Sports University Daily Kansan 13 Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1985 News Briefs Here's your chance to coach the 'Hawks If you ever wanted to coach a major college basketball team, your time has come. The Kansas basketball office, Room 241 in Parrot Athletic Center, is now taking applications for honorary coaches for the men's 40-minute scrimmage at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 15 in Allen Field House. The scrimmage will officially open pre-season drills for the Jayhawks. Three students will be chosen for both teams, and they will assume the role of head coaches during the drummage. The deadline for applications is Oct. 8. "We want to get the students involved," said Mark Freidinger, graduate assistant, "and we'd like to see as many students as possible come out." Freidinger said the practice would start with a dunking exhibition followed by the scrimmage. Changes being made Kansas head coach Mike Gotfried said yesterday that he would make several changes in his starting defense when the Jayhawks host Eastern Illinois at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Sometimes you don't want to change the engine when you just need a spark plug. "Gottried said," Linebacker Abeom Holman and defensive backs Jamey Steinhauser, C.J. Eanes and Kevin Harder will start, although Gottried wasn't sure exactly where they would play. Wide receiver and back up quarterback Tom Quick will also start at one of the wide receiver positions. Big 8 honors Norseth Kansas quarterback Mike Norseth has been named the Big Eight offensive player of the week for the second time this season after his performance Saturday against Florida State. Noreth completed 28 of 44 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns against the Seminoles. The Jahvahs lost 24-20. purseth ran his string of passes without an interception to 175 before being intercepted by Florida State. 175 passes without an interception is a Big Eight conference record. The first time Norseth was named Big Eight offensive player of the week this season was after Kansas' Sept. 14 game with Vanderbilt in Lawrence. Marshall hurts hand Marshall transferred to Kansas last year from Seminole, Okla., Junior College. Archie Marshall, a 6-foot-4 forward on the Kansas basketball team, suffered a broken bone in his left hand during a pick-up game last week. He head coach Larry Brown said he expected Marshall to be ready Oct. 15, the first day of pre-season drills. UPI says Iowa No.1 Iowa moved into first place and Kansas dropped out of the rankings in this week's United Press International Top 20 poll of coaches. The 20 ranked teams are listed below, followed by first place votes and season records in parenthesis and total poll votes and last week's poll standing. 1. Iowa (10) (3-0) 561 3 2. Oklahoma (10) (3-0) 548 2 3. Oklahoma (10) (3-0) 538 4 4. Florida State (10) (3-0) 535 3 5. Michigan (10) (3-5) 449 9 6. Oklahoma (10) (3-0) 550 7 7. Alabama (10) (4-0) 322 1 8. Alabama (10) 4-26 10 9. Louisiana State (20) 554 8 10. Texas (14) (3-0) 331 11 11. Arkansas (14) 331 11 12. Brigham Young (14) 301 12 13. Tennessee (11) (4-0) 128 x 14. Air Force (4-0) 71 18 15. Wisconsin (14) (3-0) 128 x 16. UCLA (1-1) 33 11 17. Georgia (3-1) 10 x 18. Indiana (3-1) 10 x Teams on NCAA or conference probation are insignificant for the Top 20 and national championship consideration. Teams on proba- tion are Florida and Southern Methodist. Bills fire Stephenson Unranked team receiving Arizona State, Army, Colorado, Miami (FLA), North Carolina, Florida, Southern California, Texas AM, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Kay Stephenson, whose Buffalo Bills only won two of their National Football League games last season and were winsil so far this year, was fired Tuesday as head coach, the team announced. Team owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. said, in a statement, that he had relieved Stephenon as head coach and replaced him with defensive coordinator Hank Bullough. California takes lead in AL West KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike Witt and Donnie Moore combined on a six-hitter as the California Angels regained their one-game lead in the American League West with a 4-2 victory last night over the Royals. The Associated Press Witt, 14-9, worked 72% innings before Moore came on to get his 30th save. Witt gave up six hits, walked one and struck out five. The Angels scored three runs in the fifth and chased Kansas City lefthander Charlie Leibrandt, 17-9, who had won four of his previous five Brian Downing and Dickie Schofield, who entered the game hitting. 217, each had a pair of hits, and Bobby Grich homed for the Angels in the second. Schofield singled and scored in the fifth, and Downing drove in a run with a double and scored. From staff and wire reports. The Royals had forged the seventh tie for the division lead in 11 days with a 3-1 victory Monday night in the opener of the four-faames series. Before Willie Wilson's infield single in the fourth, Witt had retired 10 in a row, the only tough play being Frank White's hard grounder to the right of shortstop Schofield. Leibrandt, AL pitcher of the month in September when he went 4-1 with an 0.91 ERA, gave up a harmless two-out single to Juan Buenizque in the sixth round and retired the side in for the first time in the game in the fourth. Griech hit his 13th horner of the season to center field with one out in the second. One out later, Schofield singled, but Leibrandre struck out Garv Pettis to avoid further damage. But Leibrandt fell apart in the fifth. Schofield led off with his second hit, a line-drive single to center. Pettis bunted to Leibrandt, attempting to sacrifice, but White, covering first from his second-base position, dropped the low throw. Angels 4. Royals 2 Chad DeShazo/KANSAN CALIFORNIA ab r b h i Downing l 4 1 1 Lsmith b 4 1 0 0 DWhite b 5 1 1 Lsmith cf 4 1 0 0 ust b 2 0 1 0 Lsmith cf 2 0 1 0 Benquil a 8 1 0 Oral dh 4 1 0 0 Brentq f 1 0 0 Oral dh 4 1 0 0 DeCresb b 3 0 1 Balison b 4 1 0 0 ReJkan d 2 0 0 Omoren f 4 1 0 0 Greich b 2 0 1 Sandberg b 4 1 0 0 Carew b 3 0 1 Sandberg b 4 1 0 0 Schofidl a 4 1 2 Dlorg h 1 0 0 0 Pettit c 3 1 0 Copenat p 0 0 0 0 Pfennp p 0 0 0 Pryor as 0 0 0 0 Game-winning RBI – Grizzle (5) Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 8. Kansas City 5. BD- Downing 3B-Wilson. HR-Griffin (13) Cincinnati 8, Minnesota. Benjquez. P. HER BB SO. California 010 030 000—4 Kansas City 090 000 020—2 l i f o r n a a Witt W, 4-9 Dierk Sater, 30 Kenneth K, n a s c I t y Ledrberg L, 7-9 Farr Bowtie Quisbyn l i f o r n a a Witt W, 4-9 Dierk Sater, 30 Kenneth K, n a s c I t y Ledrberg L, 7-9 Farr Bowtie Quisbyn Kansas' Judy Desch attempts to get a shot past Nebraska blockers Sharon Kramer and Lori Endicott. Shannon Ridwayge of Kansas and Kathi DeBoer of Nebraska look on. Nebraska, last year's Big Eight conference volleyball champions, beat the Jayhaws in three games last night in Allen Field House. Strawberry's homer lifts Mets past Cards ST. LOUIS — Darryl Strawberry hit a two-out home run in the 11th inning and Ron Darling combined with Jesse Orosco on a four-hitter Tuesday night, keeping the New York Mets alive in the National League East with a dramatic 1-0 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals. Strawberry's 28th home, which came after reliever Ken Dayley, struck out the first two batters he faced, capped a game otherwise dominated by Darling and St. Louis starter John Tudor. Neither Darling nor Tudor, however, got a decision. The victory in the opener of the three-game series pulled the Mets within two games of first-place St. Louis and kept the Cardinals' number for clinching the division at four. Tudor, who leads the major leagues with 10 shutouts, blanked the Mets for 10 innings on six hits. Darling shut out New York on four hires for nine innings. Dayley, 4-4, replaced Tudor to start the 11th and struck out Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter. But Strawberry hit a 1-1 pitch into the right-field bleachers for the game's only run. Mets 1. Cardinals 0 By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff Big 8 champs beat Kansas in 3 games NEW YORK ST. LOUIS ab h bbl ab h bbl ab h bbl Wilson cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 New York 000 000 000 01—1 St. Louis 000 000 000 00—0 The Nebraska Cornhuskers, who are the defending Big Eight Conference volleyball champions, defeated Kansas 15-1, 15-7, 17-15 last night in the Jayhawks' home opener in Allen Field House. Game-winning RBI — Strawberry (8). Pendleton, Widenight. LB — West Park 1. LDB—Nunez 2. LG — 8. SB — Santana, Fendantleton, Carter. HR — Strawberry (28). SB—Meese (95). Codeno (13). New York Darling 9 4 0 0 3 5 St. Louis 6-4 SL Louis Tulsa 10 6 0 0 3 7 Dayley (L-4) 1 2 1 0 2 The loss puts the Jayhawks' record at 7-5 overall and 0-3 in the conference. Nebraska's record is now 12-2 and 2-0 in the conference. The Cornhuskers are ranked sixth in the nation. Kansas played slowly for a game and a half, then picked up its play. In the second game, Kansas kept close until Nebraska led 8-6, then the Cornhuskers ran out the game 15-7 with the help of two Kansas serving errors. "I think we were so nervous at first that we couldn't even see straight," KU head coach Frankie Albiz said after the game. "Nebraska was just pounding everything for the first game and a half." "The offense was a little less than I expected," said Albit. "The passing was weak, and you can't win without passing." Albizt said that early in the match the players were jumping too soon to block Nebraska's shots because of nervousness. As soon as the defense calmed down, she said, it improved. T-3:22. A-46,026. The Jayhawks next game is 8 p.m. tomorrow against St. Ambrose in Allen Field House. In the final game, Kansas led 4-0 behind stong hitting by Catalina Suarez and Judy Desch. But Nebraska regained the momentum and took the lead 8-5 after three Kansas serving errors. Albitz said that in the third game, Nebraska head coach Terry Pettit told his players to start dinking the ball over the net, a tactic that had worked for two games. "I was proud of it when he told them to dink the ball and we didn't let them go down," she said. The lead shifted two more times in the final game until the Jayhawks tied the game at 13 on a service ace by Desch, Kansas regained the lead at 14-13 when the Cornhuskers couldn't handle Desch's next serve. Desch served for the match, but teammate Shannon Ridway hit a ball long and Nebraska tied the game at 14. "That's the closest we've ever come," said Jayhawk Julie Ester, who finished the night with six kills and two blocked shots. "We picked up some balls we would have never picked up before." The Cornhuskers led 15-14 after a shot long by Kristi C宣强, then a Desch kill tied the match at 15. Nebraska went up 16-15 after Cornhusker Enid Schonewise served an ace. The match ended on the next point when Ridgway's attack fell out of bounds. Desch led the Jayhawks with 12 kills and five blocked shots. Sports Almanac American League East W L Pet. GB Toronto 98 58 463 New York 94 82 603 Detroit 81 72 594 Baltimore 80 76 531 17 Boston 80 77 519 18½ Milwaukee 67 87 519 18½ Cleveland 80 100 367 41 California 88 69 561 - - Kansas City 62 73 532 4 - Chicago 82 75 532 6 - Oakland 75 84 479 14 - Minnesota 75 84 479 14 - Seattle 73 84 479 14% Tampa Bay 73 84 479 14% Detroit 1, Toronto 1 Washington 1, Minnesota 1 Boston 10, Baltimore 3 Colorado 15, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 12, Milwaukee 6 California 4, Kansas City 2 Toronto (Key 13-6) at Detroit (Morris 15-11), 6:38 p.m. 4.35 p.m. GTLN (Nippon 9-12) at Baltimore (Dixon 4-10) (759) 618-2222 Seattle (Moore 1/6) at Cleveland (Creek 1/8) 4:35 p.m. Olympus OM-110 at 11:30 p.m. (Dir bison (Napper 9-12) at saltmine (Odixon 8-6) Milwaukee (Hüiera 14-B) at Bay Milliganville Milwaukee (Higura 14-8) at New York (Shrirley 3,7 p.m. (5839) 7-4; purr. Oakland (Kroeger 8-10) at Texas (Mason 6-2). California (Wilt 19-1) at Kansas City (Black Cleveland (Wilt 19-1) at Kansas City (Black B. p. p. p. Chicago (Davis 3-2) at Minnesota (Viola Seattle at Chicago, night Boston at Baltimore, night Milwaukee at New York, night California at Kansas City, night National League W L L. Pct. GB St. Louis 9 59 .624 New York 96 61 .611 2 Montreal 81 74 .613 4 Cleveland 81 74 .613 22 Philadelphia 71 83 .461 23½ Pittsburgh 53 101 .464 23½ Los Angeles Cincinnati San Diego Seattle Houston Atlanta San Francisco 93 84 69 528 81 67 60 19 77 51 10 8 79 78 79 563 69 78 69 14% 60 97 97 1% Yesterday's Results Pittsburgh (Rhodes 9-14) at Chicago (Sutliffe A2). 1:0 m. Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 6 Philadelphia at Montreal, pp. rain California 10, San Diego 3 Los Angeles 10, San Diego 3 Houston (Scott 18-4) at San Francisco (Ward 0-4), 3:0 p.m. Today's Games Philadelphia (Hudson 7-13 and Palmer 6-12) at Montreal (Smith 7-15 and Kerner 9-4). 4:35 New York (Gooden 24-1) at St. Louis (Abujaq 21-10) . 7:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Robinson 7-6) at San Diego (Show 12:10). 8:05 p.m. Tomorrow's Games Gary Mason/Special to the Kansan Pittsburgh at Chicago Houston at San Francisco Los Angeles, night night New York at St. Louis, night Alanta at Los Angeles, night at Atlanta, night Kansas tight end and Sylvester Byrd ran down field after making a reception during the Jayhawks Sept. 21 game against Indiana State in Lawrence. Byrd says redshirting last year helped him improve and mature as a football player. Redshirt year helps KU tight end Byrd By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff Tight end Sylvester Byrd is on the sidelines. But this time it wasn't his choice. Byrd sustained a sprained ankle in Kansas' 24-20 loss to Florida State Saturday in Tallahassee. Fla. he is not expected to miss this week's game with Eastern Illinois at Memorial Stadium, but Byrd said yesterday he would not practice until at least tomorrow. "I caught a pass in the flat when the defender hit me," Byrd said. "I thought at first I just twisted my foot, so I just had it taped up, and I kept playing." Byrd, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., was so caught up in the game he said the foot didn't really bother him, except for a noticeable limp. He kept playing because the damage was already done. Graduate assistant coach Joe Panzurio said the coaching staff wanted to take Byrd out of the lineup, but he refused to leave the game. "One of the best things about him," Pannunzio said, "is his desire to win." "It worked out great," Byrd said. "We have an improved team because the players are more experienced this year. And we have a lot of home games this year." Byrd, by his own choice, was on the sidelines last season as a redshirt. A main reason for redshifting, Byrd said, was Kansas was on probation by the National College Athletic Association for recruiting violations. The probation prohibited the Jayhawks from television appearances and post season bowl bids. There weren't many adjustments for Byrd after a year on the scout squad because the tight assignment are basically the same, he said. Pannunzio said the year off did not affect Byrd, and that he was having a good year so far. In four games this season, Byrd has caught eight passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns. In 1983, Byrd caught only nine passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns. Byrd, will graduate in May with a degree in Crime and Deinengency, said he wanted to eventually work in a courthouse, but he would first like to give professional football a try. He said there were plenty of opportunities for young football players, with both the National Football League and the United States Football League playing next fall. Gottfried said, "I told Sylvester that whatever decision he made, I would back him 100 percent." Byrd's decision to sit out a year left Kansas without any experienced tight ends. Kansas played Mark Parks and Jeff Anderson at tight end. He said head coach Mike Gettfried first mentioned the idea of rehstring, but the decision was up to him. Byrd, who bench presses 410 pounds, wants to take a shot at professional football now so he won't have to wonder what might have been. He said the extra year would help him in that pursuit because it gave him a chance to build up his strength and to mature as a football player. Greer enters guilty plea in drug case PITTSBURGH — A man who used his friendship with slugger Dave Parker to gain access to the Pittsburgh Pirates' clubhouse pleaded guilty Tuesday to seven drug trafficking charges. United Press International U. S. District Court Judge Barron McCune immediately sentenced the man, Shelby Greer, 29, a telecommunications worker from Philadelphia, who said he was a rehabilitated cocaine user, to 12 years in prison and three years probation. The judge could have sentenced Greer to a maximum 15 years in prison and a $125,000 fine. McCune denied a defense motion to permit Greer to "self-report" to a prison, and he was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs to an undisclosed* county jail, pending transfer to a federal penitentiary. Greer, originally indicted on 10 drug trafficking counts, has been cooperating with the government since the FBI raided his former Pittsburgh apartment Jan. 11 and confiscated an ounce of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Defense attorney John Zagari, who portrayed his client as an errand boy for ballplayers he worshipped, decried the sentence as "unjust for an individual who volunteered himself up, gave himself up and cooperated with the government." Zagari said he would appeal for a reduction of the sentence. Greer pleaded guilty to making cocaine sales to four former Pirates — retired outfielder John Milner, Parker, now with the Cincinnati Reds, and Dale Berra and Rod Scurry, both now with the New York Yankees — and three sales to undercover FBI agents.