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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NATION'S CAPITAL
Nats get 5-2 win to keep home record unblemished
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WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper homered, Ian Desmond had three extra-base hits, Danny Espinosa provided his first two RBIs of the season, and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 Wednesday night to stay unbeaten at home.
In a game that began 16 minutes late because, the Nationals explained, the umpires got stuck in traffic, Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann (2-0) limited Chicago to two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Both runs scored on groundouts.
Drew Storen pitched the eighth, and closer Rafael Soriano worked around a hit in the ninth for his fourth save in five chances.
Harper hit his fourth homer into the second deck leading off the fourth against Gavin Floyd (0-2), who allowed five runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Desmond tripled, doubled twice and scored twice as reigning NL. East Washington improved to 5-0 at Nationals Park.
Every Nationals starting position player reached base at least once; the only one without a hit, Kurt Suzuki, walked three times.
After Chicago drew within 3-2 on Alex Rios' RBI ground in the top of the sixth. Washington chased Floyd in the bottom half by tacking on two more runs.
Desmond led off with a triple,
Espinosa followed with an
RBI double, Suzuki walked and Zimmermann sacrificed the runners over.
Floyd was done, and lefty reliever Donnie Veal came in to face Span but gave up a run-scoring single and was replaced by righty Nate Jones. With runners on the corners, Jones got layson Werth to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.
Harper turned on Floyd's first pitch of the fourth, an 86 mph offering that never stood a chance. With a "thwack!" off the bat, the ball arced into the second deck beyond right field, and Harper paused for a moment to watch his shot before sprinting around the bases.
That gave the Nationals 11 homers in their last four games, 15 for the season. The 14 entering Wednesday were a franchise record through a season's first seven games.
Floyd struck out the next two batters, but then got into more trouble, giving up Desmond's double and Espinosa's single that gave Washington a 2-1 lead.
Harper's next time at the plate, in the fifth, he followed a single by Werth with a single up the middle of his own, this time on a 91 mph first pitch. TV replays showed Harper's bat split on impact with the ball, then broke completely as the wood slapped against his back on his follow-through.
Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI single to shallow right.
Washington Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa, top, falls over Chicago White Sox's Conor Gillispie (12) while turning a double play during the fifth inning of an interleague baseball game at Nationals Park, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in Washington.
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TREADING WATER
Kansas rowing team heads to New Jersey for regatta
STELLA LIANG
sliang@kansan.com
The Jayhawks will compete in five races: first varsity eight, second varsity eight, first varsity four, open four and novice eight. All races, except the open four with two boats, will have six boats competing per race.
The Kansas Jayhawks rowing team will travel to Cherry Hill, N.J., to compete on the Cooper River in the Knecht Cup Regatta April 13-14. This regatta will feature almost 70 men's and women's collegiate rowing teams across all three divisions in 34 different events.
Everyone will race on Saturday in the heats. Some events have semifinals, and those will also be on Saturday. All finals will be on Sunday. For example, in the first varsity four race on Saturday, there will be six heats. The first two finishers in each heat plus the next six fastest boats will advance to the semifinals that afternoon.
The top two fastest boats in each of the three semifinals will
advance to the Grand Final. The next two will advance to the Petite Final, and the fifth and sixth place finishers in each semifinal will race in the Third Level Final.
Last year at the Knecht Cup, the Jayhawks had one of their best showings of the year. Two Kansas boats, the first and second varsity four, earned first place in their respective Grand Finals. Kansas had two other boats, the second varsity eight and novice eight, advance to Grand Finals.
Right now, the Jayhawks are coming off strong performances against Georgetown and Indiana last weekend. They earned wins in the first, second and third varsity four and second varsity eight races. The second varsity eight boat has earned four wins in a row.
Proceeds from the Knecht Cup will benefit Villanova rowing, other schools and various charities.
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RULES OF THE GAME
Allen Fieldhouse will be home to the Naisthom's original rules of basketball later on this year when construction begins on the new exhibit in the Booth Family Hall or Athletics. "There's No Place Like Home," an ESPN 30 for 30, film documented Josh Swade's mission to bring the rules back to the University of Kansas.
The University of Kansas will begin construction on an addition to Allen Fieldhouse later this year to house James Naismith's original hand-typed rules of basketball.
With a planning budget of $18 million, KU Endowment will raise private funds from donors to cover the construction costs to build the new student center on the southern edge of campus. The main feature of the building is display space for Naismith's rules, but it will also provide services and programs for University students, faculty and public visitors. The construction is on target to be complete and open to the public by fall of 2014.
Historic rules get new home in Lawrence
KU Endowment President Dale Seuferling said the building will be an extension of the historical display of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics in Allen
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Fieldhouse.
"It will have a lot of history, mainly because of the rules of basketball," Seuferling said. "There will be displays constructed around the rules about James Naismith's impact on basketball, his role at KU, the traditions of KU basketball and the strong history of basketball coaches at KU."
Seuflering also said the building will be similar to the Kansas Union, with dining services and space for students and faculty to work and socialize. The building will be operated by the Kansas Union because of its expertise in food service, and the Union will provide various programs, events and activities for the public. Seuflering said the addition is expected to be a tourist attraction for visitors, draw in University alumni, serve as an important spot for student recruiting visits and offer activities before and after basketball games.
The new student center would not be a reality without the efforts of Jayhawk basketball fan Josh Swade. He led the plan to purchase Naismith's rules and bring them to the University, Swade grew up in Kansas, and his parents are University alumni. He said he felt compelled to find a way to purchase the rules because he thought they needed to be in the school with the largest basketball tradition, as well as the place where James Naismith made his legacy.
Swade visited the University this February to talk about his experience and show his documentary about his journey to obtain the rules called "There's No Place Like Home," produced by ESPN Films' "30 for 30." The quest began when the Naismith International Basketball Foundation put the rules up for auction in 2010 at Sotheby's in New York. Swade was the brains behind the operation to get the
The Kansas City Star reported that along with his financial contribution, Booth requested a building be constructed in Lawrence to display the rules. In a few months, Lawrence will see this building and James Naismith's rule adjacent to the northeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse.
rules, but he needed donors to buy them. He eventually teamed with David Booth, a member of KU Endowment Association's board of trustees, who purchased the two-page document for $4.3 million.
"I can't imagine that I'll ever do anything as significant or as satisfying or as cool...This is kind of one of those extraordinary moments in one's life where you can do something that will be truly memorable," Booth said in "There's No Place Like Home" after winning the auction.
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