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Wednesday, August 24, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Manning is only KU athlete to qualify for Olympic team
Bv Tom Stinson
Associate sports editor
The dream of being a part of their country's Olympic team was alive for several present and for future members, but only one will get the honor of wearing the red, white and blue this September in Seoul, South Korea.
NCAA college basketball Player-of-the Year Danny Manny survived the summer-long Olympic tryouts, earning a spot on the John Thompson-coached squad.
This summer, the former Kansar player started in all five exhibition games against professionals in scoring in one of these games.
No other Jayhawks made it through the Olympic trials.
In track, 1988 Kansas graduate Scott Huffman was the only one of six athletes to qualify for the finals in the July trap and field trials in
The three-time All-American placed 10th in the pole vault at 18 feet. He was the highest-placing collegian in the vault.
Kansas pole vaulters Patt Man-
son and Chris Bohanan failed to
make 17 feet, 7.4 inches, the qualifying
height for the finals.
Junior Vince Labosky and former Kansas trackman Ron Bahm qualified for the javelin semifinals, but failed to place in the top 12 and advance to the finals. Labosky earned 16th, and Bahm finished 24th.
Smith placed 19th in the 400-meter individual medial; Trammel placed 22nd in the 100-meter individual lateral in the 200-meter backstroke.
Kansas graduate Ray Mitchell placed 20th in the long jump, and also failed to make the final.
None of the three qualified for the finals.
In swimming, Seniors Barbara Ann Smith and Glenn Trammel, and 1988 graduate Todd Neugent trained this summer in Lawrence in preparation for swimming trials earlier this month in Austin.
Neugent, whose brother Ron was a 1980 Olympian, competed in the 200-meter breast stroke.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said.
KU pale-vaultor Scott Huffman failed to qualify for the Olympic Games.
"Barbara Ann was real pleased. She did real well.
200, he just wasnt I feeling well, and in the 100 he was right on pace for the first 75 meters and just lost it in the last 25.
"Glenn was disappointed. It's hard to say what happened. In the
AUBURN, Ala. — For two years, Reggie Skee on the sidelines while Jeff Burger led aduern to 19 victories and a Southeastern Conference championship. Now it is Slack's turn.
The Associated Press
Auburn turns to new man
"It's been awhile since I got the attention I'm getting now, and if it feels good," said Slack, a junior quarterback who will start for the Tigers this season. "Last year, everything depended on Jeff."
It appeared Slack might take over the Adronte offense last year after she won the bid to a university committee for alleged plagiarism. But a school official overturned it.
Another preseason cloud is hanging over the Tigers this year.
the father of highly recruited prep
star Charlie Dare has accrued Coach
Dale Pty of offer to ensure Dare's
academic eligibility if signed with
Burger completed a school-record 66.7 percent of his passes last season, leading the Tigers to a 9-12 record. He scored 50 goals in 73 years, and a No. 7 national ranking.
Dye has denied the charges, but both the school and the SEC are reportedly investigating. Dare, a defensive intensive tackle, faced with Alabama
and a NO. 1 national game.
Slack started one game, comple-
t
ing 11 of 17 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' 30-7 victory over Mississippi State. Although he lacks Burger's experience, Slack has more speed and quickness than his predecessor.
"A defense's worst nightmare is a quarterback who can run or run." Slack said. "I believe I can do both."
"He's got great speed, he'd got a great arm." Dye said. "He's got no limitations, but he's got to go out and do it on Saturday."
The Auburn coach is hoping his running backs will take some of the pressure off Slack, but there's no Joe Jackson or Brent Bullwool in the
"We don't have a game breakback," Dye said. "I like our running backs, but we do not have one who can go all the way."
The No. 1 tailback is 6-foot 3, 206-pound sophomore Stacy Daney, who led Auburn in rushing with 408 yards last season although he didn't become a starter until the seventh game.
Dye's other major concern is linebacker, anchored the last two years of college, but she also inside and Audrey Bruece outside. The Atlanta Falcons made Bruce the first N.C. Steel to win a Super Bowl.
"You cannot have a good defense unless you're solid at linebacker," Dve said.
Trainer William, all AN-SEC selection, caught 32 passes last season for 600 yards and six touchdowns, and he was the leading receiver in 1984 and 1985, and Alexander Wright averaged almost three times each season to lead the team.
Tracy Racker, a finalist for the Lombardi Trophy as the nation's top defensive lineman, returns for his senior season after missing the final three games last year with a knee injury that required surgery.
Rocken Statwalt, who filled in when Rocker was injured, and nose guard Benji Roland, a two-year starter, also are back.
Junior playericker Wint Lyle made 15 of 19 field goals attempt in 1987, and punter Brian Shulman was third in the SEC with a 40.7 average.
Dye sees plenty of talent and depth at wide receiver and along the defensive line and in the kicking game.
Dye said his team had the talent to repeat as SEC champion, but he's worried about the schedule.
Harris no longer on Kansas roster
"I'm excited about the season and I'm excited about this football team." he said. "But I think if you look at the schedule, all of the teams supposed to be contested we have about as long a schedule as any."
By a Kansan reporter
Keith Harris' career as a basketball player at the University of Kansas ended August 10 when it was announced that Jayhawk coach Roy Williams had Harris' name deleted from the pre-season media guide.
Harris and Williams later had a meeting after Williams was hired as coach to evaluate Harris' status on the team. Williams gave Harris terms on which he could return to the team, but Harris elected not to do so.
Harris originally was kicked off the team before Williams took over as Kansas coach on July 8. No reason was given for Harris dismissal.
Harris, a 6-foot-6 junior-to-be averaged 3.1 points and 2.6 rebounds a game during the 1987-88 season.
On Aug. 10, Harris was ordered to pay fines and court costs totaling $175
on two charges stemming from municipal violations in Lawrence.
Harris was fined $150 in Lawrence Municipal Court after pleading no contest to an amended charge, and charged with the speeding violation was charged after city prosecutor Nadine MartinezOriginal reckless driving charge
Harris also pleaded no contest to a charge of failure to comply with a traffic citation. A $25 fine was assessed on that charge.
The failure to comply charge was filenamed after he failed to appear in municipal court and was dismissed by Martinez dismissed a charge of illegal parking on the city right-of-way that was pending against Harris, who had been convicted by Lawrence attorney Scott Bouch.
Sports Briefs
NIGHT WITH ROY? "Late,
Night With Larry Brown," may be an impossibility at Kansas on October 15, but the Jayhawks will start basketball practice at 12:01 a.m.
"Late Night With Roy" doesn't have the same ring to it as "Late Night With Larry," but we will do it anyway. " said first year Kansas Missouri. "Maybe the students can have a contest to pick a better name for it."
BRANCH ACQUISTED: Former Kansas basketball player Marvin Branch was acquitted of two charges related to the 11 by a Douglas County jury.
It took the seven men and five women on the jury 40 minutes to clear Branch, 23, of any wrongdoing in connection with the case. Checks taken last summer from the Wagon Wheel Case, 507 West 14th Street.
Bingham will serve as Olympic baseball coach
By Tom Stinson
Associate sports editor
Kansas baseball coach Dave Bingham keeps jumping at the chance to represent his country.
Dongman is an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic baseball team this summer, the same position he held in the 1984 Games.
This is the eighth international competition Bingham has coached in, beginning with the 1979 Friendship Series.
"The (the Olympic coaches and the United States Baseball Federation) have asked me to do it, so Ive been an each one topping his second year at Kansas. 'It's been an each one tops the other type of thing. Each one has been wonderful. Each one is a new opportunity. Each time a way is expected on a yearly basis."
Bingham originally was asked to be an assistant coach for the 1995 series team. He also served as a member of the ISBF. As a former president of the NAIA Coaches Association, Smith had met and worked with Bingham. Also, Bingham was named the State coach.
Bingham served as an assistant
coach in 1981 for the World Games and Intercontinental Gold medalists; as an assistant coach for the 1983 Friendship School of the Olympic silver medalists; as head coach for the 1984 World Baseball Championships bronze medals; and as an assistant coach for the Intercontinental Cup silver medals.
The 1988 Olympic coach, Mark Marquess, coach of the 1988 national champion Stanford Cardinal, asked Bingham to assist on this year's Olympic team while he was still at Emporia State.
"It could have been a good political chance for have an NAIA coach on the staff," Bingham said. "But I don't know if Mark picked it that way. Initially they liked representatives at all levels."
Bingham began his duties with the Olympic team at the tryouts in Milton, Team, on June 14. He played the gold game June 16 in Milton and will compete through September 29, the day after the gold medal game in Seoul, South Korea.
Marquest could not be reached for comment.
Being involved with his country's team is special for Bingham, but the time spent away from his family is difficult.
"My number one concern is the time away from my family," the father of two said. "It's going to be hard to find a spare wife and kids for that length of time."
"This is the seventh time and she (my wife Jane) has really been great about holding things together and doing everything I do. She all credit the all."
His wife said, "It's been different each time. This is the first time he's actually going to be gone. That's going to be really different."
"The hardest part will be when he goes overseas. It's harder to stay in contact then. But I guess I have to try to be a mother and try to be a mother and a father."
against Meramec (Mo.) Community College.
Another concern of Bingham's is the time away from his collegiate duties, mainly next year's recruiting.
Longham said the late dates for the Olympic games will not affect the Jayhawks too much in the fall because they can start the regulation 26-week season than usual. Kansas' first fall game is Oct. 2
The added recruiting burden placed on his assistant coaches is his biggest worry.
"I don't think it will be too bad," said Bingham, whose Jawahrows finished 25-34, last in the Big Eight last spring.
"Recruiting in the summer was for next year. It put a lot of pressure on our assistant coaches this summer, though."
Kansas assistant coach Wilson Kiler the added recruited load driver him and Kansas' other assistant. Lee Cunningham the national exposure Bingham receim
Bingham said the summer was an ideal time to spend on a national team, which raises national awareness of the Kansas program.
"We need a national type name, a national type program," Bingham said. "Essentially we need to start with the coach."
"This is an ideal time to do it." tougher for other coaches who have national-caliber teachers to leave their programs than me leaving because we're building right now. The next step is to quit sending the coach and
start sending the players, to get players of that caliber at KU."
The toughest competition in the Games will be from countries that don't send college players to the Olympics, countries for which Olympic ballplayers' average 26 to 27 years old.
Bingham said Japan would be the country to beat for the gold. Also, the United States, Taiwan and Korea are meant to be playing in the medal round.
The top four teams after preliminary competition will compete in the medal round.
The Olympic team is 25 in exhibition games this summer, going 2-3 against Japan. The team has swept Japan and won the tournament against Korea. The United States is 2-4 against Cuba, which would be favored for two weeks if it not for its loss.
"Most teams are more mature, older and their national team is Canada." But Cunas's average age is 27 years. Japan's average age is 16 to 27. They have a lot of international experience here, but they're not as seasoned, here, but they're not as seasoned.
he said the Oriental teams play with strong discipline and respect, like their family background. In England they team are marched and undisciplined.
Comparing a country's value system and its lifestyle with its style of play is one of the most interesting international competition, Bunham said.
"It notally to get a player to bunt (on a Latin team)." Bingham said. "It's not macho. All the players want to be star." It is sometimes hard for players in teams where everybody does their little role. They don't have any stars,
hate it. Yes. You have
"The United States gets a little of
both. We allow both to take place,
and that's the American lifestyle."
But, just being able to represent the United States and its lifestyle along these borders in tournaments still doesn't match the excitement of the greatest sporting event in history.
"One of the greatest thrills of my life is to be a part of one of the national teams. Outside of seeing my two own children born, I can't think of anything more exciting than being on the field in Los Angeles in 1844."
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