Sports
Tuesday. Oct. 29, 1985
University Daily Kansan
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Intramural football action to continue
Eight teams claimed first-round victories yesterday in the men's Independent and Greek Rec-A intramural football tournament at 23rd and Iowa streets.
In Independent Rec-A action, it was Dogs defeating Mr. Cid 10-2, Fleetsters over Rhino Emergency Squad 13-12, Barbershop Gang shutting out Pearson Scholarship Hall 19-0, Toxic Shockers beating St. Lawrence 21-9, Headhunters nudging past Wally's Bums 6-0, and Seahawks over Air Aardvark in overtime.
Two games were played in Greek Rec-A competition with Acacia roll past Alpha Epsilon II with the first win of forjet over Lambda Chi Alpha.
Iowa yesterday remained the unanimous No. 1 choice as the nation's top college football team for the second week in a row. Defending national champion Brigham Young suffered its second loss of the season and skidded from seventh place to 17th.
Iowa remains No. 1
The 7-0 Hawkeyes, 49-10 winners over Northwestern, received all 58 first-place votes and a perfect 1,160 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and sportscasters in the Associated Press poll.
2 NBA coaches fined
NEW YORK — Chicago Bulls' coach Stan Albeck and Detroit Pistons' coach Chuck Daly were fined and suspended one game each by the National Basketball Association yesterday because of a shoving incident during a weekend game.
NBA vice president of operations Scotty Stirling announced Albeck has been fined $1,000 and Daly $500, along with the automatic $250 assessed for their ejections from Saturday night's game at Chicago.
Sox's Fisk free agent
SAN DIEGO — Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk officially filed for free agency yesterday, the player's agent, Jerry Kapstein, announced.
From Kansan wire reports.
KC, Cards may repeat I-70 Series
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Let's face it, the show-Me State World Series put on quite a show, and we may not have seen the last of it.
Both the St. Louis Cardinals and the world champion Kansas City Royals have enough young talent left to make some good baseball for a long time.
"We've got a young team," said Cardinal manager Whitey Herzog. "We should be pretty good for several years. We're in a real tough situation to take things away from the Royals, but I won't think they could win our division."
Maybe not, but the Royals shouldn't have much trouble staying at or near the top of the American League West for quite a spell. Not with their pitching.
The Royals have five quality starters, led by the Series Most Valuable Player Bret Saberhagen, who also other team in baseball can boast.
"I don't think any team has the pitching we have," said Royals manager Dick Howser. "I hope you can stay healthy because if we do, we'll be a contending team for a very long time."
The Royals are so deep in pitching they could afford to trade one of their starters, possibly Bud Black, for some help in other departments.
They need a power-hitter to bat behind George Brett in the lineup, and if they're unsuccessful in their attempt to sign free agent Kirk Gibson of Detroit, then look for them to hit at the winter meetings in December.
A World Series nobody wanted
turned into quite a spectacle and
would have made one of Missouri's
president Harry S. Truman, very proud.
While most baseball fans — and certainly television producers — had hoped all season for a Subway Series between the two New York teams, the all-Missouri Series gave fans and thummers plenty of entertainment value.
It was a Heartland Series that tugged at the heart. Everyone loves the underdog, and the Royals' amazing backacks made it something special.
Truman, who hailed from nearby Independence, Mo., was the ultimate underdog when he defeated Thomas Dewey for the presidency in 1948.
If he were alive today, he no doubt would have been a Royals' fan. Not only because of his proximity to the team, but because they were the ultimate overachievers.
KU's Mark
JV team defeats Baker in season final
By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff
The Kansas junior varsity football team defeated the Baker JV team 7-0 yesterday in KU's final game of the season. The Javahicks' record is 3-2.
The score came in the first quarter on a 37-yard interception return by strong safety Tim O'Niel off a pass by Baker quarterback Lewie Hunt.
The Jayhawks' only other scoring threat came on Chase Dyne's 51-yard field goal attempt in the third quarter. Van Dyne, who made field goals of 55 and 57 yards this season, kicked the ball short.
"He just reacted to the ball," Mike Yaworsky, one of the Kansas VJ coaches, said after the game. "It's a team game. We might still be out there playing."
"It was a good, exciting game," Yaworsky said. "We finally played four hard quarters. I'm glad we could come back. We were 1-2 and wanted to have a winning year."
Kansas lost to Washburn and Pratt Junior College earlier this season.
Yesterday, the Jayhawks were able to shut down Baker's offense
although not doing much offensively themselves.
Kansas had a total of only 129 yards gained and seven first downs. Quarterback Jeff Rank completed four passes with one interception.
"They played hard, but they just didn't get anything rolling." Yaworky said. "I'm more happy that we didn't allow them (Baker) in score."
Baker's only scoring threat came in the fourth quarter, when the lone Ravens defense before a quarterback sack and a penalty. On fourth-and-21. Hunt's
pass to receiver Marion Kelly fell out of bounds.
On the defense, Yaworsky said that there were five Baker passes the Jayhawks could have intercepted. He said Kansas' strategy had been to try to stop the run and force Baker to pass.
Now the JV players will go back to running opposing teams' offensives for more attacking play.
"It's sad to see it end," Yaworsky said. "We really have some fine kids. They've all improved so much: Kurt Kerns, Vince Long, Mike McElhainy. I could name the whole squad."
Nixon resolves baseball pay dispute
United Press International
NEW YORK - Former President Richard Nixon yesterday settled the playoff pay dispute between baseball's umpires and the major leagues with a compromise decision.
Nixon, chosen by the two sides to resolve their dispute in binding arbitration, ruled in an eight-page statement that because the playoffs had been expanded from a best-of-five format to a best-of-seven, the 12 working umpires and the referees receive 40 percent increase in compensation, which amounts to an increase of $4,000 per umpire."
ruling as "another significant advance for the umpires."
Richard Phillips, general counsel for the Major League Umpires Association, hailed Nixon's
The decision to award $14,000 to each umpire working the playoffs in 1985 and 1986 was a partial victory for the umpires' union, which sought a $5,000 annual increase for each of the 12 officials.
The association and league presidents had stated their positions in 3½% hour hearing before the commission last week at his New York offices.
However, the union also sought a $60,000 a year increase to a pool that is split among all 60 major league umpires.
Nixon ruled that no additional money should be put into the $240,000 pool for 1985, but that $640,000 should be added to the $300,000 pool amount set for 1986.
The presidents of the American and National leagues had offered a $2,500 increase for each working umpire and argued for no increase to the pool, which was created last year by Baseball Commissioner Peter Uberthorn as partial resolution to the dispute between the umpires and the leagues.
Nixon said the league presidents opposed the umpires' request because "any addition to the money pool to be distributed to all 60 umpires would be simply a general compensation increase and would not be related to the new work required."
Phillips was satisfied with Nixon's compromise on the pool issue.
is to a limited extent counterbalanced by the fact that the increase to the pool for 1986 exceeds the union's request," he said.
"The fact that the president did not increase the pool for this year
American League president Bobby Brown described the arbitration decision as a "comparison of two cultures and we can certainly live with."
"Only time will tell," he said of the ultimate resolution of the dispute over the umpires' pool. He said he expected the issue to be revived in contract talks when the umpires' pact expires after the 1986 season.
Noting he watched his first major league game nearly 50 years ago, Nixon said the leagues should recognize the umpires' unique relationship to baseball.
NCAA to investigate former Kentucky stars
United Press International
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Sunday that 28 of 33 former Kentucky players interviewed, including Sam Bowie, said they participated in the improper activities, which included receiving cash payments of up to $500 from boosters, offering free season tickets for $1,000 or more and receiving excessive payments for public appearances.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - National College Athletic Association officials confirmed yesterday that Kentucky officials have invited an investigation into allegations of rule violations in the school's basketball program.
Several of the players yesterday
Bowie, a former Kentucky star now playing for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, denied the newspaper report, which quoted him as saying he received cash payments of up to $500 from boosters. Several other players made similar denials yesterday.
"I received this after the season was over," said Bo Lanter, referring to his acceptance of money for speaking engagements. He said those payments were within NCAA regulations but the newspaper did not report that.
denied the newspaper's report, say ing they had been quoted out of context.
The newspaper was girded for critical reaction from Kentucky fans, and yesterday had to evacuate the newspaper plant in downtown Lexington because of a bomb threat. Neither Lexington nor Herald-Leader officials would comment on the nature of the bomb threat.
Berst, while declining to address the Kentucky allegations specifically, said such an investigation could take a week or a month, but more often it turned into a much longer period.
John Carroll, editor of the
Herdal Herald-Leader, said the
Survivor Thorpe takes title in Tucson Match
David Berst, director of enforcement for the NCAA, said UK officials invited the NCAA to investigate the allegations.
Berst said investigators would first interview those involved in the allegations and then attempt to corroborate the stories. Because of the denials of the former players, the NCAA may ask for help from the newspaper.
newspaper stood by the story, which included extensive tanned interviews.
Berst, who has headed the NCAA investigations of violations at the Florida, Southern Methodist and Texas Christian football programs, said that without corroboration no finding of violations could be made.
"The NCAA could ask for the assistance of reporters to verify what they (the players) said." Berst said. "Everyone would have to show proof that it did occur."
United Press International
TUCSON, Ariz. — Jim Thorpe could be called a survivor.
With the other top players dropping out around him in droves, Thorpe hung in and took the title in the Tucson Match Play Championship of golf, finishing with a 4 and 3 victory Sunday over Jack Remner.
Thorpe was able to keep winning in a tournament that saw some of the biggest names on the PGA Tour knocked out on the very first day.
In Thursday's first round, PGA
Player of the Year Lanny Wadkins,
Vardon Trophy winner Done Pooley
went to Hubert Green all
went down 10ft.
Friday morning's second round
claimed U.S. Open champion Andy North, Tournament Players Champion Calvin Peele and World Series of Golf winner Roger Malthe.
The third round Friday afternoon took Tom Kite, who ranked 13th on the money list and was the top money-winner remaining in the field.
Those upsets left the quarterfinal round with just one of the top 20
money-winners — No. 16 Thorpe and only three of the top 30.
Thorpe said the key to his victory was the ability to play the course and not get caught up in worrying about his onments.
I we been playing pretty solidly driving the ball well and putting well and getting the ball on the center of the green," he said.
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
KU bowling team places 3rd in conference match
The Kansas men's bowling team won two matches and lost two others to finish third in the Kansas Men's competition match Sunday in Beatrice, Neb.
The Jayhawks, who are third in the conference standings, lost to the top two teams, Wichita State and Nebraska. Kansas defeated the two teams below them, Kansas State and Emporia State.
Kansas had moved up to second place with wins over Emporia State and K-State, but losses to Wichita State and Nebraska dropped the team back to third. The match conferred the conference meets until January.
Coach Mike Fine said the Jayhawks had trouble adjusting to the lane conditions, which were dry in the middle and oly on the outside.
"Wichita State and Nebraska also had trouble with the lanes, but they still brought in good scores." Fine on both lanes. "We weren't able to execute on the lanes."
KU bueller Tim DeMars, who has a 187 average this season, said the team needed to be ready when it bowled the conference leaders.
"We were a little flat bowling against Wichita State and Nebraska," DeMars said. "We have the ability to match their top bowlers. We just need to be more consistent."
Depth is another advantage that Wichita State and Nebraska have over Kansas, DeMars said, and that they are at a competitive edge over the Jawhaws.
"They (Wichita State) have 24 bowlers who average over 180, so they're competitively ready because they have to qualify for each match." DeMars said. "We have about eight bowlers who average over 180, so we don't have as much competition for spots on the team."
Wes Walcott was the leading KU bowler with an 184 average, and Jan Weisel averaged 177 for the women's team, finished fourth in the women's meet.
The KU women defeated Nebraska, but lost to Wichita State, Kansas State and Emporia State.
Allen scores 3 touchdowns as Los Angeles wins, 34-21
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Marcus Allen scored three touchdowns and gained 111 yards to help the Los Angeles Raiders maintain their masters of Monday night football with a 34-21 rout of the San Diego Chargers last night.
Allen scored on runs of 3, 1 and 4 yards as the 6-2 Raiders moved into a tie for first place with Denver in the AFC West. Allen surpassed the 100-yard rush mark for the third time this season and the 10th time in his career.
The Chargers, who received two touchdowns from Gary Anderson and one late in the game when Dan Fouts hit Jesse Bendros from one yard out, remained in last place in the division with a 3-5 record. Their top-topped offense proved inconsistent
against a Raider defense that sacked Fouts six times.
Los Angeles dominated from the start, taking a 10-1 lead in the first period on Chris Bahr's 20-yard field goal and a 13-yard surprise TD run from scrimmage by rookie wide receiver Jesse Hester.
Anderson's 52-yard touchdown catch from Fouts brought the Chargers within 19-7 early in the second period, but Allen added touchdown runs of 3 yards and 1 yard before halftime.
The Chargers closed to 24-14 when Anderson scored from the fourth in the third quarter, but Allen upped the run to 30-24. The Tampa Bay队 in 19:24 before the end of the period.
Bale's 35-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter ended the Raiders'
Raiders quarterback Marc Wilson was 15 of 31 for 258 yards and two interceptions.