Thursday, April 10, 1986
Sports
University Daily Kansan
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2 Brett home runs propel KC to win
United Press International
NEW YORK — George Brett homered twice and relieved Steve Farr allowed one hit over 4% innings last night to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees.
Farr, 1-0, retired the first 11 Yankees he faced and 14 of 15 overall. The right-hander also struck out three after replacing starter Charlie Leibrandt, who worked the first 3½ innings. Leibrandt allowed four runs on four hits and six walks. Dan Quisenberry pitched the ninth inning for his first save.
New York starter and loser Ed
Whitson, 1, lasted 25 innings, sur-
nors, 25 hits.
Hal McRae's sacrifice fly in the first gave the Royals a 1-0 lead.
Then the Yankees scored twice in the first. Third baseman Brett's throwing error allowed Willie Randle to score from third and Henry Cotto's RBI fielder's choice scored Don Mattingly.
Kansas City tied the score 2-2 in the second when Jim Sundberg singled home Law, who had tripled.
With two out in the third, Steve Balboni doubled and scored on Rudy Law's single to center. Law went to second on Rickey Henderson's throw to the plate and scored on Sundberg's single.
The Yankees scored a run in the third when Leibrandt walked Butch Wynegar with the bases loaded. In the fourth, Dom Mattingly's RBI groundout brought the Yankees to within one run.
The Royals took a 5-3 lead with three runs in the third. Brett led off with a home run, his first of the season, off the facing of the upper deck in right field. It was the 194th of his career, making him the Royals' all-time leader, surpassing Amos Otis.
Brett gave the Royals a 6-4 lead in the seventh with his second homer of the game, a leadoff shot off the right-field foul pole off reliever Bob Shirley.
Mary Burger/KANSAN
Fort Hays second baseman Rob Robb dives back to first base ahead of a Purdy's throw. Kansas lost the first game of yesterday's double-header at throw by Kansas pitcher Steve Purdy. Jayhawk first baseman Jon Patton awaits Field 2-10 but came back to win the second game 9-3.
Bunge fires one-hitter
By Dave Giles
Sports editor
Powerful pitching and timely hitting by Tracy Bunge yesterday helped the Kansas softball team to a 7-10 win and a split of a double-header with Kansas State in Manhattan.
Bunge allowed only one hit in four innings and hit a home run and a double in leading the Jayhawks to the victory. The win increased her record to 13-5. Reinie Powell pitched the last inning.
The Wildcats' lone hit was by Rita McClure.
K-State won the first game 2-0 behind one-hit pitching by Lisa Tarvestod.
Both Wildcat runs came with two outs in the bottom of the first inning. McClure singled to drive in one run. Then, after an error by Kansas shortstop Cherie Wickham, Joyce Hawley hit a double to drive in the other run.
Softball
Kansas had one scoring opportunity in the sixth innings, but Judith Phillips hit into a double play, ending the threat.
Sherri Mach was the losing pitcher. Her record is 15-5.
The Jayhawks' came out swinging in the second game and collected 13 hits.
Kansas outfielder Ann Brent led the offensive barrage with three hits and two RBIs. One of her hits was a home run.
The split gave the Jayhawks a 28-10 record for the season.
Bunge, Phillips and Gayle Luedke had two hits apiece.
Kansas hard soffball coach Bob Stancill said the strong offensive showing in the second game was that Camron didn't have to face Tarvested
They play Iowa State and Oklahoma on Saturday.
'Hawks split two games with Ft. Hays
By Jim Suhr
Sports writer
Jayhawk shortstop Gary Lang drove in five runs, including three on a second-inning home run, as he led Kansas to a 9-3 win in the second game and a double-header split of visiting Fort Hays State at Quigley Field yesterday.
Kansas lost the first game, 2-0, after Fort Hays pitcher Chris Kline and Lyle Beford teamed up for a win. Kline struck out 12 Javahaws.
Befort is the cousin of Kansas reliever Curt Befort.
Steve Purdy was the losing pitcher for Kansas. His record is 3-5.
The split gave Kansas a 19-20 record. Fort Hays State, ranked as the No. 14 team in the NAIA this season, has a record of 28-5-1.
"Give his pitcher a hit of credit," Pattin said. "He stuck with a breaking ball.
Kansas head coach Marty Pattin said the Jayhawks didn't score any runs in the first game because they weren't patient at the plate.
Baseball
"Junk-ballers like the ones in the first game make our batters too anxious a lot of the time. We always see to hit guys who throw harder, but he only threw about seven fastballs."
In the second game, Kansas got the fastballs from Tiger starting pitcher James McAnarney and McAnarney paid for it. The Jayhawks scored three runs off him in the first inning.
In the first inning, Lang hit a McAnaney fastball for a two-run triple. He eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by rightfielder Rob Peters.
Kansas padded its lead to 6-0 with three more runs in the second inning. All three of those runs came from a fastball Langer hit over the centerfield fence. It was his fifth home run of the season.
top of the third inning, but Kanss slammed the door on the Fort Hays rally with three runs in the sixth inning.
Kansas pitcher Paul Henry went the distance for the Jayhawks in the second game. Henry, who improved his pitching, scattered seven hits over seven innings.
Sue Lang, the senior's mother, and four of his sisters watched from the bleachers. Lang's mother, who said she had traveled from her home in Hays to watch her son play, said afterward she was slightly disappointed her son had hit the home run when he did.
The Tigers scored three runs in the
Also watching from the bleachers was Gary's younger brother, Larry. Larry, an infielder for the Tigers, has been redshirted this season after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery earlier in the season.
"I liked his hits in the second game," she said. "But he waited to hit his home run until I was gone getting my sister-in-law."
"I was looking forward to playing
against him," he said.
The Jayhawks, sixth in the Big Eight with a 3-5 record, continue their conference season this weekend when they travel to Lincoln, Neb., for a four-game weekend series with Nebraska.
Fort Hays ... 000 101 0-2 7-11
Kansas ... 000 105 0-3 2-8
Fort Hays 2, KU 0
Kline, Befort (7) and Winske; Purdy and Pfister. W—Kline, 5-0 L—Purdy, 3-5.
KU 9, Fort Hays 3
Fort Hays, 003 000 0—3 7-2
Kansas, 330 003 x=9 11-3
McAnarney, Busby (2), Newman (6) and Winske; Henry and Boeschen. W—Henry, 6-5. L—McAnarney, 1-1. HR—Kansas, Lang.
Broken ankle puts Center on sidelines
Senior's KU career could be finished
By James Larson
Kansas senior tennis player Michael Center's ankle is broken and not sprained as was earlier suspected, his physician said yesterday.
John Wertzberger, Center's physician, said that unless Center made a near-miraculous recovery, his college career was over.
Kansas tennis player Michael Center, Manhattan senior, broke his ankle a month ago and was told by his doctor that the college tennis-playing days might be over.
"That's what he told me originally," Center said of the prognosis, "and I figured I wasn't going to be able to play, but I was hoping there would be a big chance I could be able to play in the Big Eight Tournament."
Center watched the Kansas-Kansas State match from the sidelines yesterday while leaning on a pair of crutches. He appeared grateful for the encouragement offered by his teammates and friends, but it also seemed as though he could not believe or had not yet fully grasped what had happened to him.
"It's especially disappointing to have to watch from the sidelines because it's my last year and also because we have a chance to win the Bur Eight this year," he said.
Diane Duttmeter/KANSAM
Center was playing in a March 11 match against UCLA in California when the injury occurred. He hurt his ankle when he jumped for an overhead smash and tried to land on one foot. But his foot slid under him and all of his weight came down on top of it.
Center's injury put an end to one of the better doubles teams in the country. Center and his partner, Mike Wolf, were ranked No. 27 nationally and had racked up victories against three top-15 teams including a team from Clemson that was No. 1 at the time of the match.
When the injury was diagnosed in Los Angeles, the doctor said the ankle was only sprained. But after three weeks without any improvement, Center had his ankle X-rayed again and a fracture was discovered.
Wolf said. "It's disappointing, but my strongest feelings are sympathy for Mike. He's the one who has to sit out the season. We had a chance to be All-American this year."
Kansas head tennis coach Scott Perelman also said the pair had a good chance to be All-American. All-America standing depends on placement at the national collegiate tournament.
Kevin Brady has taken Center's place at No. 2 singles.
"Absolutely," he said.
"Everything was in place. I thought it was all there."
Perelman said the loss of Center made him feel empty inside. He said Center was special because he came to Kansas the same year as Perelman.
"I close my eyes and I can see him going up to hit the ball and breaking
his ankle," he said. "There is a lesson in this of making the most of each moment because suddenly it can all be gone. Time will show that Center has been one of the most improved collegiate players that Kansas has ever had."
Perelman said Center still traveled to every match and was as much a part of the team as ever.
"Wherever we go, he goes, too," Perelman said. "When we go to the Big Eight Tournament, he'll be there."
Kansas aims to win 2nd Topeka regatta
Sports writer
Bv Dawn O'Mallev
The Kansas crew team is hoping for a repeat performance at the President's Open Regatta at Lake Shawnee in Topeka on Saturday.
The races will begin at 6 a.m. Kansas finished first in last year's inaugural regatta.
The crew team will be competing with more than 600 athletes from Midwestern college and university crew teams. There will be 20 or more events in which the crew teams can compete.
Other competitors include Kansas State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Creighton, Xavier, Wichita State and Washburn.
Elizabeth Elliott, women's novice coach, said Minnesota will be a difficult team to beat.
"Our biggest challenge will be overcoming Minnesota," she said yesterday. "We have raced against the other teams, so we should have a feel for them. But you must also treat everybody as a potential competitor. You do not exclude anyone."
The women's crew consists of a novice and varsity teams.
"We have a strong vice squad along with the varsity." Janet Bowen, Leavenworth senior said.
"But again there will be crews in Topeka we didn't see in Texas."
The crew team competed in the Heart of Texas Regatta in Austin over spring break and rowed against some of the teams they will see Saturday. Kansas won the regatta with seven out of 11 first-place finishes.
"I think Texas was fairly good and gave us some competition," Bowen said. "I'm not sure how Nebraska is this year."
"They are a tough crew." Bowen said. "It will be a very good race but it'll be tough."
Last year, Minnesota did not compete in the President's Open Regatta.
"I expect a close race from K-State," Cliff Elliott, head men's novice and varsity coach and women's varsity coach, said. "At Texas they were stronger than the other crews. Our varsity boat won by one second. We have a different line; we should win by a bigger margin."
In the men's division, four novice boats, one variety boat and one junior varsity boat are entered.
Elliott said the men's teams had not raced against Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa or Creighton.
Frat sponsors tourney
By Dawn O'Malley
Sports writer
For the second year in a row, the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity will sponsor a weekend of soccer activity aimed at helping sick children.
The $60 team entry fee will go toward the chapter's philanthropy, St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
The tournament will begin Friday at the 23rd and Iowa street fields. It is open to men's and women's teams. The championship game is scheduled for Sunday.
"An important reason why people should enter is because the money goes to a good cause," Scott Moore, Overland Park sophomore and philanthropy chairman, said yesterday. "There aren't many who don't like children. It is well worth the cause."
Radio station KLZR-FM, Coca-Cola and the Kansas City Comets are helping the TKEs sponsor the tournament. The Kansas TKE chapter hopes to raise $2,000 to donate to St. Jude's. Moore said.
As of yesterday. 21 teams had signed up to participate in the tournament.
"Mainly why we enter it helps out the philanthropy," said Julie Hiss, Bucklin sophomore and Alpha Gamma Delta sorority activities director.
Three Comet players will attend Saturday's festivities. They are Jim Schwab, defender; Keith Fulk, forward; and Keith Meyer, midfielder. The three will conduct a soccer clinic at the soccer field at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
The clinic is open to people interested in sharpening their soccer skills.
St. Jude is the patron saint for hopeless cases. St. Jude's Hospital was founded by actor and TKE alumnus Danny Thomas in 1862. He is still the active president of the hospital.
The hospital is the world's largest childhood cancer research center available to children up to 18 years old. However, some patients older than 18 receive outpatient treatment.
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