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University Daily Kansan, January 22, 1985
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NEWS BRIEFS
Jets hire former KU adviser
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Bud Carson, recognized as one of professional football's best defensive strategists, yesterday was backfield coach of the New York Jets.
Carson, 52, replaces Joe Gardi, who resigned two weeks ago.
Carson had not coached in the last year, but served as a voluntary adviser for the University of Kansas. He viewed films and crowds of Hawks concentrating on defensive strategy.
Carson last coached with the Kansas City Chiefs and has appeared as a coach in nine playoffs, including three Super Bowl II teams. He was a coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowls IX and X and with the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIX.
"We feel good about getting a man of Bud's experience and quality," said Jets' head coach Joe Walton. "He has been the defensive coordinator in nine playoff seasons, including three Super Bowl, so he shows he is a quality coach who has done it."
"He's from western Pennsylvania like myself, and we've known and coached against each other for many years. He's an excellent strategist. I like his philosopher's way of thinking that gets after people like the famous Steel Curtain of the Steeler Super Bowl years."
Carson coached with the Steelers and left them to go to the Rams. He went to the Baltimore Colts in 1982, then moved to Kansas City in 1983.
Rangers fire Brooks as coach
NEW YORK — Herb Brooks, who never achieved the success of his gold-medal winning Olympic hockey team, was fired Monday as head coach of the struggling New York Rangers and replaced by general manager Craig Patrick.
Patrick, who coached the Rangers during the 1980-81 season before moving to the front office, will again assume head coaching duties.
The Rangers are 15-22-8 this year and have battled to stay out of the Patrick Dibble division.
"We feel that today's change is in the best interests of the team," Patrick said in a statement. "This is no reflection on the team, but it is no coach and will be successful in the future."
A Rangers' spokesman said Patrick would coach 'for at least the remainder of
Hamilton honored for courage
The players were notified of the change yesterday at the club's training center in Rye, N.Y. Patrick also said center Robbie Fiorek would become a player-coach.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Scott Hamilton, who began skating as a child as therapy for a near-fatal intestinal disease and went on to dominate the sport, Monday night was named Most Courageous Athlete of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.
Hamilton, who won the Olympic figure skating gold medal last year at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was honored by the association at its 81st annual awards dinner.
Hamilton, 26, of Denver, was afflicted at the age of 5 with an intestinal disorder diagnosed as Schwachman's syndrome. The disease prevented his body from absorbing nutrients from foods, leaving him unable to himself to death. He also stopped growing.
For four years Hamilton was in and out of hospitals and received different diagnosis.
"They put me on a lot of diets but they all basically starved me to death," he said. "I went to a lot of hospitals and took a lot of medicine." But the limit on the limits I could eat. I remember they were still feeding me through a nose tube when I was 9."
BYU's Edwards Coach of Year
OKLAHOMA CITY — Brigham Young University head coach LaVell Edwards was a runaway winner of 1984 Coach of the Year honors yesterday in balloting by members of the Football Writers Association of America.
Edwards, 54, whose 1984 Cougars swept undefeated through a 13-game schedule enroute to BYU's first national championship, amassed 125 of the 737 votes cast.
Seven other coaches received significant support in the annual balloting, but none did.
Jim Wacker of Texas Christian University, UPI's Coach of the Year, edged Joe Morrison of South Carolina, 35-34, for second place. Don James of Washington garnered 31 votes, Jim Young of Army 26, Galen Hall of Florida 24, Jack Bicknell of Boston College 20 and George Welsh of Virginia 15.
Oklahoma State's Pat Jones got eight votes and Gerry Claiborne of Kentucky and Tom Osborne of Nebraska each had seven.
Edwards, the association's 28th Coach of the Year, has compiled a 118-37-1 record during 14 years at BYU and guided the team to a 50-39-6 victory once championship the past nine seasons.
Promoter charged in tax case
PHILDELPIHA — A federal grand jury Monday indicted a sports promoter for allegedly helping 47 people, including a former Flyers coach and two Philadelphia Eagles players, to prepare false federal income tax returns.
The indictment charges that Mark Stewart, 42, of Atlantic City, N.J., sold tax shelters to 47 investors, who underreported their income by at least $2.8 and underreported their federal taxes by at least $1.3 million during 1980 and 1981.
Kings apply for move to Sacremento
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo — Team officials for the Kansas City Kings said yesterday the club had filed an application with the National Basketball Association to relocate the franchise next season in Sacramento, Calif.
Kings' president and general manager Joe Axelson said the decision was final and invreavable and that Kansas City's only hope would be through league expansion.
"This team is not for sale," he said. "By making our announcement at this time, we are clearing the decks for (city officials and area businessmen) to concentrate their efforts toward obtaining an expansion team."
Earlier yesterday, a city group headed by Mayor Richard Berkley reported that the mayor and two councilmen would meet Friday with NBA vice president Russell Granik to discuss the city's future with the NBA.
But councilman Frank Palermo, a member of that group, said the city would not give up the Kings without a fight and that it would possibly seek legal counsel on how to retain
Axelson had no comment on Palermo's statement.
"We are following league rules to the letter and we fully expect this application to be accepted. We do not foresee the league denying this application. We feel the Kings will be playing basketball next season in Sacramento." Axelson said.
Axelson said that, although city officials had recently made efforts to improve the lease situation at Kemper Arena, "income and attendance problems clearly override the provisions provision overtures." He added that the Kings' ticket prices were the lowest in the league.
"Unfortunately this season we are off to one of our poorest start," Axelson said of the Western Division cellar-dwellers. "However, this decision to move the franchise is not being made solely due to the poor attendance this season."
He said the planned Kings' move out of Kansas City was based on poor past season ticket sales and "generally weak support over the years" from the city's business community.
There are more than 350 companies in
Kansas that employ employees who have
gifted Nippon tickets.
"Certainly that is their right not to buy our tickets, just as we have the right to interpret their lack of interest as a clear and very costly indication that this professional basketball team is not going to break even or become profitable in Kansas City," he said.
In a simultaneous news conference in Sacramento, team managing general partner Gregg Lukenblink said the decision to dismiss City was done with "mixed feelings."
"But this is a joyous day in Sacramento," said Lukenbich, who was joined at the news conference by a majority of the Board of Sacramento County supervisors.
"Members of the Sacramento business and political community individually and collectively are extremely excited about the future of the city," said major league franchise to our vibrant city."
Lukenbil expressed confidence that the Kings would be turning a profit in Sacramento within two seasons, based on a market of 2.3 million people within a 54-mile radius.
"Sacramento has become the 20th largest television market in the nation," he added. "Sacramento is by far the largest market in the country, without a major league team to call its own."
The possibility of a Kings' franchise move caught no one by surprise.
In past years the Kansas City team had ranked in the bottom third of NBA franchises in attendance, and when the Sacramento-based investor group purchased the team in June 1983, most fans viewed the move as inevitable despite promises to the contrary.
In October 1984, Lukenblink announced he had obtained a county building permit for an
82,000 square-foot warehouse, which could be陷入 a temporary arena with more than 10,000 seats. But at the same time he told reporters that "our commitment to the team remains the same. Our primary goal right now is to make the team succeed in Kansas City."
By January, however, even Kansas City officials were admitting a move looked inevitable.
The current lease expires June 30. It requires a base rental fee of $50,000 a year, plus 15 percent of ticket sales over $2 million and 20 percent of ticket sales over $3 million.
The city's proposed lease, according to Palermo, contained no percentage requirement on ticket sales. The proposed lease also would provide a share of concessions and an increase in parking revenue in addition to other incentives.
The Kings currently receive no concessions revenue. The club gets 29 percent of the parking revenue of all events at Kemper Arena.
Palermo also said the city would offer a $1 lease for Kemper Arena to the Kings or any team that might come to Kansas City on an expansion or transfer basis.
Fran Fisher, St. Louis sophomore, skis down Campanile Hill on cross country skis. Fisher said yesterday that she loved to ski, but that the icy conditions made it harder to stay up, so she spent much of her time on the cold ground.
Doug Ward/KANSAN
Flutie may go to USFL before end of the week
By United Press International
BOSTON — Doug Flutie might commit
theft of his attorney's phone at the
end of this week, his attorney said yesterday.
Attorney Bob Woolf met yesterday with Donald Trump, owner of the New Jersey Generals. He said by telephone from New York that no NFL team has expressed interest in the former Boston College quarterback.
"It is not beyond possibility this could be completed before the week," said Woofl.
The Generals are believed to be offering Flutie a multi-year contract in excess of $1 million a season. Woolf has said that he wants all money to be guaranteed and that Trump had not placed a deadline on the offer.
Joining Flutie, his father Richard, and Woolf in New York was former BC receiver Gerard Phelan, Flutie's roommate, best friend and recipient of the miracle pass in the 1980s, who has since has hired Woolf to represent him, but no package deal will be arranged.
"The contacts will be done individually," Woolf said.
During the meeting at Trump's office, the Generals' owner "appeared to be very
interested in signing Doug Flutie and in signing Gerard Phelan," said Woolf. "I was very encouraged with the meeting today. It appears to be another step."
Woolf said the meeting was "mostly social. We didn't really discuss contracts, just playing in the USFL and the importance of playing in New York."
On Tuesday Wooll will fly to Orlando, Fla. to continue negotiations with Jay Seltz, president of the Generals. Woolt said he would stay in Orlando Wednesday if negotiations were continuing.
If Flutie agrees to a pact with the New Jersey team, Woolf said a signing would not be immediate "because it might take three to five years before we draw it up, the contract would be so complex."
Flutie has not been involved in the negotiations, Woofl said.
"Doug is leaving it in my hands to finally tell him that the contract is fair in my opinion, and he will then make a decision at that time."
Woolf said a consideration for Flutie was that the Generals were starting training camp, and "Doug wants to earn the position. We aren't asking for a commitment on a position or playing time — may the better man win."
Pless honored at banquet
The award goes each year to the most outstanding player on the KU team.
Willie Pless received KU's 110 Percent Award at the annual football banquet, held Saturday night in the Kansas Union.
Pless helped lead the Jayhawks to a 5-6 overall record and a 4-3 finish in the Big Eight. The 6-4, 210-pound junior from Aniston, Ala., led the Big Eight in tackles and earned all-conference honors following the season.
At the were four other awards presented at
the banquet, which was attended by about 400
fans.
Lynn Williams, Carson, Calif., junior, was
named the most outstanding offensive back while Wayne Ziegler, Nickerson, Kan. sophomore, was named the top defensive back.
The outstanding linemen awards went to Bennie Simecka, Delia, Kan. sen., on offense and Phil Forte, Raytown, Mo., sophomore; on defense.
Head coach Mike Gottfried also announced the team captains for the 1985 season.
Pless, a 1984 captain, will be joined by tight End Sylvester Byrd, quarterback Mike Norse and wide receiver Skip Peete. Norse will have a fifth captain would be named in the fall.
Turnovers plague Jayhawks and Tigers
By MIKE BRENNAN
Sports Writer
The Kansas Jayhawks are not as worried about the Missouri Tigers as they are about themselves.
Head coach Larry Brown said yesterday that Kansas had to get back to its style of play tonight against the Tigers at Allen Field House. The game, which has been a sellout for almost a month, starts at 8:10 p.m. and will be televised by Sports Time, a midwestern cable channel not available in Lawrence.
Calvin Thompson, KU's 6-foot 6-guard,
said that in order to win against Missouri,
the Jayhawks needed to come out ready to play,
cut down on turnovers and rebound better.
"We don't worry about the opponent so much," Thompson said, "We need to take care.
Kansas, 1-1 in the Big Eight, has committed 290 turnovers this season. But Brown said turnovers would not be a problem if they occurred when the team was making
Brown agreed and said that the Jayhawks also needed to play unselfishly to get back on the winning track.
"I've always coached teams that turn over the ball a lot," Brown said. "Part of that comes from playing unselfishly and I can deal with that."
The Tigers have also had trouble in the turnover department, committing 288 in 17 games. Turnovers proved to be a key factor in their loss to Iowa State.
Missouri grabbed the lead in the second half of that game but started throwing the ball back to Washington.
the turnovers to defeat the Tigers for only the second time in their last 19 trips to Columbia. Mo. That victory also gave Iowa State the only road victory in the Big Eight this season.
Missouri head coach Norm Stewart said that he hoped his team would be able to bounce back after the disappointing defeat to Iowa State.
"We're coming off of a tough loss."
Stewart said. "Being able to pick ourselves up will be a key. We've had a little bit of everything. We just make a lot of mistakes."
Kansas ranks second in the Big Eight for rebounds, averaging 37.9 a game, but the Jayhawks rank seventh in rebound percentage with a 50.7 mark.
Cutting down turnovers is not Brown's only concern. The Jayhawks have also had
Missouri and Kansas have both lost to Oklahoma, but the Tigers have fared a little better in the rebounding department. Missouri has a 51.3 rebound percentage but averages only 29.5 rebounds a game.
But beating the Jayhawks on the boards will be a tough assignment, Stewart said.
"They have a lot of size," he said. "We just don't have the size to match up with Manning and Dreiling."
Another area that concerns Brown is the tendency of his team to get into early foul trouble, which has caused Brown to substitute many players and produce many combinations.
seconds into the second half. Mark Pellock, who substitutes for Manning and Greg Dreling, came in and played with Chris Broussard in a situation that hasn't been used much by Brown.
Greg Cavener
Saturday, for example, Danny Manning picked up his third and fourth fours just 38
Kansas, who wants to get back to that style of play, will have to do it against a Missouri team. "It's not easy," he said.
"We need to stay out of foul trouble so maybe we can get more aggressive as the game goes on." Dreiling said.
And according to Dreiling, who also has had problems with fools this season, keeping out of foul trouble would help the Jayhawks late in the game.
the start of the Big Eight season. The Tigers have lost their last two games.
Missouri's standout center, Greg Cavener, has been held to a total of 25 points in the two conference games. But Brown said he did not think that stopping Cavener was the key to a victory over the Tigers.
"I think they've got more than just Cavenger," Brown said. "They've got a good starting five."
Dreiling also said he thought that stymeing Caverner would not give the Jayhawks a victory.
"Stopping one guy, as we proved in Oklahoma, doesn't mean much." Dreiling said. "We have to start taking responsibility for our own man. At halftime we will take a look at who's scoring and point a finger at that man."
Malcom Thomas has been starting as a forward and is averaging 17.4 points a game this season. Derrick Chievous, who also plays guard, and Dan Bingenheimer have switched off for the other forward position. Guard Jeff Borden and his other starter, averaging 61.1 points a game.
Stewart said that it would be interesting to see how his team plays before a full house, away from home.
"I tell you, it's a tough assignment." Stewart said. "They are all improved - players like Thompson, Kellogg and Turgeon womcomers like Manning. It's going to be tough."