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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 4, 1999
K-State coach wanted team further along for this spring
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan — The Kansas State spring game Saturday left coach Bill Snyder feeling nothing but disappointment.
Adam Helm threw for 205 yards and a touchdown, completing 15-of-33 passes as the Purple beat the White 22-3. But it was not enough for Snyder as he seeks a replacement for quarterback Michael Bishop.
I was not overly impressed with Adam's play in the ball game," Snyder said. "I've seen him do far better than that. I think above and beyond it all with Adam it was a matter of accuracy. He hasn't taken a dominant step for
forward for me
to say this is the guy
for the job."
Four quarterbacks played, but Jonathan Beasley was not among
them. Beasley, another possible successor to Bishop, sat out with a minor hand injury suffered early in spring practice.
Fullback Johno Lazetich, center Randall Cummins, receiver Aaron Lockett, defensive end Darren Howard, linebacker Travis Litton, cornerback Dyshod Carter and running back Chris Claydon also are sitting out with injuries.
David Allen suffered an ankle injury in the fourth quarter after rushing for 48 yards. Frank Murphy had 89 yards on 21 carries.
Quincy Morgan caught three passes for 93 yards and tight end Nick Warren had five catches for 68 yards.
Jamie Rheem kicked two 40-yard field goals.
Snyder said the Wildcats were not playing up to his expectations.
"Spring has not gone as well as I would have liked," he said. "It's just not as good of a football team as I would have liked at this particular point in time. I expected us to be a little further along than we are.
"We did the same scrimmage a week ago. The offense did well and the defense wasn't as productive as I expected. I think those things have turned around a bit. Today was purely vanilla, but it's important to evaluate fundamentals."
Lewis' wife, doctors dispute drug use
BOSTON — When Celtics captain Reggie Lewis collapsed and died while practicing jump shots in 1993, he left a pregnant wife, thousands of fans and a star team of physicians wondering what went wrong.
The Associated Press
In the years since, a battle of reputations has been waged between Lewis' family and some of the city's most prominent physicians.
They started fighting it out before a jury yesterday.
Lewis' widow says the physicians who treated her husband during his last months misdiagnosed and mistreated a fatal heart condition. The physicians contend Lewis used cocaine and lied about it, making an accurate diagnosis impossible.
The malpractice suit pits Donna Harris-Lewis against Gilbert H. Mudge, the physician who led the specialists, and Mark Creager and Peter Friedman, physicians who were consultants.
A third consultant, John Rutherford, physician, recently reached a settlement with Harris-Lewis, the terms of which have not been disclosed.
Superior Court Judge Thayer Fremont-Smith imposed a gag order, and none of the main players in the case would comment publicly.
But the story of Lewis' death and the finger-pointing that followed have played themselves out very publicly in a city that loved its Celtics and adored the team's brightest star when he died at 27.
It all began April 29, 1983, when Lewis collapsed during a playoff game against the Charlotte Hornets. A "Dream Team" of New England Baptist Hospital physicians assembled by the Celtics diagnosed him with arrhythmia, potentially life-threatening.
career-end ing heart condition.
the grim conclusion led Lewis to seek a second opinion from one of Boston's
most respected cardiologists, Mudge of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Mudge reported that Lewis suffered from a neurological disorder that causes fainting spells
With proper treatment, he said. Lewis could return to professional basketball.
Three months later, on July 27, Lewis died while shooting hoops in the offseason at Brandiselle University in Waltham, Mass.
The state medical examiner listed the cause of death as adenovirus 2, a common virus that could have led to inflammation of the heart, widespread scarring of tissue and, ultimately, a fatal cardiac arrest.
Autopsy consultants later said Lewis had "athlete's heart" — a left ventricle that had become enlarged from pumping massive amounts of blood. Everyone who examined Lewis' body agreed there was no evidence of cocaine use, which could be an explanation for the scarring.
But Mudge later said that two
weeks before Lewis died, the player admitted using cocaine in the past but said he had stopped. The lack of full disclosure early in the treatment process made it impossible to make a proper diagnosis. Mudge has claimed.
In the last several months, the two sides have sparred about the right to bring up the alleged drug use at trial.
On April 21, Fremont-Smith ruled that jurors could hear the accusations — if the physicians' lawyers could prove cocaine was a factor in misdiagnosing Lewis.
Harris-Lewis, who still lives in the Boston area with her son, 7-year-old Reggie Jr., and daughter, 5-year-old Reggiena, has maintained she tried to get evidence of alleged drug use excluded because the charges only sensationalized and hid the true issue.
Former Braves' hitter dies
Joe Adcock hit 336 runs during his 17-year career
The Associated Press
Joe Adcock, who hit 336 home runs during his career and broke up baseball's longest no-hitter, died today. He was 71.
Adcock had Alzheimer's disease and died at his home in Coushatta, La., at 3:15 a.m., said his daughter, Jan Adams.
The first baseman came to the majors in 1950 with Cincinnati and was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in 1953, the team's first year in that city. He played on the Braves' World Series championship team in 1957 and National League pennant winner in 1958.
A teammate of Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn, Adcock's best season was 1956 when he hit 38 home runs and batted.291
Adcock was perhaps best known for turning a perfect game into a loss for Pittsburgh's Harvey Haddix on May 26, 1959, at Milwaukee.
Haddix retired the first 36 batters he faced —12 perfect innings. In the 13th, the Braves' Felix Mantilla reached on an error and moved to second on a sacrifice by Mathews. After Aaron was walked intentionally, Adcock homered to end the no-hitter and win the game.
The score was listed as 1-0 because Adcock inadvertently passed Aaron on the base paths.
Adcock recalled the game when Haddix died in January 1994.
"He knew what he had in mind when he let the ball loose," Adcock said. "The wind had been blowing in all night and maybe it was a freak because when I came to bat, the flag in center field was still. I was thinking he'd been keeping the ball away from me all night and maybe he'd do it again, and he did and hit it."
In 1963, Adcock moved to the Cleveland Indians and finished his playing career with three seasons with the California Angels. He posted a .277 lifetime batting average.
Adcock managed the Indians in 1967,finishing eighth in the American League with a 75-87 record.
Adcock was born on Oct. 30, 1927, at Coushatta and graduated from Coushatta High School. A short stint on a basketball scholarship to Louisiana State ended when he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds.
During his offseason, Adcock started breeding thoroughbreds and developed Red River Farms, which he continued running after his retirement.
"he bred thoroughbred race horses and enjoyed his grandchildren," Adams said of her father's life after baseball.
Funeral arrangements were pending.
In addition to Adams, Adcock is survived by his wife, Joan; son Jay Adcock, who runs the horse business his father founded; daughters Jill Kennedy and Jeannie Worsham; sister Mary Ann Brown; and eight grandchildren.
Patriots' owner calls off deal to move team to Connecticut
The Associated Press
BOSTON — In the end, the New England Patriots' decision to back out of their Hartford stadium deal may have come down to timing.
The end of the failed plan to move the team to Hartford, Conn., owner Bob Kraft asked Connecticut officials to extend a Sunday deadline to back out of the deal without penalty.
Connecticut Gov. John Rowland refused the extension, and the $380 million deal was dead within 24 hours.
Negotiations ended with Rowland promising legal action against Kraft and possibly the NFL. Details are emerging about the final round of talks between the governor and the owner.
Kraft flew to Hartford on Thursday for a meeting with Rowland. He asked the governor to extend the deadline, after which Kraft would have been liable for damages of up to $100 million if he backed out of the deal. He wanted another 30 to 60 days, apparently to pinpoint when the new stadium could be completed. The Boston Globe reported.
Kraft had signed a tentative deal with Rowland in November after the state offered him a new stadium on the Hartford waterfront.
But the deal got shaky as it appeared less and less likely that the stadium would be completed by 2002 — the year
insisted upon by Kraft.
In a meeting with consultants on Thursday morning, Kraft was told Connecticut's chances of meeting the 2002 deadline were slim. He and his associates thought another month or two could help in assessing the plan's viability, the Globe reported, citing unidentified sources familiar with the neotiations.
give Massachusetts more time to solidify a competing offer, or give the National Football League and Bay State lawmakers more time to try to kill the deal.
He relected Kraft's request.
Rowland feared the extension could
Kraft told Connecticut officials he would get them an answer in 24 hours, and the officials were optimistic.
The next afternoon, the announcement was made: The Patriots would not move to Connecticut.
Rowland's aides said the news came as a surprise in Hartford.
"We were 98 percent sure the Patriots were going to go forward," said Rowland spokesman Dean Pagani. "They had presented no rational arguments for pulling out."
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