Jayhawks face Missouri in crucial series
Kansas's baseball Jayhawks, off to their best start in many seasons, tangle with the Missouri Tigers this weekend in a three-game series.
The Hawks are presently riding a five-game winning streak and are currently in sole possession of second place in the Big Eight. With the Jayhawks sweep of the Colorado series and Iowa State's two victories over Oklahoma, a sweep of the Missouri series would leave the Hawks in good position for the title.
The success of this year's team can be attributed to the fine pitching of Bill Stiegemeir, Bob Wolf, and Corky Ullom. All three pitchers have ERA marks under 3.00 with Stiegmeier leading the team with a fine 0.88 average. Wolf is not far behind with 0.90 and Ullom follows up with 2.38.
KU has also received clutch performances from Dave Robisch and Bob Kaufman. The pitching mark for the Jayhawks (1.80 ERA) is the best staff average
for a conference team in three years.
Along with the pitching, KU has also received top performances in the hitting department. They are third in the Conference with a .265 average and have three hitters in the top 15. Larry Matson and Ken Carpio have made considerable improvement to balance out the Jayhawks attack which is led by shortstop Keith Leippman's sizzling .370 hitting mark.
Missouri's pitching staff will be
tested this weekend as they try to tame the hot bats of the Hawks. Missouri will go with Bill Todd and Bob Sheetz on Friday and righthander Mike Crim will pitch on Saturday.
The Tigers are currently in sixth place although they are second in hitting with a fine 274 clip. Leading the Tigers is husky catcher Steve Patchin who tops all Big Eight hitters with a 500 mark. Neil Sloman and Bill Boyd also present problems for the Hawks as they have combined
for eleven hits and a .407 average collectively.
The doubleheader on Friday will begin at 1 p.m. with Saturday's game starting time moved up to 11 a.m.
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Netters to go against Shockers
The Jayhawk tennis team, winner in seven of eight duals in April, has two matches slated this week. The Jayhawk netters meet Wichita State at Wichita today, then play Oklahoma City at Lawrence Saturday at 10 a.m. on the KU courts west of Allen Field House.
The Jayhawks had won seven straight duals before defending Big Eight champion Oklahoma ended the skein with a 9-0 victory last Saturday. KU recorded three victories last week, 8-1 over Emporia State, 9-0 over Washburn and 5-2 over Kansas State.
Two players have notched 6-2 records in the recent KU surge that has improved the Jayhawks' season record to 10-7. Sophomore Cal Simmons and junior Tim Williams each has gone 6-2 in April.
0-State prepares for spring game
Pug Gabriel, the Poke's offensive coordinator, will coach the white team. OSU defensive head Duke Babb will coach the Orange squad.
STILLWATER (UPI) — Oklahoma State football coach Floyd Gass split his players into two squads Wednesday as the Cowboys continued preparation for Saturday's annual Orange and White game.
The spring game is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Lewis Stadium
"The players are in really good spirits," Babb said. "They know there is going to be some equal competition Saturday, and that's what it takes to have a real good spring game."
The Orange and White teams worked as units Wednesday, going over fundamentals and specialty drills and scrimmaging briefly.
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