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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, april 22, 1981
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Holmes and Yowler pick up wins for Cornhuskers
By Pat Clark and Jeff Goodwin
Nebraska's baseball team raised its record to 29-14
by defeating Morningside College in a double-header Tues
day afternoon at Buck Beltzer Field. The Huskers won the
first game 64 and the second 9-0.
The Huskers fell behind early in the first game as
Morningside scored a run without the benefit of a hit.
Center fielder Tom McCann of the Chiefs led off the inn
ing with a walk, and went to second when Kevin Welp
drew a walk. McCann advanced to third when Greg Smith
flied out to left field, and later scored on a sacrifice fly by
Rhett Kenney.
Nebraska came back to score three runs in the second
inning. A double by Mark Haley brought home Steve
Results give the go-ahead
Stanicek, who reached base on an error. Haley later scored
to give the Huskers the lead, and Roger Hill made it 3-1
when he scored from third on a throwing error by Morn
ingside catcher Jay Rehnstrom.
Morningside tied the game in the third inning as they
hammered Husker starter Tom Holmes for four hits in
the inning. The Husker infield turned over a double play
with runners on third and first to bail out Holmes, who
was making his first start of the season.
Nebraska added a run in the fourth, then got two
insurance runs when Roger Hill hit a towering home run
with one man on base. Holmes got the victory for Ne
braska with relief help by Mike Vojtesak.
Morningside's luck got even worse in the second game.
The main culprit was the pitching staff. The Chiefs gave
up twelve walks and five pitches.
Morningside's catching wasn't much better as Husker
base-runners stole twelve bases off catcher Keith
McKinney.
Nebraska decided the issue early as it scored three runs
in the first inning. Mark Prior led off the game with a
double and advanced to third on Darnell Clarke's single.
Hill drove them in with a single and, after a couple of
walks, scored on a passed ball by catcher McKinney.
The second inning set the tone for the rest of the game
as the Huskers failed to get a hit and still scored two runs.
The Huskers were aided by two stolen bases, two walks,
and two wild pitches.
Nebraska went on to score one run in the third, two
in the fifth, and one in the sixth. John Yowler picked up
the win for the Huskers to raise his record to 2-1 .
Committee to begin preliminary center plans
By Cindy Gardner
In March, UNL students indicated both a need for a
recreation center and the willingness to support it.
According to Dan Steller, director of recreation, the
positive results from the March 4 election were more or
less used to gauge student interest. The positive results
did, however, give the go-ahead for preliminary planning
to begin.
A committee will be formed to work through the sum
mer on plans for the proposed recreation center, Steller
said. The committee will include Steller, student, repre
sentatives, representatives of the physical plant and the
department of health, physical education and recreation
and possibly some architects.
Steller said the committee hopes to have some kind of
program statement ready for submission to the central
planning commission by September. After the statement
is prepared, Steller said the next step may be a project re
evaluation. "At that time, we'll need to undergo an analysis of the
need for a recreation facility and possibly make a decision
on where it will be located," Steller said.
Another vote
As part of the re-evaulation process, students may be
asked to vote on the project again sometime next fall, he
said.
"There will be another referendum next fall after we've
been able to determine the total amount of money requir
ed for construction, maintenance and operation of a rec
reation facility," Steller said. "We'll need to determine if
the majority ot the students are still willing to support the
project."
Cash prize offered
at bowling tourney
The all-university bowling roll-offs, which begin
tonight at the Nebraska Union lanes, will not only
include an additional two teams from last year, but
for the first time a cash award will be presented to
the champions.
"Basically, what we're trying to do is find the
best bowling team in the university community,"
bowling manager Rollie Hughes said.
"It's really a fun time," he said, adding, "We con
sider it a climaxing finale to our bowling season."
Thirty teams will participate in the single
elimination tournament. Each made the field by
finishing first or second in one of UNL's 15 leagues.
The tournament will conclude on Monday with
the final eight teams competing for the first through
fourth place trophies.
Hughes said the roll-offs' $200 cash award will
make it better known among bowlers.
"The city league people are pretty well squared
away about the roll-offs, but it will take awhile for
the North 40 people to realize the opportunity in
volved in it," Hughes said.
The two strongest teams going into the roll-offs
will receive first-round byes. The Forum from the
Tuesday Collegiate League and the Kingpen Kegler
League's No. 3 team made the bye round this year.
High averages often don't matter because of a
handicap, Hughes said, pointing out that the Big
Eight league representatives have never made it past
the first round.
"Most teams come into the roll-offs with the
attitude: 'If we get by first round, well be doing
good.' But when it gets down to the final eight,
that's the point- where everyone becomes very
serious about bowling" Hughes said, The $200
Steller said student support is necessary for the project
to continue because it may be student fees that fund the
proposed center.
"We're trying to get outside funding to cover all or
some of the costs," Steller said. "What we can't get from
outside sources will come from student fees. There is no
state money involved."
Steller said students probably will continue to support
the proposed center and express pleasure with the results
of the March election.
Very gratified
"We were very gratified," Steller said. "We didn't get
as many people as we wanted to vote, but a large number
of those who voted said yes to the rec center and a
majority also said yes, they'd favor using student fees for
the project."
Steller noted that when a recreation center was propos
ed three years ago, university students indicated an interest
in the project, but were unwilling to approve the use of
student fees for the building of a recreation facility.
"I really can't say why students would vote differently
now," Steller said. "That's an individual thing. 1 do know
that interest in our recreation program has grown over the
past 10 years."
If the recreation center project progresses as planned
and the regents grant their approval, Steller predicts the
spring of 1984 would be the earliest the project might be
completed.
"A plan design might take one to one and a half years
and then actual construction Will take awhile," he said.
"It's a good three-year project. We're not going to do this
in a year."
A recreation facility is in demand at UNL, according to
Steller who pointed out that during the winter months
there is really no place for students to go for recreation
since the intramural program uses most of the facilities.
"The recreation center is a good idea," Steller said.
"Not just because we're next to last in the Big Eight to
have one but because we want to do this for the students.
It will help their physical fitness and socialization process."
UNL freshman pitcher 'psychs-up '
with pregame confidence strategy
By Bob Asmussen
Before going to the mound against Oklahoma April
5, freshman pitcher Anthony Kelley told his catcher,
Mark Haley, that he was going to throw a no-hitter!
Two hours later, the 19-year-old from Chicago looked
like a clairvoyant. He had thrown a no-hitter against a
well-hitting Oklahoma team. Kelley said the fact that he
predicted it was just a coincidence.
"Before every game I say I'm going to throw a no
hitter," Kelley said. "It's my way of psyching myself up.
To be honest, I really didn't think I would do it. They
were hitting the ball real well."
Kelley's pregame confidence stems from the lessons
his high school coach taught him.
"He told us before every game to whip the other
team," Kelley said. "He didn't want us to just beat them,
he wanted us to kill them. He tried to teach us the killer
instinct."
The 1981 season has been "all right," according to
Kelley, but there's still room for improvement.
"I could do a little better," Kelley said. "Right now
I'm just learning to control my various pitches. My goal is
to have complete control of all my pitches every time I
go out to the mound."
Kelley also has set some team goals he said he would
like to see achieved.
"I want to win the Big Eight and get another champ
ionship ring on my finger. Then I want to co to the
College World Series," he said. .
Kelley was the ninth pick of the New York Mets
in the 1980 free agent draft. The fact that he was drafted
so late was amajor disappointment to him. Kelley said
he was expecting to go much higher.
"People had been talking about me being a first-round
pick," Kelley said. "In high school, I thought I was real
hot stuff. When I got picked in the ninth it was a real
letdown."
Kelley said the Mets never dealt with him squarely.
"They wanted to give me as little as possible," Kelley
said. "They figured, Here's a black kid, he needs the
money, hell take what we offer him. They offered, and
I said no. Then we talked some more and I still said no.
It really surprised them."
Kelley's decision to attend. Nebraska was based mostly
on Coach John Sanders interest in him.
"Other coaches offered me scholarships and then never
called back," Kelley said. "Coach Sanders always talked
to me. He treated me like he wanted me to come here.
I came to visit Lincoln last year during the season and was
really impressed. Other coaches didnt think enough of
me to invite me down during the season."
Kelley said he is happy with his decision to come to
Nebraska.
"At the beginning it looked tough because of the com
petition," he said. "There were 17 or 18 pitchers. It made
me work really hard."
Coming to Lincoln from Chicago was the most difficult
adjustment for1 Kelley. He said he has learned to love
Lincoln.
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