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Tuesday, April 19, 1977
University Dally Kansan
Gilmore's realizing goals
By JASON NUSS Sports Writer
It may be a good thing for opposing piters that Andy Gilmore didn't set his goalars.
Gilmore, KU's starting catcher and designated hitter, leads the Jayhawks in RBIs (22), triples (4) and slugging percentage (608). In addition, the 6-2 junior from Arkansas City has hit two home runs and is batting .348, third on the team.
Last summer, Gilmore decided to set some goals to shoot for in his third year of collegiate baseball. He said that he wanted to hit .300 and become an "RBI man."
"I DIDN'T really assign any particular numbers to my goals except batting average," Glimser said recently. "I felt I could hit, 300, and I also wanted to drive in."
"At the end of last season, I looked at the RBI leaders in the Big Eight and saw that they drove in 40 to 45 runs. I guessed that I would shoot for that neighborhood, even though some of the other teams in the conference played more games than we
Gilmore decided to set a more reasonable goal because the 'Hawks play only 46 games, in contrast, to as many as 70 games played by Missouri and the Oklahoma
"IF I COULD drive in 35 runs in the number of games we play, I would be happy," he said, "that is, if we are winning."
In spite of missing three games early in the year because of a suspension for violating curfew, Gilmore has driven in 22 runs in 30 games. He is only six short of the KU single season record set by Dick Fanning in 1962.
"That suspicion," he said, "was almost a blessing in disguise. I had to all out three men to get the job done."
"LIVING WITH "Pudley" (the team nickname for Moyer) gives us a chance to review the game and the pitchers in our own way." Gilmore said. "We can discuss the performances of the pitches and know who is showing well and what they're throwing."
KU pitches have been very complimentary toward the two KU catchers.
"Andy is really something else," Dave Rusch, a left-hander from Fargo, N.D, said. "I shook him off only four or five times last game. He really knows the game and keeps my rhythm going. So does 'Pudley.' They're both something else."
GILMORE HAS accepted another role on the GIL team--keeping the players loose with them.
"It's not a conscious thing," Gilmore said laughing. "I'm just the type of guy who likes to cut up all the time. If I wasn't playing, I'd have always been laughing, so since I'm playing, why change?"
Like most college players, he would like to have the chance to play professional ball, but it's not always easy.
"I KNOW MY chances of playing in the pro's are slim," Gilmore said. "Even if I
do get the chance, I know I can't play for the rest of my life, so getting an education now is important. But then again, I'd jump at the chance to play professional baseball."
Gilmore decided to come to KU after an impressive high school athletic career at Arkansas City. He was an all-league selection in both basketball and baseball.
Gilmore suffered through a disappointing freshman season with KU, hitting only 198.
"I HAD MORE trouble adjusting to college pitching than I thought I would. Plus I broke an ankle and missed 12 games and tried to come back to soon. I didn't have a
He bounced back last year with a .254 batting average and led the team in fielding percentage with a .687 mark. The left-handed hitter was one of six Jawahws selected to the honorable-mention All-Big Eight team.
This year's team, according to Glimore, is the best KU squad in his three years with the team.
"We have a real solid club—the best Ive been on up here," Gilmore said. "One big difference is that we all are close, and everybody puls for everybody else."
Staff photo by JAY KOELZER
KU's catcher-designated hitter Andy Gilmore is tearing up pre-season goals
Emporia State's hitting machine to battle 'Hawks in doubleheader
By GARY BEDORE
Snorts Writer
The Kansas Jayhawks face a hitting machine called Emporia State in a doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m. today at Emporia.
The Hornets, 26-5, are tearing apart opposing pitches, hitting .357 as a team. In
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felt bad. I guess then I realized how much baseball meant to me."
FOLLOWING HIS reinstatement, Glimore went on a hitting streak, which culminated with his play in the Kansas State Baseball Tournament two weeks ago.
He was one of six Jayhawks selected for the all-tournament team as KU swept three games to win the tournament. Gilmore drove in seven runs in the three-game affair.
Despite his impressive hitting credentials, he remains more valuable to the team on the other ways.
Gilmore is an excellent defensive catcher, and committed only two errors in 76 chances this season. When he doesn't catch, he serves as a designated hitter, and his roommate, Brian Moyer, handles the catching duties.
the last two weeks, they have beaten two Central State Conference opponents, Marymount and Missouri Western, by more than 15 points. A lineup of nine batters batted .300.
In a game played earlier this year in the semi-finals of the Kansas State Baseball Tournament in Manhattan, KU pitchers held Emporia State to two runs, and had a 7-2 victory. That win snapped Emporia State's 18-game winning streak.
COACH FLOYD Temple is undecided on whom he will pitch against the hot-hitting Hornet. Because the Jayhawks play four conference games against Nebraska at home, and because said he is reluctant to use his regular starting pitcher against Emporia State.
"We always want to win, but we won't jeopardize our startling pitchers for Nebraska," he said. "Td normally start Brian Rhodes and Terry Scliffe against
"You never know who will win until the last out," Temple said. "Last year we scored nine runs with two outs in a game, and seven with seven runs with two outs to beat, Missouri."
Empricia State, but then they might not be ready for Friday."
The 'Hawks, 17-12-1, go into the doubleheader hitting 274 as a team. Five players are hitting over 300, and Lee Ice is scoring 85. The next turn part of the order is hitting 313 or lower.
TEMPLE SAID he hoped that the return of leftfielder Monte Hobbs would add some punch to the bottom of the order. Hobbs played Saturday against Iowa State after being out almost a month with a knee injury.
"We need more hitting from the “ware” temples,” Temple said. "Hobbs hit the ball well Saturday, but it’s tough when you look, looked at pitching for three or four weeks."
TEMPERLE SAID the rally proved that a team should never give up in baseball.
Yesterday's rain presented the possibility that today's games would be rained out. If the games are canceled, Temple said, the doubleheader sometime in May.
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Against Iowa State, Kansas won two games in the last inning. In the first game of the series, the Jayhawks were trailing Iowa State, 3-2, with two outs and nobody on base during last inning. Jeff Walton played and Brian Moyer hit a two-inning homer to win the game.
Kansas started conference play this weekend and beat Iowa State three games out of four. Kansas is currently in second place, one game behind Missouri. The Tigers swept four games from Nebraska this past weekend.
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