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University Daily Kansan, January 29, 1985
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NEWS BRIEFS
Plea fails to sway Hall of Fame
NEW YORK "the late Nelson Fox, who seldom fanned during his years as a star second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, struck out Monday in an attempt by his boosters to have him elected to the Hall of Fame.
A 14-member board of directors of baseball's Hall of Fame, headed by president Ed Stack, rejected a plea by Fox's supporters to have the 74.6 percent vote total, which the scrappy second baseman received in the balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America earlier this month, rounded off to the 75 percent necessary for election.
"The Hall of Fame board of directors expressed his sympathy on the Nellie Fox situation but did not feel it was proper to change the rules for election to admit any more than 75 percent of the ballots cast." said a statement prepared by the board.
Fox, in his final year of eligibility for election to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA, was named on 295 ballots of the 395 cast by members of the BBWAA and missed by only two votes of the required 75 percent.
However, his backers among the BBWAA argued that the 74.6 percent Fox received should have been rounded off to 75 percent since baseball has traditionally rounded off statistics to the nearest decimal point.
KSU guard earns Big 8 honors
It will be another three years before Fox is eligible for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Guard Joe Wright of Kansas State was selected the Big Eight Player of the Week Monday on the strength of his combined 54 points in games with Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
Wright sank a league-record 11-11 of-11 field goal tries on his way to 28 points in an 88-83 victory over Oklahoma State and added 26 points in a 94-75 loss to Oklahoma. He finished the week 21-of-28 from the field.
Skiers named to U.S. team
PARK CITY, Utah — Olympic gold medalists Bill Johnson and Debbie Armstrong head the list of U.S. skiers selected to compete in the World Alpine Championships in Bormio, Italy, U.S. Ski Team officials announced Monday
The World Championships were scheduled to begin Wednesday with opening ceremonies. The competition was to start Thursday and last through Feb. 10.
U. S. Ski Team spokesman John Dakin said skiers for the men's team were selected Sunday in Garmisch, West Germany, where the team was picked in Arosa, Switzerland.
Johnson, 24, Malibu, Calif., won his Olympic gold medal in the downhill event, will be joined by defending NorAm overall champion Tiger Shar, 23, Stowe, Vt.
Armstrong, 21. Seattle, Wash., won her Olympic gold medal in the giant slam event. She will be joined by defending Cup slam champion Tamara McKinney, 22. Squaw Valley, Calif. and 14-year candidate Cindy Nelson, 26. Reno, Nev.
Georgia granted delay
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court Monday granted the University of Georgia a stay until 5 p.m. EST Thursday from a lower court order requiring the university to release the details of a recent investigation by the NCAA into its football program.
Most of those details were revealed last month when the NCAA found Georgia guilty of seven violations and placed the school's football program on two years' probation. The probation does not prohibit Georgia from appearing on television or in post-season games, but does limit the Bulldogs to 23 new grants-in-aid instead of the normal 30 in each of the next two recruiting seasons.
However, the Atlanta newspapers and an Athens, Ga., radio station went into contract with MCA.
From Staff and Wire Reports
Newton leads JV to victory with 28 points
By LAURETTA SCHULTZ Sports Editor
Sports Editor
Four freshman players who have recently seen increased varsity action chipped in 54 points last night to help stop a three-game losing streak for KU's junior varsity.
Milton Newton, Rodney Hull, Altono Campbell and Chris Piper played most of the junior varsity game as KU beat Marymount 71-68.
"We got a lot of the guys who have been playing varsity some time on the court," said John Calipari, junior varsity head coach. "That is what Coach Brown wanted to see. Sometimes these freshmen don't get a lot of playing time in close varsity games."
Doug Henzilk drives toward the basket for KU during the junior varsity basketball game against Marymount in Allen Field House last night. The Jayhawks hung on in the final minutes to record a 71-68 victory after leading by nine points late in the second half.
Nylon led all scanners with 28 points. The foot+freshman hit from all over the court, kicked a goal and a goal.
"Milt is a great athlete," Calipari said. "He needed a game where he could just get some playing time and go score about 30 points."
Campbell also had a strong game running KU's offense. The 5-11 guard played almost all of the game and had six points, three rebounds and six assists.
"Coach Brown lets us play JV to improve our game," Campbell said. "JV players play just as hard as everyone else, and being in a game situation is different than practice."
Last night's contest was. close up to the final buzzer. KU led at halftime 42,34, but Marymount pulled to within four at 48-44 with 15.48 left.
The Jayhawks then went on a tear that they then ahead 67-58 with 5-4 remaining. Hul then was charged with his fifth personal foul and left the game with 12 points.
"We really got rid of that nine-point lead in a hurry," Calipari said. "We played just like they wanted us to in those final minutes of the game."
Marymount's Rich Hamilton sank both free throws after Hull's foul, closing the gap to seven at 67-60. Marymount slapped on a full-court man-to-machine pressure defense that brought the score to 68-66 with 2:43 remaining.
"They tried to give it us at the end," said Gary Thomas, Spartan junior varsity head coach. "They missed some free throws, threw away the ball and missed some key shots. But we just couldn't take advantage of all of the opportunities."
With 29 seconds left, Marymount's Lonnie
Sanders fouled Don Kennedy, sending him to the line for a one-and-one. Kennedy hit the first shot but missed the second, bringing the score to 69-66.
Sanders, who led the Spartans with 17 points, then scored at the other end, and Marymount called a quick timeout, trailing 69-88.
Todd Rhine, the Spartans point guard who had 11 points, fouled Campbell after the inbounds play, sending KU to the line for a one-and-one with 15 seconds left.
Campbell missed the shot and the Spartans brought the ball back up court with time to shoot. But Jeff Johnson got between two Marymount players, stole the ball and heaved it back downcourt to Kennedy who scored on a lauvat at the buzzer.
"I guess I was just in the right place at the right time," Johnson said. "He kind of bobbled the pass in and I picked it up and just got rid of it."
MARYMOUNT (68)
Hull, Piper and Campbell were playing in only their second junior varsity game, and Newton was playing in his first. Piper was playing with the eight games and five rebounds.
Rhine 5-12 11, Stevens 3-4 10, Hamilton 3-8 10-14, Sanders 7-3 4-17, Gagum 4-2 3-10, Robinson 1-0 0-2, Johnson 1-0 0-2, Ward 0-2-2, Totals 24 20-25 68.
Piper 4 0-0 8, Newton 14 0-0 28, Hull 5 2-1 6, Campbell 3 1-0 8, Wintz 0 1-0 7, Johnson 1 2-4, Kelly 1 0-0 2, Henzkill 0 0-0 0, Kennedy 3 2-4 8, Zimmerman 1 0-0 2, Mitchell 0 0-0 0, Perkins 0 1-2 1, Totals 32 7-15 71.
Marymont 34-34 -68
Marymount 34 34 -68
Kings IV 42 31 -71
Fouled out - Piper, Hull. Total Fouls - Marymount 13, Kansas JV 19. Technical Fouls - none.
Former St. Louis assistant to lead Colts
By United Press International
INDIANAPOLIS — Former St. Louis Cardinals offensive coordinator Rod Dowhower Monday was named head coach of the Chicago Bulls, a tough franchise he hopes to turn into an offseason fern.
"I'm happy to be a part of the Colts
I'm looking forward to long relationship."
The choice of Dowhower ended weeks of speculation about who would replace Frank Kush, who resigned with one game left after the team reached a coaching spot with the USFAL Spring Outlaws.
the cardinals, is the eighth coach that controversial Colts owner Robert Irsay has hired since he acquired the team in 1972.
With Dowhower's help. St. Louis last season posted the best passing attack in the NFC and the third most productive offense in the NFL, averaging 264.4 yards per game. The Cardinals' ground game ran up 130.4 yards per contest.
COLTS PLAYERS GENERALLY were enthusiastic about Dowhower's selection, especially in light of his record as an offensive coordinator.
Dowhower, 41, who spent three years with
Dowhower, sporting a Colts' baseball cap and a tie embroidered with the Colts' horseshoe helmet design, was introduced to the public during a Hoosier Dome news
conference. He said he was eager to get to work with the young Colts and build last year's 4-12 team into a contender.
"As I see it, one of the most significant things about this organization is its youth," he said. "The players are the focal point of them, and I look at myself as the teacher."
Reorganizing the team will be his first priority, the new coach said, although he wasn't specific about how.
HE SAID HE would interview the Colts' remaining coaches to help him form the new team. That list will include Hal Hunter, who was appointed interim coach after Kush left for Arizona.
Skating titles on the line in K.C.
KANASS CITY, Mo. — The 1985 U.S.
Figure Skating Championships begin today,
and those closely associated with the sport
are calling this year's competition wide open.
By United Press International
are expected to skate away this week with first-place smiles all the way to the 1988 Olympics.
ONE NEED ONLY study the champions of the sport in the past two or three decades to realize that figure skating has a built-in seniority system that nearly guarantees top skaters will remain as long as they skate.
Only six women have won the singles title in the last 21 years, and five of them were multiple winners. Three men have won 11 of the last 12 U.S. championships. From 1946 until 1960, all the titles were held by three male skaters.
KU falls to 20 St. John's is new top team
The ice-rink kings and queens of the last four years are gone Scott Hamilton, Rosslyn Summers and Peter and Killy Crutchner both pro professional dollars rather than skating medals.
By United Press International
If the pattern holds true, then the path to
But there are plenty of pre-tournament favorites, and at least three are fairly safe bets.
Chin, 17, of Costa Mesa, Calif., was the second-best woman skater in the nation a year ago. (AP)
Seoul, Korea, likely will begin in Kansas City.
She was No. 1 in both long and short freestyle-skating routines at last year's Nationals, but won only the silver medal on Sunday. Summer after placing fourth in mandatory figures.
At the Sarajevo Olympics, she barely missed a bronze medal, finishing second to gold medalist Katerina Witt of East Germany in both freestyle segments.
Insiders say Tiffany Chin, Brian Botton and the Judy Brugmichael-Michigan Seibert duo
Since then, coaches and insiders say Chin has mastered her school figures and is the skater to beat at the Nationals.
NEW YORK — St. John's University,
presenting basketball hotbed New York City
its first top-ranked team in more than 34
years, which is the No. 1 club by the UPI Board of Coaches.
Kansas dropped to No. 20 Sunday, after a 96-77 loss to Michigan.
The Redmen, using Saturday's 66-65 triumph over previously top-ranked Georgeovich over a springboard to their second No. 1 rating, captured 92 points and 31 of 41 first-plACE votes.
St. John's was ranked No 3 last week.
SMU, rated second, had a chance to contend for the top spot, but the Mustangs fell 64-63 to Texas Tech Saturday night.
The 18-1 Hoyas, the overwhelming No. 1 choice since their triumph over Houston in last year's National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, fell to second as their 29-game winning streak ended. They received eight first-place votes and 569 second and were allowed by Memphis State (518), Southern Methodist (483) and Duke (351).
"ITS NICE FOR people talking about it, but we haven't played all the teams," said St. John's coach Lou Carnececa, whose club has lost only to Niagara in 16 games. "You really tell if we deserve the ranking.) It is more realistic evaluation at the end. Now it's all conjecture."
Memphis State and Illinois each collected a first-place vote.
Rounding out the top 10 are No. 6
Oklahoma and No. 5 Syracuse, No.
14 Iowa Tech and No. 10 Tulane.
New York City had been without a No. 1 team since Dec. 6, 1950. During the 1950-51 season — the first year of the UPI ratings — the College of New York held the top spot twice.
THE SECOND 10 includes No. 11 Michigan,
No. 12 Oregon State, No. 13 Nevada-Las-
Vegas, No. 14 North Carolina, No. 15 DePaul,
No. 16 Louisiana Tech, No. 17 Maryland,
No. 18 Villanova, No. 19 Alabama-Birmingham
and No. 20 Kansas.
"Of course, I'm not going to change now," he said. "I've voted 15 all year. It's a nice number; it's got a good sound to it. I still feel Georgetown is the best in the country."
Each coach on the UPI Board is asked to select 15 teams in what has been his custom chosen list of coaches.
The Redmen began an emotional week with a thrilling overtime victory over Syracuse at Madison Square Garden Wednesday and then built an 18-point lead 1 minutes left at the Capital Centre Saturday, before holding on to topple the Hovas.
MEMPIH STATE MOVED a upnote on the strength of Keith Lee's career-high 37 points in a Saturday victory over Virginia Tech. Duke remained fifth after splitting a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference games last week. Georgia Tech climbed eight spots after North Carolina, while Tulsa advanced six places with two Missouri Valley victories.
Michigan returned to the top 20 after a three-week absence and replaced Indiana, which lost to Purdue and Illinois last week. The ratings are as follows:
The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 college basketball ratings. First-place votes and records through games of Jan. 27 in parentheses.
1. St. John's (31) (15-1) 592
2. Georgia Tech (18) (18-1) 649
3. Memphis State (1) (15-1) 518
4. Southern Methodist (16-2) 453
5. Duke (14-3) 351
6. Oklahoma (15-4) 336
7. Illinois (1) (17-4) 307
8. Syracuse (12-3) 221
9. Georgia Tech (15-3) 180
10. Tulsa (16-2) 175
11. Michigan (14-3) 157
12. Oregon State (14-2) 139
13. Nevada-Las Vegas (15-2) 120
14. North Carolina (14-4) 111
15. DePaul (13-4) 110
16. Alabama Tech (16-2) 65
17. Maryland (16-5) 65
18. Villanova (13-4) 57
19. Albabama-Birmingham (18-4) 55
20. Kansas (15-4) 39
'Rosebud' is KU's top pentathlete
Rose Wadman, a pentathlete for the KU women's track team, set a personal and school record Saturday at the Nebraska Invitational in Lincoln.
By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer
Sports Writer
Rose Wadman is an athlete with unusual tastes. From the event she competes in to the food she eats, "Rosebuck," as she is known by students on the Kansas track team, is unique.
Wadman competes in the pentathlon and heptathon and finished second with a schoolrecord 3.625 points in the pentathlon Saturday at the Nebraska Invitational.
And what does the record-setting athlete eat that's so unusual?
"SHE EATS PEANUT butter" fellow
poisoner, said she'd been
saying "out of a cup, with no bread."
"We miss a lot of dinners because we're here so late," Wadman said...
"So we steal peanut butter from the dorm." Hall said.
"But only from the salad bar," Wadman added.
When not eating peanut butter or competing in the pentathlon, Wadman, a sophomore from Niles, Ill., spends most of her time in the classroom or at practice.
The pentathlon and heptathlon are multi-
events similar to the men's decathlon.
penthion is run indoors and includes the 800-meter run, the 600-meter hurdles, the
The heptathlon is run outdoors and is the same as the pentathlon with the addition of the 20-meter dash and the javelin. Points in each event and totaled for the final results.
"IF YOU DON'T love it, you’re in the wrong event," Wadman said after practice yesterday at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Wadman said practices could run as long as six hours a day, but usually last three or four.
Wadman's school-record performance Saturday came as a surprise, as it came only days after she had hit her head in an accident at practice.
"It can get aggravating, having to go practice on one event when you are doing well in another," Wadman said. "But it doesn't get boring like competing in one event. Sometimes I just wish there were more hours of training energy to get in the practice I want to."
"It was really weird Saturday," she said. "I fell last week during practice and my head was spinning during the meet. I was in the room on Saturday night. I was really scared."
WADMAN, RECRUTED AS a highjumper out of high school, first competed in the heptathlon in the summer following her senior year. After coming to KU, Wadman said, assistant coach Cliff Rovelto encouraged her to continue with the event.
"He's a great coach," Wadman said of Rovello, who coaches the pentathletes. "He really knows his stuff. And he's also a real good friend."
Teammates sav the same of Wadman
"She's very supportive," Hall said. "She's genuinely concerned about other's performances. She wants others to do as well as she does." But when she yells because you know she means it.
Wadman, a business major, chose KU over Indiana, and is glad she did.
"I love it here," she said. "I fell in love with the campus when I came to visit, and they have a good business program here."
KU head coach Carla Coffey is also glad
Wadman chose to come to Lawrence.
Even if she does steal peanut butter from the salad bar.
"She's just a super young lady." Coffey said yesterday. "She's a hard worker and one of the most delightful people I've ever recruited. She's one in a million."
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