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The Board of Regents and
the President of
The University of Nebraska
cordially invite you to attend
the installation of
Dr. Graham B. Spanier
as the seventeenth Chancellor of
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Monday, the twenty-seventh of April,
nineteen hundred and ninety-two
at two o'clock in the afternoon
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Reception to follow
Sheldon Sculpture Garden
Complimentary tickets, required for admission,
will be available beginning April 15
at the Lied Center Box Office.
Early results ‘could’ mislead
The major league baseball season
might only be one week old, but some
very interesting things have happened.
And, as a lot of people seem to
think, these are major developments
upon which the rest of the season will
hinge.
It could just be the excitement of a
new season that makes people lose
their minds when their favorite team
wins three games in a row, thinking
they’re on the way to the pennant.
They fail to realize that a three-game
lead at the end of April doesn’t trans
late into a 15-game lead in August.
A lot of fans fall into the trap of
getting too excited during the first
month of the Season. They lose sight
of the fact that the season is 162
games long and that what happens in
April may have little bearing on what
happens in September.
One can look at the events of the
first week and wonder just what they
mean, or if they mean anything at all.
Is it fair to speculate that the develop
ments of this first week will mean
anything after say, the third week?
Throughout the history of base
ball, fans spend a major portion of the
/irstpartof the season thinking “What
if?”, “Will they be able to keep it
going?” and my personal favorite —
the “Ifs” and “Coulds” you always
hear from some overzealous baseball
statistics freak who thinks those in
flated numbers of the first week will
last throughout the entire season.
So, for those of you who get too
caught up in April’s action, here arc a
few “Ifs” and “Coulds” for you.
If the Kansas City Royals keep up
their present pace, they will get the
first pick in the draft, providing they
didn’t trade that to the Mels along
with Bret Saberhagen.
Is it safe to assume Bucky Showal
ter will be the American League
manager of the year if the New York
Yankees keep winning at this unbe
lievable rate?
If the Yankees stop winning and
Nick
Hytrek
start losing, could we also assume
Showaltcr will be fired?
Any team with a losing record
could sec its manager get the axe.
You could even see teams with win
ning records fire their managers. ,
Oakland’s Mark McGwire has hit
five home runs in his first seven games.
If he keeps up that pace he’ll hit 115
this season, easily breaking Roger
Maris’ record of 61.
Will Clark of San Francisco is
hitting .476. Even if his batting per
formance drops off a little, he could
become the first person to finish the
season with a bailing average higher
than .400 since Ted Williams hit .406
in 1941.
Seven National League pitchers
have 2-0 records or better. Six Ameri
can League pitchers arc 2-0. If this
keeps up, we could see the closest
race for the Cy Y oung Award in years.
If Dcion Sanders continues to hit
.433 and hit a triple every other game
(he has four already), he could tell the
Atlanta Falcons to retire his football
helmet and slick with playing base
ball for the Braves.
If the Mels don’t climb out of the
cellar in the National League East,
their fans will be more than a little
angry.
The Chicago Cubs could have a
chance to play in the World Series
this season, but then again, they do
every year at this time.
You could hear thousands of base
ball purists swear that there shouldn’t
be night baseball at Wrigley Field.
If the Baltimore Orioles win the
pennant this year, some people could
say Baltimore’s new ballpark had
something to do with it.
Nolan Ryan could pitch another
no-hitter this season.
Jeff Johnson could, too.
Wade Boggscould win the Ameri
can League balling title again.
If the Detroit Tigers had a belter
pitching staff, they wouldn’t have to
rely on Cecil Fielder tobit more than
40 home runs every year.
If some team of losers suddenly
starts winning, you could sec a lot of
fans jumping on the bandwagon, claim
ing to be a lifetime fan of that team.
A big-name player could be traded
in the middle of the season for a
pitcher you’ve never heard of and a
player to be named later.
Some player who is making $2
million a year will whine that he is
underpaid and unappreciated.
Any one of 26 teams could win the
world scries this year if they win
enough games.
It could be a great season to watch
major league baseball if people stopped
making idiotic speculations in April.
Hytrck is a senior news-editorial major
and the Daily Nebraskan sports editor.
Baseball
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his knee in a play ai third base on
Saturday. His injury, along with fel
low outfielder Jed Dalton’s back in
jury, has left a hole in the Husker
lineup.
Catcher Jeff Lcsnicwicz played in
the outfield for the remainder of the
series, but Sanders said he expected
Kulhanck and Dalton to return soon.
“Jed is a little better, and I think he
has shown improvement,” Sanders
said. “Korty is fine, too. Both will be
available, if 100 percent (recovered).
“Our trainer Kerry Mullincx should
get the Red Badge of Courage for his
work."
Besides injuries to Kulhanek and
Dalton, the Huskcrs have also lost
Marc Sagmocn for the season with a
broken wrist.
The last lime the Huskcrs and 22
10-1 Bluejays met, Nebraska took it
on the chin in a 19-1 loss in Lincoln.
Since that time, Creighton has won
six of eight games, while the Huskcrs
arc 6-4 over that period.
An improved offense may lead to
better fortunes for the Huskcrs, Sand
ers said.
All-Time: Nebraska leads 37-24-1
This season: Creighton won 19-1 April 1 in Lincoln.
Mike Zafeski took the loss for the Huskers. ^
Last weekend: Nebraska split a four-game series
with nationally-ranked Oklahoma State while
Creighton won two of three games against No. 2
Wichita State.
“We need lo score more runs this
lime,” Sanders said. “Wc also need to
get into a good playing rhythm.
“This is a situation where we need
to really get after it.”
Sanders said the Huskcrs would
use several pitchers against a Creighton
team that is balling .292 collectively.
Chad McConnell is the top offen
sive threat for the Blucjays. The jun
ioroutfielder is balling .418 with nine
home runs and 43 runs balled in.
McConnell also has stolen 17 bases,
while being caught once.
Bob Langcr’s .352 mark is the
next highest for Creighton.
On the defensive side, the Bluejay
pitching staff has a 3.77 earned run
average, while limiting opponents to
a .253 balling average.
Flannery
Continued from Page 7
thinking, I play good tennis.”
Flannery has also excelled in
doubles, as she has teamed with the
Huskers’ top doubles player Rachel
Collins to make up Nebraska’s No. 1
tandem. The pair is 3-1 in Big Eight
play and is the frontrunner for the
conference title to be competed for in
Kansas City, Mo., later this month.
Collins said Flannery deserved a
lot of credit for the twosome’s suc
cess so far.
‘‘She’s (Flannery) got a lot of
strengths and is a good person to play
with, Collins said. “She’s helped me
to become a better tennis player.”
Flannery’s turnaround has contrib
uted to Nebraska’s success on the
court this year.
The Huskers arc 5-5 overall this
season, and after last weekend’s 5-4
upset over Oklahoma — in which
Flannery won 6-0, 6-3 at singles —
Nebraska’s Big Eight team title hopes
remained alive.
Jacobson said a successful Big Eight
season would be a distant memory
without Flannery.
“We’re not the same team without
her,” Jacobson said. “She’s had to
overcome a lot of adversity, which
makes her strides more remarkable.”
Flannery’s remarkable strides aren’t
limited to the court The speech
communications major has a 3.90
grade-point average and is a first
team academic All-Big Eight selec
tion.
Last Sunday, Flannery also received
the Highest Honors Award given to
selected Nebraska student-athletes for
their contributions on and off the
playing surfaces.
Flannery said she felt successful
when things were going well on the
court and in the classroom.
“I’m happy when I’m being the
best tennis player I can be and learn
ing the most that I can,” she said.
"So far, its been great.”
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