hursday, Oct. 17, 1985 Sports University Daily Kansan 13 News Briefs Swim teams begin seasons tomorrow The men's and women's swim teams begin this season's competition at 7 p.m. tomorrow with the Climbers-Intraasound meet. Kempf said the meet would be coached by graduate assistant Termin will coach the Crismon team. Cerem will coach the Blue team The meet will be held in Robin Natatorium, and no admission will be charged, Gary Kempf, head coach, said yesterday. Kempf also announced that Barry Susterka will be the new diving coach. Susterka will replace Kurt Anselmi, who was the diving coach for five years and a member of the Kansas team from 1976 to 1980. The third graduate assistant for this season is John Christie. Kempf also announced the team captains for this season. The team's coaches are Mike Prangle, Briar Stricklin, junior, and Karl Sturt, junior. The women's captains are Cathy Coulter, Tammy Pease and Chris Wright, all of whom are seniors. Tickets left for KSU Ticket manager Kent Weiser said yesterday that there were plenty of tickets left for the Kansas-Kansas State football game, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium. Receiver examined Kansas football coach Mike Gotfried moved practice to the grass practice field behind Anschutz Sports Pavilion yesterday, so the team could practice on a softer surface. Weiser said he expected a crowd of between 40,000 and 45,000 for the intrasteat rivalry. 'Tickets may be purchased at the ticket window in Allen Field House between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. today and tomorrow. Saturday, the booth at the north end of the stadium will open at 10:30 a.m., and the ticket windows at Memorial Stadium open at 11 a.m. The Jayhawks continued preparations for Saturday's game against Kansas State. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. in Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks practiced without paths yesterday and worked on different situations that could occur during the K-State game. Wide receiver Skip Petee was scheduled to be examined last night by a doctor to determine his playing status for Saturday. Kansas trainer Lynn Bott said he expected Petee to play, but there wouldn't be an official word until today. Defensive back Jamey Steinhauser missed practice yesterday because he was ill. Golfers to hold meet The Kansas women's golf team will hold the Kansas Invitational golf tournament Monday and Tuesday at Alvarmar Golf and Country Club, 180 Crossgate Dr. Also competing will be iowa State, Missouri, Kansas State, Brightam Young, Wichita State and Southwest Missouri State. Head coach Kent Weiser said all the Kansas golfers would participate, but he wasn't sure whether he would enter two or three teams. The tournament will consist of three rounds played in two days— 22 holes each day. It will be the last tournament of the fall for Kansas. Tuesday the team returned from Tampa, Fla., where it finished fifth in the Beacon Woods Invitational. South Florida, which hosted the tournament, won the seven-team event with a 904 total. Kansas had a 967 total. MU's Drain off team COLUMBIA, Mo. — Senior fallback Eric Draine has been suspended indefinitely from the Missouri Tiger football team, head coach Woody Widenhofer said yesterday. Widenhofer said junior John Reid, a converted tailback, would take Drain's starting position. Reid will start for the Tigers Saturday against Nebraska if senior full-back Manny Henry is not ready. Henry has been suffering from lower abdominal pain. Drain was issued a summons Tuesday by University Police for disturbing the peace in an incident at Widenhof campus bookshelf, Widenhoff said. An October 28th court date was set. memor loeie Esson, who started a backline in the 'Tigers' first game, still was listed as questionable with arm lacerations. From staff and wire reports. Royals pound Jays in playoff's finale United Press International TORONTO — The Kansas City Royals, reversing their history of playoff failure, denied Canada its pennant dream Wednesday night with a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays to set up an all-Missouri World Series. Jim Sundberg drove in four runs and Pat Sheridan scored three as Kansas City completed a stirring comeback, taking three straight from Toronto after falling behind 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. Kansas City opens the World Series on Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals, clash between heardiness neighbors and those in Interstate 70 just 250 miles apart. Charlie Lebrand, with $5\frac{1}{4}$ innings of five-hit relief of injured starter Bret Saberhagen, was the winning pitcher for the Royals. Dan Quisenberry got the final two outs. Dave Stieb, the first pitcher to start three games in a playoff series, lasted a strong $5\frac{1}{4}$ innings until Sundberg ripped a three-run triple in a four-run sixth inning that put the Royals ahead 6-1. The decision made the Royals the fifth team to rebound from a 3-1 deficit to capture a post-season series. It also marked the second time a Canadian franchise took the playoffs to a deciding game before losing. Montreal fell to Los Angeles in 1981. George Brett, who started the sixth by drawing a walk, was named Most Valuable Player of the series. No matter how many Royals contributed to the final outcome, none meant as much as Brett. With his performance, he added to his teammates by their double knits and insisted they could win. He hit two home runs in Game 3, and added a game-winner in Game 6. His bat forced the Blue Jays to pitch around him, a tactic that failed. The decision vindicated Royals manager Dick Howser, who carried an 0-9 post-season record into the series. A crowd of 32,084 at Exhibition Stadium watched in 45-degree weather hoping to see the Blue Jayes reach the World Series in only their first game. Then they continued a slump that began Sunday's 2-0 loss to Danny Jackson The "L70 Series" will be the first in Missouri since 1944 when the Cardinals beat the St. Louis Browns in six games. When second baseman Frank White threw out Lloyd Moseby to end the game, the Royals rushed from They exchanged high-fives before racing to the dugout and the celebration in the clubhouse. Some fans swarmed the field and paraded Canadian flags, but most remained seated, watching silently. the dugout to first baseman Steve Balboni. The Royals remained clustered near first base. The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the second inning. With one out, Sheridan reached on an infiel single, advanced on an infield out by Balboni and scored on Sundberg's single to right-center. The game was delayed in the bottom of the fourth when Leibrandt made an emergency relief appearance for Saberhagen and needed sufficient time to warm up. Sheridan extended the lead to 2-0 in the fourth. He hit a two-out innocent fly which the wind carried over the fence in right-center for his second homer of the series. Saberhagen absorbed a comebacker by Willie Upshaw in the first inning, suffering a bruise at the base of his right thumb. It was the second time in the series that Saberhagen was forced from the game by a drive back to the mound. In Game 3, he took a rocket from Lloyd Moseby. The Blue Jays finally answered in the fifth. Damaso Garcia led off with a single and advanced on Moseby's roller. One out later, Upshaw doubled down the right-field line to score Garcia and cut the Royal's lead to 2-1 in the sixth, the Blue Jays continued their pattern of pitching around Brett — and paid dearly. With one out, Brett walked and Hal McKae was hit by a pitch. Shortstop Tony Fernandez backhanded Sheridan's ball to force Brett at third. Just when it seemed the Blue Jayts might escape, however, Balboni walked. Sundberg tripped off the wall in right, scoring three runners for a 5-lead. Jim Acker relieved Stieber and Frank White added an RBI single. Toronto's last run came in the ninth when Garcia scored Jesse Barfield with an infield out. As the game wound down the fans became dispirited and left the park by the thousands. One spectator delayed the game by running on the field. In the bottom of the ninth, fans harassed the Kansas City bullpen. Three other fans carrying a large Canadian flag raced to center field before being subdued by security officials. World Series Schedule Sat, Oct. 19 — at Kansas City; 7:38 p.m. Sun, Oct. 28 — at Kansas City; 7:38 p.m. Mon, Oct. 30 — at Kansas City; 7:38 p.m. Wed, Dec. 31 — at St. Louis; 7:38 p.m. × Thurs. 24 — at St. Louis; 7:38 p.m. × Tues. 24 — at Kansas City; 7:38 p.m. × Sun, Oct. 27 — at Kansas City; 7:38 p.m. × if necessary Royals 6, Blue Jays 2 KANSAS CITY a b h b i Fernandz ss 4 0 1 0 Totals 35 6 8 6 Totals 35 2 8 2 Kansas City 010 104 000---- 6 Toronto 000 010 001---- 2 Kansas City HP II R ER BB SO Saberhagen 3 3 0 2 0 Leibnizman (W-1) 5-1 3 2 2 1 5 Qinbenheen 2-3 0 2 0 (MreRac) : T-2:49. A-32,084 *Durchschnittskur von Kasselmagen (Inver) bei Steu* (MreRac): Cardinals 7. Dodgers 5 ST. LOUIS LOS ANGELES Fortune Stieb (L.1-1) 3 2-3 6 6 6 2 4 Acker 3 1-3 2 0 0 0 2 ab b r l b ab b r l b Mc Gee fs ab b r l b Duncan es ab b r l b Smith ss 4 1 2 1 Duncan laf 4 0 0 0 Herr bb 3 0 1 1 Cabell pb 5 0 0 0 Vainyk br 3 0 1 1 Cabell pb 5 0 0 0 Vainyk br 3 0 1 1 Madlock 3b 1 0 0 0 Pendleton bb 4 0 0 0 Marshall 3b 0 0 0 0 Pendleton bb 4 0 0 0 Marshall 3b 0 0 0 0 Llandrun lf 4 1 1 0 Anderson r 4 1 1 1 Anhajar j 2 1 1 0 Brock lb 2 1 1 0 Worrell p 0 0 0 Herersen pp 3 0 1 0 Worrell p 0 0 0 Herersen pp 3 0 1 0 Daye lf 0 0 0 Niederfern t 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 71 27 Total 34 3 8 5 N. Louis 901 000 302----7 Los Angeles 118 020 019----5 Game-winning HIF—Clark (1) Hibiscus, Leighton HIF—Lamar HIF—Lehure L, Los Angeles HIF—Daniel, Anandier SB—Smith, Duncan HIF—Madlock (3), Marsh (1), Clark (1), Hibiscus (1), Medlee (1) Game-winning HIF—Clark (1) N. Louis Alfresco Worcester (W-10) Day 5 (J2) Los Angeles IP H I R E R HB SB 6 6 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 6 1 3 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 9 4 1 3 Niederlage (L-02) United Press International LOS ANGELES — Given a spark by Ozzie Smith and a jolt by Jack Clark, the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to win the National League pennant yesterday in a game certain to provide fuel for second-guessers all winter. The Cardinals, showing the character that has been their trademark, used Clark's three-run homer off Tom Niedentfer in the ninth inning to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5 and win their second pennant in four years. 9th-inning homer lifts Cards by L.A. St. Louis rallied to reel off four straight triumphs after losing the first two games in the best-of-seven series. The Cardinals, whose 14 penchant flags lead all National League clubs, meet the American League championKansas City Royals in the World Series, beginning Saturday in Kansas City. Clark's homer, which came off Tom Niedenfuer, was only his second since coming off the disabled list Sept. 8 and will be the subject of much debate over the winter. He came to the plate in the ninth with runners on first and second and first base open. Andy Van Slyke, a left-handed batter, was on deck. But the Dodgers had used the intentional walk nine times in the series and in each instance had retired the next batter. The situation seemed to call for it again, even though Niederfuern fanned Clark two innings earlier. Manager Tom Lasorda elected to pitch to him, and the sluggish first baseman drilled Niedentufer's first pitch into the left-field pavilion. Clark thought he might be given a walk because the Dodgers had used them. "I think if he popped the ball up no one would have questioned it," Lasorda said. "Anyone can second-guess. I have to make the first guess." "I didn't know what they were going to do, but they walked Tommy Herr intentionally in the seventh to get to me and I struck out," he said. "I thought if they let me hit they would try to get ahead and make me go for bad pitches. I went up there looking for a fastball and I got one. It was the greatest home run of my career, of my life." Cardinal manager Whitey Herzog thought Clark would be walked intentionally, but he refused to challenge Lasorda's thinking. "Jack has not hit a home run in about a month," Herzog said. "Tommy went with strength against strength. I have enough trouble managing my own team. I do not want to manage Tommy's too. He had a choice and he made it. It's too easy to second guess after the fact." Clark's homer came after Nus Marshall had given the Dodgers a 5 lead with a homer to right-center in the eighth off winter Todd Worrell. Niedenefuer, who pitched out of a seventh-inning jam after giving up a game-tying triple to Smith, got the first batter in the ninth and then gave up a single to Willie McGee. McGee stole second and Niedemuer, pitching carefully to Smith, walked the Cardinal shortstop. Herr advanced the runners with a groundout, leaving the dramatic moment for Clark. After Ken Dayley secured the victory by retiring the side in order in the ninth, the Cardinal players converged on the field, screaming joyously while the Dodger fans solemnly turned to the exits. The St. Louis victory spoiled fine performances by the Dodgers Mariano Duncan and Bill Madlock Duncan had three hits, including a double and a triple, scored twice and played a sparkling shortstop. Maddock, whose left thumb was heavily taped, drove in two runs with a single and hit his third homer of the series. In the end, however, the Dodger collapse came in the bulpen, the one glaring weakness all season. Nied勇er's inability to get Smith out, voted the Most Valuable Player in the series, was perhaps their greatest undoing. Trailing 4-1, the Cardinals scored three times in the seventh to tie the score with Smith's triple off Niedenfurt. Darrell Porter and Tito Landrum led off the seventh with singles off starter Orel Hershiser and advanced on a groundout. McGee then singled in two runs and Hershiser was replaced by Niedenfuer, who promptly gave up Smith's game-tying triple to right field. Nidenfuer escaped further trouble by striking out Clark and Van Slyke. He retired the Cardinals in order in the eighth but couldn't handle Clark the next time around. "They said before the series that as Tom Niedemuer goes, so goes the Niedemuer said. "I didn't have a good life but we lost. It hurts, it hurts real bad." Duncan gave the Dodgers a 1-lead in the first when he doubled off Joaquin Andujar, moved to third on a fly and scored on Madlock's single. The Dodgers added a run in the second when Duncan sung in Brock. Pless zeroes in on Big Eight tackle record Kansas linebacker Willie Pless attempted to catch Iowa State punter Rick Frank during Saturday's game in Ames, Iowa. Pless recorded 18 tackles, an interception, a blocked pass and a safety in the game and moved within three tackles on the all-time Big Eight Conference record. By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff Willie Pless — opposing teams fear him, children love him. Pless, a senior linebacker from Anniston, Ala., is one of the most feared players in college football, according to several Kansas opponents. But during the off-season, Pless likes to work with children, especially children involved in Special Olympics. "I just don't give," Pless sait yesterday. "I also receive something from those kids. I like working with them because they're out there to have fun and winning doesn't matter." And on the football field, although winning definitel matters, Plessy was one. "I think when the fun leaves football," Pless said, "it will be time to hang up the shoulder pads and helmet." Pless said he was having a great time this year. And why not? He needs only three tackles in Saturday's game against Kansas State to become the all-time leading tackler in Big Eight history. His 540 tackles trail former K-State linebacker Gary Spani's career total of 543. But personal records are not something Pleas gets, wrapped up in. "It would be nice for me and also for the University, but it is more important for the team to be successful." Pless said. "He's like a homing pigeon," Gottfried said. "I don't know whether some cart picks him up and takes him down, but he seems to be in on every play." Kansas coach Mike Gottfried called Pless the best player he ever coached, and attributes Pless' success to his built-in radar. Despite the success he has had at Pless said he was blessed with natural ability and he always tried to give 110 percent. He has recorded at least 10 tackles in 21 straight games dating back to the Oklahoma game in 1983. He already holds the KU tackle record. He passed Kyle McNorton's four-year total of 801 in his junior season. Size is still a question that professional scouts have about Pless, but one scout from the Cincinnatiaints isn't worried about Pless' size. Kansas, no big school in Alabama or the south showed any interest in Pless during his senior year of high school, not even after he was voted the most valuable player in the Alabama High School All-Star game where he had 18 unassisted tackles. Pless said he was only the second player from Alabama to play in the Big Eight, Nebraska's Andre Franklin being the other. Pless' size, 6-foot-0, 215 pounds, concerned many big college teams, Gottfried said. "He's an outstanding college linebacker and he doesn't play short," the scout said. "He plays like he is enjoying himself." Pless said he wasn't worried about his size, because he made up for it with desire and hard work. Pless is one of the first players to practice most days, and he has become a leader by example rather than by "hollering." Gottfried said. "I don't think I've heard him say 15 words since I've been here," Gottfried said. In Gottfried's first game as KU coach in 1983, he played Pless at outside linebacker, but he was quickly moved back. "He is perfect for outside linebacker, but I didn't have anyone to play in the middle," Gottried said. "On the outside it was too easy for teams to run away from him. If he had stayed on the outside, he would be chasing the quarterback sack title, because nobody could stop him." Pless prefers playing on the inside, because it's easier to go from the middle to each side instead of from one side all the way to the other. Pless wanted to play at a big college and so Kansas was his only choice. He was recruited by former coach Dambrough but easily made the switch to Gottfried's staff. "Those things happen," Pless said. "All I needed was a chance, and I'm grateful that I got one." And so is Kansas.