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Lincoln Journal-Star SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1991 Cliar 1 goes to Minnesota! lie: Game Sorry, MINNEAPOLIS(AP) Forget the sixth backed seven strong innings by Morris, one of the game's best big-game pitchers who is now 6-1 in postseason play. 1 wanted to hit it into the hole, but I bit it out of the park," Gagne said of his homer. The Braves' big gamble of starting Leibrandt, rather than 20-game winner Tom Glavine, did not work. Leibrandt used his World Series experience and his off-speed pitches to keep the Twins off-balance for a while, but Gagne and Hrbek eventually caught up to him. it's up to Glavine to get Atlanta even when he starts Game 2 Sunday night against Kevin Tapani Morris, born across the Mississippi River in the twin city of St Paul, got the fans cheering by limiting the Braves to two runs on five hits in seven-plus innings.

But it was Gagne, the quiet Twin, and Hrbek who really got the homer hankies swirling. Leibrandt pitched around trouble all evening, but still only Chuck Knoblauch had hurt him, with an RBI single, through four innings. Then Hrbek opened the fifth with a line double, only the second batter to pull Leibrandt The Braves sensed danger, and while Jim Clancy hurried to warm up, Scott Leius followed by pulling another solid single. That brought up Gagne, the ninth-place hitter who had scored on Knoblauch's hit in the third. On an 0-1 fastball high and in, be brought the 55,108 fans to fervor pitch with a shot to deep left field and a 4-0 lead.

After Ron Gant singled home a run in the top half of the sixth, Hrbek got it back with a much more impressive show, a towering drive into the upper deck in right field. Hrbek and Gagne certainly didnt help the public relations campaign intended to dispel the Metratome's image as the HomerDome. The Twins hit just 62 homers at borne this year, compared with 78 on the road, and the team has made it known that the stadium does not enhance power. That would have been tough to tell from what Gagne and Hrbek did. The Braves tried to come back in the eighth when Lonnie Smith and Jeff Treadway drew leadoff walks.

Mark Guthrie relieved Morris and induced National League batting champion Terry Pendleton to ground into a double play. Rick Aguilera relieved after a walk to David Justice and gave up another RBI single to Gant before getting Bream. The Twins won for the eighth time in nine postseason games at the Metrotome. They opened the 1987 playoffs and World Series with victories, and started this year's playoffs by beating Toronto. The Braves did not, seem worried about either the noise, the strange ceiling or the spongy turf, and none of those things played a part in the Twins' victory.

RatheY, Minnesota, which batted 301 at home this season, simply outhit Atlanta. The Twins were aggressive from the start and were led by Knoblauch, the rookie who went 3-for-J with a walk. He stole two of the Twins' three bases, although the team hurt itself by getting three runners thrown out The Braves, did little to help themselves until the sixth, when singles by Treadway, Justice and See Series on page 40 new-tangled sta dium. I i Old-fashioned baseball won Game 1 of the world Series fori the Minnesota Twins. There were no lost balls in the just balls lost in 4C the stadium seats Gfl 6aan as the power of Greg Gagne and Kent Hrbek and the pitching of Jack Morris carried the Twins to a 5-2 victory over Charlie Leibrandt and an Atlanta team still searching for a way to score runs.

Gagne's three-run homer in the fifth inning broke open a 1-0 game, and a solo home run by Hrbek in the eeape sis 9(Catts show Atlanta vs. Minnesota (TwhM bod Mrtat M) Soturde rtwtt Minrmota 5. Atlanta 2 Atlanta (Olavlna 20-11) at Minnesota (Tapani 1, 7:40 p.m. TuMdayltanw Mlnnweto (Erlduon 2M) at Atlanta irmii cr p.m. Mlnrmoto at Atlanta, 7:21 p.m.

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Kansas State had no chance. Right? That's only what history said. History wasnt suited up Saturday at Memorial Stadium Until Nebraska's Travis Hill, who missed the call on the play, ripped a pass from the hands of Kansas State tight end Russ Campbell with 36 seconds left to preserve a 38-31 NU victory, the Cornhuskers didn't have anything close to a historical football game with Kansas State. "I dont like games that close," Hill said. "I was supposed to blitz, but I -didn't hear the call, so I dropped back in zone coverage.

The guy (Campbell) came in front of me, and I just went for the balL ,1 got a hand on it first He got two hands on it, and I just pulled it out Whew! I dont like them that close." Tough games ahead There will be more close ones in the future, NU defensive coordinator Charlie McBride "You can forget the history of any of these games in the Big Eight," he said. "What we did was great We pulled out every ounce we had left in the tank. That's real football. You ha vent seen many of these type of games around here." Nobody cared to study the history 5 of the Kansas State-Nebraska series Saturday." It didnt matter that Kansas State hadnt beaten Nebraska since 1968. It didn't matter that Nebraska was, as usual, a 30-point favorite against college football's all-time losingest team.

What mattered most to the Cornhuskers was that quarterback Kei-. then McCant rallied his team on scoring drives in the fourth quarter to keep No. 9-ranked Nebraska unbeaten in the Big Eight and 5-1 overall. BroWn rallies NU Without Derek Brown's two touchdowns in the final sue minutes, the 1991 Kansas State football team would have added a chapter to its history. Brown, who ran for 145 yards and three touchdowns, scored the game-tying touchdown after McCant scrambled and connected on a 41-yard pass to Johnny Mitchell to the KSU 3-yard line.

Brown scored the game-winner with 2:47 left after Nebraska drove 60 yards in six plays with the help of McCant's 19-yard keeper and Lance Lewis' 25-yard option run to the KSU 1 it5 I fense to stymie four K-State tries inside the NU 10-yard line with less than a minute left, either. But there the Wildcats were, coming up short only after quarterback Paul Watson's fourth-down pass to tight end Russ Campbell was knocked away near the NU1. "I believed, our football team be-. lieved, that we could take this ball game into the fourth quarter," Snyder said. "We thought we had a chance to win." Snyder might have been laughed at had he said that prior to Saturday.

Kansas State hadn't come within 10 points of Nebraska since 1979. But according to many in the Wildcat locker room, Saturday's game was no fluke. "We're going to win more games. -km; ted iurkuncoln journal-star Kansas State tight end Russ Campbell (86) falls to catch a fourth-down pass, the Wildcats' final play of the game. Nebraska defenders are Travis Hill (on ground), Trev Alberts (with arm behind Campbell) and Darren Williams (98).

Other K-State players are Eric Wolford (65) and Ulysses, native Quentin Neujahr (72). Kansas State moves to new plateau Scoring, team stats Kansas State 7 10 14 0 31 Nebraska 14 3 7 14 38 KSU M. Smith 7 pass from Watson (Wright kick) NU D. Brown 1 run (Bennett kick) NU McCant 32 run (Bennett kick) KSU FG Wright 28 KSU Smith 11 pass from Watson (Wright kick) NU FG Bennett 33 KSU Masters 40 fumble return (Wright kick) NU MftcheB 4 pass from McCant (Bennett kick) KSU Watson 3 run (Wright kick) NU D. Brown 3 run (Bennett kick) NU D.

Brown 1 run (Bennett kick) KSU NU First downs 28 22 Rushes-yards 34-112 55-363 Passing yards 340 107 Total yards 452 470 Return yards 91 21 Passing 26-45-0 8-13-1 Punts Fumbles-tost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 6-45 6-52 Time of possession 33:33 26:27 TNrcklown conversions 8-17 2-9 Fourth-down conversions 0-1 1-1 Color picture page. Page 1E. Individual statistics, more on Until then, all that mattered to Nebraska was the passing of Kansas State quarterback Paul Watson and the receiving of Michael Smith, Eric Gallon and Campbell, as well as a biz- zare 40-yard fumble return for a touchdown by J. Masters. The Wildcat passing combination scored more points, had more first downs and more yards on offense than any Kansas State team had ever had against Nebraska.

It also came closer to beating Ne-, braska than any K-State team since 1968. KSU disappointed Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder knew that and was disappointed. "I dont know if perfection is the right term, but I knew we'd have to play awfully well," he said. "And for an awful long game, we did play awfully welL" That was exactly the point Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne made. "I'm sure well catch flak.

But that's athletics," he said. They played well When they beat Kansas (a week ago), it showed they were good. They beat them straight up. They are beating teams they were losing to four and five years ago." Osborne said he even had empathy SeeNUonpage2E Missouri finally beats Oklahoma State. Page 2D.

Alabama rallies, tops Tennessee. Page 2D. they've beaten Oklahoma three years in a row." Hagan twice led the Buffaloes on 99-yard touchdown drives as they won their 17th straight conference game. "Nobody could give us much of a chance when the season opened," said Colorado Coach Bill McCartney, whose team has won the league title the last two years. "We want to defend that title.

If somebody is going to take it from us, they're going to earn it." Oklahoma tost for the second week in a row and struggled on offense after scoring on its first possessioa Mike Gaddis had 120 yards rushing on claws g- We're going to beat a good team," said Watson, who threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns. "We believe that we can win games, and if you do that, you're going to have success somewhere or sometime." Kansas State had never scored more points or gained more yardage against Nebraska than Saturday. "I think some people are going to realize that we aren't going to give up -like we have in the past," said redshirt sophomore center Quentin Neuj ahr, a two-time Nebraska all-state football player and wrestling champion at Centennial High School "We've come a long ways. We were 1-10 my first season, and I kind of wondered if I made a mistake. We were 5-6 last year, and I don't think I have made a mistake." i was to be the richest in boxing history.

Tyson said he would need another four weeks of sparring after that to be ready for the bout "I just want to fight" Tyson said. "I'm confident IH be able to box. It just wont be on Nov. 8." Holyfield, meanwhile, said he also wanted to fight and said he would like to keep the Nov. 8 date with a bout against another heavyweight contender.

I "I'm in shape, and I dont want to" just say, 'Forget this Holy-: field said in Houston, where he has been training. "Hopefully, they'll find someone in the top 10 for me to fight in November. I'll fight anybody." Duva refused to rule out another) fight for Holyfield, but he said Holy--field "will not fight Nov. 8." If he-fought the champion would be risk- ing a potential $35 million payday-against Tyson. -I Tyson, who appeared with King, and orthopedic surgeon Gerald Hig-.

gins at the news conference, said bet had felt some discomfort in his lower" left rib a few days before he apparently tore the cartilage away from a rib while doing situps during training! at a Las Vegas gym. Higgins said the injury was actually caused by a blow to the ribs by a sparring partner a few days before Tyson felt the pop. He said that if Tyson allows the injury to heal prop-; erly, he will likely have no more problems with it either in training or m' the fight against Holyfield. 2. State.

We wanted that ball game for "And I believe when we projected this ball game (Nebraska) for them, that was exactly the same feeling. We wanted Based on Saturday's result, officials in Tokyo will get more than just the Cornhuskers when the two teams meet Dec. 6, 1992. 1 1t looks as if the Wildcat program has arrived, possibly for good? It depends on arrived and what that really means," Snyder said. "We understand that we still have a ways to go.

We're not where we need to be. We're not where we want to be." A lot of Nebraska fans probably hadn't counted on still being in Memorial Stadium, screaming at the top of their lungs for the Cornhusker de Zuckcro top, yliUiiwi In volbybali Pago A Psg3 7D dscs ci job --yds-A Rrct SCO by Ccatrico woman vc3 perfect Page8D Colorado QB Hagan takes to the air Buffaloes trample Oklahoma Promoters scrambling to find date for fight ByCurtMcKeever Utk Journal-Star Officials in Tokyo may have gotten more than they bargained for by signing Nebraska and Kansas State to play in the Tokyo Bowl next season. The K-State football program took a giant step toward respectability Saturday, leading No. 9 Nebraska by a touchdown in the fourth quarter before losing 38-31. "I remember when I first went to Kansas State, we were scheduled to play Oklahoma in that same bowl (in Tokyo)," said third-year Wildcat Coach Bill Snyder.

"Oklahoma was placed on probation, and that took that ball game away, but they rejected us because of that I mean, they sent a very sound and clear message that, 'We did not want Kansas 17 carries, but the Sooners finished with just 251 total yards. "I'm extremely disappointed and extremely frustrated over the outcome of the game and the way the game was played out," Gibbs said. "At times we were our own worst enemy. We made too many mistakes on both sides of the football." Hagan did most of his damage in the first half, completing 9 of 12 attempts for 143 yards as the Buffaloes used turnovers to overcome an early 7-0 deficit He capped Colorado's first 99-yard drive by hitting tight end Sean Brown on a 6-yard pass. The big play was a 65-yard completion to Mark Henry on third-and-6.

A personal foul against Oklahoma also helped. The 34 points were the most by a Colorado team at Norman. The previous high was 30 in a 42-30 loss in 1969. "I just kept thinking that after we worked so hard, I had to fumble and give them another chance," Wright said. "Fortunately, the defense came up with a big play and let me off the hook." With the win, Wesleyan, ranked No.

14 in NAIA Division II, improved to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference. Midland fell to 3-4 and 2-1. Midland kept itself in the game by See NWU on page 3D NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma football coach Gary Gibbs was concerned about Colorado's passing game. a Buffs quarterback Darian Hagan bowed why Saturday.

Hagan, a premier option quarterback, completed 10 of IS passes for 151 yards and threw three first-quarter touchdown passes in leading No. 22 Colorado to a 34-17 victory against the 12th-ranked Sooners. It was Colorado's third straight victory against Oklahoma. Other than Nebraska, the last conference team to defeat the Sooners three years in a row was Kansas State in 1925-27. "Most people dont think we can throw the balL That's where they make their mistake," said Hagan, who came in as the top-rated passer in the conference.

"This is real special. Not too many teams can say Everything's By Mark Derowltsch Lincoln Joumat-Star Nebraska Wesleyan showed Midland all of its offensive weapons Saturday, and running back Bobby Wright carried the biggest gun. Wright, aided by Wesleyan's passing game, rushed for a career-high 247 yards and scored two touchdowns, both in the fourth quarter. But the Plainsmen still needed a big defensive play late in the football game to defeat Midland 5649 at Abel LAS VEGAS (AP) Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson may fight for the title a week before he begins a fight for his freedom. Promoters eyed a possible Jan.

20 date Saturday as they scrambled to reschedule Tyson's fight with current champion Evander Holy-field, which was put on hold a day earlier because of a rib injury to Tyson. Tyson is scheduled to go on trial Mike Tyson on rape charges Jan. 27 at Indianapolis, where he faces a possible 63 years in prison if convicted. A judge on Friday rejected a request by Tyson's attorneys to delay the trial date. "Mike will fight before that court date comes up," Tyson's promoter, Don King, vowed at a news conference at Caesars Palace.

Promoter Dan Duva, who is putting on the fight, called the Jaa 20 date "a possibility," but he said it would probably be Monday before details would be worked out on a new date. "It will definitely be rescheduled," Duva said. "There are a lot of questions that have to be answered before we go forward." Doctors said Tyson would need six to eight weeks of limited activity to fully heal the torn cartilage in his lower left ribs suffered Oct 8 during 'training for the Nov. 8 bout, which Ml Wright far Wesley an Concordia' surprises ranked Doane. Page 3D.

Stadium. Wesleyan had the ball with under a minute left in the game before Wright fumbled and Midland's Alan Grin-, valds recovered at the Warrior 23-yard line. Midland moved the ball to the 35, but with 44 seconds left, Wesleyan's Jay Bubak intercepted a Sa-nice Francois pass to seal the victory..