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University Daily Kansan, Mav 2. 1985
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NEWS BRIEF'S
Pros slated for KSU tourney
MANHATTAN — Professional gotters Jim Simons, Dave Eichelberger and Larry Ziegler will join Jim Colbert May 13 in the 11th Annual Jim Colbert Kansas State University Golf Tournament, school officials said yesterday.
Also joining the field will be former Kansas State basketball player Bob Boozer, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Gary Spani and Green Bay Packers players Paul Coiffman and Lynn Dickey.
Registration, which costs $275, remains open through May 7. Proceeds will go to the Kansas State athletic department. The registration cost includes a morning brunch, clinic from the visiting pros, 18 holes of golf and an evening hampton.
Olajuwon faces fine for fight
HOUSTON — National Basketball Association officials are reviewing tapes of a punch thrown by Houston Rockets center Akeem Olaijan at Utah's Bill萨勒 during last weekend's NBA playoff game.
"The matter is currently under investigation," said an NBA spokesman. "The film"
Olajuwon could be finesed as a result of the incident, which occurred with about seven minutes left in the 104-97 Jazz victory that eliminated the Rockets from the playoffs.
Paulitz, a 15-year veteran, entered the game after Utah's starting center. Mark Eaton, injured his right knee late in the second period.
Olaijuwon, who said after the game that he had become frustrated by bumps and shoves from Paulutz, punched the pivot man in the face and was charged for position beneath the Rockets' basket.
Compiled from United Press International reports.
BASEBALL ALMANAC
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minneapolis 2, Detroit 4
Baltimore 3, Chicago 1
Los Angeles 3, Miami 3
New York 5, Texas 1
San Diego 1, Texas 1
Toronto 1, Calif. 3
Dallas 2, Houston 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday's Results
Alanta, IA 101- Cincinnati 9
L. A. S. St Louis 1
Miami 101- Cincinnati 9
San Diego 6, Pittsburgh 4
Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2
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innning. Royals catcher Jim Sandberg reached first base safe by and Thompson with an error. The Indians, in their night's game 6, were
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Mike Hargrove, Cleveland first baseman, dives and misses by inches a ball thrown by Cleveland pitcher Rich Thompson in the bottom of the seventh
Errors bring on 6-5 loss for Royals
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Brett Butler knocked in two runs and the Cleveland Indians capitalized on three errors, two pitches and a pass ball by Kansas City to
Don Schulze scattered four hits, walked one and struck out five over six innings to improve his record to 3-0 and snap Cleveland's three-game losing streak. The Indians managed to win despite committing eight of their own and stranding 18 base runners.
The Indians scored two runs in the second inning on hit, sending seven batters to the plate without ever getting the ball out of the infield, to take the lead for good at 3-1.
BROOK JACOBY BEAT out a single to
short, Chris Bando walked and stoptop, Buddy Biancalana muffed a ground ball by Tony Bernazard for an error to load the bases. Butler then bounced into a fielder's choice, forcing Bernazard at second with Jacoby scoring.
Kansas City starter Mark Gubicza, 0-2, sent Bulley to cone on a wild pitch but struck out Julio Franco, only to have the Cleveland shortstop take first base on the play on a passled ball by catcher Jim Bohn. The receiver then hit a grounder to second baseman Frank White, who misplayed it for an error to allow Bando to score.
"I really don't know what to say." Gubicza said. "I wasn't missing by much. I know the way."
Royals to cut the deficit to 3-2. George Brett doubled, took third on a ground-out and scored when third baseman Jacobey couldn't handle a grounder by Steve Babboni for an
"It looked like the first time we'd all been out on the field," Brett said. "It feels like we
THE INDIANS BEGAN contributing to the game of giveaway in the fourth, allowing the
The Indians sandwiched two walks around a fielder's choice by Jacoby in the fifth and took a 4-2 lead when Butler slapped an RBI single to center Cleveland that made it 6-2 in the first half, George Vukovich and Pat Tabler, a walk to Jacoby and a sacrifice飞 by Bando.
BUT THE ROYALS still weren't out of it,
rallying for three runs in the seventh off
Schulze, Rich Thompson and Dave Von
Ohlen.
Derby horses get workout in rain, mud
By United Press International
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Although fair skies and mild temperatures are predicted for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, trainers worked two top Derby hopefuls on a muddy track yesterday in case the forecasts prove incorrect.
"We want to make sure he can handle an off track if it comes up on Saturday," said Roger Laurin, whose mount, Chief's Crown, lifts a half-mile in a pre-dawn driving rainstorm.
The National Weather Service's extended forecast called for a pleasant day for the 11th Run for the Roses at Church Hill Downs. The weather was expected to move out of the area quickly.
"If it comes up like this Saturday, speed would be more of a factor," he said.
Laurin predicted speed horses like Eternal Prince and Spend A Buck, expected to take the early Derby lead, may have better shots at holding the advantage on an off track.
SPEND A BUCK also worked on the Churchill Downs oval, covering a half mile under exercise rider Bobby Belez. The son of Buckaroo worked after Chief's Crown, the early Derby favorite, left the track just as the rain began to subside.
spend A Buck's trainer, Cam Gambolati, whose colt has never run a race on a rain-soaked surface, said, "Maybe there's a message in there."
"The way he worked today, I'd say he doesn't mind it that much," he said. "He's going to show speed no matter what kind of track it is."
Chelf's Crown, rated a good runner on an off track by the Dairy Racing Form, finished second in his only outing in the slop. That was last fall in the Belmont Futurity, where he lost by a length to Spectacular Love. Since Chelf's Crown has won six straight races.
TRAINER WOODY STEPHENS said he would not run his gilding Cremie Franche in the Derby because he did not think the Drops track would be muddy Saturday.
"If it was mud like it is today, I'd think about it, but I don't think there will be any mud here Saturday," said Stephens, who is married to a lawyer in the race. "I hope they have a nice day."
Golf team breaking out of slump
Sports Writer
By TONY COX
Steve Madsen and the rest of the men's golf team have picked the right time to break out of their slump.
Madsen had struggled in the early part of the season along with the rest of the Jayhawks. But last weekend, KU buounced back with a fourth place finish in the Drake Relays tournament Friday in Des Moines and Saturday in Iowa State Invitational Saturday in Ames.
Madsen, a sophomore from Denver, was KU's top golfer in both tournaments. He finished sixth at the Drake Relays tournament with rounds of 74, 77 and 76 for a total of 227. He took first in the Iowa State Invitational for his first major tournament at the Iowa State career. He had two-round total of 147 out of 76 and 71 for the victory.
KU HEAD COACH Ross Randall said, "I think he's a really good player. This is the first tournament he's won and it won't be the last. He's been starting to play better, he's been practicing better, and he's got his confidence back."
The victory will help the team to prepare mentally for the Big Eight Championships May 13-14 in Oklahoma City, Madsen said yesterday.
He said, "It wasn't the biggest tournament in the world, but it was a good tournament
and we came away with a lot of good feelings. It came at a good time so everybody will have a good attitude going into the Big Eight."
Madsen said he and the rest of the team struggled early in the season partly because of a lack of practice time due to bad weather.
"We'VE JUST HAD a little more time to practice since the last tournament," he said, "Our first tournament, the only time we played outside was our practice round. The few weeks we've had lately, everybody's been working really hard and it paid off."
Randall said Madsen's accuracy on drives and long iron shots were the best parts of his game, but his dedication was the main factor in his success.
"He's really receptive to instruction because he wants to be a good player." Randall said. "He's not afraid to work long hours and work really hard. I would characterize him as our steadiest player, but he also is very inconsistent with consistency and he was really struggling."
Madsen played the first semester of his bachelor year at Nebraska before transferring to Arizona.
"I talked to coach, and I saw the course and I liked it. The facilities were just a little better here than at Nebraska so I decided to come here after the first semester."
"A FRIEND OF mine wanted me to come down for a Kansas-Nebraska football game," Madsen said. "I saw the campus and I liked it. There was so much more to it."
Randall said, "The first time I saw him play I knew he would be a good player. If he continues to develop and improve over the years, he might play pro golf. You never can tell."
"There have been four-year college All-American们 couldn't break an egg on the tour, and there have been guys that just came on to the scene."
Madsen said he hoped he could beat the olds and become a pro golfer.
"TD LIKE TO give it a shot," he said. "It all depends on what happens this next two years. There are a lot of people trying to do it. You have to be really good."
But for now, Madsen sand, his goal in collegiate golf is to see KU's program gain
"I'd like to see everybody on our team playing well at the same time so we can go to tournaments and have people notice us," he said. "We're going to say, 'Hey, there's Kansas. We have to beat them.'"
Oklahoma. Oklahoma State and Missouri will be the teams to beat in the Big Eight Cup.
"We've got just as much potential as they do," Madsen said. "It's just a matter of getting everybody to play well at the same time. That's been our problem. We've had one or two guys having good rounds and the other three playing just mediocre.
"I think we can finish in the top three." I like to beat Oklahoma really bad. I think we should win.
Public Relations AND ANALYSIS
Steve Madsen, Denver sophomore, chips the ball toward the pin while practicing at Alvamar Golf and Country Club.
Tradition-rich track teams trying to rebuild
By DAVID O'BRIEN
Sports Writer
The concrete pillars that support Memorial Stadium are as strong as they ever were, and the Kansas Relays headquarters under the stadium's east bleachers is still known as the Victory Club.
But the once-powerful KU men's track team that practices and competes in the stadium is struggling, and the victories are few and far between. Problems with recruiting injuries and team morale have led to an early departure. Right for the past two years. The team is expected to stay there at the conference championships next weekend in Lincoln, Neb.
Followers of track and field are not acclimated to seeing Kansas at the bottom of the standings in any meet. The Jayhawks, however, are one of the nation's strongest traditions in the sport.
But that domination came to an abrupt end last year, KU, which had won the Big Eight indoor title in 1983, fell to a last place finish in 1984 and faded from second to third in the outdoor meet
KI TEAMS HAVE won three national titles and dominated the Big Eight conference. Since the Big Seven became the Big Ten, they have outscored 12 of 22 outdoor titles.
That turnabout was surprising to Joe Manuel, a sophomore from San Diego, Calif. Manuel was told of KU's winning tradition.
while he was being recruited during his senior year at Bonita Vista High School
"It wasn't anything like I'd heard," he said recently. "I came here because I wanted to come to a great program with a winning attack, but at least in the top two teams in the Big Eight."
The current status of the team is unusual for Timmons, who consistently has produced winning teams and gained respect nationally during his 20-year tenure at KU. His teams have won 13 Big Eagle indoor titles and 14 outdoor titles, including 11 straight victories from 1967 to 1978. Timmons has coached 24 National Collegiate Athletic Association individual champions and was named indoor track and field Coach of the Year in 1975.
"We had 21 seniors, and we couldn't replace those guys," he said. "They were stars, high quality athletes. We're gradually coming back, but we could not replace those 21."
"IT WAS A BIG disappointment for me to see that the team was down I couldn't."
Head coach Bob Timmons wasn't as surprised. He said the decline was expected because of the large number of seniors on the 1983 squad.
HE SAID THERE were a number of reasons for the recent decline including problems with the recruiting of top athletes to replace those lost to graduation.
"Coaches are making within the conditions of NCAA rules, a number of visits to the campus."
school) meets," he said. "We haven't done that in the past, but it looks like we might
"Sometimes you can develop an athlete to compete at the national level," he said. "But if he doesn't have the innate talent, he's not going to get there."
Timmons said there was no substitute for talent if a team hooped to compete nationally.
"We've had quality athletes like that before, battling for national championships, and that's where team titles come from. We don't have those athletes now."
BRUCE CONNELLY, A senior distance runner from Deerfield, Ill., said the lack of national class athletes hurt KU's recruiting efforts.
"Deon Hogan, Sanya Owolabi — those guys attracted people," Connelly said of former KU All Americans. "The tradition doesn't matter. More have they to build a team from scraps."
"Now they recruts! say 'why should I go here instead of KState?' "
Many athletes said that recruiting was not the team's only problem. They say the atmosphere of the KU program, including the cohesion and teamwork relationships, is not conducive to winning.
AFTER HIS VICTORY in the Kansas Relays, KU's only individual winner in the meet, triple jumper Fred Lewis, let his feelings be known. The University City, Mo., junior, was quoted as saying communication between athletes and coaches was terrible.
Other athletes, some of whom asked to remain anonymous, agreed with Lewis that a gap did exist between coaches and athletes on the team.
"There's a really bad communication problem," Connelly said. "In the meetings that we do have, we may talk a lot, but if things change, it's just temporary."
Lewis said that also caused problems with recruiting because of bad feelings towards his classmates.
"Who's going to recommend it (the program) if they weren't happy," he asked.
TIMMONS SAID ANY communications problems that existed were caused by the fact that the conchining staff was so busy late in the morning that they missed calls and the national signing date for recruits.
"I think that, especially at this time of the year, with the Relays and so many things going on, there might be a problem." he said. "Anytime the most important function of the car, the Relays are used, is the second most important function (signing date); how can there not be problems?"
"I THINK A YEAR from now it will be much better," he said. "Ann Frame has done a good job with the meet."
Timmons said he expected the situation to improve because of Ann Frame's involvement in the Relays. Frame was met with anger from Timmons, who called the burden off Timmons, the meet director.
"She will have that pretty much under con-
tact and I will have the opportunity to do
it."
Lewis' remarks have not had an adverse effect on the team. Timmons said.
Timmons also said the completion of several projects, including the Anschutz Sports Pavilion, the new jump pits and throwing areas at Memorial Stadium, and the resurfacing of the stadium track, would allow more time for coaching.
"It might have cleared the air because now they (team members) know they can say what they think," he said. "I just wish the coach, the coaches first if they have any problems."
"It seems like the tension this has brought about has made him (Timmons) more aware of the problems," he said. "Couch Timmons do a program and he loves the university."
LEWIS SAID SOME athletes were in timitated and didn't feel they could approach the coaches with their problems. He said he had comments would help matters in the long run.
Timmons said he expected the team to be competitive again soon.
"He wants to see the team excel and whatever the problem, I think he try to impress."
"We're going to give every effort to get back there," he said. "You have to realize Kansas has won over half of all the conventions. You don't think we are going to stay down."
"We're not going to stay down, no way
We've got too much pride."