five games before the Big Eight tournament April 26-27. The tournament will be the first for the league and will be set up the same way as the Big Eight basketball tourney with the teams playing for first through sixth places.
Next spring regular league competition will be added to the Big Eight schedule.
All Big Eight schools except Colorado have agreed to compete. Mandel said Colorado may join too.
But the big problem for the club now is support. They have the team; they have a favorite's role in the tournament.
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NU Invitational
KU's rifle club will send two men's squads and a women's team this weekend to compete in the University of Nebraska Invitational at Lincoln.
KU's rifle squads to Nebraska
The Jayhawk squads, in a field of 30 teams from 17 universities, will be competing in the season's last indoor match. Co-favorites in the tournament are the University of Missouri-Rolla and the University of Alaska, with the University of Missouri-Columbia listed as a strong contender.
Not having competed intercollegiately for six weeks.
the KU Blue squad is anxious for action before the Big Eight matches here April 20. The Blues, or first team, ranked sixth at the NRA Invitational at Rolla, Mo., in early February.
Top KU marksmen include Rick Daly, St. Louis senior; Frank Hoffman, Prairie Village junior; Harry Ruhmann, St. Louis junior; and Chris Stark, Bartlesville, Okla, senior.
KU plans to enter a mixed team as the No.2 squad in open competition.Members of the
Reds will be Mike Jenkins,
Salina freshman; Barbara
Mattison, Newton freshman;
Tana Monroe, Columbia, Mo.,
sophomore; and James Ward,
Fort Bliss, Tex., junior.
Barbara DeSpain,
All-American from Alaska, will
also be shooting in the open
division. Miss DeSpain was
1968's top woman collegiate
shooter.
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