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University Daily Kansan, October 4, 1982
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'Hawks lackluster as TU wins, 20-15
Thirty-five thousand five hundred twelve fans and the Tulsa football team showed up for a game.
The Kansas football team, however, didn't show up until the fourth quarter and by then it was too late. The Jayhawks now go into the Big Ten after falling after a fall to the Golden Hurricane, 20-15.
"This team definitely needs some consistency," offensive tackle Reggie Smith said. "We've been waiting until the fourth quarter, when the other team is saying 'you can't beat us.'"
"We've showed ourselves these last two weeks that we can't do it."
The Jayhawks looked as if they just wanted to get the game over with in the early going and go see Bob Hope down at Allen Field House. Even a few years ago, in win Bell could change things for the Hawks.
Kansas did jump out in front first, though, as junior Darren Green returned a Steve Cook punt 77 yards for a touchdown. Freshman safety Zachary Kessler took a key block as Green went the distance untouched.
Green's return fired up the defense as they stopped Tulsa on three plays and forced another
"THAT'S EXACTLY how we set it up," Green said. "Once I made it to the seam, I didn't see it."
GINO
STRIPPOLI
Sports Editor
punt. But quarterback Frank Scurer, in his worst game of the season, threw incomplete passes twice and then was intercepted on the Kansas 35-yard line to set up Tuisa's first score, a 10-yard run by fullback Ken Lacy that made the score 7-2 at halftime.
Kansas took the opening kickoff at the 20, proceeded to lose one yard on the next three downs and was forced to punt. Bucky Scrambler hit a 32-yard punt and Tulaa started out on its own 38.
The third quarter turned out to be the worst of everything the Jayhawks have done this season
The Golden Hurricane, on second and 18, got a big gift from the Jahaywick defense when they were caught holding, giving Gulsa a first down. Tulsa, doing what it did afternoon, ran right through the defensive line to set up a 42-yard pass by Stu Crum and give the Hurricane a 10-7 lead.
The Jayhawks were just as ineffective on their second possession, gaining six yards on three plays before扑unting. This time, however, the Jayhawks did hold and the Jayhawks got the ball back.
Kansas didn't even get three plays off as Sauer hurled and Cliff Abbott, of Liberal, passed the ball to a teammate and played to get on the board again as Mike Gunter scored on a one-yard run to up the lead to 17-7.
NOW IT was time for the Jayhaws to wake up and they did behind Bell and Seurer.
Seurer hit Russ Bastin for a 19-yard gain to start the drive, Seurer connected on three more passes to get the ball to the 4-yard line for first and goal. On first down, Bell gained 1 yard to the Tulsa 3. Then Bell, after taking a pitch from Seurer, followed devastating blocks by guard Anthony Penny and fullback E.J. Jones into the end zone to close the gap to 17-13.
The Jayhawks decided to go for two and Seurer passed to Bell, who went untouched into the playoffs.
"We went for two so a field goal could win the game," Coach Don Fambrough said.
And it looked as if Fambrough's strategy had paid off, when the Kansas defense held and the Jayhawks moved into field goal range. Bruce Kallmeyer then attempted a 43-yard field goal and it never had a chance to Carl Pendleton, who was on the loose by the left side of the Kansas line to block the kick.
THE BLOCK was even worse because Nate Harris picked up the ball and ran it 25 yards to the Kansas, which set up 45-yard field goal by Crum to widen the gap to 20-15.
"I don't know what happened on the block," said Grant Thierloff, who snaps on field goals. "They blocked two on Oklahoma State so we got 14-3. I just a breakdown of all 11 people on the team."
Kansas did have one last-gasp effort, but it just wasn't to be, as Seurer threw his third interception of the day to end the Jayhawks' last hope.
Seurer finished the day 14 of 25 for 171 yards, which isn't that bad considering he had several passes dropped. But the turnovers just killed Kansas.
"They didn't beat us," Smith said. "We beat ourselves. We set them up for everything they
NOT ONLY did the Jayhawks have five turnovers, but they also had nine penalties for 81 yards. The most damaging of these came in the second period when Sylvester Byrd was hit with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty call for swinging at a Tuska player. The penalty took the Jayhawks out of field goal range and a possible lead going into baltimore.
"This game was very disappointing for us," pambrough said. "We made enough mistakes to lose."
"We are not a very good football team at all at this point in the season. The rest of the year will tell us what type of team we have.
And the Jayhawks better come back quickly, because now the real season, the Big Eight season, begins as the Jayhawks travel to Stillwater, Okla., to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday in the Big Eight opener for both clubs.
"I wanted to let them know they need to show more pride and more leadership." Bell said. "We can't wait until the fourth quarter. We have to take more pride offensively and defensively."
The Jayhawks need an overhaul in every aspect of their game. The offense has been shuggish and the defense has been giving up a lot of vardage.
And if the Jayhawks don't turn themselves around quickly, it is going to be a long season. After Oklahoma State, they play Oklahoma, Kansas State and Nebraska on the next three weekends. If they don't improve, they'll be 0-4 at that time.
THE FIRST thing the Jayhawks are going to need is better play from both the offensive and defensive lines. After Saturday's game, Bell called the offensive line ever over and had a talk with
The coaches met for a considerable amount of time after the game on Saturday and you can bet
"We just have to go back to basics," defensive co-captain Gary Coleman said. "We've messed up a lot and now we just have to start from scratch again."
KU fullback Charlie Carlo was tackled by Tusa defenders Cliff Abbott and Timmy Gilbs during Saturday's game. Tuba bottled
up KU's running game, holding KU to 101 yards for 37 carries.
Tula won the game, 20-15.
Brewers, Braves claim division titles
By United Press International
BALTIMORE — In the end, it took a Robin and a wise old owl to subduce the birds.
With the Milwaukee Brewers on the verge of one of the worst collapses in baseball history, Robin Yount supplied the power and craft veteran Don Sutton supplied the pitching to help the Brewers pull together and win their first American League East title with a 10-9 victory yesterday over Baltimore in Earl Weaver's final game as the Orioles' manager.
"We never did panic," said Yount. "We knew going in we had to win one game. It was now or never."
Cecil Cooper added a solo honeymoon and Ted Simmons added a two-run blast as the Brewers, coming off three straight defeats to the Orioles, regained their aggressiveness in time to advance to the AL playoffs against the Angels; beginning tomorrow night in California.
Sutton, acquired from Houston late in the season to help in the stretch drive, made Milwaukee General Manager Harry Dalton look like a genius. Sutton scattered eight hits over eight innings in raising his record to 4-1 with Milwaukee. Sutton never lost his composure despite a minor incident involving a scuffed baseball
"After watching the Brewers from afar, I thought they would win, and when I got close to them I knew they would win," Sutton said. "I hope this pays Harry back for paying the money
The Brewers mobbed left fielder Ben Oglivie
Kansas triumphs over Johnson Co.
Sports Writer
By JEFF CRAVENS Sports Writer
After sweeping the Johnson County Community College Kansans in a double-header last week, the Jayhawk baseball team will close out the fall portion of their schedule Saturday with a double-header against Northeast Oklahoma.
Yesterday, the 'Hawks got two shutouts as they whipped Johnson County, 13-0 and 7-0.
"We played a lot better than we did earlier in the fall," said head coach Marty Pattin. "We executed better and didn't have the mental mistakes."
Jimmy Phillips and Chris Ackley pitched the first game for KU. The Jawahres got all the runs they needed in the first inning as they scored five times. Jim Heeney and Kevin Basqued both had RBI singles and Nick Zynch knocked in two runs with a double.
In the second game, Ron Barbeck and John Evans continued to shut down Johnson County, pitching seven more innings of scoreless ball. Designated hitter Phil Doherty opened the scoring for the Jayhawks with an RH double in the first inning. Joel Gibson added an RBI single in the fourth inning, and in the sixth inning with Dick Lewallen delivering a two-run single to provide the big blow.
"I was happy with the way both Phillips and Ackley pitched," Patton said. "This is the first chance they've had to pitch and they looked sharp."
KU added five more runs in the third inning with Mike Ingraham knocking in a run with a single. The Heeneys, Jim and Joe, also added six ground out and a sacrifice fly, respectively.
Doberty, who played for the first time this fall, is still recovering from a shoulder injury and is not ready to play at first base, his normal position.
Junior college transfers Zynch and Baque
Junior Jim Hemey are swinging the bat well
Wilson sneaks in back door to win league batting crown
By United Press International
With the A's ahead of the Royals 6-3 in the ninth inning yesterday, Beard struck out the first two batters and had an 0-1 count on Royal when Oakland Manager Billy Martin visited the mound. Martin then summoned trainer Emanuel einberg to inspect Beard's right forearm.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Oakland pitcher Dave Beard developed a tender pitch arm and Kansas City outfielder Mark Ryal found his glasses fogging rather suddenly in the cold after a fierce female — and it all had to do with Willie Wills of the Royals winning his first batting crown.
After five minutes and a couple of warm-up tosses, Beard was again ready to pitch. But Ryal strolled over to the Kansas City dugout and spent two minutes fiddling with his glasses. He took off his batting helmet and then put it back on and strolled to the plate.
The seven-minute drama ended. Milwaukee shortstop Robin Yount, 950 miles away in Baltimore, tripped. He scored two outs later to give the Brewers a 5-1 lead on the first pitch of the Baltimore Orioles. That gave Milwaukee the American League Eastern Division title.
But both the A's and the Royals were less concerned with Milwaukee winning a title.
The Milwaukee shortstop entered yesterday's game with a .328 batting average .055 behind the league-leader. And Oakland sat it out the finale against Oakland.
Kansas City Public Relations Director Dean Vogelar was on the phone to the Baltimore press box during the eighth inning of the Oriole game and informed Kansas City Manager Dick Howser that Yount was scheduled to bat that innning.
But when Yount homered in his first two at bats, Wilson and the Royals began to worry about what was to come.
Martin came bounding out of the Oakland dogout a short time later to speak with Beard and I.
"Howser called me (on the dugout phone)
When Yount tripped in the eighth, Vogelarai informed Howser. After a brief conference with Wilson and after concluding that Yount would not bat again in the Baltimore game, Howser decided to let Ryal continue batting. He grounded out to eed the Oakland game.
and I was buying time for Wilson," Martin said. "If a courtsey I'd have done the same."
"Billy, who?" Howser responded when asked about the phone call. "No, I didn't call him. (The delay on the mound) had nothing to do it. Sure, I was in contact with Vogelarin in the press box. But Ryal had problems with his glasses in the past."
Wilson became even more worried after his game, however, when the Brewers rallied for five more runs in the ninth and Yount got another at bat. A hit would have won for Yount the batting title — .3318 to Wilson's .3316 — but he was instead hit by a Dennis Martinez pitch and finished the season at .3007
"We were trying to find out what Yount was going to do, ... but we didn't want to make a change."
And Wilson had his batting title.
"I'll play, at least for a little bit." Wilson told Mike McKenzie of the Kansas City Star. "I want to win the batting title the regular way."
"I'm going to send a letter to the guy who hit Robin," said a gleeful Wilson. "I didn't want to win it by sneaking in the back door . . . but I did sneak in the back door."
Wilson informed a Kansas City reporter Saturday night that he would indeed play in
But when the lineups were posted for the game, Wilson was not listed. A session with Howser and Kansas City General Manager John Scherbehall had elighted his mind.
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"Willie wanted to play." Hower said. "But if you look at it, the percentages were against him (Yount). Why play? Let the other guy beat you. He beat you to go 4-for-5 to beat you. Just sit back and see how Yount does. We agreed when we showed him the stats. If he had batted one time and not gotten a hit, that would have been the difference."
"The American League could not have had a better finish," said Weaver, who popped out of the dugout twice as the fans gave him a long standing ovation. "The umpiring was fine. I couldn't ask for a better sendoff. I'm disappointed, naturally."
after he made the final out and met on the pitcher's mound to embrace one another. Oglive then went over and hugged club president Bud Selig.
A crowd of 51,642 at Memorial Stadium began chanting "Wear Want Earl" as the Orlando players came out.
At San Diego, it must rank as one of the strangest scenes in this strangest of baseball seasons: the Atlanta Braves, losing 5-1 in the top of the ninth inning on the final day of the season. A victory over the San Diego Padres gives them the National League West championship.
And just one out from defeat in their biggest game of the year, the Braves suddenly erupted in the dugout high-fiving each other nearly to the point of flancing, laughing and letting out whose of love.
If they could have, all 40 Braves would have given Joe Morgan a big kiss right then. Morgan, nearly 500 miles away in San Francisco, had just cracked a three-run homer in the seventh inning that gave the Giants a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And that Los Angeles defeated gave the roller-coaster Atlanta Braves their first championship.
As the game in San Francisco ended, the Braves were packed into their locker room. And then the room exploded in shouts and champagne.
"We would rather have had the celebration on the mound," said the champagne-soaked Torre, "but what the hell. This way we get to keep our hats."
For manager Jorce Torn, the end enabled his team to avoid a post-game crash on the field.
"I'm just so satisfied. These guys have played with their hearts all year."
Rookie Alan Wiggins climaxed a five-run fifth inning with a three-run triple that enabled the Padres to defeat Atlanta. San Diego got two big wins, one of them involving second base ampire Bob Engel.
Tony Gwynn opened with a foul fly to leaf, which terry Harper caught up with but he let it slip through his hands. Gwynn then lined a single to center. Broderick Perkins then hit what appeared to be a double-play grounder toward second, but Engel was struck on the right leg and it went for an infield single. Tim Flannery singled to load the bases and pitcher Tim Lollar forced Camp to walk to bring in Gwynn and tie the game.
Wiggins followed with a triple down the left field line that clashed the bases. Gene Richards hit the left foot on the ground.
Up to the fifth inning, Rick Camp, 14, had held San Diego in check and had permitted only one runner to get as far as second base. Left-hander Joshua Dugan hit an out on one hit, a fifth inning homer by Harper.
Although the Braves had finished in the second division eight straight years, it did not take them long to indicate that they were a different team under Torre. They opened the season with 13 straight victories, the best start ever by a major-league club.
On July 29, the Braves owned a nine-game bulge over the Padres and a 10½ game lead over third-placed Los Angeles. Then the Dodgers went to Atlanta and swept a four-game series, marking the beginning of a disastrous slide that saw the Braves lose 19 of 21 games while the Dodgers were winning 12 of 13. By Aug. 18, the Braves were four games behind.
"I think the guys matured after losing 19 of
21." Torre said, "That's when we came of age."
The Braves' pitching staff, considered shaky at the beginning of the season, received a C Young-type year from veteran knuckleballer Phil Niekro, 17-4. He fashioned two straight shutouts, allowing only five hits in two crucial victories on the Braves' final road trip.
Strong singles play enables Kansas to defeat Husker, K-State net teams
Bv JEFF CRAVENS
By JEFF CRAVEN
Sports Writer
Kansas opened against Nebraska and won the match, 5-4. In the No. 1 singles match, Brett Blair fell to Craig Johnson, 6-4, 6-1; No. 2 Scot Alexander beat Jim Carson, 6-4, 6-3; No. 5 Michael Center whipped Ridge Simidt, 7-6, 6-2; Charles Stearns, the No. 4 player, defeated Brian Gale, 7-5, 6-3; Alex DeGroot beog Doug Elssar, 7-5, 7-6; and Jim Syrtet beat Asbin Basin, 6-4 to take the No. 6 match.
"We played some awesome singles," said head coach Scott Ferelman. "We didn't play very well in doubles, but overall it was a really good weekend."
Led by a strong performance in the singles competition, the Jayhawk men's tennis team swept both Nebraska and Kansas State in Manhattan Friday.
KANSAS, HOWEVER, lost all three doubles matches to the Cornhuskers. In No. 1 doubles, Blair and Center fell to Carson and Johnson, 6-4, 6-1; No 2 Alexander and Syrett lost to Smith and Vasan, 6-4, 6-1; and No 3 Stearns and Caciopolli fell to Edwards and Basin, 7-5, 6-3.
"We need to work on the fundamentals in playing doubles." Perelman said, "I thought we were better than we are, but we'll work on that during the rest of the fall."
Against Kansas State, the Jayhawks won, 6-3. Blair again lost in last 1. singles, losing to Jeff Jackard, 7-6, 6-1. No 2. Alexander beat Kurt Thompson, 6-4, 1-6. Center shuffled Gary Hassenfelt, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in 3 action; No 4. Stearns beat Krist James, 6-3, 6-4; No 5. Hassenfelt, 6-3, 6-4 in 3 match; No 6 match, best decker Bolt in the No. 6 match, 6-2, 6-2
IN THE doubles competition, Blair and Center leet to Gary Hasselman and Thompson, 6-1, 3-6.
were beaten, 6-3, 6-0 by Jackard and James. In the No. 3 match, KU finally won its first doubles match of the day with Stearns and Caciopolini beat Mark Hassenflue and Bohn, 6-2, 6-3.
"Brett Baird at No. 1 is going to have to work harder on his game," Perelman said. "Both of us are still trying, but which is what you're going to find at this level?" Baird missed the Jahayws' first meet against
Blair missed the Jayhawks' first against Baker and was seeing his first action of the fall as he left.
The Jaywhaeks must improve their doubles play to continue winning against top competitors.
"We learned a cheap lesson this weekend," he said. "If we hadn't had great play from our singles players, we would have lost both matches.
"But anytime you win two matches, you have to be happy. Nebraska had a darn good team, so you are going to do it."
THE JAYHAWKS will travel to Nebraska next weekend to face the Cornhoppers in Lincoln. They wind up their season back at Kansas State on Oct. 23 in a duel with the Wildcats.
Pereman, who coaches both the men's and women's teams, has emphasized conditioning during the fall and he sees the difference it has made.
"Everyone is feeling good and I hope that the whole program is turning around."
"I heard a couple of the men's players talking on the way back, and they said that we would have lost both matches last year," said Pereman. "I think that both the men and the team having that hard work is paying off. We're coming up the bump from a losing team to a winning team.
JAYHAWK NOTES: The women's tennis team, which is 2-0 this fall, will travel to Lincoln Oct. 8 to face Nebrava and Oral Roberts. They will up their season at Kansas State on Oct. 23.
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