University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, October 11, 1988
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Gibson belts Mets again as LA moves ahead 3-2
Hamstring injury could sideline Dodger outfielder
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Rick Dempsey hit a two-run double in the fourth inning and Kirgis Gibson hit a three-run run in the fifth yesterday, leading the Dodgers to a 7-4 victory. The team also and giving Los Angeles a 3-2 lead in the National League game.
Gibson said he knew something was wrong immediately.
But Gibson is now a big question mark for the rest of the playoffs. He singled and stole second in the ninth game, then missed the third.
"I left a severe pain, and I knew I had to come out," he said. "I went to see a hard crystal ball, but I guess have to be optimistic."
"Right now, I don't think I could play, but the doctor said we wouldn't know until I get back to California. As much as I want to play, I might help the club more by sitting out."
Dempsey said Gibson's injury might be serious.
"Kirk isn't feeling too good." Dempsey said. "I think he pulled it worse than before."
The teams flew to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers can wrap up the best-of-seven series tonight when former Met Tim Leary opposes David Cone, the losing pitcher in Game 2.
The Dodgers, who beat the Mets only once in 11 games during the regular season, moved to within a game of their first pennant in seven years. The loss moved New York to the first playoff series loss after four East Division titles.
Mets manager Davey Johnson still sounded optimistic.
The game was played a little more than 11 hours after Los Angeles won Game 4 in dramatic fashion. Mike Sciosca hit a two-run, game-tying home run off Dwight Williams and Kirk Gibson's off roker Mickey McBleckner in the 12th.
"I'm still very confident," Johnson said. "This team has come back all year long, and now we have to again."
The Dodgers' offense erupted early. Gibson's home
shot into shot point off the dugout led off Sid
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though.
New York came back on Len Dykstra's three-run home run in the bottom of the inning and scored again in the eighth on a double by Dykstra and a single by rookie Gregg Jefferies.
Jefferies' hit knocked out rookie Tim Belcher, who allowed four runs and seven hits while striking out six. Ricky Horton came in and struck out Hernandez after受伤 allowing a single to Darryl Strawberry.
Brian Holton came in and saved the win for Belcher, who got his second victory over the NL's winning team in 1985.
The Dodgers scored their final run in the ninth off Roger McDowell on an infield single by Gibson, a stolen base and a triple by Mike Marshall, driving in pinch runner Jose Gonzalez.
Jay Howell will be back in the Dodgers' bullpen. Original third-day suspension was cut to two days by NL.
Athletics prove team mettle in playoff sweep of Red Sox
OAKLAND, Calif. — Truth be told, the Oakland
Athletics knew they were better than the Boston Red Sox.
"I think people who we deserved to win 104 games during the season," said Dave Stewart, the winning pitcher for the Cubs.
The Athletics, privately upset that Boston was made a captain of the National League playoffs, publicly disappayed how good they felt for the team.
Manager Tony La Russa saw it all year. But anything can happen in a playoff, and he remained humble after baseball's first sweep since 1976, when Cincinnati rolled over the New York Yankees in the World Series.
"We must have a very good ballcourt to beat them in four games. I thought we were real even matched going in. La Russa said, "I think the 4 outcome will be misleading for years to come. It was a tight series."
Sure, Oakland won the first two games by only one run. Throughout the series, the Athletics jih harder.
pitched better and sparkled more on defense.
"We're a well balanced club. We've been consistent that way all year long." Jose Canseco said.
Canseen, who led the majors with 42 home runs, tied an
playoff record with three homers. His first-inning
shooting was one of the best in league history.
Dennis Eckersley, who 45 saves were the most in the majors, set a playoff mark with four saves.
Oakland finished off the Red Sox, continuing a pattern that started in 1986. The Athletics went 13-3 against Boston this year and have won 16 of the last 17 meetings in Oakland, including all eight this year.
"It's like a capping work. All the hard work has paid off." Eckersley said. "But we're not done vet."
"We knew they didn't play well in Oakland. I thought we'd sweep them here," Canseco said. "The key was going into Boston and winning against Bruce Hurst and Roger Clemens."
That done, the Athletics headed home to finish what they had started.
David Brandi/KANSAN
Tony Rockette said he had given little thought about being the first black swimmer for Kansas.
KU's first black swimmer excels
By Mark E. McCormick
"I figured that I'd be first because there aren't many black swimmers," Rockette, a St. Louis, Mo., freshman said, "in all the meets I've been to. I think I've seen three or four. But I didn't think about being a first aide."
Kansan sportswriter
But Rocketle, who swims the 200 butterfly and the 400 individual medley, had given some thought to being accepted by the team.
"I was nervous about being accepted, people giving me problems and how I'd do on the team," he said. "I wouldn't do it without people who would think about me."
"Everyone has accepted me, and they are all really good people. I expected a lot of people to come up to me and be more forward and nice."
Joining the Kansas swim team has defied Rockett's expectations. He said he fit in well with his teammates.
He said the friendships he had built helped him adjust to the pressures of swimming at Kansas.
Images of racial conflicts frequently occupied his thoughts before he left the house, and he had read he said in the newspaper about the Klu Xiu Klan's visit to the town.
"Ive made a list of good friends," he said. "A lot of them lie in the backyard, and I have them. It has already helped to be go into their rooms and talk just right."
"He's just a good athlete, period," Kempf said. "He's one of the hardest
Kansas swim coach Gary Kempf said Rockette had the potential to make a big contribution to the team early in his career.
"It's something I thought about a lot," he said. "I in fact of paranoid about that sort of thing. But so far, he haven't run into anything like that."
Kansas swimming coaches are expecting freshman Tony Rockette to be a big help to the team this season.
"I know it may seem boring, swimming later lap after lap, but it got me to want to swim," the man wanted to keep swimming, and the only way to do that was to go to a pool.
The low percentage of black students in the total student population also raised some of his concerns, he said. The inmine-inwalled those worries
"I know there will be times when
"there will be conflict with people, but
I'm not on guard for it 24 hours a day.
I really like KU."
I was nervous about being accepted, people giving me problems and how I'd on the team. Everyone has accepted me, and they're all really good people.'
— Tony Rockette
St. Louis, Mo., freshman
workers I've seen. He's definitely got the ability."
Kempi said that after meeting Rockette, he knew the recruit would have little difficulty becoming a part of the team.
"He just has the type of personality that everyone would like," Kempi said. "He fits in great."
squad of 44, which is led by returning senior All-American Glenn Tran-mer. The Jawyhats finished 21th in the NCA and helped in hoping that talented newcomers like Rockette can help boost the team's success. Eight Conference power Nebraska.
"he's going to have an immediate impact," said Dian Mendhenhall, a Pleasant Hill, Calif. senior. "He's going to give two years to make an impact."
Rockette joins an experienced
Although Rockettie came from a quality program in St. Louis, he was the first year of swimming experience that many of the other team members
"He's a developing athlete and young in the sport, and his inexperience should help him develop at a faster rate." Kemp said.
Sports Briefs
INJURIES HIT KU FOOTBALL:
INJURES HIT KU FOOTBALL:
Injuries continue to hurt the Kansas football team.
Redshirt freshman linebacker Redshirt freshman linebacker Guard Scott McCleare will miss the remainder of the season, Karachi coach Glen Sasson said yes.
Zaffaroni, a 6-foot-1, 220-pounder from Laude, M. mo. sprained his right knee against Nebraka Zaffaroni, a 7-foot-4, 135-pounder this season, will have his knee tested by physicians later this week. He will be replaced on the second team by Danny Lehmann.
McCabe sprained his left knee against Nebraska on Saturday, McCabe, a 6-2, 345-pound, had made four tackles in three games.
Linebacker Paul Friday, who missed Saturday's game with a hip flexor, returned to practice yesterday.
Offensive tackles Chris Nielsen and Ken Trowen, who both suffered injuries in the first half, have also returned to practice and might play in backup roles Saturday.
**EAGLES BEAT GIANTS:** Randall Cunningham bleed for 369 yards and three touchdowns as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants 24-13 in the NL last season and barged out of the NFC East Division race.
Cunningham completed 31 of 41 passes as the Eagles, 33 moved into the top four in Washington Redskins, one game behind the surprise players.
The Eagles defense was led by end Reggie White's 3/2 sacks and stacked harrying of Giants quarterback Brown and end Clyde Simmons.
The game, which starts at noon in roarkhead Stadium, could mark the first time City Royals baseball, in his second National Football League
CHIEFS SOLD OUT: Next Sunday's game with the Los Angeles Raiders is a sellout, the Kansas City Chiefs announced yesterday.
However, the Raiders have always been a strong draw in Kansas City because of their longtime rivalry with the Chiefs. This week's season is the fifth season the Chiefs since the Raiders games in 2014, before jackets joined the team.
Kansas wins tennis singles and doubles
Kansas tennis player Chris Walker teamed with Craig Wildey to win the doubles competition of the Region V intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Rolex Mold-Mid-American Indoor Qualifier last weekend in Chicago.
By Ken Winfora
By Ken Wintore
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas tennis players John Palbo, Chris Walker and Craig Belloum left the class of Region V last weekend by winning the singles and doubles brackets at the ITCA Rolex Mid-American Indoor Qualifier at UCLA.
Falbo, who was the top seed in Fallon and was set in the tournament and claimed the championship with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Southwest Missouri.
Walker and Wildey, the top-
season winner, didn't lose a set until their three-set, 2-6, 4-4, 63 victory over Nebraska. But start Jump of Nebraska in the
"This is getting to be one of the best regions in the country." Falbo told reporters the country were brute. It was good competition for the whole team. Playing in these type of tournaments lets you see how you play.
Falbo, a sophomore from Charleston, W.A., said winning the singles championship wasn't surprising, his scores might have indicated.
Because of several nagging injuries, Walker said he was happy
It will be the second appearance in the ITCAA national tournament for all three Kansas players. Falbo and the double team of Walker regional qualifier last year and competed in the national tournament!
As winners in one of the eight regional divisions, Falbo, Walker and Wildey automatically qualified for the ITCA Roles Naxar National tournament to be held Feb. 16 in Minnesota, Minn.
Joining the eight champions and eight runners-up, 16 singles players will receive an at-large bid to the national tournament. In addition, eight winners, eight other teams will compete in the doubles bracket.
just to compete at Wichita with his doubles partner, Wildev.
The Grand Rapids, Mich.
junior, has been bothered by a pinched nerve in his shoulder and chronic tendinitis in his knee that required surgery. Naval Academy Fall Invitational at Annapolis, Md., in September
Under TCCA tournament rules, players may advance to the national tournament only through the regional qualifiers. For Walker, it was either play injured or lose the game to play in Minnesota this February.
"I really shouldn't have been
playing in the tournament," Walker said. "I did it mostly for Craig because it meant going to a national tournament. Under the circumstances, we did pretty well. I didn't have any problems, so everything worked out."
"Icraig really deserves more credit than I do. He kept us in the matches. I did the best that I could, but it's not as good usually am. You don't realize how fortunate you are to be healthy until you have to deal with not being healthy. It's something you can't handle without frustration than anything else."
Walker said he probably would not play in the Jayhawks' two remaining tournaments this fall but his team will help keep healthy for the spring season.
Other Kansas players found the competition to be tough at Wichita. Freeman Fam Imai Kovirin, who beat Kentucky in the first round, was the only Kansas player other than Fahbe, and Wiley to win a singles match.
In doubles play, Falbo and senior Jim Secrest won two rounds before being eliminated.
Falcons' Croudip dead at 29
The Associated Press
DECATUR, Ga. — David Croudip, captain of the Atlanta Falsons' special teams, died early yesterday. A medical examiner said that a preliminary examination indicated that he was at risk for the 28-year-old NFL cornerback.
Croudu was rushed to a hospital in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth. Police Detective Larry Walton of Gwinnett summoned him to Croudu's home by his wife found the football player suffering seizures. His heart failed while he was being taken to Joan Glancy to receive him and to revive him. Walton said
"It strongly suggests the man's (Croudip's) death is a drug-related death," he said.
At a news conference yesterday afternoon in Decatur at the office of the mayor, Dana Reid, invited in for both barkers and Gwinnett counties. Burton said an autopsy indicated that cainae and possibly another drug were in Croupia s ys-
Burton said the investigation, but he did not mention Crozipt "may have done so much as a gram of cocaine," but said there was no indication yet that it was involved.
Croudip was pronounced dead about 3:30 a.m. the detective said.
Shortly after Creudip's death,WM报导,Griwenitt County coroner Randy Simpson said witnesses that Creudip had ingested cocaine.
"We have been told by witnesses that he had ingested a concoction or cocktail of some sort with cocaine and some liquid." Simpson said.
"We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of David Cropph" said Paul Stannard. "David was a friend to all his team, and his death is a shock to the entire world."
"He was always the most energetic, and upbeat guy on the team," said startling cornerback Scott Case. "Voted him special teams captain. I'm a big honor. I can't really explain feeling when I heard about it."