University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 11, 197
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Year-round work readies gymnasts
By PATTI ARNOLD Sports Writer
Concentration at a maximum, Kathy Ross mounts a four-inch wide balance beam.
The only other sound in the gym is the soft music.
But Ross falls off of the beam attempt concussive back walk-overs. He lands on his right wrist routine, ending with a back aerial dismount. Her teammates clap in ap-
"Good job Kathy, looks real good!" one says.
For the KU gymnastics team, the scene has been the same since the first day of classes, even though the season doesn't begin until early November.
The five women and 10 men on coach Ken Snow's team have set a goal—to be in shape for the early season meet.
Injuries and illnesses have hampered that goal thus far, but Snow said none of KU's injuries were serious. He is concerned about the injuries that illnesses have recently hit the team.
Three cases of mononucleosis and several cases of strep throat have plagued the team. Snow said the changing weather was responsible for most of the sickness, and that the illness is able to illness because they were tired
"If we work harder, there is a greater chance for illness. It's a give and take situation," he said.
Snow said the gymnasts usually come back from summer vacation out of shape, and that it took time to get in the proper condition.
The most common injuries are to the knees, elbows, ankles and wrists, Snow said. Most of the injuries occur during
the practice of routine skills, not while learning new tricks.
"There is no way to prevent an injury like that," Snow said. "A kid can jump a certain trick a hundred times and just one slip can cause a dislaced elbow."
The first few weeks of practice were spent on stretching and running, but now that the season is coming, Snow said, the training tricks and getting routines set.
The women compete in four events, so each day they concentrate on two different events.
The men, who compete in six events, work hard on three events each day and lightly on another.
Although the men's team is larger, there is more depth on the women's team. Snow said.
"We have a high caliper of girls on the team this year," he said. "I would like to have seven or eight on the team, but with two girls, girls we really don't need more."
Snow said the women were strong in the balance beam event this season, but they also had their bars and the vault. The men have exceptionally strong floor exercise, vaulting and boxing.
"We're going to have the strongest floor-ex team that we've ever had at KU. We've already got some guys throwing double backs."
"The pommel horse is a swing event," Snow said. "You can usually tell who will win a meet by the way the pommel team scores. It's a tricky event."
Snow said competition for the top Big Eight teams would be stiff this year. The champion Nebraska and the runner-up Oklahoma will be the teams to beat, he said.
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BALITMER (AP)—Dug DeCenesis smashed a two-run homer, capping a five-run Baltimore uprising in the first inning, and the Orioles on to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 54 in the once-predicted game of the 1707 World Series last year.
The Orieos' bats coded after the early barrage, but they took advantage of some shabby Pirates fielding to build the biggest game in the 76-year history of the Series.
Twice Pittsburgh could have escaped the inning on double play balls, but both times the Pirates failed to turn the play. Even the Rangers paid the price on the frigid, damp night.
Mike Flanagan, the major league' winnersing pitcher with 23 victories during the regular season, rode the early edge to victory by holding off the Pirates, who built but attempted cornerback around a record-breaking strikeout. (A score is error by DeClinez, the first-inning her.)
an eighth-inning home run by first baseman Willie Stargell played the Pirates within one run. Flanker survived a tough pitch and ended up scoring with the help of errors by DeCenxs. Stargell also figured in the Pirates' first run in the fourth inning with a run-producing save.
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Baltimore edges Pittsburgh 5-4
The Orioles started fast with leadoff man Al Bumby bumping a first-pitch single to left field against Pittsburgh starter Bruce Kison, Mark Belanger, who batted only 167. Kison's team lost season, walked on four pitches. With Ballantine's power coming up, Kison was in trouble.
He almost escaped by getting Ken down. They were in danger of anxiety to turn the double play, Kison boobbled the ball and had to settle for getting the batter at first. Bumery and Belanger were back on the field.
Pittsburgh played its infeld back, except at third base, hoping to choke off the big innings. And after cleanman Eddie Johnson's 34-14 pitch, the strategy very nearly worked.
John Lowenstein ripped a perfect double ball to play two baseman Phil Garrer. But Garrer had trouble getting the ball out before it was out, and a shortstop Tum Fell's face for an error.
Two runs scored on the play and Murray was down by two as he reached second but changed his mind halfway down the baseline and retreated to first as Fail fumbled the relay and was sent off.
Rattled by the error, Kison then unloaded a wild pitch, allowing Murray to score the third run of the innings. The wild pitch came on Kison's delivery to DeCinces.
DeCines thus became the 150 man in World Series history to hit a homer in his first series swing. Among the others was Baltimore third baseman Brooks Robinson, DeCines' predecessor at the position for center who man threw out the first ball last night.
Two pitches later, the Orioles third baseman unloaded a long homer into the left field bleachers, making the score 5-0.
When Billy Smith followed with a single, it fitted kison, who threw 27 pitches and retired only one batter in the long Baltimore rally. He retrieved and stopped the Baltimore rally.
The only good thing about the Orioles' big win was that they were the Ballerons' first at-bat and it gave Pittsburgh eight chances to come back. The Pistons nearly made it -- with a few thunderbolt moments.
Plaganag pitched his way out of jams in the fourth and fifth innings. He surrendered leadoff singles to Foli and Parker in the sixth, but Stargell scored Pittsburgh's first run.
Next, Flanagan duelled Garner. The broke's southbound thrust on the count 12 to win a four-set final and fouled off three pitches to stay alive. He lost to the battle with a two-run single to last.
opened with singles. Flagan recovered to strike out Stargell and he got Bill Madill on a fly ball. but then, DeCenice kicked a shot by Steve Nixon, loading the bases.
In the fifth, Flanagan surrendered a leadoff double to Garner but retired the next three batters.
Pinch hitter Lee Lacy gave DeGinesan another chance to end the inning, and again the third baseman booted the ball, loading the bases.
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