University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 17, 1988
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Junior forward Freeman West shoots over sophomores Alonzo Jamison and Mike Maddox during "Later with Roy Williams" at Allen Field
Transfer crashes 'Later' party as Jayhawks begin new season
Jamison suffers minor cut after snapping goal support post
By Arvin Donley Kansan sportswriter
Junior College transfer Alonza Jamison made a backboard smashing debut as a Kansas Jayhawk Saturday morning, making "Later with Roy Williams" start 20 minutes later than expected.
Several minutes before the scrimmage, the 6-foot-5-1/2, 225 pound junior college transfer went in for a dunk during layup drills and brought down guard and backstop and post support, stunning the team with 10,900 people at Allen Field House.
Former professional basketball star Darryl Dawkins became famous for fluttering glass backboards. But Jamison's dunk actually snapped the glass in half, which brought the still-infinite glass and all, crashing down on him.
Although Jamison received a minor cut on the left side of his head, he was able to play and contributed 6 points on 3 for 4 shooting.
The scrimimage, which was scheduled to start at 12:05 a.m., began at 12:25 a.m. after the house head maintenance crew brought in a new back board and support post.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said he had never seen anything quite like the incident.
"I've been in 'a lot of gyms." Williams said. "I also've seen backboards shattered twice in person. But I've never seen anything like that. You coaches had seen anything like that. That stunned me more than anything."
However, Williams noted that Jamison would not be eligible this season because he did not meet requirements for college transfer requirements.
"Somebody came out of the stands and asked me, 'Gosh coach, who is that guy?' I said, 'Don't get excited.'"
Williams added, "I just wish he was as tall as they said he was when I was little." But she's barely 6-8. But he's 'very effective inside and is a very strong young man.'
The 30-minute scrimmage finally did get underway with the blue team
defeating the white team, 36, 35 on a three-point shot by a senior forward Mill Newton with three seconds left. Newton led all scorers with 64 points.
Senior guard Lincoln Minor scored nine points for the white team, while sophomore forward Mike Maddox added eight.
Williams said the serimmage did not really give him insight on the ability of his personnel.
"I saw some things I liked and saw some things I didn't like," the first year coach said. "But tonight's scrimpage was more for the student but I'd drop down some notes on the game, but I'll look at this as our first practice."
"I look at (Saturation) afternoon as our first practice. But the student here is very important to our team and we'll teach them tonight's practice was for."
One of the highlights of the ceremony came at 11:40 when the Jayhawk players took the court to form their version of Bobby
The pre-scrimmage festivities began at 11:15 p.m.
MeFerrin's popular reggae song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" the Jayhawks changed the words to "We're the Jayhawks, Be Happy."
But the emotional high point of the evening came when Williams made a speech to the Kansas student body.
Jayhawk fans also got their first championship banner. Two Kansai players displayed the banner as they led the Jayhawks onto the court at midnight.
He received a two-minute standing in ovation in which the crowd chanted "Let's go, Roy." Williams said he was moved by the show of affection.
"I'm human," he said, "I'm very acutely at times and that was a great part of my life. I can't go out and thank every one of them individually. It really would be."
“There are certain times that you’ll always remember and tonight you’ll remember 1 got from the student library and something it’s remembered always.”
Turgeon expects 60 to 70 at JV tryouts
By Arvin Donley
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas assistant basketball coach Mark Turgeon said he was hoping for a large turnout when tryouts for the junior varsity began at 7 tonight at Allen Field House.
Turgcon, who is the junior varsity coach, he said expected approximately 60 to 70 players to attend the game.
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"We're also going to have nine preliminary games against the Giants," which means there is going to be 8,000 to 9,000 watching them play. "he said, 'That's pretty excited to me and I hope it would be exciting to me.'"
"First of all, as coach (Roy) Williams has said, there is a chance that several players could move up and play with the varsity sometime this season," he said.
\vee' we also going to have nine preliminary games (played before varsity home games), which means there is going to be 8,000 to 9,000 people here watching them play.'
Mark Turgeon
Junior varsity basketball coach
Kansas coach Roy Williams said there was a chance junior varsity players could be used in practice and in games because the varsity only had 12 players eligible for practice and 10 eligible
One thing the junior varsity teams have lacked in the past is height, and Tureen said he would like to see some players 6-foot-6 inches and taller at the tryout.
and would be "treated just like any other player".
"I know of a couple 6 and 7 guys who are out there who like basketball, but they just don't want to play it. You have to be really smart it's worth it. But I think it is worth (it) if they came out and gamed it it. It should be fun
He added that if a player were moved up to the varsity level, he would be put on full scholarship.
Turggean said the first couple of nights of trysts would consist of running and scrimmaging, so he could determine "the guys who really want to be out here."
Hershiser does it all against A's Ace holds Oakland to 3 hits as LA takes 2-0 series lead
players snout report to the field house through the southwest doors by at least 6:45 p.m. and should wear their own playing equipment, Turgeon said.
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Orel Hershner
did everything for the Los Angeles
Dodgers last night and gave
the Oakland Athletics nothing.
He held the Bash Bunch to three
thirds, and the Dodgers were
night as the Dodgers beat the Athletics 6-4 and took a stunning 2-6 game as the World Series moves to
It was another game, another shutout for Hershiser, another Series victory for "destination" Dodgers."
Hershiser's super season, which ended with a record 59 consecutive shutout innings, got even better with his most incredible performance of the year. He became the first pitcher to get three hits — including two games since 1924 and the first series he throw shutouts in both the playoffs and the World Series. He even made a fine fielding play.
"I was just fortunate to get my bats on the ball," Hershiser said of his hitting heroics.
The A's were fortunate to do the same against him.
The Dodger Bulldog, who has worked almost half his team's innings in the postseason, has a 0.80 earned run average in the postseason
and has allowed just three earned runs in his last 92 innings. He is scheduled to start Game 5 in Oakland on Thursday, and said he could come back on two days' rest for Game 6 if necessary in Los Angeles on Sunday.
“There’s a handful of players that if there’s a league beyond the majors, they’d be in it. I’m just glad he’s on our side,” said Dodge right fielder Mike Marshall, who contrib- tured a three-run home run and a trip to an ace the confidence when we take the field and No. 53 is out there.”
The Dodgers again did everything right against the heavily favored Athletics. This time, Los Angeles didn't need miracle man Kirk Gibson, who won Game I with a two-out, and pitched four innings of the ninth but did not play later because of hamstring and ligament damage.
Of 38 teams that have won the first two games in the World Series, 28 have gone on to win the championship.
Gibson's status remains day-to-day going into Game 3 tomorrow night in Oakland, when Bob Weil opposes Los Angeles' John Tutor.
The victory marked the 12th consecutive game the home team has
won in the World Series. But the Dogders didn't require the homefield advantage; they had Hershiser.
Baseball's most dominant pitcher showed baseball's winning team something it hadn't seen. Only Dave Parker could solve Hershiser, getting three singles, but two Mark Browning was grounded by inside double plays when Hershiser got even with Parker by striking him out to end the game.
McGwire had one more chance, after Parker's two-out single put runners on first and second in the seventh.
"I really beared down on him because he with one swing could get them back in the game." Hershiser said.
Hershier struck out eight, including Carney Lansford. Dave Harden and Andrew Murray walked two and allowed only three runners to get as far as second base. They just 104 pitches, in the eight days' rest since shitting out the New York Mets in Game 7 of the game, played playoffs by the same 6-4 score.
The Athletics, the second-highest scoring team in the majors this year.
McGwire flied to right.
saw their scoring loss streak reach 16½ as they managed to get six balls out of the infield. Herbisher's pinpoint pitches were more than those by his parents, who threw out the ceremonial first ball.
Hershiser, who got only 11 hits this year and batted a career low. 12, also swing the meanest hit. His one single to single center field in the third touched off a fiver-out run. he touched by Marshall's home run.
The last pitcher to get three hits in the Series was Art Neft for the New York Giants in Game 1 in 1824. The pitcher had got an extra-base hit since Rick Rhodes for the Dodgers on Oct. 15, 1977.
Hershiser hit-and-run double to right in the fourth made it 6-4 and Storm Dawn. He doubled to left field in a match, hitting his season total for two-base hit.
The Dodgers continued their pattern of scoring first in the postseason, but did it six times in the playoffs and scored first in the playoffs scored first in Saturday night's 5-4 victory over Oakland, but it took two outs in each game with two outs in the ninth to win.
Sports Briefs
The Jayhawk men finished 32 points behind first place Arkansas State's Steve Helferman was Kansas' 15th finish in the 10,000-meter race with a time of 31.32. Senior defenseman 27th at 32:10.
CC TEAMS FIFTH! Both Kansas cross country teams finished fifth at the Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. on Saturday.
Kansas' women finished with 158 points, 117 points behind first place in the nation. Brown was the leading Kansas runner, placing 19th in the 5,000-meter race a time of 3:46. Unlike Colby (finished 21st with a time of 18:36).
The Jayhawks' next competition will be on Oct. 29 when they travel to Kalamazoo, OKa., to run in the Big Ten Conference Championships.
WEEKEND BOWLING RESULTS:
The Kansas women's bowling team finished third out of 10 teams in the Brunswick Collegiate Match Play Open held in Denver, Colo.
Players 12, 19, 886 pin total traction 13, 866 and defending champions West State's state 14, 424
Senior Traci Goebell led the Jahyaves with a 180 led average followed by sophomore Judy Fierst at 178, sophomore Amy
Gentz at 176, freshman Rochelle Melvin at 165 and freshman Shelly Sweeter at 160.
The Kansas men's team also competed in Denver, finishing third in the playoffs. Jayhawks had a 13,758 pin total. William Patterson College won the open with 13,416 pins, followed by Oklahoma and West Texas State with 14,832.
Sophomore Morris Ross led the hybrids with a 192 average. He scored 63 goals and 188 senior Steve Smith at 184 and back at 181 and senior John Percival at 180.
It was the first win of the season for the Jayhawks. Kansas is now 1-2-1.
WOMEN'S SOCER WINS: The Kansas women's soccer club defeated Benedicine College 3-2 yesterday in Aitchison.
Kansas' Leigh Strom scored two goals and Karen Hauck kicked the other goal for the Jayhawks.
KU CREW RESULTS: Teams representing the Kansas Crew finished second in the women's division and third in the men's division of a novice regatta Saturday at Wichita.
The Jahayk *A"* 'A' team finished second in the women's division with a time of 12.59. Wichita State won the race with a time of 11.39.
Kansas' Jarrett Boschen stole home yesterday in the second inning of the Jayhawks with Iowa Western at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
Jeffrey Johnston KANSAN
Kansas beats Iowa Western; errors doom JV team in loss
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team split games of a double-header yesterday, defeating Iowa Western Community Game 4-2 in the varsity game before losing to Barton County Community College # 4 in the junior varsity game.
Untimely errors contributed to the Jayhawks' loss to Barton County. Two of Kansas' four errors came in the top of the sixth inning and helped the Cougars score the annual game-winning run.
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said he was upset with the Jayhawks sloppy play.
"The truth of the matter is we prayed badly and we couldn't win. We didn't beat it, but the final game. We walked too many people and made all those errors. On top of that, we have be able to play better than what we did today."
Kansas scored early against Iowa Western. Outfielder Steve Dowling and first baseman Jeff Spencer each had home runs to help the Jayhawks to a 4-1 lead after three innings.
Kansas and Iowa Western were tied 4-4 in the fourth inning and 6-6 in the top of the seventh innings before the
Jayhawks took the lead for good.
In their half of the seventh, the Jayhawks converted five walks and a wild pig into three runs. Jarryd Titus. This was one of the few times he
loweva Western scored a run in the eighth inning to make the final score.
Sophomore Daria Harris was the starting pitcher for Kansas. Freshman Mike Massey and senior Mike Byrne
With Kansas trailing 2-1 in the fifth inning, first baseman Tosman Buchan hit a home run to tie the game.
In the junior varsity game, catcher Troy Mentzer扎
the dayhawks ahead 1-0 in the first inning with a two-out
play against the Cincinnati Reds.
Kansas starter Eric Stonepeier struck out seven Barton County batters and pitched into the sixth innings when the Cougars doubled two hits, two errors and two walks into two runs.
Stonepeier was relieved in the sixth inning by junior Craig Stopper who finished the game.
"About the only bright spot of the day was the pitching of one雏er," Bingham said. "He pitched five strong innings."
Kansas will play Crowder Community College at 3 p.m.
Wednesday at Hogundman Stadium
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