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University Daily Kansan, March 27, 1985 Page 13
NEWS BRIEFS
Royals pound Rangers 11-5
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Lynn Jones hit a home run and a double to drive in two runs Tuesday and lead a 17-hit Kansas Clippers' "sailors" 11-5 pounding of the Texas Rangers.
Kansas City opened the scoring with three runs in the third inning but the Rangers tied the score with two runs in the bottom of the inning and a home run by Toby Harrail in the fourth off winner Bret Saberhagen.
The Royals broke the game open in the fifth, however, scoring four times on five consecutive hits and a sacrifice fly. Pat Sheridan delivered the game winner that snapped a three-game Texas winning streak.
Kansas City's reliever Dan Quinn
serbetchipped three scoreless innings.
Texas, which used three regulars in the game, dropped to 7-8 for the exhibition season while Kansas City improved to 8-9.
Mullin, Carnesecca honored
NEW YORK - Chris Mullin, whose floor game and elegant shot carried St. John's to its first Final Four in 33 seasons, yesterday was named college basketball's Player of the Year by United Press International.
St. John's won the West Regional and will meet Georgetown in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament Saturday in Lexington, Ky.
In balloting by 148 writers writers and broadcasters, Mullin won by more than 2(tn) over Patrick Ewing of Georgetown and Michael DeMauris of 39 and Wavian Tadmei of Oklahoma. 8
In St. Louis, St. John's head coach Lou Carnessee was named college basketball Coach of the Year yesterday by the United States Basketball Writers Association
It was the second time in the last three years that Carnesecea was chosen for the award. He also was named Coach of the Year by The Sporting News this week.
Hall to coach one more game
LEXINGTON, Ky.  Retiring Kentucky
will be holding his memoirs.  Hall will be
bringing his memoirs.
The 56-year-old Hall, who announced his retirement Friday night after a season-ending loss to St. John's in the NCAA quarterfinals, has agreed to coach the East team in the Coach's East-West America game Sunday at Memorial Coliseum.
"I thought I was all done, but now I've got one more shot," said Hall. "I'd better make the best of this one. This will be it — I promise."
Hall's first game as a college coach was on Nov. 29, 1972, when Kentucky played the Chiles national team in Memorial Stadium, the Winnikins before the construction of Rump Arena.
Bandits won't play in fall '86
The West team will be coached by Houston's Guy Lewis. The game features top college seniors not participating in next weekend's NCAA Four games.
Bassett, speaking without any agreement from other USLP owners, held a news conference announcing his decision, and asked Commissioner Harry Ussher to predispose.
"The commissioner is upset," said Bassett, "but we will not play in the fall of 1966, period. I don't speak for the league —this press conference is for the Tampa Bay Bandits. Mr. Usher thinks we're not helping him with his negotiations, but for four years I've done nothing but act in the best interests of the league.
"Now I'm acting in the best interest of the Tampa Bay Bandits."
The USFL is in the midst of its third straight spring schedule and the 14 teams are slated to skip the spring of **86** and head into the finals on top-head against the NFL in the fall of **86**.
Led by New Jersey owner Donald Trump, the league had maintained a unified front for a fail schedule until he wryly worded news release and conference.
"I'm tired of all the hassle," Bassett said. "We've been here three years and the Bandits have done a helluva job. I haven't spoken to one fan within 60 miles of here who wants us to move to the fall and our staff, coaches and fans deserve to know just what our situation will be next year."
Bassett said the Bandits would start another spring football league if they had
"I sent a telex yesterday to the commissioner and the other owners. If they vote for a spring schedule in the next year, I guess. If not, we're not gorilla play in the fall."
Compiled from United Press International reports.
Kansas catcher Kim Cobb prevents Washburn's Lorie Klamm from scoring in a collision in the sixth inning of the first game of a double-header yesterday in Topeka. Klamm's knee caught Cobb in the face, which put Cobb out for the rest of the day with injuries to her mouth and nose. Below, KU pitcher Tracy Bunge watches the results of the collision.
Softball team takes two from Ichabods
By SUE KONNIK
TOPEKA — Many hitters have days when few things go wrong.
Sports Writer
But rarely do they have the kind of day Tracy Bunge had yesterday when she led the KU women's softball team over Washburn University 6-3 and 8-1.
Bunge garnered four hits in five trips to the plate, scored four times, and drove in five runs. She hit for the cycle with a single, a double, a triple and a home run.
"It was just one of those days when the ball less like the size of a watermelon." Bunge said.
The junior pitcher has had many days like yesterday. She has led the team in hitting during the last two years and has been hitting well this season.
"Tracy started off the season great, hitting over .580 in the first several games," head coach Bob Stanclift said. "She cooled off for a while, but she's on back track now."
Bunge grounded out her first time at bat, but then she got her timing down.
"The pitchers didn't change speed much and once I was up the first time and got my timing down, the rest was easy," she said.
Bunge put KU on the board in the top of the third. Sheila Connolly singled to start off the inning. Kim Cobb's sacrifice bunt moved Connolly to second.
A walk to Cherie Wickham put runners on first and second. Bunge's triple to deep right field gave KU a 2-0 lead. Ann Brent's sacrifice fly scored Bunge before Washburn's pitcher Lorie Klamm retired the
The Ichabads picked up one run in the bottom of the third to close the gap to 3-1.
KU increased its lead to 4 in the top of the fifth on an RBI double by Bunge. Connolly's single up the middle in the top of the sixth inning gave KU two more runs.
Washburn scored its remaining runs in the bottom of the sixth with four hits off KU pitcher Bunge.
A collision at the plate in that inning between KU catcher Cobb and Klamm put Cobb out for the day. Klamm's knee connected squarely with Cobb's face, cutting the inside of her mouth and nose. Stanclift said he didn't think Cobb's nose was broken.
Bunge uped her record to 6-5 with the win. Washburn dropped to 9-3. Before the two losses, Washburn was ranked second in the national Athletic Intercollegiate Association.
Kim Tisdale pitched her seven victory and KU rolled over Washburn 8-1 in the second game of the double-header. KU's record is now 13-5.
In her first start of the season, Kelly Knott rapped three hits and collected five RBI.
KU will face Minnesota at Jayhawk Field today at 1 p.m.
Injuries force cancellation of match
Sports Writer
By MIKE BRENNAN
Head tennis coach Scott Perelman sat behind his desk yesterday with an apple in hand.
He was thinking about the Big Eight conference matches that begin April 5. But his smile turned to a look of concern when he left the gym, where he was the men's team took Sunday and Monday.
Pereman had to take a makeshift lineup with him Friday when the team left for Dallas. Kansas was schedled to play Tyler Junior College on Sunday and Southern Miss in Saturday night. The didn't go as planned, and KU was forced to cancel Monday's match against SNU!
INJURIES CAUSED THE cancellation. The usual Jayhawk lineup would have included Charles Stearns, who stayed in
Lawrence, still recovering from a severe ankle sprain. Mike Wolf also stayed in Lawrence but was expected join the team in Dallas Sunday.
The match went on as scheduled and KUu won 5-4. But the match turned out to be a draw.
At least that is what Perelman thought.
Sunday morning, Perelman was supposed to meet Wolf at the hotel. Wolf was not there, so Perelman called him from Dallas.
Wolf, who was in Lawrence, told Perelman that he was not going to Dallas because he was having problems with his shoulder. That meant the No. 1 and No. 3 singles players were in Lawrence, and the team was to play Fly Jr. Junior College that afternoon.
"WE PLAYED VERY poorly." Perelman said. "I was tremendously disappointed in the way we responded to the situation. To be honest, I was embarrassed."
Perelman also thought he had left the injury problems in Lawrence. But the Jayhawks suffered more injuries during the match against Tyler and had to cancel Monday's match against SMU.
Mark McLainey had tendinitis in his shoulder and still tried to play with the pain. Tim Mahaffy threw his shoulder out during his singles match. But he played in his doubles match and served underhanded. He won his doubles match.
PERELMAN SAID HE realized injuries to the athletes were something he had to live with. But not caring about each other and not playing together as a team is something Perelman can't live with. Yesterday, the team got together for a meeting.
"I really felt good about the decision not to play SMU." Perelman said.
Perelman thought the meeting was pro
ductive, but talk is not as important as actions.
"I think we are in good shape," Perelman said after the meeting. "We just aired out all of our feelings. We set some goals."
One of those goals is to win the Big Eight championship and qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Championships. Those are the big goals the team wants to accomplish. But reaching the smaller goals is first on the list.
Those goals are things that Perelman has asked of his team all year: Work hard and play as well as possible.
"We are capable of getting to the NCAA and I am justTickled to die for the opportunity. Perelman said "If we are prepared, there will be days from now, we haven't stepped forward."
"When I look back at this a month from now, I want to be proud."
NIT semifinals start today
By United Press International
NEW YORK - Having survived the "December Death March," UCLA coach Walt Hazzard is ready to inflict some damage of his own at Madison Square Garden in the National Invitation Tournament.
UCLA, making its first appearance in the NIT after 23 seasons among the NCAA elite, takes on Louisville tonight at 8 in the game. Louisville's oldest college basketball tournament.
That game follows a match between Indiana and Tennessee, and the survivorsman will be back.
The Bruins' last trip to the Garden was one they would like to forget. UCLA played St. John's in a nationally televised game Dec. 22 and were beaten 88-69. That defeat at the end of the "Death March" left the Bruins trampled.
But rather than fold, UCLA drew strength from the experience and won eight of its next 10 games. Hazzard points to that December stretch, which also included road losses to DePaul, Memphis State and Brigham Young, as the turning point of the season.
"I said before the year started that if we survived the Death March we'd be a good team, and if we didn't, we'd be dead," he said. "It all helped us grow up. I never let
myself get down, I never let my team get down. I said all we have to do is work and we'll get a chance to show the world we can play basketball.
THE BRUINS, 19-12, have won six straight games and 10 of their last 11 — their only loss in that stretch coming in a game with USC that went to four overtimes. After soundly defeating opening-round NIT opponents Montana and Nebraska, UCLA earned a trip to New York by beating Fresno State 53-43 Saturday in a packed Paulie Pavilion.
"We're proud to be in the NIT but we not satisfied. We want to wihe the whole thing."
The Bruins, who got a stellar performance from Reggie Miller in a 75-65 victory over Louisville February 24, will have to contain Billy Thompson, the Cardinals' leading scorer, rebounder and playmaker. The 67 junior forward, an All-Met Conference selection, averages 14.7 points and 8.5 rebounds a game.
The Bruins received 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds from 6-foot-11 center Brad Wright in the victory over the Bulldogs.
ALTHOUGH LOUISVILLE, 19-16, has been hurt by injuries all season. Thompson may have been helped by added responsibilities thrust upon him. Forced to improve his ball-handling and other skills, Thompson has become a more complete player.
In addition to losing star guard Milt
Wagner for the season with a broken foot, the Cardinals also saw starters Manuel Forrest, Jeff Hall and Barry Sumpter miss time because of various injuries.
Tournament victories over Alcorn State, South Florida and Tennessee-Chattanooga has kept alive Louisville's streak of 40 consecutive winning seasons. A triumph today will give Coach Denny Crum his 14th straight 20-victory season.
The other semifinal could be decided by perimeter shooting because both Indiana and Tennessee need to score from the outside to be successful. Steve Alford, who slumped in mid-season, has been hitting his jumper, which is a relief to the Hoosiers.
"ALFORD CAME OUT of the Olympics as a real target and I think only now he's getting adjusted to that," said Indiana coach Bob Knight. "People have come really hard at him, putting bigger players on him at times." He has also had to have a touch time going to somebody else.
Alford has hit 62 percent from the floor in the Hoosiers' three NIT victories.
Tennessee, with no one taller than 6-
among its top eight players, also relies on the
jumper. Coach Don DeVeo realizes the lack
of confidence game has hurt his 211-44
Volunteers.
Sophomore guard Tony White had 48 points in Tennessee's last two NIT victories over Oklahoma.
Husker star Stephenson sentenced
LINCOLN, Neb. — Former University of Nebraska football player Dana Stephenson yesterday was sentenced to 10 years in prison for involvement in a cocaine conspiracy.
Chief U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom imposed the sentence on Stephenson, 36, a former defensive back for the Cornhuskers.
Urbom rejected attorney James Kelley's request for an alternative sentence as well as motions to grant Stephenson a new trial or overturn a Jan. 25 federal court jury verdict that convicted him on 14 drug-related counts.
Kelley described Stephenson as a basically immature man with chemical dependency problems. He said Stephenson had a difficult time adjusting to "the real world" where people did not care he once had starred at Nebraska.
as a senior in 1969, Stephenson was co-captain of the team, an All Bight Eight Conference selection and received the Guy Chamberlin Trophy as the Husker best exemplifying the tradition of the former Nebraska great