He Had to Go a Long Way to Set Record

The 95-yard touchdown pass play from UCLA’s Wayne Cook to J.J. Stokes on Saturday against Washington broke a 61-year-old school record.

In 1932, in a game against Oregon in Portland, Mike Frankovich teamed with Ransom Livesay for 93 yards on a touchdown on the last play of the game to provide UCLA with a 12-7 victory.

It was a dramatic comeback for the young Bruins, who had joined the Pacific Coast Conference in 1928.

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Trivia time: Who holds the World Series record for most strikeouts in a game?

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Mr. Mess: The Sporting News reported that Philadelphia’s Lenny Dykstra literally left his mark in center field during the National League Championship Series against Atlanta.

In Game 2 in Philadelphia, Dykstra left chunks of tobacco in center field, creating a gooey, slippery mess.

“I kicked it (tobacco) around all night,” Atlanta center fielder Otis Nixon said. “I guarantee you there were about 25 piles out there. I think he was doing it on on purpose, just to get me mad.”

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No one’s buddy: From Norman Chad of the Washington Post:

“After Jack Pardee was given a ‘vote of confidence’ by Houston Oiler owner Bud Adams, (defensive coordinator) Buddy Ryan reportedly asked for a recount.”

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Course of dreams: From Art Spander of the San Francisco Examiner:

“Say what you want about the senior tour (in golf). Trash it as geriatric nonsense. But it is the greatest fantasy ever contrived, the place where heroes never disappear and memories are embellished almost by the minute.”

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Baseballathon: A fund-raising intrasquad game organized by Wisconsin-Eau Claire baseball coach Craig Walter lasted 150 innings, ending at 7:40 a.m. Saturday.

Walter declared the game a world record, surpassing a 108-inning outing by an amateur team in the 1980s in Red Wing, Minn.

The game was called with the Gold squad leading the Navy, 103-89.

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Forbidden territory: Curt Sylvester of the Detroit Free Press passed along this jab at the Cincinnati Bengals:

“Did you hear that David Klingler couldn’t get in his garage last night?”

“No, why not?”

“Because somebody painted the driveway like an end zone.”

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Jaw breaker: From Phoenix Cardinal linebacker Steve Hyche, who gained 26 pounds in the off-season by eating five steaks a day:

“I never got full, but I got tired of chewing.”

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Trivia answer: Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals with 17 against Detroit on Oct. 2, 1968.

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Quotebook: England’s Mark James, before the Ryder Cup matches in September: “The only thing that scares me about the Americans now is the clothes they wear.”