University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 1, 1989
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Kansas football turns 100 Jayhawks hope to end opening-day losing streak
By Gene King Kansan sportswriter
Kansas football will kick off its 100th season tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Memorial Stadium against Montana State, an NCAA Division I-AA team;
Where Kansas is weak, MSU is perhaps the strongest. The Bobcats, 4-7 in 1988, have a linebacking core full of veterans, led by senior Mark D'Agostino, one of 36 letterman returning for the Bobcats. The 6-foot-2, 229-pound linebacker led the Bobcats with 112 tackles last season.
The offense will be led by junior quarterback John Tetrault, who threw for 917 yards and rushed for more than 450 yards last season.
Coach Earle Solomonson enters his third year as coach of the Bobcats. During his first season at Montana State, he posted a 1-10 record.
"John (Tetrault) is playing strong now," Solomon sledon. "and our offensive line is an experienced group and playing well.
“Kansas pursues well on defense and Kelly Donohoe is an extremely talented quarterback. The running backs and receivers are excellent.”
Kansas will try to break a string of opening-day losses. The Jayhawks last won on opening day in 1984 when they defeated Wichita State 31-7.
Coach Glen Mason begins his second year at Kansas. During Mason's first season with the Jayhawks, the game was a 30-12 rout of Kansas State.
Donohoe will start the first game of his senior year fourth on the Kansas career passing chart with 3,251
yards. He needs 1,427 to move past Mike Norseth into third place.
Sophomore Tony Sands and junior Frank Hatchett will battle for the top tailback position this fall, with Sands getting the opening-day start. Sands rushed for 480 yards on 103 carries last season, including a 117-yard performance against Oklahoma State.
- Kelly Donohoe Kansas quarterback
'We are definitely ready to play Saturday.'
Mason said Hatchett and Sands would play about the same amount this fall. Hatchett was second on the squad in rushing behind Sands last season with 417 yards rushing and an average of 7.1 yards per carry.
Also see some time in the backfield will be sophomore Maurice Lafayette. He played in nine games last season, rushing for 43 yards on 14 carries.
Donohoe's primary target will be senior wide receiver Quinn Smith. Smith replaces Willie Vaughn, the star cornerback for the team with 2,264 career receiving yards.
Quintin has a chance to be one of the leaders in the Big Eight. Dignopeah goes
Sophomore Roger Robben and freshman Wes Swinford have earned starting roles in the injury-plagued linebacking crew.
"They should all see some playing time," Mason said. "The linebackers are virtually interchangeable."
Swinford moved in front of sophomore Brad Peebler during last week's practices.
Donohoe said, "Our defense is great. They're ready. The offense is kind of sluggish, though. We need to convince someone besides ourselves.
"We are definitely ready to play Saturday," he said.
The Kansas quarterback called this first game a momentum builder, but said he was not looking past Montana State.
"I'm just taking the season one game at a time," he said.
Donoho said he expected the Bobcats to be tough and ready to play.
"They're going to come down here
have to play and play hard. They have
to play."
Coach Mason has instilled a new twist into this year's opening-day kickoff. The kickoff team will comprise walk-onts and people from the student body. Texas A & M has used the idea for several years, and Coach Mason has the wanted the student body to get more involved with this year's team.
Another idea designed to boost student support is the Jayhawk jungle. The jungle is a section of the stadium reserved for students who want to cheer on the team using signs and other visual aids.
This the first meeting between Kansas and Montana State and Kansas' first game against a team from the Big Sky Conference.
Game
Kansas Jayhawks Coach Glen Mason
Montana State Bobcats
Coach
Earle Solomonson
WR-6 Jim New, 6-0, 185, So.
LT-77 Chris Perez, 6-5, 283, So.
LG-68 John Fitch, 6-2, 250, So.
OC-51 Chi Budde, 6-2, 265, Jr.
GRG-66 Scott Imwale, 6-2, 260, Rs.-Fr.
RTG-56 Russ Bowen, 6-3, 267, Sr.
TE-86 John Baker, 6-3, 245, Sr.
QB-5 Kelly Donohoe, 6-0, 180, Sr.
FB-4 Maurice Hooks, 5-11, 205, Jr.
TB-42 Tony Sands, 6-1, 75, So.
3 Frank Hatchett, 5-10, 192, Jr.
WR-2 Quintin Smith, 5-11, 175, Sr.
PK-93 Brad Fleeman, 5-8, 172, Sr.
SOB-17 Lance Flachsbarth, 6-5, 235, So.
ST-78 Gary Oatis, 6-1, 252, Jr.
MG-72 Gilbert Brown, 6-2, 322, Fr.
RT-82 David Gordon, 6-3, 250, Jr.
ROL-84 Dan Newbrough, 6-1, 225, Sr.
RIL-34 Roger Robben, 6-0, 223, So.
SIL-61 Brad Peebler, 6-1, 214, So.
CC-8 Tim Hill, 5-8, 160, So.
WC-10 Doug Terry, 5-11, 177, So.
WS-23 Jason Priest, 6-0, 190, So.
SS-9 Deral Boykin, 5-10, 190, So.
P-97 J.B. Lohsen, 6-3, 218, Sr.
Probable Starters:
Offense
Probable Starters:
Defense
SE-20 Bucky Haynes, 5-1, 69, Re-Fr.
LT-61 Mark Woodcock, 6-4, 262, So.
LG-65 Bryan Zatsburg, 6-4, 280, Sr.
C-72 Travis Annette, 6-3, 251, So.
GR-67 Rickard Isackson, 6-5, 263, Sr.
RT-64 Kevin Eiliot, 6-4, 248, Jr.
TE-97 Bryan Krumwiede, 6-4, 222, Jr.
FL-10 Rob Stoltz, 6-3, 191, Jr.
QB-12 John Tetrault, 6-1, 196, Jr.
FB-35 Bob Wilkinson, 6-0, 203, Jr.
TB-37 Mark Rinehart, 5-11, 191, Sr.
PK-5 Jay Shrub, 5-8, 158, Sr.
LE-53 Larry Love, 6-1, 231, So.
NG-63 Corey Widmer, 6-3, 251, So.
RE-42 Jason Hakert, 6-4, 236, So.
SOLB-7 Mychal Kempt, 6-3, 228, Sr.
SILB-34 Mark D'Agostino, 6-2, 223, Sr.
WILB-55 Jon Skelton, 6-2, 229, Jr.
WOLB-88 Rob Hatch, 6-1, 214, Fr.
FS-15 Richard Brady, 5-11, 185, Jr.
SS-7 Steve Leback, 5-11, 199, So.
LC-6 Sean Hill, 5-1, 160, Fr.
RC-36 Steve Perkins, 5-11, 185, Jr.
P-30 Darren Svensden, 5-11, 177, Fr.
The University of Kansas Jayhawks and the Montana State Bobcats have never before competed against each other. Miscellaneous:
Montana State linebacker Mark D'Agostino led the team with 112 tackles last season.
Former Kansas swimmer dives into coaching position
KANSAN Graphic
By Andres Cavelier
Kansan sportswriter
and Country Club swimming ool.
Former Kansas swimmer Glenn Trammel has realized in the past two weeks that being an athlete is different from being a coach.
Trammel, 22, swam four years for Kansas and set a school record of 44.32 seconds in the 100-meter free relay. April at the NCAA Championships.
He graduated in May with a degree in economics and spent the summer as a manager at the Alvamar Golf
I just could not walk away from the desk, he said. "I miss swimmint."
This fall, Trammel, will be an assistant coach and the men's and women's swim team.
Trammel, a three time All-American, said his decision to stay at Kansas was a mutual agreement between himself and Coach Gary Kempf. He said Kempf gave him the opportunity to build the women's program, which Trammel has seen grow during the past four years.
"He is a tremendous asset for the team," assistant coach Brad Wells said. "he has the respect of the team; he will handle the job really well."
Trammel's most important goal for the season is to help the swimmers improve their academic and personal accomplishments, as well as their athletic performance, he said.
Tramnel will be working this fall with both men and women at the pool's deck, as well as in the weight room. He will spend most of his time
assisting in the weight room.
Trammel accomplished a lot in his four years of swimming for KU, setting 10 Kansas records. Five of those records were individual and include the 100- and 200-meter backstroke. He scored 19.8 seconds in the swim meet which placed him fourth at the NCAA Championships last spring.
Although Tramnel has never been part of coaching before, in 1987 he taught at Hawaii with a national coaching staff and he leaves the team much experience good coaches must
have.
Trammel said that he has seen different styles of coaching used throughout the nation, but that he was fortunate to learn from Kernof.
"I have a lot of respect for him," Tramnel said.
Kempf officially hired Tramnel and two other swimmers from last year to help with the team. The other assistant coaches hired were Dave Youker, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Jenny Fisher, Goddard.
Tramnel plans to be an assistant coach at Kansas for about two years.
Shelly Sack, Platte, Neb., sophomore, hurls the ball to first base in a practice drill.
Vent Gilbert/KANSAN
Sports briefs
TYSON TO FIGHT RUDDOCK
Mike Tyson's next heavyweight title defense, against Razor Ruddock, will take place in Canada on Nov. 18, a group of promoters said yesterday.
Sonny McPhee, who heads the group, said he had agreed to pay $3 million to Don King, Tyson's prosecution team. He was right against Ruddock, a Canadian.
King had been searching for a site promoter since a Las Vegas hotel official said the fight was not worth King's asking price.
McPhee said the preliminary documents were same Wednesday night.
Still undecided is the site. Al Braverman, a King spokesman, said under consideration were B.C. Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta, Toronto's SkyDome and Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
Home Box Office, which holds the television rights to all of Tyson's championship fights, confirmed the date.
WALTERS RETURNS TO COLORADO: Colorado quarterback Mark Walters, who walked off the team prior to last year's Freedom Bowl, returned to the Boulder practice field Wednesday.
Walters said he was in contact with Buffalooes Coach Bill McCartney during the off-season, and approached him recently about returning to the team.
Walters will be in conditioning this week and back in pads next week, McCartney said.
He said his departure and return were for personal reasons he would not discuss. Walters, who has had surgery on both knees, said last year the pain of playing was too much to bear.
CHIEFS SIGN LOWERY: Kicker Nick Lewery signed a three-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday to end a 42-day hollow.
The Chiefs also reached agreement with wide receiver Stephone Paige, who is expected to sign a contract tomorrow.
Kansas City claimed center Michael Morris on waivers from the Washington Redskins and said he would be the deep snapper.
Waived were kicker Mike Porter, defensive end Walter Bowyer and running back Lionel James was his physical because of a hip problem.
Lowery has the second-highest
field goal percentage in NFL history at 77.9 percent, trailing New Orleans Saints kicker Morten Andersen's 78.2 percent. He has made 99.35 percent of his extra point attempts, trailing only Tommy Davis' league record of 99.43 percent.
Colorado was picked to finish second, Oklahoma third, Oklahoma State fourth. Missouri fifth, Iowa state seventh and Kansas state eight.
NEBRASKA PICKED TO FINISH FIRST IN CONFERENCE: Nebraska has been picked to finish first in the Big Eight conference this season by the Big Eight Skywriters.
The Skywriters, a group of sports writers who cover the Big Eight, recently finished a tour of the eight football programs.
Nebraska received 2 first-place votes and Colorado received nine.
Mike Gundy, a quarterback for Oklahoma State, was picked as offensively most valuable.
Kanavis McGhee, an outside linebacker for Colorado, was picked as defensive player of the year with $19^{1/2}$ votes.
Gilbert Brown, a defensive lineman for Kansas, was picked as defensive newcomer of the year with 18 votes.
Time out
Kent Gilbert/KANSAN
Members of the Kansas women's softball team take time out to strech after practice. The team was practicing yesterday afternoon.
The Associated Press
Saberhagen's 8-win streak stifles Tigers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bret Saber-hagen won his eighth game in a row as the Kansas City Royals blanked the Tigers during the Tigers their 12th straight loss.
Saberhagen, 17-5, has won 14 of his last 15 decisions. He pitched eight innings, allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked none. Jeff Montgomery worked the ninth for his 15th save.
Kevin Seitzer led the offense with three of Kansas City's six hits. The victory moves the Royals within 2½ percent in the land in the American League West.
Rookie Kevin Ritz, 3-3, allowed five hits, walked four and struck out seven in seven innings.
Kansas City scored an unearned run in the first after Seitzer doubled leading off. With one out, Bo Jackson hit a grounder under the glove of Detroit first baseman Dave Bergman and Seitzer scored on the error.
Seitzer gave the Royals a 2-0 lead in the seventh when he doubled in Bill Pecota. Pecota added an RBI single in the eighth.
Other baseball scores
American League:
Toronto 5, Chicago 1
Milwaukee 6, Seattle 2
Boston 5, California 2
Cleveland 11, Baltimore 0
Minnesota 8, Texas 6
National games:
San Diego 5, Philadelphia 1
Angels lose to Red Sox
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Roger Clemens struck out a season-high 13 batters to reach double figures for the 37th time in his career, and hot-swinging Jody Reed had four hits as the Boston Red Sox beat the California Angels 5-2 last night.
Reed extended his hitting streak to eight games as the Red Sox bounced back after having a nine-game winning streak broken in a 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati red-tied night. Reed has 17 hits for his last 31 at-bats, for a .516 average.
The Red Sox took three of four games in the series and trail American League East co-leaders Toronto and Baltimore by four games. California dropped $2 \frac{1}{2}$ behind Oakland in the West.
Clemens, who walked one, allowed Claudel Washington's 11th homer, with one out in the first inning, and a pinch-hit RBI single to Tony Armas in the seventh. Clemens allowed eight hits.
Boston handed California's Kirk McCaskill, 14-8, only his second defeat in his last seven decisions. McCaskill was tagged for 10 hits.