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Bush bounces first pitch as baseball season opens By the Associated Press Yes, it’s opening day! President Bush made his pitch on theEastCoastand Nolan Ryan started his 26th campaign out West. Jack Morris and the Minnesota Twins picked up where they left off, and a bunch of new players were in new places. So were the Baltimore Orioles. Baseball began the season Mon day at 1:09 p.m. EDT in Tiger Sta dium, where Devon White fouled off the First pitch from Bill Gullickson. Four minutes later, the first run scored when 40-year-old Dave Winfield singled. In sold-out stadiums all over, there was bunting — the red, white and blue kind in the upper decks, the suicide-squeeze style on the field — and there was plenty of optimism. A crowd of 44,568, including Presi dent Bush, showed up in Baltimore to see the Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which is the newest stadium in the major leagues. The ballpark blends modern-day amenities with old-time flavor, fea turing the city skyline beyond center Football lottery From Staff Reports The 1992 Student Season Football Ticket spring lottery will take place this week, Assistant Ticket Manager Cindy Bell said. Applications may be turned in each day from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Stadium Ticket Office. Only full-time students are eligible to apply, but student identification is not needed. All students, regardless of registration status, arc eligible to /I 4 I _ field, a bricked, 94-year-old ware house beyond right and a 25-foot scoreboard built into the right-field wall. “This Camden Yards, it is beauti ful,” Bush said. “It was great, it was a great day and a wonderful, friendly crowd and a magnificent tribute to Baltimore.” Bush began the day by bouncing the ceremonial first pitch. “I wanted to keep it away. Down and out as they say,” Bush said. The president also spent some of the afternoon in the television booth, doing a little play-by-play as Billy Ripken grounded out to shortstop. “What do we got. One-and-one. Here comes the pitch... gettin’ ready ... here it comes ... and he’s down there to the shortstop, and out he goes. Six-to-three. Easy play,” Bush said. Rick Sutcliffe was the real star of the day in Baltimore, pitching a 2-0 shutout in his first game with the Orioles. Sutcliffe was one of several top names to switch teams in an off season. to be this week apply for tickets after Friday until Aug. 25. If applying for group seating, the ticket office will require all groups of 20 or more to register their affiliation with the office at the time of registra tion. This requirement was decided upon too late to include on posters and applications. The price for the six-game pack age is $48 for regular student tickets and SI28 for spouse tickets. Wayne Continued from Page 7 catcher Jeff Murphy scored Test to' make the score 3-2. Izumi retired the next two Wildcat batters to end the Wayne State third, which proved to be the visitors only threat of the game. The Huskers added two insurance runs in the fourth inning as Petersen singled with one out. After Garcia flied out to center, McGuire and Hagy hit back-to-back doubles to give Nebraska a 5-2 lead. The Huskers added single runs in the fifth and sixth and two more in the seventh to complete the scoring. Jeff Bjerke suffered the pitching loss for the Wildcats as Wayne State’s record dropped to 15-11 on the sea son. The Huskers improved their sea son mark to 21-11 with the win. After the game, Husker Coach John Sanders was pleased with his team’s performance. “We played good, solid aggres sive baseball for 9 innings,” Sanders said. The Huskers were also able to get some players more playing time with a comfortable lead, which pleased Sanders. “Its good to get a lot of people involved in the game, and its only going to make us better,” Sanders said. The Huskers will continue their current home stand with one game against Washburn on Wednesday before returning to Big Eight play against Oklahoma Stale at Buck Beltzer this weekend. Coach Sanders said that the Husk ers are looking forward to getting back to Big Eight play this weekend and hope they can return to confer ence play with some momentum. “Its Big Eight time again after the game Wednesday and we’re looking forward to playing Oklahoma State here,” Sanders said. Stad McKee/DN Nebraska center fielder James Garcia lets a ball pass over home plate during the game against Wayne State College. Garcia, who replaced the injured Marc Sagmoen, scored the first run of the game. 'womens services P.C. 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Nebraska coach Ron Wolforth said in an interview last week that he had hoped the Huskers could have come home with a split, and an 0-4 week end would be disappointing. Wolforth said the losses did not create a must-win situation for his team, but he hoped the losses would call the team to action. i 2# BUY IT. L^jIsell IT. ^ fp FIND IT. The Huskcrs started the weekend off with a 6-2 loss to Oklahoma Satur day. Emily Mannon picked up the loss and fell to 3-7 on the season. The Huskers then lost to Kansas 3 2 in their second game of the tourna ment. The Jayhawks scored two runs off Nebraska's Lisa Shandy in the first inning, and added another run in the fourth. The Huskcrs rallied in the fifth inning by scoring two runs off RBI hits by Amy Erlcnbusch and Khara Trenka. But the Sooners held their 3 2 lead for the rest of the game. The Huskers’ misfortunes contin ued into Sunday’s play when they lost both games by one run each. lit the opening game, Jayhawk pitcher Dayna Garcia allowed only one Huskcr hit. Shandy, who allowed only one run, picked up the loss as the Jay hawks scored the only run of the game in the second inning. Against the Sooners, Huskcr Ann Halsnc collected three of the team’s six hits, but the Huskers could man age only one run. Oklahoma defeated the Huskers by scoring two runs off Shandy. Shandy’s record fell to 5-11 after her three losses in the tournament. The Huskers’ next game will be Wednesday at 5 p.m. against Wichita Stale at the NU Softball Complex. Sunday Results Co-Rec Softball DN Spirit 6. Raging Hippos 3. Political Science 10. DN Spirit 8; AZD/Phi Gamma Delta wbf over Acacia; Tau Kappa Epsilon wbf over Farmhouse C2; Abel 10 10, Abel 8 0; Sigma Phi Epsilon/ Alpha Omega Pi 22, Kappa Delta/Sigm.i Nu 2; UNMC College of Dentistry 16, Political Science 6; For the Heck of It 18. Raging Hippos 9; Farmhouse C1 wbf over Chi Phi; Theta Xi/Alpha Delta Pi 11, Alpha Gamma Rho *2 5; Burr Beer Nuts wbf over SAM & The Grand Slams; Demon Bunnies 19, For the Heck of It 15; Demon Bunnies 18. UNMC College of Dentistry 15, Alpha Gamma Rho 1 21. Beta Sigma Psi 11, Kappa Sigma/Phi Mu #1 15, AGS 4 Some CMrls Bz 0. Slicers 9, Kappa Sigma/Phi Mu #2 8; Alpha Gamma Sigma/Delta Gamma B1 11, Talent on Loan Prom Gud 1; Who's On First 12. Alpha Gamma Sigma/Delta Gamma B110; Alpha Chi Omeaa/LCA 8, Gabe s Gang 6; Them One Guys wbt over Chicks & Sticks; Triangle 13, The Players 10; Pretzel Logic Q, Delta Sigma Pi 8; BC Boys 14. Kappa Sigma/Phi MU #2 9; Slicers 9, Tri Delta/Delta Tau Delta 7; Who's on First 9, Block & Bridle 1; Talent on Loan From God 8, Magnum PR 3 2; Alpha Phi/Alpha Tau Omega wbt over Abel 6; Goat Breath 8. Really Rot tens 1; Schramm 4 10, Sigma Alpha Epsilon/Delta Gamma 6. Babes & Brawn 10, CD Crew 7; Rolling Thunder wbt over Alcoholics. The Ambassadors 5. Sandoz 3 3; The Beavers 13, Selleck 8200 3; Bluejays 14. Magnum PR3 13; Block & Bridle 5, Bluejays 3; Sigma Phi Epsilon/ Dappa Alpha Theta wbt over Delta Tau Delta/Chi Omega; Alpha Phi/Alpha Tau Omega 15, WBB/SA 10. * ■ ■ 1 ■■■- \ r - <£*■-^ -■ 'jfcfeiffijlifi - 5