University Daily Kansan, January 28, 1985 SPORTS Page 11 NEWS BRIEFS Kepler, Weisel lead bowlers Allen Kepler's 195 average led the men's KU bowling team to a fifth place finish in the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska Face Saturday at Jefferson City, Mo. "There were some excellent individual performances," head coach Mike Fine said yesterday. "Allen Kepler and Jan Welling were very solid throughout the long day." "We didn't get the consistency over the nine games that we needed." Fine said. "We definitely ran out of steam as the day went on." The women's 3-5 record placed them sixth among the 10 Midwest entries, Jan Weisel, Lawrence senior, led the team with a 182 average. Despite their 6-9 finish, the men's team placed in the middle of the 10-train pack. Both teams played well at times, Fine said, but bowling nine consecutive games Kepler, Kansas City, Kan, senior, said that the team usually would be allowed an hour rest during the day, but a mix-up in the scheduling eliminated the rest. In addition, the land conditions were tough. Kepler said. They were dry inside and cold outside. The women's division started out the day strong, defeating 16th-ranked Southwest Missouri State, but won only two of the seven remaining games. The men will meet Kansas-Nebraska conference leader Nebraska next Saturday when the men's and women's teams meet in Omaha for the final conference matches of the season. Both teams currently are ranked third in the conference. Pentathlete finishes second Kansas' Rose Wadman immed second with a school record 3.825 points at the Nebraska Invitational Pentathlon Saturday, where she placed fifth in the best pentathletes in the country, KU women's head track coach Carla Coffey said yesterday. Ann O'Connor finished fourth in the event with 3,523 points. She broke the school record in the high jump with a 6-foot-0 jump in the event. That mark also qualifies her for the NCAA national championships March 8-9 in Syracuse, Andrea Schwartz finished seventh with 3.453 points. Wadman finished with marks of 9.41 seconds in the 60 hurdles, $5\cdot 8\%$ in the high jump, $37\frac{1}{2}$ in the shot-put, $17\cdot 4\%$ in the long jump and 2 minutes, 42.4 seconds in the 800. Decker named 'Mr. Nice Guy' RADNOR, Pa. — Track star Mary Decker has gained the dubious honor of becoming the first woman to win TV Guide's "Mr. Nice Gourd" award, given annually to a sports figure for boorish behavior, the magazine said Sunday. Decker won the award for her actions following the collision with British-South African runner Zola Budd in the Summer Olympics, the magazine said. Rose plans to start at first base "Decker vilified Budd, blaming her for the mishap and implying she didn't have enough world class experience to be run in a race of such importance," the magazine said. "Unmistakably, the collision ruined Budd's chances. But what seemed to occur to Decker was that it ruined Budd's too." COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cincinnati Reds player-manager Pete Rose has put to rest any notion that he will soon return to concentrate solely on running the team. While on the Reds' annual media caravan, Rose told a Columbus audience Thursday that he planned to be the club's starting first baseman this season. "You want me to play a younger guy?" asked Rose, 43. "I could play Tony Perez. He's a year younger than me. I don't think I can find someone who can hit." 365. That was Rose's average after returning to the Reds from the Montreal Expos last August. Upon his return to the team, which he helped lead to two World Series championships during the 1970s, team officials went to great lengths to explain that he would serve first as a manager and second as a player. Those plans apparently changed as a result of his hot hitting after donning a Cincinnati uniform. Rose said she not bothered about possi- cial criticism of placing himself in the line. "I don't feel any pressure at all," he said. "I write out the line-up every day. I just right R-O-S-E in the second slot." Report says Bears may be sold CHICAGO — A high-ranking Chicago banking community official said that the Chicago Tribune Co. was interested in the bank's involvement in the Chicago San-Trumps reported Sunday. The Tribute already owns the Chicago Cubs. The Sun-Times said the acquisition of the Bears would further justify the interest in building a domed stadium. However, the Bears, who are owned by the family of the late George Halas, have consistently denied that the club is for sale. "For the umpty-ninth time," said Bears' President Michael McCaskey, "the Bears are not for sale." Campiled from Kansan staff and United Press International reports. After CU win, Kansas loses to Michigan By United Press International ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) — After narrowly escaping Colorado on Saturday, Kansas fell to Michigan, 96-77, yesterday. Michigan was led by freshman guard Gary Grant who scored 20 first-half points in a game. Grant had 9 of 10 first-half shooting to help Michigan, which has won 25 non-league games in a row at home, raise its record to 14-3. Kansas, probably tired from having played Saturday before traveling, dropped to 15-4 and has now lost all five games it has played with Michigan. The Jayhawks had won eight of their previous nine contests going into the game. Grant only took two shots, missing both, in the second half and was content to run a Michigan fast break that got the lead up to as much as 31 points. 96-65, with 2:21 on play. Michigan broke from a 15-point halftime lead to score nine of the second half's first 11 points to take a 61-39 lead with 15:15 to play. Kansas countered with two buckets but Michigan went on a 21-10 tear to sew up the game. Danny Manning, Kansas' 6-foot-11 forward, scored 18 points but had just six in the first half. Greg Driling led the Jayhawks with 21 points. Center Roy Tarpley and guard Antoine Joubert backed Grant with 17 points each while forward Richard Relfford had 16 and sub Leslie Rockymore 10. Grant, a 6-foot-3 freshman, missed his first shot, then on to make nine in a row, all from 15 feet or longer and most from the top of the key or right wing. The Jayhawks were able to get the ball inside to Drilling for 13 points in the first half but the Wolverines double teamed him and kept the middle to keep him from getting more. Things went so well for Michigan even Rockymore's desperation half-court shot with a second remaining in the half swished only through, giving Michigan a 50-35 lead. Grant also added a pair of free throws for 14 and one more than his previous precision high. In Saturday's game against the Buffaloes, a 15-foot shot by Calvin Thompson just missed. The No. 27 Warriors hold on. Thompson, who is usually one of KU's most dependable shooters, was a miserable 3 of 16 in the last four weeks. "In the end, I want the ball in my hands if the game is close." Thompson said. "Not necessarily to shoot it — I just want it." saving shot, keeping the Jayhawks a game back of Oklahoma in the Big Eight race. Colorado led by as many as 10 points in the second half but Kansas caught up and eventually passed the Buffaloes on strength of the 10 points after intermission by Dreling. Thompson sank a pair of free throws and scored twice for 68-66 lead but Michael Lee tied it for Colorado 11 seconds later with a jumper from the top of the key. Aner a Kansas timeout, guard Mark Turgeon took the inbounds pass and sent the ball to Thompson at midcourt. He dribbled to within 15 feet left of the basket and then served up his high-arching, game-winning shot. Ron Kellogg scored 31 points for Kansas and Dreiling chipped in 12 points and 13 rebounds. Thompson finished with 12 points. "We wanted to put soft pressure on them, make them come back and catch the ball." Colorado Coach Tom Apke said of the final basket. "We didn't want them to be able to catch it on the run. We felt if we were able to catch it before he was ready for a desperation shot. That's exactly what happened ... but Calvin Thompson hit the shot." In other Big Eight games, No. 7 Oklahoma ripped Kansas State 94-75. Nebraska toppled Missouri 74-66 and Iowa State defeated Oklahoma State 64-58. Wayman Tisdale broke out of a milti scoring slump with 37 points to keep Oklahoma unbeaten in conference play at 4-0. Tisdale is averaging a league-leading 24.9 points but was held below that in all three of his previous conference games, scoring 16 against Missouri, 6 against Kansas and 20 against Iowa State. But the All-America center sank 14 of 19 shots from the field and all nine of his free throws to help stake the Sooners at leads of 3-0, 31-10 and 53-29 by halftime. Kempf disappointed with performances Dave Hoppen scored 23 points, and a surprise zone defense at the end of the first half helped Nebraska send Missouri down to its fourth consecutive Big Eight defeat. The second play is the word in Missouri Coach Norm Stewart's 18-year coaching tenure. Barry Stevens scored 24 points and fellow entwarf Jeff Gartner added 16 to help Iowa win 7-5. By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer Chuck Jones had one goal in mind before the start of the 500-yard freestyle race in the Kansas-Missouri dual swim meet Saturday at Robinson Natatorium. "To win," said the KU swimmer, clad in cowboy hat and gloves as he stretched before the start of the race. Jones wears the hat, gloves, shoes and socks during warmups before every race. Chuck Jones (right), Bellevue, Neb., freshman, watches freestyle and second in the 500 freestyle at Saturday's meet. teammates compete in the Kansas/Missouri dual swim meet Ken Grey, Mission Viejo, Cal., senior, finished second in the at Robinson Natatorium. Jones finished first in the 1000 200 butterfly. "The gloves keep my hands warm," said the "tattoo-4 freshman from Bellevue. Neb." Mr. Dudley's eyes wandered, looking. "My coach at home got me started with the gloves about a year ago. The Europeans believe that the head, hands and feet are the greatest sources of heat loss, so I've gloved on my hands, hair on my head and shoes and socks on my feet." Jones, who had won the 1,000 freestyle earlier in the meet, fell just short of his goal in the 500, finishing second in 4 minutes, 48.03 seconds. "CHUCK GAVE IT his all," head coach Gary Kemp said after the meet. "He's been sick as a dog lately, and he gave it all he's got. That's all I ask for." If Chuck Jones was displeased with his race Saturday, then Kempf was disappointed with the KU men's overall performance in the loss to Missouri. "Today was not good," Kempf said after the Jayhawk men were outscored 69-44 by Missouri. "We're disappointed. As young we are, we've got to click as a team. We did some good things, but we're not clicking as a team." Some of the "good things" Kemp noted in the meet were the performances of Brad Coxen and Grey finished second in the 200 butterfly in 1:56.34 Coens finished second in the 200 backstroke in 1:55.63, his best time of the season, and he was one of the top ten swimmers in the world. "Ken just continues to swim better and better." Kemf said, after the meet. Chris McCool finished second in the 100 freestyle in 47.81. He also swam on KU's winning medley relay team and secondplace 400 freestyle relay team. consistency and effort and is doing an excellent job for us." Kemp said. "McCool has performed with tremendous "THESE KIDS ARE a good group," the coach said. "They work hard, but we just need to do a little better at performing as consistently as we should have." Kempf expressed the same sentiments towards the KU women's team after they did not win. "It bothers me to win a meet by that much and not swim well." Kempf said following the Jayhawk victory. "I'm just disappointed. Our women have a very strong, national-caliber team, and we don't swim to that level often enough." Kempf said the KU women had a lot of work to do before the Big Eight championship. "We get too complacent," he said. "For us to win the conference it is going to take effort out of the whole team." "We've got some work to do," Kempf said. "Nebraska is ranked 11th in the nation, we're 18th." The Kansas women have won the conferen ce title each of the past 10 years. "OUR WOMEN ARE the Big Eight champs." Kempf said, "and they will be until they lose it. And that's not going to be an easy thing to take." Kempf noted the outstanding individual performances of Marci Herrold and Liz Diaz. Duncan run the 50 freestyle in 24.60 and shaved 4 seconds off her previous-best split time on KU's winning 200 freestyle relay team. Herrell swam herbal-best times in winning the 500 and 1000 freestyle races. She recorded times of 5:03.97 in the 500 and 10:19.66 in the 1000. Other individual double winners Saturday included Tammy Pease and Muffy Lbarger Pease won the 200 individual medley in 2:10.62 and the 100 freestyle in 52.83. Lybarger won both the one-meter and three-meter diving events. IN THE KANASS women's victory over Oklahoma Friday night at the Robinsonnatatorium. Marcie Herrold qualified for the NCAA national championships with her second-round victory on Monday. That time was good enough to win the event by more than 16 seconds Friday. The Kansas women routed the Oklahoma women, 73-33. In the men's team, they faced with Oklahoma and Drury Friday night, Kansas defeated Oklahoma, 71-42, and downed Drury, 81-32. The Kansas teams have another busy weekend coming up. Both teams will host dual meets with Southwest Missouri State Friday night and Iowa State Saturday. Action begins at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday at Robinson Natatorium. Washington gets No.200 By TONY COX Sports Writer By TONY COX KU women's basketball head coach Marian Washington earned her 200th career victory as the Jayhawks downed Colorado 66-55 Saturday in Boulder. Washington, in her 12th season at KU, now has a 20-138 record. "It means a lot to me," she said yesterday. "One of the reasons we are known nationally is we go out and play teams from around the world, and we have brought some great teams here." "IN 12 YEARS, we have not had an easy schedule. Every victory has been hard fought. There are teams that go out and win 20 games every year, but I would venture to say that their schedules are not too tough. We play great people, so it's nice to get 200." The level of competition in the Big Eagle has gotten much tougher also, Washington has Against Colorado, the Jayhawks took a 39-22 halftime lead on the strength of a great defensive effort. Washington said KU held without lessless for the first four minutes of the game. "Our defense was just splendid and we stayed with it all the way through," "It's not going to be an easy road for anybody," she said. The Jayhawks shot well in the first half, connecting on 59 percent of their field goal attempts. Meanwhile, the KU defense held Colorado to only 20 percent shooting as the In the second half, Colorado moved within 10 to a 51-41 deficit as KU's shooting cooled off. The Jayhawks made only 11 of 35 shots in the second half, but never allowed Colorado to come closer than eight points in the final minutes. "WE SHOT VERY well in the first half and not quite as well in the second half," Washington said. "It was our defense that really made things happen for us. It was our defense, and we didn't allow it until and allowed us to keep the ball in our hands." KU out-rebounded Colorado 54-39. Vickie Adkins led the Jayhawks on the boards with 15 rebounds to go along with her 13 points. Point guard Mary Myers led KU in scoring with 16 points. Lisa VanGoor led Colorado with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Martin M FG FF FT R A F TP 23 3-6 2-2 7 1 7 18 Adkins, V 28 4-11 5-6 15 1 4 13 Vipers 21 5-11 5-8 15 1 4 13 Stecker 21 1-3 1-3 1 1 8 3 Myers 27 7-18 1-3 6 3 2 16 Adkins, B 17 7-18 1-3 6 3 2 16 Allen 10 0-4 0-0 0 1 4 4 Dougherty 26 4-6 0-1 2 2 2 18 Allen 26 4-6 0-1 2 2 2 18 Allen 17 6-12 10.17 7 1 8 41 KU's intense play throughout the game was a breakthrough for the young team, Washington said. Kansas 66, Colorado 55 Kansas Percentages: FG. **424**, FT. **588**, Blocked Shots: Jennings, Allen 3, Steals 9, Hits: 76 | | M | FG | FT | R | A | T | TP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Smith | 24 | 1-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Slighter | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | Banks | 34 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | Verdevera | 26 | 1-9 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | | Carraso | 26 | 4-12 | 4-6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Moore | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | Duncan | 22 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | Puchalski | 11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | Murray | 11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | Goodor | 31 | 5-15 | 6-6 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 16 | | Total | 20 | 6-0 | 16-22 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 55 | Percentages: FG, 923, FT, 682. Blocked Footprints: Lacombe (3) Technique: None. Half: Kansas 39-22 Ralf: Kansas 39-22 A: 1,344 Track teams don't fare well in weekend meets at Mizzou Rv DAVID O'RRIEN Sports Writer The Kansas track teams may want to think twice before scheduling another meet at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo. "I don't know what it is," women's head coach Carla Coffey said. "We've been going down here for five years now, and we've never had good performances." BOTH TEAMS HAD poor showings in the Missouri Invitational this weekend. The women competed Friday and the men Saturday. "We were disappointed overall," Coffey said. "It was not one of our better performances. We didn't see the consistency coming of what I thought was a good performance in last weekend's meet." The Kansas women finished third in last weekend's Jayhawk Invitee meet at Anschutz Pavilion. No women's team were kept at the Missouri meet Friday. The Kansas men finished last in the six-tteam field Saturday, Illinois won the meet with 98 points, Kansas State finished second with 86, Southern Illinois was third with 84, Alabama fourth with 77 and fifth with 68. Kansas finished with 51 points. “It’s obvious that we have a long, long way to go,” men’s head coach Bob Timmons said. “It’s going to be a long season unless we can turn some things around.” ALTHOUGH DISAPPOINTED WITH the overall performance of the KU women, Coffey said there were several good performances Friday. Denise Buchanan finished third with a personal-best loss of 46 feet, 11 inches, while Stine Lerdahl finished fourth at 46-72 and the pair took seventh with a personal-best 42-10. Kansas grabbed the third, fourth and seventh-place finishes in the shot put. Heather Sterbanz finished sixth in the mile run in five minutes, 17.2 seconds, and scored 47 points. Jaci Tymi finished fourth in the high jump and Kim Jones finished third in the long jump. RHONDA O'HARA FINISHED fourth in the 440 yard run, while Angie Helmer finished fourth in the 880 and Glaster took sixth in the 1000. Glatter also ran on Kansas' four-square two-mile relay team with Angi Helmer. The goal was to reach the first place. In the men's meet Saturday, Clint Johnson finished second in the shot-put with a put of 59 feet. Sharriff halter cleared 6-10 to finish third in the high jump, while Craig Branstrom finished fifth at 6.8. Ham also jumped 23-10⁴ to finish fourth in the long The Jayhawks also scored well in the pole vault, taking third, fourth and sixth. Scott Huffman finished third and Scott Raine took second FRED LEWIS FINISHED third in the triple jump at 48-81⁰ to round out the Jayhawk scoring in the field events. Rodney Harris paced Kansas on the track with a third-place finish in the 60 in 6.46 seconds and Jerrich Gambill finished fourth in the 1000 in 2:16.33. John Creighton finished fifth in the 440 in 49.66 and sixth in the 390 in 31.67. The KU mile-relay team finished sixth in 3:26.74 to complete the scoring.