Sports
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August 29, 1990
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Athletes move up hill to expanded dining facility
By Tracey Chalpin
Kansan staff writer
Athletes, coaches and trainers eat at the athletes' training table at Jayhawk Tower soon will walk up Hill to an expanded dining facility.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said that because the Towers facilities could no longer accommodate the number of athletes who ate at the training table, the housing office and athletic department worked together to offer a larger facility at Templin Hall cafeteria.
The training table is a meal program for athletes, designed by Kris Williams, a nutritionist at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and Steve Shields, training table manager.
Shields said that because of limited space, only football and basketball players had been using the Towers facility.
Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director, said he and Stoner had discussed improvements to the almost 20-year-old Jayhawk Towers facility but decided the project would be too large an undertaking.
The move of Templin dining residents to Lewis Hall is the first step in a plan that will consolidate all residential dining on Daisy Hill at Lewis
Stoner said he and Konzem decided it would be easier to move the athletes' meals to Templin Hall. The 'F templin cateraese has not been used since last fall, although the equipment has been maintained.
year.
Kozem said although food service was low on the list of athletic department priorities, an increase in the number of scholarship athletes, which increased from 65 to 80 in the football season, expansion that was unrealistic at the Towers location. There has been a 30-attendance overall since last
Konem said that when the KU football program had fewer scholarship athletes, it was easier to feed them. Now, with 104 chairs in a room with seating for 75, the players must eat in shifts.
Konzem said a brunch for recruits Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon would be the first meal at the new location
Since Roy Williams started as head basketball coach at KU, he has wanted the players to eat more complete meals, Shields said. William had a training table more regularly than the head coach Larry Brown did
Konzem said the annual food bill for each athlete was about $1 500.
About 115 players eat each meal, along with 25 coaches and trainers, Shields said.
"We're tremendously grateful to housing for what they've done," he said.
Oct.1 is final date students can pick up all-sports tickets
Sports Combo tickets still available; more than 5,000 sold.
By Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
Already 5,000 students have already paid $75 for them. Some students have picked them up later this week, and a few never will.
The all-sports tickets are offered to KU students from the athletic ticket office each year. The tickets provide seating in the student section to all basketball games and basketball games. A coupon for free is also included in the Kansas Rangers also is included.
Students were assigned certain days to pick up their tickets this week according to the first letter of their last name. If a student misses the assigned date, the ticket office will allow tickets to be picked up from it to toot 1. Students must present a valid RUID to receive their tickets.
Diana Miller, ticket manager for the athletic office, said more than 5,000 tickets had been sold. Tickets also were available at fee payment, and by yesterday afternoon Miller had not received an updated sales
figure from the comptroller's office.
Miller said all but a few students would pick up their tickets. Last year, five students did not claim their tickets. The rest are made available to the public.
'If we don't sell a certain amount by the late-night game in October, then we release seats to the public and sell them on a season basis.'
— Diana Miller athletic ticket manager
Student tickets must be picked up by Oct. 1 in the east lobby of Allen Field House or they will be resold.
"Forty-five percent of the (basketball) arena is for students," said Scott Hatcher, who added the amount by the late-night game in October, then we release seats to the
She said tickets to basketball games were sold for $200.
public and sell them on a season basis."
Susan Wachter, business manager of ticket sales, said nearly 6,000 tickets were sold last year. She said the number would equal last year's sales this season.
"It's been pretty stable for quite a while," Wachter said. "The only real fluctuation was in basketball in the 2008 season when basketball dropped off a bit."
In recent years ticket sales have increased slightly. Wachter said
The price of tickets has increased only slightly in the past few years. During the 1987-88 season, tickets sold for $60. In 1988 they were $65, and in 1989-90 they were $73. There was no increase this season.
"The increase is due to the cost of operating the program itself," Wachter said.
She attributed rising operating costs to increases in travel expense, increases in scholarship money and the cost to run the facilities.
Keith ThorpeiKANSAN
Thirst quencher
Kansas offensive tackle Chris Maumalanga takes a water break during practice as the Jayhawks prepare for Saturday's home opener against 15th-ranked Virginia. Temperatures reached the upper 90s yesterday afternoon.
U.S. Open first round: Soviet outplays Edberg
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Stefan Edberg, a victim of tennis burnout after a summer fling in the No. 1 spot, succumbed to his annual U.S. Open jinx and the rocketing returns of a young Soviet star yesterday.
Alexander Volkov, the Kalingrad Kid, wielded a bright red racket under a brilliant sun and methodically took apart a surprisingly slow Edberg, 6.3, 7.4 (7.3), 6.2, in the first opening-round defeat of a top-seeded man here in 19 years.
John McEnroe, who burned out on tennis several years ago and has been struggling to come back ever since, survived pressure and tamed his temper to beat Javier Sanchez 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in two hours, 42 minutes of stadium court drama.
McE窜e's bizarre countenance — his eyes glowed through a mask of white sunscreen beneath a broad pink bandana — was outdone only by the strong ensemble neon lime, black and white wore by the Angasi, a 6,4, 6-2, 6-2 winner in the against Grant Connell.
Jennifer Capriati, too young at 14 to worry about burnout, and fashionably dressed by her multi-million dollar sponsors, saved a set point in the first set and won her Open debut as a pro. 7.5, 7.5, against a very tough 15-year-old. Anke Hube.
Capriati, astonishingly cool and strong for her age, won the first two games at love and took a 4-0 lead before Huber stormed back to win the next five games. But Capriati, on Huber Yubeid, losing a set-point in the 10th game and double-faulting on set point in the 12th.
Ivan Lendl, aiming to regain the top ranking that Edberg took away Aug. 13, five weeks after winning Wimbledon, easily won his first-round match and said he wasn't surprised by Edberg's defeat.
"Of course it's an upset, but when you think about it deeply you can see how it happened," the
third-seeded Lendl said after
beating Martin Laurent deaule, 7-5,
6-2, 6-2. "Volkov's strengths play
into Stefan's weaknesses, and Stefan's strengths play into
Volkov's strengths."
Martina Navratilova, also trying to get back to the No. 1 spot she took so long, attributed Edberg's sluggishness to a tennis overdose.
"I was surprised how many times Edberg played between Wimbledon and the U.S. Open," said Navratilova, who danced with Edberg at the Wimbledon Ball after their victories.
Navatilova, well-rested, had little trouble beating Federica Haumler 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the second round.
Zina Garrison, seeded fourth, advanced easily with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Beate Reinstadt, and beat Justin Woronetter in fifth, beat Katie Jordan, J6-4.
"I didn't play a very good match," Edberg said. "I didn't feel very comfortable. I was struggling out there to find my game, way or way! I play. On the other hand, Hand玩 played a very good match.
Despite Edberg's loss, he will remain No. 1 on the ATP computer rankings when they are released next on Sept. 10, the day after the U.S. Open ends. Edberg, knocked out last fall and lost past two years after reaching the semis in 1986 and '87, has never won the win in eight tries.
"He was much more tired than I was," said Volkov, who had never before played on the Open's roster. He had many times on TV and in practice. I knew his topsip serve and that I had to play inside the court. If not, then I had no chance. My coach tried to have him forehand, and then so to the net.
"I don't know when I am going to play well. Sometimes I play so well, like today."
The 23-year-old Volkov, suddenly a celebrity, signed a few autographs before leaving the court.
Coed competitiveness to fill pregame festivities
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
It combines the Olympic thru o victory and the agony of defeat, with the tense situation of reaching the Final Four.
The Kansas athletic department of marketing will hold a promotional contest Saturday before the Kansas Virginia game in which coed participants will compete in throwing and running events.
Teams, consisting of four men and four women, will earn points as they compete in a relay race across the width of the end zone and attempt to throw a football for the longest distance.
The top four teams from the competition will advance into a tug-of-war match. The winner of the tug-of-war will win the grand prize, a $100 gift certificate to Johnny's Hamburgers.
Winners of the competitions will receive football T-shirts, movie passes. and video rentals
Jill Godfrey, assistant director of marketing, said a local radio station also would be giving out prizes for their own contest winners.
"97 FM will be there giving prizes for the rowdiest team, the loudest team, and who knows what else," Godfrey said. "It will be a good way of getting the football spirit going and help with student involvement."
Jami Smith, Topeka junior, said she was glad the teams were coed because it would make it more fun to compete with the men. She said it sounded like a good way to increase awareness and support for the game.
“It’s a great way to get people to stick around and root for the team.” Smith said. “I think a lot of girls would go because it’s coy. They won’t be afraid to compete there, and I bet we might surprise a few guys.”
Smith said the recent high temperatures might make some people
reluctant to go out and join the competition, but thought there would still be a good showing.
"There are lots of people who would show up in swimming suits and go there anyway," Smith said.
To combat the high temperatures, the participants might want to follow Kansas football coach Glen Mason's plan for keeping his players from suffering in the heat. Mason said he made sure the players drank gallons of fluids before they practiced or exercised in the heat.
Mason said that even if the weather, Saturday was as hot as it has been this week, the team would still be able to carry on without advice before going out in the heat.
"A lot of guys make the mistake of drinking a lot after you're outside for a while." Mason said. "You want to drink the most before you go out."
Last season, the marketing department held a number of promotional events, including selling T-shirts or
sunglasses, which could then be used as a ticket to the Oklahoma game.
Earlier this year, the department used a promotion involving specially pried tickets for the Virginia game. Students in tickets with the purchase of a food item.
Robert Ortman, Omaha senior, works at Checkers and said he could not believe how fast the tickets ran out.
"All you had to do was buy a bag of chips and they d'throw in a ticket for the game. Ortman said "People who pay to play get to pay to people for (the tickets)."
Ortman, a business major, said he liked the promotional deals, but the only thing that would keep people engaged was good performance by the Jawhaws.
"The best way to get people there is by winning a few games." Ortman wins. Kansas football is turning around and thinks it's important to support them."
KC Chiefs waive 18 players including recovered Snipes
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Linebacker Angelo Snipes, who had battled back from a knee injury, was among the 18 players waived Monday as the Kansas City Chiefs trimmed their roster
In another move, Pro Bowl safety Deron Cherry was placed on the physically-unable-to-perform reserve list. Cherry, recovering from a broken leg last December, cannot be activated before week following the sixth game. Oct. 14
Rookie running back Ernest Thompson went on the injured reserve list with a neck strain and will be eligible for the rest of the season.
Joining Snipes were punter Bryan Barker; defensive end Ken Hackmack; running back Kevin Harmon; defensive linebacker Craig Hwide; widen sideback defensive lineman Lee Johnson; tight end Rod Jones; quarterback Ken Carcher; guard Mike Kislak; running back Bren Lowery; kicker Michael Owens; linebacker Erik Owens; linebacker Eric安全教育 Johnny Thomas, linebacker
David Ward; and wide receiver Tim Ware.
Coach Marty Schottenehner said he感谢 hisApplesides' effort to come back from his injury and be a part of the team. Since coming to Kansas he was a member of the 1987 season, he had appeared in 20 games and made eight starts.
"He made the decision to stay here and we appreciated that," Schottenheimer said. "But once we arrived at the decision that he was not going to be on the squad, it was important that we do it right away."
"Angelo worked hard. But we've got a couple of other guys we've looked at and we've decided we want to go in that direction.
"That was a very, very difficult decision, frankly, he said. "The competition was quite close. I guess what it boiled down to was Kelly did a good job for us a year ago. To take a job from an incumbent, it is like a heavyweight fight, you've got to knock him out. And that didn't happen."
Choosing between Barker and incumbent punter Kelly Goodburn was particularly tough, Schottenbeimer said.
Sports briefs
Kansas opens the season at Arizona State Nov. 23 and will remain in Arizona the next night to play Northern Arizona. Five Kansas games will be broadcast on ESPN beginning Dec. 8 at Kentucky, NBC will teleview the home game against Oklahoma Feb. 23.
TV GAMES ANNOUNCED: Six Kansas basketball games will be nationally televised either on ESPN or NBC during the 27 game regular season schedule, which was announced Monday.
The non-conference portion of the Kansas schedule includes home games with North Carolina State, Marquette, Southern Methodist and State and road games at Hawaii or Pepperdine and Kentucky.
TENNIS COACH HONORED: Kansas men's tennis coach Scott Perlman won the 1990 Volvo/Tennis Coaches Tournament. Region V men's coaches yesterday.
A special committee from the Intercollege Tennis Coaches Association selected one men's and one women's tennis team. The association's eight regions, the six
teen regional winners were honored for their outstanding volunteer contributions to tennis in their communities.
Pereiman, who also won the award in 1988, gave free clinics to Special Olympians and the Boys and Girls Club of Kansas City.
ALZADO RE-RETIRES; ELA
SEGUNDO, Calif.  Lyle Alade's
dream of returning to the NFL at
the age of 41 ended yesterday when
the Los Angeles Raiders announced his
retirement.
Alzado was among the NFL's top defensive ends from 1971-85 with Denver, Cleveland and the Raiders. After working in movies and television, he announced last spring that he wanted to play again.
The comeback seemed destined to fail when a pulled calf muscle and a knee injury kept him out of training camp. drills.
"It was unfortunate Lyle got hurt and had to have the surgery," Raiders Coach Art Shell said. "It was tough enough coming back from the time off, but then to get hurt made it that much tough."
Alazado met with owner Al Davis on Monday night and the two agreed to announce Alazado's re-retirement.