Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 22, 1990
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Coach 'jump-starts' team to victory
3 'Hawks get season's first hits in 14-hit attack, defeat Tarkio
By Brent Maycock Kansan sportswriter
Outfielder Denard Stewart, right, is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a home run
Despite a slow start, Kansas pummeled Tarkio 11-2 yesterday afternoon at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
Eric Montgomery/KANSAN
Kansas baseball
"We had to jump-start our team in the middle innings," Bingham said. "I have to go over there and throw a tantrum just to get them into the game, and that bothers me. If that's my job, I'll do it. But I would like to think our players will set the level of play, not me. We're just not at that point yet."
Pitcher Eric Stoneeipch picked up the victory and improved his record as sophomore struck out eight and defeated six hits through seven innings.
After both teams scored in the first inning, Kansas erupted for three runs in the fourth. Right fielder Denard Stewart led off the inning with a left-center field. He leads the team in home runs this season with four.
"I don't think we played particularly well early," Bingham said. "I'm real concerned with our play. We really need to get to the point where we gain a little confidence in ourselves as ballblasters."
Consecutive singles by designated hitter Jim Hanna and second baseman Jeff Berblerbigned Stewart's homer. After shortstop David Soult sacrificed, center fielder Pat Karlin singled to left, scoring Hanna. Berblerb scored on first baseman Mike Bard's ground out.
The fourth inning seemed to bring the Jayhawks alive because the team scored three times in the sixth, once in the seventh and three times in the eighth.
Barblinger hit a towering home run
that cleared the tree line beyond the left-field fence, which is 350 feet from home plate. It was his third home run of the season.
Three Jayhawks collected their first hits of the season in the eighth inning. First baseman Jeff Spencer doubled with one out for his first hit. After Stewart filed out to center, he came up on center, scoring Spencer. Shortstop Kevin Marozas followed with his first hit, a single up the middle.
Soult drove home Hanna with a single to center. Center fielder Steve Meeks followed with a single down the left field line, scoring Marozas. It was Meeks' first collegiate hit.
'I have to go over there and throw a tantrum just to get them into the game, and that bothers me. If that's my job, I'll do it. But I would like to think our players will set the level of play, not me.'
- Dave Bingham baseball coach
"It ites great," Meeks said. "I've been trying to focus on the team concept, but it's hard not to think about getting your first hit. Now that I've got that one done, I'll roll a little better."
Bingham said the 5-0 loss to Creighton on Tuesday might have affected the team's enthusiasm entering yesterday's game.
"The they just got dominated," he said. "I think they're beaten down overall with the quality of the teams we've played. I think we'll come through it."
Bingham said yesterday's victory could be the cure for his team's crisis.
"We just need to gain some confidence," he said. "Winning does that
more than anything else. Even if you win bad, it will help build some momentum."
Kansas will meet Central Missouri State at 2 p.m. today at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium, Steve Gminness, 0-3, will pitch for the Jayhawks
Meeks also said the victory was
what the team needed to regain its confidence.
"We started out the season with good enthusiasm, but we haven't been really going out and laying our ears back and playing yet this year," Meeks said. "I'm just glad that we got the team going today."
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Home season to open today against Friends
By Paul Augert
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas softball coach Kalum Haack does not consider Friends his pal.
Kansas softball
from Wichita, like any another opponent. Haack said Kansas will play to win.
In their home opener, a doubleheader, at 2 p.m. today at Jay-Park Stadium, they treat the Friends University Falcons, an NAIA division school
"I've never played against them," Haack said. "But when we go into a game, any game, we are guaranteed to play a good softball team."
Roanna Brazier, 9-2, and Jill Bailey, 1-5, will start on the mound for Kansas. Kansas has played the Falcons only once in 18 years. In 1987, the Jayhawks swept a doubleheader from Friens-7 and 13-0.
Friends coach Beth Watson said she remembers that double-header.
"When we scheduled KU three years ago, they beat us both games, but it was a great experience." Watson said. "It was a great opportunity for the kids to see what good football they can play. It was relaxing and we played hard."
Friends, 3-7, also will play Wichita State this season, the only other NCAA Division I opponent on its schedule.
"When I say we're up and down, I'm referring to our hitter," he said. "Our defense is adequate and our pitching is good."
"Sometimes we knock the crap out of the ball, and sometimes we couldn't hit water if we fell out of a boat."
The Jayhawks, 14-12, have not played since they compiled a 12-7 record during their spring break trip to Texas last week. Haack said the team needed to improve on offense.
When Watson heard about Kansas' plight on offense, she became optimistic about the doubleheader.
"This should be a good game then," she said. "We are hitting the ball well. The defiance is my strength, not been able to get outside a lot."
Brazier, who pitched the Jayhawks to eight of the team's 12 victories during spring break, said Kansas was stagnant on offense and was inefficient in invitational. The Jayhawks finished the tournament with a 4-3 record.
"When we really needed the hits and runs, we couldn't produce," she said. "We left at least four games." "And we played game. We just couldn't produce."
Haack said Bailey her composition despite the lack of offense on the days she pitched. He said Bravier pitched well under press, especially in a 2-1 victory against an 48-handed South Carolina.
Kansas stranded an average of almost seven base runners a game while in Houston.
"Roanna started out slow, but made her turnaround against South Carolina." Haack said. "She wanted to be the leader out there and she turned things around. We are used to her doing that."
"We are not getting any RBI production from the middle of the lineup on down." Haack said. "We have to start coming through."
3 Jayhawks go to championships
By Christine Reinolds Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's swim team, which is ranked 21st nationally by the College Swimming Coaches Association, will send three of its best teams to compete against 60 teams at the NCAA Men's Swimming Championships.
Men's swimming
The championships, which start today, will take place in Indianapolis.
Men's swim coach Gary Kemp
sald seniors Andy Flower and Kevin
Toller, and junior Jeff Stout would
do all of their abilities to place at the meet.
Flower, who will be diving in his first and last NCAA championships, will perform 11 dives on the three-string, competing against 32 other divers.
Flower was ranked sixth on the Lee Jeans Academic Big Eight Men's Swimming Honor Prize released March 20. To qualify for the honor roll, a student athlete must achieve a grade point average of at least 3.0.
Flower has maintained a 3.28 GPA overall.
"It will be a tough contest," Flower said of the championships, "In the Big Eight Championships, I knew what the competition was like. The team must be a new experience. I want to put my best effort and be consistent with each dye."
Toller will compete in the 100-yard breast stroke. He had a qualifying time of 55.97 seconds. The NCAA qualifying cut is 56.04.
Toller, ranked fifth on the honor roll with an overall GPA of 3.46, will swim in his first NCAA championships this weekend.
"I've done well and I think I can drop more time." Toller said. "My first objective is to have fun and finish off my career in a good way."
Stout is a returning All-American to the championships. He achieved All-American status as a member of the 200-yard medley relay that placed 13th in the 1989 championships.
NCA qualifying time for the 100 backstroke is 50.34. He also will swim the 200-meter backstroke, which he qualified for with a time of 1 minute, 49.19 seconds. The NCA qualifying time for this event is 1.51.19.
Stout will swim the 100-yard backstroke, which he qualified for in December with a time of 50.19. The
"Since I am already familiar with the championships, I can get in and get down to business," Stout said. "First swim will determine everyly-
The team will take two weeks off after the championships and then resume practice for next season.
NOTES:
Nine Jayhawk women also made the honor roll: sophomore Barb Prang, 4.0 GPA; junior Kelley Kauzlarich, 3.38 GPA; junior Gina Brown, 3.56 GPA; sophomore Heather Caldwell, 3.38 GPA; junior Nicky Naviaux, 3.06 GPA; senior Jennifer Gibrielson, 3.55 GPA; sophomore Candice Autry, 3.67 GPA; sophomore Heather McRoberts, 3.20 GPA; and junior Jennifer Reynolds, 3.28 GPA.
Other Kansas men who qualified for the honor roll include: senior Scott Berry, 3.76 GPA; sophomore Dave Isaacson, 3.80 GPA; junior Kyle Schoenbeck, 4.05 sophomore Kad Gunderson, 4.9 GPA.
KU SPORTS: INFO JOB FILLED:
Dean Buchan has been named associate
sports information director for
the KU Sports Information Office.
Buchan will work with media relations for football and men's basketball as well as several non-revenue sports. He also will help coordinate the editing and design of KU athletic publications.
Buchan, who has served as the associate sports information director at East Carolina for the past three years, replaces Jeff Bollig. Bolig held the job for the past four years before he was appointed service bureau director of the Big Eight Conference last month.
Sports briefs
N.C. State deposes Valvano
The Associated Press
RALEIGH — North Carolina State's board of trustees, stunned by new information regarding the academic performance of Jim Valvano's basketball players, has directed its attorney to seek the coach's resignation, a Raleigh newspaper reported.
The News and Observer of Raleigh reported in Thursday's editions that the county is seeking compensation to court to seek compensation for the $4½ years remaining on his contract.
as head basketball coach
The decision came after trustees listened to a presentation by acting chancellor Larry Monteith on Tuesday about a widespread lack of progress of Valvano's recruits in the classroom.
Monteith, a former engineering professor and dean, turned repeatedly to a chalkboard in presenting the 13-member board with a litany of statistics about the academic problems of players on Valvano's teams.
The first week of the season was wiped out because of the owners' 32-day spring training lockout, and the team was rescheduled to make a full name.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE: Baseball and CBS could not complete their effort to restore the 162-game schedule yesterday, but both the commissioner's office and the network said they were hopeful it could be finished within a few days.
plavers association
CBS begins its $1.06 billion, four-year contract with baseball this season. The network expected the playoffs to start Oct. 1 and the World Series to begin Oct. 13.
The option being given the most attention is extending the season by three days and trying to reschedule two games during the season, according to officials at the network, the commissioner's office and the
Commissioner Fay Vincent said Tuesday that the preferred method would be to play the last week of the season during the first week of October, pushing back the postseason by a week.
"It's very difficult to move around a week of prime-time programming," BCS Sports spokeswoman Susan Stevenson said. "The people here are working at it."
schedule.
Under the plan being discussed, American League teams would make up their scheduled opening series during the season and play what had been their first scheduled weekend series on Oct. 1-3.
American League teams only make two trips to each city a season, while National League teams make three trips to each team in their division. The National League schedule being discussed would make up the weekend games during the season and reschedule the missed opening series from Oct. 1-3. The playoff would begin Oct. 5.
CBS, which has had a low-rated prime-time schedule in recent years, intends to use the playoffs and World Series to show commercials for its new fall series that will have just started airing.
Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, said he thought CBS was having problems rescheduling its prime-time programming to accommodate a change in the postseason
PACKERS SIGN NORSESTM: The Green Bay Packers say they have signed quarterback Mike Norseth, St. Louis Rams and Browns and Chicago Bulls.
Norseth was on injured reserve during the 1986 season, Coach coach Lindy Infante's last season on the Brown's' coaching staff, and was released by Cleveland during 1987 training camp.
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Norseth, 15,
was a seventh-round draft choice of
the Browns in 1986 from the University
of Kansas.
He was with the Bengals in 1987 and 1988 but didn't play. The Brown's then picked him as a Plan B unrestricted free agent. Released late in training camp, he was out of football for the 1988 season
The Packer also said Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with flanker Flip Johnson, a Plan B player. The deal was not but the signed contract from him.
Baseball fans are much too forgiving
Baseball is addictive.
Isn't it obvious from the fan reaction to the end of the baseball lock out?
Animosity expressed by fans during the past four weeks mysteriously evaporated Sunday night when the baseball lockout ended. Those who always suffer the most from such events, namely the fans, forgot their grips as the season finally got under way and spring training camps opened Monday and Tuesday.
Paula Parrish
Associate sports editor
Pat Tabler, the Royals player representative during the negotiations, expressed surprise when he and his overpaid teammates were cheered by baseball-starved fans as the playoffs approached. The day of spring training in Haines City, Fla., home of the Royals spring training camp.
Gone were concerns that players were greedy and owners uncompromising. Anticipation replaced anger; and the only things most people could think about were opening day, and this year's price for a beer and hot dog at the ballpark.
Why the surprise? The United S
"I'm surprised and pleased by their 'eaction'," Tableb said.
The United States has become a nation of baseball junces.
Now that spring training has finally begun, nothing else seems to matter.
After years of conditioning, many fans came down with withdrawal symptoms during the lockout. Baseball, long known as the national pastime, has many people hooked. It's something they can't live without.
Royals owner Ewing Kauffman finally became exasperated himself last week and if it were up to him, he'd call off the season and start the baseball talks again next year. He also expressed the frustrations of thousands about the baseball season being put on hold.
Even though Kauffman stood to lose a lot more monetarily than the rest of us, he threw caution to the wind and sided with the fan. But even Kauffman has his moments of weakness, proven these last few months that he was right to mark Davis to Kansas City with outrageous billion dollar contracts.
Kauffman's actions, loved by all who want another couple of flags on the hill behind left field at the stadium, just go to prove that baseball fanatics have begun to pay anything for success.
The price of our entertainment doesn't seem to matter anymore because of our helpless addiction. Players making millions for catching a ball? That's too bad. And they want more? Although some express outrage, most shrug it off after a week and say, "Oh, well."
And as for the average increased salaries are paid by Joe through higher prices at the ballpark. The next step is to fist to tist to their favorites on the field.
The price of a general admission ticket, that blessing for a poor college student, will increase from $3 to $4 this year at Royals Stadium. And parking prices will increase from $3 to $4.
Ticket and parking prices going up? Most will grumble, but who won't be paying to see the two new stars of the Royals pitching staff, Davis and Davis? And who can forget that multi-sport sensation, Bo Jackson?
Owners and players are getting rich off our habit.
Money has never more than now reared its ugly head as a major motivating factor. Baseball czar CBS announced it will have to grant permission to Major League Baseball to extend the regular season so all 162 regular season games can be squeezed in.
And they will be. We've got to have them. We need them.
Opening Day for the Royals in Kansas City is April 9. It's an afternoon game against the Baltimore Orioles and was sold out in January. What better indication that, to quote that master of horror, Stephen King, hooked through the bag and back" in this case, however, it's a base bag.
But now that the lockout's past, do anyone really care really past,
" nobody can ahíh'more "because
on our back we are supplying again.
And again, we're burying it.
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- Paula Parrish is a Betton, Mo. senior majoring in journalism.
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