SPORTS
The University Daily KANSAN April 26, 1984 Page 16
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Owens to join Brown for KU basketball camp
By GREG DAMMAN Sports Writer
Imagine yourself in Allen Field House on a sweltering July day watching a group of young summer basketball campers hone their skills. On one side of the court an awkward-looking boy is shooting air ball after air
KU basketball coach Larry Brown approaches the boy from one side, telling him to keep his eyes on the rim. Standing on the other side of the boy is former KU coach Ted Owens, who also offers a few encouraging words.
Sound unlikely?
Until last week it would have been highly unlikely because Brown and Owens planned to conduct separate summer basketball camps in Lawrence But because of the difficulties many families had with their girls and ties to Brown and KU and their ties to Owens, the two men decided to combine their camps
"I just thought it would be best for the kids." Brown said. "I didn't think it was fair to the families that had been fed and loyalties to the University."
Owens, who has conducted a camp annually for 17 years, said, "It just expedites things as far as facilities are concerned. I think it will be great for
the kids. Quite frankly, it will give me a chance to develop and develop a relationship with him.
Enrollment for Brown's camp was about 750 last week and was expected to exceed 900, but Owens' enrollment was considerably less. Brown said that Owens' low enrollment was not the only factor the two decided to combine the camps.
The camps were originally organized so that Brown would use University facilities and Owens would use the basketball courts at Lawrence High School. Now, campers will use both facilities. Brown wanted his campers to stay at Jayhawk Towers, but chose Naishtm Hall because of a back door had planned to house his campers in Naishtm but for a different reason.
"He had 150, if that many," Brown said. "But that's not the point. We both wanted to make the best camp possible."
"We like Naismith because it's a very secure building." Neswain said. "We feel that we can control who goes in and out. And the food has been great."
David May, general manager of Naismith Hall, said, "I really think the food is what attracts the coaches. Athletes in training need good food."
Some of the biggest costs in running this camp are rent, food and staff cost.
coaches, area high school coaches and former Jayhawk players. Los Angeles Lakers guard Magic Johnson, who had a commitment to appear at Owens' camp, will also be there. The time of his arrival depends upon how the Lakers fare in the National Basketball Association playoffs.
The camp consists of four one-week sessions, with each session costing $190 — the same amount Brown and Owens charged before combining camps. Brown said the cost of running the camp was high.
"Each kid is a big expense," he said.
"We give most of the kids a basketball, a T-shirt and a picture, and then we fly over the staff, advertising and insurance."
"That's the most overestimated figure." Owens said. "It's not even in the ballpark. It's greatly exaggerated."
Owens reportedly made $40,000 a summer in past years, a figure that both he and Brown said was not accurate.
Owens' KU coaching contract, which pays him $40,000 a year, will be honored until July 1. He now works for the Kansas City, Mo., brokerage firm of Dean Gleason. After spending the college basketball season announcing Pac-10 conference games.
Although his coaching career at KU ended about a year ago, Owen said he
still felt close to the University.
"You can't be in a place 23 years and not feel close to it." be said.
Brown, who received $57,000 for his first year at KU, said, "I don't worry about making money. I want to have a good camp. We didn't raise the price this year. If you have a good camp you'll be successful financially.
"It's an opportunity for the coaches to supplement their salaries. I want to help."
KU assistant coach John Calipari, co-director of the camp, said, "You don't make as much as everyone thinks you do. We want us for a way to supplement our salaries."
Besides increasing coaching salaries, the camps are also used as recruiting aid.
"This is a great recruiting tool for us." Brown said. "It's an opportunity for us to sell KU and for the alumni to send their kids to the school."
Calipari said, "Indirectly, every university does it. Every school in the country has a kid they want to come to their camp. We use it to help recruit students. We have 800 to 900 kids here over the summer, and them having a good experience here will help the University."
Owens agreed and said that he had indeed had some of his campers play
"Over the years we've had quite a
few campers who ultimately attended the university — Ken Koenigs and Clint Johnson are just an example of two." Owens said. "We've had a lot of outstanding players come from far away. Robert Parish (now playing for the Boston Celtics) came all the way from Louisiana."
KU center Greg Dreiling attended
Owens' camp while in high school.
"I really enjoyed it," Dreling said. The coaching staff was really interested in the topic.
One KU signee who has spent plenty of time in basketball camps is Lawrence High School's Danny Manning, Ed Manning, Danny's father and KU assistant, said, "Danny went to camp all the time.
Manning's coach this year at Lawrence High, Ted Junune, will be a member of the staff this year, but said he would be looking forward to draw many Lawrence High players.
Juneau said that some players would rather go to camp outside of Lawrence and that others simply couldn't afford to go to camp.
Owens' and Brown's basketball camp is not the only sports camp that will be held in Lawrence this summer. Football, track, cross country, women's basketball, tennis and golf have camps, with prices ranging from $225 a week for the tennis camp to $150 a week for the track camp.
Emporia State sweeps KU; Heeney's hitting stays hot
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
The Kansas baseball team was stung by the Emporia State home-field advantage as the Hornets beat the Tigers 7-6 and Jiayhaws yesterday, 7-6 and 16-11.
Emporia State. 31-10 this season, is 22-0 at home. KU, 23-21 overall and 4-10 in the Big Eight Conference, concludes its regular season with a pair of double-headers against 15th-ranked Oklahoma State Saturday and Sunday in Stillwater.
Joe Heeney continued to swing a hot bat for the Jayhawks, going four for seven for the day, with two homers and three RBI. He is 17 for 22 with seven homers in the last six games and one home run nine homers for the year. He is now tied with Dick Lewallen for the KU career lead in base hits.
The Jayhawks made use of the 30 mph wind, which was blowing straight out to center field, hitting eight homers in the two games.
Heiney's first homer came with Chuck Christenson on base in the third inning of the first game. Hugh Stanfield also hit a homer that innings, and Bill Yelton drove in Dan Christie with a double, giving KU a
In the fifth inning, doubles by Christenson and Christie gave KU a 5-2 lead after Emporia State had scored a run in the fourth. The Hornets cut the lead to 5-4 with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.
KU added to its lead in the sixth when Todd Schweitger singed, went to second on Mike Ingram's fielder's choice and scored on Nick Zych's
Hosman gave up all seven Hornet runs, five of them earned. He gave up in hits and walked four batters, and was relieved by Jon Steiner in the sixth.
The Hornets scored three runs in the sixth off KU starter and loser Drew Hosman, 2.2, and the Jayhawks were unable to score in the seventh, giving Emporia State the victory.
Emporia State outfit the Jayhawks 11-9, and didn't make any errors. KU had four errors.
In the second game, KU starter John Quinn walked the first four batters he faced before giving way to John Heeney. The first batter Heeney played, Jim Wood, sent his first pitch over the fence for a grand-slam home run, giving the Hornets a 5-0 lead.
KU tied the game with a five-run second inning. After Schweigert doubled, Scott Jones drove him in with his first home run of the season. Stanfield, after walking and stealing second, scored on Christenson's third inning with his fifth home run of the season, which brought in Christenson.
Emporia State responded with four runs in the bottom of the second off Heineman, 2.4, who got the loss. KU put together two runnings in the fourth and fifth, tying the score again.
Heeney and Thomson hit consecutive home runs in the fourth, the second time they have done so this season. Jones tied the score in the fifth with his second homer of the game, after Ingram had singled.
Emporia State dealt the crushing blow with a seven-run fifth inning. The Hornets scored four runs off Heeney and two more off Steiner
Remembering seasons gone by
The year in sports at KU has been an interesting one to say the least. As a sports writer, I've had a chance to be there at every important step. The experience has been unforgettable.
"I'll remember the first time I met Mike Gottfried, and from the first day, he was as candid as possible. No KU student who is a sport fan should leave the camp and be Gottfried. Even the "big time" writers have been won over by the Gottfried charm.
"I'll remember the seniors on the football team who provided the leadership on the field and were equally analyzing the game they had just played.
I'll remember the most touching moment of the year when Frank Seurer led the Jayhawks into the Los Angeles Coliseum to upset USC. Seurer, whose father was tragically murdered weeks before the season, marched the Jayhawks up and down the field. In the locker room, Seurer mentioned his father, which brought a lump to the throats of many.
I'll remember Gottfried, who I thought was one of the most stable individuals I'd ever met, losing his wife and her child when he disagreed with the referees.
I'll remember that we won four games in football, and each one came over a team that KU fans wanted to beat desperately. It set the tone for the big playoff season by helping go undefeated against K-State, Missouri and Wichita State.
"I'll remember what I considered the quote of the year by offensive tackle Renwick Atkins about teammates Reggie Smith and E.J. Jones, all Chicago natives. "I'll miss all these guys. Except for Reggie and E.J. We'll probably end up in the bread line together."
TlI remember the sigh of relief the KU Athletic Department let out when the limited probation was announced by the NCAA.
a running tally of how many times Brown was asked about: 1) leaving; or 2) hiring a truck driver who had an驾驶证. Naturally, he got a little tired of both.
"I'll remember the most amazing question that I heard all year. A writer asked Brown after the Wake Forest game if Danny Manning was quicker to hit a pass. To Brown's credit, he suppressed a laugh and answered the guy's question.
I'll remember Brown being honest if
I'll remember that I should have kept
he was treated honestly. Although he was upset that the story became public, he didn't try to hide anything about his involvement with Katzman concerning Cedric Hunter.
I'll remember writing my first column and having Calvin Thompson looking for me afterward because I said he might be transferring. Calvin made sure that he was here to stay. Crystal clear. He had an understanding after that.
"I'll remember Thompson's 30-footer that sent the Oklahoma game into overtime and Allen Field House into pandemonium. I'll remember the punishment after being punished by KJHK's Ray Cunningham after that shot.
"I'll remember Carl Henry always being there at the end of a game when KU needed him. The most vivid picture was when he beat K-State with one of his teams, like Iverson. He did the same thing against Alcorn State and Nebraska in Lincoln. I'll also remember Henry as a man with few words — very few."
I'll remember Mark Turgeon telling me I looked like Tom Alfaro and my thinking that this munchkin should get taken off before he tries to be a comedian.
I'll remember how superstitious Brown was. Not only was he wearing his own good-luck clothes, but he had the assistants decked out also. I'll also remember his loving relationships with Norm Stewart and Billy Tubbs.
"I'll remember when KU beat Oklahoma in the final of the Big Eight Conference Post-Season Tournament after the Sooners had egged the KU crowd into the ughest sports scene of all time when OU came to Allen Field Houses.
I'll remember Tubbs, the man everyone in the conference loved to hate. I always wonder if that car accident was really the reason he acted as if he were insane. I'll also remember that I was saying that if you won, you had classy.
"I'll remember Mike Wolf becoming the Big Eight's premier tennis player as a freshman. The thing I'll remember most is the way he could not put out any effort and still beat the No. 1 guy from K-State 6-1, 6-1.
I'll remember that this wasn't the
kauai that it didn't rain at the KU
Relai.
Tl remember all the times Gottfried talked about the KU season as a novel, all the times Brown called a player special, and all the times tennis coach Scott Perealman said the word unbelievable.
I'll remember Doug Vance, Dick O'Connor and Barb Zeff helping immeasurably in getting out information.
I'll remember Andy Hartley, whose editing helped my writing immensely. I'll also remember Jeff Taylor who covered the Missouri football game to cover the Missouri football game.
The year has ended along with my career as a Kansas sport writer. It has been a great year.
KU women finish 3rd in tennis
By JEFF CRAVENS
Sports Editor
Sports Editor
The KU women's tennis team got four second-place finishes in the Big Eight Conference tennis championships yesterday, but they were not enough to overcome Oklahoma for second place in the overall conference race.
Oklahoma State won the title with 111 total points. OU finished second with 84 followed by the Jayhawks with 75, Nebraska with 69, Iowa State with 42, Colorado with 38 and Kansas State with 22.
The men's championships begin today at the Woodside Racquet Club in Westwood KU will be battling with Oklahoma for second place on the tournament schedule, expected to be crowned the men's champion. The finals will be tomorrow.
"We had a chance for second," KU coach Scott Perelman said of the women. "We won almost all of the games, but we didn't win, but we didn't have any great wins."
Three Jayhawk singles players reached the finals, each losing to an Oklahoma State player and taking second place Barbara Inman lost to Mary Boudreaux 6-4, 6-1 in No. 2 singles Christine Carr lost to Rohona Howlett 6-3, 6-2 in No. 4 and Debbie Coleman lost to Sue Murphy in No. 6
In No. 3 singles, Cindy Bregnain defeated Joy Pennington of Iowa State 63- 63 to take third place. Laura Runnels, KU's No. 1 player, defeated Elaine Kostopoulos of Iowa State 62- 64 to take fifth in No. 1 singles. Janelle Bolen beat Kim Black of Kansas State 62- 64 for fifth in No. 5 singles.
Bolen, Bregin and Inman are all freshmen and were playing in the
"A lot of our performance had to do with the fact that we are so young." Perelman said. "For three girls, it was tough for me to play a tournament. I thought we learned a lot."
The No. 3 doubles team of Bregin and Steffanie Dicke beat Lisa Brooks and Jean Halahan of Nebraska before falling to Anastasia Petrovic and Mowery of Oklahoma State in the finals to finish second.
Parr and Inman lost twice to take fourth at No. 2 doubles. Runnels and Bolen beat Black and Judy Miller of Kansas State before losing to Sue Mobed and Pennington of Iowa State to finish sixth in the No. 1 doubles.
"We have to ask where we are compared to where we were." Perelman said. "This year we finished two places better than we did last year. Last year our point total was 40. This year's is 39, and more matches this season. But we won't be happy until we have the crown."
JAYHAWK NOTES — In the men's pairings announced last night, Mike Wolf was seeded first in the No 1 singles. Charles Steurms got the second seed in No 4 singles and the other four in No 5 singles. He seeded third in their respective divisions.
Woll and Michael Center got the second seed in No. 1 doubles. Jim Syrett and Stearns also were seeded second in No. 2 doubles and the team of Scott Alexander and Franco Cacopoli were seeded fourth in No. 3 doubles.
Manning proud of trials performance
By PHIL ELLENBECKER Sports Writer
Sports Writer
When Danny Manning hits the floor for the University of Kansas in November, he'll do so knowing that he's already faced probably the best that amateur basketball in the United States has to offer.
For four days last week, Manning, a 6-foot-10 forward, was guarding the likes of Antoine Carr, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Alvin Robertson and Charles Barkley. Manning was one of 74 players, an athlete at the U.S., lying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic basketball team at the Olympic trials in Bloomington, Ind.
Just two months ago, Manning was dominating players a half foot shorter than him in the Sunflower League as a member of the Lawrence Lions, leading them to a second-place finish at the Class AA state tournament.
"It was a real good experience," Manning said. "It will help me out next year when I'm a freshman because I'll be ready for any kind of play, physical training or practice and for it because playing in the Olympic Trials was just a great experience.
Manning failed to make Friday's first cut, which reduced the number of players to 32, but left content that he had never played. He and had learned a lot in the process.
"I kind of knew why I didn't make it. It was inexperience and not being strong enough. I think if I had been a little bit stronger I could have competed a little bit better with those guys, but I think I played all right. They didn't push me around a lot. I held my own. I'm proud of my performance."
Leon Wood of California State at Fullerton, considered one of the prime point guard prospects for the Olympic team, was quoted in last week's Kansas City Star as saying, "I have to call Danny Manning the surprise of the trials. For a guy 6-10 or whatever, he can get up and down the court and handle the ball like a guard. Unbelievable."
Manning said that although U.S. Olympic head basketball coach Bobby Knight of Indiana didn't talk with the players very much, other coaches won the trials prepared Manning's performance and gave him encouragement.
"The coaches wanted to see who wanted to get on the floor and scrap for the ball, who wanted to take a charge, who wanted to catch each other down to get the ball," he said.
Knight is known as a coach who doesn't like his players to shy away from the action, and Manning said that actual play was encouraged at the trials.
Manning acknowledged that one of his bigger priorities this summer would be to reconnect with children.
"I don't know about putting on more weight," he said. "Mainly I just have to
"Everybody knew what to expect," he said. "They were all prepared for it. They know who Coach Knight is, he's a disciplinarian. If you don't do it his way, you don't do it anybody's way because you're gone."
"I thought that he didn't show his real self because the people at the trials
"You knew that somebody was watching you no matter what you were doing," Manning said. "You had to push yourself and hustle all the time. It didn't make me nervous. It was just going to camps in the summer-time."
were basically just a bunch of all-stars,
I don't know if he used as much discipline as he wanted to use, but I think as the U.S. team gets closer and closer to the Olympics, the real Coach Knight will show himself."
Manning and the other players at the trials were under the scrutinizing eyes of Knight, who watched from a tower above the man-man Olympic Selection Committee.
Knight put the Olympic hopefuls through three practices a day. Morning and afternoon practices were devoted to drills and scrimmages, and games were played at night. Manning worked at all three positions.
Manning came to the trials after playing with fellow freshmen recruits in McDonald's high school all-star team in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
"At the McDonald's games everybody was easygoading and they were there just to have a good time, while at the trials everybody had a job to do and knew what they had to do," he said. "There was fun, but there was tension always because everybody was trying for the same spot."
With the demands of the all-star games and the trials, Manning has hardly had time to rest since the end of the Lawrence High season. He has a chance to play for a Junior Olympic team that will be touring Russia this summer, but he isn't too sure that he wants to go.
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Lawrence High senior and KU signee Danny Manning, left, participates in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Bloomington, Ind., as U.S. coach Bobby Knight surveys the action atop his scaffold along with assistant Don Donoher. Manning, who didn't survive the first cut, was one of only two high school seniors invited to try out last week for the U.S. team.
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