University Daily Kansan / Monday. April 29, 1991
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Rain, hail put series on hold
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas and Iowa State baseball teams had the final game of their four-game series put on hold yesterday afternoon at Hogland-Maupin Stadium because of heavy rain and hail.
The two teams will continue the game where it left off at 1 p.m. today.
The Cyclones beat the Jayhawks 7-5 in the first game of yesterday's doubleheader and were leading 5-1 after one inning when the rain hit.
"At 5:1, I don't feel that it's over yet," Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. "If we can just stop them offensively, we have a chance."
Because the two teams split a double header Saturday, a Cyclone victory would give them three in the Big Eight Conference in the Big Eight Conference.
The Jayhawks postseason chances weigh heavily on the outcome of the suspended game
The Jayhawks, consequently,
would drop into fifth place with one
series left. Only the top four finishers
will be Big Eight postseason play.
"We've got four games and part of one left," Bingham said. "If we can get this game somehow, we'll still be in great shape."
In yesterday's first game, the Jayhawks jumped out to a 1-1 lead in the first inning off first baseman Jeff Niemier's RBI single.
Kansas pitcher Curtis Schmidt stifled the Cyclone battles through three innings, when the Jayhawks seemingly put the game out of reach.
'If we can get this game somehow, we'll still be in great shape.'
- Dave Bingham Baseball coach
In the bottom of the third, Kansas designated hitter Mike Bard drove in one run and second baseman Jeff Berblinger plated two more as the Jahyhaws built a 4-load.
After a scoreless fourth inning, the Cyclone batters put an end to Schmidt's shutout in the fifth with four quick runs to tie the game.
Included in the Iowa State scoring flurry was a three-run home run off the bat of Cyclone right fielder Tom Vantiger.
Schmidt said that he wasn't in the game mentally like he should have been.
"The home run was something I usually don't do," he said. "I got the ball up, and he made me navy for it."
The two teams traded runs in the sixth and entered the ninth tied at five.
As in the fifth inning, Iowa State suddenly came to life offensively and touched Schmidt for two more runs and a 7-5 lead.
In a last-gasp chance to win the game, Kansas had two men on with two outs when Kansas third baseman Gerry Cramer came to the plate.
Camara hit the ball sharply, but right at Iowa State second baseman Mark Elsinger who flipped to first, ending the game.
Kansas' Curtis Schmidt reflects after giving up a three-run home run in the first game of a double-header with Iowa State yesterday.
Henderson ties bases-stolen record
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Ricky Henderson tied Lou Brock's all-time record of 938 career steals yesterday when he stole second base in the sixth inning in Oakland's game against California.
Henderson, activated from the disabled list Saturday after missing 14 games with a strained muscle in his left calf, stole the record-tying base against pitcher Jeff Robinson and catcher Lance Parrish.
in the first inning, Henderson led off with a single, but was caught
leaning by pitcher Jim Abbott. Henderson broke for second base and was thrown out, from first baseman Wally Joyner to shortstop Dick Schofield. It was the fourth time Henderson had been either picked off or caught stealing since stealing No. 937 on opening day.
Henderson singled in the third inning and tried to steal once, but Lance Blankenship hit a foul ball. He scored before but before match Brock's mark
the sixth. After a couple of bluffs,
Henderson took off on a 1-2 pitch to
Blankship and beat Parrish's throw.
Henderson was hit in the back by a pitch from Robinson with one out in
A near-capacity crowd gave Henderson a prolonged standing ovation. Henderson pulled up the base, and it looked like a monster he waved and blew kisses to the fans.
game. The next day, he was thrown out at second by Twines catcher Junior Ortiz, and later in that game pulled up lame running out a grounder, which put him on the disabled list.
Earlier in the season on opening day, Minnesota catcher Brian Harper threw out Henderson at third, moments after he stole second. Henderson was picked off second by pitcher Allan Anderson later in the
Henderson set the American League record for career stolen bases May 29, 1990, with his 839rd steal, breaking the record set by Ty Cobb Henderson has led the major league in stolen bases (1986-88, 1989-88, 1988-83, 1988-89), and led the American League in 10 of the last 11 seasons.
Person's 39 pace Indiana to victory
BOSTON — Chuck Person challenged an injured Larry Bird on the Boston star's own turf yesterday. And came up king . . . for at least a
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The victory by Indiana sent the series back to Indianapolis t1-1. Bird got out of a hospital bed to score 18 points, pass off for 10 assists and pull down six rebounds, but he obviously was hurting.
"I was the best player in the world for one day in my eyes," said Person, who made an NBA playoff record seven 3-pointers and scored 39 points. Indiana to a 130-118 victory against the Celtics at Garden Bay yesterday.
In the other afternoon game yesterday, the Chicago Bulls extended their series lead to 2-0 by overtaking the
stubborn New York Knicks 89-79
Last night, two-time defending champion Detroit evened its best-of-five series with Atlanta, beating the Hawks 101-88. Portland, leading 1-0, played Seattle at home in a later game.
Indiana's victory was only its second in the playoffs since it joined the NBA in 1976. And it was due almost entirely to Person, who was better known for his verbal jousts with opponents and his physical play.
He ended by breaking the previous playoff mark of six 3-pointers shared
After Bird had led Boston to a 51-45 lead, he scored 11 points in a 3-minute span, nine on 3-pointers as the Pacers took a 64-61 lead. He also helped the Pacers come back after Boston had retained the lead in the third quarter.
by Michael Cooper and Vernon Maxwell who did it Saturday for Saturdays.
"Chuck had a great game," said Larry Bird, who played 40 minutes despite his aching back. "Time after we started to make a run and Chuck would hit a big shot, and that really demoralized us."
The Knicks went an 11-0 run in the first half, led 44-42 at intermission and were still tied at 66-all when Craig Hodges' 3-pointer played a 13-4 turnover on top for good. They were the only points of the game for Hodges.
Michael Jordan led the way for the Bulls with 26 points and Patrick Ewing, held to six in the first game.
Chicago, which beat the Knicks 128-65 on Thursday, had a much more efficient defense.
had 24 for New York
But Ewing got 14 of his points in the first quarter on 7 for 11 shooting. After that, Bill Cartwright and he went on to center grounds held him to just 1-1 for 11.
Joe Dumars scored 28 points for Detroit in its series-evening victory against Atlanta.
The Pistons, who shot only 38.5 percent in a 103-98 loss in Game 1 on Friday night, shot 47 percent in the second game. Dennis Rodman grabbed 16 rebounds for Detroit, and set a team playoff record with six offensive rebounds in the first quarter.
Track teams split to attend Drake, Oklahoma relays
The Pistons took an 8-7 lead on a basket by Dumars at the 6:48 mark of the first quarter and led the rest of the game to 19-point margin in the fourth period.
bv Rick C. Honish
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's track teams split up last weekend and competed in the Drake Relays and the Sooner Outdoor Relays.
Athletes from both teams had to qualify for the Drake meet, and those who did not went to Norman, Okla. for the competition there.
At Drake, senior all-American pole-vaulter Pat Manson placed second in the invitational pole vault, clearing his season best of 18·4½. His vault was enough to qualify for the NCAA jumps and the NCAA championship meet.
Manson was two inches short of the winning vault cleared by Baylor's Bill Payne.
On the women's side, junior Marybeth Labosky had a personal best high jump and a first place swim meet in a keel for the first time in her career.
Labosky said she was thrilled to have broken the six-foot barrier.
"I have finally put together the techniques I have been working on all season," she said. "I think I have a hold on it now."
Labesky said the meet was doubly exciting for her because of the number of fans in attendance.
"It was my first time at Drake," she said. "There were more people there than I have ever competed in front of, I didn't see an empty seat."
Breaking barriers may have been on the mind of freshman triple jumper Cassandra Bravent as well.
'I have finally put together the techniques I have been working on all season. I think I have a hold on it now.'
Marybeth Labosky Women's track team
Bryant came within one half inch of breaking the 40 foot barrier, placing second with a leap of $39.11\mathrm{lb}$ . It was Bryant's best mark.
The men's distance medley relay team and four-mile relay team performed well at Drake, also.
Senior Donnie Anderson put the Jayhawks in first place after the first leg of both races.
Senior relay runner Jason Teal was impressed with Anderson's running.
"Donnie hasn't run the lead-off this semester," he said. "He was great."
The four-mile team consisting of Teal, Anderson, freshmen Kwanza Johnson and Michael Cox finished in second behind Iowa State. Teal said that 100 meters separated first, second and third places in the race.
The distance medley relay team finished fifth.
At the Sooner meet, freshman Jayson Lavender cleared 16-6 in the pole vault and finished first.
Senior Stewart Gillin won the 5,000 meter run with a time of 15:04.6.
Senior Patty Rochford won the 1,000-meter run and Keely Harding placed first in the high jump, clearing 5-6.
Women golfers set for shot at 2nd title
Kansan sportswriter
By Lana Smith
The women's Big Eight Conference golf championship begins today in Columbia, Mo., and the Jayhawks are ready for the chance to take the title for the second year in a row.
Kansas golf coach Sarah Johnson said that although none of the Big Eight teams were ranked in one game, they scored two days of tough competition.
"Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are always strong." Johnson said. "They are always going to be there."
She said the fact that the Jayhawks won the title last year would make them more determined to do well as a team
Myers said attitudes and experience would be the key factors in doing well, and she said Kansas' schedule had prepared the players for the competition they will face today and tomorrow.
"Myers is definitely the No. 1 golfer on the team," Johnson said. "She's shooting some low number of consistent and she's fired up."
Johnson said that the Kansas team had been playing more consistently and that the players were eager for the tournament. She credited junior Laura Moore with being the team's leader.
Kansas finished seven strokes behind Iowa State in the Azalea Festival tournament two weeks ago in Hampstead, N.C.
Myers said the loss could work against the Jayhawks.
" (The Cyclones) have got it in their minds that they want to get Iowa State back on the maps, and we are going to try to do." Myrs said.
She said Kansas had to be ready to play and be ready for the competition because whover was named and the most eager would win.
"We're the defending chumps," Myers said. "I hope we win. We can win, but I don't want to say we should win. I don't want to jinx
Kansas freshman Holly Reynolds agreed that the Jayhawks had a good chance to take the title again, and she said she thought the team had the desire needed to win.
Johnson said the Kansas players seemed confident and she was optimistic about the outcome of the tournament.
She said Myers, junior Laura Martin and junior Shelly Triplett would serve as a solid base that would swing the Ja Hawks to victory.
NCAA debates moving 3-point arc nine additional inches from basket
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The NCAA men's basketball rules committee will debate during meetings that will begin today whether to move the three-point arc nine inches farther from the basket.
The NCAA and NAIA rules currently draw the three-point line at 19 feet, 9 inches. If the ruling is adopted during the three-day meeting, the line would conform with the international standard of 20-6.
The committee also will consider widening the lane from 12 feet, abolishing the rule permitting two free throws on the 10th team foil of each half and expanding the use of television replays for correctable errors
The three-point line was adopted before the 1986-87 season and NCAA statistics indicate long-range shooters are not getting better. In the first season, Division I players made 38.4 percent of their three-pointers.
son of the 12-man committee. "But I'm open-minded this year."
Two Missouri Tigers face charges of assault
"I've been for leaving it where it is, because in the past it hadn't been there long enough to fool with it," Alabama-Birmingham and chairper-
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri football players Tyan VanZant and Antonio Cooper were arrested on charges of third-degree assault Saturday morning, following a fight outside a bar.
Results of the meetings will be announced Wednesday.
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Columbia police said VanZant and Cooper were allegedly involved in a brawl with two men outside the Field House, a favorite student night spot.
But last season, the percentage dipped to an alltime low of 36.1 percent.
VanZant, 23, and Cooper, 22, were released from Boone County jail early Saturday after they each posted $1.00 bond.
VanZant is a former Parade Magazine national player of the year who decided to attend Missouri after a celebrated prep career at Hazelwood Central High School in Florissant, Mo. However, a history of knee injuries sidetracked his college career. The 6-foot-1, 203-pound junior has one year of eligibility left at Missouri.
Cooper, a 6-4, 215-pound sophomore linebacker, is contending for a starting job this fall.
The arrests were the second and third for the Missouri football team this year. Earlier, tight end David Frisch was arrested and charged
with burglary and stealing.
According to Columbia police, Van-Zant allegedly bumped into a unidentified man on the dance floor at the Field House. A fight broke out and Field House employees escorted VanZant, Cooper, Levoid Jackson, 20, who is a friend of the players, and two other men outside.
The arguing continued outside among Vanzant, Cooper, Jackson and the two other men. Witnesses arrived while a fight was in progress.
Officers arrested VanZant, Cooper and Jackson. All three posted bond.
Oklahoma State takes 11th Big 8 tennis title
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Cowgirls won their 11th straight Big Eight tennis crown yew-
nter in the NCAA's singles titles and two doubles titles.
"I am very proud of the team."
Okahoma State coach Julius Hjekowski said he thinks they definitely deserved to win the Big Eight title."
Oklahoma State finished with 130 points, followed by Oklahoma with 103. Kansas was third with 74 points, the Lakers' Vamers Hammers' No. 1 singles title.
Nebraska was fourth with 73 points. Kansas State and Colorado tied for fifth with 60 points, Iowa scored 52 and Missouri came in last with nine.
Sports briefs
Jayhawk softball team wins twice, loses twice
In men's play, Oklahoma State snared the Big Eight title in competition that ended Friday. The Cowboys won Championship by edging Kansas 95-93.
The Jayhawks won their first game against the Cowgirls 1-0, and defeated the Cornhuskers 4-0.
nament this weekend in Lincoln, Neb.
The Kansas softball team split two-game series against Oklahoma State and Nebraska during the Big Eight Conference Round Robin tour-
Yesterday, the Jayhawks were defeated 2-0 by Oklahoma State and 1-0 by Nebraska.
Kansas freshman pitcher Stephan Williams picked up Saturday's victory against Oklahoma State, which improved her record to 15-7.
The Jayhawks' record fell to 35-12 after yesterday's losses.
Junior pitcher Shelly Sack grabbed Saturday's victory against Nebraska. Her record improved to 12-0.
Kansas' next game will be against Wichita State at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Wichita.
Argentine soccer star faces cocaine charges
Federal Prosecutor Roberto Amayo said outside the Federal
Court Building that Maradona arrested Friday with two companions, was accused of distributing drug free of charge and drug posses
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Soccer legend Diego Maradona was charged yesterday with possession and released from jail on $2,000 bond.
Maradona was forbiddent to leave Argentina pending trial, in accordance with an order issued Saturday by the Junior Judge Amelia Berliaz de Vidal.
A trial date was not announced. Under Argentine law, criminal trials usually are held in private, with the accused and witnesses testifying before a presiding judge who determines guilt or innocence.
Hole 3 decides winner of Greensboro Open
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Mark Brooks had 10 birds and two bogies to drive to the front of the pack at the Greater Greensboro Open yesterday, but he needed a nearly routine par for before he could enjoy his work.
Brokes beat Gene Sauers on the third hole of sudden death, take the $225,000 first-place money. The two endured the tournament at 13 under 27.4. Brokes turned in an 8-over 27.4. Brooks scored the Forest Oak Country Club. The score merely earned him the chance to play more holes to settle the title.
"There weren't too many things that could have gone better," Brooks said. "You play a dream round every once in a while, but it never turns out what you want it to be. You finish fifth or third or 10th."
From staff and wire reports