University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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s sw Qi 'The names, faces and events-that created I The year was full of memories that will be kept and talked about for many years. It was the year our Royals stole the show from the St. Louis Cardinals. Young Bret Saberhagen was named the most valu- able player, but to top it all off, he and his wife Ianeane had a baby boy, Drew William. Bret was later named recipient of the Cy Young Award. Also in Base- ball, Cincinnatti Reds play- er-manager Pete Rose broke the record for base hits of 4, CED UGO! :james 191, held by Ty Cobb since 1928. Singer Bruce Springsteen soared in yet another way as he toured the United States. Tickets for the show were being scalped for as much as 352,500 in some states. There were many good times throughout the yearg too many to name. A few others were the retiring of football player foe N amath's jersey, the Live Aid concert that raised money for Afri- ca, and Daly River, Australia got its first telephone. Kansas City Royals pitcher Bret Saberhagen embraces third baseman George Brett after pitch- ing a five-hitter to give the Royals the World Series crown over the St. Louis Cardinals. Saberhagen, the winner of two series games, was named the Most Valuable Player in the series. President Reagan, with his wife Nancy, gives the A-Okay sign from his hospital window in Iuly after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his lower in- testine. The 74-year old president was back on his feet within weeks after the operation.

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After winning the World Series, the Kansas City Royals guests of honor at a ticker-tape parade through llowntown Kansas City. On the Opposite page, Bret riaberhagen is shown amid the crowd of excited Royal 'ans. Bret had quite a lot to celebrate about. He had been tamed the most valuable player of the World Series ames, his wife had just had a baby, and he would soon ve named the recipient of the Cy Young Award. One of the single most tragic events that occurred dur- ag the 1985-86 school year was the explosion of the space uttle Challenger. lust over a minute after takeoff, one of ie solid booster rockets apparently malfunctioned, ignit- ,ig the external fuel tank containing 525,000 gallons of . 'quid hydrogen, and killed all seven astronauts on board. 1 Above, the white contrail of the shuttle exhaust bal- oons into the remains of the explosion. Particles rain la t of control. Killed were flight commander Francis R. Scobee, 46: pi- gown, and the two solid booster rockets continue flying 'J lot Mike Smith, 403 astronauts Iudy Resnick, 363 Ronald E. McNair, 363 Ellison S. Onizuka, 39, Gregory Iarvis, 413 and Christa McAuliffe, 37. McAuliffe, a Concord, N.l-l. schoolteacher, was part of NASA's Citizen in Space program. After the explosion, debris continued to rain down into the Atlantic Ocean for approximately 45 minutes. Cur- rents carried the debris northward along the coast, scattering remains of the shuttle as far north as Georgia. At the time of this printing the exact cause of the explo- sion was not certain. It is speculated that the malfunction occurred with one of the solid booster rockets, but NASA officials are not certain. We may never know exactly what caused the shuttle's fiery explosion, but the memory of the seven noble and brave lives that were lost will live on forever. In the words of President Reagan, The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted, it belongs to the brave.

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