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University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 26, 1991
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Super Hapke, Glendale, Mo., sophomore, checks Jason Rosenberg, Wichita senior, from behind during the Kansas lacrosse team's practice.
Three teams will test Kansas in weekend lacrosse tourney
Bv Rick C. Honish
Kansan sportswriter
For only the second time this season, the Kansas lacrosse team will play at home.
The tournament will begin at 2 p.m. tomorrow and resume at 11 a.m. Sunday.
The team will play tomorrow and Sunday at the fields near 23rd and Iowa streets from Kankan to Issawi and from Kanahan Lacrosse club from St. Louis.
John Armstrong, a senior for Kansas, said the Gateway club would be the better of the three teams Kansas would face.
"I haven't seen them play," he said. "But they have good lacrosse talent based on some of the scores I have seen. They beat Missouri 19-1."
Armstrong said that Kansas was not intimidated by the St. Louis club and had a chance to beat them.
"You never know what you are going up against in the Midwest," he said.
Kansas is coming off a fourth-place finish in Alabama, where they improved their overall record to 3-4 in the Great Plains lacrosse league.
'Hawks ready to bat for post-season berth
Armstrong predicted Kansas would win the games against Missouri and K.State.
Kansas lacrosse vice president Dan Hapke said the team showed improvement while they were down
He said that because each team finances its own transportation, key players sometimes are left behind because of expenses.
The Kansas baseball season still has 12 games left, but for the Jayhawks' post-season tournament hopes, only eight of the 12 matter.
Kansan sportswriter
By Mark Spencer
"If we can get three of the next eight, we will probably be there," Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. "If we can get three of the next eight, we will definitely be there."
south.
The fourth-place Jayhawks are in a shaky position in the Big Eight Conference race. They are two games out of first, yet only one game away from slipping to fifth and out of tournament qualification.
"The mathematics are simple," Bingham said. "There has only been one team left out with 11 wins."
Kansas begins a four-game series at 7 tonight at Hoglund Maupin Stadium against a formidable Iowa State team.
The Jayhawks currently have eight conference victories, but getting to 11 won't be easy.
"The competition in Alabama was tough," he said. "We got to see different teams that we are not used to playing here in the Midwest."
The Cyclones took three of four games from then league-leading Oklahoma State last weekend, putting themselves one game behind the 8-8 Jayhawks.
Armstrong said that the game would not count in any records or standings but that it was fun to play of so many fans in an indoor arena.
Kansas will have a warm-up for this weekend's tournament when they play the Kansas City club in an exhibition game during half-time at the Kansas City Comets playoff game tonight at Kemper Arena.
The league Kansas normally plays in consists of Missouri, K-State, Wichita State, Tulsa, the Kansas City Creighton and the Creighton Lacrosse club.
W L Pct.
Missouri 10 6 6.25
Oklahoma State 7 5 583
Oklahoma 9 7 563
Kansas 8 8 605
Iowa State 7 9 438
Kansas State 7 9 438
Nebraska 4 8 333
*Colorado has no baseball program
"They have had some kids really step up for them," Bingham said.
{"iowa State coach) Bobby Randall told me if they had a fourth starter, they would have taken four from Oklahoma State."
The Cyclone pitching staff has three pitchers with two conference victories each, but its 7.35 team ERA is the highest in the league.
Offensively, the Cyclones are led by right fielder Tom Vantiger, ISU's career hits and RBI leader
Vantiger earned Big Eight player of the week honors last week, going 11-for-20 with eight RBI and eight stolen bases.
Not only will the Jayhawks have to contend with the Cyclones, but they also will have to shake the effects of four straight losses.
However, Bingham and his players contend that Kansas is a different team when it plays against Big Eight opponents.
Team expects tough games in tightening race to Big-8 crown
Kansas third baseman Gerry Camara said. "We want to get all of them, but we won't take this affect our Big Eight performance."
Kansas to face NU, OSU
After tonight's game, the Jayhawks and the Cyclones will play a doubleheader at 4 p.m. tomorrow and the series finale at 1 p.m. Sunday.
By Lana Smith
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas softball team will not be putting any extra pressure on themselves when they play Nebraska vs. Oklahoma State tomorrow in Linchon, Neh
"That's the difference in KU three weeks ago and KU right now," jumio third baseman Camille Spitalier said. "We were trying too hard, and we were having a lot of pain."
Spitalier said that she expected a tough game from both the Cornshukers and the Cowgirls but that the State would be the harder of the two.
"We're not overlooking Nebraska, but the tougher game will be against OSU. Spitaleri said. "Last year, we swept them. We've always played them well. I hope we don't try to change anything."
Spitaler said that the Jayhawks hitting and pitching should enable them to grab four victories this weekend.
Spitaleri herself is peaking right now.
"We're peaking right now," Spitaleri said.
Softball
She leads the Jayhawks in nearly
"I've been counting down the days." Spitaleri said. "It's the toughest thing I've ever tried out for."
every offensive category, and June 14-21 she will run out for the U.S. Pan American Games softball team in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Spitalkari said she would be facing stiff competition, but she thought that if she could get past the first round she could have a chance to make the team.
"If I continue to hit like I hit now, I should make the team." she said.
Spitalier said that about 80 women of all ages would be trying out for the team and that many would have more experience than she has, but not enough. She will not have an asset. She will be trying for outfield and infield positions.
Former Jayhawk Roanna Brazier also will try out for the Pan Am games team
Kansas coach Kalum Haack said both players would be to do well at the tryouts, but he said he thought Spitaleri had a chance to get a spot on
the team.
As for the rest of the Jayhawks, Haack said that he was pleased with their performances but that they could not be overconfident because they would be facing strong competition this weekend.
"It's been a goal of hers," Haack said. "She wants to play."
"I think it's going to be a one-run game," Haack said of the Oklahoma State contest "We've got to get that right." He hoped hopefully she can steal a base.
Hacks said the team would need to score early so it could set the tempo of the game and win.
"Whoever makes the mistake is going to get beat," Haack said.
Haack said that the rivalry between Kansas and Nebraska should be enough to provoke another close, exciting game for the Jayhawks, despite the Cornhuskers' rash injuries and the Cornbusters' depth of this year.
"They're going to play the best game they've played all year against us." Haack said.
Conditions favor men golfers
He said he was expecting a good game because Kansas and Oklahoma State were even matched teams.
Kansan sportswriter
By Rick C. Honish
"The two courses are identical in some ways," he said. "The greens
The Kansas men's golf team has a few advantages over other Big Eight Conference teams going into Big Eight Men's Golf Championships.
The Hallbrook Country Club in Leawood is similar to the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, with the Akron course as the more difficult of the two, said Kansas coach Ross Randall. The team will play the same games recorded its best finish of the season, second in a 36-tem field.
The first one is the course.
Sophomore Brad Bruno said the tournament in Akron was the equivalent of a warm-up for this week's tournament.
Of the Akron course, Randall said, "It is rated as the fourth-hardest course in the country."
are elevated with a lot of slopes and hills on them."
According to Randall, that is an advantage as well.
"We will shoot more 73s on a harder course than 68s on an easier one." he said.
Randall said the team, made up of Bruno, senior Len Johnsen, freshman Jeff Moeller and sophomores Jim Young and Matt Gogle, would have to maintain its concentration during the duration of the tournament.
"If you let yourself slip mentally, the course will eat you alive," he said.
Another advantage Kansas may have lies in the weather forecast.
first and second rounds, a condition Kansas has grown accustomed to this season. Their success last season was achieved under rainy skies.
Rain is predicted for Monday's
The only gloomy cloud in Kan sas' sky is over Johnsen.
At last week's tournament, Johnson was hitting out of the rough on a second-round pair 5 when his 5-iron struck a hidden rock.
"I pulled some tendons and ligaments in my left hand," he said. "I got through the third round, but it really hurt."
Johnsen took Monday and Tuesday off before taking some putting and chipping practice Wednesday. He said that after hitting balls yesterday his hand hurt but that "it survived."
Johnsen said he would play through the pain at Halbrook.
Olson files suit and leaves Boston
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Sportswriter Lisa Olson filed suit against the New England Patriots yesterday, charging sexual harassment and civil rights violations he have led her to leave the Boston Herald on the city.
Olson, who has worked for the Herald for four years, will leave her job, her attorneys said. She is currently covering the Boston Bruins for the newspaper.
"She has to leave the state, at least for now," said Norman Zalkind, one of her attorneys. He would not say when she planned to leave the newspaper.
Olsen's son was filed in Suffolk Superior Court against the NFL team; owner Victor Kiam; former general manager Patrick Sulliam; former media services director James Oldham; and three players, Zeke Mowatt, Michael Timpson and Perry Rervman.
The suit also alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress and intentional damage to her professional reputation. It asks for unspecified monetary damages.
The suit stems from incidents beginning last Sept. 17 when the 27-year-old Olson said she was sexually harassed while conducting an interview in the Patriots locker room.
Zakind said that since the incident Olson has endured abuse from some of the fans at sporting events.
"A great number of times she is yelled at, screamed at, sees negative graffitf about her . . . and her car was vandalized," Zalkind said. "She's frightened all the time."
Olson said she had intended to let the issue drop after the NFI lifted the team and the players in November. But she decided to file suit after Kiam joked about the incident while speaking at a banquet Feb. 4 and because Mowatt and Perryman did not pay the fines.
"Nobody should have to go through this just for trying to do their job." Olson said Wednesday. "If anything, this suit will make it easier for others so that we can stop this won't happen to other female journalists."
He also said Olson had received hate mail and harassing telephone calls.
"What Kiam did was treat Lisa Olson like the bait of a joke instead of a person, said Michael Alexander."
"He (Kiam) apologizes and does it again, which shows he had no sincerity." Zakild said. "Kiam is older and in a higher position and should have known better than the young players."
Kiam's office at Remington Products Inc. said
he would not be available for comment yesterday. The team declined to comment on the suit.
"The Patriots organization has no comment," said Mike Hanson, a representative for the Patriots. This is a legal matter, and it would be inappropriate for us to comment on it at this
Mowitt was financed $12,500 and Perryman $5,000 after an independent investigation by the NFL.
Timpson paid a $5,000 fine last week but denied he was involved.
"The fines were paltry. They were demeaning."
Zalind said.
Zalkind said Timpson's payment had not gone unnoticed by the plaintiff.
"There's a lot of defendants, and they will not necessarily each have to pay the same amount of debt."
Timpson's agent, Brett Senior, has said Timpson was aware of the pending suit, but Senior had no
According to court documents, Olson was interviewing Maurice Hurst, a Patriots player, in the locker room Sept. 17 when Mowatt, who was naked, displayed his genitals and made sexual remarks while egged on by Timpson and Perryman.
Sports briefs
Women's tennis team starts Big-8 tournament
The Kansas women's tennis team begins the Big Eight Conference Tournament today in Oklahoma City.
Jamison selected for power, endurance team
Oklahoma State has essentially sealed the championship entering the tournament, and the Jayhawks are for second place in the conference.
Jamison bench presses 260 pounds back squats 455 pounds, power cleans
The award is given annually to male and female collegiate athletes who demonstrate exemplary achievement in the areas of physical strength, power and endurance in their particular sport.
Kansas junior forward Alonzo Jamison has been named to the National Strength and Conditioning team's All-America Athlete team.
302 pounds, has a vertical leaf of 27.5 inches and runs the 40-yard dash in 4.8 seconds. He currently is in Colorado Springs, Colo., trying out for the basketball team that will participate in the Pan American Games this summer.
Royals sign Astros veteran for one year
KANSAS CITY, Mo — Terry Puhil,
a 14-year major league veteran and
a 1978 National League All-Star.
He played for the Kansas City Royals yesterday.
The Royals said Puhl, 34, would sign today and replace first baseman George Brett, who will be placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Puhl, a 281 lifetime hitter, spent 14 years with the Houston Astros and was released by the New York Mets on April 1.
"Puhl is a veteran player who comes to us highly recommended by everyone," said Royals' manager John Wathan.
From staff and wire reports