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University Daily Kansan/Tuesday October 15, 1991
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Tennis team is successful at tourney
By Steve Hudson
Special to the Kansan
The Kansas women's tennis team expected tough competition last week end at the Northwestern Invitational tournament, and the Western University in Evansston, Ill.
The tournament included two nationally ranked schools, No. 10 Duke and No. 15 Kentucky, as well as Wisconsin Forest, Northwestern and Kansas.
Two flights of singles and one flight of doubles were played. A flight is a contest between players of equal rank. The 'Hawks number one singles player, senior Eveline Hamers, took control of the A flight from the outset. After a first round bye, she defeated Kira Greensen of Wisconsin 6-2, 8-1.
Next, Hamers be teammate Nora Koves 6-2, 6-2. In the semifinals, she remained consistent, overwhelming Susan Sommerville of Duke 6-2, 6-3. Hamers then defeated Duke's Christine Neuman 6-1, 6-4 in the final.
Her play drew praise from other Kansas players.
"Eveline played extremely well, teammate Abby Woods said. "She played really well."
Hamers joined freshman Rebecca Jensen in the doubles flight. Hamers and Jensen were seeded second but played as if they won the tourna-
After a first-round bye, the duo dispensed with a Duke team, winning 6,2. 6-3. They then defeated Wake Forest 6-0. 6-3.
After their seminal opponent defaulted, Hamers and Jensen faced the second-ranked doubles team in the nation, the Duke team of Sammerville.
Hamers and Jensen jumped out to a first-set lead, winning 6-2. But Duke battled back, winning the second set 6-2. In the final set, Kansas edged out the Blue Devils team 6-4, capturing the doubles' title.
Although places were not given for overall team finishes, the Jayhawks won the A-flight singles and doubles. Also, the B-flight players, senior Laura Hageman and sophomores Abby Woods, Buffy McLiney and Casey Cooley, all won matches during the three-day tournament.
Emphasizing the caliber of competition, Woods said, "It was very tough. There was not an easy match for anyone."
Woods said that players sometimes had trouble concentrating during long tournaments. She said, however, that they did not maintain their level of intensity.
"We all kept fighting and had already good tournament," she said. "Each day we had improvement. We really stepped up to another level."
The team will see action Nov. 6-10 at Nebraska
Pirates slip away with playoff lead
ATLANTA — The Pittsburgh Pirates gave Atlanta every chance to win. They really did.
The Associated Press
The Braves wouldn't bite. They blew an early bases-lead chance to score, missed another opportunity when David Justice stepped over third base and then stranded Terry McBatton at third in the eighth inning.
Then in the ninth, they stranded a runner on third for the third time. Relief pitcher Roger Mason retired Marti McMahon and Jeff Blauer, end-ender.
Zane Smith outpitched Tom Glavine, and this time it was the
The Pirates, a day earlier in danger of going back to Pittsburgh out of the playoffs, instead will return to Three Rivers Stadium for the sixth game tomorrow night. What's more, first-game winner Doug Drabek will have recovered from his hamstring injury and will be ready to pitch against Steve Avery, a 1-0 winner in the second game.
Pirates' turn to hang on as they beat the Braves 1-0 yesterday for a 3-2 lead in the NL playoffs.
Smith and Mason combined and scattered eight hits and increase Atlanta's scoreless streak to 18 innings. Mason took over after Pendleton's two-out triple in the fourth, and Ron Gant out on a popup.
Jose Lind, the eight hitter in the Pirates' lineup, hit a single in the fifth innning, bringing home the only run. Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla and Andy Van Slyke were in a slump, making them hitless in 7 at-bats.
with runners on base.
In the ninth, pinch hitter Tommy Gregg and Greg Olson both hit singles with one out. A grounder hit by Lemke moved Gregg to third, and Blauer hit a pop fly to right field, making the final out.
Justice, whose wild throw Sunday night led to the tying run in Pittsburgh 8-3, 12-0. Inning win, again was middle of the middle of the Brewbull bumming.
Justice was on second base with two outs in the fourth inning when Lemke hit a single to left field. Justice was running all the way, but he tripped as he neared third base and stepped over the bag.
Justice kept going and tipoted home ahead of catcher DON Slaughter's tag. Third baseman Steve Buechele to call down to call attention to the mistake.
While Justice stood halfway to the dugout, Smith calmly took the ball from Slaughter and threw to third, where wmpire Frank Pankli was waiting to make the call. There was no argument from Justice, who saw the "out" sign as he stood near owner Ted Turner.
Tomorrow's game
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Averv (18-8) Drabek (15-14)
National League
Game 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Notes: Today is a travel day in the M.L.
Yesterday, Pittsburgh defeated Atlanta
1- and leads the series 3-2
Dan Janousek/ Special to the KANSAN
Source: The Associated Press DALIAM Z BAUHU
The ball stops here
Arturo Ayala, Houston, Texas, junior, practices his fielding technique during a practice session at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. Behind him is Chris Kokaly, Bay City, Mich., sophomore. The Jayhawks will begin the spring season Feb. 14.
'Late Night' move to Friday may lure big crowd, recruits
By Jeff Kobs
Kansan Sportswrite
"Late Night with Roy Williams," the traditional celebration that kicks off the KU basketball season, will be a little late this year.
"Late Night" will move from its usual midnight start on the first day of practice, which is today, to Friday night.
Bob Frederick, athletic director, said he and coach Roy Williams had agreed on the arrangement.
"We felt like there were several problems involved with a weeknight," he said. "For one, doing it that way kept students up late."
"It kept players up late and made it hard for them to practice."
Today is the first day teams can practice in accordance with NCAA rules.
The move to Friday will make "Late Night" part of the homecoming activities planned for the weekend.
Homecoming weekend activities begin at 6:30 Friday night with the Kansas Colorado Colorado football match and a game of the Big Eight Conference standings.
The "Late Night" festivities will begin at 9 p.m. with skins done by the team and Jayhawk spirit groups, including a performance by the band.
Janie Kobert, a St. Joseph, Mo., senior who is on the spirit squad, said it would perform a routine and a skit.
"We're going to do a dating-game skit with the players," she said. "It should be pretty funny."
Kobett said the annual celebration was always a good time for the spirit squad.
"It's fun to interact with the team and see a different side of them," she
said.
The $1 tickets can be bought during the celebrations, and three randomly drawn winners will participate in a shoot-out during "Late Night." Prizes for the shoot-out winners will include a seat behind the Kansas bench and a seat next to Max Falkenstein and Bob Davis, the coaches of the Jayhawks, along with autographed basketballs, sweatshirts and game tickets.
Jodi Anderson, who heads the steering committee for the playground, said the playground would be funded by a grant to physical abilities could play together.
The playground will be built in the shape of a basketball at Hillcrest Elementary School, where most of the children with disabilities attend school.
"It a tribute to the whole history of Kansas basketball tradition," Ander-
A 30-minute team scrimmage at 10 p.m. will can the event.
Frederick said that having "Late light" on a Friday would give people rom out of town a chance to attend.
"Recruits on campus can get in on the excitement," he said.
Recruiting expert Bob Gibbons said that three recruit prospects for Kansas would come to "Late Night."
Gibbons said 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Darnen Hancock from Garden City Community College, 6-4 in Class A. He went to City, and 6-7 forward Chris Davis from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., would attend "Late Night."
"These are three of their top recruits." Bongonsaid.
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Volleyball team to play Tigers
The Kansas Volleyball team with face the Missouri Tigers tonight in a Big Eight Conference clash at Missouri.
The Jayhawks and Tigers both won regular season matches against each other last year. Kansas' loss was at Missouri.
"They played out of their minds."
Kansas coach Frankie Albiz said.
"We're going to have to be ready to play this match."
Albitz said the Jayhawks were not looking past Missouri because of its 0-4 conference record.
"It doesn't mean anything," she said. "They see it as a first step up from the cellar. They probably consider us vulnerable."
Because of a back injury, junior middle blocker Kim DeHoff did not play in the Jayhawks 3-0 victory against Northeastern Illinois Friday.
Albiz said that DeHoff probably would not play in tonight's game but that the Jayhawks would be able to adjust.
"Wehavealotofplayersinthatposition,"Albitzsaid.
K-State takes football honors
KANASCITY, Mo. — KansasState made a clean sweep in the Big Eight player-of-the-week sweepstakes yesterday with the selection of quarterback Paul Watson and linebacker Brooks Barta.
Watson, a Kansas City, Mo., senior,
was selected for offensive honors yester-
day after leading the Wildcats on
quarter-four scoring drives of 94 and
66 yards in a 16-12 victory against
Kansas.
Watson completed 18 of 36 passes for
209 vards and a touchdown. He converted all four third-down attempts and 10 of 15 passes for 145 yards on the twolate scoring drives.
Watson won in a split vote against Nebraska quarterback Keithen McCant, who completed 17 of 19 passes and 40-19 victory against Oklahoma State.
Barta, a Smith Center junior, led K-State with 17 tackles, broke up a pass and contributed a sack. Three of his tackles were down in attempts wild in Wildcat territory.
Barta won in a split vote against Oklahoma linebacker Joe Bowden, who had 18 tackles in the Sooners' 10-7 loss to Texas.
Waters may be penalized
Waters ran up behind Saints' wide receiver Eric Martin shortly after the game at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia and hit him in the back of the net. He was sent off. Waters then ran, but Martin caught him. They were quickly separated.
NEW ORLEANS— New Orleans
Saints president and general manager
Jim Finks said disciplinary action
might be taken against Philadelphia
Eagles defensive back Andrew Waters
after the Saints' 19-84 victory Sunday.
"Everybody's waiting for the commissioner to do something," Finks told the New Orleans Quarterback Club yesterday. "I think it starts with the club. I think they're the ones who are going to have to take the action. If the commissioner wants to do something beyond that, that's up to him.
"We don't want that in our club. If that same situation happened with one of our players, we wouldn't have to be told by the league office to do something. We would take action. And I would suspect that (coach) Achich Kotite and the Philadelphia Eagles will take some action."
—From staff and AP reports
Associated Press top25
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press 1911 college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 12, total points and last week's ranking.
| | Rec. | pts. pvs. |
| :--- | :--- | ---: |
| 1. Florida St. (56) | 6-0-0 | 1,472 1 |
| 2. Miami (1) | 6-0-0 | 1,392 2 |
| 3. Washington (2) | 6-0-0 | 1,384 3 |
| 4. Michigan | 4-1-0 | 1,282 5 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 5-1-0 | 1,236 7 |
| 6. Florida | 5-1-0 | 1,179 10 |
| 7. California | 5-0-0 | 1,021 13 |
| 8. Tennessee | 4-1-0 | 998 4 |
| 9. Nebraska | 4-1-0 | 922 14 |
| 10. Penn St. | 5-2-0 | 883 9 |
| 11. N. Carolina St. | 5-2-0 | 856 16 |
| 12. Oklahoma | 4-1-0 | 760 6 |
| 13. Illinois | 4-1-0 | 744 20 |
| 14. Alabama | 5-1-0 | 691 19 |
| 15. Iowa | 4-1-0 | 664 17 |
| 16. Baylor | 5-1-0 | 629 8 |
| 17. Georgia | 5-1-0 | 571 22 |
| 18. Ohio St. | 5-1-0 | 504 11 |
| 19. Texas & A&M | 5-1-0 | 382 21 |
| 20. Pittsburgh | 5-1-0 | 316 12 |
| 21. Clemson | 3-1-1 | 239 18 |
| 22. Colorado | 3-2-0 | 229 25 |
| 23. East Carolina | 5-1-0 | 170 — |
| 24. Syracuse | 4-2-0 | 138 15 |
| 25. Arizona St. | 4-2-0 | 122 — |
Others receiving votes: Mississippi St 80, Auburn 77, Air Force 47, Fresno St 33, Georgia Tech 29, Texas 27, Indiana 25, Southern C12, UCLA 19, North Carolina 10, Mississippi 8, Rutgers 5, Arkansas 3, Virginia 3, Texas Christian 2, Rice 1
Losses don't discourage team
By David Mitchell
Kansan Sportswriter
Iowa State spied the Kansas hockey club's season opener this weekend in Ames. The Cyclones defeated Kansas 9-0 Saturday and 6-4 Sunday.
"They're one of the best clubs in the country," goaltender Jake Anderson said. "They're the kind of team that if mistakes, they’re going to pound you."
Iowa State jumped out to a 7-lead in the first period on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Jayhawks settled down. The Cyclones led 5-4 in the third period when the "Hawks apparently tied the game.
"They intimidated us a little bit," said Anderson, who is also club president.
Anderson, Owatonna, Minn., junior,
said a shot on goal went in, banged off
the ball.
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The officials disallowed the goal, ruling it had hit the side post.
"That changed the complexion of the game." Anderson said.
Iowa State scored again in the game's final minutes to secure the victory.
Anderson said playing the Cyclones on Sunday boosted the team's confidence.
"Sunday, we played them pretty tough," Anderson said. "We were pretty happy with the way we played."
However, the defeats were not the team's only losses. Team captain Zion Bridges won against rightbound during Sunday's game and will be sidelined for at least two weeks.
Zimberoff said the shot ruptured his olecranon bursa, which lubricates the joint. The center's arm required five
Though the Chicago senior was the team's leading scorer a year ago, Zimberoff said his teammates would be fine without him.
"They'll have to give an extra effort," he said, "but I'm confident they'll be able to step up and pull their weight."
This weekend the team will travel to Colorado. The Jayhawks will take on Colorado State on Friday, Colorado on Saturday and Denver University on Sunday. The Jayhawks have never any of the Colorado teams before.
stitches, a cast and a tube to drain fluid from the elbow.
the squad does have many young players. The team's 18-mantravelroster featured seven freshman last weekend.
The team's first home game will be at 4:30 p.m.on Nov.16.
N.Y. Giants squeak by Steelers 23-20
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH - Matt Bairn '44-yard field goal with four seconds left gave the New York Giants a 23-20 victory against Pittsburgh last night after the Giants had blown a 26-point lead.
The winning kick came after the Steelers, who had trailed 20-0 midway through the third quarter, tied the game with 50 seconds left on a 5-yard pass from backup quarterback Neil D'Ornell to Eric Green.
But the Giants offensives, which had done nothing in the final 20 minutes, got the ball in good shape after Green was penalized for a demonstration in the end zone. Then Gary Sanders went out of bounds and New York got the ball at its own 40.
Jeff Hostelter he tilted Dave Meggett for 16 yards and scrambled for 18 more to set up Bahr's winning kick.
Hosteler finished 14-for-25 for 118 yards, but was outshone by O'Donnell whoelled Bubry Brister with seven minutes left in the third quarter. O'Donnell finished 11-for-21 for 132 yards and two touchdowns.
With Hostetter and the offense controlling the ball and the defense shutting down Pittsburgh (3-3) inside its own 20.
the Giants (4-3) took a 20-10 lead with 7:13 left in the third quarter and seemed to have the game put away.
But then O'Donnell replaced Brister, who was just 6-for-16 for 19 vards and suddenly the Steelers came to life.
Twice they drove for field goals by Anderson, the first a 25-yarder with 3:19 left in the third quarter, then from 39 yards with 10:19 to play.
Then O'Donnell moved them 67 yards in five plays, capping the drive with a 16-yard TD pass to Louis Lipps with 4-37 left.
The defense held again and Pittsburgh got the ball again, on its own 32 with 2:19 left. Ten plays later, the Steelers were on the Giants' 5 after O'Donnell scrambled 11 yards on a third-and-1. They dropped Green in the end for the losing (or the try scoring).
New York scored three of the first four times it had the ball as Hostetler threw 12 yards for a touchdown to Howard Cross and Bahr kicked field goals of 46 and 40 yards for a 13-10 lead. But after Meggett's 30-yard touchdown run—the first rushing touchdown of his career—made it 30 of 90 runs, until a second-year man, promptly the Steelers going.