Sports
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, October 21, 1986
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Valesente looking to shake up team
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
The Kansas football team is experiencing acute job insecurity.
After the humiliating 29-12 loss to Kansas State on Saturday and the weak performance against Iowa State on Oct. 11, some Jayhawks may feel the effects of unemployment.
Head coach Bob Valesente served head to members of the Kansas offense Sunday that their starting position was on the right, he informed the defense of the sap.
"All the positions on the football field are up for grabs," Valesente said. "I'm looking for people who want and who want to get into the end zone."
No one is safe from a demotion. The usually optimistic Valesente sees a drastic need for personnel changes.
"It doesn't make any difference freshen, freshome, lumpora or lavender."
The offense may get the brunt of the changes. The Jayhawks gained just 165 yards in total offense against one of the statistically worst teams in the nation. The Wildcats, who were ranked 100th offensively and 101st defensively out of 105 Division I schools prior to Saturday's game, gained 319 yards in total offense.
The story was similar when the Jayhawks were beaten by Iowa State 13-10. Kansas gained only 182 net yards, and Cyclones moved the ball 39.4 yards.
With their positions in danger, members of the KU first team will have to prove themselves all over again to remain starters.
"It will get some better performances out of the first team," linebacker John Randolph said. "I think the guys understand the situation. We really need to get the guys need. We need to get the second team going to challenge the first team."
Starting wide receiver Ronnie
Caldwell said he felt the pressure of Valesente's decision.
"I feel (it's starting position) is in danger," he said. "But Coach was perfectly justified in doing what he did. We weren't executing well at K-State. From his point of view what else is there to do?"
Caldwell would to remain a starter he would have to try to execute better.
Although the starters may not feel comfortable with Valente's announcement, the back-up players see opportunity for advancement.
"I'm going to try hard and do my best to help the team." said Scott Schriner, running back. "I think I've got a good chance."
Sehriner replaced wide receiver Willie Vaughn, who was not allowed to make the trip to Manhattan for disciplinary reasons, in the lineup against Kansas State.
Valesente said he would only make necessary changes. He said he considered a change had already been made when he told the players that none of them had starting positions any more.
The Kansas offense started strong at the beginning of the season. Although Kansas lost its season opener to North Carolina, the offense still gained 361 yards. In the victory over Utah State, Kansas gained 245 yards and held the Aggies to just 78 yards.
The Jayhawks surpassed the 400-yard mark against Indiana State in Kansas' third game of the season. In defeating, Southern Illinois, the Jayhawk offense gained 388 yards.
Then the offense fell apart and the defense began to slack off as Kansas lost the next two games.
Valesente intends to resolve the situation and make the changes after tomorrow's practice. The potential starters will receive their assignments Thursday, he said.
KU running back Mark Henderson and the rest of the Jayhawks will be battling each other this week for starting positions. Head coach Bob Valesente is looking at possible lineup changes for Saturday's game against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.
K-State defeats 'Hawks
By JANE ZACHMAN
Sports writer
Kansas State broke a three-game volleyball losing streak against Kansas last night in Manhattan, defeating the Jayhawks in five games, 9-15, 15-12, 15-12, 11-15, 15-9.
K-State's record is 9-10 and 2-3 in conference play.
The Jayhawks' record dropped to 18-5 and 3-3 in Big Eight Conference games.
Kansas won the first game 15.9,
and K-State head coach Scott Nelson
Volleyball
said he thought Kansas had a mental edge at the beginning of the match.
The Jayhawks lost that edge in the third and third games, losing 15-12 (10 back).
The Wildcats were behind 13-5 in the fourth game when they went on a six-point run that ended with a 7-6 victory.
"We put an emotional drain on KU with the fourth game run," Nelson said, "and we also took away any emotional edge that they had."
Top hitters for the Jayhawks were outside hitters Judy Desch, with 31 kills and a .370 hitting percentage. Catalina Suarez, with 21 kills and a .250 hitting percentage, and Shannon Ridgway, with 18 kills and a .240 hitting average.
The Jayhawks have two matches at home this week. The first will be played against Colorado at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Red Sox come home up 2-0
This will be the first meeting of the Jahayhaws and the Buffs. This is the first time that Colorado has fielded a team.
Kansas will face Missouri Friday at 8 p.m.
Boston can win title by winning two games in Fenway
United Press International
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox, underdogs who have become bulldogs, practiced in cozy Fenway Park yesterday while the shocked New York Mets took the day off to recover from a sweep of the first two games of the World Series.
World Series schedule
Three days ago, the Red Sox were one of the most lowly regarded teams ever to play in the World Series, according to oddsmakers. Boston enters Game 3 with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven showcase event, with the added treat acting as hosts for the next three games, if necessary, in venerable Fenway.
Even the most cynical of their long-suffering fans may be starting to believe the Red Sox are nearing the end of their first World Series title in 18 years.
Tomorrow's game
Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, a frenetic right-hander who won 16 games during the regular season, will start the first home game for the Red Sox when the Series resumes tonight. The Mets will counter with left-hander
Today's game
Boston leads series 2-0 Saturday's result
Boston 1, New York 0
Sunday's result
Boston 9, New York 3
New York (Ojeda 18:5) at Boston
(Bovd 16-10), 7:35 p.m.
New York (Darling 15-6) at Boston (Kniper 10-12). 7:35 p.m.
x New York at Boston, 7:35 p.m.
Thursday's game
Saturday's game
Saturday's game
Sunday's game
x Boston at New York, 7:35 p.m.
Sunday
x Boston at New York, 7:35 p.m.
y — if necessary
Bob Ojeda, 18-5, who spent the previous five seasons with Boston.
As only one team — last year's St. Louis Cardinals — has ever lost a World Series after winning the first two games in their opponent's stadium. Boston's chances indeed look rosy.
Most people who have witnessed the first two games of the Series must be wondering when the Mets will show up. This certainly is not the same team that won 108 games during the regular season and defeated the Houston Astros in six tension-filled games to win the National League pennant.
14,000 is expected for the game, which is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the forecasts in the 60s are forecasted.
The Mets, though, are quite capable of turning things around. They showed signs of coming out of their batting slump Sunday night .
The shift to Fenway, however, gives the Red Sox an added boost. It means one of their top hitters, Don Baylor, will finally get a chance to play as the designated hitter. Baylor wasn't used at Shea Stadium because of a rule that allows for the use of the DH in the Series only when the American League team plays at home.
Mets' bats crucial to Game 3
The Associated Press
BOSTON — It's back to Plan B for the New York Mets. That's B — as in bats.
The Mets figured their pitching would carry them to a World Series championship over the Boston Red Sox, but it isn't working out that way.
After edging New York 1-0 in the first game, the Red Sox poured out 18 hits for a 9-3 triumph in Game 2 at Shea Stadium Sunday night, and the Mets suddenly found themselves in a deep hole.
the next three games, if the Series goes that far, will be played in quaint old Fenway Park where 18-hit games are not rare, with Game 3 scheduled tonight.
"We've faced some pretty good pitching," Mets pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre said yesterday. "I think maybe we underevaluated the Boston pitching staff. They have a fine club.
Stottlemyre, Darling and Ojeda were the only Mets who showed up at the park Monday as Mets manager Davey Johnson gave his beleaguered club a day off.
The Mets, the best hitting club in the National League for average and runs during the regular season, went virtually silent during the NL playoffs (.189) and have remained dormant through two World Series games.
"I think maybe Bruce Hurst (the winner in Game 1) surp;ised us most — his command more than anything.
"I think after the second game, we were in a little shock," Stottlemyre said. "The first night was anybody's game."
now," Stottlemyre said. "Especially now that we're in their parkball. If we get some runs, we'll be OK."
"He didn't make any mistakes. He wipe up and down. He changes speeds very
"You still have to have a sense that if we get our game going, we have a chance to get back to Shea (for now). That's all we can hope for now."
Stottlemyre noted that the Mets won 53 of 82 games on the road during the regular season.
New York runs over Denver
"I think our bats have to be the key
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
Johnny Hector and Freeman McNeil
teamed to dissect the finest rush
defense in the NFL last night, and the
New York Jets badgered Denver
quarterback John Elway en route to a 22-10 victory over the Broncos.
United Press International
Under heavy pressure all through the game, Elway was unable to settle into the pocket and rally the Broncos from a 22-0 halftime deficit that Hector and McNeil helped force.
The victory, New York's fifth straight, improved the Jersey's record to 6-1 — the best start in their 26-year history. Denver, which had been the NFL's last undefeated team, fell to 6-1.
Denver had not allowed more than 77 yards rushing to any of its last five opponents, but gave up 137 to the Jets, including 92 in the first half.
Hector, who scored on a 1-yard touchdown run and gave New York a 7-0 lead, finished with 76 yards on 25 carries. McNeil, playing for the first time since dislocating his elbow Sept. 11, finished with 44 yards on 15 attempts.
The Jets also scored on a 23-yard pass from Ken O'Brien to Wesley Walker, a safety when Bobby Humphrey grabbed Elway in the end zone, and Pat Leahy field goals of 27 and 25 yards.
Leahy now has hit 22 consecutive field goals, one shy of the NFL record established by Washington's Mark
Moseley in 1982.
Denver's points came on a 47-yard Rich Karris field goal and a 20-yard touchdown pass from back up backACK Gary Kubik to Sammy Winder
O'Brien, who finished 5-of-12 for 32 yards, did not start because of an injured left knee. Starter Pat Ryan hit the ball and made a brushing his ribs late in the first half.
The Jets, who entered the game with the second-best rushing defense in the AFC, held Denver to just 38 yards on the ground.
Elway completed 13 of 28 passes for 145 yards and one interception and was sacked five times. He left the field in his fourth quarter, possibly with a concussion.
KU golfers take top spots
By JANE ZACHMAN
The Kansas womens' golf team is taking revenge on Kansas State after the weekend football game.
The Kansas womens 'golf A and B teams were in first and second places, respectively, and K-State was in last yesterday after the first 27 holes of the Jayhawk Invitational Golf Tournament at Alvamar Golf and Country Club.
The eight teams competing in the event will play 27 more holes today.
State. 515.
The Kansas A team has a fourgolfer total score of 479, and the Bteam shot 481.
Nebraska is in third with a total of 482, Iowa State is fourth with 483, followed by Wichita State. 491, Northern Iowa. 507, Southern Missouri State. 509, and Kansas
Mossberg shot nine-hole rounds of 36, 38 and 42, leading the Javhawks.
Ann Vandermillen of Wichita State, leads in individual standings with 113. Theresa Johnson of Iowa State is in second with 114 and tied for third with 116 are freshman Suzanne Mossberg of Kansas B and Margot Gillespe of Northern Illinois.
This is Mossberg's first collegiate tournament after being academically ineligible since the beginning of the season. Mossberg had not completed a high school science course required by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Mossberg said she didn't make many mistakes in the first 18 holes but the last nine were tiring
because she wasn't used to playing so long.
"My putting was terrible." Pekar said. "I was happy with the way everything was going until I got on the greens."
Kansas head coach Kent Weiser said he was pleased that both the Kansas teams were doing well even though they had a few problems.
The 18th hole hurt Kansas a lot because many of the golfers had problems with it. Weisher said.
today the golfers will shoot the last rounds of the tournament, which is the last tournament of the fall season for the Jawhaws.
Erin Waugh/KANSAN
Suzanne Mossberg, Lawrence freshman, sinks her putt on the first green during the Jayhawk invitational Golf Tournament at Alavar Golf and Country Club. Mossberg is tied for third place halfway through the tournament. She led the Jayhaves with a score of 116 after yesterday's 27 holes.