Sports
Friday, Sept. 13, 1985
University Daily Kansan
13
News Briefs
Softball team travels to Nebraska tourney
The Kansas softball team will be starting up where it left off last season with the Nebraska Tournament in Lincoln this weekend.
In Lincoln last spring, the Jayhawks lost a best two-out-of-three series to University of Nebraska in the National Collegiate Athletic Association post-season tournament. The Cornhuskers went on to finish second in the tournament behind UCLA.
"We're excited to go up there and do well," head coach Bob Stanciflud said yesterday. "A lot of comparisons will probably automatically be made between us and Nebraska, but it is a new year and both teams are different from last season."
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The tournament is a round-robin event, with each of the seven teams playing six games and the tournament winner being the team with the best record.
Before KU gets its rematch with NU, the Jayhawks will first face Illinois State University, Kansas State University and Iowa State University on Saturday. KU then plays Kearney State, NU and Southwest Missouri State on Sunday.
Learn about rugby
The Kansas rugby team will hold an open house for anyone interested in learning more about the sport or anyone interested in purchasing a social membership 6:30 p.m. su'rday in the rugby clubhouse, above Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second.
The open house will follow three rugby matches, which will take place on the fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
The $10 social membership contests holders to free entry to the clubhouse after rugby matches for food and refreshments and free admission to rugby club-sponsored parties. The normal entry fee is $3 after each match.
From Kansan wire reports.
Center Paul Oswald, in the plain t-shirt, prepares to block a teammate during yesterday's football practice. Oswald will be the new starting center this season, replacing Bennie Simecka.
Lineman accepted by Union
By Chris Lazzarino Sports editor
Sports editor
After two years, Paul Oswald has paid his dues. During drills last spring, he advanced from apprentice offensive lineman to journeyman center.
Oswald became a leading member of The Union, the name the offensive line likes to call itself. But he had a big spot to fill. He was designated to replace four-year letterman Bennie Stimeka at center, and was supposed to be the only newcomer to a solid returning line.
Supposed to be's don't always come true.
Academics have taken senior guard Doug Certain from the line, so Oswald, a 6-foot-4, 260 pound Topeka junior, won't be the only newcomer.
But if any group of players on the football team can rebound from academic setbacks, the offensive line can
"The offensive line is, by nature, a close group." Oswald said Wednesday. "We rely on each other to get each other up and ready to play. Because we are so close, we are called The Union. It is a sort of tradition.
That closeness made the loss of Certain harder to accept. The line lost a starter, and the lineman lost a comrade.
"Through spring ball, we built a closeness together as a unit. We communicate well, and we know what the other guys are going to do on the field. We really pull for each other."
"We all miss Doug," Oswald said. "He is a good key player and a good friend. I know it tears him up inside not being able to play. I know it would tear me up inside.
"I feel for him, and I wish it didn't happen. But it did, and we will just have to adjust."
The closeness of the Union isn't an accident. In part, it is the result of Mike Solari, the offensive line coach.
Often, while the quarterbacks and
receivers perfect their glory game, the linemen grind out drills on a heavy bag in a pass-blocking position, keeping hands and wrists in shape for the punishment of game.
All the while, they chant "O-line!
O-line!"
"Coach Solari is a good technician," Oswald said. "I know he is the best coach I have been around."
The offensive linemen often end practices with pull-ups — an exercise not easy for men weighing more than 259 pounds. Solari has been known to pound out some pull-ups and players have headed to the showers.
Oswald may be moved to guard, and senior John Loncar may take over at center. Wherever Oswald plays, head football coach Mike Gottfried knows he will do what is asked of him. Oswald can play center, guard or tackle.
"I'm sure we will eventually move him to all three spots," Gottfried said.
Playing on a team with a complicated, pro-style offense makes offensive linemen better prospects as professionals. Oswald hasn't overlooked that.
Because of the loss of Certain.
"The opportunity involves a lot of money, and you would be stupid not to try and go for it." Oswald said
Lowery amazing in Chiefs' upset
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Nick Lowey kicked five field goals and Bill Kenney threw a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes Thursday night to give the Kansas City Chiefs a stunning 36-20 victory over the Los Angeles Raiders.
Kenney then threw his third quarter touchdown passes of 28 yards to Carlos Carson and 5 yards to Stephone Paige to ensure Kansas City its first victory over the Raiders since 1981. The Chiefs win snapped a
Lowery accounted for Kansas City's first 15 points on field goals of 29, 22, 42, 58 and 21 yards to give the Chiefs a 15-14 lead midway through the third quarter. The five field goals tied one club record and his 62-yard tie another.
Kenney completed 18-of-38 passes for 259 yards and Carson tortured the Raiders' Pro Bowl cornerback tandem of Lester Hayes and Mike Haynes all night long with five catches for 117 yards. He caught four of his passes over Hayes but burned Haynes for the touchdown — the first of his six-year career against the Raiders.
string of five straight losses to its AFC West rival.
The Kansas City defense added an insurance touchdown in the fourth quarter when cornerback Albert Lewis recovered a Jim Planktett fumble in the Raider end zone for a 36-14 lead. It was one of three fumble recoveries by the Chiefs, who improved their record to 2-0 and dropped the Raiders to 1-1.
Frank Hawkins scored on a 1-yard
run and Plunket threw touchdown passes of 3 yards to Todd Christensen and 2 yards to Jessie Hester for the Raiders.
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It was a rare prime-time television loss for the Raiders, who took a 25-5-1 record in such contests into the game. The Raiders still have 13 more victories than the Chiefs have appearances (12) on prime-time television.
Hawkins gave the Raiders a 7-0 lead with his touchdown but Lowry answered with three consecutive goal goals to the Chiefs on top 9-1 midway through the second quarter.
But Kansas City fullback Ken Lacy fumbled the ball away at the Kansas City 30 late in the second quarter and it was recovered by Los Angeles safety Vann McElroy. The Raiders
Christensen made a 'spectacular touchdown catch of three yards, flipped it over and passed it to his right hand and then catches it with his left as he was falling.
needed only four plays to reclaim the
lead, 14-8, with 1:58 left in the half.
But Lowery and the Chiefs weren't done yet. Kenney moved the Chiefs 27 yards through the air, including a 26-yard sideline pass to Carson, to set up Lowery's fourth field goal — the 58-yard that tied his own club record set against Washington in 1983 — and cut the deficit to 14-12 by halftime.
Kansas City then marched 76 yards with the opening possession of the second half, using pass interference calls of 29 yards against Hayes and 10 yards against Haynes to set up Lowery's 21-yard field goal.
Although the Vanderbilt and Kansas football teams both posted 5-6 records last year and are 1-0 this season, the teams are coming from opposite directions as they head into tomorrow's 11:40 a.m. contest.
Passing barrage likely tomorrow
By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff
By Frank Hansel
Vanderbilt was hit severely by graduation. The offensive unit lost eight starters, while the defense lost its four top tacklers from 1984 plus
Vanderbilt
Game two, Sept. 14
Lawrence
the nation's leading hunter, Ricky Anderson. Kansas, however, lost just one starter from a year ago to graduation, center Bennie Simecka.
Last year Vanderbilt defeated Kansas 41-6 in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the only time that a Mike Gottfried-coached Kansas team had failed to score a touchdown.
"Any time you lose that many people you really don't know how your team is going to play until you get them in real game situations," Vanderbilt head coach George MacIntyre said yesterday.
"They played really well against us last year," Gottfried said, "and they got us at a time when we weren't playing too well."
Gottfred said he wasn't out for revenge on Saturday because it was a failure.
"Coach said they had a party with us last year, and this year it is time for us to have a party with them," Garner said.
One player, right cornerback Milt Garner, said revenge was in the back of his mind.
MacIntyre, who is in his seventh season at Vanderbilt with a 23-45 record, said his Commodores made a lot of first game mistakes in their 7-0 win over Tennessee-Chattanooga on Sept. 7, but they should learn from those mistakes.
"We were fortunate to get out with a win, and I feel we've made some improvement since then, but we'll have to play a lot better against Kansas." MacIntyre said.
Offensively, the Commodores had to find replacements for eight starters, including quarterback Kurt Page. Taking over the "quarterbacking duties is junior Watt Marwithe. He completed 43 of 66 passes for 518 yards and four touchdowns in a back-up roll last year.
MacIntyre said Wratcher had an up and down game in his first collegiate start last week, but he would be a good quarterback in the future.
One receiver who is not new to Vanderbilt is All-Southeastern Conference tight end Jim Popp. Popp caught 29 passes for 278 yards last year.
"It was a feeling out situation for Mark, but we know what he can do, plus he is throwing to new receivers." MacIntyre said.
MacIntyre said Popp did his best
job of blocking last week. On the receiving end, Popp had eight receptions, but mishandled five passes.
ceivers are freshmen Gerald Mitchell, Tom Fritz, and Tony Pearcey, and sophomore Al Rogers.
The Vanderbilt backfield will consist of junior Carl Woods and sophomore Everett Crawford. Woods gained 688 yards rushing last year, and Crawford had 434.
Kansas coach Mike Gottfried said the Jayhawks had worked this week on an improved pass rush and defense, but he expected the Commodores to do a lot of passing, including throwing the ball more than 40 times.
MacIntyre also said he thought Kansas would throw the ball often.
"I don't think you're ever going to completely stop their offense," MacIntyre said. "We've just got to hope to force an interception or fumble to slow them down."
Kansas quarterback Mike Norseth hasn't thrown an interception since the third quarter of the Colorado game last year. That span covers 84 pass attempts. And Norseth has thrown only one interception in his last 124 attempts.
MacIntyre said the Jayhawks were a tough team to prepare for defensively because the team had to be ready to defend the pass on every down.
The Vanderbilt defense lost four starters from last season, but those four were the leading tacklers on the team. Together they totaled 369 tackles.
"Like our offense, we've got some new people on defense, and they just need some game experience," MacIntyre said. "I thought our older people played well in our first game, and the younger players played about 50 percent of what they're capable."
Gottfried said that when a team shuts someone out, they have got to be good. Even though the Commodores lost their four leading tacklers, Gottfried said they still had a nucleus coming back.
"Any time you have two top defensive linemen returning (Steve Wade and John Windham) your defense is going to be pretty good." Gottried said.
The Vanderbilt secondary returns three of four starters. Cornerback Kermit Sykes, who had 60 tackles last year, leads the secondary. Also returning, are cornerback Thanh Anderson, who had four interceptions in 1984, and strong safety Jeff Holt, who had 44 tackles last year. Freshman Noel Wells is the starting free safety.
Kansas will finish preparations for Vanderbilt today with a light 40-minute workout, Gottfried said. The Jayhawks will work on game day situations on both offense and defense.
Yesterday KU had an hour and 40 minute workout in Memorial Stadium, and they concentrated on the play of the special teams.
Runners begin competition
Rv Heather Fritz
Of the Kansan sports staff
As the Kansas cross country teams head into their opening meets this weekend, the big question for both teams will be their youth.
The men's team opens its season with a dual meet at Carbondale, Ill., against Southern Illinois. The women will compete in the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.
Captain Kim Sheridan is the only senior on a team with no juniors, four sophomores and six freshmen.
"Going into the meet I feel good about where we are," women's coach Cliff Rovelto said Wednesday. "We have some people who are running really well.
"Teamwise, I think we'll probably place fairly high but the level of competition won't be what we'll see later in the year."
Two of those six freshmen, Shaula Hatcher and Melissa Satterfield, are expected to be the top two runners for Kansas this fall — even without collegiate experience.
"They're going to be very, very good runners." Rovelot said. "They've looked good and I'm pleased with their attitude."
"It will be a good experience for us," he said. "We've got some people who've not run a lot. We've got an awful lot of people who are capable of getting the job done, but they just have no experience."
Rovelo is looking toward this weekend as a learning experience for the younger runners.
The coach said that Sheridan was the only member of this fall's squad who also ran for Kansas last spring.
Requests for tickets to possible American League Championship Series games and World Series games in Kansas City, Mo., must be postmarked Monday, Sept. 16, said a spokesman for the Kansas City Royals.
The envelope cannot be postmarked before or after Monday. Only postmarks of Monday will be entered into the random drawing.
The following rules must be followed exactly in order to be eligible for tickets:
Ticket drawing announced
1. Mail a standard 10 envelope
2. The requesting envelope should have the complete name of sender and return address in the upper left hand corner.
3. The requesting envelope should specify ALCS reserved seat tickets, ALCS standing room tickets, WS reserved seat tickets or WS standing room tickets in the lower left hand corner.
4. Include a self-addressed,
stamped standard 10 envelope for
return, with postage (22 cent
stamp) in the upper right hand
corner, the sender's address centered on the envelope and the sender's address in the upper left hand corner.
5. Include a certified check, cashier's check or money order payable to Championship Baseball. Cash or personal checks will not be accepted. The cost, including handling, is: $43 for two ALCS reserved seat tickets; $33 for two ALCS standing room tickets; $63 for two World Series reserved seat tickets; and $43 for two World Series standing room tickets.
Football predictions
to: Championship Baseball; Post Office Box 1970; Kansas City, Mo. 64141
By a Kansan reporter
| State | Carothers | Conboy | Lazzarino | G |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Wanderbilt | Kansas | Kansas | Kansas | Ka |
| St. Kansas | 27-21 | 28-14 | 34-17 | 24-1 |
| N.Y. Texas State | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Okla |
| N.Y. Oklahoma State | 45-10 | 31-10 | 51-10 | 46-15 |
| Northwestern | Missouri | Missouri | Missouri | Missou |
| N.Y. Missouri | 20-0 | 24-10 | 31-7 | 31-14 |
| Northern Iowa | Kansas State | Kansas State | Kansas State | Kansas State |
| N.Y. Kansas State | 13-6 | 35-7 | 17-14 | 21-13 |
| Oregon | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon | Oregon |
| N.Y. Colorado | 23-14 | 24-21 | 24-20 | 28-17 |
| Utah State | Utah State | Iowa State | Iowa State | Iowa State |
| N.Y. Iowa State | 17-7 | 27-14 | 17-10 | 17-14 |
| Notre Dame | Michigan | Notre Dame | Michigan | Notre Dame |
| N.Y. Michigan | 24-17 | 28-21 | 31-24 | 30-24 |
| Washington | Washington | Washington | BYU | BYU |
| N.Y. BYU | 33-30 | 27-21 | 35-31 | 36-17 |
| Maryland | Maryland | Maryland | Maryland | Maryland |
| N.Y. Boston College | 19-14 | 24-17 | 24-14 | 28-7 |
| UCLA | Tennessee | Tennessee | UCLA | UCLA |
| N.Y. Tennessee | 24-22 | 27-21 | 27-24 | 24-23 |
The predictors are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Bill Conboy, professor of communication studies; Chris Lazzarino, Kansan sports editor; and Bryan Graves, Kansan photo editor.
rectors are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Bill Conboy, professor
Sports Almanac
American League
East W L Pct. GB
Toronto 88 52 69
New York 86 53 649 %12
Baltimore 80 54 639 %13
Detroit 71 67 634 %16
Boston 69 71 488 19
Milwaukee 69 71 488 19
Cleveland 50 90 367 28
West Kawaii City 79 59 572 /
California 78 62 557 2
Chicago 71 68 531 8½
Oakland 69 71 489 14
Seattle 60 77 440 17
Minnesota 62 77 446 17
Tampa 51 88 387 28
Chicago 4, Minnesota 1
New York 7, Toronto 5
Baltimore 8, Boston 1
California 9, Texas 3
Baltimore (McGregor 11-12) at Detroit
(Permanent 4.8/5.0)
Minnesota (6-2) and Ohio 8-13.
Cavaliers (Ward 6-7) and Heaton 8-16), 2, 4-9.
Toronto (Clancy 7-4) at New York (Nietro
15-6), 10-7
p.m.
Gilbert City (Globeba 12-7) at Oakland (Ugo
4-23) or p.m.
Chicago (Seattle 19-10) at Seattle (Young
11-14) @ 3:35 p.m.
Boston (Louisville 9-8 at Milwaukee (Leary 9-
7:35 pm)
Cincinnati (Pittsburgh 12-7 at Cleveland (Rilei)
East
Texas (Hought 14-14) at California (Sutton
13:00, 9:00)
Tomorrow's Games
Minnesota at Cleveland, 2
Kansas City at Oakland
Baltimore at Baltimore
Toronto at New York, nk
Boston at Milwaukee, night
Chicago at Chicago, night
Texas at California, night
National League
East W L Pct. GB -
New York 84 54 69 -
St. Louis 83 55 601 1
Montreal 74 64 538 801
Philadelphia 66 72 488 104
Chicago 68 72 478 18
Illinois 45 91 313 38
New York 21, Florence 6
Montreal 6, Philadelphia 3
Pittsburgh 10, Chicago 2
Atlanta 11, Los Angeles 6
Cincinnati 2, San Diego 1
Houston 5, San Antonio 2
Washington 6, Guam 4
Los Angeles 82 56 394 —
Cincinnati 82 56 341 —
San Diego 71 68 411 —
Houston 69 70 486 —
Atlanta 50 30 438 —
Miami 50 30 438 —
nationals 50 30 438
St. Louis (Forsyth 8-6) at Chicago (Trout 8-4),
1:20 p.m.
New York (Aquilera 7-3 and 2-3) at Montreal (Smith 1-5 and Schatzer 2-4), 8:48
Los Angeles (Hierlserh 14.3 and Pena 9.0) at Cincinnati 10.21 and McCaffery 1.9, 4-7.
Philadelphia (Denny 10-11) at Pittsburgh
(Walk 1.2), 6:53 p.m.
New York (Benjamin 10-11) at Buffalo
(Barker)
(Walk 1.2), 3:45 p.m.
(San Francisco Blue 5-6) at Atlanta (Barker
San Diego (Thurmond 6-8) at Houston (Scott
16-7), 7:35 p.m.
Kansas City 36, Los Angeles 20
LA Raiders 7   7 0 6/20
Kansas City 3   9 17 7/36
First LAR/Hawkins 1 run (Bahr kick), 9:01
First
LAR/Laurentine 9, 0, 6
KC/FO/Lawry 30, 11, 16
Second
KC/FO/Lawry 24, 4; 51
KC/FO/Lawry 42, 8; 0, 8
LAR/Cristensen 3 pass from Plunkett (Ball
Third
KC/FC/University 21-4-8
KC/Carson 25 pass from Kenney (Lewery)
KC/Carson 26 pass from Kenney (Lewery)
KC/Paige $9 pass from Kenney (Lowery Mick),
1118
KC/Levihamble recovery in end zone
LAR/HER2 $pass from Plunket (kick miss)
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