University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 10, 1987
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Valesente concerned about upcoming football scrimmage
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
The Kansas football team has made some improvements during its two months of spring football practices, but certain areas still concern Coach Bob Valesente.
"We still have a long way to go"
ready to confront a law. Fight, fight yet.
The Jayhawks will play their annual spring football scrimmage tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. It will be the team's first game in the Rie Eight Conference, and 48 overall.
The game is open to the public, and Yakesse said he hoped people would come and play.
Amission fee is $2 and proceeds will go to the Boy's and Girl's clubs of Lawrence.
Valsente said he was concerned because the team lacked overall speed. He said that the offensive line lacked depth and that it must stay free of injuries.
Spring Football
"I am happy to say that in the last two weeks, we have had no injuries," Valesente said, "and I think that is because we are in good shape."
Valesente said in March that the team's main goal for spring training was to be in better condition so that it could play intensely for a whole game. He said yesterday that he thought the team had achieved this.
"Our conditioning has given us the opportunity to start in a much better position in March." Valesente said. "We have had good,
physical practices."
Valesente said the new intensity of the team came out in a scrimmage last Saturday that ended in a bench-clearing brawl after Kelly Donohue and Kelly Dohnhoe for the quarterback position.
"There is some character being developed here," Taleseh said. "This team cares about it."
Valesente said Orth and Donohoe had improved because of the competition between them.
"Mike's competitiveness has really come out," Valesente said, "but the position is still open."
Another improvement this season is in the team's willingness to be flexible and to work together.
"We are playing team defense instead of
individual defense." he said. "People are excited to throw a good block that will spring open a good play for the team."
Von Lacey unselfishly changed his position from offensive lineman to defensive lineman, Valesente said.
Normore has shown improvement each week. Valente said "he has picked up the skills."
Valesente said Wichita State transfer Clint Normore would fill the free safety position vacated by senior Wayne Ziegler.
"I told him we needed some size, and he told me he would do what would help the team," he said.
David Gordon, a freshman redshirt last season, will move into the defensive end position, and Stacy Henson probably will start as right linebacker.
Valesente said that freshman Chip Budde would start at center tomorrow and that other probable starters had been injured.
The offensive柱 position is open because Bryan Cohane is recovering from knee surgery and Bryan Howard, a starter position, is recovering from a dislocated shoulder.
Fall training camp will be important to the team's success, especially if the players keep up their conditioning during the summer. Valesente said.
"I am concerned." Valesente said, "but I have to give the team a lot of credit for working as hard as they did after offing a disappointing season."
Southern Illinois State University is the only team the Jayhawks will play this season.
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It may be unusual to remove a pitcher who has given up only one hit, but Jose DeLeon was pitching an unusual game.
"I was getting tired. I was ready to come out," DeLeon said last night after going six% innings in
American League
the Chicago White Sox's 6-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. "I felt fine until that inning, but then I was just trying to guide the ball, and I couldn't throw strikes anymore."
DeLeon gave up a bunt single to Willie Wilson, leading off the Kansas City first. He cruised into the seventh with a one-hitter, but walked the bases full. With two out, he gave way to Bobby Thigpen, who surrendered two hits before recording the save.
DeLeon did not permit a runner beyond first base until he issued one-out walks to George Brett and Frank White in the seventh. Steve Balboni walked to load the bases with two out, but Thigpen came in and retired pinch hitter Thad Bosley on a fly ball.
The White Sox took a 1- lead in the fourth inning when Ron Hassley doubled and came around to score on groundouts by Ivan Calderon. The White Sox added four runs against Mark Gubicza, in the fifth.
DeLeon, 4-5 with the White Sox last year, struck out six and walked five in his first 1987 appearance. Kansas City's other hits were singles by pinch hitter Juan Beniquez in the eighth and George Brett in the ninth.
with a walk, and went to second on a sacrifice by Ron Karkovice. Gary Redus' hard bouncer went through the legs of third baseman Brett for an error, with Guillen taking third and Redus second.
Donnie Hill bounced an infield single off Gubica's leg that scored Guillen and sent Redus to third, and Walker tripled into the right-field corner, making it 4-0. Hassley walked home, Walker home, Gubica from the game. Gubica's career record for the month of April is 0-8.
Ozzie Guillen led off the inning
Tigers 9. Yankees 3
Walt Terrell, who ran his career record to 20-5 at Tiger Stadium, pitched the first eight innings, allowing 10 hits and striking out five. Eric Kring retired the Yankees in order in the ninth.
DETROIT — Chet Lemon homered, breaking a 1-1 tie in the second inning, and doubled home another run in Detroit's six-run third inning yesterday as the Tigers won by 20. The victory averted a sweep of Detroit's season-opening three-game series.
New York starter Bob Tewksbury lasted only until the third inning, giving up four runs and five hits.
Brewers 12. Red Sox 11
MILWAUKEE — Rookie catcher B J. Surboff led off the bottom of the eighth inning yesterday with his first major league home run, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 12-11 victory and a three-game sweep over the Boston Red Sox.
The winning blow came off right-hander Steve Crawford, 0-1.
Redbirds beat Cubs Mets sweep Pirates
'Hawks end 8-game losing streak
CHICAGO — Terry Pendleton's two-run homer, which helped the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 yesterday, was his first of the season. He says it won't be his last.
"That's not being cocky, that's being confident," added the stocky third baseman, who hit three homers during spring training. "This winter I worked a lot on improving my swing in my swing. And if you look at the lower part of my body, you'll see where my power is."
"I guarantee I'll hit more than one," said Pendleton, who had one home run last year and a total of 13 in three seasons in the major leagues.
In addition to Pendleton's power, Vince Colemanole four bases and scored twice, tying a single-game career high.
Winner Danny Cox allowed one hit in six 2-3 innings and struck out eight, equaling his career high. He had a no-hitter until Riley Sanders off of the bottom of the sixth with his first home run of the season.
Coleman walked in the third inning, stole both second and third base and scored on Tom Herr's groundout. Coleman, who stole 217 bases in his first two major league seasons, singled in the seventh and ninth inbound one second and third before scoring a sacrifice fly by Ozzie Smith.
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Darryl Strawberry, who homered earlier, led off the seventh inning with a double and later scored the tie-breaking run on Howard Johnson's sacrifice fly yesterday, giving the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mets 4. Pirates 2
Brenda Steele/Special to the KANSAN
Kansas catcher Jarrett Boeschen takes a cut in yesterday's first game against Baker University. Kansas swent the doubleheader 9-1 and 17-6.
By DAVID BOYCE Staff writer
The Kansas baseball team took out its frustrations on the Baker Wildcats yesterday, sweeping a doubleheader, 9-1 and 17-6, at Quigley Field.
The losing streak ends.
"These wins will give us confidence," Darrel Matthews said. "We have been playing well, but coming un short.
"We had forgot how it felt to win."
Baker entered the games with a 5-8 record and left with a 5-10 record.
Meanwhile, Kansas snapped an eight-game losing streak and raised its record to 10-20-1 overall.
Freshman pitcher Brad Hinkle pitched the first game and went the distance, giving up one run and six hits.
"I had better control today."
Hinkle said. "I used my fastball to set up the hitters and my slider to strike them out."
Besides the strong pitching, the offense also came alive early in the game.
Hinkle struck out six batters and gave up only two walks.
Byrn Byrn and Matthews both went 3-for-4. Byrn drove in one run, and Matthews drove in three with a two-run homer and a single.
"He hung a slider over the plate.
Members of the Kansas baseball team celebrate a home run by shortstop Scott Seratte, right, in the second game of a doubleheader. The Jayhawks beat Baker University in both games yesterday at Quigley Field, ending an eight-game losing streak.
renda Steele/Special to the K&NSA
and I happen to get the bat on the ball," Matthews said. "It's a pitch I should have been driving out more this season."
Matthews' home run came in the first inning when the Jayhawks erupted for six runs. And they were never in danger of losing the lead.
Kansas added single runs in the second, third and sixth innings. Baker scored its lone run in the sixth.
These wins will give us confidence. We have been playing well, but coming up short.'
— Darrel Matthews KU baseball player
In the second game, Kansas did put the Wildcats away early. The game was called after five innings because of the 10-run rule.
"All in all, these were good wins for us," KU coach Marty Pattin said. "We had a chance to put them away early in the first game, but still we played two good games."
The big blows in the first inning came on a three-run homer by Scott Seratte and a three-run double by Hugh Stanfield. Stanfield had four RBI in the first by adding a run-scoring single in his first at bat.
Baker opened the second game by taking its only lead of the afternoon, 1-0. The Jayhawks responded in the bottom of the first with nine runs.
Working with the large lead, Kansas starter Steve Renko had trouble throwing strikes. He walked two batters and gave up a single and a triple in the second. Three runs scored, shrinking Kansas' lead to 9-4.
Renko again had trouble in the third, giving up another run before he came to the finish.
Pattin said he was pleased with the pitching performances by Hinkle and Renko, even though he had to remove because of the control problems.
Mike Murrier entered the game in the third and pitched the rest of the day.
Kansas broke the game open in the bottom of the third with eight runs.
"These were good wins, and they will give us some confidence going against K-State this weekend," Pattin said.
The Jayhawks, who will play the Wildcats in Manhattan during the weekend, still are looking for their next Conference win, as is Kansas State.
Kansas    611 001 x-9 11-1
Armstrong, Stelzer (1) and Farnhart, Hinkle
and Boesenwijk W-Hinklee (1-0) L-Armstrong
2Bb-Kansas, Berate, Standfield HI-Kansas.
KANSAS 17. BAKER 6
Baker 131 10--6 8 11
Kansas 908 0x-17 12 11
Cook masters slick greens at Augusta
Kansas 908 0x-17 12 1
Swanson, Johnson (1) , Stelzer (3)
and Palmberg, Renko, Murree (3) and Boesen-
Wrinken R(w-2) 1. Lsawson, S-baker, Bakerman,
3b-Baker, LaFrance, Anspaugh, Kansas,
Sikhra, Smith, HRS-Serate(1)
AUGUSTA, Ga. — John Cook use a new attitude and an old putter and subdued glass-slick greens with a 69 that established the first-round lead yesterday in the 51st Masters Tournament.
The Associated Press
"A couple of times, if I'd hit the putt any easier, I'd have whipped it," said Cook, 29, who has won twice in an injury-plagued eight-year PGA Tour career.
"The greens played as fast as any one putted on," Cook said. "If I was scat, I would."
"It was a battle," said Cook, who used only 24 putts on the most difficult, frustrating greens the Augusta Golf Club has presented in years.
For comparable conditions, two-time Masters winner Watson Watson thought back to 1970. Six-time Masters winner Jack Nicklaus nominated 1966.
"You get it above the cup, then miss the hole, you can four-putt," said Larry Mize, whose 70 left him alone in second place.
Tied with Langer at 71 were Watson, Calvin Peele, Curtis Strange, Payne Stewart and Corey Pavin, the only two-time winner on the Professional Golfers' Association Tour this year.
"The greens were too firm, extremely fast," said West German Bernhard Langer, who won the title in 1985. He three-putted twice on the way to a 71 that nonetheless left him very much in contention.
Jodie Mudd made Mize a prophet, four-putting on the 11th hole.
Greg Norman, two-time Masters champ Steve Ballesteros of Spain and the ever-present Tom Kite, not yet a Masters winner but often a challenger.
Scott Simpson, a winner last week in the Greensboro Open, led a group at par 72. A large group at 73 included
Nicklaus finished at 74, five strokes off the pace.
There were very few chuckles and giggles during the sunny windy spring.
Norman, who dominated world goo,
last year, backed away from a 2-foot
putt on the 12th hole, nervously wiped
his palm on his pants leg and then
addressed the ball again. He missed
the putt.
"The speed of the greens was the crux of the matter," said Norman, who won 10 tournaments around the world last year. "One putt, on the sixteenth, the fastest I've had anywhere in the world."
The leader, too, positively
trembled over a 12-foot putt on the 16th.
"It was the scariest putt I've ever said," Cook said. "If it doesn't catch some part of the hole, it's off the green. I think that's the only time in my life I've had a 12-foot I simply don't need to putt. I was ready to nocee."
Arnold Palmer, 57, who built much of his legend around his four Masters victories, struggled to an 83. He wasn't alone in his difficulties.
He didn't, however, and sank the putt.
Some of golf's great names couldn't doubt the demands of one of its most celebrated players.
Ray Floyd, the current U.S. Open champion and a former winner here, had a 75. Another former champion, Fuzzy Zoeller, shot 76.
Track teams traveling to warm up for Relays
Staff writer
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Bob Timmons, men's coach, said this probably was the highlight of the season.
Thirty members of the men's team will be competing tomorrow in Berkeley, Calif., where they will face Arizona State, San Jose State and the University of California at Berkeley in a quadrangular meet.
"This has really motivated a lot of our athletes to train hard." Timmons said. "We have had some good prac
The Kansas track teams will be competing in different parts of the country tomorrow as they make final preparations for the 62nd Annual Kansas Relays, which will begin Wednesday.
tices lately, and we expect to have some good performances."
Timmons said he was not sure what kind of competition Kansas would face because this was the first time he had competed against these teams.
"I know that these are strong teams," Timmons said, "so I expect some diversified competition in each event."
Timmons said Cal-Berkley's stadium would bring back memories for him because it was the place where Jim Ryun, a former Kansas All-American, broke his first world record in the mile in 1966.
Timmons said that the team
See TRACK. p. 13. col. 1