University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, June 6. 1990
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Angels beat Royals 6-4 in opener
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Luis Polonia had three hits and Chili Davis hit his second home run in three days last night, powering Mark Langston and the California Angels past the Royals 6-4.
Langanot (4-5) gave up 11 bats and four runs in seven innings, striking out four and walking two. Bryan Harvie pitched one inning to get his
The Angels jumped on Richard Dotson for three runs in the first and chased the right-hander in the second. Dotson (0-4) has given up 43 hits and 27 earned runs in 28% innings for an 8,4 RFA.
Polonia tribled with one out in the
first and scored on Wally Joyner's single. Davis then hit his second home run of the year over the wall in right field.
Rich SchuWalk with one out in the second and went to second on a single by Gary Discaria. With two daughters,gliedged home Schu and Dachas Delson.
The Angels went ahead 5-2 in the fourth on singles by Schu and Disarcina and an RBI single by Polonia. Lance Parrish singled leading off the California sixth and later scored on Devon White's sacrifice fly.
Jim Eisenreuther walked in the Royals' second and came around on singles by Willem Willems. Kevin Selitzer singled and Kevin Selitzer singed and still on Stillwell's
double.
American League
In the bottom of the sixth, Macfarane langed, Frank White doubled and Stillwell tripped. Stillwell's triple was his fifth in as many days.
RAST
Boston 24 25 531
Milwaukee 24 25 618
Chicago 24 25 619
Cleveland 25 25 479
Detroit 24 25 0
St. Louis 24 30 59
National League
WEST
W 13 L 16 PCT G78
Oakland 33 15 673 GB --
Oakland 30 17 833 GB --
Minneapolis 20 17 630 4½%
Minnesota 29 21 841 4½%
Seattle 24 26 482 10¼%
Kansas City 24 27 482 10¼%
Kansas City 24 27 482 10¼%
WEST
Gilbertson 35 L 174 GTB
San Diego 38 L 6470
Los Angeles 36 L 6290
San Francisco 36 L 6058
Atlanta 10 L 398 10 18%
Miami 10 31 L 368 10 18%
Pittsburgh 31 19 620 3
Montreal 28 19 550 4
Philadelphia 28 19 475 3
Bil Louis 23 28 491 8½
New York 23 28 491 8½
Chicago 22 28 491 8½
Standings do not reflect Tuesday games
The Two Americans won yesterday to move into the semifinals of the French Open.
Agassi and Capriati move to semifinals
PARIS — They are two victories away, but Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati already are playing — and talking — like champions.
1 Fremont mastered defending men's champion Michael Chang 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
The Associated Press
The 14-year-old Capriati defeated fellow Floridian Mary Joe Fernandez
6-2. 6-4 in just over one hour.
Last year Chang became the first American to win the French Open men's title in 24 years, Agassi, the youngest player in history, proved he is a strong threat to win.
"As the tournament goes on, the better I feel," the 20-year-old Las Vegas siuger said. "It gives me a lot of confidence. I'm going to fight and sweat. This could be one of the biggest tournaments of my career."
unseeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden, who overcame France's Henri Lecoute 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 8-4 to reach the semifinals for the second time in the world.
Agassi's next opponent will be
three years. Capriati is already the youngest semifinalist in Grand Slam history.
"This is a great thing for me. This is my biggest accomplishment," said the eighth-grader, who turned professional just four months ago.
Next up for Capriati is second-seeded Monica Seles, who rallied
from a 1-4 deficit in the final set to beat No. 6 Manuela Maleeva 3-6, 6-1, 7-1
Seles reached the semis as a 15 year-old last year.
Meantime, top-seeded Steffi Graf suffered a brief mid-match lapse but posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over ninth-seeded Conchita Martinez. No 11 that Novina came from behind beat 10. Katerina Malevae 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Oakland drafts Kansas reliever
By Ann Sommerlath
Kapsan staff writer
Kansas junior relief pitcher Curtis Shaw was drafted Monday by the Oakland A's during baseball's amateur draw.
Shaw, the 36th player chosen,
went during the "sandwich
round", Dean Buchan, associate
sports information director, said.
The sandwich round was a supplemental round where teams were
released and picks for type A free agents who lost from the previous season.
Eventually around 1000 players will be picked up in the draft, which started Monday, Buchan said.
Shaw played in 29 of the Jayhawks' 59 games during the 1990 season, and started once. He went on to win four more games and had a 14- record overall.
Coach Dave Bingham spoke to Shaw around 10:30 Monday night. He said at that time Shaw knew he was either 34th or 36th in the draft.
"I think it's a wonderful honor for Curtis, KU and our baseball team," Bingham said. "It's incredible and quite an honble to be
one of the premiere baseball players in the country."
Shaw said he needed 42 hours of college credit to graduate.
Shaw now has a decision to make, Buchan said. Because he is a junior, under NCAA rules, he may not negotiate for a contract. If he fails, his employer will receive, he can return to Kansas, where he is eligible to play.
"I definitely want to finish school at some point," he said. "But when you're this high in the draft, it's hard to turn down the kind of money they're talking about."
Shaw came to Kansas with the intention of attending law school.
"I may try to take classes in the off-season, but that would take three years," he said. "The way it may work for you is after a career to make a living. If you have the opportunity in sports, it comes when you're young."
"one way I feel about baseball is that I want to be committed to baseball only," Shaw said. "I don't want to commit every fall. I want to find out as soon as possible how far I'll go in the major联赛."
Pistons win game, take lead in series
The Associated Press
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Ishawn Thomas scored 14 of his 33 points in a five-minute span after Portland had taken a 10-point lead and the Titans scored seven. Pistons to a 105-99 victory in the opening game of the NBA Finals.
The teams both finished 59-23 in the regular season and each was 35-6 at home, with a split of their two meetings.
Much of the opening game, reported that closeness.
Portland led 80-78 in the first minute of the fourth quarter, but a 10-2 run gave the Trail Blazers a 90-80 lead with 7:04 left.
Twice before, the Pistons had railed from double-digit deficits to tie the score, but they never led until Thomas took over.
He tied the score 99-49 with a 3-pointer with 3:40 left, then hit another jumper and another to make it 99-49 with 1:40 remaining.
The Trail Blazers' offense fell apart after the 4:54 mark, when a jumper by Buck Williams gave them a 94-89 lead. The Trail Blazers were outscored 25 in the 6:49 and that included five Portland points in the final 28 seconds. Thomas was not hit by that run and the Trail Blazers did not score on 10 of 12 possessions from when they led 90-80 until Terry Porter hit a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left.
The Trail Blazers, who led only 52-47 at halftime despite Detroit's 34 percent shooting, got eight points from Kevin Duckworth in a span of 2:30 and opened a 64-56 lead with 7:39 left in the third
quarter.
The Pistons then scored on four layups and two free throws in the next two minutes, tying the score 66-68. But for the second time in a row, Detroit won Portland refused to take the Pistons take the lead.
a two tree throws by Kersy and a fast-break layup and three-point play by Drexler who blazes the 77-68 advantage before they settled for an 80-76 lead after three periods.
The Flippers are now 10-4 at home during the playoffs, and if they can maintain that perfect record at the Palace, they will become the third franchise in NBA history to repeat as champions.
Game 2 of the best-of-7 series will be at the Palace tomorrow night, with the next three scheduled for Portland, where the Trail Blazers play. Detroit and have beaten Detroit 20 consecutive times since Oct. 19, 1974.
Marvin Harvey, assistant basketball coach for Leavenworth High School (center), conducts a shooting clinic in Allen Field House for a group of high school girls at this week's session of the Marian Washington Lady Javhawk Basketball Camp.
The sixth and seventh games, if necessary, would be back at the Palace.
Girls learning basketball skills at camp
Detroit has now held the opposition under 100 points in all 12 of their 190 playoff victories. But the Pistons are 0-4, all on the road, when their opponent scores more than 100.
Portland also has won a single championship, in 1977 when the Trail Blazers made their only other trip to the finals.
The Pistons have allowed an average age of 92.8 in the playoffs this season, but they are still young when they won 15 of 17 games en route to their first NBA title.
By Margaret Sullivan Kansas sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
Three-point shooting, ball handling and one-on-one moves are a few of the fundamental skills 150 girls are working on this week at the 16th Annual Marian Washington Lady Jayhawk Basketball Camp.
Kevin Cook, assistant women's basketball coach and camp director, said the camp was designed to give individual instruction to junior high and high school girls.
"There is a difference between coaching and teaching," he said.
He said Washington's philosophy was to teach the girls the individual fundamentals of basketball.
"We can't wave a magic wand over them and turn them into Lynette Woodard." Cook said. "What we can do is work with them so they can go home and work with what they've learned."
He said this year's camps will have about 400 campers during three one-week sessions. The third session will be a mini-camp designed for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Cook said the mini-session would be limited to 100 girls to ensure individual attention.
Cook said Woodard, an All-American who played for Kansas from 1978 to 1981 and for the Harlem Globetrotters for two years, would make a featured appearance at the camp at p.m. tomorrow, he said she would two weeks later. He said skills and would show them some of her "Globetrotter magic."
Marvin Harvey, assistant basketball coach at Leavenworth High School, will be the camp every day to help players in order to critique their shooting.
College and university, junior college and high school coaches from across the nation will teach at the camps, he said.
This year, an inspiration station was added to the camp's program
where the girls will view videos of inspirational women basketball players, Cook said. Coach Washington also will speak to the girls about the hazards of drugs.
The girls will play nightly tournament games at Allen Field House and West Junior High School, Cook said.
At the end of each camp session, awards will be presented to tournament champions. A Miss Congeniality award also will be presented.
Lisa Tate, who will play for Kansas next year, attended the camp four years ago. She said the program improved her basketball skills. This
summer, Tate is a referee at the camp.
Tatum Rider, a seventh grader at Westridge Junior High in Overland Park, said she was looking forward to meeting Woodard as well as a lot of new friends at the camp.
Athlete continues family tradition
The Associated Press
LAWRENCE — The grandfather taught it to his son, who parlayed it into a 15-year major league career.
As a third-generation University of Kanass athlete, Renko had much to live up to. His grandfather, Steve Sr., specialised in football once he got to college, playing in the Orange Bowl with the Jayhawks.
Steve Jr. had one of the most varied and interesting athletic careers of anybody in any family. He quarterbacked the Jayhawks during the 1980s and then, using the same breaking pitch he learned from his dad, went on to major league baseball as a pitcher.
Now the father has passed it along to his own son. And Steve Renko III, with fingers crossed and hopes high, awaits baseball's free agent draft.
"You bet this is exciting," said Steve III, who set the school strike record this year at Kansas. "This is what I've been shooting for all my life, to get a chance to play professional baseball."
in trivia tournaments, he's the answer to the question, "Who's the only man to throw a touchdown pass to Gale Sayers and strike out Hank
Now Steve Newle itt's his turn. At 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, he'd built like a champion. He's right-hander. His 211 career strikeouts broke the school mark of 184, set
from 1900-63 by Jerry Waldschmidt. He also ranks among the Jawhawks' career leaders in innings pitched, starts, appearances and career shutouts.
"Being a senior, I'm not in a position to get the kind of money I deserve," he said. "That's the whole problem with the draft. I've felt I got it wrong." He is a business organization. But I think the money's going to be questionable.
His bread-and-butter pitch, a knuckle curve, is practically a family beirloom.
"I've talked to a fair number of teams," he said. "It doesn't matter to me. I just want to be with an organization that will treat me fairly and give me a good shot to get to the major leagues. The Royals would be great, but you can't worry about things like that.
"My grandfather was the first one who showed the knuckle curve to my dad, and taught him how to throw it." Renko said. "And then my dad taught it to me. It's a little different from the way most people throw it."
Benko was disappointed when he was not drafted last year as a junior, but still hoped to play with a team in the future. He grew up in the Kansas City area, and the Royals were his father's last major-league stop.
His 6-7 record this season may not be particularly impressive, but teams he defeated included Arkansas, Minnesota and then-top-ranked Wichita State.
"Strikeouts are very much a part of my game," Renko said. "I was in the Cape Cod League and I led that whole year and ended up finishing second to a guy on my team. He beat me by two, but he had 12 more innings than I did. My curveball is my strikeout pitch."
Scouts say his fast ball may not be a strength, but his breaking pitch does show great promise.
"It's a funny situation when you have a dad who played in the major leagues, and he has some ideas about pitching, but so does your college coach," Renko said. "That's kind of a touchy situation. I think we've handled it pretty well throughout the years. He gives me some ideas, of course, and incorporated them in my pitching at KU. But I really haven't had the time to get together with him and talk mechanics a lot.
Now that he is finished with college, Renko thinks he will work closely with his father, who lives in the Kansas City area.
"I'm sure in the next couple of weeks will I try to get my staff back together and get ready to pitch, he's going to be with me on the mound," he said. "he's going to have some mechanics again, and add on to what I learned in college. But he's always taught me never to quit, and to be competitive."
Dean Buchan, associate sports information director, said that seniur Sherri Atchison and freshman Laura Myers had the best record of all the Hawks. They finished in a five-way tie for 25 place.
WOMEN GOLFERS COMPETE: The Kansas women's golf team place 14th in its first appearance at the NCAA Championship Tournament May 23-26 in Hilton Head, S.C.
He said other participating Jayhawks included Laura Martin, freshman, who finished 65th; Donna Lowen, senior, who finished 72nd; and Shelly Triplett, freshman, who finished 85th.
NAMERS DEFEATED: Kansas tennis player Eviene Hamers, Dallas sophomore, was defeated May 16 in the semifinals of the 64-player NCAA Championship tournament in Gainesville, Fla.
Hamers, born in Meerssen, Holland, is the first foreign-born player to reach the semifinals of the tournament, Buchan said.
Dean Buchan, associate sports information director, said Hamers was defeated 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, 6-1 by Nicole Abreu of Florida.
Buchan said it was the second consecutive year that Arendh had eliminated Hamers from the tournament.
Sports briefs
NEW RECRUITS SIGN: Ericka Muncy, a 5-foot-6 point guard from Lexington, Ky, has signed a letter of intent to play with the Jayhawks next season, Coach Marian Washington said May 22.
"It's a blessing that Ericka is going to play for us," said Kevin Cook, assistant woman's basket-coach. "Our whole staff is elated."
Muncy is Kansas' third signee of the spring, joining South B-8, Twanda Jackson, from South Bend, Ind., and 5-8 Darcy Bleber, from Johnson County Community College.
BIG EIGHT CHAMPIONS: Two members of the men's track team became Big Eight champions at the NCAA Division III tournament May 18-24 in Norman, Okla.
Junior javelin thrower Vince Labesky and sophomore shot-putter Chris Redden won titles in their respective events.
Labosky captured the Big Eight javelin title with a throw of 241 feet, 10 inches, outdistancing his nearest competition by 25 feet. He also won the Big Eight in 1988, but sat out last season with a shoulder
"One of the goals we try to go for is to do well in the Big Eight," said head track coach Gary Schwartz. "To do that, you have to be a Big Eight champion. It's a tremendous plus to win."
"Vince was a sure thing to win, but you still have to show up. Chris had to overcome more odds, but he did very well. Each in its own way is a tremendous accomplishment." Schwartz said.
Labosky represented Kansas in the NCAA Track and Field Championships beginning May 30 at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Labosky finished second in the nation in the javelin throw at the NCAA's with a career-best throw of 256 feet June 1.
BASEBALL PLAYERS
HONORED: Three Kansas baseball players were named to the Big Eight's All-Conference first team, and two Jayhawks were placed on conference's second team May 21.
Two seniors, starting pitcher Steve Renko and outfielder Pat Karlin, were named to the first team.
Junior relief pitcher Curtis Shaw joined Renko and Karlin.
"I think it's a great honor for the two senators," Coach Dave Bingham said. "It's a nice honor to be recognized, and it benefits our whole program as well."
Denard Stewart, a junior out-
fielder, and Mark Moore, a sophomore catcher, were named to the second team.