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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, August 28, 1986
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45-hour week for 'Hawks
For the members of the men's golf team, the game is not a pastime but a way of life.
Summers are spent on the golf course, ironing out quirks and playing every day to improve. Once school begins, the routine is interrupted only by classes and homework. The players still spend about 45 hours a week at the course.
weather's nice. You've got to keep working on it."
Men's head golf coach Ross Randall knows his players work hard. He's the one who makes sure they do.
Men's golf
Luring the fall season, Randall expects the top three positions to go to senior Steve Madsen of Denver, sophomore John Ogden of Kansas City, Kan., and junior Brian McGreey of Wichita. Randall said he hoped the fourth, fifth and sixth positions would vary among his other players.
He expects Madsen, who last year came home with the Drake Relays championship and is a two-time
"It's kind of an all-year thing," Rudy Zupetz, Minot, N.D. sophomore, said yesterday. "You can't afford to take off when the
Sophomore Rudy Zupetz left, practices his swing while his teammate, John Erickson, right, follows through on his drive. The two practiced with the rest of the men's golf team yesterday at Alvamar.
Midwest Invitational winner, to claim the No.1 spot.
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"Last fall, Madsen was right in the hunt of every tournament," Randall said. "He was always in contention."
Dedication, a key element in any sport, is a necessary one in golf.
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
Even with seasoned players like Madsen, McGreevy and Ogden, who now is playing in the U.S. Amateur tournament in Birmingham, Ala., the team is young with limited tournament experience. Of the 14 players already on the team, 10 are freshmen and sophomores.
Team members said they anticipated a good season.
However, Randall said he was not worried about the lack of up-perclassmen Zupetz and John Erickson. Des Moines, Iowa, are sophomores in eligibility, but have been under Randall's supervision for three years. Both red-shirted two years ago. Trevor Williams, Leawood sophomore, transferred to Kansas from Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City. Mo., where he gained much tournament experience.
The tension is nothing unusual, nor will it ever completely end, Madsen said.
Jayhawks announce schedule
"The first few tournaments are kind of rough because you think everybody expects so much of you," he said. "But if you're always nervous that can't help you."
The first tournament may be easier for the golfers since it takes place at their home course. The Jayhawk Invitational on Sept. 15-16 at Alvamar Golf and Country Club is more or less an all-Big Eight tournament. All the Big Eight teams will play except Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
By a Kansan sports writer
"This year we have a number of guys that can play well," said Zupetz, a former high school All-American. "That adds a lot of depth to the team. We have at least five guys turning in good scores rather than only three, like last year."
Highlighting the schedule are 15 games against teams that played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament last year, including NCAA champion Louisville, Notre Dame, St. John's and North Carolina State.
Kansas head basketball coach Larry Brown yesterday announced the Jayhawks' 1986-87 schedule of 27 regular season games plus one tournament.
The Jayhawks' season will begin November 19 with an exhibition against the Soviet national team in Lawrence. The regular season starts ten days later against Tennessee-Martin in Allen Field House.
Basketball Schedule
Nov. 19 SOVIET NATIONAL TEAM
Nov. 29 TENNESSEE-MARTIN
Dec. 1 SOUTHERN
Dec. 4 WASHINGTON
Dec. 6 at Arkansas
Dec. 13 COLORADO
Dec. 20 TEXAS TECH
Dec. 22 THE CITADEL
Dec. 27-30 at Hawaii Rainbow Classi
Jan. 6 at Wichita State
Jan. 8 TEMPE
Jan. 11 at Oklahoma State
Jan. 15 at Oklahoma
 Jan. 15 MIAMI
Jan. 20 MISSOURI
Jan. 22 NEBRASKA
Jan. 25 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Jan. 27 IOWA State
Jan. 31 at Louisville
Feb. 4 at Kansas State
Feb. 7 OKLAHOMA STATE
Feb. 8 NOTRE DAME
Feb. 11 at Missouri
Feb. 14 OKLAHOMA
Feb. 17 at Iowa State
Feb. 19 KANSAS STATE
Feb. 21 at St. John's
Feb. 25 at Colorado
Feb. 28 at Nebraska
The increased competition within the Kansas team has some of the players feeling the pressure.
Five of Kansas' games will be nationally televised, including two from Lawrence and one from Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Mo. NBC-TV will televise the home game against Miami and the game at Kemper against North Carolina State. ABC-TV will broadcast the Notre Dame game from Lawrence, and CBS will televise the game at Louisville and the game against St. John's in New York's Madison Square Garden.
"My goal now is to do well in school because I can't stake my life on golf," said Len Johnson, Abilene freshman. "The pressures on a college team are a lot different from high school. I have to shoot better. I've never had to work for a spot on a team before like this."
Home games in all caps
Walk gives St. Louis 2-1 win
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ST. LOUIS — Rick Mahler walked Terry Pendleton with the bases loaded in the eighth inning yesterday to force home Vince Coleman with the winning run and give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Todd Worrell, 8-9, pitched the final $ \frac{1}{2} $ innings to earn the victory.
Mahler, 11-14, allowed six hits, walked six, two intentionally, and struck out five in taking the loss.
St. Louis starter John Tudor pitched $6\%$ innings and left when he developed stiffness in his left shoulder. He allowed eight hits and struck out four but walked four. Tudor picked runners off base in the first and second innings.
Houston 7, Chicago 1
HOUSTON — Nolan Ryan allowed only one hit in six innings to collect his 250th major league victory and Phil Garner went 4-for-5 tonight in sparking the Houston Astros to a 7-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.
Ryan, a 19-year veteran, increased his record to 9-8 in becoming only the 26th pitcher in major league history to record 250 victories. He walked one, struck out five and allowed only a first-inning leadoff single by Jerry Mumphrey. Charles Kerfeld worked the final three innings to register his sixth save.
The Astros grabbed a 3-10 lead in the third. Billy Hatcher drew a one-out
walk from Jamie Moyer, 5-4, and stole second — one of six steals registered by the Astros in the game. Jim Pankovits walked and Garner drilled a single to right to score Hatcher and move Pankovits to third. Glenn Davis hit a sacrifice fly to score Pankovitis with Garner moving to second. Kevin Bass singled to center to score Garner.
Chicago scored a run in the seventh. Thad Bosley singled to open the inning and Keith Moreland walked. Terry Francona beat out an infield hit to load the bases. One out later, Chris Speier grounded out to score Bosley.
San Francisco 3. Montreal 2
SAN FRANCISCO — Rookie Robby Thompson drove in the tying run and then scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning yesterday to give the San Francisco Giants a 3-victory over the Montreal Expos.
Losing pitcher Andy McGaffigan, 8-5, walked pinch hitter Dan Gladen to lead off the eighth. Gladen moved to second on a wild pickoff throw by McGaffigan and moved to third on a sacrifice by Mike Aldrete.
Bruce Ruffin, who had left the game after eight innings, picked up
LOS ANGELES — Von Hayes singled in Jeff Stone from second base with the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning yesterday to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Philadelphia 2. Los Angeles 1
the victory to make his record 7-3.
Steve Bedrosian pitched the ninth for his 19th save. The loss went to Bob Welch, who was touched for nine hits while striking out 10.
Cincinnati 9. Pittsburgh 5
Cincinnati PITTSBURGH — Eric Davis hit his first career grand slam with two out in the ninth innings last night to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
With two out in the ninth, Davis riped the first pitch from reliever Don Robinson, 2-3, over the left-centerfield wall for his 22nd homer of the year, after a single by Ron Oester and walks to pinch hitter Max Venable and Buddy Bell.
Rob Murphy pitched three scoreless innings of relief for his second victory without a loss.
Dave Parker homered for Cincinnati and Mike Diaz connected for Pittsburgh.
SAN DIEGO — Keith Hernandez delivered a sacrifice fly to center in the 11th inning to snap a 5-1 tie and the New York Mets pulled off a bizarre game-ending double play to defeat the San Diego Padres, 6-5.
New York 6. San Diego 5
With one out of the 11th, Len Dykstra and Wally Backman hit back-to-back singles off loser Rich Gossage, 5-7, to put on runners on first and third. Hernandez then delivered his game-winning fly ball.
Travellers to go to World Series
By RIC ANDERSON
Several faces have been absent from Jayhawk baseball practice lately.
But the reason they are missing isn't that they are lazy, are in a contract dispute or have decided to forego a year of college to turn pro.
The reason they are absent is that they play for the Maupintour Travellers, a Lawrence semi-pro baseball team, and because they can't seem to lose a tournament. Last weekend they qualified for the Stan Musial Semi-Pro World Series tournament, scheduled for today through Sunday in Battle Creek, Mich.
John Schneider, senior pitcher for both the Travellers and the Jayhawks, said the faces on one team weren't too different from the faces on the other.
"About half the KU team plays on this team." Schneider said.
Because so many Jayhawks are also Travellers, Schneider said, the entire Jayhawk team will benefit from the success of the semi-pro team.
"I believe we'll be a lot better this year than we have been in the past," he said.
The Travelers, sponsored by Maupintour Travel Agency, which is based in Lawrence, have won 16 of their last 18 games. They beat Olathe for the state championship Aug. 9 and Wichita Falls, Tex., to win the South Plains regional tournament in Dallas.
The two tournament games the Travellers lost were to Oathe in a semifinal game of the state tournament and to Dallas in the first game of regionals. The league plays double-elimination tournaments.
By John Byrn, senior first baseman for Kansas and Maupintour, said teamwork pulled the Travellers through the tournament.
Byrn said the teamwork was showing in the players' hitting.
"We're playing as a team so well now that we've been down in late innings and fought back," he said. Byrn said the teamwork was
"We're just unconscious," he said. "I guess that'd be the only term for it. Everybody's been coming through right when we need them."
The Travelers' first game in the series will be today at 5 p.m. Their opponent will be Nashville, Tenn., the defending champions.
White Sox win, end 5-game losing streak
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CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox broke a five-game losing streak the day after a half-hour clubhouse meeting, but manager Jim Fregosi refused to take credit for spurring the club to victory.
The White Sox beat Kansas City 3-1 last night. Rookie catcher Ron Karkovice hit a three-run homer, his first major league home run, and Floyd Bannister scattered allowed hits in his fourth complete game of the season.
Fregosi gave the White Sox a lecture after their Tuesday night loss but said he did not know if it contributed to the turnaround.
"Who knows whether a meeting helps or hurts," said Fregosi. "Karkovice's homer put us on top and we shut them down."
Karkovie hit his home run in the second inning, giving Chicago a 3-0 lead against Royals starter Danny Jackson, 9-9. The Royals got a run against Bannister in the fourth inning with three consecutive singles but Bannister retired the next 15 batters before giving up a single to George
Brett in the ninth inning.
"One mistake cost Danny the game," said acting Kansas City manager Mike Ferraro. "Bannister pitched great and I thought (Daryl) Boston played a hell of a center field for them tonight. He was all over the place."
"Bannister pitched outstanding," said Fregosi. "He did a great job. He gets into a bad habit of trying to power the baseball. We've tried to get him to sink the ball more."
Bannister, who is now 8-10, said, "I got some nice plays in the field. It was one of my better games."
Bannister gave up six hits with five strikeouts and no walks in nine innings
Jackson gave up 10 hits and three runs over six innings with five strikeouts and one walk.
Karovice, called up Aug. 16 from AA Birmingham, the hit first pitch from Jackson into the left field seats for his first major league home run, Russ Morman and Ozzie Guillen had singled in front of Karovice.
"I think he surprised himself," said Fregosi about Karkovice. "He's so outstanding defensively that
it's nice to see him get some hits."
Another rookie, first baseman Russ Morman, went 3-for-4 with three singles for Chicago.
Line Royals scored a run in the fourth inning with three consecutive singles off Bannister. George Brett, Hal McRae and Frank White singled to generate the run.
Texas 4. Boston 1
ARLINGTON, Texas — Sixth innning home runs by Larry Parrish and Toby Harran paced the Texas Rangers to a 4-1 victory last night over the Boston Red Sox behind the combined five-hit pitching of Ed Correa and Mitch Williams.
Correa, 8-11, won for only the third time in 12 starts. Williams recorded his sixth save and third in a week by going the last $3^{1/2}$ innings. The Rangers moved to within $3^{1/2}$ games of the American League West division-leading California Angels.
Bruce Hurst, 8-7, gave up all of Texas' runs while going six innings.
Scott Fletcher reached base on an infield hit in the first for Texas and moved to second on a throwing error by Hurst. Pete Icaviglia's single
Toronto 6 Cleveland 3
drove in Fletcher with an unearned run.
CLEVELAND — Pinch hitter Tony Fernandez' one-out double scored Garth lorg with the winning run in the eighth inning last night, enabling the Toronto Blue Jays to complete a sweep of their double-header with a 6-3 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.
In the opener, Ernie Whit led off the 12th inning with his 12th home run of the year to lift Toronto to a 3-2 victory.
In the second game, John Cerutti, 8-3, allowed nine hits, struck out four and walked two over 7 1-3 innings to get the victory. Tom Henke, who saved the opener for Mark Elchborn, finished for his 19th save. Frank Wills, 1-2, took the loss.
In the opener, with the score tied 1-1 in the ninth, Whit sent a 2-2 pitch from reliever Bryan Oelkers, 2-3, down the right field line and inside
Henke has 32 saves in his career with Toronto, breaking the club record of 31 set by Joyce McLaughlin.
Rookie right-hander Mark
Eichhorn, 11-4, allowed one hit only at 4 2-3 innings in relief of starter Jimmy Key. Eichhorn set a club record with the 11 victories, breaking the mark of 10 established by Jerry "kriv" in 1977.
Minnesota 7. Milwaukee 5
MILWAUKEE — Kirby Puckett broke out of a 1-21 slump by going 4-for-5 with three RBI, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 7-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
It was Puckett's sixth four-hit game of the season, raising his average to 341.
The Brewers outfit the Twins 15-14 but stranded 10 runners.
Winner Neal Heaton, 5-12, got his second victory in eight decisions as a Twin. George Frazier pitched the final three innings and picked up his third save.
Seattle 4 Baltimore 1
SEATTLE — Right-hander Mike Trujillo and reliever Mark Huismann combined on a seven-hitter, and Ken Phelps' two-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning that paced the Seattle Mariners to 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.