Inside Sports
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports
Wednesday
November 17, 1999
Section:
B
Page 1
Danger is the name of the game for the Kansas rock climbing club, which travels in search of cliffs and mountains outside the relatively flat Sunflower State.
SEE PAGE 10B
Baseball
Boston Red Sox pitcher Ramon Martinez won the American League Cy Young award yesterday.
SEE PAGE 7B
Men's Basketball
From pregame warmups to starting line-ups, the Kansas men's basketball team has been unpredictable this season, but the team's talent is consistent throughout.
SEE PAGE 4B
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Junior forward
Jaclyn Johnson
guards center
leva Kubina from
Latvia's Club
Riga. The
Jayhawks put on
a full-court press
in their win
against Latvia-
Club Riga.
Photo by Roger
Nomer/KANSAN
'Hawks grab 87-51 victory
Women's team scores with full-court press
By Melinda Weaver sports@kansan.com Kanson swordwriter
The Kansas women's basketball team is not exactly where it expects to be, but the team had a lot more to smile about after its 87-51 victory against Latvia-Club Riga last night in its final exhibition game.
The Jayhawks had a chance to showcase their triple-post offense against Club Riga's man-to-man defense, as they scored on every set play but one.
"It was good to just have a chance to run it," said Kansas coach Marian Washington. "I'm proud of the way the team ran it and the way we executed. If they didn't score, it was because they were in a hurry. We need to take our time with it, but it will be very good for us."
The defense also saw immense improvement from the team's first exhibition matchup, a 80-67 win against Club Gija-Marijampole Nov. 9.
Last night, Kansas held Club Riga to 51 points on 16-of-65 shooting and did not allow it to score from the free. I now line until the second half.
The Jayhawks had been concerned with free-throw attempts after allowing Club Gla to score 27 points from the free-throw in the last game.
"The defense was much improved." Washington said. "We had a few breakdowns in the beginning, but we were able to rotate and help each other much better. In our last exhibition, we weren't 'able to move our feet and kept reaching, but we moved
our feet better tonight. It wasn't until the second half that we put them on the line, but when you play everybody, things tend to breakdown."
Despite the improvements, Kansas had a slow start and led by only four points with 12:50 left in the first half. Junior forward Brooke Reves scored six straight points and helped put the Jayhawks ahead 21-8, and the Jayhawks scored on 10-of-12 possessions during a seven-minute period. Reves led all scors with 19 points in 8-of-11 shooting.
"Brooke simply played hard and played the game from start to finish," Washington said. "She has some of the same traits as Lynn Pride. Our biggest concern is keeping a harness on her, she doesn't overextend herself. She's very versatile, and she is playing with great confidence."
See FULL-COURT on page 3B
As the millennium draws to a close, the Kansan will feature the lives and achievements of the 10 greatest athletes at the University of Kansas, as selected by former and current players, coaches, administrators and fans.
Top athletes from the University of Kansas:
10. Lynette Woodard
women's basketball, '78-'81
9. Jim Ryun
track, '68-'69
8. Danny Manning
men's basketball, '85-'88
7. Ralph Miller
men's basketball, football,
'38-'40, '41
6. Jim Bausch track, football and basketball,
'29-'32
5. Al Oerter track and field,'56-'59
4. Nolan Cromwell football, track and field,'73-77
3. Coming tomorrow
kansas millennium athlete No. 4 nolan cromwell
story by Sam Mellinger
The rules were different for Nolan Cromwell. Anyone else, and Don Fambrough would have said no.
Play two sports? No way.
"You want kids on the practice field as much as you can," said Fambrough, who coached Cromwell on the Kansas football team from 1973 to 1974.
But when Cromwell told Fambrough that he wanted to run track in the Spring of 1974, Fambrough had no problem.
"Some kids aren't as gifted as Nolan," Fambrough said. "They don't have what he had. When you're that talented, you don't need as much practice time."
That was part of the deal, really. Cromwell was born in Ransom on Jan. 30, 1955. A high school All-American in football and track (he was honorable mention in basketball). Cromwell didn't come to Kansas in Fall 1973 just to play one sport.
"We recruited Nolan very hard, too," said Bob Timmons, Cromwell's track coach at Kansas from 1973 to 1977. "And so did Don. He really wanted him in the worst way for football, and we felt the same way about track. He just did everything really well."
In football, he played defensive back his first two years before evidence of
Practice breeds sore muscles; players show promise
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
By Mike Miller
The 45-13 loss to Oklahoma State wasn't the biggest loss of the season for the Jayhawks, but it might have been the toughest.
The mental errors that contributed to the loss made things tough, as well as the final numbers. Kansas had more total yards and first downs than Oklahoma State, and held a 13-10 halftime time lead, until things eroded in the second half. That's what made things tough at practice yesterday.
It's been a three-day hangover for the football team.
"It was hard for me to go out there today because I'm still mad and frustrated about that game. We were lethargic, and you can attribute that to the loss," said Coach Terry Allen.
Part of the practice problems were also because the scout team — redshirt players and other walk-on players — were sore from Monday's practice.
Usually the scout team doesn't play during Saturday's game, and since the
team doesn't practice on Mondays, those players have a three-day weekend when they get to rest. But Monday they played in a "Scout Bowl," in which the scout team plays against each other for about 100 plays — the most live action they see all season. The Scout Bowl took a little bit out of them physically.
"We finally got a chance to have some contact with people," said freshman defensive lineman Dijon Dillon. "It was kind of fun to bang up a little bit."
See SCOUT on page 2B
McClendon:
impressed Terry
Allen on Monday
Duncan: played well all season according to Allen
Jonesey picks the century's top 10 athletes
With the Year 2000 around the corner and a month's supply of distilled water in everyone's fallout shelter, it seems that the only thing sportswriters can come up with is All-Century lists.
It's only fitting that I conform with the water in the fallout shelter and the All-Century list. So prepare yourself for a top 10 list with a Jonesson skin I present to you
"Jonesey's Top-10 'Athletes' of the Centuryl"
1: Muhammad Ali
The greatest. 'Nuf said.
First of all, the Jonesey Top 10 cuts to the chase. No waiting around through nine runners-up. My No. 1 comes, appropriately enough first.
Now, on to the runners-up.
Brad Hallier
associate sports editor
sports@karan.com
10: O.J. Simpson:
Started his career
evading tackles, ended it evading a double-murder rap. Proves to society that you can't catch this man, even when he's already caught. One question: Couldn't the white Bronco have gone faster than 30 miles per hour?
9: The General Lee from *The Dukes of Hazzard*: A souped-up '69 Charger — Luke and Bo Duke never had trouble evading the law with this fine piece of machinery. Some of its amazing feats include the ability to squeal tires on a dirt road and the ability to jump cliffs and gorges, especially when a bridge was out. Don't think a car should qualify for my Top 10? ESPN had Secretariat, a race horse, in its Top 50 athletes of all time, so I'm throwing a car in mine. Just barely beat out Kit from *Knight Rider*, by the way.
4: Steve Zungul: Known as "The King of All Indoors," Zungul dominated indoor soccer for the Tacoma Stars in the early '80s. And because maybe 10 other people on campus have ever heard of him, I'll move on...
B: Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn: Started his career pitching in the California Penal League after stealing a car, then moved up to play for the Cleveland Indians. He worked out his control problems and managed to help the Indians defeat the Yankees to Bob Ueker's delight.
3: Hulk Hogan: Body slammed everyone from Andre the Giant to Rocky Balboa in *Rocky III*. Behind the power of thousands of Hulkamaniacs, the Hulkster is the best pro wrestler of all time.
7: Brittney Spears: But she's not an athlete, you say? Sorry. Any girl who is so hot that she's on fire makes the Jonesey Top 10. Deal with it.
5: Seth "Jonesey" Jones: Once had 12 points, nine rebounds and seven blocked shots in a junior-varsity basketball game against Rose Hill. Also broke an arm during warm-ups of a seventh grade game against Wellington while attempting to dunk. A real intimidator.
6: Ralf Laeue: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Ralph, a native of Germany, tossed a pancake in the air 416 times in two minutes in 1997. Amazing what finely tuned athletes can do these days.
2: Mia Hamm: Remember the rule about being so hot you are on fire? Hamm is not only on fire, but she is also the most dominating female soccer player in the world.
Well folks, there you have it. Sure, it's a little more unorthodox than other lists. There were no phone surveys or sports historians consulted for this one. Just one college student having fun.
Just so you're prepared, next Wednesday we don't have class because of Turkey Day. But be sure to pick up Tuesday's Kansan to check out the Turkey awards — awards of shame I'll be giving out to sports people for the holiday. The following Wednesday is the second annual Jonesey Awards column. I'm now taking nominations for both Turkey Awards and Jonesey Awards at the sports desk.
Be afraid. Be very afraid
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That's all this week, folks. You may now return to your fallout shelters.
Jones is a Mulvane senior in journalism.
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