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The Battalion Sports
Thursday, June 2, 1983/The Battalion/Page 9
ustangs battling for NCAA track crown
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tt by plfflMOUSTON — In the quai
ling heats of the NCAA track
,d field championships, the
opt for aiiohject is not necessarily to win.
etusha- Tht object is not to lose,
feet. IfthtiKAnd on the opening night of
theY,oruthe 62nd annual NCAA meet,
abyboyvWashington and SMU managed
but ababjmot to lose. The Alabama Crim-
ijn Tide, however, did not
appear to be so fortunate.
B The SMU Mustangs and
■shington State Cougars,
favorites to fight down to the fill
pent for a championship neith-
Hschool has ever won, man-
ak
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lead law
>m fored
all debts,'
:y general J
cision wij
aged to do the things necessary
Wednesday to stay alive.
Alabama had hoped to chal
lenge for the team trophy, but in
the course of a split second those
hopes were badly victimized.
Emmit King and Lamar
Smith, whose job it was to make
the first baton pass in the 400-
meter relay, failed to do so
cleanly and wound up passing
out of the zone. That disqual
ified the Crimson Tide, heavily
favored to win the 400 relay, and
thus cost Alabama a chance for
15 points that were almost a
must if it was to upset SMU and
Washington State for the team
trophy.
Washington State, mean
while, easily pushed Julius Korir
and Richard Tuwei — two-
thirds of their distance running
trio — into the finals of the
3,000-meter steeplechase. They
could finish 1 -2 in that event and
both will also run in the 5,000
meters along with Peter Koech.
Koech, who like Korir and
Tuwei is from Kenya, will com
pete in the 10,000 meters as well.
With all of that running in
front of them, the key could be
the weather and the humidity in
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downs Astros,
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KHICAGO — Chicago pitch-
JChuck Rainey says there’s
■re important things than
Rodger P | hing a com P lete S ame -
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d Jy27 1 Utt*ointed because ending our
s ’ in * em [® 1 g streak is much more im-
diedinl por .int than my getting a com-
neverpro« e game> » Rainey sa id
,, yer“Hdnesday after the Cubs nip-
^our’o™® the Houston Astros, 3-2, to
Rak a four-game losing streak.
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/ trial musiB'It’s no big deal not pitching a
vernmeni'pnplete game,” Rainey said,
ndcertaii *Bi twith 11 starts now, it would
ent taxerpok nice on my record to have a
pie to my credit.”
he last Cub pitcher to re-
a complete game was Fer-
|on Jenkins, who beat Pitt-
rgh, 7-2, last Sept. 15.
bainey, 5-4, gave up just two
'ingles through 8 1/3 innings
ednesday before finding him-
|in trouble when he gave up
— x J| t0 Terry Puhl and Dickie
iprisoned wn to start the ninth.
1 ^ ut ^^Although he was yanked for
ever Lee Smith, Rainey said
as “feeling really good ab-
t myself’ at the end of the
lent'
ad sou]
es for a
/she also
edicalbl'
idular diss
“I was really motivated
nesday, especially after get-
gby the second inning, when
alked Phil Garner and gave
p a single to Jose Cruz,” he
iblishafo aid, “I really concentrated and
mers unji
; and to (
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, who “was
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Bob Knepper
after giving up a sacrifice fly to
Ray Knight I found the groove
and went out of the game in the
ninth inning feeling really good
about myself,” he added.
Lee Smith said his ninth
inning performance, which
earned him a save, left him
“completely vindicated after
what happened the previous day
when I gave up a three-run dou
ble to Garner.”
tadler counting on Kemper
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ate Court l BETHESDA; Md _ when
/.immeritpiay begins today in the
1938 mu' 400,000 Kemper Open golf
ity Deu (jlrnament, Craig Stadler
ter witntj'youid to turn b ac k the clock
against a y ear or two.
l' e d‘ feStadler won this tournament
spent he past two years and finished
row m econd the previous year behind
'fieve by I ohn Mahaffey. The three years
less than were wor th $187,200 for Stad-
hedulo | er . making him one of the few
im. His
;d to
tourists to visit the Washington
area and come out ahead finan
cially.
It seemed Congressional
Country Club’s 7,773 yards,
which play to a par-72, became
Stadler’s private playground.
But recent history has been a
bit different. After winning
$446,462 last year, Stadler has
earned $115,099 this year, none
of it lately. He missed the cut in
his last two tournaments.
Two of Stadler’s biggest
threats this week seem to be
Hale Irwin, winner of last week’s
Memorial Tournament, and
Australian David Graham, who
won the Houston Open a month
ago.
Both have played well in re
cent weeks and have the long
game and patience to conquer
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“The weather was pretty good
tonight,” said Korir after he
clocked an 8:29.57 in the stee
plechase qualifying. “I don’t see
the conditions being any prob
lem if they stay like this.”
SMU, meanwhile, qualified
all three of its hammer throwers
in an event it must dominate if it
is to challenge Washington
State.
The only major loss in the
women’s competition, mean
while, came to UCLA. The
Bruins will have to win the team
championship without sprin
ter Jeanette Bolden, who has
been suffering from a leg sprain
that has not healed to the point
where she can compete.
Although Washington State
and SMU did manage to escape
any disasters in the qualifying,
the teams did suffer mild dis
appointments. The Mustangs
had hoped to put Robert Weir
into the discus finals and he did
not make it. And the Cougars
had expected Chris Whitlock to
pick up some points in the 200
meters, but he also failed to
make the finals in that event.
Among the pleasant sur
prises, however, was the show
ing of TCU’s 400-meter relay
team. With both Alabama and
defending champion Houston
fouling up handoffs and drop
ping out of the competition, the
Horned Frogs ran a 39.01, easily
the best in the country this year.
Other top qualifying per
formances Wednesday included
Reginald Kelly of Jackson State
in the longjump (26-5 '/a), Rick
Meyer of Houston in the scus
(209-10), Joaquim Cruz of Ore
gon in the 800 meters (1:46.56),
Terry Menefee of Alabama in
the 400-meter hurdles (49.88)
and Elliott Quow of Rutgers in
the 200 meters (20.35).
The only finals run off
Wednesday night came in the
women’s 10,000 meters where
Betty Jo Springs ran a 33:01.02
to surpass Carey May of
Brigham Young (33:04.23) and
Melanie Weaver of Michigan
(33:06.70).
Other top showings in
women’s qualifing included
Tennessee’s Sharrieffa Bark
sdale 56.77 in the 400-meter
hurdles and Nebraska’s Merlene
Ottey’s 11.20 in the 100 meters.;
Garner, who was able to load
up the bases with a ninth-inning
single, said he respected Smith’s
arm. “Smith is almost overpow
ering. As I mentioned yester
day, I don’t look forward to fac
ing the Cubs’ bullpen.”
Chicago manager Lee Elia
said the key to the Cubs’ win
came when Cruz hit a hot smash
toward left field in the ninth,
only to have shortstop Tom
Veryzer force Garner at second.
A run scored but Smith got
Knight to strike out to end the
game.
The defeat was especially
tough for Houston starter Bob
Knepper, who suffered his
eighth loss of the season against
one win.
“When Knepper walked
Rainey to lead off the Cubs’
third, Bob dug himself a hole,”
said Houston manager Bob Lil
lis. “And because we had trouble
putting any hits together, we
could not do him any good.”
Houston took a 1-0 lead in
the second on Knight’s sacrifice
fly to score Garner, but the Cubs
tied the score in their half of the
second on Keith Moreland’s
seventh homer of the year.
After Rainey walked leading
off the Cubs’ third, Gary Woods
beat out a bunt single and Ryne
Sandberg was hit by a pitch to
load the bases. Rainey scored on
Bill Buckner’s sacrifice fly and a
single by Moreland brought
home Woods.
Sample gets 3 hits, homer
Rangers stop Kansas City
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At Arlington, Texas, Billy
Sample collected three hits,
including his sixth homer of
the year, and drove in two
runs to help the Rangers snap
a four-game losing streak with
a 7-4 victory over the Kansas
City Royals. The Rangers are
now 23-24 in the American
League West division. They’ll
face the Detroit Tigers Friday
night.
Elsewhere in the American
league, Chicago rookie Ron
Kittle had it all figured out
way ahead of time. American
League pitchers, however, ha
ven’t figured him out yet.
Kittle hit his AL-leading
12th homer Wednesday night
— a two-run shot in the sixth
inning — to lead the home-
run crazy Chicago White Sox
to an 8-3 victory Wednesday
night over Boston.
“I kind of figured I’d do
well (in the majors),” Kittle
said. “You gotta do it in the
minors so and it’s still the same
Billy Sample
game — I always figured I
could hit.
“But actually, my four
stolen bases is the real differ
ence,” he cracked.
Vance Law added a three-
run homer to help spark Chi
cago to its fifth triumph in six
games. The White Sox have
now hit 26 homers in their last
13 games.
Boston Manager Ralph
Houk gave his assesement the
home-run pitches.
“The pitch to Kittle (a
change-up) was awful,” he
said. “And the one to Law was
right down the middle.”
“I made a couple of bad
pitches in lousy situations,”
Boston hurler John Tudor
said.
LaMarr Hoyt pitched 7 2/3
innings to raise his record to
5-6.
TIGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 1
— At Detroit, Kirk Gibson
grounded a single up the mid
dle with two out in the eighth
to score Lou Whitaker from
second and lift the Tigers.
YANKEES 3, ANGELS 0
— At New York, Bobby Mur-
cer and Oscar Gamble crack
ed sixth-inning homers to
break a scoreless tie and Ron
Guidry, 7-3, fired a five-hitter
to lead the Yankees to their
sixth straight victory. Califor
nia lost its third in a row.
INDIANS 5, MARINERS
2 — At Cleveland, Toby Har-
rah led off the eighth inning
with his first home run of the
season and rookie Neal
Heaton picked up his fourth
victory against one loss.
ORIOLES 6, TWINS 3 —
At Minneapolis, Gary
Roenicke went 4-for-4, in
cluding a homer, and drove in
four runs to spark Baltimore.
A’S 7, BREWERS 5 — At
Milwaukee, Rickey Hender
son’s RBI single in the eighth
inning broke a 5-5 tie and aid
Oakla in ending its six-game
losing streak.
In the National League, it
was Chicago 3, Houston 2;
Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 3; St.
Louis 8, Cincinlti 3; Montreal
8, San Diego 6; Los Angeles 1,
Philadelphia 0; and San Fran
cisco 4, New York 2.
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