Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1985
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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Javhawks open with win despite loss of starters
By Chris Lazzarino
Sports editor
One of life's lessons is that bad times don't last forever.
Exhibit A: The Kansas football team.
Bad times definitely know where the Jayhawks live. For the second season in a row, the Kansas football team has had to start its season with academic questions trying their best to keep the team from knowing good times.
And for the second consecutive season, the Jayhawks shrugged off the bad and opened the season with a victory.
The Jayhawks went to Hawaii last week without four players who, had they been academically certified, would be played against the Rainbow Warriors.
Once the Jayhawks arrived in Hipolulu, they learned that four more players would have to sit out
the game because they lacked academic cert fication.
No matter. KU beat Hawaii 33-27 without the services of the eight players who lacked certification.
The players added to the list as academically uncertified were: senior Lynn Williams, expected to be the starting tailback; senior Doug Certain, expected to be the starting right offensive guard; senior Guy Burcher, expected to be the defensive tackle; and junior Dane Griffin, a second-string outside linebacker.
The four players announced last week as not being certified were: senior Robert Mimbs, a tailback who was KU's second leading rusher last season and who started last season's first five games; senior Alvin Walton, expected to be the starting left cornerback and punt returner; sophomore Warren Shields, a secondstring outside linebacker; and sophomore Marvin Mattox, a second-string strong safety.
Lynn Williams
Dane Griffin
Guy Gamble
It is not known if any of the eight will be academically certified for this season. KU officials say all still have chances of being certified but have given no indication when a decision on their eligibility for the season will be made.
Academic questions gutted the Jayhawks at tailback, which forced sophomore Mike Rogers into the starting role. Rogers was forced to fly solo on his first mission as a starter because he was the only tailback the Jayhawks had.
Rogers played in 10 games last season but carried the ball only nine times for 42 yards.
Against Hawaii, Rogers doubled his output of last season with 84 yards on 18 carries and two touchdowns.
"I wasn't surprised at all by Rogers' performance," assistant head coach 'Bob Valesente said yesterday. "He did an exceptional job for us and he is a great athlete."
Head coach Mike Gottfried could not be reached for comment on the trip. He is on a recruiting trip and will not be back until Thursday.
sports information director Doug Vance said yesterday.
The biggest loss for the daynaw was senior wide receiver Ski Peete. Peete caught six passes for 73 yards, but went down with a knee injury.
The extent of Peete's injury has not been determined yet. Vance said, but more should be known after tests this week.
"He was hit making a spectacular catch in the second half," Vance said. "He was hit by two guys at the same time and his knee got twisted."
"It was a hard-bitting ball game," Valesente said. "It wasn't a towel fight, that's for sure."
Although the Jayhawks didn't score any touchdowns through the air, the receivers piled up some impressive numbers. Johnny Holloway had six catches for 107 yards.
Richard Estell had four catches for 54 yards and Sandy McGee had three catches for 64 yards.
Senior quarterback Mike Norseth completed 21 of 29 passes for 318 yards with no interceptions. He also scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run.
"They had some free time before our plane left Sunday evening," Valesente said. "Some went snorkeling, some went to the beach and some toured the island."
After being in Honolulu since Wednesday with virtually no time to enjoy the islands, the Jayhaws got time to savor their victory and relax on the beach before leaving for Kansas.
The players will have today and Wednesday off before returning to weightfitting and practice Thursday, Valesente said.
Mud makes for dirty play
David Campanini of the Wilson F. team bumps the volleyball in the championship round of yesterday's mud volleyball tournament. The tournament took place at the fields at 23rd and Iowa Streets.
By Rusty Lynn
Mud. beat skies, score earth.
Volleyball: a game played between two teams that hit a ball back and forth while attempting to score by grounding a ball on the opposing team's court.
Of the Kansan sports staff
Mod. 1.
Royals edge White Sox 3-2; Wilson out for 2 to 3 weeks
And do it they did at the rugby fields located at 23rd and Iowa Streets yesterday afternoon.
It was the fourth consecutive year that the Robinson Gymnasium Recreation Services has sponsored this little known once-a-year event. Steadily, each year the competition has grown as 12 teams entered this year's mud bath.
Mud volleyball: a dirty game but somebody has to do it.
In the final championship game, Evans Scholars defeated Wilson F of Grace-Pearson Scholarship Hall in straight sets 15-4 and 15-12.
Evans Scholars, from Evans Scholars fraternity, relied on strong serving and snapping spikes to carry them through their matches. Wilson F was hoping that he would get the spikes rallied forth from its huddles and could be carried onto the wet court.
Evans, however, stole the momentum and finished the day covered with the fruits of victory. To the winners, a t-shirt. To the losers, a shower.
The reasons to play this filthy sport are numerous.
"I wanted to walt a t-shirt," Tom Matches of Wilson F said yesterday afternoon. "I guess that it was materialistic college students."
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"We're to beat the Greeks," said Staffan "Swede" Haegermark from Stockholm, Sweden, "but I don't see any of them here. Maybe mud volleyball isn't big in Greece."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals didn't look much like a contender on the field Monday night but they did on the scoreboard.
Injuries have taken three former Gold Glove players out of the Kansas City lineup — catcher Jim Sundberg, second baseman Frank White and center fielder Wilson Wilson — but the Royals got solo homers from Hail McRae and George Brett plus combined five-hit pitching from Mark Gabicza and Dan Quisenberry to defeat the Chicago White Sox, 3-2.
For the Evans Scholars team, the players don't mind letting their secrets to success be known.
"We woke up around noon," Kevin Gavin of Evans Scholars said. "Actually, though, I think it was playing three straight matches in a row while the other teams took breaks. We tried to keep it over the net and not worry about setting the ball up. Most of the time we were setting up the ball for the opposing team."
In winning yesterday's event Evans Scholars picked up their first championship after a dismal performance last year. Wilson F.'s beat after a football, settled for his second and place finish in as many years.
"Manure volleyball against K-State," Jerome Farr said.
Yet even though this year's tournament is over, Evans Scholars are ready for more. And what they need in the future hold for the Scholars?
'Everybody wants to know what
we're going to do." Kansas City Manager Dick Howser said, referring to the injured players. "We're going to play baseball — what's what we've got to do. Guys like Quirk and Jones and Pryor have all got experience. They've all been through this before.
Second baseman Greg Pryor and center fielder Lynn Jones chipped in some fine defensive plays and catcher Jamie Quirk had a double and a walk to help the Royals snap a three-game losing streak.
Gubicza allowed four hits and four walks and overcame bases-loaded predicaments in both the third and sixth innings to improve his record to 108-45. He made innings with Quisenberry getting the final four outs for his 31st save.
“I expect to be in this thing (pennant race). It just isn't going to be easy. We've got our work out on it in the hant. California knows that.”
Wilson received the shot from B.J. Mycosis, the team physician of the Texas Rangers, after Saturday night's game in Arlington between the two American League West clubs. Wilson had hoped to rid himself of a nagging cold with the shot.
yesterday on his left buttock to relieve pressure and swelling as a result of a penicillin shot he received over the weekend.
Wilson will be lost to the Royals for two to three weeks after surgery
Earlier in the season, New York Manager Billy Martin suffered a punctured lung after a shot from Mycoskie to ease muscle spasms in his back.
Physician Dan Gurba performed the surgery on Wilson, which consisted of a three-inch incision at the point of the penicillin injection.
New softball players adjust
Bv Frank Hansel
Of the Kansan sports staff
Adjusting to the rigors and competition of college softball for new recruits is mostly a matter of mind games, the KU softball coach said yesterday.
Coach Bob Stancift said the biggest adjustment to college softball for athletes was a mental one. The players have to make the transition from high school to college-level softball, and the junior college transfers also have to adjust to a higher level of competition, he said.
"Not many of them can handle the mental adjustment," Stancilift said. "They are all used to being the best on the team and on the team can play just as well."
Dealing with failure was one of the major transitions players had to make, he said — because even the best hitters failed 70 percent of the time.
Besides adjusting mentally, there is a physical adjustment for the women to make. Freshmen are competing against players who have three or four years of college experience under their belts, and it takes time for the wom* to make the adjustment, Stancill said.
"In college all nine hitters are recruited athletes," he said, "but a high school team usually just has the best kids on the block."
One freshman pitcher who will try to make the transition this year is Maureen Powell. Powell, who is from Topeka, is one of six newcomers to the Javakh sweaf.
Stanciff, who had been scouting Powell for two years, said he always tried to bring the best high school softball athlete in the state to Lawrence, regardless of what position she played. Powell was that athlete last year.
The fact that Powell is a pitcher is an added bonus for KU. With the departure of Kim Tisdale, who decided not to return to KU after getting married during the summer, Stancill was looking for a second starter behind senior Tracy Bunge.
Stancliff said he received exactly what he was looking for with Powell
Besides Powell, the Jayhawks will have the services of Sherri Mach, a junior transfer from Texas Tech. Mach, the No. 1 pitcher at Texas Tech last year, transferred to KU to join the softball program folded last spring.
Along with Powell, the Jayhawks have three other freshmen on the roster, Lori Hannah, Park Hill, Mo., Chris May, Houston, and Annette Johnston, LaCresenta, Calif.
Hannah is a versatile athlete who can play both infield and outfield, Stancliff said. He said that with her
May also was planning on playing at Texas Tech, but chose KU on the basis of its academic success. Stancifl said May, a left-handed power-hitting outfielder, had an advantage because the Jayhawks only had one left-handed hitter returning this fall.
Johnston was just recently signed by KU after a national softball tournament in Boulder, Colo. Stanciflift said his assistant coach Bob Hines basically was looking at possible recruits for next year when he spotted Johnston.
strong arm and speed, she probably would be used in the outfield this fall.
The sixth newcomer to KU is Tracy Almhjell, a transfer from two-time defending national junior college champion Central Arizona Junior College. Infielder Almhjell will bring depth and versatility to the Jayhawk infield, Stancliff said.
"We felt if we could find one more player who could come in and contribute as a freshman, we would try and sign her," Stanciff said. "I guess we were in the right place at the right time."
Stanclift said that Almhjell mainly was used as a shortstop at Central Arizona, but that he was looking for her to provide support at first, second and third bases this year.
By Heather Fritz
Players like new support in volleyball
Of the Kansan sports staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dusty Dovrat proved yesterday that he made a wise decision when he chose to play volleyball over basketball.
Dovrak, a member of the United States' 1984 gold medal winning volleyball team, made the USC basketball team as a walk-on in 1977, but gave up the sport to concentrate on playing volleyball.
The Laguna Beach, Calif., setter was making an appearance along with the rest of the national team at Health Plus, a health club in Overland Park. The team was in Kansas City for Sunday night's match against the Cuban national team.
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The U.S. team won the match 15-10, 10-15, 15-10, 17-15. The final game ended on the 15th match point.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — United States National Volleyball team members Doug Partie, team captain Kerr Kiraly, and Dusty Dovakr attempt to block a shot from the Cuban national team with eye-opening ability Sunday night at Kemper Arena. The United States won the match in four games.
Dovkar said, "Volleyball over the years has been a relatively anonymous sport, so it's a nice change to get this support."
Dovrat returned to the basketball court yesterday at the health club, as he and his teammates played basketball in front of about 50 people. However, no one did very well, missing more shots than they made. Afterwards the team did volleyball drills, worked on the weight machines, posed for pictures and signed autographs.
"It's fun to have the attention" said team member Steve Salmons as he signed the back of a Burger King coupon. "Is my signature really worth more than a Whoope?"
It was a smaller version of the night before, when dozens of fans flooded the court after the match to get autographs and pictures. Dvorak and the rest of the players looked shell-shocked, but they weren't complaining.
Dvorak, 27, has been playing volleyball since age five and has spent the last seven years with the national team. It was his stuff block in the final game of the Olympics that gave the United States the gold medal.
"I've been playing for so many years of my life," Dvorak said. "It was an achievement of the highest kind, the culmination of so many things."
He left the U.S. team after the Olympic victory to join a club team in Italy but left that team 3 months ago. He rejoined the U.S. team 12 days ago.
"Basically I have a lot of years left as a player, and I hope to play through the 1988 Olympics," he said, explaining why, he rejoined the U.S.
"I think he (Dumphy) is doing an excellent job, and the players really
team. "I had that break, and I was ready to come back."
"He's a better communicator and a lot easier to get along with," Salmons said. "He takes a lot of the tension of practicing out."
What Dovarak discovered upon his arrival was that the team had a new head coach, Marv Dumpy, formerly the coach at Pepperdine.
Salmons has been on the national team for five years with a career marred only by injuries to his back and feet.
"I don't know if I'll make it to the '88 Olympics," he said, "but I hope so."
The players said that it was sometimes hard to get motivated for matches after the Olympics.
Sports Almanac
American League
East W 1 Pts. GB
Toronto 62 49 50
New York 77 53 59 4
Detroit 77 50 58 11%
Baltimore 68 60 60 12%
Milwaukee 59 60 47 21%
Cleveland 47 94 219 35
West 74 57 55 1%
California 64 57 55 5%
Kansas City 67 64 311 9%
Oklahoma 67 64 311 9%
Chicago 64 65 49 9%
Seattle          60 71 458 14
Minnesota        30 70 457 14
Texas           90 81 377 24½
Yesterday's Results
New York 8, Seattle 11
California 11, Detroit 1
Toronto 8, Cleveland 2
Baltimore 12, Oakland 4
Boston 11, Texas 2
Kansas City 8, Chicago 5
Minnesota 8, Milwaukee 1
Today's Games
California (McCaskill 9-6) at Detroit (Potry 10)
Michigan (Ugo 2-1) at Baltimore (Boddicker 12-1), 6:55 p.m.
p.m.
Chicago (Sentinel 2:9) at Kansas City
Seattle (Swift 4-0) at New York (Niekro 14-9), 7 p.m.
Boston (hurst 910) al Texas (Hough 14-12), 7:35 p.m.
Sahlenberg 16-3-1, 7-35 p.m.
Minnesota 12-0-2, 8-40 p.m.
At Minnesota 12-0-2, 8-40 p.m.
Baltimore 6-12, 7-35 p.m.
Tamworth's Gamen
Californians call
 Oakland at Baltimore, nine
 oakland at Baltimore, nine
 Chicago at Raines City, eight
 Milwaukee at Minnesota, nine
 Chicago at Raines City, eight
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