University Daily Kansan, April 11, 1985
SPORTS
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NEWS BRIEFS
layhawks to play KC Royals
The Kansas baseball team will play an exhibition game against the Kansas City Royals at 11 a.m. Monday at Royals Stadium. The game will be open to the public.
Jayhawk baseball Head Coach Marty Pattin said that Royals President Joe Burke called him last Monday and depressed an interest in playing KU.
"It will be good for both clubs," Pattin said. "It will be a great opportunity for our kids to play in a nice stadium and against the Royals."
Monday is an off day for the Royals, the third of the first week of the season. The last time the Royals and the Jayhawks faced each other, Patton was a member of the Royals pitching staff and he pitched against KU in that exhibition game.
Easterday's game against Benedictine was postponed because of rain. The game will be rescheduled later in the season if dates are available.
Kansas returns to action Saturday in most Nebraska.
Golfers sign touted recruit
The men's golf team has signed one of the most highly-recruited golfers in the area to a national 'letter of intent, KU head coach Ross Randall announced yesterday.
Otis Ogden, a senior at Washington
High School, and Katy Kawasaki,
the Jayhaws for the Fall 1955 season.
pagan was a semi-finalist at the 1984 United States Golf Association National Championships and played in the
1984 USGA Amateur Championships. He was the 1983 Kansas State Junior Champion and is a four-time Kansas City Junior Champion.
Odgen was recruited by 26 universities.
"He is exactly the type of golfer we are looking for," Randall said yesterday.
"He's a very good student and a very fine golfer." He said in national exposure. John is the type of guy who will help our program a great deal."
Center Big 8 player of week
Michael Center, the No. 2 singles player for Kansas, was named the Big Eight Player of the week yesterday for victories over Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
Center defeated the Cowboys' Peter Mallett, who was the conference singles champion last season 6-4, 6-2. He also defeated the Sooners' Jeff Jackard 6-0, 6-1. Jackard is ranked No. 78 in the latest collegiate tennis poll.
He also combined with Mike Wolf to defeat the doubles team of Mallett and Kirk Loomis, who were ranked No. 9 in the latest pool.
"I felt I played pretty well." Center said. "I beat two guys I've never beaten before. We also beat a doubles team we've never beaten before."
Center was ranked as high as No. 89 in singles earlier this season. Head coach Scott Perelman said he had dropped out of the latest rankings, but the weekend victories might put him back in the rankings.
Rovals lose to Blue Jays 1-0
Both the men's and women's tennis teams return to action Friday against Colorado at the Allen Field House courts.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Willie Upshaw scored from second base on an infield single by Tony Fernandez in the 10th inning last night to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Upshaw led off the 10th against reliever Joe Beckwith with a single to right and took second on a sacrifice by Ernie Whitt. After Rance Mullins grounded out, Fernandez bounced a 3-2 pitch up the middle that shortstop Onix Concepcion speared but was late in his throw to first base.
Upshaw never broke stride and slid home under the throw from first baseman Steve Balboni to give high-priced reliever Bill Caudil a victory in his Toronto debut. Gary Lavelle, another key off-season bulleen addition, picked up the save with a hitless 10 inning.
The Royals threatened in the first when Willie Wilson and George Brett walked and Balboni lined a two-out single to left. But outfielder George Bell threw out a sliding Wilson at the plate when he tried to score from second base.
Kansas City also put runners on first and third in the seventh on singles by Darryl Motley and Jim Sundberg, but Caudill relieved starter Doyle Alexander and retired Concepcion on a fly ball to center to get Toronto out of the inning and keep the game scoreless.
Toronto twice put a runner on second base with two out as Jesse Barfeld doubled in the fourth and Bell singled and took second on a throwing error by conception. On defense, but Kingson on dummy Jackson got Jeff Burroughs on ground to short in the fourth and Barfeld on a fly to right in the sixth to escape any damage.
1992 Games interest 5 cities
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Five cities have submitted statements of interest to the U.S. Olympic Committee to host the 1992 Winter Olympic Games, and officials said yesterday they did not expect to hear from any others.
Yesterday was the official deadline for petifying the USOC of interest.
The five cities that contacted the USOC are Portland, Ore; Anchorage, Alaska; Reno-Lake Tahoe, Nev.; Salt Lake City and Lake Placid, N.Y.
The games were held in Lake Placid in 1960 and 1932. None of the other cities have been host to the games.
Compiled from Korean staff and United Press international reports.
ORU chooses Owens as basketball coach
By United Press International
TULSA, Okla. — Evangelist Oral Roberts yesterday announced the appointment of former Kansas Coach Ted Owens as head basketball coach of the Oral Roberts University Titans, saying Owens was "a man called of God."
"We wanted a man who's a winner, a man who understands this ministry, a man called of God and a man who understands that athletics is an extension of this ministry." Roberts said in introducing Owens as his longtime friend.
Owens, who spent the past two years with an investment firm in Kansas City and worked as a color commentator with Wichita State's cable TV network, replaced Dick
"This was difficult for me to come back to coaching because the investment work was starting to pay off," Owens said. "But basketball is in my blood."
ACRES WAS PRESSURED to resign March 12 after $ _{2/3} $ seasons, posting a record of 46-34.
Owens said he will retain ORU's two assistant coaches, John Block and Dolph Carroll."
"Recruiting is now our top priority," Owens said. "I still think we can salvage a
Yesterday was the first day for recruits to sign national letters of intent to play college basketball.
decent recruiting year because ORU has a lot to offer."
Athletic director Larry Cochell and Roberts, who is president of the school, made the announcement of Owens' appointment as ORU's seventh coach in its 21-year history.
Owens coached Kansas for 19 seasons before being fired two years ago. He was replaced by Larry Brown.
IT APPEARED EARLIER in the week that the front-runner for the job at ORU, a member of the Midwestern City Conference, was Don Eddy, head coach of Texas-San
Kansas was 348-182 under Owens, with six Big Eight Conference championships and eight wins.
Owens, a native of Hollis, Okla., graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1951, where he played basketball in 1949-1951. He served as head coach at Cameron Junior High, Okla., before going to Kansas in 1964 as an assistant under Head Coach Dirk Harp.
In 1974, Kansas edged the Titans in overtime to reach the Final Four. But it was a loss at ORU three years ago that played a part in Owens' downfall. KU lost in overtime in the first ORU game coached by Acres.
Calvin Thompson, KU guard, slam dunks the ball as guards Mark Turgeon, Antonio Campbell and Archie Marshall watch. The four KU players were participating in pick-up games at Allen Field House yesterday. Marshall also signed a national letter of intent with Kansas yesterday.
Omaha star picks KU over Nebraska, others
Jerry Johnson, a 6-foot-7 basketball player from Omaha Benson High School in Omaha, Neb., signed a national letter of intent yesterday with Kansas.
From Staff and Wire Reports
Johnson chose KU over Nebraska, Oregon, Cal-State Fullerton and Arizona to sign with the Jayhawks.
Johnson was an all-state selection in Nebraska and averaged 24.6 points a game. He also averaged 10.4 rebounds a game.
"He's a great athlete and a tremendous prospect," KU basketball coach Larry Brown said. "He is the kind of player we need to play." And the ability to play a number of positions.
"We also think he has the tremendous potential to improve."
Kansas State and Wichita State also each signed two players yesterday. But only Kansas State landed a Kansas high schooler.
Johnson is not finishing his year at Benson High. After he shoved a teacher in February, he was assigned to an individual-study center in Omaha. He is working there to achieve the 2.0 GPA be eligible for a NCAA scholarship
The additions of Marshall and Johnson to the Kansas roster leave the Jayhawks one scholarship. The National College Athletic Association allows 15 players to
ANOTHER NEW FACE for the Jayhawks next season will be Archie Marshall, a 6-8 guard. Marshall transferred from Seminole, Okla. Junior College and has been enrolled at KU since the beginning of the spring semester.
Ty Walker, a 63 all-state guard from tiny Ingalls High School, signed with KState, head coach Jack Hartman said.
Walker led his team to 25-2 mark and a third place finish in the Class 1A state tournament. He averaged 24.8 points and 11 rebounds a game in his senior season.
ASIDE FROM BASKETBALL, Walker was all-state Class IA in football as a quarterback and has turned in a time of 50.5 in the 400 meter dash at the state meet. Walker has a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, Hartman said.
The Wildcats other signee was 6-3 guard Benny Green of North Little Rock, Ark., Northeast High School. Green averaged 20.8 points a game, 5.6 rebounds and 4 assists per game while leading Northeast to an 18-10 record and runner-up spot in Class 4A, Arkansas' largest high school classification.
"We're obviously very pleased to sign these two young men," Hartman said. "Benny Green was the best player in Arkansas, and there's very little question that he has all the tools necessary to make quite an impact here."
AT WICHITA STATE. Shocker coach Gene Smithson signed Steve Grayer, a 6-8 guard from Macon, Ga., Southwest High School. In leading his team to the state championship this past season, Grayer averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds per game.
"Steve was named Mr. Basketball in the state of Georgia." Smithson said. "He is a tremendously gifted basketball player, capable of playing the guard position in college. I definitely feel Steve will become another Shocker All-America."
Another Shocker signee was Lew Hill, 6-5 guard from Mount Vernon, N.Y., Mount Vernon High School and San Jacinto Junior College. Hill will enter Wichita State as a junior. This past season, Hill averaged 18 points and six assists a game.
Smithson uses Wichita State has five scholarships to give and may sign two students.
Detroit beats Cleveland improves record to 2-0
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Detroit, which got off to a record 35-5 start last season and didn't stop until it had claimed the World Series championship, improved to 2-0 yesterday when Lou Whitaker hit two home runs and Kirk Gibson added a three-run shot to lead the Tigers to an 8-1 triumph over the Cleveland Indians at Detroit.
The Tigers won their first nine games last year.
Detroit pitcher Dan Petry allowed four hits over the first six innings for the victory. Aurelio Lopez retired all nine batters he faced for his first save.
Cleveland pitcher Vern Ruhle had retired six batters in a row until Larry Herndon stroked a single to right and went to third on a next-pitch hit-run single to right by Chet Lemon.
WHITAKER THEN LINED his first home run of the season, a shot over the left-field fence. The left-handed batter cracked his bat in the fifth inning to make the score 4-1.
Ruhle was making his first pitching appearance against the team which brought him to the majors. He was released by the Tigers before Whitaker's rookie season, 1978
An error by shortstop Julio Franco on Alan Trammmel's grounder with runners on first and third drove in a run in the seventh and Gibson followed by drilling a 3-2 pitch against the facing of the third deck in right to hike the lead to 8-1.
Rookie third baseman Chris Pititt made a two-base throwing error on George Vukovich's grounder leading off the fourth and two outs later Brook Jacoby lined a single to right center for Cleveland's run.
Detroit added its seventh-inning runs off rookies Ramon Romero and Dave Von Ohlen. Lemon walked and was bunted over by Tom Brookens, stopped at third on Whitaker's third hit, a single, and scored on Franco's error (Gilbert). The Cleveland Devil put a ground ball foul then belted his home run after a delay when the Cleveland trainer treated Merrill.
At Boston, Tony Armas hit a two-run double and Bill Buckner followed with a two-run homer to key a seven-run second inning that carried Boston to its second straight triumph over New York. Bruce Hurst scattered 10 hits in seven innings to earn his first victory. The Red Sox chased Edd Whitson, who was making his Yankee debut, with a seven-run second inning during which they scored six unearned runs.
Rugby team denied championship
By SUE KONNIK
Sports Writer
The KU collegiate rugby team was denied the Merit Table Championship this week, and head coach Bill Mills said yesterday that rugby was been misinterpreted in reaching the decision.
Kansas and Kansas State met March 30 in Lawrence at the rugby fields on 23rd and Iowa Streets to determine the league champion. The day was cold and rainy, and as a result, the game was called. The score was 14-14.
"The rules state that there can be no ties in merit table matches," Mills said. "So the game should have been played again."
The game was not replayed and Rick Pope, president of the merit table executive committee, declared K-State the winner.
"BILL STIPULATED THAT there can be no ties, but as I read it there can be no ties within a definite time period, which is 80 minutes," Pope said. "The game was in overtime and the 80 minutes were over, so the rule no longer stands."
But Mills said the decision was incorrect. "There was some confusion and K-State won the president's decision," he said. "It was a misinterpretation of the merit table laws. We are disappointed, but we will live by his ruling."
Pope declared K-State the winner based on its larger margin of victory over its opponents during the season.
This was the first year that the Heart of America Rugby Football Union has had merit table play. In merit table play the teams in the league play each other during the season, and the top two teams at the
But Mills said the decision was incorrect.
conclusion of the season play for the championship.
BEFORE THIS YEAR, the teams in the league just met once a season and played a two-day tournament.
The win this year gave KState its fifth consecutive league championship.
"Every year they've come and beat KU into the ground," he said, "and this year we had a great chance to beat them. The only way they excelled was that they were more experienced because they are older. Under good conditions we would have done the job."
Pat Roberts, a member of the KU team, said that four K-State championships were enough.
rugby is often played under adverse conditions. Larry Witbeeer, wing for the team, didn't think the conditions on the day of the game warranted the game being called
Golfers place 6th in seven-team field
By TONY COX
Sports Writer
The women's golf team placed sixth out of seven teams with a three-round score of 1,010 in the Big Red Invitational Monday and Tuesday in Norman, Okla.
Confidence and concentration will be the keys if the Jayhawks expect to move up in the standings in future tournaments, KU Head Coach Kent Weiser said yesterday.
Oklahoma, the host school, finished at 953,
12 strokes lower than second-place North
Texas State.
"I felt better about this one when we came back from the South Carolina Invitational," he said. "We did a few things better, but I missed out this time. We had a better effort, though."
"We need to develop our confidence more. Across the board, that what's we lack right now."
NORTH TEXAS STATE'S Chris Leno was the top individual golfer in the tournament. She shot rounds of 75, 78 and 70 for a total of 346. Her last game was played in two days with 27 holes each day.
Maureen Kelly, New Ulm, Minnesota,
juniper, was KU's top individual golfer. She
shot rounds of 85, 77 and 84 for a total of 246
and 190, respectively. She had a lot from the tournament, Weis said
"You're not going to play every round, every time," he said. "On the first round, Maureen was trying, but the shots just didn't drop for her."
"She's probably our leader in learning what it takes to do well. She got a lot out of
MARILEE SCIEID, LAWRENCE sophom, finished at 249 with rounds of 81, 86 and 82. Tina Gneuch, Green Bay, Wisc., won round tests of 84, 88 and 84 to finish at 256.
Like a lot of KU's golfers, Gnewuch is
much better than she has shown in competition so far, Weiser said.
Ann Braymen, Topeka freshman, finished
12. 261 with rounds of 90, 84 and 87.
Weiser said that KU would benefit in the long run with young players getting experience this season.
"Those teams have great competitors. They want to go out and compete, but we want so much to do well that we put that ahead of everything."
Sports Writer
"There's no question, we don't have to take a back seat to anyone." Weiser said. "If we don't worry about the other teams and just play our game, the scores will fall into sleep."
IN THE BIG Red Invitational, Missouri took third at 967, Nebraska was fourth at 999, Iowa State was fifth at 1008 and Kansas State was seventh at 1022.
"It's all just a matter of what we get out of these things," he said. "It will all pay off in playing the freshman as much as we have. It will pay off for them and us as a team."
Pitchers are usually the worst hitters on the team. Tracy Bunge is different -- she's the best.
By SUE KONNIK
'Hawks win both games in Wichita
The junior pitcher went 4-for-7 with a double and three RBIs as the KU women's softball team defeated Wichita State 6-0 and 5-0 in Wichita yesterday. KU is now 25-7.
Bunge is leading the team with a 411 batting average and 19 rattles in batted.
However, her power is not confined to the plate. Bunge held Wichita to one hit while striking out five and walking one batter in the first game. Her record is now
Third baseman Kelly Downs and first baseman Gayle Luedke each contributed two hits. Downs rapped a double and two singles, good for three RBIs.
Head coach Bob Stancifl said he was pleased with the team's performance. Although KU has been hitting the ball hard all season, many of the hits were just long
Stanclift has been working with the team to get the ball down on the ground. KU came through yesterday, rapping Wichita pitching for 23 hits.
"The team played well and did a lot better job hiring," he said.
in the second game of the doubleheader, KU's bats came alive again, knocking Wichita for 11 hits. Three of the hits were by right fielder Kelly Knott.
Kim Tisdale was the winning pitcher. She allowed two hits and struck out two to pick up her 138 victory of the season.