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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesdav. September 22.1992
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Brett anticipates 3,000 hit milestone
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
George Brett slumped in his chair in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse. The strains of nearing 3,000 career hits seemed to be showing.
He said that he was happy with the triple and the double he had in Saturday's game but that he would have played all of them he had gone 4-for-4 rather than 2-for-2.
"I just want to do it as quickly as possible." Brett said about approaching 3,000 career base hits. "I want to get it over with so I can go on with my life and not talk about it."
George Brett, the designated hitter for the Kansas City Royals, is 11 hits away from getting his 3,000th career hit. The Royals have 13 games remaining.
He would become the 18th player in major-league baseball history to reach the 3,000 mark and would be the second player to do so this season.
Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers lined a single to right center field on Sept. 9, reaching the milestone.
Brett said he was tired of the constant questions surrounding his quest and could not wait for his 3,000hit to become a reality.
Brett, who is in the final year of a five-year contract, has an option to continue playing in the 1993 season. He said he would like to play next season but would prefer to reach the mark this season.
"Ihope I can get it this season," Brett said. "I've got my fingers crossed, and hopefully I can do it."
With all of the attention Brett has been getting this season, he said he had not changed his approach to hiting.
"I'm not going to change," he said. "What I do to get here is not going to change now. I'm going to stay with the same program I've had for the last 19 years."
Winning the World Series in 1985, playing in the third game of the American League playoffs in 1985 and hitting a three-run home run in the third game of the 1980 American League Championship Series was the topthree highlights of his career, Brett said. The home run in 1980 against the New York Yankees was off Rich Gossage, and the shot clinched the first
American League pennant in club history for the Royals.
Brett said he was not sure if his 3,000th hit would rank among his top three baseball memories.
"I hope it does," he said, "Robin in the paper the next day said, 'You know, I knew it was going to be a big deal. I didn't realize how big it was going to be, but this ranks up there with everything I've ever done in my career.' But I don't know because I haven't done it. I can't tell you how I'll feel until it actually happens."
Of the 17 players that have at least 3,000 all, but two of them are in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pete Rose was banned from baseball by former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent and has not been reinstated yet, and Yount will not be eligible until five years after his retirement.
Tom Seaver, who was elected to the Hall of Fame this summer, said he supported Brett.
"I hope he gets it this season," she said. "He's a great bitter, but he certainly does deserve it."
As of yesterday, Brett's career batting average was .307, and his season average was .279. He leads active players in doubles with 631 and is seventh on the all-time list. Brett also is two home runs shy of 300 for his career.
Brett won American League batting titles in 1976, 1980 and 1980, becoming the first player to win batting titles in three different decades. His .390 batting average in 1980 was the highest batting average since Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit .406 in 1941.
Closing in on 3,000
Source: 1901 Kansas City Renaissance Martin Guide
Maurice Douglas, senior tailback, runs to catch a pass while Clint Bowen, sophomore defensive back, attempts to stop him. The football team practiced yesterday at Memorial Stadium to prepare for Thursday's game against California.
Offense continues to improve running game in Tulsa victory
By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
Since rushing for 144 yards in its opener against Oregon State, the Kansas football team has averaged 288.5 yards on the ground and scored seven rushing touchdowns in its last two games.
There was no better example of Kansas' improved ground attack than Saturday's game against Tulsa when the Jayhawks ran for 258 yards on 55 carries.
running backs coach Vic Adamie said several factors played into the large number of carries by the Jayhawks.
"We got ahead 24-7, and it was a little tougher to throw in the second half," he said. "We wanted to keep the ball on the ground and keep the clock running."
Adamle said that competing against a tough Kansas defense in the preseason helped the running backs improve.
"I'm glad we don't have to face our
saturday because there is good," he said.
Senior tailback Maurice Douglas, who ran for 74 yards on 13 carries and scored three touchdowns against Tulsa, said he did not think that the
absence of Kansas' all-time leading rusher Tony Sands hurt the team offensively.
"I think it's better that we’re more diverse," he said. "We’re the No. 1 agency over it."
Douglas redshirted last year when the team was pondering moving him to fullback. He said the time off did not take much away from his game.
"I know what I can do," he said. "I've been here five years, so I'm not going to surrender myself."
Douglas is a roommate of junior tailback George White, who leads the team with 187 yards rushing for the season. White rushed for 64 yards on 14 carries Saturday.
White said he and Douglas had a special relationship.
"We have a nickname for ourselves," he said. "We call ourselves the dynamic duo. We think we can really hurt other people."
White was not surprised that he was the leading rusher for the Jayhawks, he said, because the team had such a diverse offense.
This year has been average for him, he said.
"I haven't had my best game," he said. "I would like to do better break
White said this year he had learned
to be a straight-ahead runner instead of being the slash-type runner he was last year.
He remembered one of his runs from Saturday's game.
"There was a play where I caught the ball, looked up field and saw a guy five yards away from me," he said. "I would have cut it back last year, but this year I hit him straight on and rolled him over a couple of times."
White, Douglas and Adamle said much of the team's rushing success was due to the offensive line.
"They were able to block Tusas." Adamle said. "They were knocking them off the ball. We had some nice seams to run through."
Douglas and White said that they enjoyed blocking for each other but that their blocking roles were not likely to gain much attention.
Bowen is player of week
Senior strong safety Charley Bowen was named the Big Eight Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in the Jayhawks' 40-7 defeat of Tulsa.
Bowen had a 63-yard interception return and four tackles, and he broke un one pass.
His interception stopped a Tulsa drive in the second quarter.
Cross county athlete upgraded to fair condition
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Kansan staff report
Jeremy McClain, Kansas cross country runner, was upgraded to fair condition yesterday, a representative of University of Kansas Medical Center reported.
His left leg was broken in several
McClain, Overland Park sophomore, was struck by a car Sept. 2 when he was crossing the intersection at 23rd and Louisiana streets.
Men's golf team finishes second in Colorado tourney
places, and he developed problems breathing shortly after the accident.
McClain is no longer in the intensive care unit at the Med Center, where he had been since Sept. 5. Ladd McClain, Jeremy's older brother, said Jeremy was steadily improving and added that Jeremy was joking and acting like his old self.
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The Kansas men's golf team finished second in the 1992 Falcon Invitational in Colorado Springs.
Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament, and Colorado took first place.
Kansas junior John Hess tied for first place overall with a 1-under-par, 215, tying Jonathan Kaye of Colorado. The weekend tournament was the first competition on the road that Hess had qualified for in his college career.
Other Kansas golfers competing included Matt Gogel, Brad Bruno, Jim Young, and Jeff Moeller.
Jim Young finished 60th at 17-overpar, and Jeff Moeller finished 79th at 20-over-par.
Moeller finished fifth overall and 3-over-par. Brad Bruno finished 11th at 5-over-par.
Kansas finished with a score of 884 for three rounds, only one above that of champion Colorado.
Charlotte's J.R. Reid signs contract extension
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — J.R. Reid signed a multi-year contract extension with Charlotte yesterday in a deal that is expected to help the Hornets move closer to signing No. 1 draft pick Alonzo Mourning.
"J.R.'s agreement to renegotiate his contract, and in the process, defer a sum of money until down the road, brings us that much closer to signing Alonzo Mourning and demonstrates J.A. as being a team."
player," team president Spencer Stolpen said.
The team did not release details of the contract.
Neu, who was married last Sasan day, is coming off an injury-plugged season for which he was sidelined for more than one-third because of a stress fracture in his lower back. Despite the injury, Reid averaged 11 points and 6.2 rebounds a game, slightly off his three-year NBA career figures.
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