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Seattle boss wants deal this week
The Associated Press
Indianapolis businessmen seek club; Mariner fans worry team may move
SEATTLE — A deal to sell the Seattle Mariners to a pair of Indianapolis businessmen "will work out sometime this week or it won't work out at all," owner George Argyros said.
"I don't know where the deal stands right now. If it happens, it will work out sometime this week or it won't happen at all."
Argyros said he wanted the issue resolved as soon as possible. The Mariners ended a 2-7 homestand Sunday and left on a 12-game road trip that started Tuesday at Cleveland.
Argyros and the other two principals in the proposed sale, Jeff Smulyan and Michael Browning, all stayed in the same downtown Seattle hotel Sunday night, but didn't meet or see each other.
Argyros said late Sunday he had not dealt directly with the Indianapolis pair.
"There are a lot of changes that need to be made, points to be straightened out, and we spent our own time doing that tonight," he said. "I won't say I'm happy with the deal or unhappy with it. It is complex.
then get on with other business," he said.
"I'd like to get this on or off and
Argyros said delays arose over baseball technicalities. "I think the principal guys (Smulyan and Browning) know baseball, but we had to educate their legal counsel. They didn't know what an assigned player was."
An assigned player is a man on the major league roster but playing for a minor league team.
The Southern California land developer also confirmed he could receive close to $76.1 million, the reappraisal price of the Mariners figured in June. Aryos paid $13.1 million for the franchise in 1981.
"I've got to admit I didn't know at first what an assigned player was." Argryos said. "But I have baseball people around me who do."
On Saturday, Argyros flew to Seattle from his yacht off the British Columbia coast where he had been vacationing and confirmed at a news conference that a sale was in the works.
The Star said one of the original problems in purchasing the Mariners apparently was Smulyan's background as a broadcast executive. His company owns 11 radio stations around the country.
Since Argyros' bid to buy the San Diego Padres of the National League fell through in 1887, he has been an infrequent visitor to the Kingdome. He said he would not attempt to buy another big league team.
Mulyan, 42, owns Emmis Broadcasting, the nation's largest privately held chain of radio stations. Browning, 41, is a real estate developer.
Two major league teams, the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves, are owned by media companies that also broadcast their games. The Cubs are owned by the Tribute Co. of Chicago and the Braves by Ted Turner of
Smulyan said in an interview Sunday with the Indianapolis Star that if the proposed sale goes through, he and Browning would each own 10 percent of the club; Emmis would own just under 50 percent; Morgan Stanley & Co.; Emmis' investment banker, would control about 25 percent and the remaining shares would be owned by some Emmis executives.
Among those on the Emmis board is talk-show host David Letterman. Browning said about 50 people have expressed a desire to have lesser shares since the group began negotiations with Argyros last October.
Indianapolis does not have a suitable baseball stadium and there are no plans to build one. The Hoosier has one and is too far narrow to accommodate baseball.
Turner Broadcasting.
Smulyan said that was why Emmis backed off earlier this year from trying to buy television stations. Emmis reportedly had tried to buy two independent Indianapolis stations, WTTV and WIXN.
Smulyan said Emmis would have to clear any future television deals with the commissioner's office.
The prospect of the sale had Seattle baseball fans worried they would lose the Mariners to Indianapolis. However, Argyros, Smulyan and Browning all said during the weekend the team would remain in Seattle.
Smulyan and Browning already have received tentative approval from the ownership committee. Any sale would be on the agenda of the next major league owners' meetings, Sept. 13-14 in Milwaukee, and the team would change hands Oct. 31.
Smulyan has said he would move to Seattle if the deal goes through, spending one or two days a week in Indianapolis, where Emmis is located.
Lady Jayhawks work to rebuild squad
Experience seen as a key factor
by Paula Parrish Kansan staff writer
After a season plagued by injuries and inexperience, the Kansas women's basketball team faces the challenges of this year with a little more experience, and with seven newcomers to bolster the roster.
The team has five returning starters and seven newcomers,including five recruits.
Coach Marian Washington's team finished the year 13-14 overall and 5-9 in the Big Eight Conference. After winning two Big Eight Conference titles in the two preceding years, they were knocked from last year's tournament in the first round by Kansas State. 62-59.
The Lady Jayhawks began last year with one returning starter, Lisa Braddy, and seven newcomers. This year, the team returns with more experience under its belt.
Leading the seniors will be 5-foot-7 guard Braddy. Brady last season averaged 14.2 points a game. She also led her teammates with 168 assists, breaking former All-American Lynne Woodard's career account record of 502. Brady ended her season with 507 assists and became the eighth player in Kansas' history to score more than 1,000 career points.
Returning seniors also include 6-4 center Lynn Page, 5-9 guard Michelle Arnold and 5-7 guard Liz Roark.
Returning sophomores include 5-8 forward Tanya Bonham, 5-8 guard
Page was the team's second leading rebounder with a 7.7 per game average. She led the team with a 48.7 field goal percentage. Arnold played in every game last year, starting in 10 of them. Roark was a walk-on for the Lady Jayhawks last year and played in four games.
Geri Hart, 5-10 forward Marthe McCloud, 5-8 guard Suzanne Schmidt, 5-9 forward/guard Shannon Bloxom, and 5-9 forward Danielle Shareef. These six players formed the base of last year's team.
This year's freshman class will not face the same pressures last year's freshmen did, but their contributions to the team will be counted on heavily. Among this year's recruits are 6-2 forward Misti Chennault, 5-11 guard Shannon Kite, 5-10 guard Stacy Truitt, 5-10 guard JoJo Witerspoon and 6-3 center Lisa Tate. However, Tate is ineligible to play under Proposition 48 rules.
Chennault led EI Reno High, in EI Reno, Okla., to a 16-7 record, and was a USA Today Honorable Mention All-American.
Kite was a USA Today Player of the Year in Iowa. She was Iowa's second-leading scorer for the season at Elk Horn Kimbalton in Elk Horn, Iowa.
Stacy Truitt was named player of the year in Mississippi by USA Today. She averaged 15.2 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists a game at Port Gibson High.
JoO Witerspoon helped Morning-side Highin Ingloedney, Calif., to a 32-1 record. She averaged 16.8 points per game, along with 10 assists.
Also playing on the squad for the first time are 6-2 junior center Sandra deBruin and 5-11 sophomore forward Terrilyn Johnson.
DeBruin is a junior college transfer from Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa. She averaged 37 points per game and scored a school record 1,452 points.
Johnson sat out her freshman year under Proposition 48 and has three years of eligibility remaining.
The Lady Jayhawks begin practicin-
g Oct. 15 and their first game is an
exhibition against the New Zealand
Team at the NZ Cricket Ground
7 p.m., Nov. 13, in Allen Field House.
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