Sports
University Daily Kansan
Monday, Sept. 16, 1985
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News Briefs
Volleyball team wins 3 at Texas-El Paso
The Kansas volleyball team got its first win for new coach Frankie Albitz Thursday night and went on to finish 3-2 in the Texas-Eli Paso invitational this weekend in El Paso, Texas.
Kansas beat the UTEP Miners 15-2.15-4.5-15.15-10
Friday the team won two more matches, against Northern Arizona and Baylor. Saturday the Jayhawks lost to Texas-El Paso and Eastern New Mexico in two five-game matches.
Soccer club loses 3-2
Kansas' record is now 3-3.
The Kansas men's soccer club lost its first game 3-2 to Missouri-Kansas City yesterday in Lawrence.
Kansas was behind 2-0 after a first half with three mistakes on defense and only four KU scoring opportunities. Five minutes into the second half, they up to third the goal on a free kick, finally scoring one of its own.
David Weger scored KU's first point on a penalty kick, and Ted Nelson scored on a free kick. Thering goal was called back because the team was offside.
The club's next game is Saturday against Kansas State at Manhattan.
friathlete injured
Kansas triathlete Clark Campbell was forced to abandon plans to compete in a triathlon in Tulsa, Oka, Saturday after he was injured in two biking accidents last week.
Campbell lost control of his bicycle Wednesday in DeSoto when a young boy ran in front of him. He crashed again while going about 40 mph when he hit speed bumps on his wav into Lawrence.
He said he wasn't seriously injured, but friends said he could hardly walk.
Rugby team wins 3
The Kansas rugby team won three games and tied a fourth Saturday at the rugby fields, 23rd and lowa streets.
"The collegiate team defeated Pittsburgh 30-9. Mike VanDerbosch and Scott Myers each scored two ties for KU, and freshman John Peterson kicked three conversions that kicksaws improved their record to 2-0.
The club side also went to 2-0 by defeating Topeka 19-7 in a Merit Table Match. Merit Table Matches are equivalent to conference games, and they help determine teamats at the end of the season.
The KU reserves won their first game of the season when they defeated the Topeka B team 16-6. In the fourth game a second reserve team tied Pittsburgh 4-4. From staff and wire reports
Corrections
Because of an editor's error, a headline in Tuesday's Kansan incorrectly reported that a freshman walk-on had made the women's basketball team. Tryouts for the team have not yet been held. The Kansan regrets the error and any inconveniences it may have caused.
Because of an editor's error, a story in Thursday's Kansan incorrectly reported the date of the organizational meeting for men interested in junior varsity basketball. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the film room of Parrot Athletic Center, next to Allen Field House.
Norseth sets new marks
By Chris Lazzarino Sports editor
Big plays beautiful day
Sports editor
big play, melody In the stands, the beat from Mad Mike's drum pounded through the air like a broken record.
On the field, broken records abounded as Mike Norseth's passes whistled through the air with near perfection.
Saturday's blitz of passes and points by the Kansas Jayhawks at Memorial Stadium did more than repay the Vanderbilt Commodores for a 41-6 thrashing last season in Nashville, Tenn.
Kansas' 42-16 victory put records in the books and confidence in the Kansas players.
After all, Skip Peete and Johnny Holloway, Kansas' top two receivers in the Aug. 31 Hawaii game, both had to watch the game from the sidelines while nursing knee injuries.
That meant big changes and big
One of the bigger questions was how freshman Willie Vaughn would perform. Vaughn was moved from outside receiver to the inside. That isn't as easy as it sounds. Moving from outside to inside receiver means learning a whole new set of routes and defensive keys.
questions in the Kansas passing game.
"I knew somebody had to do it, so I decided to give it my best effort." Vaughn said after the game. "Hopefully, I was successful in the change.
"I was kind of nervous at the beginning of the game. Now I'm used to it. I like it."
Big questions deserve big answers. Vaughn finished the game with six receptions for 153 yards and two touchdowns, Kansas' first two of the day. Vaughn's first touchdown was a 65-yard bomb from Norseth with one minute, 42 seconds left in the first quarter.
That was only the beginning of
Norseth's onslaught. He finished the day with 24 completion on 38 attempts and four touchdown passes. And, again, no interceptions. He has thrown 122 passes without being intercepted.
While the Mike in the stands, who wore a No. 9 Kansas jersey, rallied the crowd with various cheers, the Mike on the field, in a No. 7 jersey, rallied the crowd with a passing game that was the best in Big Eight history.
By the end of the first quarter, Norseth had thrown for 153 yards. At half, that number had increased to 334 yards.
His final totals were 480 yards passing and 29 yards rushing. 509 yards total offence is the seventh best in NCAA history.
He set Kansas and Big Eight records for most yards passing in a game and total offense in a game.
Big plays power Jayhawks
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
In Kansas' 42-16 rout of Vanderbilt on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, Jayhawk quarterback Mike Norseth set several passing records. But it was the Jayhawks' ability to come up with big plays that helped them improve their record to 2-0.
"We were going in motion and they kind of bumped me and then laid off leaving me in the open," Vaughn said after the game. "I was so open on that one catch that I was a little tense and I wanted to concentrate on catches it."
On six of the seven scoring drives KU either came up with a big play to prolong a drive or score a touchdown. Most of the plays came from Norsest, who set team and Big Eight Conference passing records by completing 24 of 38 passes for 480 yards and four touchdowns.
KU head coach Mike Gottfried said the biggest thing about Vaughn was that he played with so much poise and control, but also inside to outside receiver because of
On the Jayhawks' first scoring drive, Norseth found wide receiver Willie Vaughn wide on the right for a 52-yard pass. 65-yard passing score and a 7-1 lead.
injuries to Johnny Holloway and Skip Pete.
On first down, Norseth completed a pass over the middle to Estell, who broke several tackles down to the Vanderbilt 29. On the next play, Caldwell took a screen pass and went 29 yards to give KU a 21 point halftime lead. The two-play 78-yard drive took just 40 seconds.
After Vanderbilt cut the lead to 21-7 on a three-yard run of Everett Crawford, Jayhawk wide receivers produced two more big plays to regain a three-touchdown lead.
For the play, Norseth sent the rest of the receivers to the right side, and threw to Caldwell on the left side. Caldwell went untouched until a Commodore defender hit him at the two, but his momentum carried him into the endzone.
Vanderbilt head coach George MacIntyre said, "On offense they do a real good job. The receivers are well schooled in the coverages, and
While Norseth and the offense came up with the big plays all day long, the defense also made its contributions. In the third quarter, Commodore quarterback Mark Watcher led Vanderbilt to the Jayhawk 31 by completing passes of 12 and 28 yards to tight-end Jimm Popp and wide receiver Gerald Mitchell.
they do some things that most others don't do on offense."
On first down from the Jayhawks' 31-yard line. Wratcher was tackled for a three yard loss by defensive end Phil Forte. Wratcher tore his hamstring on the play and was forced to leave the game.
Back-up quarterback Tim Richardson came in and threw two incomplete passes. On fourth and 13, Alan Laner kicked a 51-yard field goal to narrow the KU lead to 28-10.
Said MacIntyre, "Our chain was slipping. We couldn't get anything going, and we are going to have to come back without our quarterback. It's going to be tough."
The Jayhawk defense came up with two more big plays in the second half. Cornerback Milt Garner came up with the first one, an interception of Richardson in the end zone on a second-and-goal play from the 15.
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Vanderbilt running back Kenny Weatherspoon makes a sharp cut to avoid Kansas linebackers
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kansas quarterback Mike Norseth throws one of his 38 passes Saturday against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Norseth set the Big Eight single-game passing record with 480 yards.
Dickey leaves KSU after 2 early upsets
United Press International
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State football coach Jim Dickey, whose team was upset in its first two games of the season, resigned yesterday and was replaced on an interim basis by Grant Athletic Director Lee Moon.
Moon, 38, was hired by first-year Athletic Director Larry Travis in April after being an assistant football coach and administrative assistant at Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.
Dickey resigned after Saturday's 10-6 loss to Division I-AAA Northern Iowa. The loss dropped the Wildcats to 0-2. Wichita State stopped Kansas State 16-10 a week ago in both teams' season opener.
"I met with Jim last night after the game and asked him for his input on where we should go." Travis said at a news conference with Moon. "I met with coach Dickey this morning ... and at that time he told me he thought for the betterment of the kids and the institution that he would step down and resign his position so we could get on with trying to make out of this year something we all had hopes for when we went in.
"I think under some little different leadership and a change in tempo we can go on and have a successful season."
Travis said Moon will remain head coach until the season's end, at which time a search will commence for a permanent successor to Dickey.
"I'm taking this position because I believe Kansas State has a future." Moon said. "I believe in Larry and what he's trying to do. I made a commitment to come here to be in town, and I'm going to do the program. I feel at this time this is the best thing I can do to help the program."
Moon said he visited with the players shortly before it was an amateur day. He lightly hit them.
They seemed pretty positive," he
said. "We've got to play TCU (Texas Christian University) on television on Saturday and I think they'll be ready."
He said one reason Dickey's offense never got on track was that there have been different offensive coaches in each of the past four years.
"That's a big adjustment for a college athlete." Moon said.
He said he planned no changes in his coaching staff.
Dickey was glum immediate,
after the Northern Iowa game. He had little comment about his future
at the university, other than to say he thought his job was "not very"
secure.
He is in the last year of his contract.
After a 3-7-1 record in 1984, many athletic boosters demanded Dickey's resignation or firing. Instead, Kansas State President Duane Acker fired Athletic Director Dick Towers and replaced him with Travis from Georgia Tech. Towers reportedly under pressure to fire Dickey.
Attendance at Kansas State games the past two weeks has been poor; less than half of the stadium's 42,000 seats were filled. Many of the 17,500 fans at Saturday's game repeatedly booed Dickey late in the contest.
Dickey, 51, joined the Wildcats on Dec. 20, 1977 and became the university's 24th head football coach. In eight seasons, his squads have compiled an overall 25-53-2 record and a 13-34-2 record in Big Eight action.
Before this season, Dickey said he was intent on bringing the Wildcats to prominence in the Big Eight. He hired two new coaches and placed more emphasis on offense.
In 1983, his squad was 6-4-1, good enough for a trip to the Independence Bowl in Shreveport. La. It marked Kansas State's first trip to a bowl game. The season earned Dicky Big Eight Coach of the Year honors.
KC splits with A's; Black records win
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — George Brett hit a three-run-homer and Bud Black threw a four-hitter to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland A's 7-2 and salvage a split of their Sunday doubleheader.
With the split, the Royals saw their lead in the American League West shrink to $2\frac{1}{2}$ games. California, which started the day three games back, beat Texas 12-4.
Mike Heath's three-run homer broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning and sent Oakland to a 4-2 victory in the first game.
Brett tagged a fastball from A's reliever Keith Atherton over the center-field fence for his 25th home run of the year in the fifth inning, tying a career high and giving the Royals a 5-1 lead.
Atherton then replaced Young, and got an out before Brett connected.
Onix Concepcion and Lonnie Smith led off the inning with singles against Oakland starter Curt Curl, 6-3.
Concepcion added a two-run single in the eighth.
Black, 9-14, struck out eight batters and didn't walk any in his first win since Aug. 9.
The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the third when Concepción singled and Smith doubled to left.
In the opener, the A's beat Charlie Leibrandt, 15-8, by scoring four unearned runs in the fourth with the aid of Leibrandt's throwing error.
The A's scored their final tally in the fifth on an RBI groundout by Davis.
Mike Davis tied the game briefly with his 23rd homer of the season in the A's half of the third. But Frank White put the Royals ahead for good in the fourth with a solo home run, his 29th of the season.
Singles by Steve Henderson and Dave Kingman, plus Leibrandt's wild pitch, put runners on first and third with none out.
Softball team second at NU tourney
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
Nebraska scored its run on a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly off losing pitcher Tracy Bunge.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers scored one run in the eighth inning to defeat Kansas and win the Nebraska Softball Tournament yesterday in Lincoln, Neb.
In the bottom of the eighth, Chris May sacrificed the runner to third, but the threat ended when pitcher Lori Sippel struck out Bunge, and got Ann Brent to fly out.
"We were real disappointed to lose to Nebraska, but we are off to a good start and are looking forward to our game," head coach B石头 Stancelift said.
Nebraska took a 2-0 lead in the
fourth. With runners at second and third, Bunge got a pop up in the infield, but the bat broke and the handle hit her in the leg allowing the pop up to drop.
"We just got a bad break there, and they took advantage of it to score two runs." Stanclift said.
Kansas tied the score in the bottom of the seventh. Catcher Gayle Luedke singled, and moved
Kansas finished the tournament with a 5-1 record, while Nebraska finished 6-0.
to third on a ground rule double by
second baseman Renae Noble.
Luecki scored when leftfielder Jill
Wiliams grounded out. Nebraska
tried to throw Luecke out at home,
but the throw was wild, allowing
Noble to score from second and
the game.
Young cross country runners do well
By Heather Fritz
Of the Kansan sports staff
The bright spots this weekend for the men's and women's cross country teams came not in team victories, but in the performances of freshmen.
The men's team lost to Southen,
Illinois 32-23 in Carbondale, III., and
the women finished fourth out of nine
players. Husker Invitational in
Lincoln, Neb.
Big Eight champion Nebraska won its tournament with 28 points, followed by Kansas State with 34, Minnesota with 96 and Kansas with 125.
The women took a team of four freshmen, two sophomores and one senior to Lincoln, and came away with two freshmen finishing in the top twenty individually.
Shula Hatcher finished 11th in 18 minutes, 59 seconds. She was followed by Melissa Satterfield, who finished in 19:08 for 17 place on a course slowed by rain.
Senior Kim Sheridan came in 27th
The race was won by Kansas State's Chris Vanatta in 17:41.
in 19:31, in front of two more freshmen, Rachel Albright, 36th, in 20:26 and Jodie McDonald, 37th, in 20:34.
"I think the freshmen ran very, very well," said head coach Cliff Rovello. "We were just where I thought we would be. Of the girls who were in front of Shaula, seven of 10 were All-Americans, and most were juniors and seniors. The two freshmen had times that were the fastest
While Rovello was pleased with the freshmen, he said the older runners must improve.
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in the country last year, so we're on the right track."
"Our upper-classmen are the ones that let us down," he said. "It's a matter of just getting it done. Kim Sheridan is definitely capable of doing better than she did.
"If we're going to have a good year, they are going to have to run higher, and they should."