Sports
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1985
University Daily Kansan
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Williams, Oswald won't play Saturday
'The Kansas Jayhawks, who have lost three consecutive games, will not have the services of tailback Lynn Williams when they attempt to break the loss strep Saturday against Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb., head coach Mike Gottfried said yesterday.
Free safety Wayne Ziegler, who reinjured his right knee Oct. 19 against Kansas State, has been upgraded to probable for Saturday. Center Paul Oswald will miss third game with a strained knee
Linebacker Willie Pless missed the one-and-a-half hour practice yesterday in Anschutz Sports Pavilion because he had an arm with removed. Gotfried said Pless was expected to play Saturday.
Gottfried said he was undecided on who would kick against Nebraska. Jeff Johnson, who has been the No. 1 kicker for most of the season, missed two field goals in the Jayhawks' 14-3 loss to Colorado. Johnson's backup, freshman Chase Van Dyne, also missed a field goal against the Buffaloes.
The early signing period for college basketball begins today and runs through Nov. 20. Head basketball coach Larry Brown said Friday that the Jayhawks could sign as many as four players.
Signing day arrives
Kansas running back Arnold Fields slashes through the Colorado defense. Field gainsed 29 yards on six attempts in KU's 14-3 loss to the Buffaloes Saturday in Memorial Stadium. By game's end, the Kansas offense had gone 11 quarters without scoring a touchdown.
"Four kids have told me they're coming, but I'll wait until they sign," Brown said after Kansas' exhibition game against the Czechoslovakian National team.
Volleyball team falls
The Kansas volleyball team lost to Iowa State Monday night in Ames, Iowa, which dropped the Jayhawks' record to 2-7 in the Big Eight Conference. The Jayhawks lost 9-15, 11-15 and 12-15.
The victory was Iowa State's first conference win of the year. "They were out for blood from anyone," KU head coach Frankie Abitz said after the match.
From staff and wire reports.
No quick-fix for offense
Of the Kansan sports staff
By Frank Hansel
Eleven quarters without a touchdown and only four field goals have Kansas head coach Mike Gottfried searching for answers, but he said yesterday that the answers would not come from new sources.
"It (the offense) is the same thing we were doing before," Gottfried said. "We're not doing anything different from (what we did) earlier in the season."
Gottfried said the Kansas offense would not feature any quick remedies when the Jayhawks attempt to break a three-game losing streak against Nebraska at p.m. Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
Wide receiver Richard Estell said Kansas needed to re-establish the killer instinct it had earlier in the season, especially when the Jayhawks got inside an opponent's 20-vard line.
Kansas quarterback coach Bob Valesente said some practice time always had been dedicated to working on offensive execution inside the 20-yard line, but lately it had been given more emphasis.
"I know everybody thinks they're giving it their best, but when we're not scoring we have to give a little extra." Estell said.
Quarterback Mike Norsehead said the one change from earlier in the season was the team's lack of extention. Javayhaws neared the end zone.
Lack of execution and physical breakdowns hurt Kansas in its 14-3 loss to Colorado. Twice in the third quarter, Kansas had excellent opportunities to erase a 3-Colorado lead but was unable to do so.
The first wasted opportunity of the third quarter was when kicker Jeff Johnson missed his second shot of the day from the 29-yard line.
The next opportunity eluded the Jayhawks after Travis Hardy recovered Colorado running back Anthony Weatherson's fumble at the Colorado 26. A first down holding penalty moved Kansas back to the 36, but the offense moved the ball to the Colorado 17.
Two running plays by Mike Rogers moved the ball to the 12 where Norseth's incomplete pass to Tom Quick ended the drive. Get-
tried then elected to go with freshman kicker Chase Dyny, whose field goal attempt was wide left and short from 28 vards.
With Kansas' pass-oriented offense, Gottfried said undue attention was placed on Norseth, and when the offense sputtered
"We're talking about the possible all-time Big Eight leader in offense (season), and people fail to realize that he is having a great year," Gottfried said.
One problem that has plagued the Jayhawks is injuries. The most recent injuries have sidelined center Paul Oswald and tailback Joffried said that losing Oswald and Jeffred said like a baseball team losing its car.
cher and center fielder
Valesente said some of the offensive troubles were caused by the better defenses the Jayhawks are playing each week. He said Kansas needed: something to help keep them off balance.
Norseth said that the loss of Williams had hurt the running game, but Kansas had capable starters. Arnold Fields and Mike Rowes.
62 baseball players testing market
United Press International
NEW YORK - Sixty-two major league baseball players, including slugger Kirk Gibson and seven-time batting champion Rod Carwe, have filed for free agency and are officially for sale to the highest bidder.
The deadline for filing for free agency was 12:01 a.m. EST yesterday, and 11 players sneaked in under the wire. Another player, pitcher Scott Sanderson of the Chicago Cubs, filed and then pulled out of the free agent market Monday by signing a three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
McRae files for free agency
This marks the first year that free agents are allowed to negotiate with all 26 clubs. Previously, a re-entry draft was held and players selected by three or more teams were limited to negotiating solely with the clubs that drafted them.
However, under terms of the new contract neglected in August, there
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hal McRae of the Kansas City Royals filed for free agency Monday in a move his agent said was taken so the player could protect himself while working out a new agreement with the club.
Because midnight Monday was the deadline to file for free agency, agent Dick Moss said McRae went
ahead and filed in the event that the 39-year-old athlete and the club found they were unable to work out a new agreement.
Earlier, three other members of the 1985 world champion Royals — outfielders Lynn Jones and Dane lorg and catcher Jamie Quirk — filed for free agency.
Last season, McRae was inserted into the Royals' lineup on a full-time basis as designated hitter.
are no longer any restrictions on free agency.
The amount of money owners are willing to pay for free agents, however, may be restricted. Most of the big name players on this year's list are old by baseball standards and far past their peak years.
Peter Ueberroth, is attempting to curb its free-spending habits in the pursuit of free agents.
The wild spending of some owners, such as George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees, Gene Autry of the California Angels and Ted Turner of the Atlanta Braves in recent years, has sent baseball's payrolls skrocyketing and plunged the
business into financial difficulty
Additionally, baseball's ownership, following the advice of commissioner
Among this year's crop of free agents, Gibson is by far the most attractive commodity.
Gibson, who earned $685,000 this past season, will be seeking a long-term contract worth in excess of $1 million per year and probably escalating to nearly $2 million per year by the end of the contract.
Other prominent names on the free agent list are catcher Carlton Fisk, pitchers Joe and Phil Niekro, pitcher Don Sutton, designated hitter Al Oliver and designated hitter Hal McRae. However, all are 37 years old or older and cannot command long term investments.
Carew, who passed baseball's 3,000 hit mark this year, may be forced in retirement. His old team, the Minnesota Twins, has already told him they are not interested in signing him, and there would appear to be hitters for a 40-year-old singles hitter who can no longer play every day.
AP puts 'Hawks fifth in early poll
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech's No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press press conference college basketball poll is a double-edged sword because "a tremendous amount of pressure" comes with the recognition, Yellow Jackets Coach Bobby Cremins said Tuesday.
Georgia Tech got 28 first-place votes and 1,192 points from the nationwide panel of 63 sports writers and broadcasters to edge out North Carolina for the top spot. Georgia Tech was ranked 57-64 in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship game last season.
"To be honest, right now I don't know if we can live up to it," Cremins said. "It puts a tremendous amount of pressure on us. My expectations are usually very high, but they can't go higher than the ones that have been put upon us.
"I just hope we can deal with it." Georgia Tech and North Carolina were among five ACC teams placed in the Top Twenty. In third place was Michigan, one of two Big Ten teams in the Top Ten.
The Tar Heels got 13 first-place votes and 1,148 points. Michigan had 13 first-place votes and 1,141 points.
The No. 4 team was Syracuse, one of two Big East teams in the Top Ten, with 936 points. No. 5 was Kansas, our first place votes and 921 points.
The ACC's Duke got two first-place votes and 911 points for the sixth-ranking, and Illinois of the Big Ten got one first-place vote and 847 points for seventh place.
Georgetown of the Big East, last year's national run-up, got one first-place vote and 824 points for eighth; No. 9 Louisville of the Metro Conference had 687; and Auburn of the Southeastern Conference rounded out the Top Ten with 670.
Last year's national champion, Villanova, was not ranked, nor was St. John's, a fellow Big East school and Final Four participant. Both teams lost several key players to graduation.
Georgetown has been in the NCAA championship game three of the last four years, but now faces life without star center Patrick Ewing. The Hoyas were the top team in last year's preseason poll and held that spot for all but five weeks of the season.
The SEC is the only other conference to have more than two teams in the Top Twenty, with Kentucky ranked 11th and Louisiana State 14th. Kentucky will begin the season with a new coach, Eddie Sutton.
Notre Dame, the only independent in the Top Twenty, was one of seven teams to receive first-place votes. The Irish finished 12th and received one vote for the top spot.
Rounding out the Top Twenty behind Notre Dame were Oklahoma; LSU; Memphis State, a Final Four team last year; Alabama-Birmingham; North Carolina State of the ACC; Nevada-Las Vegas; and, tied for 19th, Maryland of the ACC and Navy, schools 25 miles apart.
Preseason Top 20
The Top Twenty teams in the Associated 'resst' preseason college basketball poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, total bases based on 2018-19-17- 1968-1945 record
Record Pts Pts
1. Georgia Tech (28) 27 - 9 114 - 9
2. North Carolina (13) 27 - 9 114 - 9
3. Michigan (13) 26 - 4 1141 - 12
4. Syracuse 26 - 4 1141 - 12
5. St. Louis 26 - 4 936 - 13
6. Duke (2) 23 - 0 111 - 10
7. Illinois (1) 23 - 0 111 - 10
8. Georgetown (1) 36 - 5 917 - 12
9. Leaville 19 - 10 697 - 10
10. Abburn 23 - 11 670 - 10
11. Harlem 15 - 11 670 - 10
12. Notre Dame (1) 21 - 9 459 - 10
13. Oklahoma 11 - 6 459 - 10
14. Louisiana State 11 - 6 459 - 10
15. Memphis State 31 - 4 292 - 16
16. Ala-Birmingham State 31 - 4 292 - 16
17. Alabama 25 - 10 695 - 10
18. New-Las Vegas 28 - 4 182 - 9
19. Mayland 25 - 12 153 - 9
20. Oakland 11 - 6
Others receiving votes: Indiana 11, DePaul 107, Washington 106, Iowa 104, UCLA 79, Arkansas 82, Texas 80, Tennessee 81, sturbridge 39, Tennessee 33, Georgia 21, Alabama 28, Villanova 25, Pepperdine 15, St. Joseph's 15, Texas-East 15, Arizona 10, Dayton 2, Fresno 6, West Virginia 6, Ohio State 5, Georgia State 5, Arizona State 4, Bradley 4, Loyola 3, III. Norwalk 3, Old Dominion 1, Oregon 1, Southern Cal 1
United Press International
Kentucky officials impose strict rules
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky, under investigation by the NCAA for rule violations in its basketball program, has imposed new rules that are stricter than NCAA requirements.
The new rules were distributed to Kentucky coaches last week following allegations of NCAA violations. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Oct. 27 that 31 of 38 players interviewed knew of rule violations and 26 said they had participated.
Some players have since said they were misquoted or their comments were taken out of context. The allegations included receiving cash from boosters in the locker room, selling free season tickets and receiving excessive payments for speeches.
Athletics Director Cliff Hagan issued the rules, which include requiring players to make a written report of speeches, provide information on summer jobs and register their automobiles with the university. Those steps are not required by the NCAA.
The new rules also require each head coach to ensure that players designate only relatives and fellow students to sit in their free seats and to confirm that only those designated are sitting in the seats.
The new rules also ban boosters from the locker room, Wildcat Lodge or Wildcat Den, a lounge in Commonwealth Stadium, without "prior approval of the director of athletics."
In addition, Hagan sent a letter to members of Kentucky's Blue-White Fund and warned them about giving payments or gifts to players.
Golfers get low team score
By Frank Hansel
"Institutions with great fan support often find that overalcelous boosters can create problems," the letter said. "Boosters involved with student-atheles sometimes provide benefits not permissible within NCAA and SEC (Southeastern Conference) rules."
Hagan added that the university might have to drop boosters who violated the rules from ticket lists
Of the Kansan sports staff
Kansas shot the low team round of the Hal Sutton International golf tournament yesterday in Shreveport, La, and moved into second place behind Southern Methodist after the second round.
The Jayhawks, who shot a team score of 290 yesterday, trail the Mustangs by 10 strokes with one round to play. Kansas head coach Ross Randall said there was a chance to catch Southern Methodist today.
"They told us that the course will be tougher tomorrow." Randall said yesterday. "They're moving the tees back and making the pin placements tougher, but if SMU is going to win, you need a SMU had a team score of 588 after two rounds K14."
Chris Hutches made the biggest turnaround for Kansas by shooting a 70 in the second round. He shot 80 in the first round and is in 10th place overall with a 150 total. John Ogden is in 15th place with a 151 total after shooting 76 to go with his first round 75. Brian McGreeye shot 73 yesterday for a 152 total, and Dave Pettot shot an 80 in the first round and a 79 in the second for a 159 total.
SMU had a team score of 588 after two rounds. KU's team score was 598.
Goalie taken off life support
Steve Madsen shot a 72 in the second round to move into second place. He has a two-round total of 145 and trails tournament leader Russell Beiersdorf of Southern Methodist by three strokes.
"One more day of getting used to these greens really helped us." Randall said. "Shooting this well today should give us confidence for the final round."
STRATFORD, N.J. — Hockey star Pelle Lindbergh, attached to life support systems since a weekend car crash, was declared dead last night after doctors removed his vital organ, the lungs, in the indelhicle Flvers said.
Southeast Louisiana, which was in second place after the first round, slipped to third with a 606 total, followed by: Baylor, 608; North Texas State and Pan American.
The 26-year-old goalie had been declared clinically dead 9:15 a.m. Monday after the necessary period of observation since the car accident in Samerdale, N.J., a team spokesman said.
United Press International
Lindbergh, declared brain dead hours after his Porsche crashed into
Lindbergh, the Flyers' Most Valuable Player and the NHL's top goallet last year, will be buried in Sweden, a team spokeswoman said. The Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Fund for Cancer Research has been established for memorial contributions.
the concrete steps of a school, was attached to life-support systems since the crash while his parents decided whether to donate his vital organs for transplant.
Lindbergh, known to love high-performance cars and fast driving, was declared brain dead Sunday after he missed a curve and drove his
"From a purely medical point of view, he's been dead since 5-40 Sunday morning," said Flyers team physician Dr. Edward Viner, who acted as a spokesman for the family. "They have accepted the finality of his condition."
custom-built Porsche into the concrete steps of a school in Somerdale, N.J.
Tests showed Lindbergh was legally drunk at the time of the accident with a blood-alcohol level of 0.24 percent, more than twice the limit for drivers in New Jersey. Two passengers in Lindbergh's car also were injured in the crash.
Alan Hagem!KANSAN
Passing fancy
Kansas center Greg Dreiling tried unsuccessfully to prevent forward Danny Manning from dishing off a pass during yesterday's basketball practice in Allen Field House.