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Kansas outside linebacker Ron Warner was chosen in the seventh round of the NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. Warner was the 239th player selected in the 241-person draft.
Warner earned all-conference honors his senior year. An anterior cruciate ligament injury may have hurt his chance at being taken earlier.
Track and Field
Heptathlete Candy Mason qualified for the outdoor nationals June 3-6 in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Warner plans to participate in the non-contact portion of the Saints' minicamp and report with the team for preseason camp in late July.
Monday April 20,1998 Section: B Page 1
The Associated Press
Pro Basketball
New Jersey clinched its first playoff spot in four years on the final night of the NBA season.
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Kansas signs yet another guard after campus visit
By Tommy Gallagher
tgallagher@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
Kansas coach Roy Williams said that he wanted to sign another guard to the roster during the late signing period. He has added three since then.
Marlon London, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard from St. Joseph's High School in Chicago, officially signed a letter of intent with the Kansas men's basketball team Friday morning.
London became the fourth perimeter player — joining Jeff Boschee, John Crider and Luke Axtell — to sign
with the Jayhawks this year. The team will feature nine guards next season, including eight who can play shooting guard.
London said yesterday that he knew he would sign with Kansas when he visited campus last week.
"The players loved Coach Williams and the entire staff," London said. "There were no hard feelings between anyone on the team, and the campus was so accepting of the team. It was a real easy decision for me."
He expects to play in the fall but still needs to be NCAA eligible
London, who earned a 3.0 grade point average last semester, scored a 16 on the ACT, one point shy of NCAA standards. He took the test again April 5 and expects to qualify this time.
Test results could be known as early as this week, London said.
The latest Kansas signee failed to attract attention from big-time college basketball programs until a spectacular senior season, averaging 17.4 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Even then, Jayhawk coaches stayed busy recruiting another Chicago shooting guard, Dennis Gates from Whitney Young High School.
The Jayhawks started recruiting London in late January, but that had been nothing more than a general inquiry. Then a former St. Joseph's player faxed Kansas assistant coach Matt Doherty in late February, suggesting that Kansas should take a closer look at London.
Kansas assistant coach Neil Dougherty, who was in Chicago to watch Gates play, also watched London play on that trip. The Jayhawks slowly lost interest in Gates, who later signed with California, and increased recruiting efforts to sign London.
London's coach, Gene Pingatore, said the difference between London and Gates was impossible to tell.
"They're really the same player," Pingatore said. "There's nothing wrong with Dennis because he's a great player, but I guess Kansas liked Marlon better. He possessed something they did not see when they watched Dennis."
London received scholarship offers from Valparaiso and Indiana State during the early signing period, though he chose to wait and see whether his play could lure more attractive offers.
London said he would be eager to leave Chicago this summer to chase his hoop dreams.
"I'll be glad to leave and get away from everything," he said. "I just want to get away and see what it's like elsewhere. I'm glad I have a chance to leave here and pursue my dream."
BELLOW: Third baseman Sparky Wilhelm tags Missouri second baseman Torre Tyson as he slides into third base. The Tigers beat the Jayhawks 16-11 yesterday at Haglund-Maupin Stadium. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
ABOVE: Second baseman Paul Levins is congratulated by left fielder Brett Kappelmann and first baseman Randy Case after Levins scored. Photo by Jay Sheperd/KANSAN
"Eleven runs should be enough to win any game. When pitchers give up that many homers, we are throwing too many
MISSOURI 16, KANSAS 11
balls over the plate."
Bobby Randall Kansas baseball coach
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI
Nelson ss 5 3 2 1
Wilhelm 3b 5 2 1 1
Wyrick cf 5 3 3 2
Dimmick c 4 1 2 3
Case 1b 5 0 3 2
Kappelmann if 4 1 1 1
Levins 2b 4 0 0 0
Dreber rf 4 1 1 0
O'Neal dh 4 0 1 0
Weeddh 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 11410
Missison (21/17)
Tyson 2b    4 2 1 0
Fry fr/cf    3 3 1 2
Moore ss    5 2 2 4
Rallo 1b    4 2 2 1
Epstein dh    5 0 1 0
Warner pr/fr    0 1 0 0
Wilson 3b    5 1 1 0
Schwier c    5 1 3 5
Kiler lf/dh    5 2 2 2
Katselden df    2 2 1 1
Wilflong ph/lf   1 0 0 0
Totals    39 16 1415
Kansas 100 100 218—16 14 2
Missouri 200 033 300—11 14 1
LOB — Kansas 9, Missouri 3; 2B — Moore(9)
Schwieder (9), Nelson (5), Wyrick (13), Dimmick (9),
Case (6), Kappelmann (6) – Bison (2). HR
- Fry (19), Moore (11), Schwieder (5), Killer 2 (5),
Ketelsen (1), Nelson (4), SB - Fry (11), Ketelsen 2
(6), Wyrick 2 (22), Kappelmann (20), CS - Wilfong
(1). Attendance - 738.
Tigers leave paw prints on Kansas
By John Blakely Wilson
Kansan sportswriter
Missouri massacred the pine trees beyond Hoglund-Maupin Stadium's left-field fence and the Kansas baseball team with six home runs yesterday, including a game-winning grand slam in the top of
grand slam in the top of the ninth inning by catcher Nick Schwieder.
The Jayhawks (18-22)
dropped two-of-three games
to the Tigers (27-11) this
weekend, Kansas lost 14-0
Friday and 16-11 yesterday,
but it won 13-1 Saturday.
Kansas continues to play close games. The team also lost in the ninth inning Wednesday night against Wichita State. Center fielder Clint Wyrick said the team only could fight through the streak.
"Things aren’t falling our way, but I don’t want to point any fingers," Wyrick said. "We just can't give up. Things will start falling our way eventually."
Pitcher Josh Bailey allowed eight runs and the grand slam in one and one-third innings and got the loss. Head coach Bobby Randall said his pitches needed to be sharper.
"Eleven runs should be enough to win any game," Randall said. "When pitchers give up that many homers, we are throwing too many balls out over the plate."
The Jayhawks' offense kept the team in the game. Catcher Josh Dimmick hit two doubles and had three RBIs. Shortstop John Nelson led off the game with a home run for the second time this season.
Kansas lost Friday on a run rule after seven innings. The run rule states that when one team leads by at least 12 points after seven innings, the game is called. Missouri led by 14. Tiger pitcher Justin Stine struck out 12 in a shutout. Nelson was the only Kansas player to have more than one hit.
The Jayhawks turned the tables Saturday, pounding out 13 runs on 13 hits. Nelson drove in three runs, and first baseman Randy Case had three hits.
Rusty Philbrick had his best start of the season. He pitched eight innings, allowed one earned run and got the win.
Postseason hopes are small. The top six conference finishers will play in the Big 12 Conference tournament next month. The Jayhawks would need to win eight of their remaining nine games to finish the Big 12 season 12-12 and to have an outside shot at sixth place. The upcoming schedule includes games against traditional powers Texas and Texas A&M.
Randall has a short bench because of a long list of injuries. Pitcher Casey Barrett continues to nurse an arm injury; outfielder Cliff Bryson may be out for the season with a sore arm; pitcher Chad Schuster is out for the year with a knee injury; and second baseman and team batting-average leader Andy Juday has been diagnosed with mononucleosis. Juday will see a doctor early this week to determine his availability for the remaining games.
Tennis teams lose in Texas KANSAS TENNIS
The Lone Star State crushed the Kansas tennis teams' hopes for ending the regular season with a win.
The 98th-ranked team's team lost to No.17 Texas A&M in College Station, Texas on Saturday. Kansas also lost to No. 7 Texas last Thursday in Austin, Texas.
Saturday's loss was the third in a row for the Jayhawks, their longest losing streak since losing five straight in February.
The Aggies swept the Jayhawks 7-0, and Kansas dropped to 8-13 overall and 4-5 in the Big 12 Conference.
"This is one we're going to have to put behind us," coach Mark Riley said. "We are fortunate that
to redeem ourselves this coming week at the conference tournament."
The closest battle for the Jayhawks came a
No. 5 singles, where Texas A&M's Dumitr
Caradima defeated senior Trent Tucker.
After dropping the first set 6-4, Tucker won the second set 6-2. The third set went to a tiebreaker before Tucker lost 7-6 (7-4).
The 20th-ranked doubles team of senior Enrique Abaroa and junior Luis Uribe continued its impressive play this weekend. Abaroa
and Uribe defeated the Texas team, ranked 11th in the nation, of Nick Crowell and Paul Martin 8-4. They defeated the Texas A&M team, ranked 30th in the nation, of Shuon Madden and Carlos Tort 8-4.
Those hopes were dashed on Saturday by No. 38 Texas A&M in a close match that ended with Kansas losing 5-4. The team lost yesterday to No. 5 Texas 7-2.
into Texas with hopes of remaining undefeated in the Big 12.
The 13th-ranked women's tennis team headed
Kansas and Texas
A&M split the singles
matches at three apiece.
The Jayhawks could not carry the doubles.
Hunt: returned from an injury.
The No.1 doubles team of senior Christie Sim and sophomore Brooke Chiller lost a close match,98.
The only doubles win for the Jayhawks came at the No. 2 spot, where Sues and sophomore Julia Sidorova defeated Eva Marcial and Kathrvn Scott 83.
Senior Kyli Hunt made her wrong yesterday against Texas but suffered her first loss ever in conference play. She lost 7-6, 6-4 to Cristina Moros.
Boosts from below
Players from the Kansas and Northern Colorado teams grapple to clutch the ball Saturday. The Kansas women's rugby team will play again April 23 against Iowa and Springfield University at the Westwic Sports Complex. Photo by Sean Hale / KANSAN
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