University Daily Kansan / Monday, August 29. 1988
Sports Monday
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Jayhawks brew up a new recipe for offense
By Arvin Donley
Kansan sportswriter
The simplest way to describe the Kansas offense last season is to say that it was inept.
Out of 104 NCAA Division I schools, the Jayhawks finished 10th in scores and the Jayhawks scored only 18 touchdowns last season, four of them coming in first.
Kansas players and coaches think that things will be different this year. Doctors at the University of the Jayhawks believe that a new coaching staff, a change in the offensive scheme and a positive attitude toward coaching, will better offensive numbers in 1988.
Offensive coordinator Pat "Gat" Ruel said Donovan took three games last season, would be more successful in this year's multiple success.
"We're going to be better," junior backer Kelly Donald and Iouhid. "We'll learn a lot, get better, be more better. We will be able to do more things and give the defense different skills."
"He feels more comfortable with this offense, which allows him to move around more." Ruek said of the team that they don't "have it hard to run a drop-back offense."
One of the players to whom Donoho hopes to be throwing often is second-season All-Big Eight wide receiver Willie Vaughn.
Two more football players leave the team, coach says
The El Dorado native was the Jahayws' third leading rusher last season with 167 yards on 55 kicks. He returned for 20 returns with 17 for 293 yards.
By a Kansan reporter
Kansas football coach Glen Mason said Friday that two more players had left the team.
Sophomore tailback Frank Hatchett left the team Thursday. Mason said he didn't know why Hatchett out.
The Kansas City senior led the Big Eight with an average of 36.8 yards per catch, and it caught, which was 36 behind league-leader Hart Lee Dykes of Oklahoma State. In two games, Vaughn didn't have a reception, and he didn't throw a catch.
Senior linebacker Rick Clayton, who was listed No. 1 on the preseason depth chart, was ruled unable to play football again because of a congenital spine disorder. Clayton had been a student assistant. Freshman Paul Friday moved into Clayton's spot on the first team.
Hatchett was listed No. 2 at tailback on the depth chart. Freshman Tony Sands will move into the back behind tailback behind Arnold Snell.
"I think we'll get the ball upfiel to our backs and tight end more, which will open up the field for Quentin (Smith) and myself." Nussbaum said.
Jayhawk offense would be better for several reasons.
Senior Arnold Snell led the Jayhawks in rushing last season with 691 yards on 184 carries. He said the
"On this year's team, everybody's
together. Everybody's paying the
cost for every game to do better,
'not said,' I said. Also, I like
the offense because it is the multiple.
You pass and run the ball and mix it
up. It's good for both the wide receiv-
Vaughn said, "I think the conditioning is going to help us come off the ball harder. There's no team in football that is better in shape than us."
After fumbling the ball a team high eight times last season, Snell said he was working hard to correct the problem.
"It's not a lot of fun, but I know it's for the best," Donohoe said. "If it helps to win games, I'll do anything."
"I want to hold on to the ball in the year," smell said. "I had one fumble today (during Wednesday's scrimmage) and I never got out of my car. I've not go to work that on."
Early on, it looked like depth in the backfield would be a strong point for the Jayhawks in 1888. But Proposi-
al Johnson and Kelvin Johnson, and senior Darryl Terrell is out for the team with an Achilles tendon injure. Also, second队 tailback Hatchit met the team Friday.
Ruel said the offensive unit had made progress since spring practice but was not yet ready to play it's first season. It will be its season Sept. 10 against Baylor.
Another area of the offense in which depth is a concern is the offense from the loss by the loss of Bob Pieper, Jim Davis and Bryan Howard to graduation. The Jayhawks also lost senior Jairen Allen for the season because of an
Although coach Glen Mason's conditioning program is demanding, most of the Jayhawk players said it would be beneficial in the long run.
"We've got to keep the offensive line healthy," Donohoe said. "We've only got eight or nine players up front."
"We've got a long way to go before we play Bavlor." Ruel said.
1988 Kansas
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
| Date | Opponent | Site | Time* |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Sept. 10 | Baylor (Parents' Day) | Home | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sept. 17 | Auburn | Away | 6:00 p.m. |
| Sept. 24 | California-Berkeley | Away | 3:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 1 | New Mexico State (Band Day) | Home | 1:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 8 | Nebraska | Home | 1:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 15 | Colorado (Homecoming) | Home | 12:10 p.m. |
| Oct. 22 | Iowa State | Away | 1:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 29 | Oklahoma | Away | 1:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 5 | Kansas State | Home | 1:00 p.m. |
| Nov. 12 | Oklahoma State | Away | 1:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 19 | Missouri (Dad's Day) | Home | 1:00 p.m. |
*all times are Central
Kansas 1988-89
Date Opponent Location Time*
Nov. 7 Spirit Express (exhibition) Home 7:35 p.m.
Nov. 19 Soviet National Team Home 7:35 p.m.
Nov. 25-28 Great Alaskan Shootout Away
Dec. 1 Seattle Home 7:35 p.m.
Dec. 3 Loyola-Chicago Home 1:10 p.m.
Dec. 7 Pacific Lutheran Home 7:35 p.m.
Dec. 10 Temple Away Noon
Dec. 12 Northern Arizona Home 7:35 p.m.
Dec. 21 Texas Tech Away 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 29-30 BMA Tournament Away 6/8 p.m.
Jan. 3 Brown Home 7:35 p.m.
Jan. 7 Iowa State Home 3:10 p.m.
Jan. 9 Southern Methodist Home 7:35 p.m.
Jan. 12 Miami Away 6:00 p.m.
Jan. 14 Kansas State Away 1:10 p.m.
Jan. 18 Oklahoma Away 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 21 Colorado Away 8:35 p.m.
Jan. 25 Wichita State Away 7:35 p.m.
Jan. 28 Kansas State Away 3:10 p.m.
Feb. 1 Missouri Home 9:00 p.m.
Feb. 4 Nebraska Away 3:10 p.m.
Feb. 8 Oklahoma State Home 7:35 p.m.
Feb. 11 Missouri Away 3:10 p.m.
Feb. 15 Oklahoma Home 9:00 p.m.
Feb. 18 Duke Away 3:00 p.m.
Feb. 22 Iowa State Away 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 25 Colorado Away 1:10 p.m.
Mar. 1 Nebraska Home 7:35 p.m.
Mar. 4 Oklahoma State Away 1:10 p.m.
Mar. 10-12 Big Eight Tournament Kansas City TBA
Mar. 16-19 NCAA Sub-Regional TBA
Mar. 23-26 NCAA Regional TBA
Apr. 1-3 NCAA Final Four Seattle, Wa. TBA
Kansan Graphic
Recruiting blues setting in Only 2 KU basketball recruits will play this season
By Jeff Euston
Kansan staff writer
Winnning the national championship has not made recruiting any easier for the Kansas Jayhawk basket-ball team.
Three of the five men's basketball players signed by the 1988-89 team, not play in the 1988-89 season, only flew from San Juan Vashon High School in St. Louis and junior forward Freeman West of Paris (Texas) Junior College will be
The three ineligible players are junior center Omar Roland of Garden City Community College, sophomore forward Alonzo Jamison of Rancho San Jose, freshman and freshman guard Malcolm Nason also of Vassar.
Roland, who along with senior Sean Alvarado were been the only centers on the press conference roster, was the only one to participate.
Garden City coach Jim Carey said that Roland was three credit hours short of meeting eligibility requirement.
Kansan Graphic
Jamison did not meet academic eligibility requirements under the NCAA transfer rule and will redraw their diploma.
Nash was declared ineligible this summer after failing to meet the requirements of Proposition 48.
Proposition 48 is an NCAA bylaw requiring incoming freshman student-atheletes to score at least 15 on the ACT exam or 700 on the SAT exam. Student-atheletes also must have a high school grade point average of 2.0
Nash will attend Kansai this semester rather than transfer to a non-Division 1 school where he would be eligible.
Kansas assistant coach Jerry Green said the coaching staff was looking to the future instead of worrying about how the season is going.
"We obviously aren't as deep as we would be with
them, but we have do the best we can," Green said.
The coaching staff is preparing for the in-house visit period. Coaches may visit players and their families at their homes from Sept. 17 to Oct. 7. The coaches will play for players to improve Kansai's size on the front line.
"We're playing with a deak hand, in a way. We inherited the situation, and now we're concentrating on something we can control — the next recruiting class."
Alvarado and sophomore forward Mandell are the only players on the roster who are 6-foot or 8-taller.
averaged 1.6 points per game, and Randall averaged 4.5.
"I know one thing. 'No staff in America that all outwork us.' Green said. "We were behind when we went to New York."
The Jayhawks have announced their schedule for the upcoming season.
Ricky Calway, who transferred from Indiana to Kansas last spring, will not be eligible to play until next season. Under NCAA rules, Calloway must sit out the season, but he will practice with the team this season.
"It's a tough schedule." Green said. "But on the other hand, a quality team has to play the best teams." The coach said he had seen players who
Kansas will play 30 regular season games, 12 of which will be against teams that made the NCAA
Any time the hational champion finishes third in his conference, you know you'll have a tough schedule.
The Jayhawks also will participate in two regular season tournaments — the Great Alaskan Shootout in November and the BMA Holiday Classic in Kansas City in December.
Kansas will make two regular season appearances on national television, but both will be road games.
NBC will broadcast t to Kansas-Temple game Dec.
in Atlantic City, N.J. Temple finished the 187-88-
relegation game on Sunday.
CBS will carry the Kansas-Duke game from Durham, N.C. Feb. 18. Last season, Duke defeated the Jayhawks and lost to the Bucks, but Kansas avenged it by beating the Blues in semifinals of the NCAA tournament in Kansas City.
Four Kansas games, including home contests against Missouri and Oklahoma, will be televised by ESPN. ESPN also will televise additional Great Alaskan Shootout games.
Seven games will be included in the Big Eight Conference/Raycom television package.
The Jayhawks open their home schedule with an exhibition against the Spirit Express Nov. 7, and the Soviet national team will return to Kansas Nov. 19. The Nets will host the Knicks at Field House before the 1986-87 season.
Kansas will play 14 regular season games and two exhibition games at Allen Field House.
The Spirit Express is an amateur team sanctioned by the NCAA. The team has scrimmaged Kansas State and Oklahoma State in the past. The team plays out of Memphis, Teen., and is composed of amateur players.
Green said that the new coaching staff added the exhibition with the Spirit Express to give the Jay Z exhibit a fresh look.
New Williams fund director joins KU tradition
Walsh ready to take a big part in helping progress of Kansas athletic program
By Ken Winford Kansan sportswriter
While new Williams Fund Education executive director Steve Walsh will not immediately come to mind as someone who will add to that tradition, he will play a large role in KU athletics in the next decade.
Chamberlain, Sayers, Allen and Manning. They are names that have become synonyms with the tradition of KU athletics.
Walsh, 29, replaced Gary Hunter, who resigned this the summer to become athletic director at Idaho.
Walsh, who most recently served as the executive director of the Kansas Special Olympics, will start a new program with the Williams Fund on Sept. 6.
"But I'm expecting a smooth transition. The people will be working with are great. There are a lot of things happening with the program right now. I'm very excited about becoming a part of it."
"The Williams Fund is one of the top athletic scholarship programs in the nation," Walsh said. "It is an award that is not looking to radically change things. The basic goal is still to enhance the athletic aid to our student-athletes."
"I feel like its important for me to get my feet firmly planted when I
come in." Walsh said. "I'll be starting out on the system, so there will be a period that I have to learn how the fund is organized.
The Williams Fund provided more than 35 percent of the total operating budget in the athletic department last year. In that period, more than 3,400 Kansas supporters contributed to the fund.
The Williams Fund provided more than 35 percent of the total operating budget in the athletic department last year. In that period, more than 3,400 Kansas supporters contributed to the Fund.
Walsh spent the last two years in charge of development and administration of the state Special Olympics. During that time, he organized its sports training and athletic competition program.
Before working for the Special Olympics, Walsh served two years (1848-45) as the director of athletic activities at Nicholas State University at Nicholas State in Tibuodua, New York.
Walsh said he was anxious to get
back to working in an university setting.
"I had been involved with college athletics before at Nichols State," she said. "I desire there for me to get back into it. I enjoyed my time with the Special Olympics and it wasn't easy to leave. I missed the campus I fell in love with KU."
The fund itself was reorganized in 1973. First-year donations totaled to $241,000. In the past 15 years, the fund has grown considerably. Donations tapped the $2.5 million mark for the first time in 1987.
Walsh will take over a program that annually supports scholarships for more than 400 men and women student athletes.
Walsh said he was up to the challenge of heading up such a big program.
Walsh said it was important to keep a program like the Williams Fund moving forward.
"The people at KU are tremendous supportive of Kansas athletics," Walsh said. "The Williams fund has a very strong young people the chance to excel."
"Take the national championship for instance," Walsh said. "Someone would want to play for your athletic program. But it would be a mistake for us just to sit back and wait for it to happen again. That is what I do, like that and expand as you go."
Prop 48 claims tennis recruit
Kansan staff writer
By Mark McCormick Kansan staff writer
After five consecutive tournament championships, including the U.S. Amateur Nationals two weeks ago, Kansas tennis recruit Marco Carcado finally met his match in Proposition 48.
Cacapardo, one of the most highly recruited players in the nation last week, said he met the Proposition 48 requirement of 700 on the SAT. Cacapardo did meet the requirement of a 2.0 minimum high school grade point averager.
Under the Proposition's guidelines,
Cacaporo would have to sit out a year,
lose a year of eligibility and
be allowed to play or practice with
the Jahwakys.
Men's tennis coach Scott Perelman said Capecoarry may not come to Kansas, opting instead to turn professional.
"We're going to give him a few more days but, as for right now, it doesn't look good." Perelman said.
Cacapardo, from Forest Hills, N.Y., has ranked high as a sixth nationally for 18-year-olds and is one of the top curators in the nation.
Kansas won the recruiting战 for Cacopeard and signed him in April. The team also lost their do'd third SAT in June, Perelman realized he would not be eligible for
The loss of an entire year of competition will weigh heavily in Cacopardo's decision. Perelman said.
Cacapoard has the option of playing as an independent or sitting out of it. He is one of Perelman's said he hopes Cacapoard chooses the opportunities Kansas has
"It's difficult for him to sit out of competition for a year," Perelman said. "The loss of a year's eligibility doesn't bother him too much."
"It's important for him to conquer these levels, and he's doing that, the University will pick up the tab." Perelman said.
Junior Chris Walker, a member of the tennis team, said the loss of Cacapoord would be unfortunate for the Jawhaws.
"He was a good guy and a solid tennis player," Walker said. "He would have helped our squad tremendously."
Walker said Cacopardo was having to deal with the decision to concentrate too heavily on tennis.
"You can be so close minded as to focus only on tennis," Walker said. "But that's the decision he made and is saving for right now."
Perealman said Kansas' other scholarship recruit, Carles Fleming from Shaker Heights, Ohio, met the Proposition 48 guidelines.
Other recruits include: Steve Talbott and Chad Cooley of Wichita; Paul Garvin of Batavia, III; John Judisch of Iowa City, Iowa; and Kenny Robertson of Milwaukee, Wisc.
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