Monday, Sept. 9, 1985
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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Pete rose to tie Cobb on hit list
United Press International
CHICAGO -- Player-manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds, having penciled himself into the lineup at the last minute, collected a pair of singles Sunday against Chicago Cubs' right-hander Reggie Patterson to equal Ty Cobb's all-time career hit mark of 4.191.
'The way things are going, I'd rather tie it and break it before going up in an airplane.'
In a game suspended by darkness with the score 5-5 after nine innings, Rose singled to left in the first inning, drove in a run with a groundout in the third then delivered his historic hit in the fifth with a line drive to right field.
Pete Rose
He also grounded out in the seventh, and after a two-hour rain delay in the eighth, came to bat in the ninth with the game on the line and was struck out by hard-throwing reliever Lee Smith.
The Reds now return home for a 10-game stand, which begins with three games against the San Diego
"The fans in Cincinnati deserved to see the record tied and broken," said Reds owner Marge Schott, who attended the Bengals-Seahawks NFL game in Cincinnati, but listened to the Reds-Cubs game on a portable radio.
Padres. But Rose will not be in the lineup Monday night because left-hander Dave Dravecky will pitch for the Padres. Rose will return to the lineup Tuesday night against scheduled right-hander LaMarr Hovt.
"Pete shouldn't have started today in Chicago. No one would have complained."
Actually, Rose didn't expect to
But Trout was scratched at the last minute after suffering injuries in a bicycle accident Saturday night and was handed over to hander, was named to replace him.
play Sunday. Steve Trout, a left-hander, originally was supposed to start for the Cubs and Tony Perez, who starts at first in Rose's place against left-handers, was in the lineup.
The ball was easily handled on a bounce by right fielder Keith Morrison.
eland, who returned it to the infield. It was then retrieved and immediately relayed to the Reds' dugout.
Rose stood on first base, clapping his hands with excitement and tipping his cap. In right field, Moreland applauded.
Meanwhile, the fans, many of whom appeared late with the surprising news that Rose would play, gave him a loud ovation. They had been standing during his entire at-bat.
"I was going to go over and shake his hand, but I stopped," said Patterson. "I don't know why. I guess I was concentrating on getting out the next hitter. It was a history-making event that people wanted to see. I'd love to see him do it. here I got it where I wanted but it was a little up in the strike zone. It was a screwball."
"The only thing that could have been better is if we'd have scored another run in the ninth," said Rose.
"I wish I could've gotten a bit off of Lee Smith."
Pete Rose
Rose, who is known almost as well for his wisecracks as for his hits, used another one-liner to describe his feeling on merely tying, and not breaking the record.
"The way things are going, I'd rather tie it and break it before going up in an airplane," he said.
Royals beat Milwaukee in slug fest
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Steve Balboni's two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th innning looked foul but turned out sweet, giving the Kansas City Royals a 13-11 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
The hit appeared to be heading 15-feet deep into the left-field seats, but angled back in just before before the foul pole.
"I've never seen a ball come back like that," Balboni said. "I thought it was fool, that's why I just stood there."
Hal McRae singled off Rollie Fingers, 1-6, to lead off the 11th and was forced at second on a bunt attempt by Greg Pryor. Balboni then hit an 0-1 pitch for his 31st homer and the game-winning runs.
Steve Farr, 2-0, pitched two innings, allowing three hits while walking none and striking out two to earn the victory.
The triumph enabled the first place Royals to remain 1½ games ahead of the California Angels in the American League West.
The Brewers tied the score at 11-11 in the ninth. Paul Householder led off with a single off Mike Jones. Jim Gantner then beat out a sacrifice bunt to put runners at first and second.
Dan Quisenberry was brought in to relieve and got ed Romero and Charlie Moore to hit into force plays, then he left to go into left for his third RBI of the game.
George Brett, Darryl Motley and McRae each drove in three runs to help the Royals build an early lead. Motley and Oxon Concepcion each
Photos by Suzy Mast/KANSAN
Toils and troubles
Above, Kansas tennis player Mike Center prepares to face a backhand during the doubles semifinals of the Michelob Lite Tournament at Alvamar Racket Club. Center and his partner, Darrin Herman, lost the match 6-7 (8-10), 4-6
Left. Herman agonizes over a missed shot.
Kansas assistant tennis coaches Charles Stearns and Brad Pereiman also lost in the semifinals of the men's doubles. Tracy Treps and Christine Kim, members of the KU women’s team, defaulted from the women's doubles division because Kim was ill.
Lendl seals Czech sweep of Open singles
United Press International
NEW YORK — Ivan Lendl shook off his loser's label with resounding conviction Sunday by routing John McEnroe in straight up to capture
Lendl, the losing finalist three years in a row at the Open, shook off a lethargic start in this most important match of his career to pound out a 7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4 victory over the defending champion in a contest devoid of drama.
McEnroe, losing for the first time in five appearances in the Open final, broke to a 3-0 lead but apparently was unable to recover from his debilitating five-set victory over
meats Wilander Saturday in 114-degree heat.
After breaking service on his first attempt, McEnroe not only was unable to break again, he couldn't even reach break point on Lendl's awesome delivery.
Lendl conceded a mere five points off his serve in the third set, achieved the decisive break in the ninth game with a forehand topspin lob that McEnroe had no chance to retrieve and then served out the two-hour and 33-minute final with a love game.
"I can't describe how happy I am to win the championship of this country," said Lendl, who has a home in nearby Connecticut and would have been the first man to lose
"I'm very happy I won this tournament. I've been trying a long time."
four consecutive men's finals in the national championships.
Although Lendl had beaten McEnroe in the French Open last year, he lost his six other appearances in a Grand Slam final and never could escape the nagging doubts and persistent questions about his ability under pressure.
The victory by Lendl gave Czechoslovakia a sweep of the singles championships, after Hana Mandlikova's upset of Martina Navratilova on Saturday, and marked the first time since 1973 that two foreign-born players (Australia's
Margaret Smith Court and John Newcombe won both singles titles the same year.
Lendl was the first right-hander to win the men's crown since Newcombe in 1973.
"I can't even describe it," the 25-year-old Czechoslovakian said of his victory, worth $187,500. "This is the biggest tournament and the one that I wanted to win the most. I'm so happy I not even going to try and describe it.
receive, a strategy that seemed to backfire when McEnrose swept through the first three games with the loss of a single point. McEnrope appeared invincible during the early stages, holding his first four service games at love, an impressive run of 16 points.
"Not too many people expected me to win. I've lost to McEnroe two times within the last month on the same surface. I went out there with nothing to lose, only to gain."
After McEnroe served another love game to go up 5,2 he gained set point at ad in the ninth. It was at this point that Lendl began his move, holding serve and then breaking at love when McEnroe sent a forehand volley long.
The two then held service to force the tie-break, which Lendl won decisively, allowing McEnroe only the fourth point.
Air attack powers KC past Saints
Lendl won the toss and chose to
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Bill Kenney said the eyes had it Sunday as he threw for 395 yards and three touchdowns in a 47-27 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
"I was able to look the linebackers off to the right and hit our receivers to the left," he said after the National Football League season opener.
Saints head coach Bum Phillips said it was the worst opening day loss he had ever experienced.
Kenney's eye fakes kept the NFL's top-ranked pass defense for 1983 and 1984 off balance throughout the game.
"We got started on the wrong foot, and we staved there." Phillips said.
"New Orleans says one thing: 'Beat our two-deep stack. They stacked their cornerbacks and their jets, and we beat it.'" Kenney said.
"I was surprised — three plays, two passes and a touchdown," Kenney said. "The offensive line did a great job. The backs did a great job, and our receivers were excellent."
■ NFL roundup p. 11.
Nick Lowery kicked four field goals for the Chiefs, falling one short of the team record, set by Jan Stenerud 14 years ago.
Kenney dissected a Saints' secondary that for two previous seasons led the NFL in pass defense. Kenney's first two passes covered 81 yards —40 to Henry Marshall on the second play of the game, then a 31-yard touchdown strike to Walt Arnold on the game's third play.
His second touchdown pass came five minutes into the second quarter, a 37-yarder to Carlos Carson. He hit Carson again on a 15-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter after it appeared the Saints were going to make a game of it after all.
The Chiefs' final touchdown came on a 19-yard run by Ehanson Horton.
Herman Heard scored on a 3-yard plunge in the third quarter.
Lowy's field goals came from 48 yards in the first quarter, two from 52 yards and one from 34 in the second quarter.
New Orleans was handicapped by a miserable performance by quarterback Dave Wilson, getting his first opening start in his four-year career. Wilson was 2-for-22 for 30 yards and interceptions in three quarters of play.
The Saints managed a 50-yard field goal by Morten Andersen, and that was it until the fourth quarter, when Richard Todd took over to engineer 24 points in 14 minutes of play.
Todd threw touchdown passes of five yards to Hoby Brenner, six yards to Wayne Wilson and 66 yards to Jeff Groth. Andersen added a 36-yard field goal.
Carson had eight receptions for 173 yards for Kansas City.
Todd finished 14-27-1 for 162 yards and the three touchdowns in his 15 minutes of work.
The Saints trailed 33-3 when Todd took over. The Saints' marched 58 yards for a first touchdown, and then struck quickly after two big turnovers — a fumble by Horton, recovered by Glenn Redd at the 24, and a bobbed kickoff.
It was 33-20 before Kenney went back to work and threw his third touchdown pass of the day and his second to Carson.
Backup Todd Blackledge was at the controls for Kansas City for Horton's scoring run.
The Chiefs scored on seven of their first nine possessions.
Wilson's only two completions came on the Saints' first possession
KU team improves but losses continue
By Heather Pratt
Of the Kansan sports staff
By Heather Fritz
When the Kansas volleyball team lost 15-6, 15-9 and 15-Saturday to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, it was a day for continuing records.
Despite this, Kansas coach Frankie Albitz is not disappointed, and her optimism is not dimmed.
And it was Kansas' 27th consecutive Big Eight loss.
It was the 11th year in a row that Nebraska won its season opener.
"I'm not displeased with them," she said yesterday. "Overall they did really well although the score doesn't show it."
It was the 35th consecutive Big Eight victory for the Cornhuskers.
It was Nebraska's 350th career win.
The offense proved to be the weak point for the Jayhawks as it reached a hitting efficiency of only .034 percent. The team made 17 hitting errors compared to Nebraska's 11.
"There was a lot of miscommunication between the settler
and the hitters," Albitz said. "It wasn't that the balls went in the net, but there was no strong hitting. They did everything we practiced, but the thing that hurt us was there was not enough time to work on our offense."
Nebraska is currently ranked fifth in the country, and its hitting efficiency was .275 percent, down from last year's average of .307 percent. Senior Annie Adamczak led the team with eight kills. She was followed by juniors Karen Dahlgren and Enid Schonewise with six kills each. Kathi DeBoer helped the offense with five of the team's ten service aces, with three in a row in the last game.
Nebraska led through each game except for the third, when Kansas went ahead 5-3. In the second game Nebraska went up 11-5 and the Jayhawks held to 11-9 before Nebraska ran out the game.
The Jayhawks were led by freshman Catalina Suarez with seven kills. Junior Julie Ester was next with four.
2 players suffer pulls of muscles
From Staff and wire reports
Head coach Mike Gottfried said Saturday that he expected McGee to be back at practice this week, and that both would play in KU's home opener Saturday against Vanderbilt.
Kansas linebacker Willie Pless and wide receiver Sandy McGee both suffered mild hamstring pulls during Friday's practice. Pless returned to practice Saturday, but McGee did not.
Wide receivers Johnny Holloway and Skip Peete are both out for an indefinite period of time with knee injuries, forcing Gottfried to find another wide receiver.
"Willie worked out today (Saturday), but he was at about three-quarter speed." Gottfried said. "Sandy didn't work out, but I expect him to play against Vanderbilt."
Rugby teams win 2, lose 1
Ru Frank Hengel
Of the Kansan sports staff
The Kansas Rugby team opened its 1985 season by winning two out of three matches in Omaha, Neb. Saturday.
Both the collegiate and club teams posted victories, while the reserves lost their season opener.
The collegiate team consists of players in college that have some rugby experience, and the reserve team consists of first and second year players. The club team is a group of veteran rugby players, and players who are no longer in college.
The collegiate team routed Creighton 48-10, as eight different players scored trys for the Jahawks, John Brooks, Scott Myers, Chip Elliott, Mike Vanderbosch, Mike junk, Tom Tumbleson, Pat Roberts, and point Quint Nufer scored four-point trvs for KU.
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A try is scored when a player crosses the goal line with the ball and places it on the ground in the tryzone, which is similar to an end zone in
Chris Cormode and Ben Gilling completed the KU scoring by completing two-point conversions, and the Jayhawk defense allowed only one pass.
On a conversion, the ball is brought straight back from the point that the ball crossed the tryzone line. The team that scored the try then attempts to kick the ball through the goal posts. The ball may be placed as far from the tryzone line as is desired.
The club side began their season by defeating Omaha 59-16. The Jayhawks were led by All-American Pete Knuden who scored three trys.
He said the temperature was in the high 90s at game time.
"We were just in better condition than Creighton." Larry Witherbee, team recorder and player said. "We had practiced in the hot weather so we were ready for the weather conditions in Omaha."
The lone setback of the day came when the Ormana reserves defeated the KU reserves 10-4. The KU team was made up of 11 players playing their first rudby game.
"We were really happy with the third game." Withbee said. "With a lot of new guys playing we thought it went really well."
The new players were nervous at the start of the game, he said, but as the game progressed they became more confident and learned a lot about the game.
Freshman John Peterson said he didn't know what to expect from his first game, but he quickly learned that he had to be in better condition.
"The first half went pretty well, but I got really winded after the first five minutes of the second half," Peterson said.
The reserve side included four players who had rugby experience and were able to help out the new players. Witherbee said.
Witherbee, who scored the lone try for the Kansas reserves, said anyone who still wanted to join the rugby team was welcome to come to practice at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at 23rd and Iowa streets.
All three teams will have their home opener next Saturday against Topeka. The collegiate team will play at 1:30 p.m., with the club side starting, at 3 p.m., followed by the reserves.
Witherbee said the club game took on extra meaning because it was a Merit Table Match.
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