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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 13, 1989
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Crew optimistic despite weather
By Andres Cavelier Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas varsity crew members were at their 6 a.m. daily practice yesterday, even though the National Public Radio morning edition weather reported that most of Kansas would be cloudy and cold.
Cloudy and cold it was, and more water was going down the Kansas River than usual because of the large amounts of rain during the past few days.
The varity crew teams will participate in four regattas this fall, including the Head of Charles in Boston.
Dan Jewett, Kansas men's coach, said that despite the bad weather, the crew was excited about the fall.
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"This should be the best lightweight varsity men's team since I started coaching Kansas three years ago," he said.
On the novice side, the crew has more than 100 new members: 67 women and 45 men. Jewett said that the number of members had grown in the past week.
Karl Brehm, men's varsity captain, said that despite the small turnout on the men's side, he expected most to remain on the team.
Jewett said some of the new novice men were tall, but overall, the men were not as big as last year's team. On the men's roster, he said he would like to have a 6-foot-4, 220 pound novice.
Both novice teams have been in
the water only once, Jewett said. For now, the teams are lifting weights, running two to three miles a day and rowing in machines at the crew house in North Lawrence, off the shore of Burcham Park.
"We're starting slow, but that's OK because we have a lot of people," he said.
Jewett, 29, said that last week he showed them how the strokes worked at the dock.
Even though the novice teams have their first regatta Sept. 30, in Lawrence against Wichita State, Kansas State, Nebraska and other schools of the region, Jewett said he was not in a hurry.
"Later this week I should be launching them and by the end of next week they should row up and down the river every afternoon," he said.
During the past week, the varsity team has rowed a lot on the machines. Jewett said.
Yesterday morning, after the first practice in the water for a week and a half, Cathy Yehlem, women's captain, said it was going to be a good year for the varsity lightweight because of their potential.
Rob Catloth, Kansas women's coach, said the women looked like a group of well-sized rowers.
At this point in the season, the women are rowing two boats of eight people and one of four when
the weather allows.
the weather. Jewett said that the goal for both men and women during the fall was to win in the Head of Chattahoochee, a three-mile head race in Atlanta.
Last year in that race, the men's lightweight team finished second after the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Flg.
Jewett said the varsity team had more returning members than
previous years. The team has two lightweight boats of eight and one heavyweight boat, he said. Last year, the team did not have a heavyweight boat.
Both varsity teams will participate this fall in four head regattas, races of two to three miles.
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Royals beat Texas with runs in ninth
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pinch hitter Pat Tabler greeted Texas reliever Kenny Rogers with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning last night, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-5 victory against the Rangers and nullifying 13 strikeouts by Nolan Ryan.
Frank White led off the ninth with a double against Ryan. Rogers, 2-4, relieved Ryan and yielded Tabler's second home run of the season on a 3-2 pitch.
Rick Luecken, 2-0, the fourth Kansas City pitcher of the game, yielded a run in the top of the ninth but learned the victory.
It was Ryan's fifth straight double-figure strikeout effort, the 17th of the season and the 19th of his career. He had beaten the Royals in three previous meetings this season. Ryan threw 160 pitches and increased his major league-leading strikeout total to 277, his highest since 1977 and the most ever after 29 starts for the 42-year-old right-hander.
Extra oara line the bank of the Kansas river.
1. Notre Dame (11) 167
2. Miami (4) 142
3. Nebraska (2) 139
4. Michigan (3) 136
5. Auburn 103
6. Clemson 71
7. Arkansas 63
8. Oklahoma 53
9. Colorado 52
10. Syracuse 17
Teams also receiving votes:
Illinois, UCLA, West Virginia, USC
Pittsburgh, Florida State, Air Force
KJHK - Kansan
The teams we played against weren't vursied-funded," Roark said. "They were mostly sports clubs at universities and city teams, which
SIZZLERSSIGN
THOMPSON: Calvin Thompson, a former basketball standout at the University of Kansas, has signed a contract to play for the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association.
Staff members from KJHK and the Kenyan voted on the selections
Thompson, a 6-7 forward from Kansas City, Kan., played last season for Salon De Provence in France, where he was No. 2 in the league in scoring with an average of 29 points per game. He previously played for the Sizzlers during the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons.
Roark played for Athletes in Action (AIA), a sports branch of the Campus Crusade Ministry, a non-governmental national organization based in Colorado.
Thompson is No. 5 on the KU all-time scoring list with 1,548 points for an 11.8 scoring average.
Roark heard about the organization through Kevin Cook, assistant basketball coach.
Sports briefs
Roark's team played 14 games in Brazil and Peru in June and July. The team went 8-1 in Brazil.
Mason said left guard Smith Holland, who has been out since mid-August with a sprained knee, would not be able to play this Saturday against Kent State. Holland participated in his first full day of practice since the injury Monday.
"FOOTBALL PRACTICES
INDOORS: Constant rains forced the Kansas football team to have its two-hour practice inside yesterday for the first time this season.
Kansas coach Glen Mason was upbeat afterward and said it was a good practice.
Bryant, who led all junior college runners last year with 1,691 yards for Golden West College, scored twice and picked up 213 yards Saturday in the Cyclones' 28-3 opener against Ohio. It was the first time in Big Eight history that a running back has made his debut with a 200-yard game.
"Kevin told me about it and I just wrote and applied," she said.
Ted Torneau, a team spokesman, said the sale was not expected to affect the Chicks' relationship with the Royals.
Punter B.J. Lohsen sat out another day of practice because of the flu.
The Chicks sale has been approved by the Southern League and the Memphis Park Commission, which oversees the team's home stadium. The new owners are expected to take over Oct. 2, the Chicks said.
Stein bought the team last year from Memphis businessman Avron Fogelman, a co-owner of the Royals.
Although the schedule was a hectic one, Roark said she enjoyed her experiences.
Kansas guard Liz Roark extended her season last year and improved her game this summer by playing in South America with a privately sponsored basketball team.
"We played about every other day," Roark said. "But it was fun getting to know girls from Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, and Houston."
"We traveled and did exhibitions with the Peruvian National team." Roark said. "Even though we lost, we played them close. And it was good competition."
"While the Chicks have been one of the most successful minor league franchises, I feel that Mike and his group are capable of taking the
Chicks to an even higher plateau," Stein said.
Roark said that AIA took teams around the world every year.
PLAYER OF WEEK: Blaise Bryant of Iowa State was named offensive player of the week in the Big Eight.
MEMPHIS CHICKS: The Memphis Chicks, the double-A Southern League farm team of the Kansas City Royals, will have new owners next month, team officials announced yesterday.
The Chicks' principal owner, Craig Stein of Reading, Pa., has reached an agreement to sell the team for an undisclosed amount of money to Mike Nicklous, a New York businessman, and his partner Richard Addeo, the Chicks said in a statement.
By Paula Parrish
Guard improves play in trip to S. America
Kansan sportswriter
The team lost all five of its games in Peru, however, against that country's future Olympic team.
kind of got paid to belong to the city and do workshops with the kids."
Randall will go anywhere to play basketball
By Dan Perkins
Kansan sportswriter
West Germany isn't China, but basketball is basketball to Kansas forward Mark Randall.
Two summers ago, Randall played on the Big Eight Conference Select Team. The team, which competed in China, was coached by Kansas State coach Lon Kruger.
This past summer Randall was a member of the U.S. men's basketball team that captured the gold medal at the World University Games in Duisburg, West Germany.
And he will go anywhere to play it.
"You've got to enjoy the game to play it," Randall said. "I'm thinking or concentrating on it year-round. I enjoy the game, but it can't be work — it has to be fun."
in mind when they left Aug. 18 for West Germany.
"I was depressed a little and ready to come home when we were in China," Randall said. "We didn't have all the luxuries."
"I was ready to come back, but we went shopping a couple of days and had fun. It was a real good time."
Randall said he was invited to try out for the team after he told KU
Having fun, though, wasn't the only thing Randall and the U.S. team had
Randall said the other key to the U.S. victories was the team's ability to run the ball up and down the field, which helped the team in the quarterfinal game against Israel.
But West Germany was different.
out teams by 30 to 40 points.
"Everyone wanted to win the gold, and we worked hard for it," Randall said.
"We switched gyms, to a smaller partei in Melbourne."
You've got to enjoy the game to play it. I'm thinking or concentrating on it year-round. I enjoy the game, but it can't be work — it has got to be fun.'
Mark Randall
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coach Roy Williams that he was interested in playing overseas.
"It helps to play against good competition," Randall said, "and the international game is setting good."
The U.S. went 3-0 in pool play with the closest game being a 128-93 victory against Brazil. The United States also beat Great Britain, 108-67, and Poland, 128-75, to advance to the quarterfinals.
"This team wasn't selfish," Randall said, "and we played well because of our unselfishness, blowing
For the gold medal, the U.S. team beat the Soviet Union, 104-79. Randall said he thought the Soviet team was
one. That made it really tough for us to run like we wanted."
"They were the biggest team there," Randall said of the West Germans. "Their average height was about 8-foot-8 or 6-9."
However, the smaller gymnasium was not a major factor and the U.S. team romped past Israel, 104-79, and defeated West Germany, 103-76, in the semifinals.
the one that was preparing for the 1992 Olympics.
Randall said both the semifinal game and the final game were played in packed gyms, but he said the gyms they played in were much smaller than Allen Field House.
"I even had some guy from Kansas come up to me and tell me he went to KU, and he asked me how I thought our team was going to be this year." Randall said.
"Most all the players on our team are used to starting, but we accepted our roles," Randall said. "With all of our talent we didn't let up."
Randall averaged 9.5 points and 3.7 rebounds each game despite averaging only 14 minutes per game coming off the bench.
"Coach K is a real good coach," Randall said. "The overall situation was pleasant, and the coaches knew what they were doing."
The team was coached by Purdue head coach Gene Keady, and the staff also included Washburn head coach Bob Chipman.
AP TOP 25 FOOTBALL POLL
1. Notre Dame (37) 1-0-0
2. Michigan (15) 0-0-0
3. Miami Ela. (5) 1-0-0
3. Miami, Fla. (5) 1-0-0
4. Nebraska (3) 1-0-0
5. Auburn 1-0-0
6. Oklahoma 2-0-0
7. Clemson 2-0-0
7. Clemson 2-0-0
8. Colorado 2-0-0
9. Arkansas 0-0-0
10. Illinois 1-0-0
11. Syracuse 1-0-0
10. Illinois 1-0-0
11. Syracuse 1-0-0
Virginia 2-0-0
12. West Virginia 2-0-0
13. Southern Cal. 0-1-0
14. Pittsburgh 2-0-0
14. Pittsburgh 2-0-0
15. Washington 1-0-0
15. Washington 10
16. Alabama 0-0-0
16. Alabama 0-0-0
17. Tennessee 2-0-0
18. Houston 1-0-0
19. N. Carolina St.
19. N. Carolina St. 2-0-0
20. N. Carolina St. 2-0-0
21 LSU 0-1-0
22. Texas A&M 1-1-0
23. Washington St. 2-0-0
24. Iowa D-0-0
25. Mississippi St. 2-0-0
First place wins
in parentheses
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