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Tuesday, April 5, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Vicendese working to stay on top
By GARY VICE
Sports Editor
Mark Vicendese's attempts at self-induced anemia hasn't been totally successful. He still remembers last year's disastrous spring football drills.
What concerns him most now is that he doesn't repeat his lackluster performance of one year ago as the KU football team was outspoken about its season in preparation for the 1977-78 season.
Vicendise, 6-1 and 175 pounds, enters practice as the heir apparent for Nolan Cromwell's starting quarterback position. And he doesn't want to change head coach
Sports
Bud Moore's thinking on that by duplicating the errors he made last time around.
"I HAD THE lousiest spring last year," Vicense said. "I try not to think about it and go out there and have the best practices I can. I want to stay established at No. 1.
Vicenade, from Berkely Heights, N.J., spent meet of his sophomore year he built a team that was redissued. But after Cromwell's season-ending knee injury and the apparent ineffectiveness of Scott McMichael and Mark Lissner, he moved into the starting back roller.
After his debut against Iowa State, where he came on late in the first quarter, Vicentez started the season's final two games against Colorado and Missouri on the
AND IT was his performance against the Tigers, where he gained 111 yards on 23 carries while directing the Jayhawks to a 41-14 victory, that established him as the man to beat for the starting quarterback both Cromwell and McMichael have completed their four years of eligibility and Lissak has been moved to split end.
His strongest challenge would appear to be Brian Bethke, a 5-10 and 195-pound transfer from San Antonio Junior College in Walnut, Calif.
BETHKE, WHO possesses superb upper body strength, both ran and passed for over 90 years last season. He does have some experience with the wlashbone record: he set a school career running record at South Hills High School in Covina, Calif., where he played.
"I ran the wishbone in high school," Bethke said, "but it's quite a bit different than the one here. I'm having to learn the steps all over. That's that biggest problem now—just trying to get the good footwork down and work on my timing."
Quarterback coach Gary Rutledge said he was pleased with the way Vicendese and Bethke were coming along after the first weekend of practice.
Besides Vicendeen and Bethke, Rutledge is working with Tim Farley, a transfer from Wisconsin, and Steve Mueller, a walk-on who was impressive in junior varsity action last year. Rutledge is optimistic about two freshmen—Jeff Hines from Arapahoe, Colo, and Steve Smith from Emporia, who will join the team this fall.
"They're supposed to be some pretty good freshmen," Rutledge said. "Hines ran the team." It was true. But he wasn't sure. But Smith is ought to be able to help us really early. He can a wish in high school and he'll know what to do. But it's absolutely hard for a freshman to come in and play.
KNOWING THAT strong quarterback leadership could help KU through its tough schedule this year. Moore has taken special interest in the progress of his quarterbacks.
"Spring practice is always good for every player," Moore said. "But for us it's of foremost importance for our quartermacks this year as we have little experience there."
"We spend all summer long evaluating the past spring dills looking at films and talking about our personnel. It makes a world of difference going into fall practice."
Moore said that the greatest value in spring drills for the quarterbacks was found in a single position, 20.
“IT'S TOO early now to evaluate our strength at quarterback,” Moore said. “It's extremely hard to evaluate them until they are comfortable and give them a chance to move the ball.”
For now anyway, everyone's eyes are on
Vicenandee and Bethke—including their own.
don't know, I've got to work hard to stay ahead of them all. I just hope I come out on top.
"Oh, everybody's a challenge," Viemen doubled said. "But I guaged Brian's bigest. He was a king."
And Bethke adds his appraisal of the friendly adversary relationship, saying, "I've got a lot of catching up to do behind Mark, Mark's a great manger back."
But when Bethke was asked what it'll take to catch Vicenteed, Vicenteed, who had just come over to his locker next to Bethke's, answered for him.
"All he's got to do is look at me on last year's films. Then he'll know he's got not enough."
Rain, scheduling conflicts plague Kansas tournament
Kansas University's first round game against Benedictine College in the Kansas Baseball Tournament at Manhattan yesterday was postponed because of rain. The weather, along with a conflict in the Benedictine schedule, knocked the Ravens out of the tournament. KU will now play Kansas Wesleyan at 1:00 Wednesday.
Benedictine had been scheduled to play Bermidji State of Minnesota Wednesday and dropped out of the tournament when they learned of the new schedule.
Kansas State baseball coach Phil Wilson, who organized the tournament, replaced the old head coach.
Wilson said the postponement would change the entire schedule.
The semifinals will be played at noon and 2 o.m. Thursday with the finals at 4 p.m.
to a result, KU coach Floyd Temple tem-
rescheduled Friday's and Saturday's
doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday at
1 p.m. Saturday and another twentieth at 1:30 p.m. on Monday
"This way we'll play seven games in six days instead of four days," Temple said.
Temple seemed unconcerned about the first round opponent for the Jayhawks.
"We'll play anybody they assign us.
Temple said. "We've would take a forsit if
they had given it to us. It doesn't make any
difference to us."
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