Thursday, April 19, 1979
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports Roundup
University Daily Kansan
89 score ends golf title hopes
KU's Nancy Hons holds a share of the individual lead for two rounds in the Sooner Invitational golf tournament in Norman, Okla., this week before dropping out of contention yesterday with a final round score of 89.
Hoins finished in fifth place, 10 shots behind mediastinal Stephanie Mischek of Oklahoma University. Hoins had matched Mischek stroke-for-stroke in an eneat shot (8:50) Mischek, however, fired a 79 on the final dye to win the game.
OSU won the Big Eight last year.
KU did not enter the tournament as a team, but sent Hoins and teammates Cathy Eyre to represent the squad. Eyre scored 107 points in Guild Course, with rounds of 96, 90 and 84
Men netters salvage one match
The rest of the KU squad remained in Lawrence to prepare for the Big Eight Championship match which is this weekend in Norman. KU coach Sandy McCutchen could enable KU to challenge Oklahoma and Oklahoma State for the championship.
Defending Big Eight Conference champion Oklahoma State. University crushed the KU men's team 18-4 on原谅 on the Allen Field House courts.
Chet Collier was the only Jayhawk to get a victory, defeating Derek Edmonds 64-62 in no. 2 Ines.
IN DOUBLES, Kaskow-Louderback in HOSKING-Collier, 6-0; Lattrell-Edmonds best KRZman-Swain, 6-1, 4-3; Hewlett-Pennell beat Russer-Wieser, 2-6, 1-7, 5
Other singles results were: No. 1 Chris Kaskow over KU's Mark Hasking, 7-6, 6-4. 2 Brad Loughrey over KU's David Young, 6-4, 6-2. 4 No. 2 Reggie Lattrell over KU's Wayne Wayne, 6-3, 6-4. 0, 5 Rick Perry over KU's Rick Penell over KU's Joe Rusey, 7-4, 7-6.
"We played all right," KU coach Tom Kivisto said after the match, "but they really played well."
Kivisto said the Cowboys had been picked to repeat as conference champions.
The Jayhawks travel to Boulder, Colo., this weekend for matches with the University of Colorado and Iowa State University.
Second half dooms rugby team
KU's rugby club came close to upsetting one of the best rugby teams in the country Saturday, but a strong second half against the Bengalers and the Blues to a 24-23 victory over Kansas.
The KU ruggers led the Kansas City team in the first half, 84, but the Blues scored four points in the second half to overcome the deficit.
According to KU club member Rick Renfo, the Blues have one of the strongest teams in the nation and the strongest team in the Midwest.
"The Blues will be playing in the U.S. Club Championships," Renfro said, "so
you'd have to say that they are of the top 20 teams in the country."
Renfo said that KU's opponent this weekend also was one of the best teams in the Midwest. The Kansas squail was a winner and led the tournament in thenament in Des Moines, Iowa, but the tournament was canceled. KU will play the Des Moines club Saturday in Des Moines.
"The Moines has a real class team." Renfro said. "We beat them last year in a kick-off after a tied game, so we're looking for a good game this week."
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas City Royals are an even match through the sixth inning yesterday in an exhibition game but Joe Zebb's single in the seventh scored Tom Brady for the Royals' reserves a 64 victory.
KC reserves beat KU regulars
Bv TONY FITTS
Snorts Writer
The game, played in Royals Stadium before about 1,500 fans, was scheduled to give some of the Royals two-line players some work against full-speed pitching under
Steve Jeltz led off the game for the Jayhawks and hit the first pitch from injury-listed Marty Pattin into the outfield for a single. Jeltz then stole second, and scored on a double-play ball hit by Bob Halastik, giving Kansas an early 1-4 lead.
"I knew the pitcher tries to get the first pitch of a ball game down the middle." Jelz said after the game, "and try to go for it when I lead off the ballgame. I think the
Royals came out there in the beginning a little lackadaisical, but they began to realize that it was their job.
THE ROYALS beats pitcher Terry Sutcliffe for four runs in the bottom of the second on singles by Jamie Quirk and Jerry Terrell and doubles by Clint Hurdle and
Third baseman George Brett and most of the Royals regulars spent the afternoon at hapu.
KU tied it with three runs in the third when Pattin allowed the bases to be loaded. Vic Harris then singled in a run, Pattin walked Roger Riley for another, and Bob Halastik scored on a fielder's choice hit by Scott Wright.
"I wasn't concentrating enough," Sut-
caffé said. "I'm just glad I don't walk
out there."
leadoff single and student base allowed the Jayhawks to relax and play baseball against
Each team scored an unearned run in the fifth, and the game stayed tied at five all time.
"It pumped everybody up," Scott Wright, KU's leading hitter for the game, said. "It made us feel like we could play with these guys."
Jeltz also beat out a soft bunt, which died about eight feet in front of the plate, for a single in the sixth. He was two for five at the plate, and was the pivot in what Hurtle called a "major league double play in the seventh.
"That second baseman—he played well," Rovals manager Whitey Herzog.
JELTZ WAS THE spark for Kansas. His
Galen Worley was the game's losing pitcher. In two and 3% innings, he allowed five hits and six runs.
"I DIDN'T EXPECT to go three innings," Worley said. "I hadn't been throwing that ball."
The KU players said they were a little
disappointed at the quality of the pitchers they faced.
"The guys that threw today just didn't have what I thought was major league pitching at all," Wright, who went two for three against Pattin, said.
Steve Mingori replaced Pattin in the sixth and got the victory. George Throop got a win over Mingori, and he became the most
KU got nine hits off the Kansas City pitcher.
"If he (Herzog) can pitch Minorj in that league, 'Worley said,' he ought to give me a chance."
KU will play five games with the Missouri Tigers at Columbia this weekend. The Jayhawks return home next Tuesday with a doubleheader against Washburn.
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Exhibition fun for Hurdle chance for young players
By JOHN P. THARP
Associate Sports Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Everyone had a little fun yesterday at the ballpark.
The Royals' reserves enjoyed their short return home to the artificial turf of their stadium in a game against KU that didn't count. Kansas City had just returned from a disastrous road trip that yielded the Roadrunner, the West champs a lone victory in five games.
KANSAS CITY outscored Phoenix 14-4 in
It was the first time in KU's 100-year baseball history that the Jayhawks faced a professional team. It was the only freebie this season, and it will remain this year and 1.500 ahead of it.
It was one of the few times that Clint Hurdle, who at 21, is the youngest Royal, would get a chance to play against athletes as young as he is.
"THAT WAS GREAT," Hurdle said, sipping a beer after the game, which the
Kings' show not enough in opener
"We were controlling the tempo of the game, but we let it slide away late in the third quarter," said Kings Coat Cotton Fitzsimmons. "Don't get me wrong, I didn't want to run and we stood around too much and ran down the clock, then didn't get the good shots."
PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPI)—The Kansas City Kings won an attention-commanding performance Tuesday night against the Phoenix Suns, but it was not powerful enough to capture the opening shot of the game. The team sent semifinal series between the two teams.
The Suns came from 13 points behind early in the second half to win the game by 49.
Kansas City's Scott Wedman made only 4 of 9 for the night.
"FORD DIDN'T shoot very well," Fitzsimmons said. "They dropped off on him. And he had a lot of shots but they weren't falling."
the final seven minutes of the first half to
emerge with a 58-49 lead. They stretched the
margin to 70-57 with eight minutes left in the
first half, and they closed it to
in 52/7 entering the final quarter.
The Kings' extended lead Tuesday night was somewhat surprising because they shot a home run.
Kansas City guard Phil Ford had his worst shooting night of the year. He scored only 12 points, shooting 3 for 17 from the Door.
Buns' Sun Coach John MacLee gave the
Kings cut for pressing in club to play
Harry.
reserve Rory won 65. "I finally got to play with some kids my own age."
Harde showed why by-passed college to play major league baseball and become a Sports Illustrated coverboy in the process. He scored twice, four, scored a run and had two RBIs. But he realized the value of college players getting a chance to play against the big team.
"We had 27 turnovers—that were partly attributable to Kansas City's defense. It was a very, very physical game. Kansas City is a whale of a ballcub."
The Kings will have a chance to even up the best-of-seven series in Kansas City.
Paul Westphal led Phoenix with 25 points and Walt Davis added 24.
THE SUNS had stretched their margin to five points at the two-minute mark, but the Kings came back to within 98-97 with 49 seconds left. A stiff by Alvan Adams with 20 seconds remaining and a pair of free throws by Benson with nine seconds left put the game out of reach.
"That's something they really enjoyed doing," he said. "We definitely had a better ball club out there but they played us in the games at the mercy — we can't afford to lose."
"They can't lose anything. They got further confidence, too, by facing major legal threats."
HURDLE, PLAYING AS designated hitter, knows well the ups and downs of a young hitter. Last season, after his magazine cover appearance in spring training, big things were expected of him and the pressure was on for him to show up. The manager put up to manager Herzog's expectations by hitting only 286.
But Herzog is expecting big things out of his youngest player again this year. He has said they should happen because Hurdle and KU players are often something that KU players who are good and are lazy enough to land spots in the majors will face. Hardie said he was impressed with the KU effort he saw and was inspired by all of the game and what it did for the Royals.
"They bring a little more enthusiasm back," he said. "It was a lot of fun for everybody. They're really aggressive with each other." He added a lot of first-pitch and second-pitch strikes.
"It helped us to play a practice game instead of just taking batting practice, especially those of us who haven't been able to bat much. You can take all kinds of batting practice but it's not the same without the umpires and a real pitcher."
Double Play
Staff photo by CHRIS TODD
Kansas second baseman Steve Jelte jumps over Joe Zebd's slide to complete a double play in yesterday's exhibition game between the Jayhawks and the Kansas City Royals. The
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