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Tuesday, April 24, 1979
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Staff Photo by ALAN ZLOTKY
University Daily Kansan
Home stretch
Kevin Newell, center outside Clifford Wilson left and near Tennessee The Lakers left open 100-meter dash Saturday in the Kansas Relays in a time of 10.42. For Newell, his three Relays victories were a sweet change from being sidelined with injuries.
Soccer team takes 2nd in Wichita tournament
Sports Writer
Center-backback Doug Potter won most valuable player honors as KU played better than it had expected to and placed second in the 12-team Terrence Scanlon Invitational Soccer Tournament during the weekend in Wichita.
"We weren't expecting to do that well." Callahan said. "We were playing with a skeleton team and played in and biew a lot of people away."
According to Pat Callahan, who along with Robert Alomata took over coaching duties for the tournament, the club's high flush was surprising.
KU's regular player-coaches, Tom
Booher and Tom Walsh, had schedule conflicts and did not play in the tournament.
Kansas played five games in the tournament and won four to bring its spring season underway.
KU ALMOST HAD to forfeit its first game Saturday morning when the team arrived 20 minutes late. But after a one-minute warmup, the club edged past Cloud County Junior College 1-0 behind center-forward John Layman's goal.
Four hours later, KU took on the Wichita Budweiser Strikers and won 2-0. Laymen scored the only goal for KU. The other KU player had a strong play from his player that went through his gravel's lea
in the club's third game of the day, it
defeated Wichita State University, 14, to
win its four-team division and qualify for the semi-finals. Laymen, scoring his third goal in as many games, provided the winning margin.
Sunday morning, the club faced the tournament host team, the Wichita Wheat Hawks, and played what proved to be the most exciting game of the tournament.
WITH THE WHAT Hawks grabbing the lead in the first half, KU center-forward Kai Voeel was ejected from the match for sweeping in German at the official.
Playing a man short, KU managed to tie the match in the second half behind half
overtimes before Laywen accured a clutch goal to gain a berthe in the finals against
The 76-derature weather and the overtime game took its toll on KU. Kansas was unable to score, and lost 1-0, which allowed Emory State to be tournament champions.
After regulation play ended with the score knotted on it, one it took KU two five-minute
"We dominated play in the championship game, but we just couldn't score," Callahan said. "We worked the ball around on offense and played tough defense.
Callahan said the team played well in placing ahead of Big Eight champion Colorado and also Nebraska and Kansas State.
"Our goalie Bill Evans, played an excellent tournament, and Doug Potter won
Newell escapes pain wins in sun and rain
By GENEMYERS
Sports Writer
Kevin Newell admitted that the competition was wanting as he rubbed the tough elastic wrap designed to protect his often injured right hamstring.
"Those two teams, well," the usually outspoken Newell paused for a moment and said with a big grin, "they were not too impressive.
"But it's nice to start off with a win and not an injury."
In fact, Newell was very much relieved not to suffer another injury, like the bevy of battered and bruised muscles that has married his collegiate career.
NEWELL COASTED the final 220 yards Friday in the Kansas Relays to secure KU's first title in a relay race on the Texas State Tour. The winner was winning time of 1:28.31 in the 880-yard relay was far from spectacular, as were the times of Wichita State and Drake, the only other
That didn't matter to Newell, who was satisfied to have his first Kansas Relays wrist watch and his health for the final day of competition Saturday.
"I'm just going to give all it I have tomorrow." Newell said. "This is my big chip."
For Newell, Saturday meant the chance to compete against a trio of Big Eight conference world-class spartners—former KU coach Todd Lewis and great William Snoody and John Garrison.
WHEN HE WAS first recruited, Newell's name was soon expected to be mentioned in the same breath with Wiley, Snoddy and Garrison, but hamstring injuries since his senior year in high school have prevented him from reaching this status.
"I really haven't done anything except during my sophomore year." Newell said.
That was when he won the Big Eight Indoor 60-year dash and run on KU's NCAA Tournament.
Minus his elastic wrap, Newell lined up in the bright sunshine early Saturday afternoon after Wiley, Snoody and Garrison in the open 100-meters.
"My start was great," Newell said of
toward. "It's the best since I wore the in-
dustrial boots."
"I'm tired of people saying that I've been running in Clifford's shadow," Newell said. "II'm tired of people saying that I could only walk around and the quarter and nothing in between.
A FEW SECONDS after his great start Newell hit the tape win, winning in 10.42. Snoody was second in 10.50 and Wiley was third in 10.56.
In a few more seconds, a pack of sports writers circled Newell.
"I heard this for so long I even began doubling myself. People have got to see
what I'm capable of, and I just feel so good.
This helps the eaot a lot."
Back on the track, Newell再升 a bisterling third leg to put KU in the front and lead the team to a 440-yard relay victory. After he deposited the baton safely in David Busterson's hand for the anchor 110, Newell threw his fists up and jumped to the sidelines.
"I'm just getting warmed up," he said.
The pack of sports writers were on his trail again.
'IT'S AN IDEAL day for track,' Newell said. 'I saw myself moving on Oklahoma, and I knew David would win if I got us ahead or even.' 'Oklahoma finished second.
Someone asked if Newell hoped no one hurt so he would not have to run in the mile race.
"Hey," Newell said, "they told me I could be a sprinter now."
However, Newell still had one more race to run. In the open 200-meters he competed with the same field that highlighted the open 100. But this time the magic was not there and neither were the sports writers after the race.
"it's not too bad," Newell said of his third place finish and 21.99 clocking, "I really didn't expect to beat them in this race, but it's only a matter of time.
"I was tired and really didn't warm up. I ran harder than I wanted to in the 440 cipher."
Newell slipped on his warm-up and troted on the artificial turtle to begin his warm down, but his mind was just warming up with aspirations of sprinting greatness.
KU faces Ichabods
The Kansas Jayhawks take a brief break from their conference baseball schedule this afternoon when they face the Washburn ichabods at 1:30 p.m. at Quigley Field.
The non-conference double-header is not too important to either team.
"What's important to us now is our standing in District 10," Washburn coach Larry Elliot said yesterday. "But our players always look forward to playing Kansas, and we hope to have a good ball game."
Washburn is 6-4 in the Eastern Zone of the NIAA's District 10.
KU is 24-9-1, and 6-6 in the Big Eight after
three out of four games at Miami.
"I was disappointed with our mental outlook during the Missouri series," KU coach Brian Bentley said.
Temple said that pitchers Mike Watt, 31 and Dave Hicks, 14, would start on the pitching staff.