SPORTS
University Daily Kansan/Tuesdav. October 1. 1991
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Men's golf team leads tourney
Mark Rowlands/KANSAN
Brad Bruno, Bartlesville, Okla., junior, lines up his shot. Kansas led Iowa by two strokes yesterday.
'Hawks score 590 during two rounds
ByJeff Kobs
Kansas Sportswrite
Kansan Sportswriter
The other Kansas team is struggling in the middle of a 15-team field.
One Kansas men's golf team will head into today's final round of the Kansas Invitational with a two-stroke lead, despite a rough start in the tournament yesterday.
The Kansas crimson team was in 11th place after two rounds with a team total of 612.
Kansas coach Ross Randall said the Jayhawks wanted to shoot much closer to par.
"None of our guys are pleased with with the way they played," Randall said. "I was a little disappointed because we certainly didn't play the way we can play."
"But I'm more patient than they are. I've been telling them to remember it's the first day of the first tournament of the season."
Casey Brozek, who shot rounds of 72 and 74, and Tom Sims, with two rounds of 73 led Kansas golfers.
John Hess, crimson team player, and Brozek were the only Kansas players to shoot a par 27. Both men did that in the first round.
After yesterday's morning round, the blue team, with a score of 293, had a four-stroke advantage over Kent State.
However, by day's end, Iowa had come from third place and passed the Kent State Golden Flashes, coming within two stokes of Kansas.
"When you don't putt well it puts pressure on the rest of your game."
Gogel finished the day at 149, five over par.
"When I get tired, I start missing shots," Gogel said. "I didn't putt well at all in the afternoon."
Southwest Missouri State's Rolly Hurst led all golfers with a one-under-nar143.
Hess, who led the crimson team with a two-round total of 149, said the home course wasn't 'a big advantage
for the'Hawks
"We're used to going out and just playing the course, but for a tournament we have to get in a different frame of mind," he said. "It's hard to switch from one frame to the other."
Randall said the build-up to the season opener was partly to blame.
"They were a little too tight and a little too eager and that makes it hard to play. he said, "I'm encouraged we can still be in the lead after the way we played because this is a good tournament field."
"We'll have to regroup and get a little better concentration."
Tee-off times for today's final round begin at 8:45 a.m. and end at 9:50 a.m.
Gogel said he was optimistic about todav's round.
"I know things can't get much worse than the second round," he said.
Twins go from worst to first
Minnesota sets a major-league record as it rebounds from 1990 season
The Associated Press
TORONTO -- Retooled, redicated and returning to the American League playoffs for the first time since winning the World Series in 1987.
That's the story of the 1991 Minnesota Twins, the only team in major-league history to go from worst to first in the span of one season.
"We had to retool, particularly our pitching staff," general manager Andy MacPhaill said after the Twins clinched the AL West title on Sunday. "It's nice to know that you can bounce back after what we went through."
Jack Morris, whose personal comeback was one of the keys to the Twins'
turnaround, said he knew the Twins were not a last-place team, despite finishing there last year.
"We have a good club, and we've earned the chance to be where we are," said Morris, who is expected to start Game 1 of the league playoffs Oct. 8 at the Metrodome. "I think if you ask any questions about the Minnesota Twins, they they think about the Minnesota Twins, they'd say that they've got respect for us.
"It's been a fun year. It's probably confusing for a lot of people to understand how we could from last place win. It was hard, but it could happen. I knew that this club had
too much character to go through another year like 1990."
Last season, the Twins got off to a horrible start and a horrible finish and ended up 29 games behind the Oakland A's in what has become baseball's best division. Even in the gloom, however, newcomers like Scott Erickson, Kevin Tapani, Rick Aguilera and Shane Mack demonstrated enough big-league potential to give the Twins hope for the future.
During the winter, the club lost third baseman Gary Gaetti to free agency, but Macdonald signed Morris, designating him as a third baseman. Mike Pagliarullo as free agents.
Stillwell pushes Royals past A's 8-4; Mark Davis wins in emergency start
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Left-handed or right-handed didn't make any difference to Kurt Stillwell last night. Stillwell hit doubles from both sides and drove in three runs as the Kansas Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 8-4.
The Associated Press
"It isn't too much of an accomplishment. "Stillwell said. "I'm still trying to hit a home run from both sides. There's a little bit of an accomplishment."
Stillwell was benched earlier this season, but he has started the last 16 games and is hitting .355 during the
AP top 25
stretch with 11 hits in 31 at-bats.
"I'm not sure it hurts not to play," Stillwell said. "But it's been the norm for me to play every day. That's what I've done throughout my career, and it sure makes the season go by a lot faster."
Mark Davis (6-2), pressed into service because of Mike Boddicker's sore knee, allowed two hits in six innings. Mike Magnate gave up all four Oakland runs in 1/1 innings before Joel Johnson and Jeff Montgomery finished.
"Everybody would prefer to win more than they lose, or certainly not lose more than they win." A 'man's manager Tony La Russa said. "But what's going on?" Ms. Russo asked. "Give us the best chance to win. That's the only way to survive in this game."
Oakland starter Bob Weleh (12-13) lasted just two innings, being pounded
Kansas City went ahead in the second on Brent Mane's two-run single, Terry Shumpert's RBI single and Stillwell's three-run double.
The to 25 teams in The Associated Press 1911 college football poll, with first-placed wins in parentheses, records through Sept. 28, total points and last week s ranking:
| | Rec. | pts. | pvs. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Florida St.(56) | 4-0-0 | 1,472 | 1 |
| 2. Miami(2) | 3-0-0 | 1,398 | 2 |
| 3. Washington(1) | 3-0-0 | 1,375 | 4 |
| 4. Tennessee | 4-0-0 | 1,275 | 5 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 3-0-0 | 1,165 | 6 |
| 6. Clemson | 3-0-0 | 1,142 | 7 |
| 7. Michigan | 2-1-0 | 1,123 | 8 |
| 9. Notre Dame | 3-1-0 | 1,027 | 9 |
| 9. Iowa | 3-0-0 | 987 | 9 |
| 10. Syracuse | 4-0-0 | 936 | 10 |
| 11. Baylor | 4-0-0 | 908 | 12 |
| 12. Penn St. | 4-1-0 | 870 | 10 |
| 13. Florida | 3-1-0 | 771 | 14 |
| 14. Ohio St. | 3-1-0 | 690 | 15 |
| 15. Nebraska | 3-1-0 | 604 | 16 |
| 16. Auburn | 3-1-0 | 568 | 13 |
| 17. Pittsburgh | 4-0-0 | 541 | 18 |
| 18. California | 3-0-0 | 449 | 20 |
| 19. N Carolina St. | 4-0-0 | 347 | — |
| 20. Alabama | 3-1-0 | 333 | 22 |
| 21. Georgia Tech | 2-2-0 | 275 | 19 |
| 22. Illinois | 2-1-0 | 232 | 25 |
| 23. Texas A&M | 2-1-0 | 126 | — |
| 24. UCLA | 2-1-0 | 107 | — |
| 25. Colorado | 2-1-0 | 82 | 17 |
Welch was relieved after walking Jim Eisenreich leading off the third. Todd Benzinger's two-run single off Curt Young in the fourth made it 8-0.
Others receiving votes Mississippi 61 Arizona St.
60. Texas Christian 56, Mississippi 47. Georgia
37. W. Virginia 26. KANAS 16. Fresno SL,
North Carolina 12. Air Force 11. California 8.
Louisville 5. New England 4. California 4.
Cent. Michigan 3. Wisconsin 2. San Jose St.
1. Tulsa 1.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Darrell Green had two interceptions and Charles Mann had two sacks as Washington shut out in five games this season.
But it was a first-quarter knee injury sustained by star-crossed Philadelphia quarterback Jim McMahon that ensured the Washington Redskins would remain one of the NFL's three unbeaten teams.
The Redskins beat the Eagles 23-0 last night as Mark Rypien threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Art Monk, Earnest Byner ran from in seven yards out and Chip Lohlmilhair had field goals of 37, 35 and 27yards.
But most of the credit went to a defense that limited Philadelphia to 89 total yards, got five sacks and three interceptions and never let the Eagles cross midfield after they reached the Washington 47 on their first possession.
"They have a good defense, but we made it look awesome," said Pat
Ryan, who took most of the pounding after McMahon went out with a knee injury in the first quarter.
"They played well, but I haven't figured out if they played that good or we played that bad."
McMahon sprained a ligament in his right knee when he scrambled toward the sideline while being chased by Wilber Marshall, his former teammate on the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
McMahon had replaced Randall Cunningham after Cunningham was lost for the season with a knee injury in the fall and provided some spark to the ofense.
McMahon, who was four of six for 32 yards during his short stint, was on crutches in the locker room after the game. Vincent DiStefano, the team physician, said it probably wasn't a season-ending injury but added that McMahon would be out for some time.
But Ryan, his replacement last night, struggled in his first action in more than two seasons.
Better football team boosts ticket sales
By David Mitchell
Kansan Sportswriter
For the second year in a row, Kansas football season-ticket sales are up.
After going 6 in 1985, Jayhawk season ticket sales rose to more than 20,000 in 1986. Each of the next three years, he recorded, along with the team's record.
By 1989, sales had bottomed out at 16.120.
Kip Helt, director of marketing for Kansas athletics, said he was disappointed that sales were not higher this year and did it a step in the right direction.
"It stopped the slide," he said. "We've been declining for a number of years."
Helt said that Kansas' sports marketing office had mounted an extensive campaign for this season.
"We utilized billboards, radio and newspapers," he said. "We hit it hard."
Sales improved slightly to 16,272 last season. Assistant athletics director Susan Wachter said 1991 sales had reached 17,205.
However, Helt said the effort had not translated into big turnouts for the Jayhawks' first two home games this fall.
The "Hawks drew 35,000 fans to the home opener against Tulsa and 34,000 against New Mexico State.
Scott McMichael, assistant director of the Williams Education Fund, said he expected crowds to increase as the Wright Conference schedule had begun.
"A lot of people take a wait-and-see approach," he said. "If the team continues to win, people will get involved at that point."
The Williams Educational Fund is a
fund-raising program that helps pay the scholarship expenses of student-athletes.
McMichael also said that ticket sales had improved because perceptions of the program were changing.
"Glen Mason has everyone pumped up about Kansas football," he said. Halt agreed.
"The bottom line is, we've got to get people in the stadium and get them fired up about KU football."
"There's no doubt in my mind that Coach Mason is going to turn this program around," he said. "In the future, our crowds will support them in much the same way they support the basketball team."
Mason said he appreciated fans' support but hoped to see bigger crowds at the Big Eight games.
“There’s a glimmer of hope there,” he said. “We had good support for a team that has worked.”
Since Memorial Stadium's capacity was increased to 50,250 in 1965, it has been sold out just four times in 145 games. The last time was in 1984, when 52,000 saw Kansas lose to Nebraska. 41-7.
Virginia Sports Information said the Cavaliers expected a sellout at 42,000 seats Scott Stadium on Saturday.
Although the Jayhawks will play in front of capacity crowds the next two weeks, both games will be on the road
The Kansas State ticket office said only 3,000 tickets needed to be sold before it could declare a sellout for the game at the 42,100-seat KSU Stadium.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Kansas crew rows to victory
The Kansas crew team had three first-place finishes at the Head of Des Moines regatta during the weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, winning by as much as 52 seconds.
The varsity women's open class-eight boat took first place, beating Washington University of St. Louis. The varsity women's open-four passed five boats and beat the Minnesota Boat Club by 52 seconds.
The women's novice-four tied for third with the St. Louis Rowing Club. The men's crew, plagued by injury.
and the Lord having Cubs.
The men's crew, plagued by injury
and illness, was less successful.
The men's open-four finished in sixth and the men's open-eight finished in eighth.
The men's and women's mixed crew finished its race in second place behind Washington University of St. Louis.
The Kansas crew finished in sixth place overall. The Minnesota Boat Club won the regatta.
He said he was surprised by the play of sophomore goalie Tim Segal who recorded 24 saves.
"He did very well for us," Sheehan said. "He usually averages 15 saves a game."
Leading the Kansas scoring attack was junior Eric Lewis, who scored three goals. Freshman Andy Rissinger added two goals. Sheehan and senior Doug McCoid scored one goal each.
Lacrosse club still unbeaten
Kansas will take its 2-0 record to St.
Louis this weekend for the 18-team St.
Louis Lacrosse Tournament.
John Sheehan, the club treasurer,
said the outcome was not surprising
because the Jayhawks have "always
beaten them."
Sheehan said, "We are expecting to do real well and will probably be seeded second."
Racing for the pennant
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American League
The Kansas lacrosse club improved its record to 2-0 Sunday, defeating Kansas State 7-4 in Manhattan.
National League
miresota clinched
-Kansan staff reports
West Los Angeles 6 —
Atlanta — 1/2
East Toronto 3 - Boston - 3 1/2
Win a pair of KU-K-State Tickets
East Pittsburgh clinched
Notes: Atlanta beat Cincinnati, 4-0. Toronto lost to Claytona, 2-1. Boston beat Milwaukee, 9-8. L.A. had a lame game against the San Diego Padres.
The University Daily Kansan - Sports Trivia Contest
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- Submit answers to the Kansan business office,
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