Page 14 University Daily Kansan, April 26, 1982 Sports Baseball team loses four at Nebraska By MIKE ARDIS Sports Writer The Kansas baseball team saw its chances for a Big Eight playoff post fade over the weekend as they dropped four games to Nebraska, 7-5 and 7-0. Saturday and 9-1 and 8-3 yesterday. The Jayhawks, 18-23, and 6-10 in the Big Eight, the Tampa Bay Bulldogs and Oklahoma. Only the top four teams advance to the finals. NEBRASK IS 39-10, 15- big in BIG Eight play, and is tied for first with Oklahoma State, which is at 12-4. Missouri is third at 9-4. Oklahoma is fourth at 8-5. In Saturday's first game, which the Jayhawks lost, 7-5, KU took an early 2-1 lead in the second, when Dick Lewalen singled. Joe Heinemey then scored on a third and followed when two pickoff plays by Nebraska backs. Twice, Heeney was hit in the helmet by pickoff attempts and scored on the second one, when the ball landed inside the net. Nebraska came back with three runs in the second to take the lead, 3-2. KU got a single run in the third and added two more in the fourth to go ahead, 5-3. After the fourth inning, the Jayhawks would be held scoreless and hitless as Nebraska pitcher Todd Gakes allowed only two walks the rest of the game. Behind 5-3 in the fifth, Nebraska went ahead on three runs. They added a single run in the eighth. "I think it does," he said. "A lot of those we were ahead late. When you lose, you're down for it." In the nightcap, Chris Krusn held the Jayhawks scoreless in picking up his fourth win of the season. Kevin Kroker started the game for the Jayhawks, but was taken out in the fifth imminent after surrendering four runs. Dake Lahore scored two runs, two runs. Dennis Colden gave up the final run. "Kroker got a little wild in the fifth." Riley said. Catcher Ben Amaya hurt the Jayhawks on Saturday as he went for 3 with a home run and was 5 for 9 in the double-header. It was his home run in the game that broke the game open against Corkerstrucks. Twice in the second game, the Jayhawks had runners in scoring position, but couldn't get them home. In the third, they had men on second and third, and then the team loaded the bases in the sixth, but couldn't score. "IT WAS A combination of everything," Riley said. "Usually, we have one of the aspects of the game down." "It's just a concentration game. We're not getting concentration out of people. Against the smaller colleges, we get one good game and then let down. We've got to be more consistent." The day's awakes 12 errors in the four-game series, including eight in yesterday's doubleheader. Randy McIntosh had a good pitching effort wasted by errors. McIntosh went 5% innings, giving up 7 runs, but only two were earned in the 9-1 loss. in the "Errors" were the "Riley said. Moistnob patch was the reserved better. We moistnob patch has with errors. "Today, we shouldn't have been out there. It wasn't the ground balls that hurt us. We couldn't handle it." nevraksa got four runs in the third on three hits and two errors. Steve Stanicek his 13th home run of the year, which broke a Nebraska home run record he set two years ago. KU GOT its run of the game in the fifth Dick Wailen singled to break up Anthony "Today, we were a little wild," Riley said. "People got clinkers (hits). There were a lot of bleeders. Nebraska found the holes." Kelly's no-hitter and went to third on Heeney's double. Joel Gibson scored Lewallen on a ground out. "After that, we weren't heard from," Riley said. "Today, we hit the ball well, but right at people. There were six balls hit right at people." KU also faced large crowds at Lincoln. This was “Spring Weekend” at Nebraska, with a spring football game, a track meet and the baseball game on go. In yesterday's second game, the Jayhawks jumped out to a 5-1 lead with three runs in the first inning. Bill Yelton started things out with a two-out solo home run. The 'Hawks then loaded the bases, and Phil Doherty drove in two runs to end KU's scoring. "The stands were packed," Riley said. "People lined up and down the fences. It was amazing. Their fans were loud and dressed in red." ONE OF THE few bright spots for the Jayhawks was that catcher Kent Shelley was able to return to the lineup after being hit in the elbow against Missouri last week. Shelley started both opponents for the 'Hawks. KU may also have found a replacement for Jim Heineman in right field. Heeney fractured his wrist against Baker last Wednesday. Todd Schwegert played in yesterday's second game, went 3 for 4 and played well. Riley said. Jeff Husbandson also started in right field over the weekend. KU faces Washburn on Wednesday and closes out its home schedule this weekend with Kansas The Jayhawks have only the top and bottom teams of the conference left. After facing Kansas State this weekend, they travel to Oklahoma and Florida, where they host a high-ranked Cowboys and close out their season. JON HARDESTY/Kansan Staff All is not smiles for high jumper Tyke Peacock these days. Peacock was suspended indefinitely from the KU track team by Coach Bob Timmons for failure to "comply with the policies of our squad." Basketball YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Western Conference Seattle 104, Houston 83 (Seattle winters series, 2-1) Westport 109. Washington 81. Boston leads series, 14) Philadelphia 125. Milwaukee 122. Philadelphia leads series. Hockey YESTERDAY'S RESULTS WARRIORS Best of Seven Adams Division Soccer MISL STANDINGS Basketball Eastern Conference Team W L L Pct. GB New York 78 7 741 .77 Pittsburgh 86 14 841 -7 Baltimore 25 17 814 10 Baltimore 25 19 868 10 New Jersey 17 17 386 20 Cleveland 17 27 341 20 Chicago 19 28 334 26 St. Louis 28 16 16 636 Washington 27 17 17 614 Miami 20 24 16 85 Memphis 17 25 432 9 Denver 19 25 132 14 Phoenix 17 25 132 14 Raleigh City 14 30 138 Baseball BIG EIGHT STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division Team L L Pct. TG GB - Nebraska 15 14 750 - Oklahoma State 12 9 760 - Missouri 9 4 182 %- Oklahoma 8 5 612 2%- Kansas 6 10 375 7- Iowa State 6 15 294 10- Kansas 5 14 120 11 Team W W L Pct GB - Detroit 11 11 6 547 Eckers 9 9 6 500 Milwaukee 6 8 6 371 Cleveland 6 8 6 429 New York 6 8 6 429 Toronto 5 11 11 328 Baltimore 4 10 10 319 California 9 3 5 722 Chicago 9 9 6 800 1% Kansas City 9 9 6 800 1% Seattle 9 9 10 474 1% Oakland 9 9 10 474 1% Texas 9 6 12 498 1% Texas 6 7 12 388 1% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 2, Detroit 1 Boston 3, Atlanta 4 Boston 5, Boston 6, 12 jimms Kansas City 6, Cleveland 3 Cincinnati 7 California 5, Oakland 1 a 4,11 innings NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division Team W 13 W L Pct GB Milwaukee 8 5 517 Montreal 12 5 515 34 Nashville 9 5 363 30 Portland 9 8 363 30 Chicago 6 11 327 7 Cleveland 6 11 327 7 Indianaapolis 6 11 327 7 WEST DIVISION Atlanta 11 4 381 San Diego 11 8 472 1½% Los Angeles 6 11 473 1½% San Pasqual 6 10 375 7¼% Cincinnati 6 11 333 8¾ Chicago 6 10 383 8¾ Chicago, 5; Pittsburgh Montreal, 1; New York 2 Philadelphia, S. Los Cincinnati, 8; Houston, 10; Los Angeles 3 Netters fall to Nebraska, Oklahoma The Kansas men's tennis team closed out the Big Eight Conference season on a sour note last weekend in Columbia, Mo. The Jayhawks lost a heartbreak and were down to Oklahoma on 8:24 Saturday. The Jayhawks, now 5-12, play their final home match of the season this afternoon, when they play Cowley Community College in a 2 p.m. match. Last year, KU defeated Cowley, 9-4. This will be the Jayhawks final regular season match before the Big Eight Championships, which are scheduled for this weekend in Kansas City, Kan., at Woodside Racquet Club. Friday, but I don't know what happened to us on Saturday if Brad McCrae said The Jayhawks were down, 4-2, after singles competition in their match with Nebraska, but their victory by winning the first two doubles matches. Watts named offensive coordinator Thus, the final outcome came down to the No. 3 doubles match. KU's team of junior Frankore Cacopiolino and junior Jim Syrell led Nebraska, 53, in the final set and served for match point. The Cornhuskers, however, held off four match points and went on to win. The Kansas Jayhawks announced Friday that Morris Watts has been named football offensive guard. "That loss was definitely hard to take because we all felt like we had it won." McGrath said. Hadi left Kansas two weeks ago to join the Los Angeles tums as offensive coordinator and leader of the team. Winners for the Jayhawks in the Nebraska meet were freshman Rick Aubin in No. 2 singles, freshman Scott Alexander in No. 3 singles, the No. 1 doubles team of freshman Craig Tidwell and senior Ed Bolen and the No. 2 doubles team of Aubin and Alexander. Watts, who has been coaching for 21 years, comes to KU from Indiana. He was the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for nine years under Hoosier Head Coach Lecorso. staff," Coach Don Fambrough said. "I've known about him for many years and have always been impressed. Rovals complete sweep of Indians "He comes to us with outstanding recommendations from some of the top people in intercollegiate athletics. I know we have a high-quality person joining us." Watts started his coaching career at Seneca High School and later coached at Joplin High School for three years. After leaving Joplin, he started his collegiate coaching career at Drake. Before going to Indiana, Watta was under Corso at Louisville for a year and Drake for six years. Watts, originally from Seneca, Mo., graduated in 1960 from Tulsa, where he was a two-year "We're delighted to have a man of Morris" "experience and reputation join our football KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Lee May hit a two-run homer, and George Brett a solo shot yesterday to carry Larry Gura and the Kansas City Royals to completion in a game of their three-game series. By United Press International The Royals took a 4-2 lead off Bert Blyleen, 2,1 with an unearned run in the fourth. Frank White reached base on an error by third baseman Toby Harrah, stole second, took third Harrail's second error of the game, in the following imminent on a ground ball by Amos Otis, enabled the Royals to put the game away with two more unearned runs on May's two-out home run. on the play on a throwing error by catcher Ron Pouget and on a sacrifice fly by Tom Pouget. Gura scattered eight hits, walked two and struck out one in boosting his record to 2-1 with his third complete game in five starts. Ducks crush 'Hawks; Peacock suspended By DAVE McQUEEN Sports Writer Needless to say, last weekend was not a very good one for the KU track team. Not only was it overwhelmed by the powerful Oregon Ducks, 96½–52½, in a dual in Eugene, Ore, on Saturday, but it also lost the services of world-class high jumper Tyke Peacock, who was suspended indefinitely Friday by KU track coach Bob Timmons. "Tyke has not met academic, practice nor meet responsibilities of our team," the release said. "Certainly, we are disappointed to lose an important role and we are unable to maintain high morale or team pride if rules are not applied to all the members of the squad in the same way." IN A PREPARED statement issued after the team left for Eugene, Timmons said that Peacock, who just last week was named the outstanding male athlete at the Kansas Relays, was suspended because of a failure to "comply with the policies of our squad. The bad news continued in Eugene. On paper, KU was supposed to give Oregon a good fight. Instead, the Jayhawks managed to win only three events. Timmons was still on his way home from Eugene late last night and was unavailable for comment. ONE OF THOSE winners was long jumper Wilhelm Wroite. Competing in his first meet after coming down with tendonitis last month, Wilhoite won the event with a 25-2-1 effort. The other KU winners were spinner Rodney Bullock, who ran the 400 meters in 44,88, and Mark Kinder, who captured first in the triple jump with a 49-1-1 leap. KU almost had another winner, though. The Jayhawk rule relay team had the fastest time, but was disqualified after it was ruled that the Oakland Oregon's Chris Wright on the third leg of the race. The meet marked the third time the two schools have met in a dual. KU won the first meeting in 1980, 66-68, but lost last year, 97-56. It was also the Jawwah's 'lawnkid' dual of the season. Their next meet will be the Sunflower Invitational next Saturday in Manhattan. KU women's track team takes second place By DAVE McQUEEN Sports Writer The KU women's track team placed second out of 34 teams at the Eastern Kentucky Invitational track meet held in Richmond, Ky., last weekend. The Hawkeye's scored 67 points was only five The Jayhawks' score of 67 points was only five off. Osu State will meet the meet with 72. East Coast had a third time in three games. It had been the case most of the season, the brunt of KU's scoring came in the sprints and field events. In the long jump, Tudie McKnight took it to take first. Kim Jones went 18-4 to take third. STINE LERDHAL, the freshman from Norway who has been the strong performer in the team's weight corps, again had a good weekend, placing first in the shot put and sixth in the discus. Becky McGranahan also placed in the discus, taking third. The highest finish by KU in the track events was in the 400-meter relay, where the team of McKnight, Cherise Taylor, Connie McKernan and Loren Tucker placed second in a time of 47.3. Tucker also ran the 400 meters in 55.4 to take third. She also took two in the 200-meter dash. Also taking second was the two-mile relay team of the U.S. Women's Craighad, Kelly Wood and Anne Johannessen. Although her team did place second, KU track carla Carla Claudi, and her main objective was to go first. "WE WEREEN'T GOING for the team title." Coffey said. "There were several other relays we didn't run in that we've stacked easily. We didn't get some good individual performances in." Although several people turned in individual bests this week, including Heather Houchin in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, Coffey still concerned with her team's overall performance. "I didn't think we ran up to our capabilities," she said. "A lot of people seemed to be let down after the KU Relays. But not every meet you are going to go to is KU. Relays-caliber. It's important to get our mental attitudes in the right direction." Another thing bothering Coffey is the small number of athletes qualified for nationals. So far, only Lerdahl, McKnight, McGranahan and Mackenzie are in the national door, which will be held in Proto, Utah this June. "We were looking for more people to be qualified by this time," she said. BUT A more immediate challenge facing her team right now is the Big Eight Outdoor Championships, only two weeks away. Although Nebraska looms as a strong favorite to defend the title it won last year, Coffey said, anything can happen at that meet. "You can't 'overlook' Nebraska, and Oklahoma's pretty tough, too," she said. "But it all bells out to who performs the best on the ground — that's a matter of getting the right people up for it." Although she figures on being in the chase for the title, Coffey said, her team has its work cut out for it in the next couple of weeks. "Overall, we've got a way to go before con- clude," he said. "We've not negated the negative, but we need to work really hard," she said. Javhawks exit Big Eight Tournament early By TOM COOK Sports Writer The KU women's softball team ran into an offensive stumbling block and finished seventh in the Big Eight Tournament last weekend at Norman, Okla. The Jayhawks had been picked by league coaches as the favorite to capture the championship. They were the first team to be eliminated. Oklahoma State, last year's conference champion, was seeded first. The Cowboys were second and third in the nation. NEBRASKA was the surprise of the double elimination tournament. The Cornhuskers were the only unbeaten team when rain forced a postponement in yesterday's action. Missouri and Oklahoma had played three innings when rain halted play. The loser will take third in the tournament, and the winner will advance to the championship against the Cor- Oklahoma State and Iowa State tied for fifth, while Kansas State settled for fourth. The conference champion will receive an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament, which will be announced later. The Jayhawks will play double-headers at home this week against Emperor State, Wichita State and Oklahoma State. In the meantime, KU Coach Bob Stancill is awaiting a possible at-large berth in the national Jayhawks to do well, especially in the Creighton games. STANCLIFT SAID it was important for the Kansas, 28-15, had strong pitching from Rhonda Clarke, but the offense failed to provide support. The Jayhawks were shut out in both games as they collected just seven hits. "Creigion is in our region, and these games mean the most," he said. "Of course, the other games are important, too, but we have to have a chance of winning." Creigion to be considered for an at-large berth. Iowa State surprised the Jayhawks, 14, in 10 innings Friday night. Clarke allowed just four hits and struck out 20 batters, but the Jayhawks' offense responded with only three hits. The Cyclones scored in the bottom of the tenth, when Peggy Gary led off the innings with a double. She was sacrificed to third and scored on a single by Linda Mosch. "We HED several scoring opportunities, despite getting only three hits," said Stanciff. "We sent nine people to the plate in five different positions, and we scored a scoring position and could get the key hits." Suzanne Wedemeier, an All-Big Eight pitcher last year, was the stopper for Iowa State. She walked two, struck out nine and gave up singles to Pam Cox. Beeck Ascendio and Candi Boyer. "Clarke pitched a good game for us," Stanciflod said, " only two people reached second base, but the inexperience of our young kids really hurt us. They lack aggressiveness at the plate." Oklahoma eliminated Kansas from the tournament Saturday, 3-0. Clarke took the loss in the first round, and Oklahoma lost. Patty Graham picked up the victory for her and scattered four hits. She walked one and struck one. 1 THE JAYHAWKS had beaten Graham twice on the field, but the sterny stumped Kansas at the plate, said Stumfell. "Graham pitched one of her better games this year against me," he said. "but she's not of the team." Oklahoma scored all three runs in the third innings. With one, Outtie Dawdar drew a walk, and another, Shaun Lowery Shaw scored on the play, and Cindy Godowski drove in the next two runs with a double. Tarie Whitescarver hit a ball to Boyer at shortstop, but she couldn't handle it and inadvertently sent the ball back. Ascencio, who entered the tournament with a .315 batting average, had two hits for Kansas in the game. Shawn Myrtle singled, and Boyer added a double. THE JAYHAWKS will try to get back on the winning track tomorrow against Emporia State at Holcom Sports Complex. The first game will start at 3 p.m. The second will follow at 5. Wednesday's double-header with Wichita State will have games at 5 and 7 p.m. The Jayhawks have beaten the Shockers five times this year—three times last fall and twice this spring. Kansas will face Creighton at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday before taking on Southwest Missouri at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The SMS-Kansas series will be at Broken Arrow Park, 31st and Louisiana streets. 4