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University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 29, 1989
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Game 5
Kansas Jayhawks Coach Glen Mason 2-2
WR-4 Jim New, 6-0, 185, So.
LT-77 Chris Lenz, 6-5, 283, So.
LG-68 John Fritch, 6-2, 290, So.
CC-51 Chip Budge, 6-2, 285, Jr.
RG-33 Mairino Vidiol, 6-2, 245, So.*
RT-76 Hindelbull, 6-2, 245, So.
TE-68 Baker Kearn, 6-3, 245, So.
KB-5 D Kelly Donny, 6-0, 180, So.
FB-29 Henry Johnson, 5-8, 211, So.
TB-24 Tony Sands, 5-6, 175, So.
WR-2 Quinlin Smith, 5-11, 175, So.
PK-93 Brad Fleeman, 5-8, 172, So.
Oklahoma Sooners Coach Gary Gibbs 2-1
SOC-89 Jase Tyler, 6-1, 218, So. *
ST-69 Mark Konk, 6-4, 289, Sr.
MG-72 Gilbert Brown, 6-2, 322, Fr.
RT-82 David Gordon, 6-35, 200,
ROL-84 Dan Newbrough, 6-1, 225, Sr.
RIL-34 Roger Robben, 6-2, 203, So.
WB-Swinton Weslin, 6-1, 220, Fr.
CC-14 Paul Friday, 6-3, 195, So. *
WC-10 Doug Terry, 5-11, 177, So.
WS-22 Jason Pison, 6-0, 190, So.
DS-92der Boykin, 5-10, 190, So.
P-97 J.B. Lahui, 6-3, 218, Sr.
Probable Starters:
Offense
Probable Starters:
Defense
- Denotes depth-chart changes since last week
SE-38 Eric Bros, 0-2, 200, Sr,
LG-47 Ternaman Manning, 0-2, 280, Jr.
LG-54 Mita Barseezky, 0-2, 272, Jr.
C-65 Mike Wise, 0-6, 250, Sr.
RG-62 Larry Medical, 0-4, 283, Jr.
RT-76 Mark VanKleinbesch, 0-2, 272 Jr.
RT-73 Adrian Cooper, 0-6, 250, Br.
CB-17 Chris Mehlon, 5-11, 185, So.
TB-32 Maita Gillie, 0-2, 210
LE-34 Wyman Dickson, 6-4, 24-10,
LT-85 Tom Backs, 6-5, 24-14,
NG-98 Darrie Williams, 6-2, 28-5,
RT-77 Scott Evans, 6-3, 28-10,
RE-39 James Goode, 6-4, 24-22,
WL-B30 Chris Wilson, 6-2, 28-26,
SLB-35 Brian Favin, 6-4, 24-24,
CB-22 Kevin Thompson, 6-1, 193.
3 Ted Long, 8-11, 190, So.
2 Leo Painter 8-1, 230, Sr.
PK0-84 Brad Reade, 6-2, 195, Br.
12 Ken McMahiel, 6-11, 210, Sr.
SS-29 Jason Baleer, 5-10, 185, Ss.
FS-19 Terry Ragay, 6-12, 192, So.
FS-19B/D. L. Kuder, 5-11, 185, Fr.
Coverage: The game will be broadcast on KLZR 105.9 FM and KLWN 1320 AM.
Facts: This is the first meeting between the two coaches and the 87th game between the two teams. Gayle Sayers' No. 48 will be retired at halftime
KANSAN Graphic
'Hawks to face Sooners
By Gene King Kansan sportswriter
Gibbs expects no challenge by Kansas defense
The coach that took them to a national championship is gone. So the quarterback that ran one of the explosive option-offences in the nation.
Everything is gone, except the team's ability to score.
The Jayhawks sustained some injuries in the Baylor game. Strong safety Deral Boykin sprained an elbow, but he continued, he will play tomorrow. Mason said.
In the first two games of the season, Oklahoma, 2-1, has scored a total of 106 points.
Last week, Kansas lost to Baylor 46-3. Two weeks earlier, Baylor lost to the Sooners 33-7.
With new coach Gary Gibbs in charge, the Oklahoma Sooners come to take on Kansas 1:00 p.m. tomorrow in Memorial Stadium.
Coach Glen Mason said he was being realistic about the game, which is both team's Big Eight Conference opener.
Mason is hoping that the scores of the two games aren't a sign of things to come.
"Oklahoma is going to have to commit a lot of mistakes for us to win," Mason said.
Linebacker Lance Flachabarth sustained a knee injury, but Mason is hopeful for his return to the starting lineup.
"I'd like to think that anything can happen on any given day," Mason said.
Questions still remain concerning the starting Sooner quarterback.
Steve Collins, He started the first two games for Oklahoma and fractured his right index finger against Baylor.
Chris Melson, a 5-foot-11 sophomore, or freshman Tink Collins, 5-10, will replace Collins as leader of the wishbone offense.
Melson did not complete a pass in four attempts during the last Sooner game against Arizona.
Even though Oklahoma has not been a passing team in its previous three games, Mason expects the Sooners to throw.
"There is no reason for them not to trv and pass." Mason said.
For a Kansas offense that has scored frequently on some big plays, Mason isn't looking for the big play to prevail tomorrow.
"I think it was easier to score the big play against Baylor than it will be against Oklahoma," he said.
Kansas quarterback Kelly Donohoe passed for seven yards against Baylor. The offense managed to gain 129 total yards, the lowest since 1986 when the Jayhawks gained 98 yards against Nebraska.
Gibbs makes his first trip to Kansas as a head coach. Gibbs was the defensive coordinator for former coach Barry Switzer for 14 years.
"Kansas plays hard and makes the team jobs said. "They are very well-coached."
Gibbs is confident that his offense will have little problems with the Jayhawk defense.
"Kansas will not be our toughest test for our offense so far this year," Gibbs said. "In fact, we really haven't been tested yet."
In the Sooners' last game, they
scored on one field goal, losing 6-3 to Arizona.
Despite its sluggish play against Arizona, the Sooner offense is ranked fourth in the nation in rushing. Through three games, Oklahoma has averaged about 360 rushing yards each game.
As for his quarterback, Nelson, Gibbs said that he was not solid right now because of his lack of experience.
"Chris is quick but he does not have a real strong arm," Gibbs said. "But he has done a real good job running the option offense."
Gibbs said he was concerned with the Jayhawks' offense, though.
Donoho now ranks fourth in all-time Kansas offense with 3,850 total yards. His performance in the Baylor game enabled him to pass 1968 All-American quarterback Bobby Douglass.
"They keep you off balance," he said. "They do a pretty good job offensively."
Donohoe will have to deal with a formidable Sooner defense tomorrow.
Linebacker Roger Robben is hopping for some Sooner mistakes to aid the
Oklahoma's defense is ranked first in the conference and fourth nationally in total defense. In their first three games, the Sooners have allowed 184.3 yards a game. Kansas has averaged more than 330 yards a game.
A's will not be plagued by need to beat Royals in last games of season
"You take what you can get," he said, "and just hope the breaks go your way."
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — The once-feeable American League West will likely boast three teams with 90 wins by week's end. But it still takes about 100 to contend with the repeat champion Athletics.
Dennis Eckersley, relief pitcher for the A's, compared this season to the 1988 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Just like last year, Oakland gets to spend the final weekend padding its stats and mapping out its approach to the playoffs while the American League East leaders exhaust all resources just to survive.
In the meantime, there are goals,
lots of them.
"The loss we had in LA, we don't forget," he said, as the A's saved their second straight divisional crown, which was clinched Wednesday night. "But we can enjoy this one for about four or five days."
Going the rest of the way without a defeat would produce a second consecutive 100-victory season, a record that has not been reached since Baltimore did it ten years ago. Dave Neumann did it Thursday, needs just four RBI for his fifth RBI season in the American League and fourth overall.
Mike Moore, 19-11 after pitching a one-hitter for seven innings in the 5-0 clincher against Texas, goes for the 20-victory plateau Sunday against Kansas City. And Carney Lansford, Minnesota's Kirby Puckett, scores four percentage points, seeks his second league batting crown.
"That hasn't been on my mind at all,"兰斯ford said, ending a monthlong standoff. "I wouldn't trade this for the wouldn't mind see Kirby Puckett
do it so a right-handed hitter finally wins it again."
Lansford, who has also stolen 37 bases, is proudest of the way he and his teammates held up through their ailments this year, and not just the well-publicized injuries that sidelined Jose Canteco, Mark McGwire, Walt Weiss and Eckersley.
"This is more gratifying than last year," he said. "There have been a lot of days when guys like Dave Henderson, Dave Parker and I went out and even though we were dog-tired and so because we had to play, I think everybody realizes what we had to go through this year."
Mark McGwire, disabled early in the year by a back injury, heard rumblings all season long about his low batting average, now. 226. But he still managed to lead the club with 31 homers, becoming the second player in history to hit 30 in each of his first three full seasons; Canscoe was the first.
Angels beat Royals, creep toward second
"This year's a lot more meaningful," McGwire said. "It can't remember but a handful of blowout games this year. Last year, it seemed like we had a lot more.
Canseco isn't leading any category this year after his season as most valuable player. But he has hit 17 homers in less than half a season, and considers it an impressive achievement in light of his wrist injury and the bad publicity that has dogged him since last winter. In the clincher, he gave the A's the sure lead with a homer-
"This year, there are going to be three teams in our division with 90 or more wins, and only one team gets to go. That's tough to take. If they were in the East, they'd be running away with it."
Blyleven, 17-5 after going 10-17 with Minnesota a year ago, walked one and struck out six in his eighth complete game. It was the 60th out of his career, one behind Tom Sauer, who is eight on the all-time list.
ANAHEM, Calif. — Bert Blyleen capped a fabulous comeback season yesterday with his American League-leading fifth shutout, pitching a seven-hitter in the California Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 and ended a six-game losing streak.
The Associated Press
Blyeven's percentage of .773 set an Angles single-season record and his team a marked the first time he finished in the top division in 1984, when he pitched for Cleveland.
Sports briefs
Larry McWilliams, 2:2, allowed the angels to score in the first inning Devon White led off with a single was sacrificed to second and scored on Chill Dayis' single. Brian Downing hit his 14 home run in the eighth.
and his lowest since he had a 2.72 ERA for Texas in 1972.
It was Blyleen's ninth victory following a California loss, and it put the Angels one game behind the Royals in the race for second place in the American League West with three games remaining. Earlier, Blyleen halted losing streaks of five and seven games.
CHIEFS 80M CLARK; The Kansas City Chiefs yesterday put wide receiver Nasir Worthen on injured veteran defensive end Bruce Clark.
McWilliams pitched a seven-hitter for his first complete game with San Diego. He pitched two with the Philadelphia Phillies earlier in the season.
Worthen, the Chiefs' third-round pick this year from North Carolina State, suffered a rib injury on a punt return last week at San Diego.
Clark was a free agent after he was waived by the New Orleans Saints in 1980. He had been traded to the Saints, had been traded to the Saints by the Green Bay Packers in 1982.
Clark, a first-round pick of the Packers in 1980 and winner of the Lombardi Trophy after his junior year, has $39\frac{1}{2}$ sacks in his career.
MANTLE AND MAYS: Billed as the most expensive memorabilia in sports, the original artwork of the 1933 Mickey Mantle and Willey Mayse baseball cards began a nationwide tour yesterday in New York to benefit BAT, the Baseball Alumni Team
The artwork, purchased last month by the Marriott Corporation for $208,000, $121,000 for Mantle and
$88,000 for Mays, was used to produce a series of 750 autographed lithographs that would sell for $125 each. All proceeds will be turned over to BAT, which helps indigent former players, umpires, scouts and their widows.
PERVIS ELLISON: Doctors at University Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., said they successfully removed bone spurs from the right ankle of Pervis Ellison, the Sacramento Kings' No.1 draft pick in 1989.
Richard Marder, the team's orthopedic surgeon, said Ellison was released as an outpatient after the 30-minute operation. The 6-foot-10, 225-pound Ellison is expected to be fully recovered in six to eight weeks.
BILLS HONORED: Quarterback Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and San Diego's Gill Byrd won defensive honors.
Kelly tied a club record with five
touchdown passes as the Bills rallied to beat Houston by a score of 47-41 in overtime Sunday. Byrd intercepted two passes and made six tackles in the Chargers' 21-6 victory against Kansas City.
Tonga McClain, 19, of Racine, Wis., lost to Julio Gonzalez of Cuba when McClain's corner stopped the match with 28 seconds remaining in the third round. Raul Marquez, 18, of Houston, was worn down by body punches and lost a 13-7 decision to
HOPE FOR GOLD: Eric Griffin, a 22-year-old bus boy from Houston, became the United States' last gold medal hope at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, when he won his semifinal bout while both of his U.S. teammates were beaten.
Griffin reached the 106-pound final with a 20-10 victory against Kim Dok Nam of North Korea. He will fight against Rogelle Marcelo of Cuba for the gold Saturday night.
Francisco Vastag of Romania in the 147-pound class.
JOCKEY SUSPENDED: ockey Chris Antley, suspended by Belmont Park stewards, admitted he had a "substance abuse" problem and voluntarily surrendered his license, announced the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
In a statement released through the board, Antley also said he would not race in any other state until the board "acts on my application, if any, for relicensing or reinstatement in New York."
Belmont stewards took Antley off his scheduled mounts Saturday and suspended him indefinitely for them undisclosed reasons. At the same time Antley's agent, Drew Mollica, said he had severed all ties with the hockey.
Antley, 23, has a long history of drug abuse. He failed a breath analyzer test for alcohol in 1986 and tested positive for marijuana in 1987.
Scooter Barry signs Celtics tryout contract, will play Larry Brown's team in two games
By Paula Parrish
Kansan sportwriter
Scooter Barry may be well-known in Kansas, but he was startled when recognized by Boston Celtic Larry Bird.
"I'd never met Larry Bird and for him to come up to me on the court and say, 'How you doing, Scooter?' was really wild." Barrv said.
The Boston Celtics announced Tuesday that Scooter Barry had signed a contract to try-out in the Celtic's veterans camp and to play in their pre-season exhibition games with the possibility of becoming a member of the team, depending on his performance.
"It's like final cuts, but I'm getting paid to be here and be playing," Barry said.
Barry went to the Celtics' rookie camp in late July and August. His contract will become validated if the Celtics decide to retain him.
"Signing a contract won't mean anything until I make the team," he said.
After his graduation last year, he was ensigned during the NBA draft and decided to attend the Celtics and the Denver Nuggets rookie camps this summer with the hope of being asked back by one of them.
Barry, 6-foot-8, is a former Kansas guard and member of the 1988 National championship basketball team.
"To play for the Boston Celtics would be a dream come true," he said. "The opportunity to make a living playing the game is incredible."
Barry said that final decisions about who made the team would, at the latest, come around Oct. 29, after the last exhibition game.
Barry said he thinks he knows what kind of players the Celtics want for their roster.
"I think the team's looking for role players, so the veterans don't have to pull the weight all the time." he said.
Although camp doesn't start until Oct. 6, Barry and his father, former NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, left for Boston on Tuesday.
Barry said that this was the kind of opportunity he had been looking for, because he is a role player.
"I'm not going to go out and score 40 points," Barry said. "But I can get on to the dog that can. I think I can be as versatile as they want me to be."
"I came up early to get some experience with the veterans and play with these guys, so it's not only brand new next week," he said.
Barry said he was a bit awestruck at first by playing with the Celtics and with Larry Bird.
"I never thought I'd realize my dream of playing with him," Barry said. "But I'm trying not to let these feelings get so overwelming that it interferes with my play. Right now, I'm less concerned with who I'm playing with than how I am playing."
Two of the Celtics' eight exhibition games will be against the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs' head coach is Brown, who has won its national championship in 1988.
He said he was pleased with the way things have gone.
But Scooter said he wouldn't look at playing the Spurs any differently because of his old coach.
"I'd like to play well against him so he knows he taught me well," Barry said.
"I feel I've accomplished a lot to get to this point," Barry said. "But I don't want to be satisfied to get just to here. I want to go to the whole ten yards. Hopefully, if things go well during camp, I'll make the team."
Scooter Berry will play in Boston's exhibition games
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