Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 19, 1990
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'Hawk 2nd in Relays' first day
Heptathlete beats personal best places second after four events
Bv Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas heptathlete Kim Hutheofer-Busch was in second place after the first day of the Kansas football game a day after noon at Memorial Stadium.
She trailed the leader, Busaric Rogers of Pittsburg State, by just 13 points after the first four events and was second in the first half of the event with 2,999 points.
Hutoefer-Busch won both the 100-meter hurdles and the shot-put. She threw the shot 34-74%. Her times of 28.13 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 14.44 in the 100 hurdles yesterday were personal records in the heptathlon, although she has had better times in individual hurdle events.
Last year, Huthoefer-Busch was unable to compete in the Kansas State football team.
Decathlon and heptathon competition will resume today at 10 a.m.
"I was really pleased as far as the first day goes," she said. "Two years ago, I was in fourth after the first day."
"The high jump and the 200 were good," she said. "They're becoming more consistent at a higher level. If I let down, it would probably be in the shot-put, but even that was better than it has been."
Hutheofer-Busch said she looked forward to competing today, even though it will be more difficult because of fatigue and because she had already completed her best events. Today's events will include the long jump, javelin throw and the 800-meter run.
"I need a solid day," she said. "But its first day gets me off to good start."
Eastern Michigan 'decataleate
Merrill, the leader of the men's
decathlon, competed with everything he had yesterday. Literally.
Ellis, whose luggage was sent to Florida instead of Kansas, said the clothes he wore, a sweatsuit, shorts, and a jacket, were all he had to compete in. His clothes arrived by the end of the day.
"I'm really surprised," he said of his 3,753-point first day total, which put him 69 points ahead of second place John Dedrick of Butler County Community College. "I'm happy that, with everything, it still worked out."
Ellis also recently twisted his ankle playing basketball.
Despite his lead, he said that he was disappointed with his performance.
"I'm behind what I'd like to be," he said. "I usually score 4,000 the first day. I guess I'm about average. But, when I'm leading, I rarely back off."
Ellis was the Mid-American Conference decathlon champion during a winter competition in the NCAA Outdoor Championships last year with 7,240 points.
"I're really new at this," Walters said. "I've been watching, and I can tell these guys have been doing this for a while."
Kansas decathlete Chris Walters did not share Ellis' disappointment. He said that he was happy with his ninth-place performance.
The freshman finished with personal records in the 100-meter dash and the 400, recording a total score of 3,277 for the afternoon. He ran the races in 11.34 seconds and 52.14 respectively.
Walters said that he was not happy with his long jump and high jump performances yesterday, but that he ran well. He said that he needed to set more personal records today.
Huthoefer-Busch sprints to second place in the 200-meter dash.
Two Oregonians sign to swim with Kansas
By Paul Augeri
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf again has journeyed into Oregon and brought two more high school swimmers to Kansas.
Kansas swimming
Kempf announced the signings of Ronda Lusty and Bruce Davis to letters of intent. Lusty has competed in the freestyle and butterfly events at Pendleton High School, and Davis, from Beaverton High School, has swum the breakstroke and individual medley events.
Davis competed at Alabama his freshman season in 1988, but left after that year. Davis, who then returned home to Beaverton and did not swim at the collegiate level, will be considered a sophomore transfer.
"These are senior national caliber-type kids, and both are good kids," he said. "And we are not done yet. We hit the area and found good kids."
Kempf said the state is considered a recruiting haven for college coaches.
"We have talked to a lot of kids and really recruited the area here," he said. "We have been there already. We have and some even before last year."
Lusty and Davis were not available for comment last night.
Davis has best times of 57.0 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke, 2:06 in the 200-yard breaststroke and a 1:52.5 in the 200-yard individual medley.
'These are senior national caliber-type kids, and both are blue chippers all the way. And we are not done yet.'
Gary Kempf Kansas swimming coach
Lusty swims a 22.4 in the 50-yard freestyle and a 52.0 in the 100-yard freestyle.
Two of the four recruits Kempf signed last week are from Oregon. He signed Marsha Trachi, a breaststroke swimmer from Lake Oswego, and Curtis Taylor, a free-style competitor from Ashland.
The four join two Kansas swimmers currently on the men's roster who are Oregon natives, freshmen Tim Cormize of Roseburg and Robert Townsend, Portland. Corzine swims the backstroke, freestyle and individual medley. Townsend is a freestyler.
The other two recruits this season are Krista Cordsen, Rome, N.Y., and Michele Riffel, Valparaiso, Ind. Both compete in the 50- and 100-vard freestyle.
Since April 11, the start of the signing period. Kempf has had high hopes for the three women and three men he recruited.
"We want to see each of them reach the NCAA championship meet level," he said.
Sports briefs
Kansas baseball statistics
Record: overall 17-23; Big Eight 4-8
| Player | G | AB | IU | H | HC | HR | RB1 | AVG | SB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Stewart | 38 | 119 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 18 | 221 | 51 | 5 |
| Hanna | 23 | 50 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 321 | 1 |
| Katrin | 19 | 50 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 29 | 0 |
| Spencer | 12 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 0 |
| Utt | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 0 |
| Moore | 40 | 147 | 18 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 0 | 0 |
| Cammel | 31 | 103 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 0 |
| Soult | 35 | 101 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 277 | 26 | 4 |
| Soult | 38 | 109 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 277 | 26 | 4 |
| Camara | 39 | 139 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 182 | 252 | 0 |
| Camara | 39 | 139 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 182 | 252 | 0 |
| Warychek | 27 | 62 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 272 | 26 | 0 |
| Berbinger | 38 | 105 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 212 | 18 | 0 |
| Schmidt | 31 | 105 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 212 | 18 | 0 |
| Naimleer | 19 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 |
| Naimleer | 19 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 |
| Spencer | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 0 |
KANBAS 40 1253 1193 331 22 169 267 69
Connections 1253 1233 1304 22 169 268 70
PLAYER G W L L ERA SV I V H K
Wuychek 7 0 1 3.46 19 13.0 11 62
Stonechiper 12 3 3 3.94 61.7 49.7 70
Massey 12 3 5 3.94 61.7 49.7 70
Massey 12 3 5 3.94 61.7 49.7 70
Shaw 19 6 3 4.82 1 37.3 36 41
McGinnie 11 1 6 4.82 1 37.3 36 41
McGinnie 11 1 6 4.82 1 37.3 36 41
Stopper 12 0 0 7.38 1 14.7 19 6
Merriman 15 0 1 7.38 1 17.3 16 4
Hinkle 2 1 0 10.80 0 6.7 5 8
KANSAS 40 17 23 0.90 6 325.3 64
KANSA 40.17 23 5.08 6.31 52.35 301 235
Opponents 40.17 13 1.41 4.08 63.97 3.74 105
Triples — Moore 2, Manza 2, Utt 1, Bard 1, Soul 1, Wutchreck 1, Kmann 1, Kmann & Opponents 10, Walker 12, Karin 22, Blinger 21, Hummel 15, Harme 13, Soult 11, Camara 10, Hanna 9, Moore 13, Soult 11, Camara 10, Hanna 9, Numerale 4, Spencer 3, Walker 1, Kansas 156. Opponents 245.
Doubles = Stewart 14, Hummert 9, Moore 6, Kartin 5,
Camarra 4, Camarra 7, Buckerberg 8, Schmidt 3, Schmid 3, Soul 2, Hanna 1, Meeks 1, Spencer 1, Kanaas 57.
Opponents 18.
**Games started** — Renko 10, McGuiness 9,
Massey 7, Massee 6, Niles 2, Wheeler 1, Shaw 1
***
Opponents' batting average — Stonepecker 216, Renton 220, Niles 212, Wuycheck 234, Hanker 250, McGinnis 253, Massey 257, Shaw 261, Stopper 297, Meriman 280, Kansas 244, Opponents 26.
Sirieuxea — Bertinger b: Moore 28, Steward 29,
Soul 21, Cauleman 19, Bard 16, Hummel 15, Kaitlin 16,
Hallen 13, Spencer 9, Wuycheck 9, Meetsa 6, Bermuda
14, McKenna 7, Walker 2, Walker 1, Kumar 22,
Opponents 297
Runs — McCinnis 42, Renko 20, Stonepecker 29,
Maseley 25, Shaw 23, Shawn 17, Stoppel 18, Meriman
18, Wuycheck 9, Hinkle 8, Kansas 235. Opponents
189.
Walka -- Renko 45, Stonecrop 44, McGuness 38,
Massey 25, Merriman 21, Shaw 24, Niles 20, Vaycheck 10, Stoppel 9, Hinkle 9, Kanaas 245. Opponents 158.
ROYALS BLANK INDIANS: Storm Davis shut out the Cleveland Indians on five hits through seven innings last night, and Bob Boone drove in three runs, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 7-0 shutout.
The Royals do not play today, but return to action tomorrow night in Toronto. The starting time is 6:35.
Kansas City, which won two games in the three game series against the Indians, improved its record to 4-4. Cleveland dropped to 2-5.
Tom Brookens, the second batter of the game, singled and eventually reached third, but Davis (1-1) did not allow another runner past first. Davis, 9-2 lifetime against the Indians, struck out five and walked one. Jeff Montgomery and Steve Farr finished for the Royals.
Bloom, the Royals 42-year-old catcher, got his six RBI with a suicide squeeze bunt and a bloop double. Willie Wilson went 3-for-3, including a run-scoring triple, and scored three times.
Stillwell walked with one out in the seventh and went to third on Wilson's single. Stillwell jammed his ankle on the play and was replaced by former Kansas player, Steve Jeltz. Jeltz was caught in a rundown when White grounded to first base.
Wilson went to second on the play, and he and White both scored when Boone lifted an opposite-field pop fly behind first base that dropped in among three Cleveland fielders. Kevin Seitzer singled a moment later, but Boone was thrown out at the plate by left fielder Candy Maldonado.
Kurt Stillwell doubled with one out in the fifth and scored when Wilson
tripped into right-center field. After Frank White walked, Boone squeezed Wilson home.
SEMI-PRO TEAM TRYOUTS: The Lawrence Monarchs, a newly established semi-pro baseball team, will have open tryouts at noon Saturday at Ice Field. 25th and Iowa St.
Jeltz hit a sacrifice fly and White hit a two-run double in the eighth.
The team will compete in the Stan Musial League.
Green to stay; job not offered
The Associated Press
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Kevin Eastman, former assistant coach at Tulsa, was named head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington yesterday.
Men's basketball
Kansas assistant coach Jerry Green was one of two finalists for the job, according to reports published last weekend in the Wilmington Morning Star.
Green was out of town and unavailable for comment last night.
Green said repeatedly since his name was first mentioned in connection with the job that he was not looking to leave Kansas.
Green said Sunday that he did not think he would be offered the job. He said he would not be offered if the job was not offered to him.
Eastman, 34, was chosen from a field of 85 candidates and takes over for Robert McPherson, who resigned in mid-February.
"As a competitor, though, you
The Seahawks, playing in the Colonial Athletic Association, finished 8-20 last season.
always hate to come in second," he said.
Before going to Tulsa, Eastman spent three years as the athletic director and head basketball coach at Belmont Abbey where his team won three straight NAIA District 26 championships with the Crusaders.
Kate Lee, special to the Kansan,
contributed information to this
story.
Jayhawks win both games against Wichita State
Bv Paul Augeri
Kansan sportswriter
If the Kansas softball team played against Wichita-based teams all season and continued its success, it would have a perfect record.
Kansas softball
Kansas swept a home double-header against Wichita State three days ago, and the Jayhaws again pasted the Shockers 9-0 and 5-2 yesterday in Wichita.
Roanna Brazier, 18-4, and Jill Bailey, 7-7, were the winning pitchers for Kansas, Wichita's Lisa Geier, 0-3, and Paula Lewis, 8-15, took the losses.
The Jayhawks' doubleheader sweep from Friends University earlier in the season gives them a 6-0 record against Wichita teams.
The Jayhawks have won seven straight games and 15 of their last 17.
Kansas, the fourth-ranked team in the Midwest Region, has an overall record of 29-14. Wichita State dropped to 17-34.
In the first game, the Jayhawks scored often and early. Kansas had a 3-0 lead after the first inning and scored three more runs in the second inning. The Jayhawks scored once in the third and twice in the fourth.
Kansas third baseman Camille Spitaleri went 2-for-2, including a home run, and four RBI.
The game ended early because Kansas led 8-0 after four innings. NCAA rules call for a game to be shortened if a team leads by more than eight runs after five innings.
The Shockers had three hits against Brazer. She walked two and
The Jayhawks have won seven straight games and 15 of their last 17.
struck out four in her 18th complete game of the season. The victory was her ninth shutout this season.
Brazier has set single-season pitching records for appearances (47), innings pitched (294) and victories (24) in 1989.
With 76 career victories, Brazier is two shy of breaking the career record set by Jackie Robinson.
In the second game, Spitaleri had a triple and three RBI. She leads the team with 25 RBI. Brazier hit her team-leading third home run during the game.
Shortstop Christy Arterburn had three of Kansas' 10 hits.
The Shockers had six hits against Bailey who pitched the entire game. She walked three and struck out one.
Kansas pitcherers Brazier, Bailey and Shelly Sack have combined for 285 runs in the season. As a team, Jajayhaws have not struck out in their last 149 at bats.
First game
KANSAS 9, WICHITA STATE
Kansas
Wichita State
Illinois
000 00 3 4
000 00 3 4
Wichita State 000 00—3 4
Brazier and Hoyer; Geir, Lewis (4) and Broehl. W-Brazier (18-4). L-Geir (9-3). 2B — Wichita State, Thomas, Kansas, Sack, HR — Kansas, Spalater(2).
Second game
KANSA 5, WICHITA STATE
Kachas              10 100    10 0 10
Kahsa                101 100    0 2 1
Bailley and Hoyer; Lewis and Broeh, Witahey (7-7) L-Wichia (8-15) 2B — Wichita State, Jay, Loehir; Kansas, Hennig, 3B — Kansas, Spatielier HR — Kansas, Brazier (3)
Kansas tops Benedictine in doubleheader
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas snapped a seven-game loss streak by defeating Benedictine College 6-3 in the second game of last night's doubleheader at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
Kansas baseball
In the first game of the doubleheader, the Ravens smashed 11 hits and defeated the Jayhawks 5-4.
Kansas, 17-23, plays Southwest Missouri State at 7 p.m. tonight at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
"I're really disappointed with the way we played," Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. "It's not just this game; it's been a long time coming. We haven't played particularly well for a long time.
"Maybe this was the thing we needed to realize how bad we've been playing."
After Benedictine scored in the top of the first, the Jayhawks scored twice in the bottom of the inning.
Jayhawk center fielder Pat Karlin led off the inning with a walk and stole second base. With one out, Kansas left fielder Mark Hummel singled to right, scoring Karlin. Catcher Mark Moore followed with a single, advancing Hummel to third base. Hummel scored on right fielder Denard Stewart's ground out.
Kansas added two runs in the second innning only to have the Ravens score once in the third. The Browns beat the fourth in the fourth, giving them a 6-2 lead.
"I thought we competed a little better in the second game," Bingham said. "It wasn't totally all the way, but it was a little better."
Jayhawk pitcher Brad Hinkle made his first start of the season in the second game. Hinkle, 1-0, struck out eight and scattered four hits through 52 innings and picked up the victory.
"I was real happy for Brad," Bingham said. "I asked him to come out and go as hard as he could and not worry about anything else. And he did that."
The highlight for Kansas was Karlin's 100th career stolen base, which came in the first inning.
In the first game, Benedictine scored five runs, but only one was earned. The Ravens outhit Kansas 11-7.
"Benedictine outcompeted us, outpitted us and outplayed us in every possible way," Bingham said. "Our kids are not playing very well and we're going to have to do some things better."
Hinkle said snapping the losing streak was important for the Jayhawks if they intended to finish the season strong.
KANSAS 6, BENEDICTINE 3
we need to be focused," he said.
"We're heading down the home-stretch. It's about time we got our heads together."
First game
BENEDICTINE 5, KANAS 4
Benedictine . . . . .
Benedictine
Kansas
101 001 0-3 4 1
220 200 4-9 1
Anderson and Rando; Hinkle, Stonechiple
(6) and Schmidt, W-Hinkle (1-0), L Anderson
(G); Stonechiple, (1), 28a-Kansas;
Rando, Kansas, Bamberger, 3ba-Kansas.
South.
Kansas second baseman Jeff Berlbling fires to first base, completing a double play in the 6-3, second-game victory.
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