University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 18, 1991 Sports 13 Reputable pole vaulters return to Relays By Rick C. Honish Kansan sportswriter A crowd-pleaser at the Kansas Relays always has been the polevault competition, and this year's should be no exception. Not only will the current Kansas squad be competing in this week's 66th version of the Relays, but four vaulters from the Jayhawk past will be soaring over the bar as well. Cedric Fullard, Jeff Buckingham, Chris Boban and Scott Huffman will take their past and present the runway at Saturday's pole vault. - Fullard has held the Kansas Relays vault record since 1989 when he cleared $18\%$. Buckingham has held the Kansas outdoor record since 1983 when he cleared $18.10^2$ at the Lawrence Invitational. He was also a four-time All-American and Big Eight Conference champion. Bohan won the Big Eight indoor championship in 1987 after clearing 18.3+1. - Huffman was ranked fourth in the United States and 11th in the world on the 1990 Track and Field News outdoor list. A two-time All-American at KU, Huffman has held the Kansas Alumni meet vault record since 1988 when he cleared $16^{4/4}$. The world record in pole vaulting was set by Serguej Bunkpe of the Stetsenbrouwer School. Huffman said that the new world record did not intimidate him "I have not ruled out 20 feet as an impossible goal," he said. Huffman added that the facilities at Kansas coupled with the right conditions would make the Kansas an ideal place to break that barrier Huffman has competed against Bupka in post-college competitions around the world and said that he could achieve a higher level than other vaulters. Kansas senior All-American Pat Manson agreed with Huffman. "Bupka's record gives us a greater incentive to inum hiher." he said Manson has won five Big Eight titles and holds the indoor record of in Manson said he was a little behind what he wanted to accomplish this year but not so far that he could not catch up. Today's Events Morning Session Time Events 10:00 Men's 110 Meter Hurdles 10:50 Men's Discus Throw 11:30 Women's Long Jump Afternoon Session Time Events 12:45 Men's Pole Vault 12:45 Men's Bill Penny Hammer Throw 1:20 Women's Javelin Throw 3:10 Women's 800 Meter Run 3:15 Men's Javelin Throw 4:30 Men's Invitational Hammer Throw 5:05 Men's 1,500 Meter Run Yesterday's Results
Women's Hepatiblon
EntranceTotal200m HeightHigh jump100m Out200m Lead
Daphne Saunders(3080)15.661.6811.3025.48
Hartley Saunders(750)(830)(015)(879)
Jarry Sebels(3028)14.561.5910.0225.16
South University(901)(724)(531)(872)
Daphne Saunders(3002)14.961.6810.1726.15
Hartley University(847)(830)(511)(780)
**Men's excavation** **Entrant** **Total** **10mm Doors** **Long Jump** **Short Put** **High Jump** **400m Fields** Steve Fitz **(410)** **11.24** **7.32** **13.99** **2.06** **49.94** Unlumberth **(808)** **891** **728** **859** **817** John Deedrick **(816)** **10.91** **6.96** **12.72** **1.91** **51.2** Karuna Kate University **(881)** **804** **650** **723** **758** Mike Bailey **(3701)** **11.71** **6.75** **11.16** **2.06** **98.82** University of Nebraska **(709)** **755** **556** **889** **824** Kansas decathlete Sean Jacobson competes on the first day of the Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium Big Eight race puzzles coach By Mark Spencer Kansan sportswriter The Big Eight Conference baseball title race perplexes Kansas coach Dave Bingham somewhat. At the halfway point, the Jayhawks are in sole possession of fourth place with a 6-6 conference record after splitting four games with Kansas State, sweeping Nebraska and being swept by Oklahoma State. However, the Jayhawks have six conference victories, the same number league-leading Oklahoma State has, and only four games separate last place Nebraska from the first-place Cowboys. Parity has made the league unpredictable, but Bingham said he thought he had drafted the best he could for passers to follow the rest of the season. "We've just got to go out ready to play the game. Bingham said. We have a lot of room." The Jayhawks will be looking to control the third-place Oklahoma Sooners in a crucial four-game series tomorrow in tomorrow night in Norman, Okla. As perplexing as the rest of the Big eight plate appears, the past confer- Baseball boggling to Bingham and the Jayhawks. "The thing that makes me damn mad is that we lost to Oklahoma State." Bingham said. They're not running away, they're at it and our coaching staff realizes it." Those less-than-fond memories have been buried in the wake of a recent hot streak in which the Jay-Z band performed offensive records. Bingham said Even if Kansas fails to win the conference outright, all is not lost. The Jayhawks are in good position to claim one of the spots reserved for the top four league finishers in the Big Eight tournament in Oklahoma "The growth in this league has been so great," Bingham said. "It used to be Oklahoma State could count on going to Kansas, Kansas Iowa State and Nebraska and walk right through them. Not any more." Kansas has not been to the postseason tournament since 1981, but a more competitive league has increased the team's odds. Creighton wins 21-3, snaps Javhawk streak The Creighton Bluejays defeated the Kansas Jayhawks baseball team 21-3 yesterday afternoon in Omaha, Neb., snapping the Jayhawks five-game winning streak. Kansas, 26-18 overall and 6-6 in the Big Eight Conference, will begin a four-game conference series against the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman tomorrow night. Bingham said the Jayhawks had made significant strides in confidence in the last week, especially because the team had been winning without injured heavy hitters Jeff Niemier and Garry Schmidt. The Jayhawks travel to Wichita State Tuesday night and will play host to the Shock-10 at Hoglund-Maunpin Stadium. "I'm very pleased with Kevin Marozs, Kent Mahon, W.Juycheck and Jim Hanna," he said. "Those are kids who have waited their turn and | | W | L | Pct. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Oklahoma State | 6 | 2 | .750 | | Missouri | 8 | 4 | .667 | | Oklahoma | 7 | 5 | .583 | | Kansas | 6 | 6 | .500 | | Kansas State | 7 | 9 | .438 | | Iowa State | 4 | 8 | .333 | | Nebraska | 2 | 6 | .250 | *Colorado has no baseball program Including yesterday's game at Creighton, Mahon has gone an inspirer- tion to play the ball. then produced when they got in. To me, that's what makes a program. "We've hit the ball well for the last week," Mahon said. "We're ready for the rest of the year." Clark's homer lifts Red Sox past Royals The Associated Press BOSTON — After going 0-9 for with eight strikeouts and a two- play-play grounder, Jack Clark insisted there would be good days he's had in his new role as designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox. Clark, benched for one game, showed what he meant yesterday, returning to the lineup with a two-run homer and a double in Boston's 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. "I felt better. This is the best I've felt this season," said Clark, who became a multimillionaire when he signed as a free agent with Boston during the off-season. "But this day is over with, and now I'm thinking about tomorrow." Mike Greenwell also homered, giving the Red Sox five home runs in two days after only two in their first seven games. $ ^{4} $ victory in his first 1991 start, and Jeff Gray retired six batters in order for his first save. "There were a lot of swings on first pitches," Bolton said after pitching in the 44-degree weather. "I don't think the hitters wanted to stand around too long up there at the plate." Boston left-hander Tom Bolton allowed just six hits and two runs in seven innings. He earned the After the Royals managed just two runs for the second day in a row, Royals manager John Wathan said, "We've got to score some runs. Fenway is supposed to favor run production." Clark, who ended his drought with a second-inning double, broke a 2-2 tie with his second homer, a drive high into the screen in left field during the fourth inning. That was all Bolton needed. The Red Sox beat the Royals for the second game in a row after losing five of six previous games. Kansas City's Storm Davis, who is now 1-1, allowed eight hits and all six runs in seven and two-thirds innings. Punishment in sexual incident reduced for Arkansas players Forward Todd Day and three teammates now will be held out only until December, meaning they will miss a tournament in Hawaii and perhaps some non-conference baseball basas system president B. Alan Sung. The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — One-year suspensions given to four University of Arkansas basketball players involved in a sexual incident on campus were drastically reduced as the Arkansas' university system president. Arkansas head basketball coach Nolan Richardson broke his silence on the matter yesterday, saying he had been prepared to offer his resignation to university chancellor Dan Ferritor over the incident. According to Richardson, Ferritor said running away would not solve the problem. Sugg said school officials, including Ferritor, Richardson and athletic director Frank Broyles, made a mistake by dragging their feet on the incident. Ferritor urged Broyles in February to make sure strong and weak players has taken against the players. Broyles and Richardson rejected the advice. Lawyers for the players said they were pleased with the ruling by Sung. Softball team wants better hitting Day and teammates Darrell Hawkins, Elmer Martin and Roosevelt Wallace were suspended from the basketball team for a year by the All University Judicial Board, highly placed university sources said. They could not play or practice under the ruling, which was appealed to Sugg. By Lana Smith Kansan sportswriter The Jayhawks know what they have to do to beat Wichita State in the doubleheader that begins at 3 p.m. today at Javakhw Field. "We have to come through on our hitting," Kansas junior pitcher Shelly Sack said. "Everyone is going to step up and do it for themselves." Sack said that the Jayhawks had been hitting, but just not when it was most needed. She said the players had the tendency to not worry whether they struck out. They automatically thought the next batter would step up Concentration and desire were what Sack said the Jayhawks needed to win. Last night, Kansas lost to Creighton for the first time in three years. The Jayhawks lost the first game 1-0 and won the second game 2-0. Kansas coach Kalum Haack said his team did not take advantage of chances it had. "We had a lot of opportunities up and down the line to drive in the run," Haack said. "We were disappointed that we didn't get sitting in a good situation to win." Haack said that in the first game, Kansas had runners at second and third base during 10 of the 12 innings and still failed to score. "You dream of having that many opportunities against a good team like Creighton, and when you don't see them, it's them, its sickening." Haack said. Haack said that the Javhawks did Sack's record improved to 9-0 after her victory against Creighton. Saxby had the winning RBI last night. "We got the people on," Saxby said. "We just didn't get them in. Our hitting just wasn't there." Kansas junior outfielder Ty Saxy said that Creighton probably expected tougher competition from Kansas yesterday but that because the Jayhawks' hitting was not on, they did not widen the point spread between the teams. well defensively and that Sack and freshman pitcher Stephani Williams both had good games. Haack said he was not sure what the Jayhawks needed to do to get their hitting back on track. "We've tried practicing in the morning," Haack said. "I've hol- and I have always taken not putting things together. We don't have real chemical right now." Haack said Wichita State (20-12) was an improved team this season and the key to its turnaround was its pitcher and third baseman. Wichita State is undefeated in the Gateway Conference. Haack said the Jayhawks would try to be consistent and control the game with their base running and pitching. Their goal will be to score early against Wichita State. "We want to get the momentum on our side and let the other team play catch-up," Haack said. "If we get together, the sky's the limit."