University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August 22, 1990
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Winners set sights on purse
The Associated Press
Aamoo overtakes favorite in richest race at Woodlands
Private School went off as the favorite in the richest race of the Woodlands' inaugural season. Attendance was 8,898.
KANAS S CITY, Ken — Jockey Bobby Lester asked Ankoo for a big kick and he responded with a victory Sunday in the $100,000 Woodlands
The 1/16 mile race for 3-year-olds was the third straight victory for Aamoo, which stands for At A Mile Or Over. Aamoo is trained by Ellen and Joe Williams and owned by Mark Myers and Jerry Mabry.
Aamoo and Private School, ridden by two-time Kentucky Derry winner Jacinto Vasquez, matched strides down the stretch before Aamoo pulled ahead on the rail to win by a head.
"When I asked, he took over like he knows," said Lester, who rode Aamaoo for the second time.
Lester said Ammoo, who stayed on the rail the entire trip, ran a race similar to his victory in the President's Cup.
The horse, from Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, Neb., won the President's Derby Gold cup there on Aug. 4.
"We were laying about five or six lengths back," the jockey said. Everything was going about like I was being kicked on a little harder today.
Aamoo paid $8.80, $4 and $2.80.
Private School paid $3.20 and $2.40,
and Sangria Time, who remained in
the stretch, paid $3.20 to show.
Kerwin Clark, riding Lance, the leader for the first-half mile, lodged an objection against Aamoo and Lester. Lancer entered the stretch with the leaders but then backed off. Kerwin was allowed, and Lance finished fourth.
The winner's share of the purse was $60,000. The second place finisher received $20,000 and third, $11,000.
Miami considers realignment options
The Associated Press
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Like a good quarterback, University of Miami athletic director Sam Jankowski said that players before deciding where to go.
But decisions about conference realignment have sometimes been complicated, rather than clarified, with kraft negotiations, Jankovik said Monday.
"The unfortunate thing about this whole issue is you really don't know when anybody's coming from, because you don't know how truthful anybody's being with anybody," Jankovich said. "I think everybody's playing their cards pretty close to the vest."
Jankovich said the Hurricanes have five options. Assuming invitations from existing leagues, Miami could join any of four conferences: The Southeastern, the Northeast or a newly formed Eastern Coastal Conference. They could also remain as an independent.
But Miami's strength is football, not golf — and with three national championships in football since 1993, Miami has a total role in the realignment game.
And how is Jankovik at cards?
"I'm horrible. I play cards about as bad as I play golf." he said.
He expects a decision late this month from SEC schools about further expansion, but predicted
the ACC will decide against expanding, and said the likelihood of Metro expansion is diminishing.
Jankovich said a proposed Eastern Seaboard Conference might consist of six or eight teams and might play "crossover games" in football against teams from its conference because of its small size.
The ACC and Southwest Conference are candidates for the crossover alliance, Jankovich said.
Jankovich said potential members of the Eastern Seaboard Conference include Boston College, Syracuse and Pittsburgh, all members of the Big East in basketball. One hurdle is that all three favor a football-only conference, while Jankovich and others do not.
"It would be good for scheduling, and it would be good as far as exposure around the country." Jankovich said. "Say you could only put together six teams that would make sense for football. If you only had five football conference games, you'd want to have a couple of other crossover games with somebody else."
Potential Eastern Seaboard members will meet in New York on Aug. 30, Jankovik said, adding that officials from Florida State University, which had expressed interest in the past, would not attend.
Teams of the Southeastern Conference Will the University of Miami be the next team to join the Southeastern Conference?
Brett Brenner/KANSAN
Soviets will allow teams to take NHL tour
The Associated Press
TORONTO - The Russians are coming, after all.
Three top Soviet teams will come to North America as scheduled this winter after the Soviet Ice Hockey team, headed by a former go through with its tour of the NHL.
The Soviets threatened to call off the tour unless the NHL agreed to designsigned to assure that no more Soviet players left their homeland without federation permission. Federation president Leonid Kravchenko said the Soviets got assurances from the NHL that its teams would not engage or sign players from any of the three visits; teams during the tour.
Early last week, the Soviets said they were willing to go ahead with an
eight-game tour to the Soviet Union by the Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota North Stars next month, but might cancel the return visit.
But NIL Players Association head Alan Eagelson said it was the Soviets, not the league, who changed their mind.
Eagleson and NHL president John Ziegler issued a statement Friday confirming the Soviets' participation. Two days earlier, the NHL set a deadline of Friday at 1 p.m. EDT for Soviets to give written notification
Eagleson has estimated that "Super Series 1990-91" would generate about $5 million in revenue, with the Soviets standing to lose $1 million if the winter visits to all 21 NHL cities were to be called off.
Eagleson also said the NHL previously agreed to meet with Soviet officials early next month in Italy during the International Ice Hockey Federation meeting. But those meetings, he said, were scheduled to confirm dates for the North American tour, not to discuss security measures to prevent an exodus of Soviet players.
"All we've said is we'll meet with them in Sardinia to review any ways we can to help them so domestic life is not devastated." Eagleson said.
The Soviets demanded meetings with the NHL before confirming that the tour would go ahead as scheduled.
Kravchenko said earlier Friday that the NHL had "promised to give
legal guarantees that there will be no future situations where 'stealing' of our players will occur.17
However, Eagleson said the NHL could give no such assurances.
"We have given no guarantees, because if a player wants to leave, we can't stop him," he said.
The Soviets have been upset since Sergei Fedorov, one of their rising stars, walked away from the national team in Portland, Ore., prior to the Goodwill Games and signed with Detroit. Last year, Alexander Mogilny, another young star, detected during the World Championships in Sweden and later signed with Buffalo.
Last year, the Soviets began allowing some of their veteran players, age 28 and over, to play in the NHL.
Following the departure of Fedorov, 20, they indicated they may be willing to drop the release age to 26. But the federation said it would not allow a wholesale departure of its top talent to the NHL.
The NHL and the Red Wings contend that Fedorov was a free agent. The Soviets adamantly insist he has a valid agreement with the Central Red Army team under Soviet leadership. Ziegler has urged the Soviets to sign their players to contracts that the NHL would recognize as binding.
Bryan Murray, Detroit's coach and general manager who signed Fedovor to a contract, was non-committal when asked if he would take the same action during the Soviets' visit.
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