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Monday, October 17, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Piper applying hard work ethic to new business
By Arvin Donley
Kansan sportswriter
A strong work ethic and a desire to make the most out of his ability made Chris Piper a leader in Kansas' drive for a national championship last season.
Former Kansas basketball player Chris Piper looks forward to success with his new printing business, Screen-it.
Piper is attempting to run a successful business by using those same principles.
"I had a strong desire to succeed in basketball and the same desire is here," he said. "When you work for yourself, you’re more willing to work with others." He’s working in her work for your team and yours, and it makes you work hard.
"The way I try and structure the business is in a team atmosphere. I've always been around something like that and (former Kansas) coach (Larry) Brown always drilled that skill to make everybody aware that if the business succeeds, it just not me, everybody combined."
In June, Piper purchased a screen-c printing company. "Screen Trophy Lawrence," the company, and Lawrence, the companies, hats and recently began producing plastic containers, shorts, shirts and recently kept him and his employees busy.
"We've been spending about 16 hours a day here during the last three weeks," said Piper, who graduated with a business administration degree last May. "We've just got our team ready in and we've been trying to get a lot of orders out and it's a new business, so we've been busy."
basketball player would help business.
Piper, a Lawrence native, said his business had grown during the first four months and that he hoped his exposure as a former Jawahk
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"Since I've played for KU," he said. "I know a lot of people and a lot of people know me, so I'm hoping that will help me to be successful."
S six months has defeated and passed the Jahayhs defeated Oklahoma 83-79 to win the national title. But Piper said he still was reminded of it often.
"People still recognize you once in a while," Piper said. "It's nothing like being a Danny Manning, but people still want to talk about it."
Piper said that the Jayhawks were 12-14 halfway through last season, he doubted whether they would make it to postseason play.
"After we lost that eighth game and we were in the lockroom," he said. "I made sure I would be even more capable we could even make it into the NIT tournament. At that time, things looked really bleak and one no one had thought of ideas that we would go on and do it."
There were several things that turned the season around for the Jayhawks, Piper said.
"I think over the course of the year that everybody decided that they had to do the things that coach Brown asked us," he said. "Nobody on our team liked to lose and I think everybody had enough pride and responsiblity to succeed as as hard as we could. I think these two things turned it around for us."
Playing in front of the fans in Allen Field House was one of the things Piper said he would miss.
"It's something I'm definitely to go miss," he said, "I try not to think about it. I know I'll miss it even
more when I go to the games and is one of the people yelling and not being yelled at, both in good ways and bad ways (from Brown).
"It's really an unbelievable feeling, and everybody should get a chance to feel that. Unfortunately, only a select few do."
Kansas assistant coach Mark Turgeon, who is 'piper's roomate, said the Jayhawks would miss him for several reasons.
"Both him and Danny were leaders
and "Pipe even more so," Turgeon said. "There were so many little things he did on the floor to help the team win." And Smith said during the Final Four that he had never post-defense that was the best post-defensive player 13 times.
Senior guard Scooter Barry said Piper's ability to bounce back last season from a severe groin pin was an inspiration to the team.
"Chris was a great leader by example," Barry said. "He never
gave up through all his injuries, he stuck through all the hard times and played when he was injured.
"He caught a lot of hassle from the players when he was sitting out of practice so he could play in the games. But he had some injuries. You had the same injuries that he had, you probably wouldn't be playing."
The New Jersey Shores of the United States Basketball League made Piper their first pick in the USBL draft last spring, but Piper
said he never considered playing basketball after college.
"I didn't even know I had been drafted until a few days after it happened," he knew that if I was going to on play basketball, it would have to be in the (National Basketball Association) draft, so do that. I decided that was enough.
"I always knew that college was it. I just wanted to make the best of college. Now, I just want to have fun when I go out and play basketball."
Bo rambles in '88 debut versus KC
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bo Jackson gained 70 yards and scored a touchdown in his 1988 NFL Game 4, teading the injury-weakened Los Angeles Rams' Raidier Kirk, in City before the biggest Chiefs crowd in 16 years.
Jackson, who reported to the Raiders Wednesday after hatching 25 home runs and batting .246 for nine Rangers in a season. Royals this season, broke three tackles in an at-bat, scoring his sixth 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
After scoring on a 1-yard plunge with 9:40 left, he was forced to stop in three places, where a crash of 77,078 had been mostly ignored. His full-time outfielder and the Raiders' parttime running back. He finished with 22 carries and scored 37 points.
Marcus Allen, hampered by an injured wrist, gave the Raiders, 3-4, a 7-2 lead with a 1-yard scoring run in the first quarter. Smith's touchdown to let in the first half put the Raiders on top 14-0.
The Chiefs, 1-5, scored first on Steve DeHersh $48-yard pass play to Paul Palmer with 8:35 left in the half. With 1:21 left in the game, DeBerg hit Stephen Paige with a 25-yard scoring pass.
Miami 31
San Diego 28
Dan Marino had his first 300-yard pass game of the season and hit Mark Duper 8 with a 51-yard pass to set up the win touchdown as the Miami Dolphins beat San Diego 31-28.
NFL Roundup
New Orleans Seattle 19
Dave Wayner ran a blocked field goal 84 yards for a New Orleans touchdown in the third quarter. He hit the 15-yard line.
over the Seattle Seahawks.
San Francisco 24
Los Angeles Pkwy. 61
Los Angeles Rams 21
Roger Craig had the finest day of his pro career and the best outing by an NFL runner this year by leading San Francisco 39ers to a 41-3 victory, leading the Los Angeles Rams to a 41-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams to
Denver 30 Atlanta 14
John Elway passed for 225 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter. Gary Kubik fires a 68-yard TD pass to Stokley to score. Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons 90-14.
Minnesota 14
Don Makowski joined for 243 yards, and Max Zendoej tied a club record with four field goals as he played in the Green Bay Packers took advantage of 15 Minnapolis penalties for a 34-14 victory over the Vikings.
Washington 33
Phoenix 17
Mark Rypien threw four touchdown passes, two apiece to Art Monk and Gary Clark, as the Washington Redskins ended the Phoenix Cardinals' four-game winning streak with a 33-17 victory.
Indianapolis 35 Tamna Bay 31
Rookie quarterback Chris Chandler passed for 240 yards and one touchdown and ran for another
score, leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 35-13 NFL victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Chicago 17
Dallas 7
Jim McMahon's 39-yard touchdown pass to Ron Morris and a 4-yard reverse touchdown run by Dennis McKinion led the Chicago Bears to a 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowbies.
Cincinnati 21
Reggie Dupard ran for two second-half touchdowns after the new England Patriots intercepted first-half pass by Cincinnati's Boomer Ames, the Bengals, the NFL's last unbeaten team, 37-21.
New York Giants 30
Detroit 1u
Phil Simms has a 51-score pass to Stephen Reed and Terence Allegre kicked three field goals as the New Orleans Pelicans possessed the second half in defeating Detroit 30-10, handing the Lions their sixth straight loss.
Pittsburgh 14
Warren Moon, playing for the first time in six weeks, threw for two touchdowns, and Houston scored five points and four Pittsburgh turnovers into all but six of its points as the Orleans beat the Steelers 34-14.
Fourth-season quarterback Don Strock, making his first start since 1983, threw two second-half passes, and Cleveland sacked Randall Cunningham and the Browns defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 19-3.
Cleveland 19 Philadelphia 3
Two tennis players advance to qualify in Georgia tourney
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas sophomore Jice Gross beat Ball State's Brian DeVrynge, 64-63, yesterday to advance to the main event of the NCAA tennis tournament at Athens, Ga.
Gross, who won a match by forfeit in the pre-qualifying round, will play Georgia J Jack Freryson in the main qualifying round.
Gross and sophomore John Falbo are the only Kansas players remaining in the qualifier. 81 players in the main qualifier trying for nine open spots in the main
Falbo, who last week won the ITC Mid-American Indoor Qualifier, received an automatic bye into the season. His team has won last year and earlier this fall.
Other Kansas players winning matches in the pre-qualifier were sophomore Rafael Rangel and senior Jim Seceret.
Rangel defeated Florida International's Mike Marron, 6-2, 6-2, Saturday, and beat Laind Langton, 3-4, 6-0, at the Adelaide Oval, not named by Auburn's Martin Person.
4-6. 7-5. 6-4.
Rangel was leading 53 and had a triple break point on Porsson's serve to win the match before the Auburn team back to back claim the three-seed victory.
Secret heat心肌 Saunders of California-Irvine, 6-13, 6-4, before being defeated by Ball State's Scott Campbell, 6-4, 6-2
Kansas freshman Carlos Fleming was beaten in his first match by South Carolina's Dave Herman, 6-4, 6-3.
The Jayhawks' Craig Wildey and Chris Walker are both injured and won't compete in the tournament.
Last week in Wichita, Wildey and Walker qualified for the ITCA National Indoor Team Championship. The team competed for the second straight year.
Walker, who has been slowed by a inched nerve in his shoulder and chronic tendinitis in his knee, said that he was treated during he remaining fall schedule.
The main qualifying round will begin today and continue through tomorrow. Play will begin in the main draw on Wednesday.
For more information, call the SUA office at 864-3477
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