University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 22, 1987
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Cardinal reserve's home run fuels 7-2 victory over Twins
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Tom Lawless' three-run homer triggered a six-run romp as the St. Louis Cardinals caught fourth-inning fever and burned the Minnesota Twins 7-2 last night, tying the World Series at two games apiece.
Lawless' first home run since 1984 and second of his major-league career helped chase Game I winner Frank Robinson, the quickest 40 starts in season.
The Cardinals, overpowered in the first two games as Minnesota scored a total of 13 runs in the fourth inning, showed they can play that way, too, combining four hits and three walks in that inning for a 7-1 bulge.
Jim Lindeman, joining Lawless as one of the productive replacement Cardinals, had two RBI singles in his first hits off four Minnesota pitchers.
Ken Dayley protected the lead by petting Gary Gaetti and Tom Brunansky with the bases loaded, ending the seventh. Dayley got a save in relief of Bob Forsch, who went 2% innings in relief and got his first World Series victory in four decisions.
Game 5 will be tonight with Bert
Lawless, a little-used reserve whom Cincinnati traded even-up to Montreal for Pete Rose in 1984, got his start with the biggest hit of his career.
Blyleven, the winner in the second game, pitching for the Twins. Either Danny Cox or Joe Magran, each of them losers so far in the Series, will start for St. Louis.
Tony Pena drew a leadoff walk in the fourth and Jose Quendo followed with a single. That brought up Lawless, who made just three starts during the regular season but was making his third start in the postseason because of an injury to third baseman Terry Pendleton.
Lawless lofted an 0-11 pitch high over the left-field fence, setting off a fireworks display over Busch Stadium and in the crowd of 53,347.
Viola, seemingly bothered by the 42-degree temperature at the start of the game, kept blowing on his hand to win while the Cardinals kept hitting
Coleman walked one out later and Viola left. With Dan Schatzeder pitching, Coleman stole his fourth base of the Series and Tom Herr was intentionally walked with two outs.
Lindeman, who singled home St.
Louis' tying run in the third, hit another RBI single and Willie McGee lined a two-run double.
Lawless went 2-for-25 during the regular season and was hitless until mid-August despite spending the whole year with the Cardinals. He is now 3-for-13 in the postseason. Linden-Williams has been 8-for-20in the postseason while filling in mostly for injured Jack Clark.
Cardinals starter Greg Mathews, pitching for the first time in 10 days since pulling a muscle in his right leg during the playoffs, also struggled as the temperature dropped into the 30s. He gave up Greg Gagne's home run in the third and left in the fourth when the injury flared up.
The Twins made it 7-2 against Forsch in the fifth on an RBI single by Kirby Puckett. But a civing stop by shortstop Ozzie Smith or a force-out and a tumbbling catch by Coleman in left field ended the inning.
Greg Gagne, dropped from second to eighth in the Minnesota lineup after going 1-for-12, led the third with a home run. Gagne took two balls before sending one into the left-field seats.
Soccer team ready to weather cold
BY ROBERT WHITMAN
Staff writer
In the 11 days since it played its last game, the KU women's soccer team has begun to experience one major change that will affect its
When the Jayhawks played to a scoreless draw against Missouri on Oct. 11, temperatures were in the mid-60s. Yesterday's practice at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, was conducted with temperatures in the mid-40s.
The team will play three games in the next four days beginning with today's game against Benedictine College at 5 p.m. in Atchison, Kansas tied the Ravens 2-2 on Sept. 26 in Lawrence.
The Jayhawks, with a record of 1-23, will play Southwest Missouri State at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and
Missouri at 1 p.m. Sunday.Both games will be played at Shenk Complex
Playing three games in four days after 11 days without a game shouldn't bother the team, said KU coach Kevin Connor. In fact, he said, the layoff came at good time of the season, when many of the team members had midterm tests and projects.
"I don't think it should hurt too badly. We've been practicing so we're in shape," he said. "We just stretch a little more in the cold weather. It's not bad on the ankles, but its bad on the muscles."
Forward Dulcie Gira tried to stay warm before practice yesterday by jumping up and down every few minutes. Gira, from the Chicago suburb of Libertville, Ill., said she was used to playing in the cold
She said running during practice warmed her up. "You end up sweating so much, you don't get cold."
weather.
Goalie Beth Warfield, in her first season with the soccer club, said she might need more time to get used to the cold.
"I've never really played in the cold," Warfield said. "I'm originally from Memphis, Tenn. It got cold down there every once in a while but not until December."
Warfield said she would wear an extra layer of clothing in the colder weather. But that won't help much when a shot comes, she said.
"When you're in the goal, you're not running around like everyone else," she said. "And when the ball comes into part of your body, you feel it. It hurts."
Things are looking up
Kevin Jackson, Maui, Hawaii, senior, practices soccer ball control. Jackson was warming up yesterday near Robinson Center, before his advanced soccer class.
UNLV investigation doesn't answer questions
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A university-sponsored investigation into alleged recruiting violations by Nevada-Las Vegas basketball coaches found no evidence, but university officials acknowledged yesterday that the NCAA could find otherwise.
The investigation, triggered by a Newsday article on the recruiting of former New York high school star Lloyd Daniels, will be forwarded to the Pacific Coast Athletic Association and eventually to the NCAA for possible action. UNLV President Robert Maxson said.
"It's a report I wish I had never
received because it's a report that says further investigation is necessary," said Maxson.
The UNLV president, however vowed to take action if the investigation does turn up evidence.
Maxson said a four-member committee he appointed to investigate the allegations found conflicting evidence and could not reach a conclusion after six months of interviewing witnesses.
Maxson said he met Tuesday for more than two hours with Coach Jerry Tarkarian and was told by him that he would aware of any recruiting violations.
But Maxson said he was also prepared to accept any NCAA or PCAA sanctions, should either find that they were indeed recruiting violations.
The Newsday articles, which appeared in March while the UNLV basketball team was advancing toward an eventual appearance in the NCAA Final Four, alleged that Daniels accepted illegal payments from UNLV recruiter Mark Warkenstein and that Warkenstein might have violated NCAA regulations by becoming Daniels' legal guardian. It also alleged that Daniels was given a car and free meals at Las Vegas
hotels.
The 6-foot-8 Daniels attended four different high schools and never received a diploma. He was recruited by UNLV and ended up at a California junior college before transferring to Las Vegas in January.
After being arrested for buying rock cocaine, Daniels was kicked out of the program, and the dragged out of the building. The player ever playing for the Runnin' Rebels.
Earlier this month, Daniels was put on probation, and he left for Topeka. He was signed to play with the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association.
Donohoe having up and down season
By CRAIG ANDERSON
Staff writer
After the rise and fall of Kansas sophomore quarterback Kelly Donnoe early this season, he seems to be in limbo now as Kansas prepares to
Donohoe's rise came during the Jayhawk's preseason practices in August when he won the starting quarterback job held by senior Mike
The descent began when the Jayhawks' offense began sputtering with the start of the regular season. Kansas lost the first three games that Donohoe started, scoring only 26 points in the process.
'After the Jayhawks' third game against Louisiana Tech, freshman Kevin Verduro replaced Dohohe as the team's starting quarterback. At the end of the first half, he began to experience the feelings that go along with sitting on the bench.
"The last four weeks have been the toughest thing I've ever had to go through in my life," he said. "It's still hard for me to accept."
The crash couldn't be blamed exclusively on Donoho, but as is often the case when offense is ineffective, the team's backburth that took much of the heat.
The fire grew under Donohoe with each game after the Jayhawks' season opener against Auburn. His statistics in Kansas' first three games were unimpressive. Donohoe completed 25 out of 60 passes for 263 yards and one touchdown. He also threw three interceptions.
"I knew I wasn't playing as well as I could have, and it frustrated me," he said. "The entire offense was killing itself with lots of physical and mental breakdowns. We never could get any consistency."
Donoho finally crashed and burned in the first quarter of the Jayhawks' eventual 16-11 loss to NCA Division 1-AAA Louisiana Tech. In front of the home crowd, Donoho threw interceptions in two of the Jayhawks' first three offensive possessions against the Bulldogs.
After the second interception, Donohoe was replaced by Orth. Donohoe did not play for the team as a result and joined James as Verdugo claimed the starting role.
One of the problems Donohoe had on the field was the large number of his passes that were knocked down at the line of scrimmage by defensive linemen. Off the field, he asked the 5-foot-11 Donohoe if he was too short to see over the line of scrimmage to throw the ball downfield.
Chris Duval/KANSAN
KU sophomore Kelly Donohoe is learning to deal with losing the starting quarterback job. Donohoe and the Jayhawks practiced yesterday behind Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
"Every quarterback has the problem of seeing over his linemen," Donohoe said. "My height doesn't fit." He added, "there nobody can understand it."
"I needed something like that to kind of pick me up," Donohoe said. "I'm trying to build on the positive things."
Donohoe did make a comeback of sorts last week against Colorado, throwing a 98-yard touchdown to junior wide receiver Willie Vaughn in the fourth quarter. The play was the highlight of pass completion in Kansas' history
For the game, Donohoe completed four of nine passes for 130 yards, including the touchdown pass to Vaughn. He also threw an intercept on the second play, and said that he was pleased with Donohoe's play against Colorado.
"Kelly has handled the entire situation well, just like I expected him to," he said. "He came back Saturday and improved on his performance."
With Donohoe's performance against Colorado, it appears once again that the Kansas starting quarterback's position is up for grabs. Donohoe said that Valesente told the quarterbacks in meetings this week that he didn't know who would start this Saturday against Iowa State.
Donohoe said that he looked forward to the chance to be able to compete for the starting quarterback job again. He said that he felt as if he hadn't been given a chance this season to play his style of offense — scrambling, throwing downfield and running out of the pocket.
Colorado faces test of football progress against the Sooners
The Buffaloes, 4.2, head into Saturday's game in Norman as whopping 37-point underdogs to the nation's ton-ranked team.
BOULDER, Colo. — Runner-up in the Big Eight Conference a year ago and considered by many to be the third-best team in the conference this fall, Colorado faces the grim reality this week of just how far its football program needs to progress to be on par with Oklahoma.
And Colorado Coach Bill McCartney said that he thought the point spread was reasonably accurate. He called Oklahoma "the team that should have been on strike" for the past month.
"Oklahoma has the most prolific offense I've seen since I've been coaching," McCartney said this week. "Every player on their offense is a great player — every single one of them." The depth and are very well schooled. I don't see a weakness whatsoever on either side of the ball."
Oklahoma leads the nation in total offense (534.5 yards a game), total defense (186.5 yards a game), scoring offense (53.5 points a game) and leading by a score of a game.
As McCarter pointed out, the
Sooners scored 59 points last week
"without benefit of a turnover," and they've given up only three touchdowns in six games.
Colorado has had little success against the Sooners in recent years, dropping the last 10 games in the season and out of the top 25 in the outfield out 31-0 in 1965 and 28-0 last year.
"We haven't even lined up to attempt a field goal against that defense in two years," he said.
McCartney joked in August that the Buffaloes had a scoring opportunity against Oklahoma this season, he will call a timeout to celebrate the occasion.
This week, he was talking tougher, however. "Anything less than a win would be a major disappointment for me," he said, adding that his team was going to Norman not just to score, but to score more points than Oklahoma.
"If we won 3-4 I'd be very happy." he said. "I'd also take 3-2."
What do the Buffaloes need to do to win? They probably can't count on a series of 80-yard drives, McCartney said.
"If we can force some mistakes and take advantage of them, we've got a chance," he said. "A year ago, we didn't throw and didn't turn the ball over."
Nebraska football player pleads guilty to vandalism
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska football player Neil Smith pleaded guilty in Lancaster County Court to two counts of vandalism for puncturing tires on two police cars
The Associated Press
Judge James Foster on Tuesday
fined Smith $75 on each count and
$21 court costs.
Chief City Prosecutor Norm Langemach said that Smith's attorney indicated that Smith would pay restitution for the two tires, eah valued at about $70, by the judge did not order him to pay restitution.
Smith, 22, and Lawrence Pete. 21, both first-team defensive linemen, were arrested early Oct. 13 and booked into Lancaster County Jail on suspicion of two counts of misdemeanor vandalism.
The city attorney's office did not charge Pete because evidence indicated that Smith was the one slashed the tires, Langeanch said.
A witness told police that he saw the passenger in a 1977 Pontiac open the door, reach down and use a knife to rip off the front window. Both cars were on Oct. 12.
Pete was driving the car, Langemach said.
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne was not available for comment yesterday.