University Daily Kansan, February 27, 1985
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Kellogg in Sports Illustrated
The March 4 issue of Sports Illustrated will feature a story on KU forward Ron Kellogg. The story, by Curry Kirkpatrick, titled "Kellogg Went Snap! Crackle! Oop!"
KU swim team ranked No. 15
TO swim team ranked No. 15
The Kansas women's swim team is ranked No. 15 in the NCAA Swimming Coaches Association weekly ratings released Tuesday by United Press International. Nebraska is tied for 20th place with Texas. Nebraska is team in the country in Texas. Nebraska is tied for 20th place with Miami in the men's division. Stanford is the top rated men's team, and Texas is No. 2.
Phillies outfielder arrested
'INDIAN SHORES, Fla. - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Von Hayes and ex-phillies pitcher Larry Christensen have been arrested for disorderly intoxication after an argument with police in Clear-Water, Fla., police said yesterday.
Hayes, 26, was also charged with resisting arrest with violence and criminal mischief in connection with the incident at an apartment building late Friday night. Police said two officers responded to a complaint that two men had become rowdy at an apartment building. He said Hayes and Christenson, 31, used loud and profane language when approached by police.
Both men are free on bail pending a hearing on the misdemeanor charges.
Once at the police station, Hayes punched holes in the wall of the men's room, and was charged with criminal mischief, police said. Hayes was jailed for several hours before being released on bail.
Larry Shenk, the Philies' vice president for public relations, said the matter was a misunderstanding that began when Hayes and Christenson went to visit teammate Joe Lefebvre at his apartment, but the knocked on the wrong apartment door.
"All we can say is there was a problem, and we don't know much more about it," Shenk said.
Hayes batted 292 with 16 home runs, 67 RBI and 48 stolen bases for the Phillies last year
Compiled from Kanson staff and United Press International reports.
Dupree lost to Breakers after surgery
By United Press International
United Press International
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Breakers' running back Marcus Dippe will be lost for the season despite successful surgery Tuesday to repair ligament damage in his left knee, team officials announced.
Dupree, in the second year of a five-year,
$9 million contract, suffered a torn lament
a 9-7 loss to Arizona Sunday in the
speakers' USFLI opener.
$ ^{14} $SURGERY TO REPAIR the ligament damage was performed by physicians Robert Cook and James Baldwin at Providence Medical, team officials said.
"We really feel bad for Marcus because he's been doing a great job for us," Breaker's Coach Dick Coury said. "He hadn't had any hamstring problems for two weeks, and he was really coming along."
But mainly we feel bad for Marcus as an individual. It's extremely damaging to lose a superstar running back like Marcus, and we can just wish him a full recovery and hope that he'll be back with us next year.[17]
Buford Jordan will replace Dupres in running back for the Breakers Saturday. He also appears as aAP on Saturday.
Dupree was the University of Oklahoma's best running back as a freshman in 1982, and was touched as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate at the start of the 1983 season. But left the team at midseason and enrolled at Southern Mississippi because he wanted to be closer to home. He dropped out of school and signed a multi-million dollar contract with the then-New Orleans Breakers last year at midseason.
Dupree, who is 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, saw limited action in 1984 because of a dumnring injury. But he was still the breakers' second-leading rusher with 681 yards and nine touchdowns on 145 carries. He also caught 28 passes for 182 yards.
Rosie Wadman triple-jumped to a Kansas school record of $8' 11\frac{1}{4}$ last night at the Lady Jayhawk Last Chance Invitational in Anschutz Sports Pavilion. She missed her last chance to qualify for the NCAA Indoor National Championships because a 40-foot jump was required.
Jayhawks fail to qualify for national indoor meet
Rosie Wadman and Jaci Tyma narrowly missed qualifying for the national championships in the high jump last night at the Lady Jayhawk Last Chance Invitational track meet in Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Athletes from as far away as Nevada-Las Vegas and Villanova competed in the meet, which was scheduled to offer a final opportunity for qualifying for the NCAA Indoor National Championships March 8-9 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Wadman, Tyma and Nebraka's Tammy
Thurman each missed on three attempts to
clear 5 feet, $10\%$ inches, the qualifying
standard for the NCAA meet. Each cleared
5-8%, with Thurman the winner on fewer
thirds and Tynn the highest. Wadman
finished second and Tynn the lowest.
Wadman also won the triple jump with a school-record leap of 38.114. That mark fell on Saturday in the women's long jump.
Angie Helmer just missed qualifying in the 880-yard run, finishing third in 2 minutes, 12.87 seconds. The qualifying standard is for Cara Arnold of Texas won the event in 2015.
Kelly Wood was fourth in the 1000-yard run in 2:36 41 but did not qualify. The top three finishes in the race were all under the 2:32 in 2:39 41, led by K-State Anne Saddler in 2:39 77.
K-State names AD
From Staff and Wire Reports
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University President Duane Acker yesterday announced the appointment of Larry Travis, an assistant athletic director at Georgia Tech, as director of intercollegiate athletics.
Travis signed a four-year contract with the university at a salary of $67,500 a year. Acker said. The new Kansas State director will assume his duties March 15.
"We have a challenge to get Kansas State's athletic program back on its feet," Travis said. "I want to make our department the top nation through hard work and dedication."
TRAVIS WAS AN assistant football coach at Kansas from 1967 to 1971.
Travis, 44, replaces Dick Towers, who was
removed officially from his duties June 30.
fire Kansas State football coach Jim Dickey. Acker has never responded to the accusation.
Women look to end 2-game losing skid
Travis has served as assistant athletic director at Georgia Tech since 1981 and has been credited with helping the university in its efforts to improve competition in football and basketball during that time.
"WE KNOW THAT Travis was instrumental in building Georgia Tech's athletic department into a proven winner and so our hopes are high indeed." Acker said.
Travis is in charge of supervising all men's sports programs at Georgia Tech. He also is in charge of recruitment for the school's athletic programs.
Travis' association with athletics has centered primarily on football. Before becoming assistant athletic director, he served as an assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech for five seasons.
By TONY COX Sports Writer
Towers has said he was fired for refusing to
Travis also has held coaching positions at Louisville, Mississippi and Florida.
The women's basketball team will try to shake off two consecutive one-point losses it has suffered at home when the Jayhawks meet Nebraska today at 7:30 p.m. at Allen Field House.
After losing 77-76 to Kansas State on Wednesday, and then losing 78-77 to Oklahoma on Saturday, the team has not gotten back. The coach Marian Washington said yesterday.
"I think they're showing a lot of character," she said. "You've got some teams in this Big Eight that I don't think come back. It almost appears that they're giving up."
"OUR PLAYERS RECOGNIZE when
they're falling short. They aren't giving up. They're confident that if they play hard, they can be in the thick of things in the tournament."
KU needs to win both of its last two games, tonight and Saturday against Oklahoma State, to clinch a home court bench in the first round. The Big Eight Post-Season Tournament.
The players are confident about their chances in the tournament, said sophomore guard Evelotte Olt.
"I think we realize what a strong team we have," she said. "I think we're wanting it now. I think it will be who has the most heart, it will be the most. It's a matter of who's the humriest."
The Jayhawks are battling Kansas State
for the home court berth and fourth place in the conference.
KU is 7-5 in the conference and 16-9 overall. Kansas State is 6-6 in the conference and 15-10 overall.
KU WILL BE trying to beat Nebraska for the second time this season. Vickie Adkins scored 24 points to lead the Jayhawks to an 84-79 victory over the Cornushakers Feb. 2 in Tampa.
"I think that they're one of the hardest working teams in the Big Eight," she said. They run hard, they play hard — I'm just needed that they haven't upset more teams.
Nebraska is 4-8 in the conference and 9-16 in
Washington isn't taking the Cornhuskers lightly.
They're not easy to beat. They're the kind of club that you cannot underestimate.
Probable starters for Nebraska are Debra Powell and Maurice Ivy at forwards, Angie Miller at center, and Stacy Imming and Cathy Owen at guards.
Powell leads Nebraska with 15.1 points and 7.3 rebounds a game.
"We're definitely going to have to cut off Damian Johnson said. 'She's an explosive player inside.'
"IF WE CAN get them to slow the ball down and run a half court ball game, we'll be in good shape. If we permit them to run, it's going to be a challenge for us."
The Jayhawks will have to work together as a team to beat Nebraska, Ott said.
"We'll have to concentrate on our strengths," she said.
Tennis captain balances athletics with academics
Sports Writer
Bv MIKE BRENNAN
IT WAS NOT the first time team captain Runnels had not been late. Runnels was late because she had to finish some work for class. As a senior, she has had to make a lot of decisions trying to balance tennis and softball. She has the almost lost her enthusiasm for the game.
Laura Runnels walked through the doors at Alvamar Tennis & Swim Club yesterday at 2:30 p.m. — 10 minutes late for practice.
Last summer, Rumels, who is a German major, was in Europe, staying in Germany for two months and traveling for another month. While in Europe, she didn't play any guitar or sing. She was private Lack of practice caused Rumels to be out of shape when she came back to Kansas.
She continues to practice and play in matches between attending classes and studying. She studies before classes in the gymnasium and goes back to practice and then returns home to the books.
"I PUT A lot of pressure on myself."
Runnels said. "There was a lot of pressure
for next year. I needed some direction and it
was hard to concentrate on tennis.
But she started to get back into shape and play again. She slowly got back into the game. Then in September everything she had accomplished almost went for naught.
"The pressure was the whole deal, the applications, the interviews. This would be very useful."
The problems developed when Runnels applied for the Fulbright/Direct Exchange Scholarship, which would help her get to study in Germany this summer.
MILWAUKEE  Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers last night became the hard-highest scorer in professional basketball history.
Erving moves into third on basketball scoring list
In the doubles match, Runnels and her partner Janelle Bolen defeated the Cowbys. No 1 seeded doubles team, which was also ranked in the national top 10.
Erving scored the historic points on a tip-in with six minutes left in the 78ers' game with the Milwaukee Bucks. The basket put him ahead of retired Elvin Hayes.
In December, she said, she knew this would be her last year of tennis at KU and she had to play for no one but herself. Head coach Scott Perelman sat down with Rumels and had some lengthy discussions about this season.
The Bucks, led by Terry Cummings who scored 27 points, beat Philadelphia 116-97 to spoil Ervils milestone. The 76ers played
THEN RUNNELS RECEIVED word that she got the scholarship. After that, she said, she was able to move on and concentrate a little bit more on tennis. And a turning point came an Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Tournament in October.
It was not quite that structured every day it but she had to establish some kind of routine. She said she had been lucky to have made the 3.5 grade point average every semester.
Runnels, playing singles, defeated a woman from Oklahoma State that she had never defeated in her three years as a member of the tennis team.
Erving's total was 27,314 — 15,652 points in the National Basketball Association to go with the 11,662 he scored in five seasons in the American Basketball Association
"I have trouble when important decisions are going on at one time. Rumples said." I say, "You know what you know."
without starting guard Maurice Cheeks, who did not make the trip because of a groin
"In her heart, I could tell she really wanted me to talk," said she "got her confidence back."
Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is No. 1 on the all-time list with 32,843 points heading into last night's game. Wilt Chamberlain is second with 31,419.
"It it felt so good to play that well again," Runnels said. "It changed my attitude and my confidence started coming back."
SINCE THOSE MEETINGS, Rumnels has compiled a 4-1 singles and doubles record. But when she first arrived at Kansas, she had no idea that she would still be playing in her senior year and getting a scholarship to play tennis.
Rumels came to Kruge three years ago, in the fall of 1981, when Kathy Marian was the women's tennis coach. Runnels came to challenge her, and she won to win challenge matches to make the team.
She won enough challenge matches to play in the No. 2 singles position in her first tournament at Kansas. When the spring season rolled around, Runnels got a tennis scholarship and played No. 1 singles in the Big Eight championships.
"I WAS PLAYING for fun," Rumnels said.
"WAS really motivates the team. He's into conditioning and discipline. I didn't know him, and wasn't used to playing for a team."
When Perelman first saw Rumels play, he said, she seemed like an area or regional player — not knowing much about preparations. But three years can make a lot of difference.
Laura Runnels, captain of the KU women's tennis team, fires a return across the net. Runnels practiced yesterday at the Alvamar Tennis & Swim Club, 4120 Clinton Parkway.