Sports University Daily Kansan 13 Friday, Oct. 18, 1985 News Briefs ISU volleyball team plays here tomorrow The Kansas volleyball team will look for its first conference win in three years when it takes on Iowa or m, tomorrow in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks are 0-4 in the conference with two losses to Nebraska and one each to Kansas State and Missouri. Kansas will meet Missouri again Monday night in Lawrence. The Jayhawks have not won a conference match since 1982. Golfers at Tan-Tar-A Last week in Wichita, the Jayhawks beat Tulsa, then lost to Wichita State, a team they have beaten twice this season. Head coach Frankie Albitt was unhappy with the offense, and said the team was lucky to win one of the matches. "Some of our players are coming together while others are still weak," she said. "The men's golf team will play in the Tan-Tar-A Invitational tomorrow in Osage Beach, Mo. The meet will last until Monday. The women's golf team will host the Kansas Invitational Monday and Tuesday at the Alvamar Golf and Country Club. From staff and wire reports. Peete may play tomorrow against KSU By Frank Hansel By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff The KU Bomb Squad is back in full formation. Wide receiver Skip Peete, who suffered torn knee ligaments against Hawaii on Aug. 31, got his wings back and is ready to fly again. Head coach Mike Gottfried said yesterday that Peete could play when Kansas hosts Kansas State at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Memorial Park. Peete was allowed to play after being examined Wednesday night. "His timing is not as good as it has been — that is why I wouldn't throw the ball." Peete, who was out for six weeks. said he found he was out of shape and easily winded after running pass routes. "I'm a little sluggish right now." Peete said. "I'll probably just play a few downs before being taken out." Mike Dickens, wide receiver coach, said Peete would probably play about 15 to 20 downs, but it wasn't clear how he did in the game simulators. "It helps having him back, because he is a coach on the field," Dickens said. "He knows what he's supposed to do, and usually the other players are supposed to do as well." Dickens said it was an emotional uplift for the team to have one of its better receivers back. Peeve was a second-team All-Big Eight selection last year, and he led the Jayhawks with 38 receptions. In the game against Hawaii, he caught six passes for 73 yards. Peete said there was no need to rush his return because the other receivers were doing an outstanding job this year. But he is eager to get back into action. "Coming back to the lineup means we can keep fresh receivers in the game, and hopefully wear down our opponent," Peete said. The KU passing attack is a prime concern of Kansas State, Lee Moon, interim head coach, said. The Wildcats, who were idle last Saturday, spent the last two weeks preparing for Kansas. "The week off was excellent for us." Moon said. "It gave us a chance to regroup. We have not faced anyone who throws the ball as much as Kansas, so we've been working on pass defense for the past two weeks." K-State is 5 this season and 0-1 in the Big Eight. All of its losses have come at home. After the second loss, a 10-6 decision to Northern Iowa, Coach Jim Dickey resigned. Moon, the assistant athletic director, took over. Since then the Wildcats have lost to Texas Christian, North Texas State and Oklahoma, but Moon said there was potential in the team. The defense is one area that has pleased Moon. He said before the Oklahoma game, which K-State lost 41-6, the Wildcat defense was ranked 14th in the nation, but the offense had not been able to produce. "The defense can't be on the field 80 snaps a game and be a good defense," Moon said. "The offense has got to do something to keep the defense off the field more, and so far we're not doing it." Kansas State defeated the Jayhawks 24-7 last season in Manhattan, but Gottfried said this game was the more important than the others. "When it starts counting a game and-a-half I'll put more emphasis on them, but this is the most important game this week." Gottfried said. He said that both tailback Lynn Williams and wide receiver Willie Vaughn were healthy. New playoff format helps Royals, Cards The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If one lesson was learned from baseball's first experience with a seven-game playoff series, it was that the longer format was more forgiving than the best-offive arrangement. Both Kansas City and St. Louis, who open the World Series here Saturday night, lost the first two games of their pennant playoffs. The Royals were beaten by Toronto and the Cardinals by Los Angeles. What's more, three of the setbacks were one-sided. The Royals lost the opener to the Blue Jays 6-1 and 7- Louis lost 4-1 and 8-2 to the Dodgers. The best-of-five arrangement, which had been used since division play was introduced in 1969, would have put both Kansas City and St. Louis on the edge of elimination. In that format, both had margin for error. St. Louis didn't need that luxury, sweeping the next four games. But Kansas City did, dropping Game 1 into a 3-4 hole against the Blue Jays. The Royals were not concerned about their predicament after that "I don't know why I said it," Brett said later, "but I think I was right, the pressure was on them. We weren't supposed to win our division and we weren't supposed to beat the Jays. We had nothing to lose." Only four other times in baseball postseason history has a team recovered from a 3-1 deficit to win a championship. And each of those came in World Series, the last one in 1979 when Pittsburgh overtook Baltimore. Toronto, however, became the first team to win three playoff games and not gain a World. Series berth. The Blue Jays had a horrendous batting slump partly to blame for their failure. After scoring five runs in the fifth innning of Game Three at Kansas City — a game the Jays eventually lost to a heroic individual hitting show by Brett — Toronto scored eight only runs in the last 40 innings of the playoffs and batted just 224 runs. But after the third three of those runs came in the ninth innings of Game Four that left them one win away from the World Series. Perhaps the most obvious change in strategies produced by the expanded playoffs came in pitching rotations. Toronto Manager Bobby Cox chose to start his ace, Dave Stieb, three times, each with three days' rest. Kansas City's Dick Hewser used five different starting pitchers in the seven games. Steb was solid the first two times out but came up short in Game Seven. In a 2-1 game, he loaded the bases with two walks and a hit batsman, setting the stage for a decisive triple by Jim Sundberg. Charley Leibrandt, Bud Black and Mark Gubicza all started games for the Royals and also did double duty out of the bullpen. First practice quiet for basketball team Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff No band played, no cheerleaders did flips on the sidelines, and no fans screamed at Allen Field House on Tuesday afternoon. Although this practice was held at a decent hour, the stands were empty. The only sound was the steady thump of dribbling basketballs, the squeak of new sneakers on wood and the echo of the coach's instructions. The women's basketball team began practice this week without the hoop of the first men's practice, but with all the promise. Last year, Kansas tied for third place with Oklahoma State in the Big Ten conference with a record of 9-5, while Wisconsin won the Kansas overall record was 19-10. Jackie Martin, a forward, said Wednesday. "We surprised a lot of people last year, and we're going to surprise a lot more this year. I think we can go all the way. If we play our game, we'll be successful." The team signed only one incoming fahman, Jill Killin, Assaria, a spareman. Last year's team had six freshmen. This year, the team is older and more experienced, which pleases Marian Washington, the head coach, although she said she still considered the team to be "babies." This year, predictions have been made that the Jayhawks will finish second in the Big Eight with the help of forward Viekie Adkins, named in the conference by Street and Smith basketball magazine. "I thought that unless I found that extraordinary player, I didn't want to sign just for the sake of signing," Washington said. "You don't have a case of Lynette Woodards, Cheryl Miles or Vickie Adkins, for that matter." Washington is looking for a couple of good players who can help the team right away. She said the team needed another scorer and outside threat. 'We surprised a lot of people last year, and we're going to surprise a lot more this year.' Jackie Martin KU forward But for now, she said, the sohomores' play will be a key. "We've got to have these sophomores coming through for us," Washington said. "They believe in building a program that we build on what we had last year." Washington said she also would be expecting a lot from the two juniors on the team, Toni Webb and Evette Ott. Martin will play this season, but she has had problems with dislocated shoulders. She said she hoped her team had not been so uncooperative, and she has put off surgery. "It only hurts for about five minutes when it happens," Martin said. "Hopefully, I can build it up during the season. It's something that happens every other day in practice." Washington said the injury would keep Martin from performing well. "She won't go out there not playing at full strength. That's just the way she is." Washington said, "It will be a blow if we can't control this thing." Adkins finally is without injuries, after having knee surgery and a separated shoulder. She said she was in the best condition she had been in. "This is my last year, and I just want to give it all I've got," Adkins said. Alan Hagman/KANSAN Water wings Mary Stockard practiced her butterfly stroke yesterday in preparation for and women's swim teams, will begin at 7 p.m. in Robinson Natatorium. Adonight's Crimson and Blue intrasquad meet. The meet, featuring the men's mission is free. Cross country team hosts MU,WSU Of the Kansan sports staff The Kansas men's cross country team will host Missouri and Wichita State today in the team's last test before the Big Eight Conference Championships Nov. 2 at Missouri The Jayhawks were idle last weekend, but finished seventh out of 12 teams competing at the Oklahoma Jamboree Oct. 5 in Stillwater, Okla. ward to hosting a meet this weekend," head coach Bob Timmons said yesterday. "We're beginning to gear up for the conference meet, and this is our last competitive meet prior to that." "I think everything is coming along fine, and we are looking for- The meet begins at 4 p.m. at Rim Rock Farm north of Lawrence. Timmons said Missouri and Wichita State would match up well against the Jayhawks. The Jayhawks will get their first look at Missouri before the conference championships. Kansas faced five Big Eight teams. Kansas hosted Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Oklahoma State - at the Oklahoma State competition make it a good competition, however." "I think their squads are a lot like ours — young and a little bit inexperienced," he said. "That ought to Kansas coaches are again banking on Ben Welch to finish well in today's meet. Welch has been the top Jayhawk runner so far this season. Most recently, he logged a 20th-place finish overall at Oklahoma State. Welch was the first Kansas runner to cross the finish line. "He's been our lead runner in each race this season, and I consider him to be one of the best runners in our conference." Timmons said of who transferred to Kansas from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The Jayhawks have practiced every day since the Jamboree, dressed in their red and black. "We've worked very hard in practice over the past two weeks, and we'll work hard again next week", Timmons said. Football predictions
CarothersConboyLazzarinoGraves
Kansas State at KansasKansas 28-7Kansas 38-10Kansas 38-10Kansas 41-10
Nebraska at MissouriNebraska 54-3Nebraska 42-9Nebraska 48-3Nebraska 61-14
Miami at OklahomaOklahoma 21-7Oklahoma 21-15Oklahoma 31-21Oklahoma 28-21
Colorado at Iowa StateColorado 10-3Colorado 21-17Colorado 24-21Colorado 36-14
Michigan at IowaMichigan 35-32Michigan 28-21Michigan 21-17Michigan 28-24
Tennessee at AlabamaAlabama 31-28Alabama 28-24Tennessee 21-20Alabama 33-21
Army at Notre DameNotre Dame 28-23Notre Dame 24-17Notre Dame 24-14Notre Dame 24-21
Texas at ArkansasArkansas 21-17Arkansax 25-21Texas 17-14Texas 39-10
Illinois at Michigan StateIllinois 21-14Illinois 26-25Michigan State 24-10Illinois 31/17
Stanford at USCUSC 48-24USC 28-10USC 28-21USC 21-20
Season Totals31-18-1—63332-17-1—65336-13-1—73531-18-1—63
The predictors are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Bill Conboy, professor of communication studies; Chris Lazarrion, Kansan sports editor; and Bryan Graves, Kansan photo editor. 2 games may snarl traffic The Associated Press About 70,000 are expected to jam the Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium for the 12:01 p.m. kickoff against the unbeaten Los Angeles Rams. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In an effort to avoid a nightmare traffic jam, officials of the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals issued a plea for public cooperation Sunday when the team will be the site for a National Football League game and the opening game of the World Series. Across the parking lot in Royals stadium, at 7:35 p.m., more than 40 people were waiting for the game. Team officials said they thought it would be the first time an NFL game, and a World Series game would be played, the same complex on the same day. St. Louis Cardinals launch an all-Missouri World Series. "We're asking those fans attending the Chiefs game to please exit the complex as quickly as possible." Robinson said. "And we're asking for baseball fans not to try to get to the stadium before 5:30." The Royals and Chiefs have shared parking lots at the modern complex on Interstate 70 east of the downtown area since Arrowhead opened in 1972 and the Royals moved into Royals Stadium in 1973. "We've actually been planning on a contingency like this for years," said Herk Robinson, the Royals' director of public relations. "Once once in a lifetime time, but here it is." The Rams-Chiefs game was scheduled to begin at 3:01. A noon kickoff should bring the game to a conclusion no later than 3:30, barring any overtimes. The same situation could apply the following Sunday also. It's a great opportunity for Kansas City. But we will need the cooperation of all our fans to avoid any problems." ABC says classic is event of year I-70 Series may affect ratings United Press International NEW YORK — The World Series is one of the two top televised sports events of the year — even if it never gets out of Missouri. "Our response basically is that World Series transcends the participants," a spokesman for ABC Sports said yesterday. "It's still one of the two premier sporting events — the World Series and the Super Bowl." Series. And there have been questions about whether an all-Missouri Series would get high ratings. The major league championship playoffs and the World Series alternate annually between NBC and ABC. This year it was NBC's turn to air the playoffs and ABC got the There is no question that network executives would have preferred a New York Los Angeles series, for instance, to an all-Missouri fall classic. New York and Los Angeles are the No.1 and No.2 television markets.