University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 19, 1987
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Hankies wave in 8-4 Twins victory
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Randy Bush and Tim Launner sparked another night of fourth-inning innings panky in the Minnesota Twins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 Sunday night for a 2-10 lead in the World Series.
Bert Blyleven pitched seven innings, allowing six hits and two runs, while the Twins, whose seven run fourth keyed a 1-0 mismatch in Game 1, again got their 55,257 fans shouting early at the Metrodome.
Gary Gaetti's home run in the second off Danny Cox set the crowd screaming, and by the time Minnesota combined six hits, including a two-run single by Laudner and two walks in the fourth, the crowd was singing "My Baby Does The Hanky Panky," and it was 7-0.
The white sea of home run hankies signaled the Cardinals' surrender.
and Laudner completed the Twins' scoring with a 420-foot home run in
The Cardinals scored two runs in the eighth off reliever Juan Berenguer, and Jeff Reardon threw the ninth.
Minnesota's 56-5 home record was the best in baseball, and the Twins seemed stronger than ever in blowing away the Cardinals, whose 49-41 road mark was tops in the majors. Of the 37 teams that have taken a 2-0 lead in the World Series, 27 have gone on to win.
Game 3 is scheduled for tomorrow night in Busch Stadium with Minnesota's Les Straker, 8-10, facing left-hander John Tudor. 8-2.
Blyleen, who won twice in the American League playoffs and is 5-0 in postseason play, easily defeated Cox in the first Series meeting of
pitchers born outside the United States.
Blyleen, a native of Holland, gave up just three hits through the first six innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
The Twins came out swinging, making three outs in the first inning on four pitches. That pattern quickly changed.
With one out in the second, Gaetti swung wildly and missed a curveball on Cox's first pitch. But Gaetti, most valuable player of the American League playoffs with two home runs, connected on the next delivery and sent it 397 feet into the left-field seats.
Two of the Cardinals' runners tried to steal in the first two innings, although each time the St. Louis batter hit the ball. Any hopes the Cardinals had of catching up with their scratch-and-claw offense ended
in the fourth when the Twins uncorked their big bats.
Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrkeb singled with one out, and the crowd sensed another eruption. Cox pawed at the mound before facing Gaetti, threw a wild pitch and then walked him to load the bases.
The Twins realized this was their chance to break it open, and Bush sent them in that direction by lining up the right-tight corner for a two-run double.
While Lee Tunnell hurried to warm up, Tom Brunamsky was intentionally walked to reload the bases. Cox got the Cardinals within one out of escape when Steve Lombardozzi hit a shallow fly ball, but Laudner grounded a two-run single to left as Bush's headfirst slide beat Vince Coleman's throw to the plate for a 5-0 lead.
Pass it on
Jim Lauire, Chicago senior, struggles to pass the ball to teammate before losing to the St. Louis Bombers in the Heart of America Rugby Jeff Paxton, Topeka sophomore, the KU Rugby Club won two games Tournament Saturday at Swope Park in Kansas City, Mo.
Losing skid continues with loss to Colorado
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Staff writer
For awhile, anyway, it looked like Kansas had a chance to end its eight-game losing streak to Big Eight Conference opponents. But the final outcome of the Jayhawks' 35-10 loss to Colorado on Saturday showed the team still has a long way to go before ending the streak.
Kansas kept the game reasonably close in the first half, trailing only 14-3. In the second half, however, Colorado used a ball-control running game that finally wore down the Javhawk defense.
Vaughn's reception from Donohoe set a new school record for the longest play pass. The old record had been a 97-yard touchdown pass from Bill Fenton to Willie Smith against Texas Tech in 1965.
The Buffaloes had the ball for 19 of the 30 minutes of the second half. The Kansas offense was of little help to the weary Jayhawk defense, gaining only 59 yards in the second half before sophomore quarterback Kelly Donohoe threw a 98-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Willie Vaughn with a minute left in the game.
The long pass to Vaughn might have looked good in the scoring summary, but it also said something about the inability of the Kansas offensive unit to throw the ball downfield consistently. Vaughn has averaged 31 yards a reception this season but has caught only 11 passes in six games. Last year, Vaughn caught 11 passes in the Colorado game alone.
"I ran an in-out-in and the defensive back turned the wrong way," Vaughn said. "It's nice to have the win, but we still didn't get the win."
For the most part, a reconstructed Kansas secondary held together well, holding Colorado to 125 yards in passing. Redshirt freshman cornerback Bill Sutter intercepted a Sal Aunese pass in the fourth quarter, ending a Colorado scoring drive.
Sutter's interception was the first
of his career. In addition, he had five tackles and broke up a pass.
"It it felt great because that is something a defensive back always dreams about," Sutter said of his interception. "They run the option, they also pass out of the playbook. You always have to be thinking."
The biggest help to the secondary was a Colorado running game that was o effective, gaining 421 yards on ground, that the team didn't need to pass.
The tackling statistics at the end of the game showed that the Kansas secondary had an active day, Junior free safety Rob Newton, starting in his first game, recorded 23 tackles. Newson's tackle total was the highest since 1984 when linebacker Willie Plies made 24 against Oklahoma State.
"I really wasn't nervous, because I had played before, it was just that I had never started." Newsan said. "We had been doing three years to get this chance."
Senior strong safety Milt Garner recorded 15 tackles. Garner is the last remaining member of the Jay-Z coaching staff and the season opener against Auburn.
Junior cornerback Johnny Granderson is still out, suffering from torn ligaments in his knee. He was injured during the Kent State game. Senior cornerback Mike Fisher was dismissed from the team before the Louisiana Tech game because of disciplinary reasons, and junior free safety Clint Normore quit the team last周.
A new member of the starting secondary, freshman cornerback Michael Page, said that the replacements in the secondary did a good job.
"We kind of joked earlier that we're going to call ourselves 'Milt (Garner) and the New Boy's,' because he was the only one with a name in the team, but we pretty good job in the first half. Colorado just wore us down."
Tennis team excels in first tournament
Staff writer
By DARRIN STINEMAN Staff writer
Freshman John Falbo won the No. 2 singles competition, freshman杰弗 Gross won the No. 4 singles, and freshman Jim Secrest won the No. 5 singles.
Three of the six Kansas men's tennis players won championships at the Ball State Invitational tournament at Muncie, Ind., this weekend.
mances.
The tournament was the first of the season for the Jayhawk men, and Kansas coach Scott Perelman said he was pleased with the team's perfor-
The tournament was strictly an individual meet. Players from Iowa, Western Illinois, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Miami (Ohio), and host Ball State competed at the tournament.
"It was a good start," Perelman said. "I thought everyone handled the pressure really well."
Sophomore Craig Wildey, the Jayhawks' No. 1 singles player, finished seventh. Sophomore Chris Walker placed second in the No. 3 singles, and senior Reggie Hodges placed third in the No. 6 singles.
"I felt that I played really well," said Gross, who was red-shirted last season. He said he felt confident going into the tournament because he had done well at a tournament in Topeka last week.
Walker and Wilde placed third in the No. 1 doubles, Falbo and Hodges placed fifth in the No. 2 doubles, and Anderson increased placed first in the No. 3 doubles.
Bronco quarterback puts end to replacement Chiefs' season
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ken Karcher hopes the regular Denver Broncos will some day appreciate the effort of their new-defunct replacement souad.
"We worked hard. We gave it everything we had, and we won two games," Karcher said after throwing for 275 yards and three touchdowns in a 26-17 victory Sunday over the replacements of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Karcher threw for 627 yards and five touchdowns in three games and counts himself among the replacements who may stay in the NFL after the regulars report on Monday following a four-week strike.
"I'm very happy with the way I played, although of course there's always room for improvement," said Karcher, who was cut by the Broncos in training cam and then agreed to be a part of the striking all-pro John Elway.
"We'll keep 10-15 players off this squad who we think will fit in and possibly can help," said Denver Coach Dan Reeves. "There are some guys who played very well for us."
Karcher said, "I'm just going to take one day at a time and let everything fall into place. It's their appeal, hopefully, I'll be talking to them soon."
The Chiefs, Eagles, Giants and Vikings will go into football history as the winless replacement teams of 1987.
Chiefs defensive back Ted Nelson said, "When we're talking to our grandchildren and telling them about this experience, there won't a lot for
us to brag about. But there will be some good memories, too. We'll always know that, for a while at least, every one of us was an NFL player. And a lot of guys also made friendships these past three weeks that will last a lifetime."
The Chiefs, who sold almost 63,000 pre-strike tickets to what turned out to be their only home replacement game, announced an attendance of 20,296. The club said it had not yet figured how many tickets were returned.
Denver seized a 2-0 lead in the first quarter when Kansas City quarterback Dug Hudson fumbled the center snap and fell onto the ball in the end zone. A few minutes later, Karcher fired his first of two scoring passes to running back Bobby Micho, one of eight regulars to start for the Broncos. The Chiefs' only regular was cornerback Kevin Ross.
Micho, who grabbed nine passes for 105 yards, snared a 26-yard scoring pass to give Denver a 9-10 lead midway through the first period. Then, with about three minutes left in the first quarter, Jitter Fields, signed by the Broncos, Indianapolis replacements, took a Denver punt and weaded 85 yard to make it 9-7. It was the longest punt return against the Broncos in Denver
Kansas City's regulars will report Monday with a 1-4 record after the replacements went 0-3.
history.
Denver's Mike Clendenen kicked a 35-yard field goal and Karcher found Shane Swanson with a 35-yard scoring pass in the second period. Kansas City's Robert Parker scored on a 4-yard run to make it 19 at 14th time.
Karcher's 5-yard scoring pass to the fourth, the only score in the four period.
Turnovers marked the start of each half and set a ragged tone for the entire game. The first two periods totaled six penalties, four fumbles and an interception. Micho fumbled on Denver's fifth play after taking a pass from Karcher that turned to the Kansas City 1-yard line.
The play was first ruled dead, but a television replay awarded Kansas City the ball. After a running play took the ball out to the three, Hudson, who was signed on Friday, fumbled in the zone, where Jim Ryan, one of three Denver regulars on defense, got credit for the safety.
Punter Kelly Goodburn, the Chiefs' most consistent replacement player all three games, put the Broncos back on their own 45 with the free kick. Then, on the eighth play, Micho attoned for his mistake by snagging Karcher's 26-yard scoring toss between two late defenders.
Fields took Kalp Giacomarro the booming 48-yard punt on the 15-yard line a few moments later and darted and weaved 85 yards to pull the Chiefs to 9-7. It was the Chiefs' first touchdown punt return since 1980 and the second-longest in team history.
Men's soccer club settles scores
By ROBERT WHITMAN
For the Kansas men's soccer club, capturing the championship of the University of Northern Iowa tournament Sunday meant more than winning all five games it played.
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It meant defeating teams who had, in coach Glenn Shirtliffe's view, given the Jayhawks problems either on or off the field.
"I think we settled a lot of accounts," Kansas coach Glenn Shirttiffe said.
One account was settled in the championship game when Kansas defeated Missouri 2-1 on penalty kicks.
The game had been tied 1-1 after 90 minutes of regulation and two 10-minute overtimes. The winner was decided by penalty kicks.
Three kicks were to be taken by each team to determine a winner with the teams alternating taking them.
Since neither team was ahead after the first three kicks, the next team to score without the other team scoring was second, and the fourth shot high and wide to the right.
KU midfielder Chris Evalisizer
penalty kick and the
Jawhawks won.
"It was a very hard-fought game. There was a lot at stake and we had something to prove us," said coach Mike defeated Kansas 1-0 in its home and season opener
KU midfielder Marc Boussaguet scored a goal during injury time in the second half. The half was being played on time added for injuries during the half after 45 minutes was played.
The Jayhawks, 8-2-2, began the tournament in one of three three-tem team groups. They defeated Iowa, 1-0, in the first group game. Kansas forward Tom Holland scored the Jayhawk goal.
Later Saturday. Kansas defeated
Kansas was the only team among the nine entrants to win both its group games and was ranked first in the elimination part of the tournament.
Shirtliffe said the Jayhawks settled another account by defeating Iowa State, 1-0. The Cyclones failed to show up for a game with Kansas Oct. 10 in Lawrence. Nelson scored the Jayhawk goal, tipping in Vincent's corner kick.
"We lost to Iowa, 2-0 in the quar-
ternials of the Northern Iowa tour-
nament) last year," Shirtliffe said.
"It so it was really nice.
in the semifinals, the Jayhawks defeated Iowa again, 2.0. Forwards Toby Wise and Mark Pinkauro scored seven goals in an extended game had been settled with the victory.
Luther College of Decor, Iowa, 2-1. Luther College had a 1-0 lead at halftime, but Tony Vincent and Ted Nelson scored goals in the second half, giving Kansas the victory.
Volleyball team wins one, loses another
By ROBERT WHITMAN
Iowa State defeated the Kansas women's volleyball team in five games Friday but the Jayhawks came back to defeat Colorado on Saturday in matches at Allen Field House.
The Cyclones defeated Kansas 8-15, 15-9, 11-15, 15-10, 16-14. The score of the Kansas-Colorado match was 9-15, 15-7, 15-2, 15-7.
The Jayhawks, 8-13 overall and 2-5 in Big Eight Conference matches, remained in fifth place in the conference.
Kansas had rallied to tie with Iowa State in the fifth game, 14-14, when
"Our serving hurt us. It was our biggest problem in the match," Kansas coach Frankie Albtz said. But it didn't help, as its serving, the team played well.
sutter Monica Spencer served the ball beyond the Cyclone back line. Iowa State scored the final two points, ending the match.
The Jayhawks lost the first game to Colorado, but Alitz said she scolded the team for its performance between games.
"I told them it seemed like every time I moved on the bench, they flinched," Albitz said. "It didn't seem like they were taking responsibility for their play. I told them I
haven't won any matches at KU, and I haven't lost any, either. I told them they were the players and it was up to them to go out there and play."
Kansas won the next three games and the match.
"Colorado has a really young team," Albizt said. "I think they have only one player returning from last year's team, and they have some freshmen who play at the beginning of the match. I thought they had the best team, but we finally got it turned around."
The Jayhawks play host to Kansas State at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Allen Field House.