University Daily Kansan, March 28, 1985
SPORTS
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NEWS BRIEFS
Lewis interested in decathlon
HOUSTON — Carl Lewis, who captured four gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, said recently that he was thinking about competing in the decathlon.
Lewis, the world's top-ranked spinner and long jumper, said he would consider the decathlon if his sister Carol continued to improve in the heptathlon.
"If Carol becomes the No. 1 hepatite in the country, I will give it a shot," Lewis said. "I think she'll be the best. That'll give me the motivation to train for it." Lewis said the pole vault might give him trouble.
"I cleared 9 feet, 6 inches in a high dual team dulet." Meet, Lewis, 23. said. "I thought I could make 13 feet with training, and I would some Super Guee to hold onto the pole."
Carol Lewis, a senior at the University of Houston, is expected to compete in the heptathlon at Austin's Texas Relyons on April 3 and 4. Lewis said his sister, already a qualifier for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, is capable of scoring more than 6,000 points — 867 points shy of East German 'Sabine Paetz' s world record.
Inventor of golf meter dies
WELLESLEY, Mass. — A memorial service will be held Friday for Edward S. Stimpson, an amateur golfer who invented the widely used "Stimmpeter" for measuring the speed of golf greens.
Stimpson, 80, died suddenly Tuesday at his suburban Boston home.
Stimpson's "Stimmeter," a device used to gauge how fast a golf ball may travel across a green, was adopted by the United States Golf Association. It has been used widely in establishing standards for tournament play throughout the country.
Stimpson, a 1927 graduate of Harvard College, was captain of the school golf team. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1929 and began his business career with the investment department of Shawmut Bank of Boston in the 1930s.
Stimpson played in a number of amateur golf tournaments from 1915 to 1935.
Ping-Pong tournament starts
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — A record 527 players from 71 countries commence battle at the 8th Table Tennis Championships starting today with China expected to maintain its domination of the event.
The great table tennis wall of China has proved nearly impenetrable since 1971 after the cultural revolution.
China has won the women's team title at the last five championships; the men have captured the trophy five times since 1971.
Compiled from United Press International reports.
Tulane coach says players did not cheat
By United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — An alleged pointshaving scandal involving three Tulane University basketball players — reportedly bribed with cash and drugs — is not supported by tapes of the two games under investigation, Coach Ned Fowler said yesterday.
Senior center John Williams, the team's leading scoring and rated a first-round NBA draft choice, was arrested Tuesday night. Senior guard Bobby Thompson and sophomore guard-forward David Dominique were arrested yesterday.
The three players — and Tulane student Gary Kranz, a New Yorker who is accused of supplying the money and narcotics to them — were booked on two counts each of pubs where they were engaged with possession and intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine, officials said.
"WE BELIEVE THAT more than one of the players was involved in accepting money," said Harry Connick, Orleans Parish detective. "We believe narcotics also were involved."
A parish grand jury will hear evidence in the case tomorrow, Connick said, and no further arrests are expected. He said there were three cases where the alleged scandal extended to other schools.
The players, released yesterday on their own recognition, are accused of fixing results of Metro Conference games against Southern Mississippi on Feb. 2 and Memphis State on Feb. 20. Tulane defeated USM 64-63 and lost 60-19 to Memphis State.
FOWLER SAID HE was shocked by the arrests and said he had no evidence of point-shaving by his players. He said he had no indication of drug usage by the team
Athletic Director Hindman Wall said that the university conducted its own investigation after hearing rumors about point-having bats and that he had not taken an oedite to the rumors.
"I looked at the tapes several times and I found there was nothing there to indicate anything out of the ordinary." Fowler said. "There's mistakes made at times, but nothing to indicate somebody was trying to throw a game or shave points."
"I thought it was hilarious that anyone would suspect our team," said Fowler, whose team was 15-13 this season. "It's all we can do to score points, much less shave."
Williams, a 6-10 senior, who averaged 18 points a game this year, was disciplined at least once this year for missing practices, an action Fowler said was unusual for Williams.
Dan Christie, Kansas first baseman, throws to first base after split a double-header yesterday with Oklahoma City — losing diving for a ground ball. The runner was out. The Jayhawks the first 7-4, winning the second 3-2 at Quigley Field.
'Hawks split with Oklahoma City
By MIKE BRENNAN
Sports Writer
Kansas designated hitter Rob Peters came to bat in the fifth innning of yesterday's second game and knew exactly what pitch he wanted to hit
Peters was batting right-handed, and he was looking for a fast ball. He got it and sent the pitch over the left-field fence for a solo home run, giving Kansas a a 3-2 victory over Oklahoma City. The Chiefs won the first game 7-4.
"It was kind of low," said Peters, who hits both left-and-right-handed. "Coach told me I would DH in the second game and I took a lot of batting practice."
Steiner out for season after knee operation
RU used the game with a two-out rally in the fourth. Third baseman John Glenn walked, stole second and moved to third on a wild throw by the catcher, Tony Gwain. KU catcher Rob Thomson doubled and Glenn scored. Thomson moved to third on a passed ball and scored on a single by center fielder Todd Schweigert.
THEN THE DEFENSE took over for the Jayhawks. In the fifth, Oklahoma City's Van Every led off the inning with a single to left and moved to second on a sacrifice by left fielder Greg Ward. Van Every moved to third pitch by pitch by Henry with one out in the inning.
"It's a progressive thing. It's hard to say that caused it. It probably most likely due to a change in the way you learn."
"You can!' say enough about Steiner. Looks to me like I'm going to start here."
Rich Worley, the Chiefs' third baseman, hit a rocket toward short, Shortstop Gary Lang picked up the ball on the first hop, looked the runner back to third and threw to Dan Christie at first base. Henry then struck out Gawin to retire the side.
By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer
The home run, Peters' first of the year,
helped the Jayhawks even their record at
10-10. But until the fourth, it looked as if
Cairo City would sweep the double-breaker.
Injuries have been the only obstacle senior distance runner Brent Steiner has been unable to overcome during his impressive career, and this spring will be no exception.
The Chiffs threatened again in the sixth. With two outs and a man on second, first baseman Randy Bobb slapped a ground ball to John Glenn at third. Glenn tagged out Slade Swanner, who tried to make it to third.
"I've had it for about a year and a half," he
but "it finally just go to where I could
Kansas was leading 4-3 going into the top of the fifth, thanks to a pair of two-run homers by Dan Christie. Worley led off the inning for the Chiefs with a double to right field. Gwinn walked and Swanner moved both runners with a sacrifice bunt.
Steiner, an All-American in cross country last fall, will miss the outdoor track season after undergoing knee surgery last week.
The Jayhawks intentionally walked Scott Floyd to load the bases. Pattin was playing the percentages and it paid off.
Left fielder Jay Henderson came up and tapped the ball in front of the plate. Pitcher Bret Morris pounced on the ball and tossed it to Thomson at home for a force out. Thomson riffed the ball to first to complete a double play. KU still led 4-3.
Men's truck track coach Bob Tirmtsons said
legged Steiner would be a big blow to the
boots.
"It went pretty well, I guess." Steiner said of the surgery, performed Thursday at St. Luke's hospital in Kansas City. "It doesn't feel like it, but the doctor said it did."
"ILL BE LEAVING Kansas with a lot of goals that I didn't accomplish," he said. "It's frustrating, as long as I keep busy and keep my mind off it, I'll be all right."
The Chiefs jumped on KU starting pitcher Paul Henry for two runs in the first inning. Kevin Burdick led off the game with a double in the ninth, and Lym Van Every followed with a home run.
BUT OKLAHOMA CITY threatened again in the sixth and this time they came through with four runs. John Heeyen came in to pitch with the bases loaded and one out. Gwinn, batting for the Chiffs, cleared the bases with a double. Oklahoma City led 7-4.
"Our pitchers are throwing strikes and we have to make the plavs." Lang said.
Steiner will not be able to run for two or three hours and will start therapy on the knee Friday.
said. "He was seventh and an All-American at nationals in cross country. Obviously, he would have been one of the best distance runners in the conference.
Sidelined with a variety of ailments in almost every season since his sophomore year, this latest injury will force Steiner to miss his final semester of eligibility.
HENRY SETTLED DOWN after that and
become the man before being
pawed by Jon Stone in the sh
tle.
Steiner has chondromalacia, or "runner's knee," a condition rather common among
"This is supposed to stimulate the inside muscles and prevent atrophy in the knee," he
"Paul Henry pitched a heck of a game," Pattin said. "It was a tough situation for a freshman but he's not afraid to challenge people.
"the fact that this is not such a strong team makes it even a more devastating loss."
DEFENSE WAS ALSO the key in the first game, and both teams came up with big defensive plays at the right time.
Steiner pointed to an electronic muscle stimulator he now wears on his belt.
STEINER SAID THE muscles on the outside of his left knee had become stronger than the muscles on the inside of the knee.
Kansas got a rally going in the bottom of the sixth when Glenn reached first on an error and advanced on a single by Thomson. Schweigert then hit into a double play, killing the threat. The Chiefs also turned a double play to end the game.
"He's a big loss to the team," Timmons
"Morris kept us in the ball game," Pattin said. "We confirmed our guys into position and helped them do that."
"If we get things in proper perspective, we may cause some people some trouble."
Kansas opens its Big Eight conference schedule Saturday with a double-header against Iowa State at Quigley Field
Tournament features ranked teams
By TONY COX
Sports Writer
The women's golf program will take a big step forward when the Jayhawks compete in the South Carolina Invitational beginning Friday, KU head coach Kent Weiser said before the team left Tuesday.
The tournament is played at the Woodland's Country Club in Columbia, S.C.
"With all the pluces we had going for us in the last year, we wanted to expand." Weiser said. "It's not easy to get into these rooms. To get into this one was such a 'oak'
played in several years. Over half the teams are in the top 25 in the nation."
"This is by far the biggest tournament we've played in and has the best teams we've
SOUTH CAROLINA, THE no. 23 team in the nation, will host the tournament. Other teams are Wake Forest, ninth in the nation; Ohio State, 10th; Michigan State, 15th; Georgia, 16th; Furman, 19th; Kentucky, 21st; South Florida, 22nd; Alabama; Memphis State; Minnesota; Troy State; Florida state; and KU.
"I hope we have a good showing and get to know some people in order to get invited to some other big tournaments around the country," Weiser said. "You've got to start somewhere, and this is a good sign for our program."
put in a lot of work and we've done well.
We're a better team than we were in the fall, but we haven't faced teams like this."
Three of the five golfers that KU will take to the tournament are freshmen, which indicates a promising future for the team, Weiser said.
ANN BRAYMEN, TINA Gwewch and Susan Pekar are the three freshmen who will make the trip. Juni Maurene Kelly and sophomore Schmidt. Sched also will compete in Jayhawks.
Weiser hopes the team will not be intimidated by the high caliber of the competition.
"I think we're pretty well prepared," he said. "I think we're in a good state of mind."
Women take two from Minnesota
By SUE KONNIK
Sports Writer
tracy Burge lead the team in hitting, collecting four hits in seven times at bat. Burge is 24 for 54 on the year with a .444 batting average.
The KU women's softball team increased its record to 15-5 as the team defeated Minnesota 4-0 and 3-2 yesterday at Jayhawk Field.
Bunge, a junior pitcher, raised her record to 7.5 as she allowed three hits, walked one and struck out nine.
KU's center fielder Sheila Connolly walked to start the bottom of the first inning. She moved to second on a bunt by third baseman Tiffany Clayton.
"Tracy pitched better that she has been," head coach Bob Stancilc said. "Minnesota
BUNGE STRUCK OUT, but the catcher missed the ball and Bunge beat out the throw to first. Connolly moved to third on a wild pitch and then scored as Minnesota's pitcher Judy Oliverius sailed another one over the head of catcher Kim Katzemeyer.
Right fielder Ann Brent's single drove in Bunge to give KU a 2-0 lead.
Minnesota held Kansas scoreless in the second inning, but KU picked up its final two runs in the bottom of the third. A double to
left field by Kelly Dows put KU up 3-0, and a
outfield outfielder Kelly Scott for the four game
PITCHING BEHIND RUNGE all year has been to Tisdale's advantage, Stancift said. The first four batters for Minnesota in the second game couldn't muster more than weak pop-ups to KU's infield. The next six struggled with slow ground balls.
Kim Tisdale raised her record to 8-0 as she led KU over Minnesota 3-2 in the second game. Tisdale gave up five hits, holding Minnesota to two hits going into the seventh inning.
Meanwhile, KU got two hits but left the runners stranded. Kansas finally broke the ice in the bottom of the fourth.
Shortstop Cherie Wickham ripped a single up the middle. Bunge faked a bunt, "pulled back and slashed a single to right to move Wickham to third.
Brent walked to load the box. First baseman Gayle Luedek's sacrifice fly to left scored Wickham to give KU a 1-0 lead. Minnesota's pitcher Barb Drake settled down and got the next two batters to ground out, which ended the inning.
KU STRENGTHIED TFS LEAD 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run double by power-ups.
"That was a real clutch hit by Reenie in the sixth," Stanlief said. "It looked like
insurance runs, but they turned out to be the game winning runs."
Minnesota was not defeated vet.
Minnesota was not defeated yet.
The lead off batter singled, and Drake unloaded a home run on the first pitch, cutting KU's lead to 3-2. Tisdale got three of the next four batters to ground out to third and captured the win.
The losses dropped Minnesota to 7-6. KU will travel to Bartlesville, Oka., for the American Legion Tournament. The team will leave today and return on Sunday.
"WE'LL PLAY FOUR games on Friday and one on Saturday before the teams are seeded into the championship bracket," Stancifl said. "Creighton, Missouri and Oklahoma State are in the top 20 in the tournament. In there. It will be an excellent tournament."
KU will also face Oklahoma City and Texas Tech
"Kim has a tooth knocked loose and she has a lot of headaches." Stancliff said.
The team is heading to the tournament with several players injured. Catcher Kim Cobb was injured in a collision at home plate and may be injured against Washburn and may not make the trip.
Connolly pulled a leg muscle during spring break and had to be taken out of the second game yesterday because it was tightening up. Stancliff said.
Coaches not intimidated by Georgetown defense
By United Press International
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Sportswriters, sportscasters, fans and some players may consider Georgetown's awesome defense intimidating.
But none of the coaches of the Final Four teams thinks the Hoyas will scare anybody out of the 1985 NCAA basketball championship.
Georgetown meets St. John's, and Memphis State faces Villanova in Saturday's semifinals. The winners will advance to the title game Monday night.
"I think the physical connotation sometimes gets way out of perspective," Georgetown coach John Thompson said yesterday.
"The teams who don't play aggressive
"I've watched Memphis State play they're an excellent team, and they play basketball the way it's supposed to be played with intensity.
"SAID A week ago that when an athlete reaches this level of competence, you're not going to scare him out of playing well through intimidation. 'Thompson said,'
are watching us on television, so I don't
tweet when I referent from anybody who'ts
he said.
Memphis State coach Dana Kirk said almost the same thing when asked to compare the style of play between the Big East and the Metro Conference.
we've played Georgetown and Villanova in the last three years in the NCAs. I don't think there's been any intimidation," Kirk said.
ST. JOHN'S COACH Lou Carnesee proper had the last word on the subject because his team's seminal with fourth-seeded Mets would fourth game between the two teams is a
st. John's won the first game, 66-65, and lost the next two, 86-81 and 92-80. The third matchup was for the Big East tournament championship.
The reporter asking Carnesecea's comment referred to the two Georgetown victories as crushes, which prompted Carnesecea's answer with his tongue in cheek.
"John is a very nice fella," Carnesecca said. "He would never crush you. How can you ever say he crushes you?