Page 16 University Daily Kansan, April 28, 1982
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BOB GREENSPAN/Kansan Staff
KU third baseman Joe Heeney has stolen 21 consecutive bases from last season to this, and is currently batting .300 for Kansas.
Heeney leads attack Kansas to face WU
By MIKE ARDIS Sports Writer
The Kansas baseball team will try to get back on a winning track today when they take on Washburn in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. at Quigley Field.
"We've just got to regroup and after them," Coach Marty Pattin said.
The Jayhawks have lost five of their last six games and are 12-39 overall, 6-10 in conference play. While the Hawks were a three-game leader, the four fortunes, one player has changed his.
Joe Heeney returned to third base this year after spending last season in the outfield and is hitting 300. Heeney, who was 19-7 at center, started the season in a slump, hitting .633.
"I just had to go out and work on it. The big thing is not going after bad nitches."
"MY MECHANISIC went bad," Heeney said of his slow start. "I was trying to change too many things.
To go along with his hitting, Heeney leads the Jayhawks in stolen bases with 13 this year. In his two years at KU, Heeney has 23 stolen bases, and he has stolen the last 21 without getting caught.
Last Wednesday, Heeney set a KU single-game stolen base record with five thefts. He broke Steve Jetz's record of four in 1980. Jetzt also has the KU stolen base total with 65 in his career.
"They weren't keeping us close." Heeney said of Baker. "They couldn't move to keep us close."
HEENEY WAS recruited for third base out of Shawnee Mission West but was put in the outfield after last year's warm addition of Russ Blaylock at third.
"It's good to be back." Heeney said earlier this year. "I've played third all my life."
With the return of Heeney to third and Mark Gile to second base, the Kansas infield was thought to be one of the best in years.
Early in the season the infielders had problems, and most of those problems came from the field itself. With little grass on the infield and a rising hip on the inside edge of the infield, the players were getting a lot of bad hops.
Recent work on the infield, including the removal of the lip, has helped the performance of the infelders.
"When you know you're going to get a good hop it's easier," Heeney said. "It was self-defense out there.
"The field is in a lot better shape. It gives you confidence. You know where the ball is going to be."
Joe was joined in right field by his brother, Jim Heineen, this year, until Jim fractured his wrist last Wednesday against Baker.
If Joe can remain healthy, the Jahayhwars are set at third, and Pattin recognizes Heeney's importance to the team.
"You can't say enough about Joe Heeney," he said. "He's carrying the team."
The Jayhawks will close out their home season this weekend against Kansas State.
Softball team splits with Emporia State
By TOM COOK Sports Writer
Becky Craft said she knew it was going to be a bad day.
Craft, the third baseman for the KU women's softball team, missed the first game of yesterday's double-header broken nose in pre-game w-ups.
She returned from the doctor's office to start the second game, only to see the Jayhawks fail, 9-7 during their quest for a third. The Warriors won the tournament, May 27-30 at Nahona, Neb.
THE JAYHAWKS, however, did win the opener, 6-1 KU coach Bob Staindiff said he was confident the Jayhawks won the game — a bid for the national tournament.
Kansas, 29-16, is in the middle of an eight-game home stand this week. The Jayhawks are scheduled for a doubleheader today at Holcom Sports Complex against the Wichita State Shockers. Games are at 5 and 7 p.m.
Then they will creighton for two games on Friday and come back to play Southwest Missouri State on Saturday. Stanciflank said the Jayhawks needed to play well this week if they were to receive a bid.
"Losing to Emporia State won't hurt our chances that much for an NCAA berth," Stantliff said. "Still, you don't like to lose at a Div. II school."
Stancliff the NCA4 committee that selects the final 16 teams for the national tournament had ranked Kansas in the top 14 a few weeks ago.
STANCLIFT SAID he figured the Jayhawks were probably third in Region VI teams, behind Oklahoma State and Creighton. The NCAA took two players from each region in the country, and possibly two teams from some regions.
Kansas came out like gangbusters against Emporia State in the first game. Rhonda Clarke struck out 15 batters and scattered five hits as she threw her 18th shot of the season for the Jawhays. Her record is now 24-15.
"Our games with Creighton are very important, as Kancock said. "We have to just trust a kancock."
The Hawks broke out of their offensive slump with 10 hits, including a 3-for-3 performance from Kim Cobb. Pam Cox ripped two hits, but was denied another when an apparent home run was nullified because she missed third base.
With two outs, Garwood ripped a
single, scoring Fox and Ascendio. Cobb
hammered a triple, which scored
Garwood, and Myrtle's single scored
In the second gear, Kansas outhit Emoryia State 13-3, but still lost.
GLORIA GARWOOD scored KU's run in the second after reaching base on a fielder's choice. She went to second base on Cobb's single and scored when Emporia State's center fieldier misplayed a ball hit by Shawn Myrtle.
A first-inning fiasco for the Jahwahs spelled defeat. Tammy Hoffman started on the mound for Kansas, and, when the dust cleared, Emporia State had scored all nine of its runs on just one hit.
Clarke started things in the third with a triple, her second of the year. Shelly Fox walked and Becky Ascencio bowed with a single that droved in Clarke.
The Jayhawks scored once in the second inning and five times in the third.
EMPORIA STATE took advantage of five walks and three Kansas errors, forcing Hoffman to leave the game with two outs in the first.
"It was my fault letting Tammy go
Standluck. I hate piling pilots when
Stancluck. I hate piling pilots when
mistakes behind them are the things that let in the runs."
HOFFMAN FACED 12 battles before being relieved by Clarke. Clarke struck out the first batter she faced, her first of eight for the game, to end the inning.
Clarke then held Emporia State scoreless for the remainder of the game, limiting them to two hits. Emporia Hawks attempted a furious comeback.
"The Jayhawks are down right now." Stanliff said, "We hate to lose that game to that team. You can't spot anyone nine runs on one hit.
"But I don't think losing it is going to be much of a problem. They'll bounce back."
Becky Craft, KU third baseman, played in the second game of yesterday's double-header with Emporia State, despite having her nose broken by an errant ground ball in pre-game warm-ups. Kansas won the first game, 6-0, and lost the second, 9-7.
Sims first NFL pick
By United Press International
NEW YORK—The National Football League draft didn't only bring smiles to the faces of Kemeth Sims and the rest of his college teammates yesterday. It also fulfilled the wishes of All-Pres Bros Jones, Russ Francis and Mike Barber.
Sims, 6-foot-6, 256-pound defensive end from Texas, as expected was the first pick in the draft, going to the New England Patriots. But the rest of the first round selections were overshadowed by deals that sent Jones and Barber to Los Angeles and Francis to San Francisco.
After Baltimore took Mississippi State linebacker Johnie Cooks and
after the first six rounds held after, no KU players had been drafted.
Baltimore traded Jones, one of the nation's top quarterbacks, to Los Angeles for the Rams' first-and-second draft pick this year. The Colts then selected the man they hope will be Jones' heir, Art Schlicher of Ohio State, with the choice obtained from Los Angeles.
Later in the first round, New England sent Francis, the former All-Pro tight end who sat out last season on the Philadelphia team and Francisco for two high draft choices.
Cleveland took linebacker Chip Banks of Southern California, the wheeling
Rovals' winning streak snapped
Bv United Press International
BOSTON—Carl Vastrazemski singled home two runs and Bob Stanley picked five innings of shutout relief last night to lead Boston to its eight straight triumph, a 7-5 victory over the Kansas City Rivals.
Kansas City jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when John Wathan singled, stole second, went to third on starter Dennis Eckersley's throwing error on an attempted pickoff and scored on George Brett's infield out.
Boston's 10th victory in its last 11 games.
The loss snapped a three-game Kansas City winning streak and was
Boston went into the lead for good when dim Rice scored on a double-play in the fourth.
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Basketball
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Quarterfinal Round
Best of Seven
Western Conference
olies 115, Phoenix 98, Los Angeles leads
Los Angeles 115, Phoenix 96 (Los Angle -
San Antonio 90, Seattle 97 (San Antonio lea-
ts)
Hockey
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Conference Finals
Wales Conference
Wales Conference
New York islanders 4, Quebec 1 (islanders lead arenas)
Soccer
Vancouver 2, Chicago 1, 2 OT (Vancouver leads series 1-4)
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Quarterfinals
Best of the
Eastern Division
30-38 Baltimore at Pittsburgh
30-28 Denver at Louisville
28-28 Chicago at Cleveland
Coke
BESTWEIGHT STATE Team W L Pct GB
Nebraska 15 5 740 -
Okahanna State 12 4 750 -
Oklahoma 9 4 750 -
Okahanna 8 5 612%
Kansas 6 5 375 7
 Iowa State 6 5 175 10
 Kansas 6 10 125 11
Baseball
BIG EIGHT STANDING
Team W 12 L Pct GB
W 12 1 6 .67 -
Boston 12 6 60%
Houston 6 6 60%
Cleveland 6 9 400%
Toronto 6 11 43%%
Toronto 6 11 43%
AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division
California 14 10 737
Chicago 5 9 765 2%*
Chicago 10 7 563 3%*
Seattle 9 7 563 2%*
Indianapolis 8 10 444 6%
Texas 10 9 400 5%
Tampa Bay 9 10 400 5%*
MARYS RESULTS
Oakland at Ballard in appl.
Boston 7, Kansas C8
Toronto 6, Texas 4
California 3, New York 1, called after 7 innings
California 3, New York 1, called after 7 innings rain
Chicago 10, Milwaukee 7
Seattle 7, Cleveland 4, 11 innings
Detroit 5, Minnesota 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 12 4 790
Miami 13 5 7922
Los Angeles 9 8 344
Houston 12 12 4000
Cincinnati 8 11 400
San Francisco 7 11 3533
Team W 12 W 9 Pct. GR
Miami 3 5 6 643
Montreal 7 8 643
New York 8 8 407
Chicago 7 12 407
Chicago 6 12 364
Chicago 6 12 786
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern Division
Cincinnati 10, Amherst 9
Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 4
Charlotte 9, Detroit 8
San Diego 8, New York 5
Los Angeles 9, Philadelphia 6