Friday, Oct. 25, 1985
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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News Briefs
Surgery to sideline basketball forward
Sophomore forward Mark Pellock will miss at least the first month of the Kansas basketball Season, Doug Vance, sports information director, said yesterday.
The 6-foot-8 forward from Parzons underwent arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to remove a bone spur from his right ankle. The condition may have resulted from an injury to the same ankle Bellock sustained last year in the Jayhawk's preseason exhibition game against China.
The Jayhawks will face Pepperdine Nov. 22 in their season opener. Vance said that basketball coach Larry Brown would not make a decision on red-shirting Pelock before then.
Pellock, who was still in Lawrence Memorial Hospital yesterday, passed up his senior year at Parsons High School in order to enroll early in Kansas.
Gervin joins Chicago
CHICAGO — George "Teeman" Gervin, one of professional basketball's most prolific scorers, is joining the Chicago Bulls as part of a trade that will send David Greenwood to the San Antonio Spurs, the Bulls announced yesterday.
Financial details of the man-formed trade were not disclosed.
Gervin, 33, who in his 12-year NBA professional career has averaged 25.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, was in the last year of a Spurs' contract that paid $750,000 with another $81,000 in incentives.
New York set for run
NEW YORK—The sound of running feet, cheered on by hundreds of thousands of fans, will echo throughout New York City Sunday. More than 19,000 people, representing 74 countries, will participate in the New York Marathon. A handful of the more famous runners will compete for a share of the $273,800 prize while the others will be interested only in a day of fun and personal glory.
About one million spectators are expected to line the 26.2 mile course, which touches all five boroughs.
From Kansan wire reports.
Rovals remain alive with 6-1 victory
ST. LOUIS — The Kansas City speed connection of Lonnie Smith and Willie Wilson came alive last night, leading the Royals to a 6-1 victory over St. Louis in Game 5 of the World Series, signaling that time had not yet run out for the American League champions.
Their backs had been to the wall for so long they had written graffiti on it, Hal McRae had said. On this night, the graffiti read: "Not just yet."
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The victory cut the Cardinals' advantage in the best-of-seven Series to three games to two. The Series heads back to Kansas City for Game 6 Saturday night.
With Danny Jackson pitching in and out of trouble despite allowing only five hits and striking out five, the No. 1 and 2 hitters for the Royals suddenly sparked a dormant Kansas City offense. Smith had two hits and scored a pair of runs, and Wilson had two hits, including a triple, and a pair of RBI.
The Royals will send left-hander Charlie Leibrandt, the hard-luck loser of Game 2, against Cardinals right-hander Danny Cox, who won Game 2 with the aid of four ninth-innings runs.
The Cardinals, meanwhile, seemed more like the team showing pressure. Slick-fielding shortstop Ozzie Smith made an error that led to a run, and
fan favorite Tito Landrum had a rough day. Landrum let runners move up to second and third on a flyout in the first, leading to one run; it displayed a flyball into a double, leading to the game-winning run in the second; and let another ball go over his head in the ninth for an RBI double.
The Royals scored once in the first inning against Bob Forsch and added three more in the second. The first run of the second inning came on the first controversial call of the Series in a disputed play at home plate argued vehemently between Cardinals Manager Whitey Herzog and umpire John Shulock.
Still left for the Royals is an unenviable task. They had fallen behind 3-1 in the Series Wednesday night when they were shot out 3-0 by John Tudor. Of 34 previous teams to face such a deficit, only four had gone on to win the Series, the last being the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.
But the Royals had come back from such a deficit against Toronto in the American League playoffs, and now they hoped to do the same against St. Louis.
Jackson, who worked seven effective innings in Game 2 before he left for a pinch hitter, was a little less effective in Game 5, but he was good enough. He gave up a first-inning run on Jack Clark's double and pitched out of a bases-handed jam in the
third, but he retired 11 batters in a row before Landrum reached on an infield single leading off the bottom of the ninth.
After Forsch's exit in the second inning, St. Louis had the better pitching as relievers Rickey Horton, Bill Campbell, Todd Worrell and Jeff Lahi combined to hold the Royals to one unearned run of the rest of the way. Worrell worked two innings, tying a World Series record by striking out all six batters he faced and helping Cardinals pitcher fans 15 Royals, two shy of the single-game Series record set by St. Louis' Bob Gibson against Detroit in 1968.
Kansas City added another run in the ninth when Pat Sheridan hit a line drive over Landrum's head in left, scoring Frank White from first.
The Royals got their unearned run, the first by either team in the Series, against Lahiri in the eighth. Sundberg scored from second when Jackson, who had tied a Series record held by Mickey Mantle, among others, by striking out five straight hits, hit a groundup in the middle field with shortstop Ozzie Smith. Smith's off-balance throw skipped in the dirt past Clark at first.
The Royals broke a 1-1 tie with the disputed run, starting a three-run second inning and the demise of Forsyth. With one out, Sundberg hit a soft fly into left field, apparently misjudged by Landrum.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis
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Jayhawks face No. 12 OSU
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
For the second straight week, Kansas will be playing a well-rested football team when the Jayhawks face Oklahoma State University at 11:40 a.m. tomorrow in Memorial Stadium.
The game will be televised locally on KMBC-TV Channel 9 and KSNT Channel 27 as the Raycom Big Eight game of the week. It will be the Jayhawk's third appearance on television this season.
Oklahoma State, 4-1 overall and 1 in the Big Eight, current and is ranked 12th in the nation. The Cowboys, who were idle last week, lost two weeks ago to Nebraska, 34-24 in Stillwater, Okla.
"The Nebraska game was an emotional drain for both teams," Oklahoma State coach Pat Jones said earlier in the week. "But I'm confident we are in the right frame of mind, and they are ready to go to Lawrence."
Last week Jones used the extra week to prepare for the Jayhawks. Like other coaches before him, Jones' main concern is the Kansas passing game.
"We need to prevent the big play from their offense," Jones said. "We used the extra week to hone up our pass defense, because we haven't faced a team that throws as much as they do."
The Jayhawks, 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big Eight, have not defeated Oklahoma State since 1972 when they won 13-10. There have been three ties
In the 38-7 win over Kansas State last week, the Wildcats took away the deep pass, so quarterback Mike Norseth threw shorter passes to his receivers. Gottfried said Kansas would use the same strategy against Oklahoma State.
The leader of the Cowboy defense is defensive tackle Leslie O'Neal, who last year was an Associated Press All-American and AP Big Eight defensive player of the year. O'Neal had 146 tackles last season, and he has 51 tackles in five games this season.
"Leslie O'Neal is, of course, a good player, but they have a lot of good players around him," Gottfried said. "They are every bit as good as last year's team."
Among the 10 wins was a 47-10 victory over Kansas in Stillwater, Okla. The Cowboys raced to a 31-3 halftime lead and coated to the victory.
Kansas coach Mike Gottfried said he wasn't sure what to expect from the Oklahoma State defense, but the Jayhawks would take whatever the defense would give them.
The Cowboys went 10-2 last year and won the Gator Bowl, 21-14, over South Carolina. Oklahoma State lost to Nebraska and Oklahoma and finished third in the Big Eight conference.
since then, with the latest in 1982, a 24-24 die in Stillwater.
Oklahoma State has been roughed up on offense in the past few games, Jones said, and the week off gave them time to heal.
Jones said Kansas was a much improved team this year, especially on defense, and the Cowboy offense would have to control the ball for Oklahoma State to be successful.
Quarterback Ronnie Williams missed two games with a broken jaw, but he returned two weeks ago. Tailback Thurman Thomas is still plagued with a bruised thigh, but he is expected to play.
The only player not making the trip is freshman wide receiver Hart Lee Dykes, who is suffering back spasms, Jones said.
Kansas starting center Paul Oswald, who sprained his knee Wednesday, will be replaced by John Loncar. Free safety Wayne Ziegler is also out of action with an injured knee.
Gottfried said he would probably move Travis Hardy to free safety, and Milt Garner would start at the back position vacated by herder. **The**
patched-up defense will have to contain both Thomas and Williams for the Jayhawks to be successful. Williams played in a back-up role last year against Kansas and completed 9-of-12 passes for 113 yards, and he also ran for a touchdown.
By Heather Fritz
By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff
KU volleyball team in ORU tournament
The KU volleyball team will begin play today in the Oral Roberts University tournament at Tulsa, Okla.
The Jayhawks, 12-7 overall and 2-4 in the Big Eight conference, will be in the same pool as Tulsa, Texas-El Paso and Texas Lutheran. The other pool comprises Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Northeast Louisiana and West Texas State.
The top three teams from each pool will advance to the tournament finals.
Although the KU women's team is excited about the tournament, Kansas coach Frankie Albizt said she had mixed emotions. Albizt coached at Oral Roberts for four years before coming to Kansas this season.
"I really haven't been looking forward to going back," she said yesterday. "It's tough for me."
Last weekend, the Jayhawks beat Iowa State in five games to break a
three-year streak of conference losses, and Monday they beat Missouri. 5-15. 3-15. 15-12. 15-11. 15-10.
But Albitz said practices since the upsets had not go well.
"I don't know if the season's starting to show on them," she said. "Maybe they are wanting to play, just not to practice."
KU player Julie Ester said the team was tired.
"We slowed down in practice because we've been really tired," she said. "But we're going into this with
a really good attitude. Now our chins are up."
Kansas already has defeated Tulaa twice this season and split two matches with Texas-El Paso.
"This is probably the toughest tournament we'll play in." Albitz said. "The teams are good, and it should be fun."
Slumping Chiefs to meet Broncos Sundav
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Denver Broncos can take the shumping Kansas City Chiefs out of the title race in the AFC West while keeping their hold on at least a share of first place when the two rivals clash Sunday at noon at Arrowhead Stadium.
Albizt said she was pleased with the season so far, although there were several teams that Kansas should have beaten.
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who have lost three straight and four of their last five. "The Broncos share first place in the division with the Los Angeles Raiders, who play the San Diego Chargers Monday night.
Denver, 5-2, meets the Chiefs, 3-4.
"The division is probably going to be pretty close throughout the year," said Kansas City head coach John Mackovic, whose Chiefs were shut out 16-0 last week by the Los Angeles
Rams. "We'll know in the next two or three weeks if anyone spurs ahead. It will take us about two or three weeks to know if this one here (the loss to the Rams) will have an effect on us."
Denver, which has lost four in a row at Kansas City, took a hard-fought, 13-10 victory over the Seattle
Seahawks in overtime at Denver last week.
Mackovic said Chiefs quarterback Bill Kenney is questionable for the game because of an assortment of bumps and bruises that kept him out of the Los Angeles game. Backup quarterback Todd Blackledge threw a club record six interceptions.
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Hanging in there
Sophomore forward Danny Manning dunks at practice yesterday at Allen Field House as center Greg Drilling looks on. The Jayhawks are preparing for the annual Crimson and Blue intrasquad game tomorrow in the field house. The game will start 45 minutes following the conclusion of the Kansas-Oklahoma State football game. Kansas will play the Czechoslovakian National team at 7:35 p.m. Nov. 8 in Allen Field House.
Rugby teams to play Missouri-Rolla, ESU
By a Kansan reporter
The Kansas Rugby teams will host Missouri-Rolla and Emporia State 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the KU Rugby Field, 23rd and Iowa Streets.
The varsity team will play Missouri-Rolla at 1:30 p.m. and the
reserve team will play Emporia State at 3 p.m.
Legislators laud Cosell
Missouri-Rolla has represented Missouri the last four years in the Western Rugby Collegiate Championships, KU Coach Bill Mills said. Last season the team defeated Kansas State to advance to the Collegiate National Championships.
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LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate, at the behest of one of its most outspoken members, paid tribute yesterday to sportscaster Howard Coseil.
The resolution, which now goes to the House, lands Cassell as a man who has "consistently stood up above the rest for the breadth and durability of his talent, strength of his convictions and integrity and the depth of his pride in his work."
But the vote on a resolution from State Sen. John Kelly, D-Detroit, was close — 15-13.
"You might have gotten more votes with a memorial resolution," one lawmaker told Kelly.
The resolution notes that Casell, in the wake of controversy over his new book in which he criticizes his colleagues, has been replaced on the ABC network broadcast crew for this year's World Series.
Asked why he introduced the resolution, Kelly said he thought it appropriate to "honor a person who spoke out."
Watson captures lead in match play contest
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TUCSON, Ariz. - Defending champion Tom Watson took advantage of mistakes by Lon Hinkle to post a 5 and 3 victory in yesterday's first round of the Tuscon Match Play Championship.
Hinkle boyeged the fifth, sixth and ninth holes in the opening pairing, while Watson birdied Nos. 3 and 7 to take a commanding five-hole lead after the front nine at the Randolph-North Golf Course.
Watson said he was forced to use one less club on approach shots because of the wet early morning conditions, but added that he preferred to be in the opening pairing.
After giving back a hole when he bogeyed the par-4 10th hole, Watson wrapped up the match by roller blade foot bounce pattel on the par-3 15th hole.
"I drove the ball exceptionally well today — long and straight." Watson said. "I putted well, too. It's a good feeling."
"I hope to be the first one off."
every morning," Watson said, referring to the pairings that would have him lead off every day he remains in the draw.
Pooley appeared to tie the match and send it to extra holes when he parried the par-4 18th hole, but he was spared for put for par to preserve the victory.
“It's one thing to lose the match, but it's another to beat yourself.” Pooley said. “I almost recovered, but couldn't.”
In another early-round pairing, David Frost took a j-1 victory over Craig Stadlier. Frost took the lead on No. 13 when he parried the par-4 hole, while Stadler bogeyed when he chipped over the green.
Frost preserved the victory at the 18th when he blasted out of a rear bunker to within five feet of the hole and sank the par putt. Meanwhile, Stadler left a 20-foot birdie put a foot short.
Lakers set to defend NBA title
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Most people expect the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics to battle for the third consecutive time for the National Basketball Association Championship. Yesterday, the rest of the league whitted and fine-tuned its lineups in hopes of something better than a second-place finish.
The Celtics will inaugurate the regular season today when they play the New Jersey Nets. The defending champion will play at San Antonio on Saturday.
The New York Knicks, in need of some scoring punch with last year's scoring champion Bernard King still sidelined with an injury to his right knee, announced it had signed his brother, Albert, of the Nets, to an offer sheet. New Jersey has 15 days to match the offer.
The Lakers will be battling ghosts as much as the rest of the league in its quest to become the first team to win a playoff game, a row since the Cavaliers did it in 1980.
"You have to develop a mental toughness and be focused on every
Coach Pat Riley said he thought that his team had the heart to repeat but that it was the players' minds that had him worried.
The Celtics, who lost to Los Angeles in six games in the NBA finals last year, have regrouped with one primary goal in mind — stopping the Lakers.
game during the regular season because you're going to be challenged every night," he said. "It's very difficult for them to see the light in game number 37 as being more important than a playoff game."
Commissioner David Sten ordered a total of $5,250 in fines to the
There is no question the two teams are running for each other.
The Celtics' veteran starting five is unchanged. Two-time league MVP Larry Barkley, although hampered by nagging injuries during training camp, again is expected to lead the team in scoring. Robert Parish, 6-foot-10 forward Kevin McHale and guards Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge.
But the bench has been almost completely revamped.
two teams for a bench-cleaning brawl Saturday in an exhibition game.
Bill Walton, Sly Williams, Jerry Sighting and rookie S辛 Vincent will join Scott Wedman as the Celts' second unit. Gone are Cedric Maxwell Buckner, both traded; Ray William, released; and M.L. Carr, retired.
If the exhibition season is any in dication, referees will have their hands full during the regular season.
Patrick Ewing, the top pick in the draft, was given a hefty fee by Stern for his part in an altercation with Steve Stipanovich of the Indiana Pacers. Ewing, who plays for the Knicks, was fined $1,500 and Stipanovich was fined $1,000 for fighting.
Stern, who has taken a stand against violence in the league, has fined 20 players for preseason incidents.
In other games Friday night — Washington is at Atlanta, Milwaukee is at Detroit, Cleveland is at Chicago, Houston is at Utah, Denver is at Golden State, the Los Angeles Clippers are at Sacramento and Phoenix is at Cleveland.
On Saturday, Philadelphia is at New York. Boston is at Cleveland, New Jersey is at Indiana, Detroit is at Chicago, Atlanta is at Milwaukee, Seattle is at Dallas, Sacramento is at Denver and Houston is at Los Angeles against the Clippers.