University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, April 19, 1977
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KU signs top KC player, looking at other recruits
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-John Crawford of Kansas GNORT-Northeast High School has signed a national basketball player of intent to play for the University of Tedowsen told the Kansan last night.
Crawford was named to the all-metro and all-state teams his senior year at Northeast. He led the Interstateshole League in both scoring and rebounding.
Crawford also led his team to the Intercollegiate League title and averaged 23.8 points.
Owens said Kansas needed to improve its quickness in the front line and Crawford was the man who could help the team do that.
CRAWFORD'S COACH at Northeast, Chuck Sanner, describes Crawford as a craftswinter.
"John is the type of player to have and tries to manage." Said he. "Is coachectable and has good quickness for his size, 6-8, he shoots with a real high, quick release."
Crawford said he had his eye on KU for a
"First of all, I like the tradition of the Kanasas basketball program. It was also really close to home and rated high academically."
long time. He cited a number of reasons for siming with the Jayhawks.
CRAWFORD SAID he liked the way
mascara worked the hall on the court when it
was raining.
Before making his decision to sign with Kansas, Crawford was considering the University of Missouri and Tulsa University.
Other high school and juco basketball players Kansas is actively recruiting include Jay Hurtt, Vincent Johnson and Ernie Banks.
Jonelson, a 0-1 guard from McLeen Juece in Waco, could provide an important tool to keep the team safe.
At McLennan, Johnson averaged 29.9 points per game with 12 rebounds. He was a first-team All-America Juco selection as an all-conference and all-regional player.
Johnson's coach, Johnmy Carter, said that Johnson was impressed with Kansas
following his visit to the annual Kansas basketball banquet.
CARTER ALSO said that Johnson had
expelled the team to Kansas, Texas,
Baylor, and Oklahoma.
Hurt, another jock standout Kansas has eye on, is from Alleghany Junior College in Chicago.
As a sophomore, Hurtt had an 18.0 scoring average and pulled down an average of 10 rebounds a game. Hurt, 6-7, set several school records during his freshman year.
Hurtt isn't sure when and with whom he intends to sign. He said he hadn't made up his mind but that the chances of his coming to Kansas were good.
BANKS, ONE OF THE high school stance KU would like to sign, is from Peoria, CINCINA.
At Central, Banks led his team to the mates class AA championship with a 29-26 record.
Banks' scoring average was 14.1 points per game, and he is described as a strong
According to pearson in Peoria, Banks has narrowed his choice to Kansas or Bradley.
Canadian wins Boston Marathon
BOSTON (AP)—Canada's Jerome Drayton, beaten badly during Bill Rodgers' record-smashing victory two years ago, earned the 18th Boston Marathon, easily winning the 18th Boston Marathon.
As expected, Drayton and Rodgers hooked up in an early duel in a record field of 2,933 starters, including 126 women. The fourth-highest number miles and pulled out to finish the 28-mile.
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KU runner 34th in race
George Mason had never seen the course for the Boston Marathon before yesterday, but that didn't stop the KU senior from going in a field of 2,933 in the 81st annual race.
He ran a school record and personal best time of two hours, 26 minutes and seven seconds.
Mason, who qualified for the Boston race by winning the Omaha Marathon, earned a third place on the list. The top 100
"I was really pleased," Mason said last night. "I finished a lot higher than I really expected. I was thoroughly impressed with the meet."
"I felt bad for the first 10 miles," Mason said. "I was eating some orange they were selling."
MASON SAID that the start of the race was fairly fast but that it slowed down after it.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baseball Standings
East W.  W. L. Pst. GB
Milwaukee 6  4  5  2
Cleveland 6  4  5  2
Cincinnati 6  4  5  2
Baltimore 4  3  50  2
Chicago 4  3  373  3
Detroit 3  3  277  14
Nashville 3  3  322  8
Washington...10
Chicago ... 7
Oakland ... 5
Texas ... 7
Rancho City ... 8
Miami ... 5
California ... 5
Los Angeles ... 7
N.Y.C. ... 5
Total ... 29
750 ... 2
370 ... 1
371% ... 1%
356 ... 4
354 ... 4
348 ... 1%
347 ... 1
417 ... 7
417 ... 7
417 ... 7
Yesterday's Results
Boston 5, Detroit 3
Nashville 19, New York 14
Baltimore 4, Cleveland 2
Minnesota 8, Kansas City 6
with me. I quit then and started feeling
feeling really strong after about 18 miles.
**Tennessee's Games**
Toronto (Gaviria 2 vs. Patterson 0)
Clifton (Wilson 3 vs. Millsap 1)
Chicago (Wilson 5 vs. Fannanio 0)
Detroit (Bartles 4 vs. Fannanio 0)
Milwaukee (Bartles 5 vs. Fannanio 1)
Cincinnati (City (Cibson 1), n.)
Houston (Jhonson 10 vs. Calfurcia (Tanness 1), n.)
Head track coach Bob Timmons, when informed of Mason's performance, said, "I'm just tickled to death. You can't make a mistake, but he must have run a very fine race."
Mason, who is scheduled to return to Lawrence Wednesday, will run in the Billy Mills 10,000 meters on Thursday, the first event in the Kansas Relays. He is also sited to run in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Saturday.
Miki Mergan, a 42-year-old Japanese-
American housewife from San Fernando
Valley, Calif., won the women's title for the
second time, finishing in 2:48.44.
The race, sponsored by the Boston Athletic Association, started at noon with the temperature 74 degrees and a hot sun baking the runners and the pavement.
385-yard run in 2 hours, 14 minutes and 46 seconds.
Rodgers, a Boston school teacher who shocked the long-distance running world by winning the 1975 Boston Marathon in June, was the only person who tried to keep up with Deyton Pierce.
Gorman was the top female finisher here in 1974 in 2:47:11 before West Germany's Liane Winter set a course record for women by winning in 2:42:24 in 1975.
"This was one of the hardest Marathons ever ran," Gorman said. "I wanted to stop so many times, but I kept going. I'm so glad it's over."
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"HE DID all right." Royals manager Hilyerot Wichry told him. He was a member of the like Walter.
And although Herzog was speaking tongue in cheek about Johnson's performance, Royals owner Ewing Kauffman agreed with him.
"Boy that Johnson sure looked good
"We thought we could have thought we had something three until he came."
The Royals are now 5-4 after winning their first four games.
"We just haven't played well the last five ball games." Herzog said. "We hit the ball and we ran the bases all right tonight, but the other team kept scoring runs.
"When our two boys - Bird and Already
aren't on, in trouble. And it's already
done."
KANAS CITY, Mo.—It's an old baseball maxim that good stopping stops good hitting. That's what the Twins had last night and they defeated as they defeated the Royals, 8-4.
Johnson, 1-0, pick up the win in relief of starter Dave Goltz after working the final four innings facing only 13 batters. Mingori, 0-2 took the loss.
Twins' bullpen solves Royals
Rv The Kansan Staff
Game two of the three-game series will
pit Pete Redeem, 0-2, against Jim Colbom,
8-7.
With the game tied 6-6 in the bottom of the sixth, Minnesota came up with a near-perfect performance from reliever Tom Johnson. The Royals, however, called upon relievers Doug Bird and Steve Mingori, who allowed a run in the seventh and one in the eighth.
Minnesota, 6-5, was at the plate by Rod Carew, who went 4-of-5 to raise his average to .362. George Brett, who hit .485 against Minnesota last year, had his eight-second save.
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The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation is now accepting applications from students interested in assisting with the recruitment of prospective student-athletes for the Football Department. Membership requirements state that you must be a regularly enrolled KU student in good standing during the 1977-78 academic year.
For further information and applications contact the football office, Allen Field House annex. Application deadline is 5 p.m., Thursday, April 21.
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