University Dally Kansan Friday, April 13, 1971 11 Baker alum leads track revival By BRETT CONLEY Sports Writer When Larry Smith threw the discus in the last track meet of the 1975 season, he thought he was through with track at Baker University. The program was disbanded after that season. But now Smith is builer than he ever was throwing the disc, because he has been given the job of resurrecting the Baker track team. Smith. 23. is a Baker alumnus and a graduate student and part-time teaching assistant in physical education at KU. The Baker job will not be permanent. Smith was hired only to start the program again. A full-time coach had already been hired for next year. "I didn't even get to apply for the permanent position," the Smith said, "because they told me they already had the job, and year I took the job to gain experience." THE JOB has made him busier than he expected, because he teaches physical education classes at KU in the morning. travels to Baker to coach the track team in the afternoon and then tries to study in the evenings. "We only have a men's team right now," Smith said, "because that's all the sponsors wanted to fund. The reason it even got started again was because he had a few individuals, some alumni who were pledged money to reinstall it." SMITH SAID he didn't know whether his team would make it to the Kansas Relays because it didn't had a chance to prove itself. The Relays are April 18-21 "The weather has been our main problem," he said. "We have a cinder track and when it's wet you can't run on it too well." Most of the 15 people on the team compete in another sport, he said. The only events that don't have someone on the team long jump, triple tum and two-mile run. "Almost everyone out and they aren't competed in at least two years and they ain't just trying to pick it up again," he saun. "We have a few people who will stack up very well against other schools, but we need our practice to see how everyone stacks up." Smith said a problem with the program in the past had been a lack of any scholarships offered for track. "They didn't recruit for track, just the other sports," he said. "I am sure the new coach will get out and recruit some new people." The only recruiting Smith did this year was to put up signs saying men's track would be starting on again. "There were quite a few people who heard that track was coming around again," he said. "We more or less had intrasubraccording." After this spring Smith's college track coaching days will be over, at least for a while. He will graduate this summer and try to get a job teaching physical education and math at a Shawnee Mission school, he said. "Right now I want to be a teacher and a coach," he said. "Eventually, I would like to be a college coach again." KANSAN Baseball Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE EXCT | | W | L | Pct. | Gld | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Boston | 3 | 1 | .600 | — | | Milwaukee | 3 | 1 | .600 | — | | Minnesota | 3 | 1 | .592 | ½ | | New York | 3 | 1 | .500 | ½ | | Seattle | 3 | 1 | .498 | ½ | | Detroit | 3 | 1 | .332 | 1 | | Cleveland | 3 | 1 | .327 | 1 | WEIGHT Texas 4 1 0.1000 Kalamazoo City 4 1 860 % Minneapolis 4 1 600 % Seattle 3 3 623 % California 3 3 623 % Chicago 4 1 100 % Houston 4 1 100 % NATIONAL LEAGUE Toronto, Chicago? Chiquita? Boston, Seattle? Bellevue? Washington, Washington? Toronto, Cleveland? California, Minnesota? Texas. W L L Pct. GB Montreal 4 1 160 St. Louis 4 1 176 Philadelphia 3 2 600 Pittsburgh 4 2 433 Chicago 4 3 334 WEST Houston 3 1 833 San Francisco 0 2 714 Los Angeles 4 1 694 Cincinnati 3 4 129 San Diego 3 4 256 San Antonio 2 4 286 **Yesterday's Games** New York 8, Philadelphia 2 San Francisco 4, San Diego 5 Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 4 Atlanta 10. Los Angeles 9 Four teams need victories as NBA playoffs resume By The Associated Press The National Basketball Association playoffs resume today with four teams facing elimination unless they can reverse opening game defeats. New Jersey, Houston, Los Angeles and Portland, all losers in the opening games of their best-of-three preliminary round games, cannot afford to lose another game. New Jersey dropped a 122-114 decision to Philadelphia and Houston lost to Atlanta 108-106 on Wednesday night. Tuesday, Denver got the jump on Los Angeles, winning 110-105; and Phoenix shaded Portland 107-103. IN TODAY'S GAMES the 76ers will try to finish off the Nets in New Jersey, the Hawks will enjoy the home court advantage in a game that could prove to try to get even with Denver at the Forum in Los Angeles, and Portland hopes its home team Blazer Trail Buzzes tie the against Phoenix. Four division winners are awaiting the outcome of the preliminary playoffs. San Antonio will play the New Jersey Philadelphia winner; defending champion Washington will go against the Houston-Atlanta survivor; Seattle will meet the DenverLos Angeles winner; and Kansas City will oppose the winner of Phoenix NBA Playoffs First Round Best of Three Series Eastern Conference Wednesday's Game Wednesday's Game Philadelphia 122. New Jersey 114 delphia 122, New Jersey 114 Friday's Game Sunday's Game University of Philadelphia Law School Wednesday's Game Atlanta 109, Houston 106 Feldman's Center By TONY FITTS Houston at Atlanta Friday Atlanta at Houston, if necessary Wexler & Brady game Tuesday's Game Western Conference Friday's Game Home run sparks victory Sunday's Game Live Around the House for Sportsmen Tuesday x Game Denver 110, Los Angeles 100 Snorts Writer Friday's Game Denver at Los Angeles Friday's Game Sunday & Game Portland at Phoenix, if necessary Tuesday's Game Phoenix-Portland winner vs. Kansas CR) Denver-Los Angeles winner vs. Seattle. Second Round Between the West and East Date and times to be announced Philadelphia New Jersey winners vs. San Antonio Alabama Atlanta winners Western Conference 'ortland at Phoenix, if necessary' Brian Gray, who started at first base for Kansas most of last year, got a chance to return to that position yesterday when Matt Gundelfinger injured his ankle in the second innning of yesterday's baseball game against Missouri Southern State College. Gray had to replace Gundinger, KU's leading home run hitter, at the plate as well, and he could not handle it. KU ran in the bottom of the eighth inning gave KU its first lead in the game. The Jayhawks Gundelfinger twisted his ankle sliding into second base and the preliminary diagnosis of a broken leg came last night. Gundelfinger's ankle was to be X-ray this morning. He probably will Gray went two for four for the day, with a double in the fifth addition to his homer. He struck out in the sixth, but came back with a venomance. "I MESSED up in the sixth," Gray said, and I wanted to prove I could hit him. I Gray has been the "Hawks designated hitter for most of this season, and his 303 average is second on the team to John Sportwell's. 416. Gray is satisfied with his "I'd like to play more at first," he said, but "DB is great." -KANSAN His lack of playing time at first was Sports evident yesterday. Two of KU's three errors were on throws from third base manager Riger Riley to Gray at first. They were in the dirt, bux playable. "I was a little tense." Gray said, "maybe because I didn't expect to play today." The Jayhawks had to come from behind to beat Missouri Southern, the 17th-ranked NIAA team. Kansas was down 7-4 going into the fifth, but scored five runs in that inning on Gray's homer, a single by Steve Jelzet and an error by Missouri Southern. Missouri Southern added two runs in the top of the sixth, hitting two home runs in the sixth and two in the seventh to set the stage for Gray's two-run blast which put Kansas ahead to stay. MISSOURI SOUTHERN got its lead early in the game, scoring three runs in the first innning off Dave Hicks. Hickes walked two, threw three wild pitches and struck out one before being relieved by Galen Worley. The strike-out by Hicks didn't count as an out. The third strike was one of the wild pitches that allowed base when the catcher dropped the ball. Kansas used five more pitchers, with Kevin Kerschen getting the victory, and Terry Sutcliffe a save. But pitching wasn't the key to victory for the 'Hawks. "The hitters today carried the contest," Temple said after the game. Of KU's 13 hits, nine were for extra bases. In addition to Gayer's老商和大, Bob Halastik hit a home run, John Spottwood hit three doubles, and Roger Riley, Steve Jeltz and Monty Marlin each added two-base hits. JELTZ, WHO went two for four in the game, has hit with consistency in KUPS past season. The offense was too good. "I don't know why I've been hitting better," Jellid said, "it's been there, and I haven't been worrying about it. Before, we were been catching them, but now they out." Missouri Southern also hit well, with two doubles and two home runs, one of them by two triplets. Missouri | Southern | 212 | 101 | 98 — | 11 | 13 | Kansas | 801 | 661 | 235 — | 12 | 13 | "They have a good hitting club," I temple said, "and they played well in the Missouri Southern is 18-14, Kansas, 20-5-1, meet Oklahoma tomorrow at Quailfield Bay in a Big Eight conference game. Terry Brown and Dan St. Clair will pitch for the Jayhawks. nackern, Thiemer J., 4) Morse B. (8) and Allen, Heck, Worley I. (5) Fleeman J. (10) Walker K. (28) Skidleffe D. (37) Krug J. (39) Staley S. (40) Spettinoland G. Gray, Joyce Jeltz, Marlin, KU, HR-Adulta, Adams, Missouri Schatz, Halianze J. 2, 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28 Tracksters hope to forget Texas Tomorrow's Arkansas State invitational a critical meet for the KU men's track team. With the Kansas Relays just a week away, KU will in Jonesboro ready to make up for a dailymoin showing in the Texas Relays weekend. The Kansas Relays are April 18-21. KU locked something in Texas. The 1,000-meter relay was the only event that had been run. "Everybody was let down after what happened in Texas," head coach Bob Timmons said. "But we just have to get it right." The team, which because its reluctants are not that far off, The bright spot in the Texas meet was the relay team's finish. The team of Kevin Newell, Mickey McCall, Stan Whitaker and Lester Mickens qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on May 31 in Champaign, IL. KU's other qualifiers are Mickens in the 406-meters (46.5) and Jef Bucknichman in the pole vault (17-6.5). KU probably couldn't have hoped for a better chance than the Arkansas meet to regain its momentum. The 'Hawks have won 19 of their last State Meet states and are favored to win an inn. Besides KU, the competition includes Arkansas State, Phoria, Memphis State and Texas. "This is a team meet," Timmons said. "There are just the two standard relays (1,600- and 400-meters). That's a format we like, because it's like our conference meet." In the past down there, we've really enjoyed it. It haven't been a pressure meet yet. The Jayhawks hope to be relaxed this weekend and qualify more athletes for the NCAA championships. Several team members already hold the best marks in the tournament. Buckingham's vault is easily the best in the Big Eight this season, surpassing the second-place vaulter by almost 13 inches and the third-place vaulter by two feet. Sanya Owolabi, the 1,600-meter relay team and the 400-meter relay team have recorded the best marks in the Big Eight in each of their events. Owolabi leads Missouri's Ajay Agbeebo to three matches through both marks are several feet烈 of their best efforts. Billy Washington, Anthony Coleman, David Bluchter and Neil Lead Oklahoma State by four-tenths of a second in the 400- meter relay. KU's 1,600-meter team has a six-second advantage on the rest of the Big Eight. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Weekend Sports Roundup Women's golf not Nancy's Hers just went deeper into the trees." Women's track While the rest of her teams take this weekend off to work on their games, Nancy Hoinis will be competing in the Sooner Invitational golf tournament in Norman Okla. The tournament will begin Sunday and last three days. Houis, who has been KU's most consistent gopher for the past two seasons, has led the squad in most of its tournaments this season. Kansas coach S沙马贝 said Houis had a good chance of placing well at the Sooner Invitational. "Nancy's chances of doing well are excellent," Bahad said, "but it's a matter of putting it all together. She's down on herself, but she's just had some bad breaks." Bahan said that in the recent Lady Cardinal tournament in Texas, Heins played a good game, but didn't score as well as she could have. "The course we played on was a good one, but it was real tight," she said. "It seemed that a lot of balls bounced out into the fairway when they went into the trees, but Hoins led the Jayhawks in the tournament with a 54-14 hole total of 247. The Sooner Invitational also will be a 54-hole tournament, and though team totals will be kept, Heins will compete only for individual honors. Softball Kansas will try to better last year's third-place finish in the Big Eight softball tournament, when action starts today in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Town State is the pre-tournament favorite. The Cyclones have won two of the past three games. The opening game for KU in the double-elimination tournament is against Kansas State at 11 a.m. today. KU will rely on pitcher Shelly Stainclair and third base player Jake Stevens to lead coach StoneStallt. Both were named to the All-Big Eight team last year. Although the University of Kansas is expected to win the team title easily, the women's track team will face tough individual competition today at the Wichita The meet originally was planned to be a state collegiate meet with KU and Kansas State University fighting it out for the team title. But KState decided to pull out of the meet and compete instead in the Oklahoma Relays in Norman, OK, this weekend. KU coach Tert Anderson said she expected the team to do well in the distance and relay events. In the 3,000-meter run, Jayhawk competitors will be Michelle Brown, Marissa Moore, Louise Murphy, Jane Brock and Tazla Shiller to compete in the 5,000. Maupintour travel service Two relay events, the 400-meter relay and the mile relay are scheduled. 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