Friday, March 25,1977
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Owners veto 3-division proposal
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Major league baseball club ballmasters turned down a three-division proposal yesterday. Instead they appointed a committee to investigate the feasibility of two 13-team leagues with limited inter-league competition for 1978.
Lee MacPhail, president of the American League, said the three-division concept was dismissed because it would eliminate some traditional rivalries and extend the length of the season with another tier of league championship playoffs.
"Many of our people are against the gimmickry of a wild-card team in a four-court playoff system, 'MacPhail said. "Our playoff setup now is as purple as you can get and it seems like that — that a three-division schedule might create some imbalance between divisions."
MACPHAIL SAID no vote was taken on the three-division concept, but discussions
indicated the majority of the owners favored two 13-ball teams as baseball's best team.
He said the leagues already have developed schedules for two 13-team leagues so there would be no problem in completing the program if it finally was approved.
MacPhail said that no particular teams were mentioned to move from the American to the National League to balance the leagues.
The American League has 14 clubs, including the new expansion Seattle and Toronto teams. The National League has 12. ALTHOUGH MACHAIL said no particular teams were mentioned; a joint committee of representatives from Sterling Tucker, chairman of the Washington, D.C., City Council, for a team in the nation's capital. Tucker said
There were two plans being circulated for the creation of 13-team leagues, involving
Washington was ready for baseball in terms of fan and government interest.
MACPHAIL SAID, "We couldn't buy Oakland if Finley doesn't want to sell."
But George Heidman, owner of the Jenkintown, Pa., Steel Co. told the Associated Press he has held a number of talks with Finley about buying the A's.
In one plan, the Oakland A's owner,
Charles O. Finley, would sell his club. The
club would then find a buyer who would
purchase an unchance to Washington for the
1978 season.
On Wednesday night, Finley confirmed his talk with Heideman. He also told the AP he would sell his team to his fellow major league owners "with one stipulation—that they agree to keep the club in Oakland for at least 10 years."
The National League President Charles Feeney said his owners appeared to think that the 13-13 plan was a good idea. "But we have made sure that enough information on who would do what," he said.
Feeney said that if the National League had a preference it probably wouldn't include interleague play. However, he said he saw much more open-mindedness on the subject than in the past. He also said the National League would talk about the three-division concept at an August meeting, but that its adoption was highly improbable.
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Jayhawk club hosts area soccer tourney
This weekend the KU Soccer Club hosts the second annual Jayhawk Invitational Tournament.
The field of eight teams includes three championship teams: KU, last spring's Big Eight champions, Rockhurst, which finished second nationally in last year's championships, and Benedictine, runners-up to Rockhurst in last year's district playoffs.
Other teams competing are K-State,
Missouri, Nebraska or Wichita.
Wichita State is a University.
KU coach Bernie Mullin said yesterday that he thought KU would win two of its three preliminary games, and could win all three if his team played up to its potential.
"IF WE can get our offense together and
we can win any game in the tournament," Mulligan said. "Mullet."
KU's offense will be hampered by the loss of two starters.
Mustapha Aberdharne is hospitalized with a lung infection and Mohammed Al-Attaibi.
All games will be played on the soccer fields at 23rd and Iowa streets. First round action begins at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow when teams Missouri and Rockhurst plays Ottawa.
The other plan involved the sale of the Baltimore Orioles by owner Jerald C. Hoffberger and the transfer of the club to Washington. The AP learned that Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn has been inducted into the team's area. A bertender denied the Orioles that he was for sale and Kuhn insisted that he would never discussed such a plan.
Preliminaries will continue all day tomorrow. Sunday the two division winners will face each other in a final.
An attempt is being made to coordinate trapshooting teams to represent K.U. in collegiate trapshooting and to train the nammings include the Cornhusker Invitation Trapshoot (April 22-23) and the intercollegiate Trapshoot (April 23-16) with the possibility of attending the 17th International Clay Pigeon Tournament this summer. Women interested should contact:
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BUT THE commissioner did say, "At this point it is not one team in particular that we're talking about." He refused, however, to speculate on any particular team.
POMPANO BEACH, Fl. (AP) — Veteran Cookie Rojas drove in four runs in his last two at-bats, including two tie-breaking runs in the 10th inning, as the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 in an exhibition game yesterday.
The KU softball team starts its season with a doubleheader against Northwest Missouri State at 1 p.m. today at Holcom Sports Complex.
Last year the Jayhawks had a 22-4 record and went to the A1W World Series for the fifth consecutive year. However, coach Bob Chance said he was confident about the team's prospects for this season.
Royals beat Texas
Trailing 2-1 in the eighth inning, the Trailors took a *x2* lead after three straight wins and won in two out of four and Rojas' two-out single. But the Rangers tied it in the bottom of the ninth when left fielder Joe Zebd dropped Jim Fregoski's飞球 to Bump Wills and Bump Wills doubled Fregoski home.
Softball season opens
Lack of pitching depth, loss of an experienced catcher and reshuffling of position positions are question areas Stanclift will find answers to today.
Despite Stanccliff's doubts and lack of experience with the team, he said he was optimistic and thought the experience in the infield would give KU a strong defense.
He said he knew little about Northwest Missouri State, although assistant coach Diana Beebe was there last year. This is the first time the two teams have met.
Rojas then won it for the Royals when, he raced a hausees loaded, two-autole off single
Moore picks staff
Kirk "Bo" Starks
KU football coach Bud Moore announced yesterday that the two vacancies on his ching staff have been filled by staff members.
Hettner replaces Vince Semary, who recently was named offensive coordinator at Rice University. White replaces Carl Fischer to become an assistant coach at Missouri.
Hank Hettower, recruiting and academic coordinator the past two years, was named defensive end coach. Jack White, a part of the team who was named defensive secondary coach.
Moore also announced two other coaching moves. Jim Webster, defensive end coach, was switched to linebacker coach and Sparky Woods, a part-time assistant last year at Tennessee, was named to assist White.
KU will host the prep State Indoor track meet this weekend in Allen Field House. Class 2-1A high schools from throughout the state will be involved in the competition.
The meet gives the school coaches and team members a chance to see what the team needs, especially if they are not. It also gives them a chance to participate in an indoor track meet and to evaluate other teams. Some of the relay teams will be competing against one another for the first time.
Prep track meet here
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