SPORTS
University Daily Kansan, April 23, 1985
Page 13
NEWS BRIEFS
Royals win with 2 home runs
TORONTO — Charlie Leibrandt tossed a five-hitter and Steve Balboni and Darryl Millett each belled solo homers last night. A 2-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Leibrandt, 2-0, struck out three and walked one en route to his second complete game of the season. The 28-year-old scored the second a complete game in 23 starts in 1984.
Dave Stieb, 12, went the distance for Toronto to become the first Blue Jay starter to pitch a complete game. He allowed eight hits and walked three.
With the score tied 0-4 and one out in the fourth, Balboni, last week's Player of the Week in the American League, drove a 1-2 delivery off Stieb in the left-fieldomes. The Kansas City slugger's humor was his fourth in his last seven games.
The Royals made it 2-0 in the eighth inning when Motley deposited an 0-2 delivery from Stieb into the left-field bleachers.
Tourney loses Crosby name
PEBLEB BEACH, Calif. — At the request of the Crosby family, the name Bing Crosby will no longer be associated with the annual pro-am golf tournament held at Pebble Beach, Calif., it was announced yesterday.
A statement released by Kathryn Crosby said there would be no Crosby tournament next January because she has withdrawn permission to use the Crosby name. She said the tournament had become "too commercial."
A separate statement released by the Monterey Peninsula Golf Foundation, which acts as host for the annual celebrity event, said the golf tournament would continue to be held under a new name, which has yet to be chosen.
Lew Russo, a spokesman for the tournament's executive committee, said Crosby's complaints about commercialism, including a charge that the event had become a "corporate sideshow for the PGA" are "absolutely ridiculous."
He said a tournament would be held next year with or without the Crosby name and the Crowdy name.
Deane Beman, PGA commissioner, said in response to continue a stop at Pebble Beach.
The Crosby golf tournament, originally called the Crosby Clambake, has been in existence since 1937.
Base-stealing record broken
ORLANDO, Fla. — University of Central Florida center fielder Tim Barker set an NCAA Division I single-season stolen reporter Florida International University
Barker stole three bases to bring his season total to 19, surpassing the record of 89 set in 1984 by Lance Johnson of South Alabama. For the season, Barker has stolen 91 bases in 98 attempts in 75 games and has swiped 19 consecutive bases.
Compiled from Kansan staff and United Press International reports.
Football, basketball tickets to cost more
By CECILIA MILLS
Sports Writer
Next year, some KU sports fans will have to shell out a few more dollars to attend basketball or football games, according to the Athletic Department's 1985-86 budget.
Almost all student, faculty and public tickets to football and basketball games will increase in price.
However, the student All-Sports ticket will still be $45 — the same price it’s been since its inception four years ago.
Johnson said the tickets might be sold this spring, but no schedule has been set.
BUT THE PUBLIC and members of the faculty and staff will see much larger increases in most ticket prices.
Student season tickets for football only or for basketball only will increase by $2.
The biggest increase will be in reserved season football tickets, which will cost the public $89 next year, $22 more than last season.
All season ticket prices for football increased, but the number of games covered by the tickets also increased from five to seven.
Faculty and staff members' season foot-
tickets will raise to $60,75, an increase of
$14,95.
Johnson said the increase in the public's season ticket price was made to offset the cost of the additional two games.
The price of a public single reserved ticket for football will remain at $13, except for three games. For Indiana the football game will cost $15 and the K-State football game will cost $15.
SINGLE-GAME TICKETS for the public will increase by 50 cents to $9 and $8.50.
Basketball ticket prices will also increase next year. For public chair and bleacher seats in the reserved section, prices will all increase by $7.50 to $135 and $127.50.
The price of a basketball season ticket for
at least 15 staff members will increase from
$90 to $95.
Faculty and staff members receive a 25 or
50 percent discount from the public cost for season tickets to either football or basketball
Preferred seats are available only to faculty or staff that have bought those tickets for several years at a 25 percent discount. If you don't have tickets, the seats are open to Williams Fund contributors.
ALL OTHER SEATES are sold to faculty as staff members for 50 percent of the public.
Johnson said that Williams Fund contributors received priority on seating for football and basketball, but that they paid full prices. To receive an improved seat currently no opening must exist. Currently no openings exist in the preferred seating area.
Doug Ward/KANSAN
Field. Today's scheduled double-header against Central Missouri State has been canceled. KU will play a double-header Thursday against Washburn at Quigley Field.
Chuck Christenson, left, senior infielder struggles to pit in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on wiser yesterday; contest after a practice game at Quigley Stadium.
Tulsa names Richardson's replacement
Bv United Press International
TULSA, Okla. — J.D. Barnett, basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth last season, last night was named head coach of the University of Tulsa.
The move was announced by Tula president J. Pascual Tytwam at a news conference.
Barnett replaces Nolan Richardson, who resigned April 9 to become head coach at Baylor.
"Tulsa University has some very fine players and a tremendous program that Nolan Richardson has built," Barnett said. "It will be a challenge for me to try maintaining and improving on his work. I feel the nucleus of a championship team is already here, and a top-level team might be one or two players away."
Barnett, 41, had a 132-48 record in six seasons at Virginia Commonwealth. His Rams were in the NCAA Tournament in five seasons.
Virginia Commonwealth went 26-6 this year and was the regular-season and tournament champion of the Sun Belt Conference. The Rams were ranked as high as No.11 and were the No.2 seed in the West Regional
Barnett said VCU assistant coaches Kevin Eastman and Dave Hobbs would join him in Tulsa.
Big Eight tennis tournament begins today
By MIKE BRENNAN
BASEBALL ALMANAC
Sports Writer
Each day of the regular season has given head tennis coach Scott Perealman something to deal with, whether it be injuries or the everyday problems with coaching the team.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NHL EAST
| | East | W | L | Pct. | GR |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Detroit | 7 | 4 | 658 | | |
| Milwaukee | 7 | 4 | 658 | 1 | |
| Toronto | 7 | 6 | 338 | 1 | |
| Baltimore | 6 | 6 | 500 | 1/2 | |
| Boston | 6 | 6 | 500 | 1/2 | |
| New York | 5 | 5 | 500 | 1/2 | |
| Cleveland | 5 | 7 | 417 | 2/3 | |
| West | | | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oakland | 7 | 5 | 583 | | |
| California | 7 | 5 | 583 | | |
| Seattle | 7 | 5 | 583 | | |
| Kansas City | 6 | 6 | 500 | 1/2 | |
| Chicago | 5 | 6 | 455 | 1/2 | |
| Tampa | 5 | 6 | 417 | 1/2 | |
| Minnesota | 4 | 9 | 388 | 1/2 | |
East W. L. Pct. GB
New York 9 3 750
Chicago 8 4 667 1
Montreal 6 6 507 3
St. Louis 6 7 417 4
Philadelphia # 5 4 333 5
Pittsburgh 4 8 333 5
West 8 5 415 —
Cincinnati 8 6 355 —
San Diego 6 5 358 —
Los Angeles 6 5 358 —
Houston 7 6 338 —
Atlanta 7 6 338 2
San Francisco 7 6 355 2
But yesterday, Perelman put all those thoughts behind him and began concentrated on today's Big Eight championship game. The Woodside Racquet Club in Kansas City, Mo.
"It's a new day, a new opportunity to the practice," said him as he walked of the practice court.
The women open tournament play at 9 a.m. today with the first round of singles. The first round of doubles competition will begin at 11:30 a.m.
The Cowboys have won the conference championship the last four years in a row.
The singles consolation semifinals will begin at 3 p.m. and the singles championship at 4 p.m.
Perelman is excited about the tournament and KU's chances of winning the conference championship. The women's team has 39 points, good enough for second place going into the tournament, 12 points behind first in Oklahoma State. Oklahoma is in third with 35 points.
championship was 1979, and Perelman wants his team to play well enough to narrow the gap between the Jayhawks and Oklahoma State.
"I just want them to go for it," he said. "I want us to control our own destiny. I want to clearly distinguish ourselves as second in the conference."
The women's line up will have Barbara Inman at No. 1 singles, followed by Tracy Treps, Christine Parr, Janelle Bolen, Laura Runnels and Marie Hibbard. The Kansas doubles team will be Iman and Begin at No. 2 and Parr at No. 2 and Runnels and Bolen at No. 3.
KU's men's team is going into the tournament with a chance to capture the conference championship for the first time in 20 years. The Jayhawks have amassed 44 points during the regular season, just four months before Oklahoma State, which is in first place.
"I think our guys have always been a tournament-type team," Perelman said. "We have seven guys that are opportunists."
Not only do the men have the opportunity to win the conference title as a team, but some players will have the opportunity to get a bid. The Association tournament in Athens, Ga.
Mike Wolf is undefeated in conference play at the No.1 singles position, making him the No.1 seed for the tournament. Michael Center, No.2 singles player, is also undefeated. He will be the No.1 seed in his singles position.
Wolf and Center also play No. 1 doubles and are undefeated in seven matches KU's No. 2 doubles team of Charles Stearns and Larry Pascal are also undefeated. Both teams will be seeded No. 1 in their respective positions.
Playing No. 3 singles will be Stearns and Mark McLiney will play in the No. 4 position for the injured Tim Mahaffy, who is recovering from a shoulder separation.
Rounding out the singles ladder will be Pascal at No. 5 and Dave Brody at No. 6 Playing at No. 3 doubles will be McLiney and Gig Brown, if Mahaffya cannot recover in time.
Swim coach sticks by coaching philosophy, faces criticism, praise
By DAVID O'BRIEN
Sports Writer
Sports Writer
When Gary Kempi took over as head coach of the KU women's swim team in 1976 at the age of 21, several members of the team were older than he was.
The women won the Big Eight title in that first year under Kempf, now 31, and things haven't changed much since. Before finishing second to Nebraska this season, the women had won ten conference championships in a row.
"That was quite an experience," he said recently. "It caused some problems early, but once we got started, there weren't any at all."
In 1980, Kempf took on the added responsibility of the men's team. Although his men's teams have yet to win a conference title, Kempf said his goal was to make both squads Big Eight champions in the same year.
**IT'S REALLY Difficult to do that.**
he said, "but the time is now. Our men made great progress this year, and we need to react on this right away."
Kempf began swimming at the age of six in his hometown of Bartlesville, Okla. Competing with the Philips 66 Splish Club for 12 years, he placed national records in different age groups.
"The minute you stay the same, you start regressing."
At Bartlesville's Sooner High School Kempi didn't confine his efforts to the pool
He won state championships in the mile and
track. He also started at start of shorten
on the baseball team.
Head swim coach Gary Kempf stands in his office in Allen during his tenure as coach of the KU men's and women's Field House. Kennf has coached more than 20 All Americans teams.
"I was your typical shortstop — all field and no hit," he said.
BUT SWIMMING REMAINED Kempf's first love.
As his older brother, Tom, did before him, Gary decided to attend the University of Kansas. During his first season, he won three NCAA titles and an Eastern Conference swimmer at the Big Eight championships.
Kempwon five more titles in the next two years, but suffered a knee injury playing pick-up football during his senior year and could only manage a fourth-place finish in the 500-yard free style at the conference meet.
Kempf went straight out of college into the coaching profession. A pre-med major, he had decided during his senior year that he didn't want to go on to medical school.
"I THINK WHAT they wanted was swimming experience," Kempf said of his being hired for the coaching post. "My name was Tara and I was already a men's assistant coach."
Kempf took over the defending Big Eight champions and guided them to nine more consecutive titles. In the process, he built one of the most respected swimming powers in
The trophies, plaques and certificates that line the walls of his office in Allen Field
House are testimony to the success of Kempf's program. He has coached two American record holders, more than 20 individual All-Americans and five national top-20 teams. He was named the National College Athletic Association women's Coach-of-the-Year in 1983 and has earned Big Eight Coach of the Year honors twice.
BUT KEMPH HAS also received criticism for some of his coaching methods. Some
former swimmers have complained that he pushes his athletes too hard, that winning is all that's important in Kempf's program.
The criticism reached its peak last semester when several swimmers quit the KU men's team, including Big Eight champion Todd Neugent. Neugent cited Kempf and his coaching methods as the reason for his departure. He said Kempf
made the team swim hard constantly, never allowing them to recover properly.
Neugent's brother, Ron, a former team co-captain who also swam under Kempf, said something was wrong with the KU program. He said Kempf's philosophy had taken the fun out of swimming and that was why people were quitting.
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