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Thursday, April 21, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Intramural softball season lacks length,fields,lighting
By MARLIN BERRY
Intramural softball teams at the University of Kansas don't have to worry about long, grueling schedules. The season, for most teams, lasts only three or four weeks.
Possible solutions to the pressures that keep the season so short are too expensive, would mean unwelcome rules changes or face scheduling conflicts.
Intramural softball doesn't start until intramural basketball is finishing leave little time to schedule games for the 248 teams signed up.
Charlie Phrist, graduate assistant in the intramural office, said, "With the time we have, which includes spring break and summer, it's hard to get much of a schedule in."
SUGGESTED SCHEDULING alternatives include the possibility of doubleheaders, but too many student scheduling conflicts arose. Pror said.
Daylight Savings time doesn't start until the last weekend in April, so most of the season is over before the teams can take advantage of the extra hour of daylight.
Lights for night play have been considered, but they would be too expensive, and not safe.
"Lights for the tennis courts were about $10,000, but when we're talking about baseball light fields it might be more like $100,000." Marcks said.
FRED DEVICET, director of the Park and Recreation Department for Lawrence, said the lighting for Holcom Sports Complex, with its four diamonds, cost about $80,000. The lighting for Holcom is adequate for recreational play. DeVictor said.
But Marcks said using the fields both day and night would strain the fields.
"We don't have the staff to keep up the belts for that kind of program and they'd be better off leaving it."
A total of 125 games are played each week not including rescued rescheduled rained-out games.
INTRAMURAL, general fund funding comes from the small intramural fund allocated by the Student Senate. Costs include $2.30 an hour for hupers. League entry fees, $10 for "A" league and $5 for "B" league, pay for tournaments to lead to league and tournament winners.
Marcus said more money from the Student Sentate wouldn't solve completely the problem.
"A little increase in our funds would naturally help a little," he said, "but we're really running our schedules to the capacity for the number of fields we have."
Kansas State University has had programs in intramural softball in which more games were played each season because they were played more quickly. Batters stray with a two-ball, one-strike or fewer. More games are needed and the game is shortened.
KU HAS TIS one-swing softball in its co-corporate league, but Marks said the team has no plans.
*Co-ice softball is now playing two=swing softball but this area is just too traditional to play.*
The more skilled leagues don't like the idea of changing the softball rules, although it would allow more innings to be played, he said.
Another change Marcs considered was to schedule softball in the fall. That change would mean moving intramural football to the spring.
"SOFTBALL IN the fall would be great because the players would be enthusiastic during World Series time," Marcks said. "Football's spring might not go over bit, though."
The change would allow more softball games to be played because of the better fall weather. Although there is a lot of rain in the spring, football could be played on days when softball games would have been rained out, Marcks said.
Jay Hurt of Alleghany Junior College in Cumberland, Md., reportedly has become the third jayhawk to sign a national letter of intent with the University of Kansas.
Two recruits signed. 3rd possible
By RODNEY ANDERSON
Sports Writer
example for the younger players with the wav he works so hard."
Wilmore Fowler of Palmetto High School in Florida signed Tuesday with KJI.
Assistant coach Duncan Reid signed Hamilt, 6-4-7 onward, on Tuesday, according to the Cumberland News-Times. Hurtt and Hamilt were placed into a moment when reached at bone last night.
Hurt's coach at Alleghany Juco, Bob Kirk, said, "Jay is my silent leader, he goes out and does it and doesn't talk about it. He just listens." He is an equally outstanding person and a great man.
Fowler, 6-2 and 170 pounds, averaged 24.6
points per game his senior year. After
missing half of his junior year, Fowler
compiled a 21.9-point scoring average.
**FOWLER WAS** quoted by the Bradenton News as saying, "It's really nice to have someone else talk through my head when I selected Kansas, all at once I was thinking," Did I make the right selection, is the school too far away, must trust to the players and surround?"
Fowler was described as an excellent passer and a good leader who could put the ball through the net.
KU out-recruited more than 170 schools that bid for Fowler, who once was told by a
Home runs, double plays give Royals fifth loss, 3-2
KANAS CITY, Mo. (UP1) - Home runs by Larry Hise, Dan Ford, and Craig Rusk, along with five double plays, carried the Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals last night. The five double plays tied a club record.
the third off Royals' starrier Paul Splittorr, Kansas City made it 2-1 in the bottom of the iming on a single by Hai McRa, an and an error on Amos Ols' grounder.
Hisle and Ford hit back-to-back homers in
The Royals tied the score in the six on singles by Darrell Porter, Al Cowens and Fred Patek. Although the Royals had 10-4 double plays, they also double plays to check Kansas City rallies.
"I HAD to wear braces on my legs, but I would always sneak off to the basketball courts, take off the braces and play."
KU still has signed only two players to official letters of intent. John Crawford became the first to sign with the Jayhawks from Kansas City's Northeast High School.
doctor he wouldn't play basketball again because of a hip problem.
Kansas, Fowler narrowed his choices to Oklahoma, Oral Roberts and Kansas.
Kusick hit his second homer of the season with two out in the eighth inning against Mark Littell to break a 2-2 tie. It was the first hit in five games this year off the ace Kansas City deliver and dropped his record to 1-3.
Before making his decision to sign with
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