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Sports
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1985
University Daily Kansan
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News Briefs
Coach may split job of kicker Saturday
Kansas head football coach Mike Gottfried said yesterday that he may split the kicking duties when the Jayhawks play Indiana State at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium.
The Jayhawks held a field goal kicking competition between Jeff Johnson, the current kicker, Chase Van Dyne and Mike Goldman yesterday at practice. The contest ended with Johnson and Goldman tied.
Gottfried said Johnson was still his No. 1, kicker, but he wanted to see what the other kickers could do.
"I'm not worried about the kicking situation because we have capable kickers on this team," Gottfried said. "I would be worried if none of them were capable people."
Johnson has made two of five field goals this year, and he has converted nine of 10 extra point attempts.
Gottfried said he would not make any decision on splitting the kicking duties until Thursday.
Wide receiver Johnny Holloway, who injured his knee in the Hawaii game, ran lightly on his own yesterday, and Gottfried said he could be ready for Saturday's game. He said he doubled Holloway would start unless he was able to practice this week.
"I usually don't start players who don't practice. I have on occasion, but right now I'm not a player." I confirmed for the same "Goffied said."
Skip Petee, the other wide receiver injured in the Hawaii game, and free safety Wayne Ziegler, who sprained his knee against Vanderbilt, will miss the Indiana State game.
V meets tomorrow
An organizational meeting for students interested in men's junior varsity basketball will be held trommor at 7 p.m. in the film room on the first level of Parratt Athletic Center, adjacent to Allen Field House. R.C. Buford, a graduate assistant coach on the varsity basketball team, will be the head coach of the junior varsity team.
10K deadline nears
Anyone interested in running in the 1985 Fall Classic 10K Road Race and Team Challenge must submit an entry form by Monday.
The race will be Saturday, Sept. 28, beginning at South Park. Entry forms can be picked up at any local sporting goods store; 7-Eleven Food Store, 2500 Iowa St.; or the Jim Piml保险 Agency, 2420 Iowa St.
From staff and wire reports.
Bryan Graves/KANSAN
Freshman Brian Steiner pitched during baseball practice yesterday afternoon at Quigley Field.
Freshman pitcher knows strikes are all-important
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
Brian Steiner said he wanted to contribute as a freshman when he signed his letter of intent last spring to play baseball at Kansas.
By Frank Hansel
After a month of pitching in collegiate baseball, he knows what he has to do.
"Throne strikes," the left-handed Steiner said yesterday.
That would be the key to his making a contribution to a team which had an 8.81 earned run average and walked 290 batters in 360 innings last year.
Steiner, who pitched for the Lawrence Legion Hawks, posted a 7-1 record during his last two years. His performances earned him a spot on the North team at the National Sports Festival in Baton Rouge, La., during the summer.
"The main thing is that you can't walk hitters, because there are to many good hitters up here." Steiner said. "In Legion ball I could walk batters, and always come back and strike out the side. Here you can't always do that."
Steiner made two appearances in the festival, allowing one run in six innings. He started the bronze medal
game, and left in the fourth inning with a 4-1 lead. The North squad went on to win the game and take third place in the four-team tournament.
But the college game is different and Steiner knows that.
Steiner said he couldn't rely just on his fastball to get hitters out. To help make the adjustment, KU head coach Marty Pattin is working with Steiner to develop a change-up.
"The change up should make me a better pitcher, because I'll be able to set up hitters better," said Steiner, who also throws a fastball, slider and curveball.
He said it was a big advantage to have Pattin as a coach, since he had spent time in the major leagues and knew what it took to be effective.
"The main thing Coach has taught us is to throw strikes, because the best hitters only get a hit one out of every three times." Steiner said. "And if you throw strikes the chances are good that you'll get the hitter out."
Pattin, who scouted Steiner for three years, said Steiner was throwing well this fall, but he would need time to adjust to college baseball.
Steiner made his first start for Kansas on Saturday, pitching three innings and giving up two runs in the
Jayhawks' 6-4 loss to Kansas City, Kan., Community College. Steiner was the losing pitcher.
"My arm felt weak," Steiner said. "I just haven't thrown enough to get it in shape yet."
On the day of the game, Pattin said, "Brian threw about 70 pitches in the three innings, and that was all we were looking from him today"
Steiner also said the lack of work was partial cause for his control problems. He said he needed a lot of work in the bulldozer to make his arm stonger and improve his control.
Early in the season, Pattin said he was going to demand a lot from his pitches. Steiner said so far, Pattin had.
"I've worked harder here than anywhere else." Steiner said. "In Legion ball we didn't run at all, but here he has had us running a lot, and it should pay off in the long run."
After four weeks, Steiner has a beater idea or what he will need to do if he wants to contribute as a freshman.
Over hill and dale with map, compass
rattin said the pitching rotation was wide open, and that whoever did the job would get to pitch.
By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff
Take a run around the block and it's jogging. Jog across a field and it's cross country.
But run through the woods with a map and a compass in your hand and it's orienting.
Orientering, as a sport, has received little publicity in the United States, but it has been popular in the Middle East, said KU opener Mike Eglsknii.
Jogging with a purpose, KU orienteer John Lewis called it.
The object is to get from point A to point B as fast as possible.
But it's not as easy as it sounds. Runners can follow any route they choose, but they must stop at certain check points along the way.
"A large part of it is route choice."
said Eglinski, graduate student and former president of Orienteer Kansas. "The organizers might put a hill between two checkpoints, and you have to decide whether it would be faster to go over the hill or around it."
But, except for scoring, orienting is very much an individual sport.
The starts are staggered, so no one can follow another racer's route. They are given maps at the starting
Orienteer Kansas is based in Lawrence, but includes athletes from Kansas City and the surrounding area. It is a group that has had impressive results. KU orienteers won Intercollegiate Championships in 1983 and 1984, and members of the group have represented Kansas and the United States at meets throughout Europe.
Eglinski was the U.S. champion for the 19-20 age group in 1984, and he won the U.S. Collegiate Championships last spring. This summer he was a member of the national squad
and was the alternate on the U.S. World Championship team.
Former KU student Peggy Dickison won the women's Intercollegiate Championship in 1984.
Most orientering is done in the woods, but there are also meets held in urban areas. Orienter Kansas holds meets at Clinton and Perry Reservoirs, and occasionally through the streets of Lawrence.
An orienteing team has five members of either sex. The participants race twice in the two-day event, and the best three scores from both days count toward the team total.
line, and have never before seen the layout of the course.
When the gun goes off, the runners are on their own.
"You look at the map and if you're pretty good at orientering you can pick up what you want quickly," said Eglinsi.
An orientering map is covered with wavy contour lines, which designate terrain elevation. Circles show the location of the controls, which are orange and white triangular markers. Runners each control in order and punch their mask proving they had been at the control.
control.
Courses vary in length, Eglinski said, because the level of difficulty varies so much.
One of the hazards in a race is getting lost, and with unmarked paths, it is easy to do.
"There is no such thing as not getting lost at least once," Eglinski said. "I got lost for a half-hour once. It was in Massachusetts on this steep hill, and I kept having to run up and down this hill trying to figure out where I was. It's really frustrating."
Team members also like to remind Eglinski of the time at the Junior Intercollegiate Championships four years ago. He said Comfort beat him by six seconds.
Eglinski had been sick and was the last runner to start. He was thirsty and stopped at the water jugs for a drink, but they were empty. So he kept running the race, which was held in a state park. He finally found a water fountain.
Royals suffer first complete-game shutout
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Phil Bradley joined the 20-20 club last night, becoming the second player in the history of the Seattle Mariners to hit 20 homers and steal 20 bases in one season.
Bradley belted his 20th homer of the year with a runner on base in the
first inning to give the Mariners a 2-0 lead en route to a 7-0 rout of the Kansas City Royals. Bradley added a two-run single in the fifth inning and stole his 20 base a few pitches later to join Ruppert Jones (1979) in the club's 20-20 club.
"A lot of guys can hit 20 home runs," Bradley said, "and a lot of guys can steal 20 bases — but not
everybody can do both. I'm just looking for ways to contribute."
Matt Young became the first pitcher this season to throw a complete game shutout of the Western Division-leading Royals as he scattered seven hits and struck out one to improve his record to 12-15.
Young's fifth complete game of the season and second shutout enabled
Seattle to beat Kansas City for the seventh consecutive time for a 7-1 edge in the season series.
Seattle 7, Kansas City 0
SEATTLE KANSAS CITY
SEATTLE ab h b I RANGES ab h b I RANGES
Percentile 2 b 1 h 0 Smith f l 4 0 ab h b I
Reynolds b 2 0 0 Smith f l 4 0 ab h b I
Bradley lf 4 1 2 Brett s 4 0 ab h b I
Thomas d 5 0 0 White b 2 0 0 Thomas d
Collin rf 4 1 2 Balioni b 3 0 0 Collin rf
Moses cf    1 0 0 0   Motley rf    3 1 0
Hedrfern cf    1 0 0 0   Sandberg c    3 1 0
Tartarus 18    1 0 0 0   Waltan ph    1 0 0
Valc c        4 1 1 2   Biancan ss 0 0
Valc c        4 1 1 2   Biancan ss 0 0
Total         35.7 9 7   Totals     31 1 0
Snake         35.7 9 7   Totals     300 023
Game-winning RBI—Bradley (11)
E-Concepcion, Ramon DP-Speette K, Kansas
Seattle 7, Kansas City 4, 2B-Wile, Henderson HR—Bradley (20)
SB-Bradley (20)
James Dyer, Topeka, leaps above the rim for a dunk at Veterans Park. Dyer was warming up yesterday afternoon with a few practice dunks
Sky high
Oklahoma drops; Auburn new No.1
United Press International
The Tigers, who improved their record to 2-0 last Saturday, roared past Oklahoma Tuesday and into the No. 1 spot in the UPI Board of Coaches' voting.
Kansas is not listed in the top 20, but did receive votes.
Auburn, the preseason No. 1 in 1884, was beaten in its first two games last season and lost star running back Ho Jackson to a separated shoulder in the second game of the season against Texas.
However, Jackson has been the key in getting Auburn off to a fast start this year while putting himself into the role of the favorite for the Heisman Trophy. The senior tailback has amassed 495 yards and six touchdowns in victories over Southwest Louisiana and Southern Mississippi.
The Tigers racked up 549 points and 23 first-place votes to move ahead of Oklahoma in the ratings.
Southern California, with 466 points and five No. 1 selections, remained No. 3. Iowa, which received 408 points, and Ohio State, which received 466 points, round out the top five. The Hawkeyes jumped from No. 7 and the Buckeyes fell one spot.
The Sooners, the top choice in the pre-season and the first week's ratings, dropped to second position with 528 points and 10 first-place votes. Oklahoma's first game is Sept. 28 at Minnesota.
No. 6 Florida State received 400 points and No. 7 Oklahoma State received 281 points. Both sank one position from last week.
Completing the top 10 are Penn State, Louisiana State and Brigham Young. The Nittany Lions were No. 9 before beating Temple, the Tigers No. 10 before defeating North Carolina and the Cougars No. 13 before topping Washington.
South Carolina maintained the No. 11 spot while Alabama climbed from No. 16 to No. 12 and UCLA, which tied Tennessee, fell from No. 8 to No. 13. Arkansas was No. 14, Michigan, which defeated co-No. 11 Notre Dame Saturday, joined the top 20 for the first time.
UPI Top 20
first place vote and records in parentheses,
local points (based on points for first place, 14)
in parentheses.
1. Auburn (23) (2-0)
2. Oklahoma State (10) (0-0)
3. Southern Cal (5) (1-0)
4. Iowa (2) (0-0)
5. Ohio State (1) (0-0)
6. Florida State (1) (1-0)
7. Florida State (1) (2-0)
8. Penn State (1) (2-0)
9. Louisiana State (1-4) (1-0)
10. Missouri Young (1-4) (1-0)
11. South Carolina (2-0) (14-1)
12. Alabama (1-2) (1-0)
13. UCLA (1-4) (1-0)
14. Arkansas (1-0) (1-0)
15. Michigan (1-6) (1-0)
16. Maryland (1-1) (1-0)
17. North Dakota (1-1) (1-0)
18. West Virginia (2-4) (1-0)
19. Arizona (2-0) (1-0)
20. Illinois (1-2) (1-0)
Others receiving vases: Air Force, Clermont,
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Kansas
Michigan State, Pitt, Tennessee, Texas Christian
Texas Tech and Washington
Note: Agreement with the American Football Hall of Fame Association, teams on NCAA or National Football League rosters, and the national championship competition by the UFP Board of Coach and Southern Methodist University.