University Daily Kansan, April 4, 1985
SPORTS
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NEWS BRIEFS
Royals beat Cincinnati 4-1
TAMPA, Fla. — Steve Balboni and Dane lorg delivered RBI singles in a 4-run Kansas City eight inning yesterday to Cincinnati Cincinnati Reds 14 in an exhibition game.
'With the Royals trailing 1-0, Pat Sheridan led off the eighth inning with a single off losing pitcher John Stuper. First baseman Cesar Cedeno then threw wildly to second base trying for a double play on George Brett's ground ball, Balboni and lorg followed with run-producing singles. Balboni then scored on a wild pitch by Sluper and lorg came home on a fielders' choice.
Cincinnati received its lone run in the seventh inning when Davey Concepcion walked, stole second and scored on Ron Oester's single.
New Yorkers honor Redmen
"A band played "New York, New York" beneath an arc of red and white balloons, the school's colors, as the team came out of City Hall and sat beneath a red banner that proclaimed. "New York City loves the Redmen of St. John's."
Several hundred people from nearby office buildings cheered despite a slight dizzle, and they erupted in a lusty chorus "and" as coach Lou Carnecera appears.
The team, dressed in red jackets and red and black scarves, was honored for its 31-4 record and for a playoff performance that eliminated the Redmen in the semifinals.
"The polls were wrong. They only had the Redmen number one for five weeks, but we never stopped having the Redmen as number one."
Team captain Chris Mullin was absent from the celebration because he was in Los Angeles to accept the John Wooden award as the year's outstanding collegiate player.
Before introducing the team, Mayor Ed Keoh told the crowd, "The fact that you are here in the rain shows the love and joy you have for Lou Carnecaecca and the kids."
Bird named player of month
NEW YORK — Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird, the NBA's second leading scorer, was picked yesterday as the league's March player of the month for his impressive 30.2-point average during that period.
Bird, now hitting at 28.5 points per game, also averaged 11.1 rebounds and 7.6 assists in powering Boston to a 12-2 record as the team earned a player of the month honour this season.
Bird reached a milestone on March 12 when he scored a club record 60 points in a game.
Michael Jordan of Chicago, Akeem Obajuwan and Ralph Sampson of Houston, Mark Eaton and Darrell Griffith of Utah and Jeff Malone of Washington were other players named in the voting.
Sportscaster wins Polk award
NEW YORK — Sportscaster Red Barber received a special award yesterday and headed the list of winners of the prestigious Marge Polk Awards in journalism for 1984
The awards, established by Long Island University in 1949 and named for a CBS correspondent who was killed during the Greek civil war, were presented at a luncheon. The citations were read by Douglas Edwards of CBS News.
Barber, 77, has been the embodiment of literacy and honesty in sports journalism for 55 years, the awards committee said in giving Barber a Career Award. He now tapes a weekly National Public Radio segment from his home in Florida.
Connors wins in first round
CHICAGO - Second seed Jimmy
Connors easily defeated former All-
American Jay Lapidus 6-2, 6-3 yesterday.
Boston beat Houston 7-5, $15,000.
Chicago Grand Prix tournament
Connors bends Lapidus in the first game of the match, then broke service again later for a 6-2 first set victory. Connors won the second set and cruised to a 6-3 victory.
Connors made his first tour appearance in a month last week in a tournament at Sapsibel Island, Fla., finishing second to Ivan Lendl.
last week was good for me, working toward getting back into my game.
Cinnors, 32, said he was still not feeling his years and would keep playing until he did.
"I'm not really willing to relinquish my position at this point," said Connors.
Third seed Andres Gomez struggled to a 38, 76 (8-6), 64 victory over John Fitzgerald in a second-round match. Gomez also needed three sets to beat Juan Farrow on Tuesday in his first-round match.
In other second-round matches yesterday, No. 7 Tim Mayotte, Springfield, Mass, defeated John Sadri, Charlotte, N.C., 7-6 (9-7), 7-5; No. 8 seed Scott Davis, Balmoron, Fla., downed Robert Green, Boston, 6-3, 6-4; and Brad Gilbert, Piedmont, Calif., defeated Mike Bauer, Lafayette, Calif., 6-4, 6-1.
Compiled from United Press International reports.
'Hawks take two games from K-State
By SUE KONNIK
Sports Writer
The KU women's softball team stretched its winning streak to eight games by defeating Kansas State 10-1 and 4-1 yesterday at Jawahk Field.
The Jayhawks are 6 on their new home field, despite only practicing on it once.
"Our schedule was so hectic that we hadn't gotten a chance to practice on the field until Monday," head coach Bob Stancil said. "The girls really like the field. We're all excited about it because the dimensions are built for fast-pitch softball."
Although the dimensions are those of a regulation softball field, the outfield fence may still be too far from home plate for KU.
Gayle Luedke, Kansas catcher, slides into third base eluding Jayhawks won both games of a double-header against the tag of Susie Buckman, Kansas-side third baseman. The Wildcats at Jayhawk Field yesterday.
IN THE SECOND game of the double-header, Kansas battles sent the Wildcats to the fence every innning. Eight long fly bails fell long enough; all of them were caught.
Doug Ward/KANSAN
Stanclift attributed the large number of fly outs to the season.
"In the spring, with the wind blowing in, you're going to have a lot of fly outs," he said. "We have been working on it, and we have cut down on them.
"Am Brent and Tracy (Bunge) can hit with power, but, as a team, we try to concentrate on hitting the ball down and hard."
That's what the Jayhawks did in the first game of the day as they rapped K-State pitcher Lisa Tarvestad for eight hits and 10 runs. Kim Tisdale was the winning pitcher, giving up four hits. She walked two and struck out three. She is now 9-0.
KU capitalized on three Wildcat errors in the bottom of the second. Kansas scored five goals in the final.
THE WILDCATS PICKED up their only run of the game in the first inning. An error by KU shortstop Cherie Wickham and a hit by Joyce Hawley gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.
The Jayhawks didn't score again until the bottom of the sixth inning. Designated hitter Bunge had a two-run double in the inning and scored by a double in the right-field line to drive in two more runs.
Singles by third baseman Tiffany Clayton and left fielder Kelly Knott provided the remaining runs.
Bunge raised her record to 8-5 with the victory over K-State in the second game. She allowed three hits, walked one batter and struck out seven batters.
KNOTT SINGLED TO start off the first inning. She moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by catcher Gayle Luekde and scored on a single by Bunge to give KU a 1- lead.
KState tied the game 1-1 in the top of the second.
A triple to left field by Lueckin in the bottom third iring was good for two RBIs and gave KKK a lead.
KU picked up its final run in the bottom of the sixth. Jill Williams, pinch hitter, tripped, then scored on a double by second baseman Reeie Noble.
The Jayhawks will play Creighton tomorrow at Jayhawk Field. The double-header will begin at 3 p.m.
Creighton is 20-4 this season. The team is ranked in the top 20 in the country.
KState will return to Lawrence on Saturday to begin the Big Eight season. KU will play the Wildcats at 11 a.m. and Nebraska at 1 p.m.
Athletes' drug use angers shot-putter
By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer
Sports Writer
Denise Buchanan has a problem with athletes using drugs to improve their performances.
The Jayhawks will travel to Manhattan on Sunday to face K-State and Nebraska. The first game will start at 11 a.m. The second game will begin at 1 p.m.
"I don't understand how it can be that important," said Buchanan, a shot-putter and disc thrower. "I don't understand how someone can do that to himself."
Buchanan finished 10th in the shot-pat at the National Collegiate Athletic Association indoor national championships in Syracuse, N.Y. last month.
"At nationalists, when some of those people walked in, they looked like men," she said. "I was very surprised."
"I wonder how far some of them would throw if they weren't on drugs."
BUCHANAN HAS THROWN well enough without drugs. The Springfield, Moe., sophomore, has personal bests of 49 feet, $11^4$ inches in the shot-lot and 154-7 in the disc. She finished third in the Big Eight championship and fourth in the All-Star game. KU teammate Lerud Lerdahl won the event.
Assistant coach Scott Calder said Buchanan had made progress since coming to KU.
"Even Stine didn't throw as far as a sophomore," he said. "Stine's indoor school record is only 7 inches farther than Denise's personal record. She'll get that next year."
Calder said Buchanan probably would keep the Big Eight shot-put title at KU next year after Lerdahl graduated.
"She's not afraid of the competition," he said. "If you look at the distances, she probably shouldn't win.
"BUT SIE'S SUCH a great competitor
I think I work better at the Big Fight
Buchanan was the Missouri state champion in the shot-put and discus in both her junior and senior years at Glendale High and held the state record in both events.
"I wanted to do both, but you can only do that at a junior college or really small school, and I didn't want to go to a small school."
She was also a starter on the school's basketball team and was recruited for her skills.
Buchanan narrowed her choices to Missouri and Kansas and chose KU after visiting the campus.
"I had basketball and track scholarships," she said, "and I had to choose between the two.
"ITS A GOOD school with a good throwing program," she said. "I have one of the best coaches around in Coach Calder. He's an excellent technician."
one of us likes to lose. It's a healthy competition."
Buchanan said that working with Lerdahl every day in practice was beneficial to her.
After being slowed by mononucleosis during the outdoor season last year, Buchanan has seen an improvement in her performance.
"I've been working a lot on my technique lately," she said, "and I think it's starting to say off."
BUCHANAN HOPES THAT improvement continues this weekend when she competes in the Texas Relays in Austin, Tex. Buchanan will compete along with five other members of the KU women's team in the four-day meet, which opened with the heptathlon yesterday and today.
"We push each other," she said. "Neither
Buchanan will throw the shot-put and discus. Lerdahl, the defending champion in the shot-put, will defend her title in the event.
Others who will compete for the Jayhawks are Ann O'Connor in the high jump, Lisa Bossch in the discus, Anne Grethe Baeras in the javelin and Rose Wadman in the javelin and high jump. Wadman is also competing in the heptathlon.
The rest of the women's team will compete in the SEMotion Relays at Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
the Harper Scott Huffman and Jim Metzger will represent the KU men's team at the Texas Relays. The rest of the men's team will represent the Kansas State Invitation in Manhattan.
Major league sets 7 games for playoffs
By United Press International
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Negotiators for major league baseball players and club owners yesterday announced a tentative agreement to expand the two leagues' championship series from five to seven games this fall.
The leagues had been playing a best-of-five League Championship Series since 1969 when each split into East and West divisions.
Responding to a deadline imposed by network television, the owners and the players' union agreed to the new seven-game format but left unresolved the question of how to distribute $8 million in training fees that the two extra games will bring in.
Unless the distribution of the funds is resolved by Sept. 16, the entire $9 million of funds will be distributed.
The division of the escrowed revenues would be resolved as part of the labor negotiations that have been under way since November to reach a new basic contract.
Orienteering champs credit study of maps
By SUE KONNII
Sports Writer
By SUE KONNIK
Sports Writer
Studying maps in the shower has made one graduate geography student a national
Peggie Dickison, St. Paul, Minn., won the women's National Intercollegiate Orienteering Championship over the weekend in Birmingham, Ala. This is the second consecutive year Dickison has won the title.
"I have a map hanging in my shower, and I study it every day," she said. "It really helps to know the terrain before trying to run through it in a meet."
Michael Eglinski, Lawrence senior, won the men's national title.
GEORGE MCCLEARY, ASSOCIATE professor of geography and adviser for the KO orientering club, said that if an orientee didn't spend a lot of time reading and studying maps, during a race he might encounter features on the map he had never seen before. He would then lose valuable time.
"I have improved so much since last year," he said. "The only way to improve is a lot of training. Training involves adding in training maps and different types of terrain."
Studying maps helped Eglinski do well this year.
Dickison entered her first meet in November 1982.
"I did really well in my first meet," she said. "It usually takes a long time to get good because you have to read a map and relate the map to the environment."
"Topographical maps show green vegetation, brown contour lines and blue bodies of water," he said. "The vegetation is highly generalized, but orienting maps show considerably more detail and information."
"They may illustrate individual rocks, boulders and small cliffs. It is a much easier subject to capture."
Dickison had a head start on most beginning orientes.
"I had early success because I could already read a map," she said. "I have always been a runner and that didn't hurt."
ORIENTEERING IS A sport involving navigation through a forest or wooded area, using a map and compass. The first participant to complete the course is the winner. The courses are generally six to nine kilometers long.
THE MAPS ARE given to the participants minutes before the start of a race. The map has about 10 circled locations corresponding to the route that the orienteer is suppose to take.
McCleary said the maps used in the meets were similar to U.S. Geological
Games to be broadcast by KMBZ,not KCMO
Staff Reporter
By CECILIA MILLS Staff Reporter
KU football and basketball games will be broadcast on a different radio station in the Kansas City area beginning next year, the news and program director of the new station said yesterday.
KMBZ-AM will replace KCMO-AM as the athletic department's broadcaster in Kansas City, said Andy Ludum, the director. On Tuesday, KMBZ signed a two-year contract with Learfield Communications Inc., Jefferson City, Mo., to broadcast the games. Learfield owns broadcasting rights to all KU interleague athletic events.
As a result, KMBZ will no longer broadcast the University of Missouri football and basketball games, Ludium said.
"KU is far superior," he said. "They are one of the premium sports franchises in the business."
"IT'S A WIN for KMBZ and a loss for KCMO."
"I don't think KU has been given the promotion that's available," he said.
Kevin Meyer, Learfield's executive producer of sports, said KMBZ made an
Ladlum said the radio station would promote the broadcasts every day for a week before the games through a variety of contests and other events.
ad attractive offer including promotion of KU athletics through billboards, newspaper advertisements and promotion of the games on its FM station.
KMBZ has not only the rights broadcasts but also the broadcaster
"Their sole focus on both stations will be heavily bent toward KU sports," Meyer said.
BOB DAVIS, THE "Voice of the Jay- hawks" started Sunday as sports director at KMHZ. Davis also started as the radio station's morning and noon announcer.
Davis was hired last spring as KU's announcer. He will continue to announce games for the athletic department in addition to working for KMZB. Meyer said.
Davis has won the Kansas sports announcer of the year award four times. He did play-by-play announcing for Fort Hays State University before Leafield hired him.
"Bob Davis is very exciting on the air." Meyer said. "He uses descriptive phrases. He's technically good and descriptively good."
MEYER SAID THE broadcasts would continue to include Max Falkenstien, who provides historical commentary for the broadcasts.
Learfield has a five-year contract to broadcast KU's football and basketball games.
Learfield also owns the rights to events at Iowa State. Oklahoma State and Missouri