Thursday, Sept 12, 1985 Sports University Daily Kansan 13 News Briefs Despite loss of seven players' spirits high Even though seven players were yesterday declared ineligible for the 1985 season, the Kansas football team had a good, spirited practice, head coach Mike Gottfried said. Gottfried said he was wrapping up his game plan for Saturday's home-opening against the Vanderbilt野禽, which will begin at 11:48 a.m. Gottried said his team concentration on improving its pass rush, coverage of receivers and special teams. Although the coaches and players have obviously studied Vanderbilt, Gottied does not list opponents at the top of his list of concerns. "I'm concerned first about our club." Gottfried said. "We have a very positive, spirited attitude." Because of injuries to KU's top two receivers in the Aug. 31 victory over Hawaii, Gottfried may have to do some experimenting with his passing game. Gottried said KU might go to a two-wide out formation, rather than the regular four. On plays with only two wide-outs, two tight ends would also be in. Those tight ends would be Sylvester Byrd and Mark Parks. Gottfried said the top wide receivers are Richard Estell, Sandy McGee and Willie Vaughn. Wide receivers Skip Peete and Johnny Holloway are out for an indefinite period of time with knee injuries. IV basketball to start Anyone interested in participating in men's junior varsity basketball should attend an organizational meeting Sept. 20. R. A. Bullard meeting copy. R.C. Buford, graduate assistant basketball coach, said he would be coaching the junior varsity team. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the film room of Parrot Athletic Center, which is adjacent to Allen Field House. Invitational to begin The Kansas Volleyball team begins play at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Texas-Esl Paso Invitational in El Paso, Texas. Coach Frankie Albitz said Tuesday that she was optimistic about how the Jayhawks would do. "If we play like we did against Nebraska and have the offense, we'll do okay," she said. The team lost to Nebraska last weekend in three games. "I think we can win the whole tournament." Albitz said, "Of course, I haven't seen these teams in a year so I may be dreaming. Also competing will be Northern Arizona, Eastern New Mexico, Baylor and Texas-El Paso. From staff and wire reports. Rose singles to top Cobb's career mark United Press International CINCINNATI - Pete Rose now is the most prolific hitter in professional baseball history. The Reds' player-manager toppled one of baseball's mightiest records last night, driving a first-inning single to left-center off pitcher Eric Show of the San Diego Padres to break Tey Cobb's 57-year-old mark for career hits and lead Cincinnati to a 2-0 victory. There was historic symmetry to the line-drive single, coming 57 years to the day Cabb took his final at-bat in the major leagues — a fly ball for an out The hit. No. 4,192, came on a 2-1 pitch and landed between left fieldier Carmelo Martinez and center fielder Kevin McReynolds. After rounding first base, Rose was embraced by his son, Pete, who ran on the field from the dugout to greet his father. The entire Reds' bench emptied to Redc owner Marge Schott, wearing red slacks and a blue striped sweater, also charged the field. embrace their 43-year-old player-manager. Show trapped to first base to congratulate Rose, then sat on the pitcher's mound as Rose accepted a red Corvette, which was a gift from Schott. Fireworks exploded above the stadium. The time of the hit was 7:01 CDT. The hit ended Rose's 0-for-6 slump since he tied the record last Sunday in Chicago. He had said he envisioned the record hit as a liner to center field. He was not far off his prediction, lining the pitch from the Padre right-hander to left-center. It was his 357th at-bat of the season and his 95th hit. Rose needed 3,476 games and 13,768 at-bats to break the record. Cobb required 3,034 games and 11,429 at-bats. The mark stood for more than a half century. Royals edge Angels ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jamie Quirk's bloop single drove in one run and pinch hitter Jorge Ortea doubled in another run to break a scoreless tie in the seventh imminent last night, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 triumph over the California Angels United Press International By winning their second in a row over the Angels, the first-place Royals strengthened their American League West lead to 2 $ \frac{1}{2} $ games over California. It was the Royals' 10th victory in 11 games. Danny Jackson earned his 13th victory against nine losses, scattering six hits before coming out in the top of the eighth. Dan Quisenberry got the final six outs for his league-leading 33rd save. Jackson had been locked in a duel with California starter Ron Romanick, 13-8. Each had allowed only four singles over the first six innings Frank White opened the Kansas City seventh with a single and stole second. After Steve Balboni walked, the runners advanced on Darryl Motley's groundout. Quirk, who was in the minor leagues until Aug. 20, then blooped a single into shallow right field, scoring White. Orta, batting for Onix Concepcion, laced a double to the center field wall to bring home Balboni. Quirk was thrown out at the plate on a relay from center field Gary Pettis to cut short the rally. Jackson came out after yielding a leadoff single in the eighth to Rod Carew. Quisenberry came on and rookie Devon White, running for Carew, stole second, but Quisenberry retired the next three batters. The Angels retaliated in the bottom of the seventh with one run. Alan Hagman/KANSAN Cornerback aims for consistency Rose eclipses Cobb's record, memory Sophomore Milt Garner, Kansas, right cornerback, will help anchor the Jayhawk defensive secondary this season. Garner, who has his goals set on stopping the passing game of opponents, was second on the team with 38 tackles and three interceptions in the Jayhawk secondary last season. The former Washington High School linebacker worked extensively with weights this summer to increase his strength. United Press International ROYSTON, Ga. — The Ty Cobb Memorial, once a tribute to the man some call the greatest player baseball has known, stands dark and empty in the middle of his hometown. Financing problems and a general lack of interest caused the closing of the memorial more than a decade ago, long before anyone could have believed that it would sneak up from behind and eclipse Cobb's career hit record. It is a gloomy encore to the life of Cobb, a hard-nosed — some would say mean-spirited — competitor who was brilliant, most disliked player of his era. Ty Cobb's life was divided in two parts; Cobb the ballplayer and Cobb the man. As a player, Cobb was nonpareil; as a man, he was a tough life—and a tough reputation. Shortly before Cobb joined the Tigers, his mother killed his father with a gun. She was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter. He had to watch helplessly as two of his own children died at a young age. Cobb had few friends. He got along with few teammates — some used to saw his bats in half — and fewer opponents. Only four former major leaguer players attended his funeral. He was famous for his daring base-running and for sliding into base with his cleats high. He defied opponents to tag him out. He was driven by an insatiable quest for perfection and winning. He was called psychotic by some, complicated by others. Some try not to remember him that way. "Most people dwell on the bad side of Ty." Suzy Cunningham Bond, whose father lived next door to Cobb and made by hand Cobb's first bats in the workshop of his furniture store said, "but everybody has a bad side. He had so much good going for him." In some ways, Rose is a modern-day Cobb, which pleases some who honor Cobb. be broken. It's just another great baseball player breaking a record." "Times have changed and a new man is doing it," said Royston Mayer John Beard. "Records are made to Harvey Sanders, 92, a retired automobile dealer, is one of the very few Cobb contemporaries left. He lives three blocks from the ballfield — a garment plant now stands on the site — where Cobb learned the game and less than a mile from the cemetery where Cobb was laid to rest in a granite mausoleum. Sanders said, "Some people are a little jealous, but I'm not. I've wanted Pete to make it. He's a young fella, and he'll keep on going. Trying to do better, that's what we're here for." Sports Almanac American League West Coast Games Not Included) By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff Chicago 5, Minnesota 0 Milwaukee 4, New York 3 Kansas City 2, California 1 Cleveland at Seattle (night) One area of defense that Kansas needs to improve on as the Jayhawks prepare for Saturday's game against Vanderbilt is the pass defense, head coach Mike Gottfried said yesterday. The Jayhawks gave up 348 yards passing in their season-opening 33-27 victory over Hawaii on Aug. 31. Last year, KU ranked 72nd of 105 Division I teams in pass defense, giving up 193 yards a game. W L Pet. GB Orlando 88 51 634 Oakland 88 51 634 Baltimore 72 64 529 14½ Detroit 71 67 529 14½ Houston 60 77 442 38 Milwaukee 60 77 442 38 Reveland 50 89 362 38 With injuries to two top receivers, Skip Peeet and Johnny Holloway, Garner almost had to make another position switch this season. Gottfried said he tried using Garner at wide receiver during an experiment after two days of practice. "Personally I didn't want to play offense, but if Coach thought it was for the good of the team then I would have done it," Garner said. "But I'd prefer to dish out the hits instead of taking them." Today's Guests Minnesota (Smithsonian 14) +1 (Chicago) Nelson 8:9, 6:9 One player who helps anchor the Jayhawks defensive secondary is right cornerback Milt Garner. Garner said the defensive secondary would be a much-improved one as the year progressed. Garner's collegiate career almost led him to Kansas State. He said he narrowed his choices to KU and K-State, and he was leanning toward the Wildcats after visiting Manhattan during his senior year. Garner, who was second in tackles among KU cornerbacks last year with 38, said his only goal this year was to play more consistently. Kansas City West California 77 61 589 - 50 - Chicago 70 68 507 4 %- Oakland 69 71 463 10 %- Seattle 64 74 464 14 %- Minnesota 62 74 464 13 %- Tampa 51 87 370 27 %- 8:09, p. 173 Toronto (Stieb 13-10) at New York (Guidry "Last year gave me the experience I needed to cover wide receivers," he said. "Plus this year I feel I'm a more physical player." In addition to learning new defenses, Garner said he had to learn a new position when he came to Kansas last year. He was used as a linebacker and running back at Washington High School, Kansas City, Kan. He said he worked extensively during the off season in the weight room to become a stronger football player. But besides strength, the sophomore cornerback said he was a year smarter. Garner agreed, "You still have to cover the man you are assigned to." Yesterday's Results Texas 6, Oakland 3 Toronto 3, Detroit 2 Boston 4, Baltimore 1 Garner said he was used as quick-side linebacker, and the only big adjustment was to learn a new step when covering receivers. "Last year we only had four or five set defenses," Garner said, "but this year we have about 15 different defenses." 18-5) 7 p.m. Baltimore (Dixon 6-31 at Boston (Nipper 8-30). 19-4) Gottfried said the reason for the more complex defense was that the players had a better understanding of the defense, which allowed them to do more. He added that the key to the new defenses was common sense. "I visited K-State first, and was almost ready to sign when I decided to visit KU," he said. Texas (Stewart 0-6) at California (Witt 12-7). 3: 30 p.m. After his visit to Lawrence, Garner said the Jayhawk coaching staff had impressed him more, and he decided to play at KU. Garner was a standout basketball player at Washington. He averaged over 20 points a game during his senior year and led the Wildcats to the Kansas Class 6A state tournament. National League New York's sister Minnesota at Cleveland, northeast Toronto at New York, north Baltimore at Detroit, night Boston at Milwaukee, night Kansas City at Oakland, night Seattle at Seattle, night Texas at California, night St Louis 83 64 606 -1 Monteau 73 64 606 -1 Philadelphia 68 68 500 14½ Chicago 68 68 500 -1 Pittsburgh 44 91 328 -1 Los Angeles New York San Diego Stanford Houston Atlanta San Francisco 82 65 599 — 75 54 10 % 67 54 11 % 67 70 480 58 80 124 58 80 244 Kansas triathlete Clark Campbell works on his running as he prepares for a meet this weekend in Tulsa, Okla. Campbell ran yesterday at the KU rugby fields. "I felt there was more of an opportunity in football, because in basketball you only need five players at a time, and in football you need at least 22 — so I decided to play football." East Division W L. Pct. GB New York 83, 91, 90 Triathlete heads to nationals By Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff When most people think of the triathlon, they picture the Iron Man competition, an all-day event complete with racers crawling over the finish line in exhaustion. Kansas triathlete Clark Campbell has yet to enter a competition that he doesn't complete in about two hours, and he has never crawled over a finish line. Staggered maybe, but never crawled. He races on the standard short course of 1.5 kilometers of swimming, 40 kilometers of biking and 10 kilometers of running. The former Jayhawk swimmer leaves this weekend for Tulsa, Okla., where he will compete in a triathlon before heading to Hilton Head, S.C. for the Bud Lite U.S. Triathlon Series national triathlon Sept. 28. Campbell, a sophomore, is in his fourth season as a triathlete, a sport he began as a high school junior at Coffeyville. In his first triathlon he second. He placed fifth in his second triathlon, which had over 500 competitors. "That's when I knew I had the ability." he says. In the past year Campbell won eight of 10 triathlons he entered. One that he lost was in Dallas where he suffered from dehydration. The other was in Chicago, where the Lake Michigan water was a frigid 57 degrees. By the time Campbell finished his swim, he was blue with mild hypothermia. He finished 28th. "It was an unfortunate experience, but you learn from experience," he says. "It's so frustrating for me with people coming up and saying 'you're only taking 13 hours — what do you do, party all the time?' " he says. "They don't realize I am a triathlete. I tell them I have another little hobby I like. It was in Chicago that he qualified for this year's national triathlon. Campbell also qualified last year but passed it up because of academics and his commitment to the swim team. "Some people would call what I do an obsession. It's a sport. It's not a survival contest like some people make it out to be." "I always had a dream to swim in college and I gave it a year. I owe Gary Kemp so much. There's a lot of love for him. He was me he's the best coach I ever had." "Gary (Kempf, bead swim coach) and I decided that it would be best for me to give the triathlon a chance," he says. "I really think that this is the gift that whoever created me really meant for me to have. I'm proud that I've found it and now I'm going to try to develop it. Campbell splits his time between classes and training four to five hours a day. Last year he joined the swim team as a walk-on — or a swim on — but he quit to center his energies on the triathlon. Now Campbell is without a coach and trains by himself. Since last August he has been sponsored by Cycle-Kart Racers of Tulsa, Okla. the national distributor of Gianni Motta racing bikes. "They were impressed with my performance," he says. "They gave me a bike and paid the entrance fees to races. A sponsor is like a security blanket." Campbell gives his diet a lot of credit for his success. He doesn't eat red meat, junk food or drink alcohol. "If you don't eat right your body doesn't perform well." he saves. Racing times are not as important in the triathlon as in other sports, Campbell says, because courses vary so much in length and difficulty. Hills, curves and water temperature are some of the variables that differ with each race. "Time is so relative," he says, "I just go to win." Campbell says that there is a lot of money to be made in the triathlon. "It is an event that holds a lot of interest for the general public," he says. "Everyone swims, everyone runs and everyone rides a bike." Campbell's goal right now is to get into the top ten nationally, but if he does he will have to make some decisions. With continued success he will have to choose between the University of Kansas and full-time training. Next summer he plans to go to San Diego, "the mecca of the triathlon world." Many hope the triathlon will be an Olympic sport by 1992, and he hopes for a gold medal. "I'll be 26 years old and in my prime," he says. "That will be a goal I'll always have."