Sports University Daily Kansan Friday, Sept. 20, 1985 13 News Briefs Baseball team meets Johnson Co. Sunday The Kansas baseball team will attempt to improve its 1-1 fall season record when it hosts Johnson County Community College Sunday at Quigley Field. The date is between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. The Jayhawks, who split a doubleheader with Kansas City Community College last week, will face the Cavaliers in games against the Cavaliers. Kansas will probably be without relief pitcher Joe Benevitt, who is suffering from a sore shoulder. Assistant coach Lee Lee said. Pitcher John Heeney and outfielder Steve Meyer also have sore shoulders, but might see action against JCC. Softball tomorrow The Kansas softball team will host Barton County Community College tomorrow morning at 9:30 at the dawson softball field. Head coach Bob Stanclift said the teams would play 15 innings, but it had not been decided whether that would be one, two or three games. Kansas had a 5-1 record after its second place finish at the Nebraska Tournament last weekend in Lincoln, Neb. Kansas defeated Kearney State, Southwest Missouri State, Iowa State, Illinois State and Kansas State before losing to Nebraska in the final game. Author to give clinic Stan Kellner, author of the book "Taking it to the Limit," will conduct a "Yes I Can" all-sports clinic from 10am-4pm at Allen Field House. The clinic, which cost $1, will feature the inner game techniques and drills of cybernetic training, the power of positive thinking. The clinic will help improve game concentration, motivation and aggressiveness and help develop confidence and relaxation. From staff and wire reports Indiana State faces toughest opponent By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff By Frank Hansel Indiana State head coach Dennis Raetz said his team would be playing their toughest opponent of the year as the Sycamores try to record their second win of the season when they play Kansas at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium. It will be the first meeting between Kansas and Indiana State. ISU lost to Eastern Illinois 39-7 last week in Charleston, III. The Sycamores turned the ball over seven times in a game that even their record at 1-1. They defeated St. Cloud State 38-14 two weeks ago. "I'll be tough going against KU." Raetz said yesterday. "They're a team that has better athletes. They should probably be ranked in the top 20, and probably will be before the season is over." Even though ISU is a Division I-AA school, that doesn't mean they won't be a tough team, Kansas head coach Mike Gottfried said. "The only difference is we get about 20 more scholarships, but injuries can even out the teams in a hurry," Gotfried said. "So it shouldn't be a surprise on any Saturday that a smaller school beats a larger one." "Indiana State has had a successful program. An anytime a team wins nine games in consecutive seasons, they are going to be tough." ISU had a 9-3 record last season, but lost to Middle Tennessee 42-41 in triple overtime in the quarterfinals of the Division I-AA play-off. In 1983 the Sycamores went 9-4 and again lost in the quarterfinals. Raetz said that this year's team was a completely different team and finding replacements for the 15 starters lost to graduation had not been easy. Indiana State Game three, Sept. 21 Lawrence "I've been disappointed with our performance so far this year," Raetz said. "Our concern now is to get our players to play the best they can. If they do that we'll be able to accept whatever the outcome of the game is." In their loss last week, the Sycamores fumbled the ball away five times and threw two interceptions. In their opening day win they fumbled the ball away two times. "We're trying to replace a great group of kids, including five who signed professional contracts," Raetz said. "But regardless of that we still have to hold onto the football." The only returning starter to the Sycamore backfield was quarterback Jeff Miller, who threw for 4,433 yards in three seasons. Defensively, ISU returns its top three tacklers, linebackers Tim Cunningham and Troy Johnson, and All-Missouri Valley and honorable mention All-American nose guard Doug Arnold. Gottfried said the KU offense would not be making any adjustments for Indiana State, but was always adding new elements to an already successful offense. The Jayhawk offense could see the return of wide receiver Johnny Holloway, who injured his knee in the Hawaii game three weeks ago. Gottfried said Holloway would suit up for the game but didn't know whether he would play. Estell sat out the second half of practice on Wednesday with a bruised shoulder, but was back at practice yesterday. Offensive tackle Jim Davis suffered a slight concussion on Wednesday when he collided with fullback Mark Henderson. Davis did not practice yesterday, but Gottfried expects him to play against ISU. Punter Rob Dickerson became sick and collapsed at the end of practice yesterday, but the extent of his illness is not known. It is doubtful that defensive end David Smith will play in Saturday's game, Gottfried said. The second-string end pinched a nerve in his neck against Vanderbilt and has not practiced all week. ISU defensive end Bobby Boyce will miss the game. He is still sidelined with a compressed disc in his back. Mariners sweep series; KC. Angels tied for first United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dave Henderson's RBI double in the ninth inning lifted the Mariners to a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals, giving Seattle its first four-game series sweep in franchise history. The loss, coupled with California's 8-0 victory over Chicago, dropped the Royals into a first-place tie with the Angels in the American League West. The four-game sweep also marked the first against the Royals at home in their history. Alvin Davis opened the ninth with a double to right off Dan Quisenberry, 7-9, and pinch runner Ricky Nelson took second on a sacrifice by Gorman Thomas. Henderson then bounced a double past third base for his seventh game-winning RBI of the season. John Moses added an insurance run with an RBI single to score Henderson. Edwin Nunez, the fourth of six Seattle pitchers, improved to 7-2 as the Mariners defeated the Royals for the ninth straight time this year. Seattle holds a 9-1 edge in the season series. Dave Tobik recorded the final three outs for his first save. The six Mariner pitchers scattered just three hits, the second straight night the Royals were limited to three hits. Spike Owen singled to center in the fifth inning, took second on a groundout and scored on a double to left by Phil Bradley to give Seattle a 1-0 lead. Davis then singled to right to score Bradley. Kansas City ended a drought of 30 straight scoreless innings against Seattle — dating back to the first inning of Monday night's game — on Lonnie Smith's two-run homer in the fifth. The 30 consecutive scoreless innings tied the club record set in 1981. Seattle starter Mark Langston issued one-out walks in the seventh to Smith and George Brett. Seattle 6, Kansas City 4 KANSAS CITY ab r h b1 ab r h b1 Wilson cf 5 0 00 Reynolda 2b 0 0 00 Smith lf 1 2 00 Davis 1b 0 00 White 2b 4 1 00 Davis 1b 4 0 21 White 2b 5 0 00 Nelson pr 0 1 00 Bailoni 2b 1 00 Gthamns dh 4 0 00 Llonesr 2c 0 00 Henderson rf 1 5 1 1 Morahan rf 1 3 1 1 Tartarubi 3b 5 1 1 Mwaen rf 1 1 0 1 Gthamns dh 4 0 00 Llonesr 1 1 00 Scott c 3 0 10 Orta ph 0 0 Valle c 3 0 2 Pryor ph 0 0 Valle c 2 0 2 Blancanla sa 0 0 Phelsp 1 0 12 Ramos b 3 0 00 Seattle 000 020 022—6 Kansas City 000 020 200—4 Game-winning RBI = Henderson (7). E = Henderson, Tartaraght. LOB - Seattle 11, Kansas City 11, 2B - Bradley, G. Thomas, Davis, Henderson, Tartaraght. BG - Brett (9). Smith (10). Giannis, G. Thomas. IP H H R ER BB SO Seattle Langston 61-3 2 14 8 4 5 Lazaro 1 1 0 0 0 0 Vande Berg 13-0 0 0 0 1 Nunez (W 7-2) 13-0 0 0 1 Miraiha 0 0 0 1 0 Tokib (S 1) 1 0 0 0 1 Kansas City Saskatchewan Quebec City Hamilton (L7-9) 7-13 11 3 4 4 1 3 12 6 1 6 0 1 1 Bryan Graves/KANSAN Cheap seats Sophomore catcher Sheldon Stewart watches the junior varsity intra-squad baseball game at Quigley Field.
CarothersConboyLazzarino
Indiana State at KansasKansas 43-12Kansas 35-6Kansas 38-10
Missouri at TexasTexas 35-19Texas 29-17Texas 20-14
Illinois at NebraskaNebraska 28-21Nebraska 31-27Nebraska 27-24
Ohio State at ColoradoOhio State 36-14Ohio State 28-14Ohio State 30-17
Texas Christian at Kansas StateTexas Christian 28-3Texas Christian 32-6Texas Christian 34-6
Vanderbilt at Iowa StateIowa State 17-14Vanderbilt 28-21Iowa State 17-10
Arizona at CaliforniaCalifornia 21-19Arizona 27-20California 21-17
Michigan at South CarolinaMichigan 24-22South Carolina 17-14South Carolina 30-27
Georgia at ClemsonClemson 20-18Georgia 14-13Georgia 21-14
Boston College at PittsburghPittsburgh 21-13Pittsburgh 21-14Pittsburgh 24-17
Season Totals4-5-1-.4444-5-1-.4446-3-1-.667
Football predictions The predictors are James Carthera, associate professor of English; Bill Conboy, professor of communication studies; Chris Lazarrior, Kansan sports editor; and Bryan Graves, Kansan photo editor Iowa State 35-20 He hurled a 70-yard scoring strike to Willie Gault on the quarterback's first play to pull the Bears within 17-6 with 17 i3el in the quarter Gault finished with six receptions for a career-high 146 yards and Dennis McKinnon caught four for 133 yards. MINNEAPOLIS — Jim McMahon, placed in traction earlier this week because of neck injuries, threw three third-quarter touchdown passes Thursday night to power the Chicago Bears to a 33-24 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. McMahon leads Bears to victory These candidates are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Bill Conboy, professor United Press International McMahon was hospitalized after Sunday's 20-7 victory over New England with a sore neck and back spasms. McMahon made it 2-for-2, throwing a 25-yard TD pass to McKinnon with 5:25 left in the third period on the first play after linebacker Wilber Marshall's interception put Chicago ahead 23-17. Marshall intercepted Kramer at the Minnesota 39 and ran 14 yards to the 25 to set up the score. He entered the game in the third quarter and completed 8-of-15 passes for 236 yards to help the Bears improve their record to 3-0. Minnesota, 2-1, has lost four straight times to the Bears. McMahon capped a 68-yard drive with his third TD, hitting McKinnon for 43 yards with 33 seconds left in the quarter to open a 30-17 edge. Georgia 28-10 Pittsburgh 38-21 5-4-1----556 Viking quarterback Tommy Kramer was able to avoid the Chicago pass rush and completed 28-of-55 for 436 yards and three touchdowns. He was intercepted three times. Minnesota led 17-9 after Kramer's second touchdown pass, a 9-yard strike to Mike Jones, before McMahon relieved Steve Fuller in the third quarter and threw for touchdowns on his first two passes. By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff Women runners hope to improve The women's cross country team will host the Jayawk Invitational in Lawrence tomorrow, and head coach Cliff Rovelo expects the team to do much better than last week's fourth place finish at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. "Competition-wise, it isn't that much," he said yesterday of the field for the meet, which includes Drake and Nebraska. Rovello said that the meet would be just like a dual meet between Kansas and Nebraska, last year's Big Eight champion. Kansas' top three runners are freshmen Shaula Hatcher and Melissa Satterfield and senior Kim Sheridan. "What we'd like to see happen is for our top three to be up there with their ton five," he said. Rovelto said Sheridan did not run in practice yesterday or Wednesday, but that she would be ready for the meet this weekend. He was unhappy with last week's performances of his older runners. Sheridan finished 27th in Lincoln, and sophomores Trish Alame and Angie Helmer finished 48th and 51st. Allaure and Helmer will be replaced this weekend by sophomore Trisha Mangan and freshman Suzanne McKay, making for a young KU team comprised of one senior, one sophomore and five freshmen. Rovello has said that a problem so far in training had been a gap between the runners, and that only time will solve this problem. "We look at where we want to be at the end of the year and work backward," Rovelto said. "We'd like to see the runners closer together. They've got to convince themselves that they can run there." "We don't have a superstar so we're giving up seven to eight points in every race," he said. "We need every other runner to make it up. If they do that it will be a real accomplishment." He said that if each of the runners would make up two spots the team could overcome not having a stand-out runner. The meet begins at 10 a.m. at Mim Rock Farm, Junior college women will run at 10, followed by university women at 10:30. The junior college men will run at 11 and the university men at 11:30. KU meet provides good competition By Matt Tidwell By Matt Hidwell Of the Kansan sports staff The Jayhawk Invitational Cross Country meet tomorrow may provide just the dose of competitive experience the Kansas men's cross country team needs as it prepares for conference competition, Bob Timmons, men's head cross country coach, said yesterday. The meet begins at 10 a.m. at Rim Rock farm, located approximately 10 miles north of Lawrence. "I think it's one of the biggest meets of the year for us," Timmons said. "One of the things we try to do with a young team is to get all of the conference rosters in our hands so we can do well when the conference meets start coming up later on." Timmons' squad comes into this weekend's meet with one win already under its belt. The Jayhawks beat Southern Illinois at the SIU Dual last Despite last weekend's success, Timmons said, the squad needed to work on making each meet a team effort, something the Jayhawks had problems with at SIU. "We just need to work on solidifying ourselves a little more as a team, to make more of a team effort." he said. Because Kansas will soon be gearing up to face more conference competition, Timmons said, he was eager to see how the team would do against Nebraska — a squad he said was always tough. "We'll be watching closely to see how we handle Nebraska." Timmons said. "I think they'll probably have one of the strongest teams in our conference again this year." Timmons said the Rim Rock farm course wouldn't be as familiar to Kansas runners as in the past. Rim Rock is the men's and women's home course, but the layout of the course was changed for this season. Tomorrow will be the first competition on the new layout.