Friday, April 16, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Softball blanks Shockers twice
By Brandon Stinnett sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas softball team picked up two victories against the Wichita State Shockers yesterday in Wichita, 3.0 and 1.0.
Junior pitcher Sarah Workman earned her third consecutive victory in the first game, allowing just two hits and striking out 13. With the win, Workman pushed her season record to 11-10.
The Jayhawks scored two runs in the fourth inning when freshman Leah Tabb hit her third home run of the season following a lead off single by freshman Courtney Wright. Kansas added another run in the sixth when freshman Amy Hulse scored from third on a sacrifice fly to right field by freshman Megan Urquhart. Tabb went 2-3 in the game with two RBI.
THE Jayhawks gave up nine hits in the second game, but Wichita State was unable to capitalize. Three pitchers saw action for the Jayhawks. Junior Melanie DeWinter pitched four innings as the starter, giving up five hits. Junior
Christy McPhail came in to relieve DeWinter in the fifth. McPhail gave four hits in two innings. Workman pitched the seventh and recorded her first save of the season.
Kansas' only run came in the third inning. Freshman Shelly Musser led off the inning with a walk and then stole second. She advanced to third when Wright grounded out to second base and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tabb. It was Tabb's third RBI of the night.
With the win, the Jayhawks improved their overall record to 18-22 and improved their all-time record versus Wichita State to 54-8-1. Kansas's next game is Saturday at home in a single game versus Missouri. The Jayhawks' are 2-1 against the Tigers this season.
—Edited by Matt Merkel-Hess
Gretzky says only miracle will keep him from retiring
KANATA, Ontario — Wayne Gretzky said last night that it would take "a miracle" to change his mind about
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retiring.
"I told Gordie Howe his records were safe unless a miracle happens in the morning, and I'll probably make it official." Gretzky said following the New York Rangers' 2-2 tie with the Senators.
Following probably his last game in his Canadian
Gretzky: Has yet to officially announce his NHL retirement.
in his Canada homeland, Gretzky said he would meet Friday morning with Charles Dolan, chairman of Cablevision, the group that owns Madison Square Garden, as well as the New York Rangers and New York Knicks.
rangers and Rivers "I promised the Dolan family to
meet one more time with them," Gretzky said. "I really feel right about which way I'm leaning. I will talk with Mr. Dolan. I have had extensive meetings with (Rangers coach) John (Muckler) and (general manager) Neil (Smith), and have not been swaved a lot, to be honest with you."
Gretzky still did not use the magic "R" word, but everything last night pointed to the Great One leaving at season's end.
If last night's game was Gretzky's final game in Canada, 18.499 Ottawa fans made sure it was memorable.
fans made sure
With 4:43 left in the third period and
the scored tied 2-all, the fans began to
chant "One more year" as the teams
headed to their benches for a TV
timeout.
Then the place went bonkers as the screen on the four-sided scoreboard hanging over center ice began replaying Gretzky highlights, listing all his championships and many of his offensive records — all to the music of Carly Simon's "Nobody Does it Better."
Tim Couch expected as Browns' No.1 pick
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CLEVELAND — The No. I pick that the Browns have spent months researching, and the one all of Cleveland has been debating, will be Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch, according to just about everyone but me.
Couch will be the first player selected in Saturday's NFL draft as long as there are no problems nego-
fitting a contract, league sources told several newspapers Wednesday, including the Akron Beacon Journal, The Morning Journal of Lorain and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Brownies officials could not be reached Wednesday or yesterday.
In the past few weeks, the expansion Brownys had narrowed their list of potential No. 1 pikes to Couch, Oregon quarterback Akil Smith and
Texas running back Ricky Williams.
Couch had his second workout for Cleveland on Sunday in Lexington, Ky., a rigorous 90-minute, 115-pass session conducted by Browns coach Chris Palmer. And apparently he performed well enough to convince the team he is their franchise quarterback of the future.
The Browns reportedly contacted Couch's agent, Tom Condon, of Cleveland-based IMG over the past few days to begin preliminary contract negotiations.
If the reports are accurate and the Brown's have decided on Couch, it would mean the New Orleans Saints never increased their offer to trade all their picks in this year's draft plus some future ones for Cleveland's top pick. The Brown's were reportedly seeking the Saints' No.1 in 2000 and 2001.
bout 21, set four NCAA records last season while completing 72 percent of his passes at Kentucky.
Strawberry in trouble again
Yankee could go to jail for possession, solicitation
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TAMPA, Fla. — Darryl Strawberry's turbulent baseball career has taken another off-field jolt. He has been charged with possession of cocaine and soliciting a prostitute.
The New York Yankees outfielder offered a female undercover officer $50 for sex, Tampa police said after Wednesday night's arrest a few miles from the team's training complex.
A search turned up 0.3 grams of powder cocaine wrapped in a $20 bill inside Strawberry's wallet, police said. He was booked and released on $6,000 bond early yesterday.
The 37-year-old outfielder, an eight-time All-Star, has been in Tampa to work himself back into shape following colon cancer surgery last Oct. 3.
su gery has oct. 9.
Cocaine possession is a third-degree felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison, Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi said. The maximum penalty for solicitation, a misdemeanor, is 60 days in the county jail for a first offense. After that, the maximum
penalty is a year in the county jail, she said
However, those are general guidelines, Bondi said, indicating that charges for Strawberry had yet to reach the prosecutor's office.
Jason Zillo, a spokesman for the Yankees, declined to comment, saying the team would allow the legal process to run its course before speaking out.
before he peaked in the World Series after the Yankees won the World Series without him, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani justified Strawberry "for the comeback he's made as a baseball player and the comeback he's making in life."
comback he He was in New York last weekend to receive his World Series ring, but was not expected to join the Yankees until he completed chemotherapy and a stint with the Triple-A team, Columbus.
Major League Baseball suspended him for 60 days in 1955 after he tested positive for cocaine. The previous year, he entered the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and spent four weeks undergoing treatment for a substance abuse problem.
Strawberry's list of substance abuse problems is lengthy.
for a disability support In 1980, while with the New York Mets, he entered the Smithers Center in New York for alcohol rehabilitation.
Chiefs search for size, speed in NFL draft
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A left tackle to protect injury-prone quarterback Elvis Grbac? A big, quick cornerback to try to shut down Randy Moss and Herman Moore?
The Kansas City Chiefs would seem to have a few obvious needs going into this weekend's NLAF draft, although their first-year coach insists there's plenty of talent already on hand to get the job done.
of them are easy.
"Everybody always talks about a left tackle. But Green Bay played with a guy the Raiders cut a few years ago (Bruce Wilkerson) and they went to the Super Bowl," said Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham, a lifelong assistant who was promoted from defensive coordinator when Marty Schottenheimer resigned in January.
resigned in January.
"There's nothing we can't accomplish with the
"There's nothin players we have at this point," he said.
Carter, the Chiefs need a big, quick cornerback. To protect a quarterback with a history of being fragile, they need a left tackle.
they need a left tackle. The Chiefs made their opinion of veteran left tackle Jeff Criswell apparent when they left him unprotected in the expansion draft.
L. J. Shelton, a huge tackle from Eastern Michigan, is one possible replacement the Chiefs have its eye on. Another is Aaron Gibson from Wisconsin.
"They're both good players," said player personnel director Terry Bradway. He said that Gibson was a dominating run blocker and that Shelton really stepped up late in the season.
Carter, a three-time Pro Bowl performer, signed a free-agent contract with Denver, and shortly thereafter the Chiefs cut his backup. If they could, they would love to grab Champ Bailey, Georgia's two-way star. Another inviting target is Chris McAlister of Arizona. Others they're looking at include Antoine Winfield of Ohio State and Fernando Bryant of Alabama.
"The pool of big guys who run fast and are quick is not as large as the pool of the smaller guys who are quick and can run. Everybody is aware of mismatches with the smaller corners." Brady said. "You look at our schedule this year, we're playing Minnesota with Randy Moss and Cris Carter and Jake Reed. Then you play Detroit with Herman Moore and Johnnie Morton. You've got to have some big guys out there or they'll take advantage of you."
big guys Barring a trade, the Chiefs will have only five picks in the two-day talent dispersal. Their fifth-round choice went to Chicago in exchange for running back Bam Morris, and their sixth belongs to Tampa Bay, which gave up safety Melvin Johnson.
which gave up the victory. They'll pick 14th in the first round, their highest choice since taking Derrick Thomas with the fourth selection in 1899. Peterson's first year in Kansas City.
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