6B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
TENNIS
TENNIS Venus advances despite hurt knee. Safin done
NEW YORK — Venus Williams moved on and Marat Safin said goodbye at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Venus hurt the knee in the opener, but if she was still in pain in the second round, her opponent couldn't tell.
"She was moving like a cat," Mattek-Sands said.
While Williams advances to the third round, Safin's Grand Slam career is over.
Associated Press
Mangino welcomes beginning of season
BASEBALL Tampa Bay victory keeps playoff dreams alive
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Pat Burrell snapped an eighth-inning tie with a RBI single and Evan Longoria followed with a two-run homer Wednesday night to help Tampa Bay avoid falling farther back in the AL playoff race with an 8-5 victory over Boston.
A night after playing poorly in the opener of a series crucial to their hopes of returning to the postseason, the defending AL champions rebounded with a solid effort to nudge back within five games of the wild card-leading Red Sox.
J. P. Howell (7-4) pitched one inning to earn the victory, despite allowing Boston to tie the game 5-all in the eighth on his wild pitch with the bases loaded.Dan Wheeler got the final two outs for his second save.
Associated Press
LETTER
The following is an annual letter to Kansas football fans from head coach Mark Mangino. With Saturday's game against Northern Colorado, Mangino will begin his eighth year at Kansas.
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Mark Mangino
Head Football Coach
September 3,2009
Dear Students:
The 2009 football season kicks off Saturday evening with your Jayhawks hosting Northern Colorado at Kivisto Field in Memorial Stadium.
We have a great home schedule this season featuring outstanding competition from Big 12 foes and non-conference teams.
I want to thank our student body for coming out year after year to cheer on the Hawks. Our student section is one of the loudest in the country. Keep up the good work!
In closing, please cheer in a responsible manner. Have respect for our opponents and their fans as well as the fans around you. Cheer loud, but do it with class!
MLB
Cardinal batter off disabled list; much playing time still unlikely
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — Troy Glaus was a big bat in the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup last season. In the final month of 2009, he's likely to be a seldom used spare part.
Glaus was activated from the 60-day disabled list Monday after
finally being deemed ready to play following shoulder surgery in January. The Cardinals long ago moved on without Glaus, who had 27 homers and 99 RBIs last year, and he had zero stats with the clock ticking down on 2009 and free agency awaiting.
"We've played five months without him. I can't guarantee him playing time."
TONY LA RUSSA
Cardinals manager
In his first at-bat of the season, Glaus struck out as a pinch hitter against Chris Smith to end the sixth.
June. Khalil Greene also worked there during his rehab stints for social anxiety disorder.
Mark DeRosa took over at third base Glaus' old position after being acquired from the Indians in late
Plus the Cardinals are driving for an NL Central title, and perhaps the best record in the NL, and manager Tony La Russa doesn't want to disrupt their second-half charge. La Russa said he made it
clear to the 33-yearold Glaus that he'd be emphasizing the team in the final month.
"He's coming in at a difficult time," La Russa said Tuesday. "We've played five months without him. I can't guarantee him playing time just."
ready and if you get a call do the best you can."
In addition to shoulder woes, Glaus' rehab was elongated by a bulging disk in his back. The original forecast called for Glaus to be at full strength in May, La Russa said there was no urgency to try to get Glaus up to speed in time for
the postseason, and he hasn't been in the lineup either of two games since his belated arrival.
"I mean, how do you do that?" La Russa said. "How is it possible to do that? So, who doesn't play?"
Glaus wasn't impressive at Triple-A Memphis, either, batting 2.16 in 51 at-bats with three homers, eight RBIs and 17 strikeouts. The Cardinals weren't sure he could make the throws from third until watching him work out on Tuesday.
Glaus said there's still some pain in the shoulder but insisted he would not be a defensive liability. He was willing to do whatever the Cardinals needed, and was on the on-deck circle preparing to pinch hit when the last out of the eighth inning was made on Tuesday.
"I want to play and I want to help this team any way I can," Glaus said. "I don't know what that's going to be, and I think we'll all find out in the weeks to come."
If it's pinch hitting, said Glaus will do his best to make the adjustments.
St. Louis Cardinals' Troy Glaus walks back to the dugout after striking out during his first at-bat of the season during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday in St. Louis. Glaus was activated from the 60-day disabled list Monday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BASEBALL Cardinals ahead of Brewers in series
ST. LOUIS — Chris Carpenter won his 10th straight decision despite laboring at times, Skip Schumaker was 4 for 4 with two RBIs and the St. Louis Cardinals clobbered the Milwaukee Brewers 10-3 on Wednesday night.
Yadier Molina had a pair of RBI doubles and finished with three hits for the NL Central leaders, whose $10\frac{1}{2}$-game lead is the best in baseball. Troy Glaus, activated from the 60-day disabled list from a shoulder injury Monday, struck out as a pinch hitter to end the sixth in his first at-bat of the season.
The Brewers had runners in scoring position every inning except the sixth, the final inning for Carpenter (15-3), when he retired the side in order.
The St. Louis offense made those struggles a moot point, finishing with 16 hits off Dave Bush (3-6) and the Brewers' bullpen. The Cardinals have scored 17 runs in the first two games of the three-game series.
Associated Press
PING PONG Chinese table tennis star finally allowed to date
BEJING — As the reigning table tennis world champion with two Olympic silver medals under his belt, China's Wang Hao almost had it all — except a girlfriend.
Strict control of athletes' personal lives is common in China's rigid state-run sporting system, which groomes young hopefuls in specialized sports schools around the country to become gold medalists, providing them with intensive training and free food clothes and shelter.
"Both of them are old enough and it's normal," the newspaper quoted Peng's coach Qiao Yunping as saying.
The 25-year-old was banned from dating until recently, when national team officials permitted his relationship with former national teammate, 23-year-old Peng Luyang, the government-owned Shijian Daily reported Wednesday.
Under the watchful eye of team officials, star athletes are often banned from dating or marrying until a certain age, restricted in endorsement contracts and sometimes have a large percentage of their winnings taken away.
Associated Press
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