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Show rnr Section Mooney I riliunc ;righam Wpnrls l.tlilor Young University, ranked sixth in the UPI coaches' poll and eighth in the AP poll of writers ii and broadcasters, , tie ibiowns H natlons longest winning utA r "ilk, iV I i I IK I I f c I fvik iJohn I streak, and if the Cougars can de- feat Tulsa Satur- day at Provo, little should stand in the a new a"' way ime consecutve victory streak in Y. LJ the books. -', II Y record Mooney " DOFtS fljc gait akt John B win-mh- g Information or Itfcorilrd Scores Call l I ocal Cull 1 2:i7-20- 2.17-200- 1 2. Page A.L. West: Twins Beat Royals, Lead by but still have a ways to go on the road to the West Division title. Were ready to take this division. These two games are big for us in deciding whether well finish in first place," the Twins outfielder said. "But this game doesnt mean anything. Its the game you clinch it on. Thats the one that counts." Tribune Wire Services Ask anybody in Minneapolis about their favorite player and theyll cheer for Mickey unanimously Hatcher, a clubhouse clown who has become the clutch hitter for the Minnesota Twins. Hatcher singled in two runs and Kent Hrbek and Tom Brunansky k homers to smacked support the strong pitching of Frank Viola, powering the Twins to a 1 victory Tuesday night over the Kansas City Royals. e The victory gave the Twins a lead over the Royals in the American League West. California, meanwhile, slipped two games behind the Twins after losing to Cleveland, nature Hatcher, whose helps to keep the Twins relaxed, said the Twins are in the drivers seat Hatchers last In back-to-bac- 12 with s, runners in scoring position in the seventh inning or later, he has collected nine hits, three walks and 13 RBIs. "When you get a man on second base and you're up, all you should really be trying for is to drive in that runner, said Hatcher, who has developed a following with the fans in the left field Metrodome seats. "It's foolish to try and make it 0 on one swing of the bat because then you might get yourself in trouble." The Royals had trouble against Vi 5-- one-gam- The Cougars have won 13 in a row since losing the opener at Baylor a year ago. This is the top current streak among major college teams. However, the school record for consecutive BYU victories is 17, starting with the second game of the 1980 season and ending with the sixth game of the 1981 season. The come1 back victory by Nevada-La- s Vegas at BYU ended the winning 12, 1984 Wednesday, September I 3-- 2 g thing is to win two out of three and three out of four the rest of the way and stay away from a sweep." Viola said he's just doing his job. "Everybody wrote us off after the e losing streak but were back and were playing relaxed," he said. "This is the time of the season you get paid for. The Twins took a 0 lead in the first against Charlie Leibrandt, when Tim Teufel hit a one-odouble to left and scored on a single by Mickey Hatcher. The same combination of a Teufel double and a Hatcher single increased the Twins lead to 0 in the seventh. Hrbek followed Hatchers k homer single with an to center, his 25th, and Brunansky added a homer to left, his 30th, to make the score Meanwhile, at Anaheim, Andre who scattered six hits and struck out nine. The Twins lefthander did not allow a run until the ninth when Darryl Motley, Hal ola, 16-1- More Baseball, B-- five-gam- 5 McRae and Frank White singled and Don Slaught hit a sacrifice fly. "Its just a loss, Royals Manager imDick Howser said. "I was ve-pressed with Viola. The key was that they got their runs with two outs. But this game doesnt mean a damn thing We just have to win tomorrow. Twins Manager Billy Gardner is edge in the current enjoying his three-gam- e series. To me, today was the big game of the series. We can go out of here still in first place no matter what happens tomorrow," Gardner said. "The big 9-- y 2-- 0 inside-the-par- 1 homer Thornton blasted a two-ru- n and rookie Don Schulze scattered nine hits as the Indians downed the Angels. Thorntons 31st homer of the son capped a three-ru- rally n sea- in the first inning against right hander Ron winless since July Romanick, 10-1- 31. Brett Butler led off the game with a single and stole second before Julio Franco singled him home. One out later, Thornton connected for his 92nd and 93rd RBI of the season. in the fifth The Indians made it when Butlers sacrifice fly scored Chris Bando, who had doubled earlier and gone to third on Mike Fischlins 0 single. The Angels bunched four of their hits in the fifth inning for both of the.r Rob Wilfong led runs of Schulze, off the inning with his sixth homer. 45-4- Haysbert Arrives With Clutch Catch skein. Tulsa may give the Cougars a test. The Golden Hurricanes, once one of the more feared passing teams, have Veer attack gone to the record last seaand turned in an son. The losses were to Arkansas and Oklahoma Oklahoma (28-1State Graduation hit Tulsa hard, with seven Missouri Valley players missing this fall. Howd ever, Coach John Cooper has a football team which may test BYUs defense against the run. If the Cougars defeat Tulsa, the path should be easier. Of BYUs eight WAC opponents, only Wyoming and Air Force Academy are coming off winning seasons. The Falcons were 10-and the Cowboys After Tulsa, BYUs nine opponents, including Utah State, had 47 victories against 56 losses and two ties a year 3 (17-14- ), By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer PROVO Even today Adam still glance upward, eyes Haysberts his arms cradled as he relives the moment of his life the long pass, the reception and touchdown which elevated Brigham Young to a 4 victory over Pitt in the games final 97 seconds. He can still visualize Robbie Bos-co- s coming down, and the moment is still fresh. He may always have total recall. We were running that play all day, said the senior wide receiver. I was running a clearing pattern again. Every time we had run that play, the ball went to a running back or an underneath guy a short pass pattern, I was a little surprised to see it coming my way. I had mentioned to the coaches and Robbie that I could beat the guy cornerback Keith Tinsley I really didnt have any other thought in my mind, except to concentrate and catch the ball. He Tinsley was closer to me than I thought. I actually felt his hand on my shoulder. The ball was a little bit underthrown ). hard-nose- 20-1- 7-- 2 ago. BYUs elevated position in the national polls is good insurance for the later polls. A team which can jump into the top 10 early rarely falls out of the rankings completely, barring a complete collapse, and BYUs conference schedule doesnt appear capable to placing many defeats on the Cocgs record this year, either. The key to the final national ranking may be the Tulsa game Saturday and dont let the fact the Hurricanes the have a student body size of BYUs enrollment fool you. A team which can play Arkansas, Oklak homa and Oklahoma State in a period and score 32 points to those opponents 54 is not to be taken lightly. On the other hand, Tulsa may have to go back to the 1960s when Bill Anderson and Jerry Rhome were setting passing records and Howard Twilley and Neal Sweeney were leading Tulsa and the nation in receiving, to find an aerial game to compare with BYU's Flying Circus. J7 , &- 1887-1889- ). 3 The record for games without a defeat but including ties is held by University of Washington at 63, including four ties and 59 victories. To get on this list, BYU would have to develop a streak of 27 games without a loss and San Arizona State (1969-71- ) (1968-70- ) WAC the are State Diego teams in the winning streak listing, each with 21 victories in a row San had 31 games Diego State (1967-70- ) without a defeat on 30 victories and a tie. Stuff , ' . - '' . ' By Associated Press University of Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said Tuesday he fully expects his Cornhuskers, who moved to the top of The Associated Press college football rankings, to weather the storm of media attention that will follow. Osborne and the Cornhuskers learned last year the unsettling effect that media attention can have on a No. team Nebraska carried the APs No. 1 ranking throughout the until the Orange Bowl upset season Miami atthe hands of No. and had to schedule regular weekly news conferences for star players and the coach There's a little more distraction that goes along with it, Osborne said. A lot of people want interviews because of the No. 1 rating, not so much because of an interest in Nebraska. Nebraska had been rated No. 2 in the APs preseason poll, behind Auburn. But Auburn lost to Miami in the Kickoff Classic, and the Hurricanes held down the top spot until losing to Michigan last weekend moved to No. 2 in Clemson, now e this week's ratings, gathering 15 votes to 35 for Nebraska Michigan jumped from No 14 last week to No 3 following its upset of Mie ami The Wolverines had three votes Texas, which opens its season Saturday against Auburn, was No. 4, followed by Iowa and Miami ) in e a was sevtie I CLA enth. with Brigham Young Ohio first-plac- first-plac- With Oklahoma State smashing Arizona State, 45-and Fresno State upseting Arizona, do you suppose the two deserters from the WAC wish their presidents hadn t been so quick to switch to the bigger leagues There will be two more . (1-- (2-1- fifth-plac- (1-- ), post-seaso- n football bowls this year with the Cherry Bowl Dec 22 in Detroit and the Freedom Bowl Dec 26 at AnaTwo new bowl heim, Calif. games bring to 18 the number of certified post season contests . Pro wrestling fans get a doubleheader with Verne Gagnes American Wrestling Association card Monday at the Salt Palace and Titansports presenting a Saturday night card at the U. of U. Special Events Center Saturday card features Hulk Hogan and women's champ, Wendv Richter, while Monday card offers title match between Rick Martel and Mr. Saito When Frank Williams pitched . and won both games of doubleheader against the Mets Aug 24. he became first pitcher in Giants' hislo. y to do Juan Samuel of Phillies is only the fourth National League mukio in history to be in double figure. in doubles. triples, home runs and stolen bases . By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer . LOGAN Historically, and sometimes hysterically, TCU has been one of the have-not- s in the SWC . ries tickets. If you're going to play a Southwest Conference football team, it might as well be TCU . The loyalty of the Cub fans is legendary, but guess how many true fans w ill be allowed to purchase World Se- - .3- ' '"v- ,v i I : V ' '3 ' 's y v V aerial from Cougar QB hauling in Robbie Boscoe in final two minutes . . . 50-ya- rd (1-- The No. 1 The Huskers will face Minnesota here Saturday. The Golden Gophers received the worst drubbing of any from the team, 1983 Cornhuskers A swarm of reporters settled in on Lincoln last year when Nebraska rolled to a 12-- regular-season record, only to lose to Miami in the Orange Bowl. Osborne said it was quieter in Lincoln this year when the Cornhuskers were No. 2 in the poll Still, the Husk-e- r coach, who has a doctorate in educational psychology, expects his players to continue to handle the added burden of the top ranking in 1984. I think our players are used to the turmoil involved in the rating, Osborne said 84-1- - m 1971 high-scorin- g 0 31-3- 0 s Envision an enrgaged Horned Frog And try not to smile But things are changing for the Horned Frogs Never mind their record last vear, Jim Wackers first at the Fort Worth-baseschool. TCU, which will become the first Southwest Conference school to ever visit Utah State Saturday at 1 30 p m., is on the road to respectibility Take last season s conference Texas and 10-- SMU games with Against the Longhorns, the Horned in a game that was Frogs lost, in uoubt until the final minute Against SMU, the Horned Frogs were line in stopped at the Mustang th final seconds of a defeat Some soft touch 2 21-1- record is a miser- Even the schools nickname -Horned Frogs is less intimidating than, say. Longhorns Or Red Raiders Or Slusiangs Or Razorbacks - "We're getting closer," says acker ' But we re not there yet In fact, it will probably take another two or three years It takes that W long " Wacker knows v 1 k - . . which resulted in the game winning touchdown against the then 3rd ranked Panthers at Pittsburgh in season opener. , something about winner. He compiled a record of 42-- at Southwest Texas State before taking over at TCU. In his final year at Southwest Texas, his team went 14-- 0 and won the Division II national championship He seems intent on getting the same kind of results at TCU. building four-yea- r a 8 Before the Horned Frogs started their preseason drills in late August, Wacker said, I promise its going to be the toughest set of practices which I have ever been involved with in 25 We are going to years of coac' smash-moutline up and ptac'ice footbal w'e want to f:rd implayers who a ill do pact players it every stinking play Them ,jre the ones were going to war with on Sath urdays True to his werd, Wacker had the Horned Frogs scrimmaging their first day of practice And now he hopes th'evTe ready for Utah State, t M, Post-Gazet- te The Cougars choice havent regretted his Southwest Conference Visitor First-Ev- er 20-1- And since then. TCl' able 23 103 5 look-alik- d first-plac- 11-- 1 Horned Frcgs, for example, have had only one winning season since 1965 That was 13 years ago (2-0- i 0) i Aii ' " - State and Boston College ) rounding out the Top 10. Iowa and UCLA received two e votes, while Texas, Miami and BYU received one each. BYU is ranked sixth by UPI. Following the Huskers 42-- 7 thrashing of Wyoming in season opener last weekend, Osborne admitted the No. 1 ranking was something that couldnt be ducked. I guess we're pleased people have that much confidence in us, he said. But I think theres 15 or 20 teams out there who have a shot at No. 1. We have a good team, a mature team and weve got some talent. I guess the only real negative thing about being No. 1 is that other teams are going to give you a tremendous effort. People point al you a little more when youre Ags Await . Observation Ward '- v 22-1- 4 Somesen!?e n ' Nebraska Atop AP Poll; BYU Moves Up to Eighth four-wee- However, to get in the NCAA record books, the Cougars would have to win seven more games without a defeat since 47 teams have registered 20 or more games in winning streaks. Oklahoma holds the record with 47 without a defeat or games (1953-57- ) tie. Washington is second with 39, followed by Yale with two streaks of 37 Toledo and wins (1890-9had 35 victories in a row from 1969-7- ,V Brigham Young receiver Adam Haysbert eludes Pitt defender Keith Tinsley after one-quart- Speaking of Streaks S and I had to change direction. The play was the biggest of my life, beamed Haysbert, who, when he flashes that big smile, is a Magic Johnson A clipping from the Pittsburgh quoted Tinsley: His Haysbert eyes just lit up. He said Oh!, Oh! because I had knicked the ball. I reached over his shoulder and knicked it. I was going to grab him with my offside arm. Haysbert said he doesnt recall saying anything as he watched the flight of the ball. I was just concentrating on making the catch. Word gets around fast, and Baylor came into kst weeks game here prepared to double-teaHaysbert. Obviously, this strategy made things easier for Bosco to find other open receivers. Haysbert, who caught nine passes in the Pitt game, was held to four receptions by the Bears. My coaches told me to expect a lot of double coverage, and I would have to work that much harder, said the San Mateo product. Haysbert never shies away from hard work. If I were to classify myself, I would say that I try to be poised and positive, and I try to work hard in everything I do. I want to become the best I possibly can be and do the most for my team. Im looking toward the future and working hard each day to better myself. The speedy receiver (he runs the dash in 4 5 seconds) didnt exactly have things handed to him when he was recruited out of high school. The Cougars were not the only team interested in his services, but BYU was the only recruiting trip I made. BYU showed the most interest in me, Haysbert revealed. He was always somebodies backup. And it took an injury to Mike Eddo before Haysbert finally got a chance to display his wares fulltime. I always felt I could contribute, but I did feel a little frustrated not playing more, he added. I knew I could play as well as anyone, but I was patient and continued to work hard. Haysbert caught touchdown passes last year against Utah State, Bowling Green and New Mexico. His score against the Aggies came late in the game and helped BYU overtake USU. In high school, Haysbert was four-yea- r letterman in track and soccer. He earned three letters in football, and was an running back, safety and kicker. As a freshman he played wide receiver. I always wanted to be a receiver, Haysbert explained. But my high school coach wanted to utilize my speed and switched me to running back. When I came to BYU Coach LaVell Edwards asked me which position I wanted to play. And since I always wanted to be a receiver I made the choice. which opened its season last weekend by losing at Southern Cal, 42-I think USC played awfully well," Wacker said. "I'm glad we didn't have to open up against them, because they are good football team. But Utah State is a good, physical football team, too. And remember one thing. We were last year. Everybody looks good to us. The Horned Frogs, however, also look good to Utah State Coach Chris Pella His Aggies, after all, are winless in two recent outings against TCU In 1981, the frogs and Aggies tie. Then, in 19C2, fought to a TCU routed Utah State, 24-13-1- 3 9 "They are a team that provides us with a lot of challenges," Pella said "We matched up pretty well with them the year we tied. But when they beat us, they had an excellent runoff the ning game and their line came ball very well They confused us, I think " What about this year0 "They might not be as quick offensively as they were a couple years ago, Pella said. And depth might be their biggest weakness. They are very young But we think their defense will be better. It should be a great game. L's exciting to have a Southwest Conference team coming to Logan NOTES. Like Utoh State, tcu ploys three ot Its first tour games on the rood storting Saturday at Romney Stadium . . The Horned Frogs' only win lost yeor was a 34-decision over Rice The two ties were ) ) and Texas Tech against Kansas . . Senior wide receiver Jomes Maness, who has averaged almost 23 yords per reception during his career, Is a member of r reTCU's world record-ho'dln1, lay team. Moness runs the dash In 4 4 seconds . . . For the TCU game only, Utoh State Is oherlng a specloi S10 family ticket, which will admit two adults and all the kids . Defensively, TCUs top player Is safety Byron Llnwood, a preseoson ico In a couple publications |
