Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 21, 1989
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White Sox hurt KC's ambitions
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ivan Calderon and Ozzie Guillen drove in two runs each as the Chicago White Sox chased All-Star Mark Gubicza with a six-run second inning last night and handed the Kansas City Royals a damaging 7-2 defeat.
The loss, combined with first-place Oakland's victory at Cleveland, dropped the Royals to 4½ games behind in the American League West with 10 to play. The Royals have lost five of seven.
Melido Perez, a former Royale, improved to 11-13 with his fourth straight victory. He gave up six hits, struck out nine and walked two in beating Kansas City for the second time without a loss this season.
Gubicza, 15-11, had begun experiencing soreness in his chest on Sept. 12. He leads the majors with 37 starts and was one of them left after throwing just 30 pitches.
Gubicza was lifted after walking Robin Ventura with the bases loaded and no outs in the second. He was
eventually charged with four runs on two hits and three walks in his shortest stint of the year.
Daryl Boston singled leading off, Steve Lyons walked and Carlos Martínez singled to load the bases.
After Gubicza walked Ventura, Gullen hit the first pitch from Steve Crawford for a two-run single. With one out, Lance Johnson walked and Calderon hit a two-run single. Carlton Fisk then lined up to shortstop Kurt Stillwell, who threw to first to try to double Calderon, but the ball hit the baserunner and Johnson scored.
The Royals got a run in the second when Stillwell doubled with two out, and Bob Boone singled.
The White Sox loaded the bases with none out in the fifth, but Crawford got Guillen to line into a double play and retired Johnson on a grounder.
Fisk hit a solo home run, his 12th,
in the ninth. Jim Eisenreich led off
the Royals' ninth with his seventh
homer.
Jose gets new number
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — "Hi, I'm Jose Canseco, and thank you for calling my hotline."
With that timeless greeting, you're introduced to the latest 900 pay-to-listen telephone service — a daily update on the life and times of the Oakland A's slugger and occasional bad boy.
"How it originally came out was, the media stuff was happening with the speeding and the guns, and people weren't getting the story from the horse's mouth." Cansceo said. "I just wanted to tell my side of the story. Every single day it's updated. It will tell you about the game, and also what happened to me that day. Like, at the time of the gun incident, I'd have said I was traveling to the hospital when a policeman stopped me, and I'd talk about all the things that happened that day."
Although the outfitter promised daily updates, yesterday afternoon Canseco was still explaining what happened Monday night.
Of course, the call isn't free.
You'll pay $2 for the first minute and $1 for each additional minute. There are 4½ minutes of Canseco's wettered, and it costs $5 for the wettered.
The total tab to hear it all, depending on the length of the game discussion, will be about $10.
Thousands of people a day are apparently willing to open their wallets to hear Canseco chatting about
"The phone is ringing off the hook," Jeff Borris of the Beverly Hills Sports Council said. "Thousands of people are calling The Times." Very rarely, and we're very pleased with the initial results."
speeding tickets, allegations about steroid use and his arrest for having a gun in his car. The 900 number went into service this week, and an agent for Cancceo said it was doing great.
The sports council cooked up the idea this summer, with Canseco's approval. The agent declined to discuss potential profits.
"That's not important," Borris said. "There's a whole 900-number craze going on across the country. Tell anyone to call the answering machine before they form an opinion on this idea."
Canteco's commercials for the service are appearing on ESPN, MTV and USA cable networks. He appeared dressed in white, leaning against his white Porsche 930 Cabriolet.
But folks hoping for some dirt will be disappointed. There's nothing substantial that hasn't already been said about his legal problems.
"Hi, I'm Jose Canseco," he says. "I want to speak to you, so call 1-900-234-JOSE. . . . I will give you the latest scoop on baseball and what's happening in my personal life. If you want to know if I take steroids, how fast I drive, or why I was carrying that gun, call me at 1-900-234-JOSE."
Justin Jobbins, a walk-on who has been moved to first team. goes for the ball during practice
Newest walk-on for Jayhawks advances quickly to first team
By Paula Parrish
By Paula Parrish
Kansan sportswriter
Linebackers Curtis Moore and Dan Newbrough began their careers at Kansas as walk-ons. So did place-kicker Brad Fleeman. Justin Jobbins may follow in their footsteps on his way to becoming another standout player for Kansas.
"He's on a lot of other special teams," Jobbins said. "He wanted off it because he was doing too
Jobbins, a freshman from Winchester, joined Kansas as a guard and moved up to first team last week to replace Deral Boykin on the kickoff队.
much.'
Coach Glen Mason said Jobbins had proven himself.
"more people we can get to play the better off we are." Mason said.
But Jobbins' ambitions go beyond playing on the kickoff team.
"I'm hoping we'll play in a bowl game before I'm out of here," Jobsbins said. "I'm hoping that I'll get to play some tailback and maybe contribute to the team making it into a bowl game."
Jobbins' hopes of playing tailback are not without foundation.
Jobbins played tailback his junior
and senior years at Jefferson County North High School. He lettered in football four years and in basketball three years. He was actively recruited by Benedictine, Baker and Highland Junior College. Kansas State asked him to be a walk-on.
But Jobbins decided this summer to come to Kansas and take his chances as a walk-on.
"I knew the program here," Jobbins said. "I wanted to be part of a winning program."
Jobbins helped defeat Montana State in the home opener with four tackles while on the walk-on kickoff team.
Baseball league in question
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Baseball League really exists, with incorporation papers in Delaware, an office in Manhattan and even a telephone number. But its telephone isn't in its own name.
For months, the new league has had a shadowy existence. David Lefevre, a partner at the law firm of Reid & Friest, and Richard Moss, a lawyer, have been organizing it, but have refused to acknowledge their roles.
The Baseball League Incorporated was formed Feb. 27, 1989, according to records at the Deleware secretary of state's office. The Prentice-Hall division is a division of the publishing house, is the company's registered agent.
The league has an office on the 35th floor at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, the Paine-Webber building in Manhattan. However, there is no mention of a computer system or floor's directory. It uses the offices of the Executive Office Group. Inc.
The league also has its own phone number, but New York telephone operators said there was no listing for the league. The phone was answered "TBL, Inc." by a receptionist.
Moss, the former general counsel to the Major League Baseball Players Association, was at the new league's offices yesterday. He has said repeatedly that he still had not signed a contract would be involved in the new league.
Several agents said they received a letter from Douglas Nelson, a management consultant with The Baseball League, asking to list players who were potential free agents.
Laura Siegel, a lawyer who once was an intern for the Major League Baseball Players Association, works with players at her agency. What she did, what the league was doing or even how long it had been in the offices.
Network and baseball sources indicate that the league is trying to negotiate a television contract with NBC. NBC loses the baseball contract to CBS after this season. According to sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be identified, Moss' group is asking for about $40 million per year while NBC has said it may be willing to offer $10 million to $12 million with escape clauses for low ratings.
Teams likely will be in中介.New Jersey, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami and Denver.Other possible sites include Indianapolis, New Orleans, Phoenix, Charlotte,N.C. and Columbus, Ohio, according to the anonymous sources.
Life challenges are par for her course Texas sophomore concentrates on all aspects of the golf game
Laura Myers practices her golf game four to five hours a day.
By Stacy Smith Kansan sportswriter
"I've heard that the course is tight and kind of tricky, but I think that's kind of to my advantage because I like courses like that," she said. "I think it brings out more of a challenge to play the game."
Laura Myers welcomes challenges in her life, especially those she encounters on the greens.
This weekend Myers, Missouri City, Texas, sophomore, will be challenged at the Oklahoma-Oklaima State kickoff golf classic as one of the leading golfers on the Kansas women's team.
However, at the age of 13, Myers decided to take a closer look at the game. She spent the next year improving her game and joined the golf team her sophomore year in high school. Her team won three Texas state championships while she was in high school.
Myers said she grew up surrounded by golf. Her parents were golfers, and she lived beside a golf course in Missouri City.
"My parents are both avid golfers. I used to just go out and knock the ball around with them, but I wasn't really serious." she said.
By her senior year, universities in Texas, Ohio, New Mexico and Kansas were anxious to recruit her for their varsity teams. Her final choice, however, was the University of Kansas.
"I chose to come here basically because of Coach Demo and the program," Myers said. "I also really campus and the girls on the team."
Since she joined the Kansas team, Myers said that her emphasis in the mental and physical aspects of the game had changed.
"Brad (Coach Demo) has helped
In addition to practicing four to five hours every day, Myers said she listened to positive reinforcement tapes three or four times daily. She said she now believed that 95 percent of the game was mental.
"I like the fact that it's challenging both mentally and physically," she said. "When I play, I'm playing the golf course. I don't pay attention to how the other members of my group are playing."
me realize how important the mental side is. I rely a lot more on thinking positively and relying on the psychological aspect of the game." she said.
Lisa Luigs, assistant women's golf coach, said Myers was a solid contributor to the team in every way.
"She's really improved on her mental game, but skillwise she was real strong coming in." Luigis said. "You can always count on her to try her very hardest and never, never give up, She's never satisfied."
Myers finished eighth in the New Mexico State Diet Coke Roadrunner Classic last weekend in a tournament with 12 teams competing. As a team, Kansas finished third. Myers said her best round was a 3-over-par 77.
"I played well, but I would have liked to have scored better," she said. "As a whole, we're playing really well right now. My personal goal is to finish in the top 10 in every tournament and average 76 or 77."
Myers said she was trying to balance golf time with study time, while also maintaining a social life. However, she would like to make golf a full-time activity in her life after graduation.
"If my college career goes well, I'd like to play professionally. If it doesn't, I still want to do something that involves golf.
"Needless to say, right now I don't get a whole lot of sleep. I guess it just comes down to time management," she said.
Sports briefs
As a junior, Hill averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in leading South Lakes to a 7-2 record, maintained a 3.2 grade point average.
"I just felt comfortable with Coach K and his program and felt that I could fit in there," Hill said. "Coach John Kryzewski, the Blue Devil's coach."
Hill also considered California, Georgetown, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia.
EARLY COMMITMENT: Grant Hill, a senior at South Lakes High School, Reston, Va., and the 6-foot-8 son of former National Football League star running back Calvin Hill, announced yesterday that he would play college basketball at Duke.
Hill cannot commit in writing to the Atlantic Coast Conference school until Nov. 8, the first day of the NCAA's early-signed period.
South Lakes coach Wendell Byrd said, "Hill has the ability to play on the frontline and the backline. He's very difficult to match up with because of his flexibility. He's a tremendous ballhandler, he can shoot the 3-pointer and he can take it to the basket and dunk over you."
RIDE AND DASH: Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver J.D. Hill was arrested on a theft-of-services charge late Monday in Buffalo, N.Y., for not paying a $16.45 taxi fare, police said.
Hill, 40, was arrested outside a video rental store, where he attempted to cash a check, police said.
Hill and Evans were driven to three locations before they were taken to the store, according to a complaint filed by the driver.
Patricia Evans, a 39-year-old woman who was riding with Hill, was shot and killed.
Hill reportedly told the driver he would pay the fare when he cashed the check but the cashier at the store
refused to cash it
Hill played for the Bills from 1971 to 1975 and for the Detroit Lions in 1976-77.
GIOIOSA HEARING: A federal judge is to hear arguments in Cincinnati today on whether convicted drug dealer Thomas Gioiosa, a former housemate of Pete Rose, should be released on bond.
Gioiosa, 31, was convicted last week by a jury in the court of U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel, who will conduct this morning's bond hearing. Gioiosa, formerly of New Bedford, Mass., was found guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine, failing to declare income on his 1987 federal income tax returns and conspiring to hide Rose's racetrack earnings from the federal government.
Gloiosa, a former college baseball player, faces maximum punishment of 25 years in prison and $1.5 million fines. No sentencing date has been set.
Spiegel revoked Gioliosa's $20,000 bond after hearing federal prosecutors say Gioliosa might flee or pose a danger to society. He has been in federal custody since the jury convicted him Sept. 12.
He met Rose in 1978 during the Reds' spring training in Tampa, Fla., and lived with the former player and manager at his suburban Cincinnati home from 1979 to 1984.
SVIETIES DEFEAT CALGARY:
Alexei Kasatonian and Igor Chibirey scored goals for the Central Army team as the Soviets edged the Calgary Flames 2-1 last night in Moscow, sending the NHL champions to their lone loss in the four-game series.
Paul Ranheim scored Calgary's only goal midway through the final period, but the Flames failed to score a tying goal.