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University Daily Kansan, October 11, 1982
Mimbs, Friess lead Kansas Jayhawks come alive in tie with OSU
By GINO STRIPPOLI Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawks showed something at Oklahoma State Saturday that was lacking in their first four games.
**pons:** Coming back from a 24-10 halftime deficit, the Jayhawks rallied to the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 24-24, in the Big Eight opener for both squads.
"I would never ask this task to win for me, but I did think I had the right to ask them to give 10 percent today (Saturday)," Coach Don Pimlico said. "This team played as well as they can play.
"I think this game did something for our team. It was something we could be proud of. I know we can get something out of this season now. Our offense gave up a lot of yardage, but they never quit."
And the big plays by the defense would have been enough to give Kansas the victory if it had been played at home.
"THEY WERE always there to make the big play."
All Anderson did was rush for more yardage then any back in history against Kansas. He had 270 yards on 36 carries and one touchdown to a team running back Joe Moriarty 'record' of 292 yards.
"That Anderson was something else," Fam-
brough said. "I've seen Joe Washington and Delvin Williams and he ranks right up there."
Despite Anderson, Kansas still had the opportunities to win the game. After falling behind by two touchdowns, it looked as if it was to be another long afternoon for the 'Hawks. But Tim Friess, who collected 10 tackles and two fumble recoveries on the day, tackled Harry Roberts for a 7-yard loss on a fake punt to give Kansas the ball in excellent field position.
"On the punt, the end was mine so when he took off I went with him to block him," Friess said. "When I look back at it, I wonder if I should've intercepted it."
BUT THE 'Hawks, taking advantage of the field position, went 40 yards on eight plays to win.
The drive consisted of seven carries by freshman Robert Mimbs for 35 yards and one rush for 5 yards by backfill E.J. Jones, who made the key on block Mimbs' run to the 1-yard line, which set up Mimbs' first touchdown in a uniform. Mimbs' gained 19 yards on 21 carries.
"Our running game returned today," tackle Reggie Smith said. "It was a different feeling this week. We had confidence that the plays would work."
drive, fumbled and Friess fell on the ball at the Kansas 4.
The Jayhawks couldn't move the ball and Bucky Scribiner was forced to punt from his own end zone, and Oklahoma State took over on the KU 44.
THEY TOOK the ball to the KU 21 and had a fourth-and-2 situation. instead of kicking a field goal to put the Cowboys up by 10 points, Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson decided to go back and win the game over linebacker Mike Arbanas and Fries again stopped the GSU back short of the first down.
"The coach's decision didn't surprise me," Friess said. "They had been running pretty well against us and I expected them to give it to Anderson, but they didn't."
"The play shouldn't even have been that close.
If I hadn't missed a tackle in the backfield, he
would have scored."
The Kansas offense wasted no time taking advantage of the play, as quarterback Frank Seurer, 11 of 28 for 172 yards, hit Bobby Johnson on an 80-yard touchdown strike. Seurer pump-faked short and Johnson, who never broke stride, caught the ball at the OSU 40 and OSU defensive backs to the goal line. It was the longest career play for both Kansas players.
"We ran that play earlier and I made the wrong read and it almost got picked off." Seurer said.
THE JAYHAWKS had two more chances to
score, but both came up short. Factors a sump wind and an OSU defense that handed out more punishment than the Jayhawks have received all year, Kansas took over on its own 46. Mimba gained just i t yard on first down and then Seurer threw an incomplete pass to Russ Bastin. The KU coaches agreed with the officials, saying Bastin was in bounds, but it was to no avail.
On 'third and 9, Seurer passed to Wayne Capers, who would have had the first down if he had caught the ball. The OSU defensive back hit the ball before the ball got there, but no flair was thrown.
If the coaches were upset with that call, the next play caused even more of an outcry.
THE JAYHAWKS once again were unable to move the ball as three Suerers fell incomplete. A punt by Scriner ran out the clock and Jayhawks had their second tie of the season.
The Jayhawks punched, but got a final chance when KU safety Gary Coleman annihilated receiver Terry Young, who fumbled after gaining 18 vards.
But the atmosphere in the locker room was lot different than the scene in the Kentuck locker room after the first tie. The locker room was that of a team, not a bunch of individu
"This team got together and reached for some pride," trailed Renwick Alkmaad. "It was "would be great to have this," he said.
And that type of feeling, everyone pulling for
everyone else, was missing from the Jayhawks in their first four games. But this team, one that had been criticized for its lack of enthusiasm and unity, had shown just that on Saturday.
"You think about it, we came into this game with only one victory in four games," Atkins said. "Now its five and just one. But the difference is different and there's nowhere to go up but us."
JAYHAWK NOTES—Frank Seurer has now moved ahead of Bobby Douglas into second place on the all-time Kansas passing list, Seurer, who now has 2,934 yards through the air in his career, trails only David Jaynes on the all-time list. Javens had 5,122 yards in his career.
"And that's exactly where we are going."
Five starters top the injury list following the OSU game. Tailback Kerwin Bell, knee, and defensive tackle Broderick Thompson, leg, are both doubtful for the KU-Oklahoma game; Rod Demerrite, ankle, Dave Gereux, shoulder, are questionable; and Ernie Wright, who sat out the Oklahoma State game with a knee injury, is expected back against the Sooners.
Anderson's 'good day' turns into record outing
The Kansas-Kansas State game Oct. 23 has been sold out. But Kansas fans won't have to miss the game because it will be nationally televised by WTBS-Atlanta starting at 7:10 p.m. In other Big Eight action this week, Miami and Kansas State battled to a 7-7 tie; Nebraska and Iowa defeated Alabama upset up 13th-ranked Texas, 28-22, and Iowa destroyed Kent State, 44-7.
Associate Sports Editor
By TOM COOK
Ernest Anderson said he felt confident as he strote onto the playing field of Lewis Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. , Saturday.
The sun shined brightly and a brisk breeze swirled as he went through his warm-up drills.
"I just thought that I might have a good day," Anderson, at a 311, 190-pound daycare from Anderson.
A "good day" ended up being far from reality. What Anderson did Saturday against the Jahywhanks ranks as the top single performance by an opponent in KU history.
Not since Syracuse's Joe Morris rushed for 322 yards against the Jayhawks a couple of years ago had anyone darted through the KU defense as Anderson did.
"Shoot, he had a great day," said OSU defensive end Gary Chuckerley. "He got nearly 30 yards."
ANDERSON SAID after the game that he "just happened to have a good day."
Anderson actually rambled for 270 yards on 36 carries, breaking the single-game OSUushing record.
His rushing total also enabled him to join Miller as the only other OSU running back to rush for more than 200 yards in a game twice in the same season. Anderson's other 200-yard game and previous best this year was a 220-yard run. Cowboy's opener against North Texas State.
But the junior training back from Orange, Texas, remained modest about his performance.
"My performance isn't too good unless we win," Anderson said. "I just happened to have a good day. But yards don't always mean a good day. I sometimes charge some of those yards into touchdowns."
ANDERSON, WHO leads the nation in rushing after four games, already has picked up 837
yards on 135 carries for a 6.2-yard average and
209 yards per game and he is close to equaling
In his first two years at Oklahoma State,
Anderson garrered 14,14 yards and last season
had a touchdown.
Why the switch from medicinity to stardom?
For openers, Anderson is just now getting his chance to run the football with any regularity.
When OSU moved predominantly to the information, Anderson was moved from fallback to tailback, a position he said he enjoyed more.
Along with the switch came more responsible, said OSU head coach Jimmy Johnson.
"We feel that we've got to give him the ball more now." Johnson said.
The second time he touched the ball Saturday he scampered 84 sB yards for a touchdown, eluding several KS defenders and giving OSU an early 6-0 lead in the first quarter.
"IF YOU have 11 people execute, things are going to go good." Anderson said. "The line does a great job. In fact, in all the years that I've been here, I've never been around an offensive line as good as they are. The holes were definitely there."
When asked why he retired frequently to the sidelines in the second half, Anderson said that he wasn't fatigued or hurt, but that he "just needed some rest."
"I wasn't too tired and the licks weren't that hard." Anderson said. "Anyway, I never get a straight shot. I try to move around as much as I can, but sometimes I just need to take a straight shot and get up very easily."
Anderson fumbled at the start of the fourth quarter on the Kansas 8-yard line with OSU leading 24-17. He said he thought the Cowboys would win if they would have scored on that opportunity.
Despite racking up 270 of Oklahoma State's 388 yards rushing, Anderson singled out one flaw in his performance that he said might have cost the Cowboys a chance at winning the contest.
"My fumble was really crucial," he said. "We might have won the game, but instead we tied. We had a tough victory."
University of Kansas freshman running back Robert Mimbs carried the ball 21 times for 87 yards and one touchdown as the Jayhawks tied Oklahoma State 24-24, Saturday at Stillwater, Okla. Mimbs, who started the game as No. 3 tailback, is now No. 1
on the depth chart and will be one of the key figures as the 1-2- 2 Jayhawks take on the Oklahoma Sooners. The Sooners are 3-2 after upsetting Texas, 28-22, on Saturday.
Milwaukee wins AL championship
By United Press International
MILWAUKEE  The Milwaukee Brewers, riding a wave of hometown support to the first American League pennant in their 13-year history, used Cecil Coopier's two-out, two-run single in the seventh innning yesterday to sweep the former Atlanta Angels, 4-3, and into the World Series.
The victory in the deciding game of the best-of-five series came 25 years to the day after the Milwaukee Braves clinched their only championship. It made the Brewers the first team in the American League to win the playoffs after losing the first two games.
It also extended the fraternity of California manager Gene Mauch, whose team lost three straight at County Stadium after winning the game. The players were 23 years in the big leagues without a pennant.
Cooper's bases-loaded blow came with Milwaukee tailoring 3-8 and the crowd of 54,986 imploring the Brewers to complete their run to the negang and a berth in the World Series.
After Rod Carew grounded out short to first to end the game, cather Ted Simmons jumped into the arms of reliever Pete "Big Foot" Ladd and the crowd swarmed the field in jubilation.
The winning pitcher was Bob McClure, who relieved starter Pete Vuckovich with one on and one on in the seventh and threw a double-play ball to Reggie Jackson. Ladd stomped out California's last hopes by relieving McClure with one on and none out in the ninth for his second save of the series. Luis Sanchez, in relief of starter Bruce Kison,
allowed Cooper's hit and took the loss. Cooper was 2-for-19 in the series before his single.
For the Brewers, who turned their season around when Harvey Kuenn replaced Buck Rodgers on June 2 as manager of the team, they were the best team Sunday they survived a showdown with their season on the line. In an iron twist, "Harvey's Wallbangers," a team built on power, needed a freak infield single to ignite them in the seventh period. The Kuenns were the way to surviving Milwaukee's challenge.
With one out in the seventh, Charlie Moore sent a freak pop behind the mound that Sanchez was unable to handle and none of the four converging infielders could catch. Second baseman Bobby Grich came the closest, but home plate umpire Den Denkinger overruped first place umpire Al Clark and ruled it a trap instead of a catch.
The Brewers, despite making four errors, did the rest. Jim Gantner singled sharply to center with Moore stopping at second. One out later, Robin Yount won a long duel with Sanchez by walking on a 3-2 pitch. Then, with the count 1-1, Cooper, who drove in 121 runs during the season but who had only two in the playoffs to that point, lined a single to left.
The Brewers' victory completed a remarkable California collapse for a team that includes such pennant-tested veterans as Joe Burke, Jimmy Kimmel and Bob Boone. Tim Foote and Fred Lynn, the Most
Left fielder Brian Downing came up with the ball and threw home but was unable to produce the same gem that Moore made two innings earlier to bag Milwaukee out of a run.
Valuable Player of the playoff series.
Each club used a double and an error to build a run in the first and produce a 1-1 tie. Downing led off with a double for California and one out later advanced when third baseman Paul Molitor, after catching Jackson's liner for the second out, unwrestly twisted two second try to double Downing. His throw hit the runner over him to score. Anderson Lynn lifted home Downing for a 1-4 level.
California took a 2-1 lead in the third when Lynn delivered an RBI single with two out for the second straight time. Boone led off with a single and Downing sacrificed. After Carew walked and Jackson struck out, Lynn poked a single to left, raising his series average to .625.
California extended the lead to 3-1 with the help of a controversial umpiring decision in the fourth. DeCinces danced and went to third on Grich's sacrifice. Grich reached when Cooper fielded the bunt, but missed with the tag for an error. Clark called Grich out but Dinkerger overruled, noting Cooper tagged with his glove while holding the ball in his bare hand. It was this action that left out of the baseline. Boone then delivered the run with a suicide squeeze hunch single.
Cooper's error was the 12th in the series, setting a playoff record
The defensive spark by Moore deflated a California uprising in the fifth. With Jackson on first and one out, Moore charged Lynn's single and fired a strike to third base to nail Jackson. The play proved significant as Baylor followed with a single. It was Lynn's 11th hit of the series, tying an AL record set in 1976 by the New York Yankees' Chris Chambliss.
Cardinals puncture Atlanta's dream, claim NL pennant with 6-2 victory
ATLANTA — The St. Louis Cardinals punctured the dream of "America's Team" and won their first National League pennant in 14 years last night by defeating the Atlanta Braves 8-3 behind three RBI by Wille McLee and a run by Joaquín Andujar and Bruce Sutter.
GMc beetle had a two-run triple to highlight a four-run second inning and added a solo home run in the ninth to seal the Braves' doom and give the Cardinals their first pennant since 1968 — the year before major league baseball went to two division competition.
By United Press International
The Cardinals, who beat the Braves three games to none in the best-of-five series, will host the Milwaukee Brewers in the first game of the World Series beginning tomorrow night at 7:25 p.m. CDT. Milwaukee beat California 4-3 yesterday to win the American League pennant.
Although McGee provided the offensive punch, it was the pitching of Andujar and Sutter that did in the Braves. Andujar scattered six hits in 6 2-3 innings before turning the game over to Sutter, who got the last seven out in succession to notch his first save of the plays. Sutter also won Saturday night's second game with two innings of hitless relief.
the braves' inability to hit St. Louis pitching
was their downfall throughout the series. Atlanta
Atlanta manager Joe Torre tried to get his team out of its slump by shaking up his lineup — but it did no good against the right-handed duo. The Braves managed only two hits off Andujar over the first six innings and not score until the seventh when the Dominican tired.
The Cardinals managed 12 bits off starter and loser Rick Camp and five relievers and St. Louis might have even made it a bigger rout had they not stranded 11 baserunners, including leaving the bases loaded in the seventh and eighth innings.
managed only five runs and 15 hits in the three games.
Besides McGee, Ozzie Smith chipped in with three hits, including an RBI single and Keith Herrandre and George Hendrick also delivered run-scoring singles.
So balanced was St. Louis' attack throughout the series that the Most Valuable Player Award went to catcher Darrell Porter, who was not a factor in the game. Porter managed a single and two walks last night and finished the three with five hits in nine at-bats and five wins.
It didn't take long for the Cardinals to get to Camp. They chased the right-hander in the second inning, taking a 4+ lead on a four-hit triple that featured a two-run trihy at McGee.
Hernandez led off the inning with a single to left and Porter walked. Hendrick lined a single to right-center to score Hernandez. McGee followed with a triple to right-center. Ozzie Smith led to left-center to score McGee and Camp was replaced by Pascal Perez.
Andujar was nearly injured in the second innning when a hard grounder by Chris Chambliss ricocheted off his left ankle and caromed toward first base. Hernandez made the putout by beating Chambliss to the base with a head-first dive. After being checked by the trainer, Andujar returned in top form by striking out Dale Murphy.
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