University Daily Kansan / Thursday. September 4, 1986
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60 Nebraska players are suspended
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LINCOLN, Neb. — The NCAA's Eligibility Committee yesterday declared 60 Nebraska football players ineligible for at least one game for improprieties in distributing game tickets.
Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne said the status of the No. 8 Cornhuskus' season opener at home Saturday night against No. 11 Florida State was in doubt. University Chancellor Martin Massengale said an appeal would be filed with the NCAA Council's Sub-Committee on Eligibility Appeals.
The Eligibility Committee suspended 53 Nebraska players for one game and seven others for two games for giving alloted tickets to people outside of their family or the university.
The NCAA offered to have Nebraska sit out 10 ineligible players per game until the penalties were fulfilled, Osborne said. He is scheduled to appear before the NCAA's infractions Committee in Maine on Sept. 29.
"We might be better off to take our medicine in one day than to bleed to death for six or seven weeks," Osborne said, adding to play Florida State with all the ineligible players out would be a "joke."
Osborne said each player last year had four passes per game, and were allowed to give them to fellow students or family members.
"Absolutely no money changed hands." Osborne said. "There was no evidence of scaling."
"We had players that went beyond that." Osborne said, adding the most common problem was listing family friends as aunts or uncles.
Massengale said, "The University believes that due to the minor nature of the violations cited in our report of complimentary admissions, the decision to deny immediate restoration of eligibility to the 60 players is excessive and unreasonable."
Osborne said he was dumbfounded when
"I'm very angry about the whole thing." Osborne said. "It looks like cooperating hasn't resulted in any benefits to anybody that I can see.
the NCAA notified him of its decision at midday.
"We're going to fight it any way we can." Massengale said the rule the NCAA cited has changed four times in the last five years and became effective Aug. 1, 1985.
According to Osborne, the Eligibility Committee rejected Nebraska's offer to penalize the players by curtailing their season passes this year, based on the extent of last year's violations.
Osborne said that in one case linebacker Kevin Parson's mother was driven to a Cornhusker game by a next-door neighbor and the neighbor was admitted through the pass gate as Parson's relative.
"The interesting thing is that the players were completely honest. Had they lied the NCAA wouldn't have known the difference."
Senior guard Mike Hoefler, a two-time let terman, also was declared ineligible for infractions involving his staying at the home of a Lincoln couple under the university's Lincoln Parents Program, disbanded earlier this year, Osborne said. The Parents Program allowed Nebraska players from outside of the city to stay in the homes of Lincoln residents.
Osborne said.
The NCAA committee absolved defensive end Broderick Thomas and running back Doug DuBose of wrongdoing for being improperly reimbursed for travel expenses from the Fiesta Bowl, Osborne said. Dubose, one of the top running backs in college last year, is out for the season with an injured knee.
Still pending is the NCAA investigation into DuBose's leasing of a sports car. The NCAA is looking into allegations someone connected to the university co-signed the lease. Osborne said the allegation was without foundation.
Also pending, Osborne said, is whether seven or eight players violated NCAA regulations by staying overnight with their "Lincoln Parents."
The game between Florida State and Nebraska is scheduled to be nationally televised by ABC starting at 9 p.m. The NCAA's move has forced the network to consider its options.
Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden said from Tallahassee, Fla., that his team would maintain an attitude of business as usual.
"I'm shocked as you can imagine," Bowden said. "We're just going to prepare for the situation as if nothing had happened. What if we go out there and they're all fired up?"
Osborne said he had told his players he would be the spokesman on the matter.
"I told them I would just as soon do the talking. I don't want them to pop off and have the NCAA come back at them." Osborne said.
Orth ready to lead Jayhawks
Junior quarterback to be put to the test against Tar Heels
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
When Mike Norseth left Kansas for Cleveland in the spring, Mike Orth remained as heir to the quarterback throne. Now his coronation is only $1_{2}$ weeks away.
Orth's predecessors, Norseth and Frank Seurer, have both joined the ranks of the National Football League. He recently said the two were tough acts to follow, but he was ready to take over.
"It's a lot more fun being the starting quarterback, but more people depend on you," said Orth, a junior who was redshirted last year. "Most of the pressure I feel I put on myself."
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Kansas receivers said they wouldn't notice much difference in the Jayhawk passing game other than Orthr's tendency to be more of a drop-back passer than Norseth.
In 1984, Orth played in nine of the 11 Jayhawk games and started against North Carolina, completing eight of 15 passes for 76 yards, so he won't go against the Tar Heels inexperienced.
Orth stands 6-foot-5 and he can be seen above the rest of the line.
Kansas quarterback Mike Orth practices his passing. Orth, a junior, will take over the reins this season from former quarterback Mike Norseth, who graduated.
"Since Orth is taller than Norseth he's easier to see. You can actually see him throw the ball." said Ronnie Caldwell, junior wide receiver, who caught nine passes for 104 yards last year. "With Norseth, all you saw was the ball coming at you."
Orth, who's from Liberal, came to Kansas after being named all-state in basketball and football and playing in the Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star game in high school. During his senior year of high school he was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the state.
He made his collegiate debut in 1983 against Oklahoma State, relieving an injured Seurer and connecting on five of 10 attempts for 136 yards. He made a strong bid for the starting spot in 1984 but had to settle for a reserve role.
This season, Orth's performance will be scrutinized since seven of the 11 games are at home. However, he said the high number of home games would be to his advantage.
Head coach Bob Valesente said
Orth had shown real leadership
and had done a great job fitting into his new starting position.
"Orth's progress is very similar to Norseth's when he (Norseth) was a junior." Valesente said.
Norseth was the best in the Big
Eight last year in total loss. He gained 3,214 yards last season and completed 543 plays. During his collegiate career, he completed 876 plays and gained 4,996 yards.
Norseth's career highs were second only to Seurer, now the thirdstring quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs. In Seurer's four years at Kansas he completed 1,381 plays and gained 6,117 yards.
But the impressive statistics of the monarchs before him have not
"Orth reads the game just as well as Norseid had," the wide receiver said. "He might even have more zip on the ball. I think we can come back this season without missing a beat."
His teammate, Caldwell, puts his confidence in the new leader also.
daunted Orth's confidence. He said he felt good about himself and the rest of the Javhawks
KC rookie is hero in debut; Royals edge White Sox 2-1
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KANSAS CITY Mo Rookie
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rookie Kevin Seitz, playing in his first major league game, scored the tying run in the ninth inning and delivered a game-winning single with one out in the 10th, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Wilite Wilson led off the 10th with a single to left field off Gene Nelson, 5-6, and moved to second on Greg Pryor's sacrifice. Wilson stole third before Terry Bell waived in his first major-league at-bat. Seitzer then hit a ground ball to third baseman Dave Cochrane, who failed to stop Wilson at the plate.
Bud Black, 5-7, pitched three innings for the victory.
Boston 4. Texas 3
BOSTON — Wade Boggs doubled home pinch runner Laschelle Tarver in the ninth inning last night to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers and complete a sween of their three-game series.
The victory was the fifth in a row for the Red Sox and enabled them to retain their $4^{1/2}$ game lead in the American League East over the Toronto Blue Jays, who won at
Cleveland. It was the Ranger's fourth straight loss.
Toronto 3. Cleveland 1
TORONTO — Dave Steib scattered seven singles over $7_{23}$ innings, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 34 victory over the Cleveland Indians for their 17th triumph in 21 games.
Stieb, 5-10, struck out three and walked one, winning his third straight game. It was the first time since July 9 that Stieb worked longer than seven innings. Tom Henke relieved Stieb with runners at first and second and two out in the eighth and finished up for his 20th save.
Stieb outpitched Tom Candiotti,
13-10, who tossed a six-hitter.
Oakland 5. New York 3
OAKLAND, Calif. — Mike Davis had two triples and two RBI, including the game-winner, to support Dave Stewart's nine-hit pitching and to lead the Oakland A's to a come-from-behind 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees.
Minnesota 11, Milwaukee 5
MINNEAPOLIS  Kirby Puckett went 4-for-15 with a home run, leading the Minnesota Twins to an 11-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Puckett, who had his seventh four-hit game of the year, trails Boston's
Wade Bogs by .0001 in the American League batting race, 3493 to 3492. Tom Brunansky and Al Woods also homered to pace a 14-hit attack as the Twins twice the Brewers for their second three-game sweep of the season.
Seattle 3. Detroit 2
SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners veteran Ken Phelps took advantage of a rookie's mistake last night to seal a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
The homer was Phelps's 20th of the season and second in a pinch hit role. The other came off Oakland's Jay Howell.
California 5. Baltimore 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kirk McCaskill allowed five hits and Gary Pettis drove in the game winner in the fifth inning when his misjudged fly ball fell for a triple last night to help he California Angels slip past the Baltimore Orioles 5-2.
By virtue of their ninth victory in 10 games, the Angels pulled 73 games ahead of second-place Texas in the American League West. The Rangers lost to Boston 4-3 last night. The first-place margin is the largest California has held in its 26-year history.
Astros win on Thon homer
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CHICAGO — Pinch hitter Dickie Thon belted a three-run homer and Denny Walling added a two-run shot, backing the combined four-hit pitching of Mike Scott and Aurelio Lopez yesterday, giving the Houston Astros an 8-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a sweep of their three-game series.
Earlier yesterday, Billy Hatcher's solo homer, with one out in the top of the 18th, gave the Astros an 87 triumph in the completion of a suspended game from Tuesday.
The sweep, coupled with Cincinnati's 5-13 10-inning loss to Pittsburgh, enabled the Astros to boost their lead in the National League West to eight games over the second place Reds.
Scott, the National League's strikeout leader, famished 12, including a record-tying four, in one inning, boosting his season's total to 253.
Walling, who had three of the Astros' 14 hits, hit his 12th homer of the season, a shot in a three-run first, off Scott Sanderson. 7-11. Thon hit his third homer of the season in the sixth
In the suspended game, a major-
ATLANTA — Terry Pendleton went 4 for 4 with one run batted in to support the combined nine-hit pitching of Danny Cox and Todd Worrell, carrying the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Danny Darwin, the ninth Houston pitcher, relieved in the 17th and earned the victory to improve to 2-1.
St Louis 5. Atlanta 3
Hatcher's fourth homer of the season came on a 2-1 pitch off the eighth Chicago pitcher, rookie Greg Maddux, 0-1, who was making his major-league debut.
Cox, 9-11, surrendered seven hits over $6^{2/3}$ innings. Worrell earned his National-League-leading 31st save.
league-record 53 players were used in the longest game in the majors this season.
Pittsburgh 5. Cincinnati 3
CINCINNATI — Sid Bream delivered a two-run double with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
The game was called because of darkness Tuesday after the 14th inning and was resumed before the regularly scheduled game.
NEW YORK — Bob Ojeda pitched a three-hitter to win his 16th game, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants
PHILADELPHIA — Terry Kennedy capped a six-run ninth inning with a bases-clearing double, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 7.5 victory.
Ojeda, 16-4, pitched his seventh complete game and gained his 10th victory against two losses in his last 17 starts. The left-hander walked one and struck out seven. The victory, combined with Philadelphia's loss, dropped the Mets' magic number to clinch the National League East to 10.
San Diego 7, Philadelphia 5
KU baseball tryouts attract 92 hopefuls
Rick Honeycott, 10-9, went seven innings for the victory, allowing seven hits. Ken Howell pitched the last two innings to earn his 12th save
New York 4, San Francisco 2
By RIC ANDERSON
Los Angeles 5. Montreal 3
Sports writ
MONTEAL — Rookie Ralph Bryant hit a two-run homer and Bill Madlock had threeRBIs, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Montreal Expos.
Befort, who graduated last year, is
Ten teams could be formed from the men who are trying out for the Javhawk baseball team this year.
Pattin said, "This is as many as I've had since I've been here. We just want to make sure everybody gets a (air shot.)"
The team needs left-handed pitchers, a left-handed outfielder and a left-handed catcher.
Marty Pattin, Jayhawk baseball head coach, said yesterday that he and his coaching staff were working overtime this week to evaluate the 92 men ying for positions on the team.
Ice said Curtis Befort, who tried for third base last year, eventually made the team as a pitcher and posted one of the team's best records
Pattin said he always looked for anyone with exceptional throwing, batting or running ability. He said the player's position didn't matter as long as he had these abilities.
But that doesn't mean these are the only positions available.
Assistant coach Lee Ice said the number of men trying out was about twice the usual number.
now playing minor league ball with a Philadelphia Phillies farm club
Matt Grundlingfinger, a 1978 walk-
set, set records for runs and bats
batted in in 1880 and was the last Ala-
lanian to wear a Jayhawk
uniform.
Ice said Befort wasn't an isolated example.
Ice said the large turnout would be a boon to the baseball program because the coaching staff could get a look at men for future use.
"We encourage the guys to come back next year if they don't make it this year," he said.
And Ron McDonald, who tried out and made the team in 1975 as a third baseman, played Triple-A ball for the New York Mets.
Ice said the selection process would be difficult because the Jayhawks had a particularly good recruiting year and, as a result, few open spots on the team.
But if the right person comes along, he said, the team will make room for him.
Pattin said the number of men trying out was another indication that baseball was making a resurgence at KU.
Kansas baseball head coach Marty Patten, right, and assistant coach Mitch Wise observe as Rick Blowey, the ophthalmologist, shows his fist during a demonstration.
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walk on tryouts. Blowey and about 90 others tried out for the Jayhawk baseball team yesterday at Quigley Field.
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