University Daily Kansan, June 22, 1984 SPORTS Page 10 The University Daily KANSAN Sehon plays hand in fate of young players By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Editor People who stopped by Quigley Field this past spring to watch the Kansas Jayhawk baseball team may have noticed a stocky man with a wide, rugged-looking face sitting behind home plate. He wore a brown polo cap and light blue leather jacket and scribbled notes down on yellow three by five cards as he watched the game. Players came to him because they knew he was a trained observer of the game. They also knew that if they wanted to play baseball professionally, a large part of their future was in this man's hands. Occasionally he would bring out a radar gun to gauge a pitcher's speed. Between games of a double-header, players would stop by and ask for advice on a particular point of hitting, and he would His name is Russ Sehon, and for the past 25 years it has been his business to watch high school and college players and appraise their major league potential. Since 1976, he's worked as a full-time scout for the New York Yankee organization, and before that he worked for the New York Mets. "After you've been scouting awhile, it almost seems like you can determine a player's ability the minute he gets off the bus." Sehon said. "Frequently, when I'm at the ballpark, it'll be an hour and a half before a game and I'll have eliminated x number of ball players as prospects before the game even starts." Joe Heeney, who finished his baseball career at KU this spring, recently found out how helpful Suelen, a Lecompont native and a KU graduate, can be in advancing a player's career. Heeney was passed by in this year's free agent draft of amateur players two weeks ago, despite being drafted a year ago by the Texas Rangers. But Heeney found him a spot on the Yankees rookie league farm club in Santo Domingo, Fla. He has been busy the past two weeks signing players that he is scouted and that the Yankees drafted and trying to find spots for players who have played well for him in the hopes of getting on Yankee farm club. "It's like harvest time for the farmers," Sebon said of the post-draft period. That Heeney didn't get drafted wasn't a surprise to Sehon, who said that few players who turn down an offer after being drafted initially are drafted again, especially those who are drafted after their junior year in college but decide to return for their senior season. "I talked with Marty (KU baseball coach Marty Pattin), about this." Sehon said. "The thing is that the coaches encourage them to stay because it helps their team. But it doesn't help the players because all they do is get better at what they do wrong. We think they need to be with them when they're 18 than when they're 21." One player who defied the odds was Clay Christiansen, a former KU pitcher. He was drafted in the 29th round of the June draft by the New York Mets after his junior year in 1978. He decided to come back for his senior year for KU, but then was declared academically ineligible. Sehon convinced the Yankees to draft Christiansen in the 1979 June draft despite the fact that he hadn't pitched competitively for a year. Christiansen, in his sixth year of pro ball, was called up by the Yankees this May after starting the year at their Tri-A club in Columbus, Ohio. High school graduates, junior college players and players at four-year colleges who have finished their junior season or have turned 21 are eligible for the June free-agent draft. Although Sehon doesn't overlow any player at the games he watches, the players listed as major prospects for the coming draft by the Major League Scouting Bureau are the ones that he coveted. Sehon has a book of Bureau scouting reports of the major prospects in his area, which is made up of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Iowa. He later adds his own reports on those players to the book. This is part of the process of cross checking, in which players are rated at different times and by different groups. Bureau are the ones that he concentrates on. The Bureau is a centralized service that employs its own personnel to perform tasks and subscribe to its purpose is to cut down on the time and money needed by individual clubs to spot players. Included in the scouting reports are grades for the player in several different categories, ranging from the basic tools — such as hitting ability, running speed and strength — to the skills of basketball instinct, dedication, and emotional maturity. "We grade on the major league average and not on whom a player plays against," Sehon said. "I go by tools, but by performance. I watch a game differently from the fan in the stands who's pulling for his or her team, but the guy who goes to 5 for a better than the guy who goes to 64 because he might have a better cut at the ball." Sehon's scouting season begins in January and February, when he sends out about 200 letters with stamped, self addressed envelopes to the colleges and high schools in his area, requesting their baseball **teams'** schedules. From those schedules, he makes up his own schedule of what games and players he wants Four or five times during the spring, Sehon sends in a summary list of the area prospects, ranking him in his order of preference. He sends in a final list just before the draft. Of those who sign, Sehon said, only 12 to 15 eventually make it to the major leagues. Besides Christiansen, two other Schon signees, both pitchers, are now in the major leagues — Niel Allen of Texas. Sebon said that about 900 players were drafted by the 26 major league clubs each year in the June draft. Of those, about half will be signed and assigned to a minor league club in a rookie league or short-season Sehon had to convince Allen, who was drafted out of Bishop Ward High School in Kansas City in 1976, to turn down a football scholarship from Kansas State and sign with the Mets, whom Sehon was working for He said a rule that had just been passed by the NCAA, allowing professional athletes to compete on the intercollegiate level in a sport different from the one they are a professional in, helped change Allen's "I told him, 'You're smart enough to know in two years whether or not you'll be good enough in baseball, and you still will be young enough to start in with football.'" Sehon said "His father nodded his son." Son, I think you'd be smart to go into baseball right now. Of course he making only $400,000 a year now Now that the minor league restores have been filled and the players have been signed, Schon will turn to scouting the Triple A American Association, looking for the Yankees might want to trade for or purchase. Sehon, who coached KU in baseball in 1948, began scouting after finishing a 5-year career as a minor league player in the Boston Braves' and Pittsburgh Pirates' organizations. He took over for Tom Greenway, who signed Mickey Mantle, as the Yankee scout in this area when Yankee owner George Steinbrenner decided to upgrade the scouting department. NEW YORK YANKEES FREE AGENT REPORT BOTTOM LEFT: A blank copy of scouting report form used by Yankee scouts. Sehon collects information each time he sees a player perform to arrive at a consensus grade for the player in each category. The Yankee scouting director then uses reports from several scouts who have also seen the prospect, to decide which players to pick during the June free agent draft of amateur players. RATING KEY 8. Outstanding Hitting Ability (ARG) ☐ XXX Power (HRIS) ☐ XXX 9. Very Good Running Speed ☐ XXX 10. Above Average Ball Toss ☐ 11. Below Average Arm Strength ☐ 12. Well Below Average Accuracy ☐ 13. Poor Fielding ☐ 14. Range Basket Instinct 15. Use One Grade Grade On Major Aggressiveness 16. League Standards Pitch Situation Oppend Fielding PRESENTATION NON-PITCHERS Hitting Ability (ARG) ☐ XXX HRIS) ☐ XXX PRESENTATION Fast Ball ☐ Curve ☐ PRESENTATION Change of Place ☐ Slider ☐ Knuckle Ball ☐ Other ☐ PRESENTATION Ball Instinct Aggressiveness PRESENTATION Action USE WORD DESCRIPTION Habit ☐ Dedication Aptitude Privilege Phys Majority Emol Moality Married Date eligible Scout's helping hand keeps KU ballplayer on baseball diamond When Joe Heeney, the shortstop on this year's Kansas baseball team, was bypassed in baseball's amateur free-agent draft two weeks ago, he was left temporarily knashing his teeth over what might have 4 was really disappointed, he said. "A lot of things were running through my mind, like maybe I'd messed up by coming back for my senior year instead of going into pro ball after I'd been drilled my junior year. It always been my dream to play pro ball and I believed that I might never get a chance to play again. Heeney's worms were eased when he received a call from Russ Sehon, a New York Yankee scout who lives in Lawrence, who said that there was an open spot for Heeney on the Yankees' club at Bassarafan, Paul* in the Toolkit Club Coasts league Heeyen said he had contacted two other major league clubs but had been told that their minor league rosters were full. AFTER TURNING DOWN an offer last year from the Texas Rangers, who drafted him in a low round, Henney betted .377 with ten home runs and 38 RBI in 48 games his senior season, and also set a single game KU record for home runs with three against Kansas State. A four year starter, he finished as KU's career leader in at bats, runs and hits, and finished second in batting. Heeney said he had been working at second and third base at Sarasota, where he and his teammates. 31 in all, were preparing for the start of the season. He said two people compete at the positions he was playing. "I think they really want to give everybody about the same amount of playing time." he said. Sehon had Heeney on a list of area players "desired as organizational or fill-in players." With Heeney's name, Sehon had written "hard-nosed, quiet, but productive on the college level, a non-draft candidate for Oneonta (Yankee Class A farm club in the New York-Pennsylvania League)" ALTHOUGH PLAYERS WHO ARE not drafted carefully make it to the major leagues, a player such as Dan Queenberry of Kansas City, who was picked up as a center, has been one of the nine College in California, proved that it can happen. The signing of Heeney brings to seven the number of former KU players in pro ball, two of whom, Clay Christiansen and Steve Jeltz, have made it to the major leagues. Stiff competition awaits Carl Henry By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Editor The odds are against Carl Henry playing in the National Basketball Association with the Kansas City team he's prepared to give it his best shot. Henry, the leading scorer on this year's Kansas basketball team that went 22-10 and advanced to the NCAA tournament, was drafted in the fourth round of the NBA draft Tuesday. All 10 Kansas City draft picks, plus all free安全的免签，will attend the camp in Kansas City. The camp's top 12 players will be sent, along with all free安全的免签，play in the Southern California Summer Pro League at San Diego July 15-28. He will be batting returning Kings Reggie Thee, Mike Woodson and Billy Knight, third-round pick Roosevelt Chapman of Dayton, for one of the off-guard spots on the Kings squad. "You know I'll be working," said Henry, who'll be trying to whip himself into shape between now and then, the start of the Kings rookie camp. Henry, who played forward this year, said that he did not expect to have trouble making the adjustment to guard in the NBA because he was playing at a lower level. He said ballhandling was the part of his game that needed the most work. "He needs to get stronger, because the NBA's much more physical," KU head coach Larry Brown said. "He needs to improve his ball handling, and he needs to learn how to play man-to-man defense. "But everybody needs to improve between college and the NBA, and I'm confident Carl can do what is necessary to improve." Brown said. "That involves hard work that Carl needs to improve upon, he can do it." Carl Henrv Brown said that Henry could make the NBA if a team would stick with him and allow him to develop. "I think that's why it's a nice thing that they send teams out to San Diego," he said. "It gives the players some time to prove themselves." "Couch Brown was saying that I had a chance to go in the middle of the second round, he said." I thought well at the tryout camp in Chicago. Henry said he expected to be picked earlier than the fourth round. "I told Carl that if you weren't drafted in the top 30 then it basically didn't matter where you were picked," Brown said. "I told hmif he just played his game he'll have a good shot at making it. Lewis rolls to 3rd win at U.S. trials LOS ANGELES — Carl Lewis won his chance to chase Jesse Owens by taking the men's 200-meter final, but Evelyn Ashford's courageous attempt to ignore her hamstring injury and qualify in the women's 200 ended in a tearful withdrawal yesterday at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. In other final results, two American records fell, Judi Brown of East Lansing, Mich., improved her mark in the women's 400-meter hurdles while Mike Tully completed the pole vault standard at 19-0 $ _{3} $ . Antonio M c c K a y captured the men's 400 dash, the dav's only other final. By United Press International Lewis powered to victory in 19.86 seconds in the 202 final, taking the lead from the start and holding off Kirk Baptiste of Beaumont, Texas, and Thomas Jefferson of Cleveland. Tully, who had owned the American pole vault record for a short time earlier this season at 18-11, got it back with a flair for the dramatic. When he cleared $19-0\frac{3}{4}$ on his second try, he passed Doug Lytle of Kansas City, Kan., to win the trials. Brown rallied in the stretch to pass Angela Wright and win in 54.93, slicing 0.06 off the record she set 12 days ago. McKay, a Georgia Tech sophomore who set a world indoor 400 record this year, sped to victory in 44.71, fastest time in the world this year. SPORTS ALMANAC 8. beat 1, 1. Randy Givens, Amityville, N.Y., 22.91. 1. Wendy Vereen, Trenton, N.J., 20.65. 1. Michael Boudreau, Auburn, W. Virginia 38 beat one, 1. Florence Rhee, Los Angeles, 20.6; Alex Roca, San Jose, Diane Dionne, Brooklyn, N. Y, 23.3; 4. Gervasei McCraw, Diamond Rall, Calif. 25.81, 5. Diana Miller, Oakland, N. Y, 23.7; 6. Katherine Czajkowski, Cleveland, 22.87 2nd heat — 1. Valerie Brisco Hooks, Los Angeles - 7. Marissa Kidman, Los Angeles - 2. Geraldine Silliman, Los Angeles - 23 49. 4. Lashon Needl, Dallas - 35. 5. Zelda Graf, San Diego - 26. 8. Trevion, TN. N.J. = 26. 5. Merrick Johnson, Trenton, N.J. = 26. 5. 1st heat 8,9,10,12,14,16,17,19,21 lst heat 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,16,17,19 mar. Marshalah, Marmalah, Hasselspur, N.Y. N.Y. Marshalah, Hasselspur, N.Y. Denna Denna, Tacoma, Wash. 29, 61 D. Kinga D. Kinga, Tacoma, Wash. 29, 61 D. Kinga Spring, Md. 29, 35, 76. M. Kinga, Detroit, Detroit, Md. 29, 35, 76. M. Kinga, Detroit, Detroit, Md. 2nd heat 1. Chandra Cheesebread Jacksonville 23.20, 1. Vatican Toronto 24.50, 2. Hamlin Texas, Texas 26.80, Dona Donna Tacoma Texas 27.32, 6. Jamaica Indiana Moss, Mizzou 27.33, 6. Jamaica Indiana Moss, Mizzou Track and Field Results U. S. Olympic Trials At Los Angeles, June 21 Women's 200, first round 3rd heat — 1, Chandra Cheesebrow, Jacksonville, Fla. 2.24, 9. Mary Bolden, Hamlin, Texas. 2.44, 14. Diane Dixon, Broken Bay, Florida. 2.45, 16. Misty Heyward, 2.36, 6.5. Janet Davis, Indiana, Miss. 2.33, 8. Lila Hopkins, Chicago. 2.34, 7. Tammy Henderson, Morgantown, W. Va. 2.45, 4. 16. Teri 1st beat - 1. Danette Young, Jacksonville Bats, Pam Marshall, Hardwood Hawks, 24:36 6. Lorenzo Davis, Texas Tempi Sagiri, Pearland, Texas, 24:50 did not start. Igarashi Peterson, Diane Willey Jacobs Men's discus, qualifying J. John Powell, Sacramento. Calif. 217-5. 2 Bryant, San Diego. Calif. 217-5. Plackett State, Beauregard. Feb. 20-3. 4 Artur, San Jose. Calif. 215-5. Marcos Gordon, Santa Barbara, Calif. 216-9. 6 Greg McGovern, Tulsa. Calif. 217-5. 7. Judd Bibley, Bullies Beach, Calif., 103-8. 8. McCalla, Quincy, U.S.A., 103-8. 9. Hardy, 103-8. 10. Hardy, Heisler, Warand, Inc., 102-2. 11. Scott Lodquist, Kansas City, Mo., 100-10. 12. Jay Kawer, 13, Art Mcdermott, Medford, Mass., 10-7-14 lance Deal, Casper, Wye., 190-4, 19. Art Swarts, 100 hurdles 1. Jadi Ibrahim Ocaca, Fla. 53.39, M孝 94.92, Angela Wright, Ocala, Fla. 53.33, 3. Sharrafez Barkadai, Hariman, Teen. 4. Riley Bentley, Loveland, Lleo魅 MSanate, McAfee, L. 55.66, 6. Edna Brown, Philadelphia, 56.70, 7. Robin Marks, Portland 56.66, 8. Picper Brensman, Gameville, Fla. 1, Antonio McKay, Atlanta, 44.71, 2 Lonan Babies, Montgomery, Ala. 44.86, 3 Sunder Nixon, Chicago, 45.14, 15 Armstead, St. Louis 45.25, 5 Walter McIlroy, Daytona Beach, Fla. 45.16 6 Bradley, Atlanta, 45.19, 15 Armstead Rowe, Bylahia, Miss. 45.87, 8 Whitlock, Beastacall, Boston, 45.88 outdataseq, N.J. J., 189-7. *16, Paul Bender* Baffel, Buffer Calf, J., 17 Jim McGordunack- me, 16. 10, *18* Paul Bishop, Southeast, Calif. *153-0* Rick Meyer, Superior, Neb. *104-6* Men's 200, semifinals in a chest beat, I first 5 in each heat and next two fastest advance) 2nd heat - I, Mary Decker, Egenee, Oversee, 10 C. 18.2 Calybucci, Hartford, Hattiesb. 8.58 922 Dunniehoffer, Kent, M., McDonald, D. Dunniehoffer, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. 8.59 35. Berkley, S. W., Wickman, M., Maggie Reyes, San Rafael, Calif., 8.58 50.7 Lynn Nelson, Temple, Amherst 8.58 50.7 John Nean, John Nean, John Nean Charlotte, N.C. 6.16 32.10 Deborah Pahn, Fabu. 18 heat - 1, Cindy Premiere, Madison, Wis. 8-85-31 1 Nathan Hamer, Dillon, 9-82-31. 3 4. Patty Winner, Montreau, Colorado, 6-59-1. 5 7. Kaitlyn Brennan, Golden Valley, 6-59-1. 6 8. Cati Twomey, Golden Valley, Minnesota, 8-59-8. 7 Melty Springs, Bradenton, Film, 9-01-8. 8 9. Kelsey Walker, Madison, Wisconsin, Hayden Eugene, Gwenn, 9-01-4. 10. Maureen 1. Mike Tully, Encinco, Calif., 19-10 (American record, old record 19-10 by Earl Bell, 1881). 2. Dugley Lyle, Kansas City, Kan., 19-10 (American record, old record 19-10 by Dave Kempner, Marina del Rey, Calif., Joe Dial Moraki, Oak, Bruny Purcell, Merkel Clemens, Oleander, Texas, Greg Goeppe, 18-1, 18-4 (The Dae Jenkins, Texas, Greg Goeppe, Long Beach, Calif., 17-5 No Stuffenfield, Jeff Buckingham, Staubfeld AMERICAN LEAGUE California 36 15 523 2 Chicago 13 14 134 2 Denver 11 14 485 2 Seattle 13 17 474 4 Oakland 13 17 474 4 Tennessee 13 17 409 4 Texas 31 10 349 3 Washington 31 10 349 3 East W. I. Pct. GH Detroit 49 18 731 Toronto 42 24 657 Ralstonville 30 24 665 Boston 31 36 463 New York 30 37 447 Milwaukee 30 37 447 Ottawa 30 37 590 New York 5, Baltim Toronto 5, Boston 2 Friday Games Toronto (Clancy 6-6) at Boston (Clemens 2-1) 6:35 p.m. Cleveland 7, Minnesota 0 Milwaukee 4, Detroit 3 New York 5, Baltimore 3 Milwaukee (DieCure 1.2) at Detroit (Hotemax 3-4), 6:35 p.m. | | | | :--- | :--- | | (Ozeraima 3.0) - 6.35 p.m. | | | New York | (Hassmussen 1-2) at | New York New Haven Baltimore Flanagan 6.5) 7:0 p.m. Kansas City (Leibrandt 2-1) at [Ozawa 30; 4) : 6.5 p.m. New York (Rasmussen 1:2) at Baltimore (Flanagan 6:5), 7 to 9 p.m. Kansas City (Lenght 1:2), 2:17 at Kansas City Leibbrandt 2-1) at California (Witt 5-7), 7-20 p.m. Chicago (Hannister 4-6) at Minnesota (Hodge 3-2; 7-3 p.m.) at Oakland (Hodge 3-2) 7. 35 p.m. Texas (Mason 4-4) at Oakland Texas (Mason 4-4) at Oakland (McCatty 3-5) at 9:35 p.m. (mc, cntly 33), w (p, p) (mc, cntly 33), w (p, p) (mc, cntly 33), w (p, p) (at, seattle (Vuigelberg), (vancouver), (vancouver), (vancouver) Major League Leaders Batting National League Gwynn, SD 64 247 49 175 65 747 Princeton, MtL 58 214 18 74 74 367 Brendy, SF 57 169 15 45 35 223 Ramirez, Ari 61 260 35 223 Chapman, CJ 61 260 35 223 Hayes, Phil 56 189 30 60 31 172 Brooks, NY 62 221 24 31 61 312 Derner, Chi 59 204 36 85 69 307 Cardinal, Chi 64 204 36 85 69 307 Sandberg, Chi 64 267 39 107 g ab | a | r | h | pcl Wintfield, NY | g 12 | a | r | h | Mattingly, NY | g 42 | 34 | 7 | 39 Bell, Tor | g 42 | 39 | 7 | 39 Upshaw, Tor | g 42 | 34 | 7 | 39 Trammel, Tor | g 62 | 28 | 6 | 35 O'Drien, Bet | g 62 | 28 | 6 | 35 Easler, Bas | g 62 | 28 | 7 | 37 Easler, Bas | g 62 | 28 | 7 | 37 Murray, Hall | g 42 | 34 | 7 | 31 National League - Murphy, All and Schmidt, Phil 15, Carter, Mtl 13, Durham, Chi and Marshall LA 12 American League - Kingman, Oak 19, Armas, Boss 17, Kittle, Chi 16, Davis, Sea and Murray, Balt 14. --- 1