WEDNESDAY,MAY1.2002
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
BASEBALL
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"It's a wonderful setting to play in."
Junior designated hitter Kevin Wheeler went 4-for-4 with his team-leading eighth home run, and freshman catcher Cole Armstrong added a homerun of his own to propel the Jayhawks, who are now 9-1 all-time against UIC.
Kansas finishes the midweek series today at 1 p.m.
Senior Jeff Davis (5-3) will start on the mound for Kansas,
which will be looking for its first series sweep since playing Wisconsin-Milwaukee in February.
Kansas goes into today's game with momentum on its side — thanks to two natives of enemy grounds.
"I'm proud of our team," Randall said, "especially Matt and Tom."
— Ryan Wood
Horse-trainers pose triple threat
By Richard Rosenblatt The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — They are the training trifecta, three names horseplayers can't ignore if they're serious about picking the Kentucky Derby winner.
D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert and Nick Zito might not have the right horse in their barn every year — it just seems that way. The three have a total of eight Derby victories in the last 14 years, including three times in which the winner nearly went on to win the Triple Crown.
This year they almost got shut out. That hasn't happened to all three of them in the same year since Baffert joined Lukas and Zito on the Derby trail in 1996.
But in the final weeks leading up to Saturday's $1 million race, funny things happened on the way to Churchill Downs:
Baffert's in with War Emblem after Prince Ahmed Salman of Saudi Arabia bought the Illinois Derby winner for him on April 11.
Lukas is in because his last hope — Proud Citizen — won the Lexington Stakes on April 20. Naturally, he took a poke at Bafert: "And we didn't have to go buy one."
Zito probably will be out officially today, the day of the draw, because neither Crimson Hero nor Straight Gin earned enough money to qualify for an expected full 20-horse field.
"Who would have thought this?" Zito began. "The prince buys a horse for Baffert, Wayne wins in the 11th hour and I'm waiting on the fence, without much chance. What happened just shows how hard it is to keep coming back to this race." The past two years, there's been a
slight dropoff for Lukas, Baffert and Zito — no Derby victories, and Lukas' record streak of 20 years with at least one starter ended in 2001.
Neither Baffert nor Lukas will be among the favorites in the 11/4-mile Derby, but who cares? Lukas won with 31-1 shot Charismatic in '99, and 24-1 shot Thunder Gulch in '95. Baffert won with 8-1 choice Real Quiet in '98.
Baffert, though, rebounded nicely in '01 when Point Given — his beaten Derby favorite — won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes and Horse of the Year honors.
Both are cautiously optimistic.
"We had to have everything fall exactly into place," Lukas said of Proud Citizen, his record 39th Derby starter, who was seventh in the Santa Anita Derby before the Lexington. "But if I don't screw him up in the next few days, we're going to be tough."
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SUNDAY, MAY 19
2002
COMMENCEMENT LUNCH
at The Outlook, Chancellor's residence
(Inclement weather location, Kansas Union)
Remember to pick up your tickets at the Alumni Association's headquarters on the third floor of the Adams Alumni Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., May 1-15, M-F.
You must present your ticket(s) to receive your box lunch(es) during the event at the Chancellor's residence, The Outlook.
A short program at 11:30 a.m. will include the presentation of the Class of 2002 gift and banner.
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