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University Daily Kansan, January 25, 1985
NEWS BRIEFS
Hartman released 2 days early
TOPEKA — Kansas State basketball coach Jack Hartman was released from StormontVail Regional Hospital yesterday, an man his physicians had initially predicted.
Upon his release, Hartman's doctors urged friends and colleagues to cooperate in allowing the 59-year-old Hartman to recuperate fully at home from a heart attack and quadruple bypass heart surgery performed Jan. 13.
Brooks signs with Expos
Dr. Robert Roeder, a cardiologist in charge of Hartman's case, has said Hartman will convalesce for four weeks at the hospital after learning to "partial coaching activities."
MONTREAL - Infielder Hubie Brooks has signed a three-year contract plus a two-year option with the Montreal Expos, the National League club said yesterday.
Terms of the deal, which runs through 1989, were not disclosed.
Brooks, 28, was acquired from the New York Mets Dec. 10 with three other players in exchange for seven-time All-Star catcher Gary Carter.
Brooks, a six-foot, 188-pound native of Los Angeles, has a .272 lifetime batting average with 28 home runs and 219 RBI entering his fifth full maior league season.
The signing of Brooks, expected to be Montreal's starting shortstop, removes him from the list of players with whom the Expos might go to arbitration with.
Jones, Angels agree on terms
ANAHEM, Calif. — Ruppert Jones, a member of the champion Detroit Tigers last season, yesterday agreed to terms with the California Angels on a one-year contract.
The 29-year-old outfielder batted .282 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI.
"Rupert gives us a left-hand hitter with power," said California general manager Mike Port. "We like his home run at bat ratio."
Jones averaged one home run in every 18 atbats last season
Jayhawks begin long road trip tomorrow
By MIKE BRENNAN
Sports Writer
After Tuesday's narrow victory over Missouri, Kansas head basketball coach Larry Sanders said that he didn't think many games he allowed in the Big Eight conference would be easy.
And KU's schedule for the next eight days doesn't make Brown's job any easier.
Saturday, the Jayhawks begin a four-game road trip when they face the Colorado Buffaloes at 2:00 p.m. in Boulder. The game will be televised on channels 9 and 27.
Sunday, Kansas travels to Ann Arbor to face Michigan in a regionally televised game on CBS. Game time is 12:30 p.m.
The Colorado game will be played at the Events Center, an arena that has not been kind to the Jayhawks.
Kansas has won only once in the last five games played at the Events Center and Colorado holds a 23-16 season in games played in Boulder. Last year, the Jayhawks won at Allen Field House, 63-58, but lost in the events Center, 89-85.
"Last year with three or four minutes to go, it was 35 fouls to one." Brown said about the game in Boulder. "It ended up something like 47 to six. It was ridiculous."
Those kind of foul problems have plagued Kansas this season as well.
In Tuesday's victory over the Tigers, three Jayhawks had three fouls in the first half. And the foul problems continued early in the game. Kansas fell behind by as much as 11 points.
But that game was at home and Brown said those kind of problems shouldn't happen on the couch.
"Playing on the road, you don't want to put your downself by 11 points," Brown said.
The Jayhawks, who will be playing their second conference road game, will face a Colorado team that lost to Nebraska 85-67 Wednesday in Lincoln.
But on their home court, Colorado has won seven of nine, including a 74-63 victory over Washington.
"Downs is a good player inside." Brown
warns of his team's weakness in player.
We want to do a good job on them.
The Buffaloes, 1-2 in the Big Eight, are led by center Randy Downs and forward Alex Slivirs. After three conference games, Downs is averaging 17.2 points a game and Buffalo is averaging 16.3 Slivirs leads in the rebounding department with 12.4 game and is averaging 16.9 points.
Joining Stivins and Downs in the starting line-up will be Don Yowell, Tony Pruitt and Mike Reid, who scored a career high 25 points in last season's game in Boulder.
But Brown said that Kansas must win on
the road if it wants to contend for the Big Eight championship. The only road game of the conference season for the Jayhawks was a 87-76 loss to Oklahoma.
Brown said yesterday that he did not want to talk about the Michigan game because he was more concerned about the Jayhawks' conference game tomorrow.
The Jayhawks have never defeated Michigan in three previous meetings. The most recent game was played in Ann Arbor two years ago and Kangas lost 86-74.
"Against Oklahoma, we didn't do what we see out to but we hung in there," Brown said.
After the Colorado game, Kansas will travel to Ann Arbor to face the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan defeated Michigan State Thursday night 86-75.
Probable starters for the Wolverines are Richard Rellford, Butch Wade, Ray Tarpley, Antoine Joubert and Garv Grant.
Washington wants intensity at Colorado
The women's basketball team will be looking for 40 minutes of intense play in its game tomorrow afternoon with Colorado in Boulder at 3:45, head coach Marian Washington said yesterday.
Lisa VanGorost rejoined the Buffaloes after sitting out last season with a stress fracture in her left foot and missing the first pitch. She is Colorado's all-time leading scorer.
"Our first objective would be to play with intensity," she said. "One, we've got to stop VanGoor and we've got to control the boards."
"We would expect that Colorado would get stronger with VanGoor," Washington said. "Colorado has got to have more confidence
now with a fine All-American candidate in Lisa Goor.
In her first game back with the team, VanGoor scored 24 points and had nine rebounds Wednesday to lead Colorado to its first conference victory this season in a 90-83 victory over Nebraska. Colorado is now 1-2 in Bie Big Eight and 5-11 overall.
KU will most likely use the same starting position as Missouri on Wednesday, Washington said.
"They've always been known as an outside
sitting team. They are more a half-court
offense."
Stroecker, a freshman, played her best game of the season in the loss to Missouri, Washington said. She had six points, four steals, one assist and two rebounds.
Kelly Jennings, a 6-foot-5 freshman, will start at center. Vickie Adkins and Jackie Martin will start at the forward positions. At the guards will be senior Mary Myers and Sherri Stoecker.
"We just broke down again," she said.
"They certainly tried hard. I thought we just
Because the Jayhawks were outscored 10-1 in the final three minutes, the Missouri loss was very disappointing, Washington said.
made some poor decisions, hurried ourselves, and made mistakes."
With the loss, Kansas fell to 1-2 in the Big
Six. Then the Hawks and the Jayhawks
haven't given up on the season.
"They're very positive," Washington said. "What has happened is they've developed a lot faster than I thought. I believe now that they are capable of some good things down the stretch and we just got to keep working to make it happen."
Washington experimented briefly in the Missouri game by using Jennings and 6-foot-6 Philicia Allen at the same time to give Kansas a good benefit advantage. She plans to try it again against Colorado after seeing how well it worked against Missouri
"I hope to be able to go to that," she said. "It depends on what kind of defense we're playing and how well they're moving, but the explosiveness of Vickie Adkins and Jackie Bissett will advantage Jennings and Philia give us. I hope to throw a lot of different looks at them."
That height that KU can throw at opponents is one of the main concerns of Colorado head coach Ceal Barry, who also led the team to do something about KU's running game.
"We have to control their running game and we have to control inside," Harry said yesterday from Boulder. "Their inside game is just as hard." Adkins, Vickie Adams and Kelly Jennings.
"They are definitely a little deeper than we were. Our relationship is much better."
A lot of KU's offensive strategy will depend on the quickness of Colorado's guards, Washington said.
Track teams to participate in meets at MU tomorrow
"I'm hoping we can run on them," she said. "We've got size and we're getting more effective with it so I hope that with our size, we can go van Goor down and play for 40 minutes."
LeeAnn Banks, a transfer from Eastern Oklahoma State, leads Colorado this season with an average of 15.6 points and 9.9 rebounds a game.
Sports Writer
By DAVID O'BRIEN Sports Writer
The KU women will compete with Kansas
and Texas to win the Missouri State.
Southern Illinois and Missouri.
The Kansas women's track team will compete in the Missouri Invitational today, while the men's team will travel to Columbia, Mo.; tomorrow for the men's invitational
Coffey said the team had made progress this week after last weekend's Jayhawk Invitational.
"There will be a very good field of athletes in all areas," her head coach Carla Walders said yesterday.
"We've had some good practice sessions this week in all areas," she said. "And we're also getting over the flu that had been going around the team."
Coffey said the team would start preparing for the Big Eight championships soon.
"The big thing is to get everybody healthy," she said. "Some of the girls are tired now, but we'll have to work through these meet and then taper down for the Big Eight meet. We'll just take it one meet at a time."
The Kansas women will also be represented at the Nebraska Invitational pentathlon today. Ann O'Connor, Rose Wadman and Andrea Schwartz will compete in Lincoln while the rest of the team is in Columbia
Men's head coach Bob Timmons said yesterday that the men's team also had made progress.
"We're pleased," he said. "It's coming along, but there are still some possibilities for improvements. It's early in the season, and we can have an indoor season being so short, it is late."
The KU men will compete with Kansas State, Missouri, Southern Illinois and Alabama this weekend.
"There will be some good teams there this weekend," he said. "It should be a very fine competition. It's the first trip for some of our players, who haven't competed on the road yet."
With the Big Eight championships a month
shift, Timmons says the team is in good
shape.
"The attitude of the guys is excellent," he said, "and I think it's showing up in some of the things we're doing on the track. We're doing our list of national qualifiers this weekend."
Bucks beat Kings by one with last-minute bucket
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Terry Cummings sank a 19-foot jump shot from the key with 40 seconds remaining to give the Milwaukee victory factory last night over the Kansas City Kings.
Cummings finished with 34 points and teammate Mendick Sorely conferred in 28 as Milwaukee won its sixth straight game and 15 of its last 18. Otis Thorpe scored 20 to lead the
The Kings had two chances to win, but Johnson missed a 16-foot jumper with 26 seconds left and Reggie Theus came up short as the ball was that tipped in by Thorea after the buzzer.
Mike Wooden scored three baskets to lead an 8-2 Kansas City charge that put the Kings in front 115-112 with 2:46 remaining. But the Bucks answered with six straight points, including four by Cummings, to take a 118-115 lift with 1:35 left.
LaSalle Thompson sank a pair of free throws and Eddie Johnson hit a baseline jumper over the next 42 seconds to give Kansas City its final lead at 119-118. But Cummings scored on Milwaukee's next trip and Kansas City's City its seventh loss in the last eight games.
Paul Pressey also chipped in 23 points for the Central Division leading Bucks, while Steve Crawford scored a double.
In other NBA action last night:
In Denver, Dan Isnel, who earlier this week announced he would retire at the end of this season, came off the bench to thwart a New York Giants victory. Denver Nuggets held on for a 119-110 victory.
After New Jersey had reduced an 8-point deficit to 99-95, Issel hit an outside帽子. He then added two free throws to restore the 8-point lead.
Jasel contributed important points and
rebounds down the stretch, finishing with 20 points in 24 minutes.
In Salt Lake City, Johnny Davis' 15-foot jumper with eight seconds remaining lifted the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 110-109 victory over the Utah Jazz.
Trailing 109-108, Cleveland's World B. Free, who finished with 35 points, had a layup blocked by Darrell Griffith. However, Davis scored in the left corner and sank the game-winner.
The victory boosted first place, Denver,
20-7 to 13-15-game lead over idi Houston in the
Nationals' second game.
Cummings 15-28 4-14 34, Pressley 8-10
7-7 23, Lister 5-9 2-13 12, Morcief 10-15
8-10 28, Hodges 5-11 2-12 12, Fields 0-2 0-0
Grevey 0-7 0-0 0, Mokeski 2-3 1-2 5,
Davis 1-6 0-0 2, Breuer 2-4 0-0 4. Totals
48-95 2-4 28 120.
Uttah's final chance went awry when Rickey Green momentarily lost contol of the ball and was then forced to take an injury to the knee and hit the back of the rump and bounced away.
Johnson 7-15 2-1 18, Olberding 5-9 7-17,
17, Thompson 2-4 4-4 8, Woods 7-17 6-8
Theus 8-15 0-1 0, Drew 6-13 4-14,
Thorpe 9-12 4-6 22, Meriwether 1-0 0-1,
McNamara 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 45-88 27-31
194
Adrian Dantley paced Utah with 29 points, Griffith had 25, Thurl Baillie 21 and Green 17
MILWAUKEE (120)
KANSAS CITY (119)
Milwaukee ... 37 24 32 27/120
Kansas City ... 30 33 27 29/119
Three-point goals/Johnson 2 Fouled out/None. Total fouls/Milwaukee 26, Kansas City 24. Rebounds/Milwaukee 40 (Cummings, Hodges 9), Kansas City 47 (Thorpe 9), Assists / Milwaukee 32 (Hodges 9), Kansas City 30 (Theus 11). Technical/Olberding. A/6,228.
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James Kiser, Shawnee freshman and a member of the KU Union. The team travels to Jefferson City, Mo., this weekend bowling team, practices at the Jay Bowl in the Kansas for a tournament featuring collegiate teams.
Bowlers to face top-ranked teams
By SUE KONNIK
Sports Writer
KU coach Mike Fine said that when the tournament was over, he expected his KU team to win.
Ten Midwest teams will travel to Missouri to compete in the tournament. Sixth-ranked
The Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska Face to Face Conference tournament tomorrow in Jefferson City. Mo., will feature some of the nation's top-ranked bowling teams.
"We've already beaten Nebraska in a conference match and if we bowel the way we have been bowling and are capable of bowing, we can beat them again." Fine said.
"On any given day we can match any team," Walcott said. "If we play well Saturday this will establish some credibility for us."
The men's and women's team currently are both ranked third in the Kansas-Nebraska conference. Leading the men's team in Saturday's tournament at Westgate Lanes will be Wes Walcott, Columbia, Mo., sophomore with a 191 team-high average.
Team captain Jim Mack, Kailus, Hawaii senior, said the team held up when well up against tough competition, but didn't perform well when playing weaker teams.
The women's top bowler is Jan Weisel, St.
Louis senior. Weissel's 174 average ranks fifth in the conference.
"Jan is by far our most consistent bowler and I can't see any more," said "She adds a lot of stability to the team."
Although Weisel is in her final year at KU, he has another season of eligibility and will graduate next fall.
The men's team, competing in the National
Collegiate Match Play Championship last
Friday, will play at No. 2 at Basketball
Oklahoma City.
Mike Brennan, Kansas City, Kan. junior,
and Mack are the only members returning
"We've gotten a lot of new guys and they have really been improving," Walcott said. "We'll be the team to contend with next year."
Rangers' pitcher arrested in Los Angeles
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Texas Rangers pitcher Dave Stewart was arrested this week for allegedly having sex with a transvestite institute on Skid Row, police said yesterday.
The arrest, on charges of participating in an act of "bewd conduct," was the second in the area this month of a well-known athlete. Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses was arrested Jan. 13 in Hollywood after he was positioned an undercover female officer.
Police said Stewart, 27, of Grand Prairie,
Texas, and Elson Tyler, 27, of Los Angeles,
also known as Lucille, were arrested in the
car's early Wednesday in a downtown alley.
"Mr. Stewart said he was unaware that Tyler was a male until after the arrest," Police Cmdr. William Booth said. "That was his statement and we have reason to believe him."
Booth, the department's chief spokesman,
said Stewart, the divorced father of two
daughters, did not list his occupation on the arrest report.
Jim Small, a spokesman for the Rangers, confirmed the arrest but declined further
"We have no comment." Dodgers
"Shook Stone Breener said. 'He's a Texas
Rangers player.'"
Stewart pitched for the Dodgers from
Washington and he was traded to Texas for
Hickok.
P police said Stewart was in his car near a Skid Row intersection about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when vice officers noticed a prostitute canvassing the area.
Central Division Area Capt. Bill Wedgworth said Stewart represented the Dodgers at the division's Christmas party for underprivileged youths in 1982, passing out and giving out baseball cards and giving the teenagers talk "about law enforcement and obedience."
The officers said they saw Stewart motion to the prostitute, who entered the car after a short conversation. Stewart allegedly drove into the alley and was arrested a few minutes later.
Vice officers refused to give details of the incident.
Booth said Tyler, who is 6-foot 3, listed his occupation as an unemployed laborer.
Stewart was released on his own recognition and was ordered to appear in Division 81 of Municipal Court Feb. 6.
Moses, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge of soliciting an act of prostitution for a minor child, was acquitted.
Stewart made headlines last year when he admitted knowing Dodger teammate Steve Howe was using cocaine while pitching and hit a home run against him when he was snorting it in the bullpen.
In March 1984, Stewart told reporters he knew about Hoe's coke use during the 1982 season and would sometimes cover for him or shield him from view when he was
"I just did it because a friend asked me to do it." Stewart said.
"When your children are in trouble, you still protect them from the police if you can. I knew if he was caught, he would get in trouble."