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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 22, 1993
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Men's tennis ready for Texas tournament Kansan staff report
Kansan staff report
Eight Kansas men's tennis players will compete this weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Rolex Regional tournament.
Sophomore J.P. Vissepo will take an 8-2 record into the tournament, the best of the Kansas team. He won six matches in the Intercollegiate Men's all-American tournament Oct. 9-17 in Texas.
Other Jayhawks traveling to Wichita this weekend include junior Manny Ortiz, sophomores Reid Slattery, Martin Erkksson, Michael Isroff and Victor Fimbres, and freshmen Tim Radogna and Trent Tucker.
Philadelphia stops Toronto's drive
The next phase of this tournament, the Rolex National Indoors, will be Feb. 3-6. The tournament is part of the collegiate tennis' Grand Slam.
Phillies' Schilling shuts out Jays 2-0
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — After a night of bedlam on the bases, the wildest thing about Game 5 of the World Series was that Curt Schilling shut out the Toronto Blue Jays.
Schilling slowed down Toronto's sprint to a second consecutive championship, pitching a five-hitter last night that gave the Philadelphia Philies a 2-0 victory and cut their deficit to 3-2.
A day after Toronto outlasted Philadelphia 15-14 in the highest-scoring postseason game in history and the longest nine-inning night game in the majors anywhere, Schilling pitched the Phillies' first postseason shutout ever.
"It was a good example of a nightmare last night and Curt Schilling show tonight," catcher Darren Daulton said.
"It was my nine innings," said Schilling, who threw 146 pitches.
Schilling, MVP of the NL playoffs despite a pair of no-decisions, rebounded neatly from his loss in Game 1 of the Series. He struck out six and walked three handing the Blue Jays just their second shutout of the season. Schilling pitched two shutouts during the year, both in April.
Schilling shut down the middle of Toronto's lineup to finish it, setting off a wild roar from the 62,706 fans.
The Phillies, playing 13 years to the day that they beat Kansas City for their only championship, will try to tie the World Series tomorrow night in Toronto when Terry Mullholland pitches against Dave Stewart. They faced each other in Game 2, and Mullholland won.
The teams had combined for 65 runs, the most ever for the first four games of the Series. Schilling and Guzman turned it from wild to mild.
As usual, Lenny Dykstra helped the Phillies, drawing a leadoff walk from Juan Guzman in the first inning, stealing second and later scoring. An RBI double by Kevin Stocker in the second made it 2-0.
Schilling made it stand up with the help of three double plays. "We played a great solid defense in the field," Schilling said. "We made the plays we had to have."
"I prefer this type of ball game," Phillies manager Jim Fregosi said. "To me, this is what baseball is all about, not 15-14. I don't like the kind of game we had last night."
The pitchers also made it a quick night.
The game finished at 10:06 p.m. CDT after
the previous four games ended at an average of 11:20 p.m.
After it was over, Schilling said he would be ready to relieve in Toronto.
The Phillies ended a string of five straight losses at home in the World Series, a streak that started in 1983 against Baltimore. The Blue Jays had won seven straight road games in the postseason, beginning in Atlanta in the 1991 World Series.
Guzman also pitched well, allowing five hits in seven innings. Any other night, that might have won. Against Schilling, however, it did not.
"I feel sorry for myself that my offense didn't support me, but they have lots of times. I can't complain about it," said Guzman who took his first loss in six postseason decisions.
There had not been a single 1-2-3 first inning for either team in the Series so far, and that pattern continued. Alomar drew a two-out walk from Schilling, but was stranded.
Kansas offense confident
Running the ball front-line priority against Sooners
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportwriter
Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs had a simple explanation for his team's loss to the Colorado Buffaloes last week.
"Their offensive and defensive lines dominated us throughout the game." Gibbs said. "We knew it was going to be a physical football game, but I was surprised by Colorado's ability to perform at the level they did during the entire game."
The coach said that the play of his offensive and defensive lines must improve this week when the Sooners meet the Jayhawks at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Owen Field in Norman, Okla.
"The strength of the Jayhawks is in their offensive and defensive lines," Gibbs said. "Kansas has a strong and physical front line, which gives an advantage when running the football."
Kansas successfully ran the ball in last season's 27-10 victory against the Sooners in Lawrence. Then, the Jayhawks amassed 284 rushing yards.
Henley's 237 yard performance last week against Iowa State gave him 527 yards this season. Henley's yardage ranks the second highest in the country by a true freshman running back, behind Arkansas State's Marquis Williams.
During the last three weeks, the running game has been successful for Kansas, averaging 263 yards a game. The tailback combination of sophomore L.T. Levine and freshman June Henley have combined for 975 yards rushing this season.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said,
"The offensive line didn't grade collectively as well against Iowa State as I would have thought — but played extremely well and hard."
However, successful running games start with the offensive line. And the Kansas offensive line has been intact during the last three games.
Gibbs said that Kansas' program had improved during the last few seasons because of the offensive and defensive lines.
Game 8
Kansas
1. 30 p.m., Saturday Norman, Oklahoma KLZR, KLWN
Head Coach: Glen Mason
Offense:
Offense:
WR 83 Greg Ballard 6-3 195 Sr. WR 1 Albert Hall 5-11 186 Jr.
TE 1 Dwayne Chandler 6-2 235 Sr. TE 8 Dickey Brady 6-4 243 Jr.
LT 54 Rod Jones 6-4 285 So. LT 83 Ben Cavil 6-2 287 Jr.
LG 66 Hessley Hempstead 6-2 195 Jr. LG 68 Joe Carolle 6-2 380 Jr.
C 7 Dan Schmidt 6-2 165 Sr. C 75 Chuck Langston 6-1 257 Jr.
RG 79 John Jones 6-1 285 Jr. RG 74 Milton Overton 6-4 271 Jr.
RT 78 Melanieton 6-1 285 Jr. GT 70 Joel Camps 6-5 251 So.
WR 7 Robert Reed 6-1 185 Jr. WR 2 Dorsey Warren 5-11 196 Jr.
QB 9 Asheki Preston 5-11 180 Jr. QB 12 Cole Gundy 6-1 196 Sr.
TB 22 L.T. Levine 5-10 210 So. TB 25 James Allen 6-1 205 Fr.
RB 32 Chris Powell 5-9 220 Jr. FB 32 Dwayne Chandler 6-0 212 Sr.
Defense:
Defense:
OLB 39 Don Davis 6-1 212 Jr. OLB 58 Albrey Beavers 6-2 232 Sr.
DT 72 Chris Maumalanga 6-3 285 Sr. LE 57 Cedric Jones 6-4 267 So.
NT 61 Mike Steele 6-3 276 Sr. NT 98 Joe Correia 6-4 278 So.
DT 90 Guy Howard 6-4 245 Sr. RE 59 David Campbell 6-0 281 Jr.
OLB 46 Ronnie Ward 6-0 212 So. OLB 47 Brent Quasie 6-3 211 So.
ILB 35 Larry Thiel 6-3 223 Sr. ILB 44 Marla Freeman 5-10 214 So.
ILB 52 Steve Harvey 6-3 234 Jr. ILB 41 Mike Coats 6-0 230 So.
CB 28 Tony Blevins 6-0 170 Fr. CB 42 Darfus Johnson 5-9 172 So.
FS 4 Marlin Blakeney 5-11 192 So. FS 31 Larry Bush 5-10 188 So.
SS 38 Robert Vaughn 5-11 188 Sr. SS 39 John Anderson 5-11 180 Jr.
CB 3 Gerald McBrowns 5-11 188 Jr. CB 8 William Shankle 6-1 190 Sr.
Source: KANSAN Staff Reports
Micah Leaker/KANSAN
"Kansas has always had good skill people," Gibbs said. "It has just been in the past few years where the play of offensive and defensive lines has risen to the level of skill players."
For Kansas to succeed at Oklahoma,
the Jayhawk offense must be successful,
and success is something it has
not had on the road this season.
Kansas has totaled only 23 points in three games away from Lawrence.
Junior fullback Chris Powell said that he had the same worries as Mason about moving the ball at Oklahoma. But he said that last season's victory against the Sooners had given the offense confidence.
"Our whole offense has come together really well," Powell said. "Colorado run the ball well against them and I think we can run the ball against them, too. We're known as a team that runs the ball."
Holly McQueen / KANSAN
Kansas cornerback Robert Vaughn attempts to tackle Utah wide receiver Greg Hooks. The Jayhawks will play the Oklahoma Sooners tomorrow at Norman.
Swimming team gears up for season tonight
Practice prepares team for pressure of future meets
By Kent Hohlfeld Kansan sportswriter
The teams will compete in their annual intrasquad meet at 7tonight in Robinson Center. The meet will feature time trials of the Kansas swimmers in a variety of events.
"To me, practice is like homework," Kansas coach Gary Kempf said. "This is like a pop out."
Tonight is quiz time for the Kansas swim team.
Kempf said the meet helped him measure his team's progress from its first seven weeks of practice.
Junior Marc Hensel said that most of the team saw this meet as the beginning of its competitive season and that the meet gave the team something to look forward to.
"This keeps the competitive drive going," Hensel said. "It just feels good to get on the blocks and race."
Sophomore Katie Chapeau said the swimmers were curious to see how they had progressed from practice. She said that the women's team
showed some big differences from last year's team.
She said the meet would help them prepare for the fatigue and pressure of future meets.
"Normally we let up a little before keymeets," Chapeausaid. "This week we've worked harder."
"We have a different philosophy this year," Chapeau said. "Our work ethic is better."
Senior Michele Riffel said she thought this meet would help the team build its confidence before the start of the season.
Kempf said the intrasquad meet gave the team a chance to get a meet under its belt before going into NCAA competition.
The women's team will face Colorado State at home on Nov. 5 in its season opener. It then will join the men's team in Columbia, Mo., to meet Missouri on Nov. 6.
She credited longer workouts for the team's improved outlook and said the team looked at the meet as a test to see how it performed under race conditions.
"This is a fun meet," said Riffel. "It's a confidence builder before we have Colorado State and Missouri."
"After this week, Kansas will be one and zero not matter, "Kempf said.
Two California receivers give highlight performances
By Ken Peters
The Associated Press
Two of college football's best receivers play in Los Angeles — Southern California's Johnnie Morton and UCLA's J.J. Stokes. Last Saturday, they combined for 17 catches, 347 yards and seven touchdowns.
LOS ANGELES — There were two spectacular pass-catching performances last weekend, one downtown and the other about 15 freeway miles away in Pasedena.
Oregon State coach Jerry Petitibone has a difficult task. After watching Morton's strong performance last week, he must look on as his team tries to stop Stokes when they play UCLA tomorrow in Corvallis, Ore.
"They're both fabulous talents," UCLA coach Terry Donahue said.
Morton, a senior who has broken several USC records, and last weekend became the Pacific 10's all-time leader in career receiving yardage, has 54 catches for 879 yards and nine touchdowns this fall.
Stokes, a junior who has played one less game than Morton, has 36 receptions for 603 yards and a single-season school-record 12 touchdowns.
The two have a lot in common.
They're both quick, agile and seem to catch almost any ball thrown in their direction. They are both personable, well-spoken young men and, their coaches say, very level-headed.
USC coach John Robinson noted the success Morton and Stokes have been having and said that, sooner or later, teams will quit trying to cover them with one defender.
"I think people maybe have been stubborn, saying, 'Hey, yeah, I can cover him.'" Robinson said. "Then they cover him, chase him all the way to the end zone. I think we'll see less of that."
Stokes and Morton each are vaguely aware of what the other's been doing this season, but neither is preoccupied with tracking the other's accomplishments.
Asked about Morton, Stokes chucked and said, "I know of him. I watch him when I get a chance to."
Morton said he had seen Stokes on a lot of highlight films.
"I remember he caught a bunch of passes against us last year," he said.
Stokes had six receptions for school-record 263 yards and three touchdowns in the game last Nov. 21. Morton had three catches for 54 yards in the loss.
Kansas team preps for busy weekend
By Gerry Fey
Kansas sportswriter
It's tough enough to play a nationally ranked volleyball team like Colorado, but having to play another match tomorrow against Southwest Missouri State is a different matter.
Kansas coach Frankie Albitz said the team was as ready for the weekend as it could be. The weekend will begin when Kansas plays Colorado at 7:30 tonight.
"Both teams are good," Albitz said. "We've done all we can. We prepared for Southwest Missouri on Wednesday and Colorado today."
Although beating the No. 13 Buffaloes may seem like a tough assignment, senior middle blocker Cyndee Kanabel said such a feat could happen.
Colorado is coming off a big victory itself, defeating the Nebraska Cornhuskers for only the second time in school history Oct. 13 in Boulder, Colo. Nebraska's defeat represented only its third regular-season defeat ever in a conference match.
"We've given them good games when we played them at home," Kanabel said. "I think it would be great if we knocked them off."
Colorado's victory did not surprise Albiz. She said the victory was not an advantage for the Buffalo.
"I wasn't surprised about Colorado's win," Albizt said. "They were coming closer every time they played Nebraska."
VOLLEYBALL
There will be none of that this year.
"They've beaten us more times than we've beaten them, so they will have a psychological edge," Albitz said. "We're going to have to watch their setter. She dumps the ball a lot."
After that match, the Jayhawks will play Southwest Missouri State at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Kansas has not fared well against the Bears in the past. The Jayhawks' series record is 2-15-1, which is good for Southwest Missouri State, Albit said.
"It was easy to get up for that match with the big crowd," Kanabel said. "I think playing a nationally ranked team will get us pumped up enough."
The team is focused on both matches, but obviously the Colorado match is more important for the Big Eight standings, Kanabel said.
"We've got nothing to lose," she said. "The pressure's on them."
Tonight's match will be at Allen Field House but without a big crowd like last year. Kansas lost last year's four-game match but played before the "Late Night With Roy Williams" extravaganza.
A large crowd, totaling about 8,500, watched the match before the annual first basketball practice. The crowd was the seventh largest in American Volleyball Coaches Association history.
By Dave Goldberg The Associated Press
There are two problems at work.
It will never happen. The people who own and run NFL stadiums will never get rid of fake grass because the real stuff costs more to maintain.
Safety record of turf subject of NFL debate Football players feel safer on grass costs were a factor
There seem to be no authoritative studies that show that more football injuries occur on artificial turf than grass, but ...
Almost every player you talk to says he feels safer playing on real stuff — some free agents set a natural grass home field as a precondition for signing.
All of which is relevant because of what happened Sunday to the unfortunate Mike Sherrard, who was having a Pro Bowl season with the Giants until he tried to cut at the end of a 51-yard pass play and planted wrong. He now is out for the season with a slight break and a dislocation of the hip.
Sherrard, who has broken his ankle three times in his seven-year career, always has been a fragile commodity, although no one denies his talent.
This time, however, he said he thought that the turf had been the cause.
But neither are its supporters.
"It's just unforgiving," he said.
"It's just unforgiving," he said. His teammate, Steve DeOssie, put it more succinctly: "Turf stinks. Turf should be outlawed. It's just not going to give."
But neither are its supporters. The day after Sherrard's season-ending injury was diagnosed, Robert Mulcahy, the head of the group that runs Giants Stadium, suggested that no facility that plays host to 30 football games during the fall could keep a grass field in shape.
Mulcahy also said that maintenance
The biggest problem for players who want a change is that there are no conclusive studies on the number of injuries on turf opposed to those on grass, something the NFL is quick to point out.
One league official noted that Sherard broke an ankle twice on grass and another time while jogging on the beach.
But that ignores lesser injuries, such as "turf burn" and "turf toe," that have become a regular part of trainers' vernacular. And it ignores the fact that many teams that play on turf conduct most practices on grass fields.
And it ignores other significant turf injuries this year, like the knees torn up by Wendell Davis of the Bears, Steve Emtman of the Colts and Chris Miller of the Falcons.
When Sherrard rattled down in the second quarter Sunday, he had 24 catches and his 489 receiving yards were ranked third in the NFL.
The problem is that the most definitive study, done by James Nicholas, team physician for the Jets between 1960 and 1985, found no significant difference between injuries on grass and turf.
Don't tell that to the players.
Doug Allen, assistant executive director of the NFL Players Association, said, "Turf is unnecessary and harmful. Yet, you still see it."
If that's true, then Allen and his colleagues could do his members a huge service.
Simply use some of the millions they get from licensing fees and spend it on a study of their own. League officials say they'd listen if they get conclusive evidence.
Too late for Sherrard but not too late for his successors.