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University Daily Kansan, April 29, 1985
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Yankees fire Berra; Martin hired again
By United Press International
CHICAGO — Yogi Berra, given a guarantee by club owner George Steinbrenner he would manage the New York team the entire season, was fired after 16 games today and replaced by Billy Martin, who takes over the team for the fourth time.
The action came after New York lost 4-3 to the Chicago White Sox, dropping the Yankees' record to 6-10, last in the American League East.
"This action has been taken by the Yankees and we feel it is in the best interests of the club," Steinbrenner said in a statement.
Yankees general manager Clyde King, who issued the statement, said the owner would rather fire 25 players than to fire him, we all know that would be impossible."
Martin begins his fourth stint as Yankees' manager tonight when the club plays the Texas Rangers.
There was no immediate word on whether Berra — one of the most popular individuals in Yankee history — would be reassigned to the front office.
Steinbrenner said at the end of last season that Berra would manage the entire season regardless of how the team performed.
"The Yankees will not be making any changes for 1985." Steinbrenner had said. "Yogi's contract will be honored and he will be the Yankee manager next year."
Steinbrenner repeated that statement during spring training. He made a similar promise to Bob Lemon before the 1982 season and dismissed him after 14 games.
But it became apparent last week that Steinbrenner was annoyed at Berra's handling of the team. The club lost five of its arch-rivals, the Boston Red Sox and the series and Steinbrenner complained over the lack of discipline on the field.
Steinbrenner also was upset by the failure of most of the team to attend an optional workout last Monday and blamed Berra for not being more authoritative.
"When you have to listen to it (the rumors) every day, you know what can happen." Berra said after the fire. "This weekend, I don't think it had anything to do with it. We lost a couple one-run games (including a 5-4 loss Saturday in 11 innings). If we had gotten blown out, that probably wouldn't have changed his mind. We have a good ball club. It's not jelling right now."
"This is the hardest thing for me to take," said pitcher John Montefuco. "I was a friend to everyone but it wasn't Jason's fault. Nothing surprises me anymore."
Men take three Big Eight titles
By MIKE BRENNAN
Sports Writer
Kansas won three Big Eight titles Friday in a day filled with controversy at the Big Eight men's tennis championships at Woodside Racquet Club.
No. 1 singles player Mike Wolf defeated Oklahoma's Olivier Lorin, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3. The Jayhawks' No. 2 doubles team of Charles Searns and Larry Pascal won a conference title by defeating Iowa State's Mike Conlon and Dave Reynolds, 1-6, 3-6, 6-4.
Early Friday, head coach Scott Perealman and Assistant Athletic Director Bob Frederick filed a protest of Thursday's coaches committee's decision to default both Jeff Jackard and Center. The appeal was to have gone to Big Eight Commissioner Carl James, but Frederick found that James was out of town.
Kansas had a fourth chance at a title but the No. 1 doubles team of Wolf and Center lost to Oklahoma State's Peter Mallett and Kirk Loomis, 63, 64.
Frederick then informed the associate commissioner, Bill Hancock, that Kansas wanted to appeal the decision. Hancock reached James by phone a short time later.
James accepted the appeal and turned the decision over to head tournament referee Doug Haibrink, who overturned the committee's decision.
In an official statement, Haitbrink said, "The vote of the coaches committee to overturn the referees decision and to default the players is inconsistent with the rules of tennis and out of order because of the inherent conflicts of such a coaches vote."
Frederick had argued that the inter-collegiate Tennis Coaches Association rules and the United States Tennis Association rules were not clear on this kind of issue.
The Cowboys plan to reappeal the decision. Action would not be taken until the next meeting of Big Eight officials.
Frederick said the players suffered the most from the dispute.
"It's a political thing to them," Perelman said. "I think it takes the spirit away from what we came here to do."
"I'm sorry that all the controversy occurred but I also think its unfortunate that the kids are the last ones to be considered," he said.
Center said, "These guys were trying to step on me but I wasn't going to let it bother me. I can't believe it happened."
With the decision laid to rest for the day,
Wolf faced Lorin on an indoor court, after
a close call with the champion.
Wolf said that playing on the slower indoor court would benefit Lorin, who liked to hit palms.
"I would have rather played outside." Wolf said. "I just wanted to win badly."
Wolf suffered through the first set by not being able to get his first serve in the court. Lorin took advantage and won the first set.
But during the second and third sets, Wolf got his serve in more often, which let him concentrate on Lorin's serve.
"Once I got my timing down, I felt more comfortable." Wolf said.
In the third set, Wolf was serving with a 4-3 lead in games. After the first three points of the game, Wolf was losing 3-0. But Wolf won the next four points in a row to win the game. Wolf and Perelman agreed that it was the key point of the match.
"That's the way I wanted it," Stearns said. "If I would have come away with less, it would have been worthless."
Kansas lost the first set 1-6, and Stearns said they lost so fast that he didn't realize that the first set was over.
But they came back in the second and third sets for the victory.
Women 3rd at Missouri tournament
usual said, "It's a terrific feeling, really in light of the hard work we put in this year."
After the Stearns and Pascal match. Perelman took a seat near court No.1 and relaxed.
"My happiest moment came when Stearns won the thing," he said. "He can walk away now as a champion.
"Those are probably the four most intense days of the year for me. You work all year for this. There was a lot of controversy. Everybody involved learned from it."
By SUE KONNIK Sports Writer
The KU women's softball team finished third in the Missouri Tournament this weekend in Columbia.
The Jayhawks are now 34-14 overall. In the first game Friday, KU and second-ranked Texas waged a defensive battle against each other. KU was first to break. Texas scored its only run of the game in the top of the fifth and hid KU scoreless to defeat the Jayhawks 1-0
(Kim Tisdale was the losing pitcher. She started the game but was relieved by Tracy Dunga in the fourth inning.
shortstop Cherie Wickham collected the only hit for KU.
In the second game Friday, KU defeated Creighton 8-1. Burge mitchled the two-bit win.
Creighton is third in the Midwest region behind Kansas. Head coach Bob Stancilc said the purpose of the weekend was to gain confidence and perform well against teams in the region.
"We needed the opportunity to gain more ground in the regional rankings, and we told him, 'he said.' "We came out strong and did well," he said. "We competed in the first two innings against Crofton."
The Jayhawks may have had the big bats out against Creighton, but the timely hits that they needed against Illinois State in the third game weren't there as Illinois defeated KU 1-0.
"We left eight people on base and just couldn't put things together." Stancliff said. "It didn't look good for Saturday's standings."
With one in the out of the eighth,
first baseman Laura Cramer tripled to knock
in the tying run. Wickham then singled to
drive in Cramer for the win
Despite KU's slow start on Friday, the Jayhawks fared better on Saturday. KU defeated Oklahoma State 2-1 in eight innings
KU defeated Missouri 7-2 Saturday afternoon to raise its record to 3-2 in the tournament. Bunge was the winning pitcher.
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Gary Lang, KU shortstop, tags Doug Dascenzo of Oklahoma State. Dascenzo successfully stole second base in Saturday's game with third-ranked Cowboys.
Cowboys ride past Hawks in 4-game series
By MIKE BRENNAN
Sports Writer
A couple of records were broken this weekend as Oklahoma State, the No. 3 baseball team in the country, swept a four-game series from Kansas at Quigley Field.
Saturday, the Cowboys won 25-19, a game that broke two Jayhawk records. The nightcap was suspended because of darkness and finished yesterday with Oklahoma State winning 22-1. The Cowboys also swept yesterday's double-header 8-4 and 13-3.
The first game of the series broke the record for most total runs scored in a single
game for both teams. The Jayhawks and Oklahoma State scored 44 runs, breaking the old Kansas record of 39 set in 1958 against Missouri. The 39 hits also broke the record for hits in one game, the old record was 36 set in that same Missouri game.
Kansas, 18-24-1, will return to action at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Quigley Field for a homeader against Baker for the final home game. Oklahoma State improved its record to 13-11-1.
In the first game, which lasted four hours, Kansas jumped out to a 10-3 lead after three innings. But in the fourth, the Cowboys sent two outs and scored nine runs to take a 12-10 lead.
scoring pace, adding seven more runs in the sixth, for a 19-10 lead. But KU wasn't to be outdone
Oklahoma State continued its torrid
In the Kansas half of the sixth, the Jayhawks scored nine runs, sending 15 men to the plate. The big boost for KU came from designated hitter Steve Meyer, who hit a three-run homer.
Another big bat in the game for the Jayhawks was left fielder Hugh Stanfield, who hit two home runs in the game with six hits and a plate in the game with one sacrifices fly.
The outing made Stanfield 8-for-8 in his last two games. During the series against Oklahoma State, he went 10-for-15 at the plate and knocked in seven runs.
But the totals for the series for the Cowboys were more startling. They scored 68 total runs on 66 total hits. They also sent 197 men to the plate in the four games.
The big man at the plate for Oklahoma State was Pete Inaviglia. He hit five home runs in the series and now has a total of 34
Yesterday, in the first game of the double-header, KU's starting pitcher John Heeney held Incaviglia to just two hits. Heeney was given a 1-0 lead in the third innning on a double by Stanfield, who knocked in shortstop Gary Lang.
In yesterday's nightcap, KU was trailing 3-2 after four innings. But in the fifth, Oklahoma State exploded for seven runs to put the game away.
Women take fourth place at tournament
The women's golf team ended its season this weekend with a fourth place finish at the Citi Classic.
The team shot a 311 in the first round of the tournament Thursday and a 350 Friday to finish
Mauren Lee, New Ulm, Minn., junior,
led KU with rounds of 84 and 81 for a total of
165. Sue Pekar, Wausau, Wis., freshman,
shot rounds of 82 and 88 for a total of 170.
Brenda Sanders, Cottonwood, Minn., junior,
finished at 172 with rounds of 85 and 87.
KU head coach Kent Weiser said it was good to see the team play well in the first round because the players had never played the course before.
A scheduled third round was ranned out. Brigham Young won the tournament with a score of 643, narrowly defeating Houston Baptist with 644. Washington, the host school, finished third. Washington State withdrew from the tournament Wednesday and Oregon State had only three players, making them ineligible in the team standings.
Tina Gnewchw, Green Bay. Wis.
freshman, shot rounds of 80 and 94 to finish at
174 Ann Brayman, Topeka freshman,
finished at 181 on rounds of 87 and 94.
A scheduled third round was rained out.
The second day was more difficult because
she was raining, but Kelly shot better than she
did.
Golfers finish 1st,4th in 2 Iowa tournaments
By TONY COX
After three weeks without competition, the men's golf team had a busy and successful weekend with a fourth place finish at the Drake Relays tournament and a first place finish at the Iowa State Invitational.
Sports Writer
KU scored a three-round total of 933 to take four out of 24 teams at the Drake Relays. The team played two rounds Thursday at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club and one round on Friday at the Hyperion Coff Course.
The Drake Relays tournament was played on two courses because one course couldn't handle 24 teams.
KU had to overcome a lack of familiarity with the courses all weekend. KU head
KU PLAYED A practice round Friday afternoon after the Drake tournament at the course for the Iowa State Invitational in Ames.
"We were playing against a lot of teams from Iowa that had played the course but not ours."
The strategy proved successful as the Jayhawks shot a two-round total of 606 Saturday to win the Iowa State Invitational. The nearest competitor in the
13 team field was Bradley, who finished at 616
KU turned the tables on Bradley after Bradley finished at 928 for second place in the Drake Relays tournament, five strokes ahead of the Jayhawk.
Individually, Steve Madsen, Lawrence sophomore, shot KU's lowest score at both tournaments. He took sixth at the Drake in the first round, 18 rounds of 74, 77 and 76 for a total of 227.
Iowa won the Drake Relays with a score of 104. Central of Iowa took third with a score of 92.
MADSEN WON THE IOWA State Invitational with a total of 147 on rounds of 76 and 71. He had to defeat Iowa's Scott Satek in a sudden death playoff to take first place.
In 'the Iowa State tournament, Brian McGreeyy, Wichita freshman, and David Pettle, Manhattan freshman, gave the game a final score in the second round on Saturday afternoon.
"The two freshman really came through in the afternoon yesterday," Randall said. "They were down after the first round, and I was confident they will be at its time for the freshmen to help out."
McGreevy shot a 73 in the afternoon after shooting an 81 in the morning. Pettie shot a 76 in the afternoon after an 85 in the first round.
Shot-putter's performance highlights Drake Relays
Sports Writer
By DAVID O'BRIEN
KU'S Stine Lerdahl defended her title in the shot-put Saturday at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Lerdahl won the event for the second year in a row with a throw of 51 feet, $4 inch.
"That was the highlight of the meet for us." KU women's head coach Carla Coffey said yesterday. "We were pleased with the performances in most areas, but especially with Sine in the shot-put."
Lerdahl was KU's only individual winner in the 76th running of the meet, which is the third stop on the Midwest circuit that includes the Texas, Kansas and Drake relays. Lerdahl also won the event at the Kansas meet last weekend.
Fred Lewis, the only representative of the KU men's team at Drake, was not allowed to compete due to what graduate assistant A1 Fereshetian called a "procedural mix-up."
Anne Baeras finished fifth in the javelin with a 152-8 throw and Denise Buchanan was sixth in the discus at 156.7 Ann O'Connor won both events to round out the scoring for the KU women.
Kim Jones, who became the school record holder in winning the long jump at the Kansas Relays, finished third in the event at Drake with a jump of 19.93.
The rest of the KU men's team competed in the Ralph Higgins Invitational meet in Norman, Okla. Although competition in the meet was not as tough as in the Drake meet, men's head coach Bob Timmons said the team had several good performances.
Sprinter Rodney Harris was a double winner for the Jayhawks, finishing first in the 100-meter dash in 10.95 and leading off KU's winning 400-meter relay team. Harris Rob Rhett, Raymond Mitchell and Tony Berry finished first in that event in 41.12 seconds.
Mitchell also finished second in the long jump at 23.5$^{\circ}$ and Rhett was second in the 100 in 11.05 and third in the 200 in 22.13.
Other individual winners for the Jayhaws were Sharriff Hazim and Dan Slankard. Hazzim cleared 6 feet, 11 inches to win the javelin and Slankard threw 193-9½ to win the javelin.
John Creighton finished second in the 400-meter dash in 18.4 and fourth in the 200 in 22.9 Kelly Kilcurean was third in the 400 in 23.5 James Riggs was second in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.84
in the 5000-meter run, Kyle Roste was
second in 15-05.1 and Gordon Wasserd was
third in 14-05.2.
Greg Dalzell was third in the 800-meter run in 1:53.42 and Greg Lebert was fourth in 1:54.87. Lebert was also fourth in the 1500-meter run in 3:57.60.
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