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K-State recruiting problem said to be 'mix-up'
10 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP)—The former
burgere," slam "unauthorized" scholarships during his tenure that caused the school to be closed. Contents of probation probably resulted from a mix-up in the athletic director's office.
Rainsburger, who resigned Dec. 7 under pressure and at the request of athletic director Jersey Jermier, said it was Jerrison's first step in tracking a scholarship and grant award.
Rainsberger's remarks came in a
telephone interview Thursday with the Kansas City Star from Canada, where Rainsberger is an assistant coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
JERMIEI, WHO has been in Rochester, Minn., where his father is undergoing surgery, has been unavailable for comment since the announcement.
Times no longer happy for former baseball star
K-State officials announced the probation Wednesday night and it was verified yesterday in a statement issued by Big Eight Commissioner Charles Neinas.
By DAVE O'HARA
AD Sports Writer
AP Sports Writer
SAN JUAN, P.R. (AP)—Just a few years ago, Orlando Cepeda was a national hero. Today he walks softly, trying to dodge at him, while hoping to avoid a prison sentence.
Sports have gone from bad to worse for Cepeda—one of the most feared hitters in baseball during a 16-year major league career—ever since the one-time happy-gap baseman was released in 1974 by the Boston Red Sox in spring training four years ago.
ONCE A CELERITY and cheered by fellow Puerto Ricans, he now avoids crowds. The cloud of a five-year sentence for possession of martiana hangs heavy. His fate rests in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston.
He avoids interviews with the media but agreed to meet with an old acquaintance visiting Puerto Rico with the Red Sox for an exhibition series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cepeda was accompanied by an old friend, Jose "Tato" Cruz.
"We grew up together as young boys. We played baseball together before he went on to become a star. Now I am trying to help him. Too many people forget too quick."
"Orlando is an old, old friend," said Cruz,
a chemist.
"I CAN'T TALK too much about my troubles with the law because there is an appeal pending," Cepeda said almost apologetically. "All I can say is that I'm
very hopeful. I am innocent and I hope that eventually I will be found innocent.
"I owe everything to baseball," said Cepeda, now 40 but looking fit at 6-2 with bulging muscles. "I loved the game, and I still do. Basket gave me so much. Now I'm hoping to put back some of what it gave me."
A couple of weeks ago, Cruz gave Cepeda that opportunity. Owner of the Juncos team in the Class AA Puerto Rican amateur league, Cruz named Cepeda manager.
"WHEN YOU'RE a baseball player, you're a baseball player all your life and I'm thankful for this opportunity," Cepeda said. "We were ears out of the game, you have to go back."
"To me, this is a challenge, working with young players. I work out with them in practice, teaching them fundamentals. But the big thing is mental, trying to teach them how to play. Our young players go to the States, too many don't know the system, how to act mentally."
Cepeda, who becomes eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame in next January's election, played with San Francisco. St. Louis and Atlanta before spending his last season with the Red Sox as a designated hitter in 1973.
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curred when scholarships were granted to walk-ons at the end of the 76 season. Because at that time, they're still shuffling players, dropping players from scholarships and giving scholarships to walk-ons who made the team."
ALTHOUGH UNIVERSITY officials said they discovered the problem in December, Rainaberger said: "I was never told I was over the limit."
KSU President Diane Acker said K-State signed 43 players on scholarship last year. When the school discovered the 13-scholarship error, Acker said, it informed the conference and promised to award only 17 new scholarships this year.
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Neinas said the probation was considered conditional because a final decision on the penalty would not be made until K-State and the event would present at a Mav conference meeting.
Under NCA4 rules, teams are allowed to sign 30 players each year and have 90 players on scholarships at any one time. The students must be submitted to the conference.
Rainsberger said he didn't know how the university could grant 13 more scholarships than it is allowed to under the conference regulations.
Jim Dickey, who was hired to succeed Rainsberger, acknowledged yesterday that he knew the situation when he was hired. "We knew we could only sign 17 players this year and we built our whole plan on signing 17," he said.
"We expected an investigation," he said.
"What we do after a violation is important. I think they'll do a real close accounting of their scholarships and make sure we're in line."
IN IHIS statement, Neins said: "No sanctions have been applied at this time which will prohibit participation in post-season football games or the NCAA football
Dickey added that even though he and his staff were not involved in the violations, they chose to honor all the scholarships Berger's staff had promised to players in 1977.
But he said, "The mix-up probably oc-
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Rain stops softball team
A forced cancellation of a "mimi" softball tournament to have been played today and Saturday may have KU's Jayhawks won. Someone is trying to tell them something.
The tournament was the second unsuccessful attempt by KU's football team to win.
KU Coach Bob Stancillft said yesterday that the round robin tournament, which would have brought four teams to play, was called yesterday because of rain-soaked fields.
Stancliff the Jayhawks had accepted an invitation a year ago to play in a 20-team tournament, hosted this weekend by the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
HOWEVER, THE KU-hosted tournament was not the Jayhawk's first try to get in position.
But when tournament information was mailed out this fall, KU had been dropped.
THE JAYHAWKS spent the week of spring break opening their season by playing in the Big 10.
Stancliff said he did not know why KU had been dropped but thought it was just a judgment by the OU coach, who is also the tournament's director.
"The tournament would have been our chance to meet some of the teams beforehand."
"I'm hoping the Oklahoma tournaments be rained out," Stancliff said. "I probably won't have to go."
Stancliff canceled cancellation of KU's tourney, which was scheduled to fill in for the University of Wisconsin. Jayhawks to face potential national powers-Western Illinois and Iowa State
KU will try again to open its home season Tuesday with a 2 p.m. double-header with Emporia State University at Holcom Sports Complex, 254h and Iowa streets.
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