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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, June 8, 1988
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Kansas City beats A's again
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Beating the powerful Oakland Athletics twice in a row is one thing, back-to-back shutouts against a lineup that features sluggers like Canseco, Parker, Lansford and McGwire?
"It's hard to believe, but it happened." Kansas City manager John Wathan said last night after pitcher Ted Power went the distance in a 6-0 victory over the West Division leaders. The Royals won 2-0 Night night and have won six straight games.
Oakland has lost three straight, matching its longest losing streak of the season. It was the first time since June 28-29, 1980, that the Athletics had been shut out two games in a row, and the first time since Aug. 6-7, 1983, that the Royals pitched consecutive shutouts. Oakland left 11 runners on base.
"The season is peaks and valleys, whether you're talking about defense, offense or pitching," said Oakland manager Tony LaRussa. "As easily as you struggle, you turn it around. The Royals right now are snickering at our offense. Maybe at some point they'll see what it can be like."
Does LaRussa really believe the Royals are snickering?
"I would be if I'd watched these last two games," he said.
Power, 3-1, gave up nine hits and had four strikeouts and five walks in posting his second consecutive shutout. Last week, he shut out Seattle on four hits.
"Going into the game, I just wanted to win." Power said. "After about the sixth inning I really wanted the shutout. I struggled, but as it turned out, we made some great plays. I wanted it, and I got it."
After Willie Wilson singled, George Brett hit his 11th offer Curt Young, 4-3, in the first inning. On Young's next delivery, Danny Tartabull connected for his 12th homer of the season.
Wilson walked and stole second in the third and came home on Tartabull's RBI single.
gave the Royals a 5-0 lead in the sixth. Then Pat Tabler walked, stole second and scored on a single by Quirk.
In other American League action last night, Harold Bainen's homer and Mike Woodard's two-run triple highlighted a seven-seven inning as the White Sox defeated Minnesota 10-8 in Chicago.
Hames hit the first pitch off reliever Keith Atherton, 4-3, for his seventh homer of the year. Dan Pasqua, who had homered earlier, hit an RBI single to put Chicago ahead 5-4. Ozzie Guillen had a two-run single, Woodard tripled in two more and Gary Redus hailed a sacrifice fly as the White Sox enjoyed their biggest ingestion of the season.
Pitchers Chuck Finley and Bryan Harvey combined on a five-hitter and Brian Downing homered in the sixth as California blanked Texas 1-0 in Arlington.
Kevin Seitzer's third home run
Royals 6, Athletics 0
Finley, 4-7, allowed five hits,
struck out seven and walked none
before being relieved by Harvey with
two outs in the ninth and runners on
first and third. Harvey struck out
pinch-hitter Pete O'Brien to earn his
fourth save.
Royals ab r h rbi
Stillwell ss 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 3 2 1 0
Brett lb 4 1 2 2
Tartabull rf 4 1 2 2
Seitz尔 4 1 1 1
Tabler dh 3 1 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 0 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 3 1
Thurman lf 2 0 0 0
*Totals* 30 6 9 6
Athletes          ab r h b ri
Lansford db      1 0 0 0
Hubbard db       4 0 0 0
Cansecorf       4 0 0 0
Parker dh        3 0 3 0
McGwire lb       4 0 1 0
Jennings if      3 0 1 0
Javier cf       4 0 0 0
Weiss ss         4 0 2 0
Mercado c       2 0 0 0
Henderson ph     1 0 1 0
Totals           33 0 9 0
Oakland 000 000 000 - 0
Kansas City 301 022 000 - 6
> = rower (31) L.-Young (43). Winning
RBI - Brett. E - Brett. DP - Oakland 2.
Kansas City 3. LOB - Oakland 1. Kansas
city 3. BER - Pquirk, HR - HR (11).
Tartahul (8). Seizer (12). Wilson (15).
Tabler (2). Balk - Nelson A - 34.06 T.
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Pistons shock Lakers in Game One
Dantlev, Thomas and bench players help Detroit gain key road victory
The Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Adrian Dantley scored 22 of his 34 points in the second half and Isaiah Thomas led a 35-17 second-quarter run that lifted the Detroit Pistons to a 105-93 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in the opener of the NBA finals last night.
The Lakers, who averaged 115 points and 54.5 percent shooting while winning nine of their first 10 playoff games at home, hit 34 percent of their shots while falling behind 57-40 at halftime, their biggest midway deficit of the season.
Dantley, making the first championship appearance in his 12-year NBA career, then scored 10 points in the third period and 12 in the fourth, helping the Pistons stay in front.
Thomas scored 19 points and the Detroit bench, led by Vinnie Johnson
and James Edwards, outscored Los Angeles' reserves 32-4, including 18-0 in the first half.
Magic Johnson led Los Angeles with 28 points. Byron Scott added 25 and James Worthy had 19 for the Lakers, who must win Game 2 at the Forum Thursday night to avoid becoming the first team in NBA history to lose the first two games of the finals at home.
The Lakers, seeking to become the first team to repeat as NBA champion since the Boston Celtics in 1969, led 23-22 in the first minute of the second period before a 16-5 Pistons spurt, capped by a 3-pointer by Thomas, put them ahead 38-28 with 4:56 left in the period.
Two minutes later, Dantley hit two fast-break layups for a 46-34 advantage, and Thomas made it 51-38 with a three-point play.
After Scott closed the gap to 51-40 with 25 seconds left, Bill Laimbeer hit a 3-pointer and Thomas stole the inbounds pass and hit another long-distance shot at the buzzer.
The Lakers got to within 65-57 with 5:23 left in the third quarter. But Dantley and Vinnie Johnson, who had seven points in the last 2:39 of the third period, helped the Pistons increase the margin to 80-68 after three quarters.
Dantley scored eight points in a 2:18 span to give the Pistons their largest lead, 94-75, with 5:30 left. Magic Johnson then hit two 3-pointers to lead a 16-4 run that made it 98-91 with 1:23 remaining.
But five consecutive free throws by the Pistons put the game out of reach.
Los Angeles has won four titles in this decade — in 1980, 1982, 1985 and
In their four previous championships, the Lakers have never lost more than two games before the final round. This year, they were defeated six times, three each by Utah and Dallas in seven-game series.
While Los Angeles has been in the final seven of the last nine years, the Pistons are making their first appearance in the championship series since moving to Detroit from Fort Wayne. Ind., in 1957.
Derrout, which has won five of its last six road games in the playoffs this year, hit its first seven shots and led 14-4 before Lambeir missed at the 7:40 mark of the first quarter.
The two teams met twice earlier in the postseason, with the Lakers winning the first round of the Western Division playoffs in 1961 and 1962.
Jayhawk athletes wrap up seasons
Kansan sportswriter
By Jill M. John
Several Kansas athletes stayed busy long after finals were over by competing in postseason play last month and into last weekend.
The Kansas men's tennis team highlighted KU athletics in May by capturing its second straight Big Eight title this spring.
The last time a Kansas tennis team repeated as conference champions was in 1964 and 1965. The Jayhawks, with a 15-9 record, qualified for the NCAA tournament last season. University of California at Berkley 5-2 in the first round in Athens, Georgia.
Freshman John Falbo also qualified for the NCAA tournament singles competition, but was eliminated in the first round by Buff Farrow, a Wichita native, of UCLA. The doubles pair of Falbo and sophomore Craig Wildey was eliminated in the NCAA first round by California at Berkley.
Coach Scott Perelman was pleased with the team's conference play, but he said that better performances at the NCAA tournament would be a goal for next year.
"I think being able to win two consecutive conference championships has established us as a dominant team in the region," Perelman said.
The women's tennis team placed third in the conference and finished with a 20-5 record. Junior Jeanette Jonsson won the Big Eight number two singles title for the Jawhaws.
Senior Ann O'Connor, an All-American high-jumper last year, became the first Kansas women to be named All-American in two separate events by placing seventh in this year's heptathlon.
Two Kansas women earned All-American status along with putting their names into the Kansas record books with unusual firsts.
Five members of Kansas' men and women's track teams earned All-American honors at last week's NCAA meet.
Sophomore Yolanda Taylor
became Kansas' first women's triple jump All-American. She placed eighth in the nation.
Three members of the men's track team also earned All-American honors last weekend.
Senior Craig Branstrom placed sixth in the decathlon, sophomore Vince Labesky placed seventh in the javelin and senior Scott Huffman tied for seventh in the pole vault.
At the NCAA Golf Tournament, junior John Sinovic tied for 19th in the country, earning All-American honors. Sinovic became the first Kansas golfer in over 20 years to achieve a status, Coach Ross Roadall said.
The Kansas softball team finished fourth in the Big Eight with a 33-32 record and placed three players on the All-Big Eight secondteam
Senior shortstop Cherie Wickham, sophomore pitcher Roanna Brazier and freshman catcher Tammy Cook were all named to the league team.
"We started six freshmen most of the time and I think we did well for as young as we were," coach Kalum Haack said. "Next year we won't play like freshmen."
Kansas baseball coach Dave Bingham did not think his team played to the level it was hoping to, but he did think its late-season improvement would help build a quality program in the future.
The Jayhawks finished last in the Big Eight with a 25-34 record.
The Jayhawks had have two members gain Big Eight honors with junior Steve Dowling being on the All-Big Eight second-team and junior Tom Buchanan earning honorable mention.
Along with all the honors Kansas athletics received last month, the Kansas athletic department did one of its top administrators.
Associate Athletic Director Gary Hunter announced he will assume the position of athletic director at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Hunter takes over for the Big Sky Conference school on July 1.
Golfers try to sink their putts at the Chernobyl hole at the Moosehine Golf Tournament. The tournament was held Saturday night at the Orchards Executive Golf Course.
Night golfers benefit youth home
By Jill M. John
Kansan sportswriter
Chernobyl initiates thoughts of radiation and hazardous, glowing material to most people's minds.
These thoughts appeared Saturday night as red, green and purple illuminous rings around people's necks which were all that could be seen as people walked in the distance toward small fluorescent spheres.
But, in this case, Chernobyl was the only hole at the Orchidia Excelsior.
The special effects were for the nighttime, glow-in-the-dark golf tournament held to benefit the Achievement Place Boys Home of Lawrenc
Each hole of the Moonshine Golf Tournament had a different theme and objective for the 9-hole philanthropy tournament.
The tournament raised about $2,000 for the youth home.
Fifty players paid $125 each to enter the tournament. Prizes were awarded for the longest drive, the shortest drive, and the longest patt at various holes.
Unlike typical golfers, Saturday's
contestants were not merely striving for the lowest score. Instead, the players seemed to enjoy a good time more than winning.
That good time also meant that the Achievement Place Boys Home of Lawrence would get a new coat of paint and some needed remodeling, said Montrose Wolf, an original supporter of the youth home.
The home is for teenagers who have been abused, abandoned, neglected or have criminal records.
The nighttime tournament, featuring golfers using glow-in-the-dark balls, was the first fund-raiser for the boys' home in 15 years. It was the idea of Achievement Place committee chairman, Sean Williams.
"I was really pleased," Williams said. "It was the first one, and I'm really happy we had the support and involvement that we did."
Achievement Place was developed in the late 1960s by Judge Charles Rankin who saw the need for a strong home environment for troubled kids.
There are now two homes in
Lawrence, one for boys and one for girls. Both care for six to eight youths at a time.
Each home has a married couple who acts as parents for the adolescents, said house parent Nancy Garrett.
"The goal of the program is different depending on the child," Garrett said. "Sometimes the child is able to return home and other times that is not possible. We want all of our kids to be successful in the community."
Players, spectators and even the neighbors living next to the course got into the spirit of the event.
"I hit really well and I don't know why," said golfer Ray Bramlate, who won the prize for the longest put. "I guess because I couldn't see my ball. I hit a lot of holes that I wouldn't hit in the daylight."
A few neighbors brought their lawnchairs out and watched from the edge of the course.
"I think this is great," said Dick Darnell. "We're gonna call up the clubhouse in a minute and ask for a i.a.m. tee time."
Track coach puts expertise to work for the Olympics
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sports editor
A 10-year-old's interpretation of the pole vault is posted on a wall behind Rick Attig's desk. The drawing, done by Attig's son, consists of a stickman-pole vaulter's progressive movements down a runway and over a bar.
Attig is proud of the drawing, but the 1988 Olympic pole vault coach's interpretation relies more on physics and the laws of motion.
A basic description, but fairly accurate.
The scientific approach to pole vaulting has been successful for the Kansas assistant track coach. In his fourth year at KU, he has built what may be the best collegiate pole vaulting squad ever.
this year, Kansas had three All-american vaulters — senior Scott Huffman and sophomore Pat Manson at 18 feet, 6½ inches and junior Chris Bohanam at 18 feet, 3¾ inches along with other seniors. In senior Lance Adams at 17 feet, 6½ inches and junior Cedric Fullard at 17 feet.
Before coming to Kansas, at Raytown (Mo.) South High School, Attig also built possibly the best high school pole vaulting squad ever with
two 17-foot vaulters and two 16-foot vaulters.
"Rick is definitely one of the top pole vault coaches in the country," said Guy Kochel, United States vertical jumps chairman and the 1984 Olympic pole vault coach. "He is a technician.
"For the (Olympic) position, I was looking for a person with a tremendous amount of interest in pole vaulting and a tremendous amount of knowledge of the pole vault and also, someone who would give time with the pole vault to make it a better sport for the United States. I felt Rick had all three."
"My approach was that I wanted to learn everything I could about the laws of motion, the physics of the event," Attig said, "then make my own observations. I really had to think that way."
Attig credits his success to the fact that he developed his own theory without referring to books on the pole vault.
While studying the pole vault, Attig frequently uses his master's degree in biomechanics from Southwest Missouri State.
Attig said he felt fortunate to have started coaching at the junior high level and to have gained the experience from zero to close to 19 feet.
"Sometimes when you take something from a book, you take it for granted, but it's wrong. A lot of
things get handed down through the years. We get a lot of crazy things handed down from coaches."
"When you really are doing something you enjoy, it makes it easy to get excited and to put the time in to learn as much as you can."
Adams, who was coached at Raytown South by Attig, said every year in high school Attig had researched a new aspect of the vault. Because of that, the workouts changed yearly but for the better, Adams said.
"Anytime you had a question, he'd go home and spend days on it." Adams said. "Then he'd come back and give you the answer. Now, he's broken the event down so far, he can just come up with the answer right away."
After years of research, Attig's theory is that 90 percent of a pole vaulter's potential is accomplished on the ground during the approach
"What a vaulter does on the ground is 90 percent of the vault." Attig said. "A 10-stride long jump is the best test for a vaulter, along with a speed *at*
A good long jumper has the capability of a good pole vault."
The emphasis of the takeoff is trying to convert the approach speed upward with a minimal loss of velocity. Attig said.
The angle of takeoff of a vaulter is the key to vaulting excellence, Attig said. The takeoff angle is the angle at which a vaulter leaves the ground, much like a long jumper.
A higher takeoff angle means a pole works less for a vaulter, which is the desired result, Attig said. With a low takeoff angle, a vaulter has to take off closer to the pit forcing a needed lift from the pole. With a high takeoff angle, a vaulter's takeoff point can be moved back.
Attig said that a coach needs to realize the interrelationship of the takeoff, the takeoff point, the angle of the pole and the approach speed.
"The takeoff, along with the speed of the takeoff, and the angle of the pole determine the capability of a vaulter." Atttg said. "These aspects really make a vault. So, if a vaulter is ever going to reach his potential, you have to coach these angles.
Consequently, Kansas vaulters spend hours on their ground work.
Huffman is probably Attig's best example of a vaulter reaching his potential after his approach and takeoff was refined.
away with a low takeoff angle with a lot of speed, but he won't reach his potential."
"If they have poor takeoff angles, they're going to be limited," Attig said. "It's not easy to work on. It's easy to forget it. A vaulter can get
Before Attig came to Kansas, Huffman's best vault was 16 feet, 6 inches during his red-shirt衣 as a freshman. At Quinter High School, Huffman was a 14-foot, 5-inch vaulter.
That spring, Huffman set the national freshman record at 18 feet, $ _{5/4} $ inches.
After his red-shirt year, Huffman worked on his sprint mechanics and takeoff along with an adjustment to his plant.
Most vaulters' poor habits are caused from learning the takeoff incorrectly as beginners, Attig said. That is why he is trying to start an Olympic beginners camp this summer to teach the United States' future pole vaulters.
"My idea of speed was moving my feet fast, in little steps with my knees low," Huffman, a three-time All-America and two-time Big Eight champion, said. "He got me working on good knee length and increasing my stride which increased my speed."
"We (the United States) don't have a system, and that's a problem," Attig said. "I'd like to get some kind of system going.
He already has two summer pole vault camps at Kansas and the Olympic beginners camp is in question because of NCAA regulations.
"We have to take a grass roots approach and we haven't been doing that," he said. "We're putting our money into the elite athletes and forgetting the kids down the line.
"My remedy is to not worry so much about the elite athletes. We need to be concerned abut those picking up the event. We need to be thinking about the kids vaulting in the 1996 Olympics or in 2000."
Putting the future aside, Manson is just pleased to have Attig coaching the uumps at Kansas.
"I can't picture a coach being any better," the Aurora, Colo., native said. "He's one of the guys. He'll go on a limb for us. With his biomechanic knowledge, I can't image his technical training be any better.
"So, I feel we have all our bases covered with him. I can't image a better coach."