The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 7

BASEBALL 3 PREPSTANDINGS3 NBty4 2c ttHdtUa CSocjlc No problem Chip Hilleary impresses doubters at KU football scrimmage4 MONDAY April 23 1990 Gordon helps KC salvage end of series Rsds fal: Atiarrta hands Cincinnati its first loss 3B Jackson homers as Blue Jays fall Associated Press Shockers stay alive in Valley Beat Salukis 6-4 to forge a series split By Lauretta McMHUa Tto Wichita Eajb It may be taint but there definitely is a pulse On Sunday afternoon the Wichita State Stockers kept alive their chance to battle for tto Missouri Valley Conference title from ttoir customary position with ttoir backs against tto walL They did so by beating Souttorn Illinois 6-4 to pull out a split of tto fourgame series alter the Salukis von tto lint two contests Tto third day of great weather brought out another i082 people Sunday pushing tto weekend attendance mark to 11514 and tto year's home attendance to a record 39918 with four home games remaining Athletic Director Tom Shnpe Is left to wonder what that attendance mark might have been had there been Just a few more nice days for Sbocker home gBmesL Sunday's victory was sparked by a tworun homer by center Udder Jim Audley and two runs driven In by left fielder Chris Wlmmer including a tto gamewinning run in tto eighth Inning stm got a chance" WSU coach Gene Stephenson said of the MVC race going to have to have some help from other people and ifs not going to be easy because Southern Illinois has a good ball-club just going to have to turn It up a notch" Tto victory moves WSU to 34-11 overall and 7-5 In tto Valley one game behind leader SIU at 32-8 and 8-4 But being only one game out may not be nearly as dose as It appears In their final two league series the Shockers must travel to Terre Haute Ind to play iwHtann state and to Omaha Neb to finish tto See SHOCKERS Page 3B lug lfg going to be hard to get him out of the John Cerattl 1-2 allowed four runs and six hits in six Innings struck out two and walked none first couple of innings I was not putting tto balls where I wanted to" Ceratd said fett I had a little better focus in the last couple innings but the way Gordon was throwing it was too Tony Fernandez beat out an infield stogie in tto bottom of tto fifth to extend his hitting streak to 12 gamesL Jackson who hit 32 homers last year gave Kansas City a 2-0 lead in tto first when to homered following Kevin Seltzer'S sbude "He hit that below the total and almost broke tto Wathan said "That Just shows you how strong to to" Tto home run gave tto Royals their only first-inning runs this season "When you look at our record when we score in the first inning I think we won about 65 percent of the time last Wathan said "That shows you how important that dnttrtii ig for our chib" Bob RBI single made it 3-0 In tto second and EJsenreich hit his first home ran of tto season in the third Etoenreich added a tworun single in tto seventh and Rank White hit a sacrifice fly in tto eighth Note Toronto's catching platoon of Pat Borders and Greg Myare is 13 for 44 0295) with three homers and seven RBIs Wilson returned to tto lineup Sunday after missing two games with a sore left thumb and a stiff neck Push Ward Jissat allowed a run in seven appearances this season The Royals had tto best record in the majors last year when they scored in tto first inning (37-13) TORONTO Tom Gordon Is developing a winning habit against the Toronto Blue Jays I Just concentrate more when I face these Gordon said Sunday after to led Kansas Ctty to a 7-1 victory that upped his record to 4-0 against Toronto Gordon 1-0 struck out nine and walked two before Jeff Montgomery and Mark Davis finished upi "Maybe I Just concentrate more when I face these Gordon said got such a strong lineup There really Isn't a weak spot out there But I guess If one guy on their team who gives me a lot of trouble have to say ifs George Bell" Bell hit his fourth home run of the year in tto sixth his 17th lifetime home run against Kansas City was a curveball I was trying to get on tto outside comer and Gordon said didn't even flinch But good hitters know mistakes and to saw that one coming" Bo Jackson hit his first home ran of the season and Jim Eisenrekfa drove In three runs with a homer and a tworun single as tto Royals won for tto first time in three road games this season nice to see Jim hitting the ball so Royals manager John Watfaan said "The way bek swing- THE PLAYOFFS Ervine hat trick lifts Wings Wrangjers score in 9th to win Wichita Wings vs Kansas City Comats Caret 1 Saturday at Wichita Gama 2 May 2 at Kansas City Gama 3 May 4 at Kansas City May 5 at Wichita (if necessary) CamaS May 9 at Kansas City (If necessary) By Mai Eliott The Wichita Eagle CLEVELAND Wichita forward Dale Ervine sewed the first tot tridt hte career to spark tto Rings to a 6-5 victory over tto Cleveland Crunch here Sunday night The three goals raised his season total to 48 goals second In tto league to Tatu of tto Dallas Sidekicks Ervine scored two goals in less than two minutes to give tto Rings a 2-1 lead In tto first period He scored from 45 feet on a restart near tto boards then blasted home a powerplay goal from 35 feet while Theo Kuisdom was serving two minutes for charging Ervine third goal in tto third period made It 8-3 but tto Crunch refused to fold Zoran Karic scored his 34th goal and slipped tto ball to Hector Marinaro tor a sixttHdtacker goal to dose tto gBp to with 139 showing on tto dock Wichita's Michael Fox sealed tto victory with a 17oot shot into an empty net agpinst See WINGS Page 3B sarik then scored on a wild pitch to tie it at 6 and set up ground ball to third It was second error of tto game After tto error Juan Villanueva hit a run-scoring single to give the Wranglers a three-run cushion for the bottom of tto ninth Tto Wranglers were forced to piay catch-up In tto fifth and tied It at 3 on tworun single He drove in Humphries who had walked and Dean Kelly who had reached on a single Wichita went up 53 in the top of the sixth when two runs scored on Bob single Tim basestoaded ground ball went through San Antonio third baseman Steve Flnken's legs allowing two runs to score in the top of the ninth Saturday night as Wichita rallied past the Mtwdniw 9-6 in San Antonia The Wranglers struck tor four in the ninth wiping out a 66 deficit to win their fifth game in their last six outings and sixth of their last eight Brian Qsarlk and Mike Humphreys opened the ninth with singles After a sacrifice Charlie Hillemann was intentionally walked Q- THE FIRST ROUND Past defeat leads Chiefs to linebacker bil By HICK The Wichita Eagle KANSAS CITY Ma The spark that lit Kanw City's fire for Percy Snow came on Dec 17 before the Chiefs really thought much about drafting the Michigan State middle linebacker That was tto day they got ttoir butts kicked by Underdassmen a hit to San Marion Butts unaeroassmen a rat so much be- 4B 1 Imfianapolie Jeff George Nnois QB 2 MY Jets Btalr Thomas Rem St RB 3 Seattle Cortez Kennedy Miami Fla DT 4 Tampa Bay Keith McCants Alabama LB 5 San Diego Junior Seau Southern CaL LB 6 Chicago Mark Carrier Southern CaL DB 7 Detroit Andre Ware Houston QB 8 New England Chris Singeton Arizona LB 9 Miami Richmond Webb Texas OT 10 Now England Ray Agiew North CaroSna SLDL 11 LA Raider Anthony Smith Arizona DE 12 Cincinnati James Francis Baylor LB 13 Kansas City Percy Snow Michigan SL IB 14 New Means Ronaldo Tlrmbut West W-0niaDE 15 Houston Lamar Lathon Houston LB Buffalo James WNams Fresno SL DB 17 Dallas Emmltt Smith Florida RB ia Groan Bay Tony Bennett Mtasissippi LB la Green Bay Daniel Thompson Minnesota RB 20 Atlanta Steve Broussard Washington SL RB 21 Pittsburgh Eric Green Liberty 7E 22 PhnatisIpMa Ben Smith Georga DB 23 LA Rama Bern Brostek Washington 24 NY Giants Rodney Hampton Georria RB 25 San Fkandseo Dexter Carter Florida SL RB the draft Swrounded by Ms family to Canton Ohio Percy Snow talks with a Chiefs official cause tto Chleb lost 20-13 to end their chances for tto playoffs as it was tto way tto Chargers won Butts put his 248 pounds behind San Diego's huge line and ran over the flitefc tar 176 yards "We couldn't let that happen said ifennai city mmh Marty SrhVtenhrimw So although tto Chiefs had tto Na 2 defense in tto NFL last season the first move they made in Sunday's draft was to take another linebacker This time a bone-crasher Hello Percy Snow a savage out there" Michigan State defensive coordinator Norm Parker said of tto 6-foot-2 24tpound All-American who led tto Big Ten In tackles Tto Chleb stayed with power and strength in tto second round to take Notre Dame guard Tim Granhard who is projected to be 38yearold Mike Webster's replacement at center But defense was first on Kansas City's miL ft ms tto second straight droit that tto Chiefs took a linebacker in tto tint round Last time it was tto outside finesse of Derrick Thomas this year tto indite grit of Snow "He has a bit of a nasty said Schottenheimer The thing that stood out for us is a sure tackier He misses very few tackles "When Percy gets there tto runner knows All a matter of determination said Snow simply want to be tto See CHIEFS Page 4B Wanting to be part of solution has driven Snow his degree after this year I will get it" he stated Snow once had visions of bring an FBI agent but has modified his goals to work as i youth counselor "We have to do something to turn our communities to said "The way things are now with kids killing each other and doing ridiculous thingL something needs to be done Snow wants to be a part of the solutioa "1 only wish I could stop criminals In IIANSAS CITY Ma Ttere are two lA tales of Percy Snow the Percy who grew up tough in Canton Ohio the fifth of seven children Kansas CMy top choice In Sunday's draft is the nasty football player who became an All-American linebacker at Michigan State and was famous for his late hits Tto Chiefs' Na 2 (rick Notre Dame offensive guard Tim Granhard remembers his battles with Snow "As a football player on tto to said "we didn't get along too welL" And Snow win tell you "I can get carried away I mind hurting someone" Oh he's good on tto field An All-American First to win both tto Butkus and Lombardi awards In the same year Three times all-Big 10 Those 17 tackles as a sophomore in tto 1987 Rose Bowl That's one side of Percy Snow The other Percy worked at a treatment center for 15- to 17-yearold Juvenile delinquents He's a criminal Justice major at Michigan State carrying a gradepdnt average of nearly 17 He will need a few more hours to get RICK PLUMLEE MONDAY NOTEBOOK See PLUMLEE Page.