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University Daily Kansan
Sports
Friday, April 25, 1986
Pitcher warms to task; Jayhawks shut down Washburn
By Jim Suhr Sports writer
Shauna Norfleet/KANSAN
Kansas third baseman Miles Wiles slides safely into home plate ahead of the tag by Washburn catcher Jay Montillon in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Javahwys beat Washburn 12-3 yesterday at Quigley Field.
Temperatures soared into the upper 80s yesterday afternoon, but fans who attended the Kansas-Washburn baseball game at Quigley Field found it was Kansas pitcher Scott Taylor's day to shine.
Taylor, a freshman, dazzled the sun-seeking crowd of about 60 by scattering seven hits over nine innings to lead Kansas to a 12-4 rout of
Kansas' offense supported Taylor's effort by drilling four ichabod pitches for 12 runs on 14 hits. Rightfielder Rob Peters had three
Second baseman Geno Nebbitt also had three hits for Kansas.
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hits for Kansas, including two doubles, and three RBI.
The Jayhawks meet Oklahoma State at 7 onight in the opening game of a four-game conference series this weekend at Stillwater, Okla. Jayhawk pitcher Paul Henry, 8-5 overall and 2-2 in the Big Eight, will start on the mound for Kansas in the nine-inning game tonight.
Taylor, whose start yesterday was his first in more than a week, retired 43 of the first 14 Washburn batters and held the Ichabods scoreless until the eighth inning to coast to his fourth win in five decisions.
"I felt strong all game," Taylor said after the game, "it was hitting the corners well with my fastball — that was the key to the game."
Taylor's performance impressed Kansas head coach Marty Pattin, who said Kansas could use the win as a boost to his team's weekend's series with the Cowboys.
"We tried to get as many innings out of him as we could," Pattain said of Taylor. "He showed a lot of poisonous seeds to the hitters. He had good command."
Taylor was in command from the start, as he returned the first three lichab batters on three pitches. Kansas then took an early 2-10 lead. The Rangers were able to pitcher Don Simoneau for a two-run double in the bottom of the first.
Simoneau, whose record dropped to 2-1, gave up seven runs on 10 hits in five innings in the loss.
Kansas increased its lead to 3-0 when leffield Hugh Stanfield scores on a fielder choice by Boohoo Hobbs of Miracle The Jayhawks put the game out of reach
with one run in the fourth inning,
three in the fifth, two in both the sixth
and seventh and one in the eighth.
In the sixth, the Ichabods had the bases loaded and one out, but Kansas
slammed the door on their rally with an inning-ending double play.
Taylor's problems in the sixth inning prompted a pep talk from Pattin.
Taylor's shutout ended in the eighth inning after Ichabod leftfielder Tom Burgess tripled and then scored on a sacrifice fly.
Shauna Norfleet/KANSAN
Kansas shortstop Gary Leap leaps to catch a ground ball that took a bad hop during the bottom of the second inning.
'Hawks fail to overtake Oklahoma State
Sports writer
Rv Matt Tidwell
Men's Tennis
The Kansas men's tennis team went into yesterday's first day of the Big Eight Championships at Oklahoma City with a chance to take the title away from favored Oklahoma State.
The Jayhawks trailed the Cowbys by only five points and were scheduled to play four opponents in the singles competition.
Kansas' No. 1 singles player,
But Kansas lost all four matches, and Oklahoma State clinched the title before tomorrow's finals.
Mike Wolf, was the only Jayhawk to advance to the finals. Wolf won his semifinal match with Iowa State's Bob Neff, 6-2-6. Wolf play
Kevin Brady of Kansas won his
Jayhawk Mike Center won his first round match, but lost in the semis to Pat Harrison of Oklahoma State, 6-3, 6-1. Center plays Sean Walburn of Kansas in the third place match today.
"The way we positioned our lineup and the way our draws went, we put ourselves in a position to win the conference today." Kansas head coach Scott Perelman said yesterday. "We were in a position to do it, but in every one of those matches we had opportunities and didn't capitalize."
'We were in a position to do it, but in every one of those matches we had opportunities and didn't capitalize.'
- Scott Perelman Head tennis coach
Larry Pascal won his first match in No. 5 singles play, but lost in the semis to Sean Strickling of Oklahoma State 7-6, 6-3. Pascal will play Ray Koch of Colorado for third.
for the conference title today against Olivier Lorin of Oklahoma State.
first-round No. 3 singles match but lost to Robin Scott of Oklahoma State 7-5, 4-6. Bray will play Walker of Colorado for third.
Herman will play Todd Hollander of Oklahoma for fifth.
At No. 6, Jim Screet won his first match in three sets but then to Paul Pearce of Oklahoma lost to Joel Perry of Colorado Jacobsen of Colorado for third.
Darin Herman, No. 4 singles,
lost in the first round but won in
the consolation round over Scott
Sandlin of Kansas State E-2, 6-0.
Herman and Secrest, the No. 3 Jayhawk doubles team, drew a first-round bye and also will play in the semifinals this morning.
"Wolf played great and he's the favorite to win," Perelman said. He was the best player in the region, I really feel he's going to go and do it."
Perelman said he first thought Center might be able to join Wolf in the singles' finals but pain from the knee led him to gather Center in the semifinals.
In No.2 singles play yesterday,
In doubles, Kansas 'No. 1 and No. 2 teams of Wolf-Center and Brady-Pascal won their first play in the semifinals this morning.
Jayhawks split squad for Drake, Oklahoma
By a Kansan sports writer
The Kansas men's track team will split up this weekend, as part of the team travels to the Drake Raleys and the rest of the squad compacts in the
The Jayhawks will join over 200 colleges and junior colleges at the
Highlighting the field for Kansas will be pole vaulter Scott Huffman, who is coming off a season best vault of 18 feet at last weekend's Kansas Relays. Ray Mitchell, who will compete in the triple and long jumps; and Ron Bahm, who is scheduled to compete in the javelin.
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77th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, today and tomorrow.
Head coach Bob Timmons said yesterday that although the Jayhawks didn't win any events at the Kansas Relays, several high
finishes by Kansas signaled an improving outdoor squad.
In all, the Jayhawks set nine individual season bests and three personal bests at the Relays.
"Even though we didn't win any first place awards, we did a lot better than we had earlier this season," Timmons said. "We're gradually coming along and looking much better, with some of the same gaps. We've got a ways to go before the conference championships, but I'm optimistic."
The conference championships will be May 16 and 17.
Timmons said most of the squad, about 25 athletes, would go to the Sooner Invitational.
At Drake, coaches will be keeping a close eye on Huffman. The Kansas sophomore from Quinter has been jumping exceptionally well and barefooted in a vault of 114, only 13 inches of his record, at the Kansas Relays.
Jayhawks get early jump on next season
Vollevball team wins regional tournament in St. Louis to advance to national
By a Kansan sports writer
The Kansas volleyball team made giant st muscles last season under first-year coach Frankie Albizt. The team's second 31-game conference losing streak
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and increased their victories from five in 1984 to 17.
before next season.
After playing in several United States Volleyball Association tournament, Kansas brought home a championship trophy over the weekend from the USVBA regional tournament in St. Louis.
Now the Jayhawks are getting a head start on improving even more
Kansas' Catalina Suarez, Bogota,
Colombia, freshman, was named the most valuable player of the tournament.
"My coach told me I was the MVP," Suarez said yesterday. "I played pretty well. It felt great to
The USVBA is a volleyball league for both collegiate and club teams during the collegiate off-season.
Going into the championship game, the Jayhawks were seeded second. Kansas was matched up against the No. 1 seed. Lee Jeans.
win. We played like a team."
"We had to work for every point," said Tammy Hill, Easton sophomore. "It seemed like a long tournament,
Kansas played in the AA division, which primarily is for collegiate teams
especially against Lee Jeans, which was a very experienced team."
Lee jeans took Kansas to the final game of a best of three series. The first game was marred by controversy.
Kansas protested that Lee Jeans made an illegal substitution. The Jayhawks would be awarded a free point if the protest was decided in their favor. The protest was disallowed, but Kansas won 16-14.
The Jayhawks won the third game 15-5 to clinch the championship.
cliffe uses bat, arm to help Cubs win
United Press International
CHICAGO — Rick Sutcliffe is usually pleasant — win or lose, day in and day out.
Sutcliffe, the 1984 Cy Young Award winner, earned his first victory of the season Thursday with a 7-5 decision over the Montreal Expos. He spoke freely about his three-game losing streak and the beginning of his 1986 campaign.
But the Chicago Cubs pitcher has been in a foul mood this season.
See related stories p. 13.
“When you’re 8-13 it tends to change your thinking,” said Sutcliffe, who has a career record of 82-37. “I was embarrassed to come to the park. There has been a little bit of self-doubt. Hopefully now it is over.”
Sutcliffe hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning yesterday and need
ed it to win. In his previous three starts, the Cubs came up with a total of one run.
Sutcliffe, who has played for the Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians, said he never had has an 0-3 record.
"I was thinking I knew more about the game than he did," Sutlif said. "He has called two shutouts, as far as I'm concerned. The next time, you see me slapping my head very hard, and I have more confidence in him."
Since an 0-3 record was a new experience for Sutcliffe, he went through some strange mental challenges. After school, good friend, catcher Jody Davis.
Sutcliffe said his self-confidence was shaken so much that he was having trouble figuring out how to pitch to anybody.
"In Los Angeles one year I was 0-2 and got sent to the bullpen," he said.
"Do you give up a walk, or do you pitch one down the middle?" Sutchle asked. "Like in the first innning, I got behind T Raines with a 2-1 count and I didn't want to walk the game, so he gets hit instead."
"The way he pitched was typical," said Cubs manager Jim Frey. "It's just one of those things you go through." He throws the ball where he wants to.
In Sutcliffe's defense, he has been spending a lot of time in between starts in Kansas City, M., where his mother has been hospitalized. She just recently was taken out of intensive care.
Sutcliffe gave up six walks and threw three wild pitches against the Expos yesterday.
"I told her I would game a game for her," he said. "But I didn't think it would take this long."
Rick Sutcliffe
Georgia State coach says Grant's signing isn't completely valid
The Associated Press
INDEPENDENCE  — Although junior college basketball star Harvey Grant signed a Southeastern Conference letter of intent with Kentucky on Wednesday, a coach in his home state of Georgia said he's still confident that Grant would be playing there.
The 6-foot-9 Grant from Sparta, Ga., played one season at Clemson
'Nobody will know until he enrolls in the fall, but the Kentucky thing doesn't throw any water on our expectations.'
Bob Reinhart Georgia State coach
before transferring to Independence Community College, where he played center this past season and averaged 22.4 points and 11.8 rebounds a game.
Bob Reinhart, basketball coach from Georgia State, said from Atlanta yesterday that the only thing Wednesday's signing meant was that if Grant wanted to play in the Southeastern Conference, he would
have to play for Kentucky.
Reinhart said Grant had signed with Georgia State three or four months ago.
"As far as I'm concerned, he's coming to Georgia State." Reinhart said. "His signing yesterday doesn't amount to a hill of beans."
"We were his choice all along, and I still think we are." he said. "Nobody will know until he enrols in the fall, but the Kentucky thing doesn't throw any water on our expectations."
Reinhart said that he had talked to Grant before Wednesday's signing and that the player had told him there were various factions wanting him to leave. "I wanted to get the monkey off his back and relieve some pressure."
He quoted Grant as telling him, 'Don't believe anything you hear or read. I'm coming to Georgia State.'
Reinhard that he thought one factor in Georgia State's favor was that if Grant came there, he would be able to make a strong team, on which his brother plays.
Jim Kerven, an assistant coach at Oklahoma, said yesterday that Grant had called the Sooners a number of times he hadn't heard from him in several weeks.
"We weren't really pursuing him that hard," Kwerin said. "At one point, he was signing with Oklahoma. He was pretty pleased about wanting to come here."
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