Boycott calls worry KU Olympic hopefuls
By MATT SEELEY
Sports Writer
In 30 days the XIII Winter Olympics will be history. In 30 days, barring a Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States' part in the Summer Olympics also may be history.
President Carter's announcement Sunday that the United States will boycott the Games unless the Russians withdraw from Afghanistan within a month has sent shock waves through amateur athletics.
Athletes have attacked Carter and other politicians for using the Olympics as a political tool. Politicians say that the Olympic Games cannot be separated from politics.
Bob Timmons, men's track coach and a former member of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Committee, said he thought the United States should use the bovocot if other methods failed.
"Only as a last resort should we demonstrate to the world that no matter how much we love sports, our hearts are too much for them."
ALTHOUGH ANY decision by Carter would have a great effect on the country's participation in the Games, it is the U.S. Olympic Committee that would decide whether to send the team, boycott, or the committee's president, Robert Kane.
has said the committee would "be receptive to any admonition from our government."
Timmons' main concern is the athletes. He coached 21 athletes who went to the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials, and in 1986, he coached medal winner Jim Ryun. He said he planned to coach as many this year.
"The Olympics mean more to the athletes than any other competitive event from the standpoint of athletics. They're a one shot in four years. It's not like the Super Bowl where every year only the best in America come in."
What worries Timmons most, he said, is that the United States might be the only nation to boycott the Games. Saudia Arabia has indicated that it would take a lot of work to get involved in the International Olympic Committee, the Saudis have never had a team in the Olympics, Egypt and Fiji have said they would go along with a U.S. decision. Australia and Great Britain are considering a transgender athlete, France accepted the Russians' invitation to Moscow.
"If the United States is the only one to boycott, Timmons said, "it would be a complete shame for the United States."
But Theo Hamilton, assistant women's track coach
and a possible participant in the 1980 Olympics,
disagreed.
"I don't need we should go over there," he said. "There's too much tumour. Athletes aren't politicians. I just hope that everything gets resolved soon, whether I go or not."
HAMILTON, a former KU long jumper who won the NCAA Indoor Championship in 1975, missed the 1976 Montreal Olympics by a few inches. He said this would be his last try for the Olympic team.
Hamilton isn't the only athlete with KU trainings for the Olympics. Lester Mackenzie and Jeff Foster were among the athletes.
for the Olympic Trials, Swimmers Janet Lindstrom and Lanny Shaffer and basketball player Lynette Woodward are headed for the Trials. Darnell Valine and Chelsea Woodward, the player, probably will receive an invitation to the Trials.
"There's nothing we can do to stop the Russians," Llandstrom said. "There are too many people who have been working too long and hard for us to pull out."
IF THE UNITED States does go through with the boycott, it will mark the third time in Olympic history a nation or group of nations has withdrawn from the Games.
100, spain, Switzerland and The Netherlands withdrew from the Melbourne Olympics in protest of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Twenty years later in Montreal, 28 African nations withdrew in protest of New Zealand's participation. New Zealand had close athletic ties with the aparthied government of South Africa.
Timmons said, "The worst part of all this is the tremendous respect Russian and American athletes have for each other. I know our athletes would be compelled to compete." SO WHAT does the U.S. have?
ammons said it was not practical to move the Games.
"There has been some interest in postpelling the Olympics for one year," Timmons said. "That 'n no bad idea. But, any more than a year's wait, forget it." He added that, if he was to be a part of Timmons, he would be to scatter the Games' events.
"This would mean boxing in one city, track and field in another, and so on," Tromsheim said. "The Games might lose some excitement, but that's better than losing them completely."
Marian Washington, how an athlete might feel about losing a chance to compete in the Olympics. She tried and failed three times to make the Olympic team as fast as possible.
Washington, like Timmons, would favor an alternate site for the Games.
"That would be a great way to resolve our concerns," Washington said. "The athletes would get to compete, but it would in no way undermine our government."
Editor's note: This is the first of a multipart series dealing with KU and its ties to the Olympic Games. Tomorrow: A look at a pair of old-time Olympians, A.C. "Dutch" Lomborg and Dean Neasmith.
Tenant problems focus of Solbach
BY STEVE YOUNG Staff Reporter
Joe rents an apartment in Lawrence with some fellow students. His landlord laughed when Joe told him that the heat was not working.
But Joe wasn't laughing because he knew he only had four choices: A) He could live without heat. B) He could fix the heat at his own expense C) He could sue his landlord.
Joel is the type of person that State Rep. Sallach, D-Davance, hopes would succeed him in the Senate. He was introduced to give tenants a legal, affordable remedy when landlords refuse to make rent.
under Solbach's "self-help" amendment to the Landlord-Tenant Act, a tenant could
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take steps to have needed repair work done if the landlord fails to comply with the lease or existing provisions in the act.
He said the amendment would "put a remedy into the Landlord-Tenant Act where one does not now exist."
Once work might include fixing broken plumbing or landlord-owned appliances, Solbach said, but not such things as rescuing or recarpatting.
SOLACH SAID the ball, which is expected to get a House Judiciary Committee order that it did not have a legal, affordable means of forciving foreign landlords to comply with law.
Sollach said that in Lawerence, the lack of a remedy for getting necessary repairs done most affected students and the elderly—lowly able to brine action against their landlords.
Under Solback's bill, a tenant using the "self-held" provision would have to notify his landlord in writing that the tenant intended to have a rent made.
If the landlord chose not to make the repair himself, the tenant could have the wark done on his own expense. If the tenant is required to pay a rent, he must submit a receipt for the work, his next
month's rent and a $2 fee to a district court clerk.
THE CLERK would then notify the landlord that the work had been done, and send the landlord the rent check--minus the cost of the remoirs.
Repairs would be limited to $100 or one half the monthly rent, whichever was greater.
If the landlord wished to protest paying for the repair, he would modify the账单. The landlord would appeal the small claim court to be reimbursed and to prevent the landlord from receiving the full payment.
The court then would decide whether the tenant had made unnecessary repairs or whether the landlord had been negligent.
Solbach he thought tenants would use the "self-help" provision only when everything else failed.
"I do not foresee tenants using this before they go to see their landlords on an informal basis. Tenants are only going to use it as a last resort." he said.
CONTRARY TO what most landlords believe the amendment means, Solbach said, no new responsibilities would be created for the landlord.
The Kansas Resident Landlord-Terman Act, passed in 1975, required landlords to maintain minimum health, building and safety codes in their rental units.
Solbach said his bill was designed to offer tenants a remedy and protect landlords' rights at the same time.
"I think it is very important that landlords' interests be protected, and they are protected in this bill," he said. "It won't do the tenant any good to use this bill if it's got
WHEN THE KANSAS Legislature passed the Landlord-Temant Act in 1975, both the House and Senate versions contained "remon and deduct" provisions.
"It's difficult to high-quality faculty like Erickson, "Rudledge说. "Not only that, but when we lose them, we need be able to attract people to take their place. In any job opportunity there are several factors, but salaries are a very important
However, when the bill went to a conference committee to iron out differences in the two bills, the remedy was stricken from the measure.
Landlords have vigorously opposed Solbach's "self-help" on the grounds that rents would have to be raised, because maintenance costs would increase and because they feared tenants would be liable under the provision to make unnecessary repairs.
Proposed faculty salary called uncompetitive, i
However, Solbach and lobbies in support of the bill said that many landlords misunderstood the bill and that once it was passed, responsible landlords would not oppose it.
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But the proposal, which represents an 8 percent increase, has been called inadequate by some faculty members.
IN ADDITION to a $9,000 per year raise that Erickson received for taking over the pharmacology department at Texas, he
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Several KU faculty members now are concerned that an increasing number of professors will be lured away because of the University's inability to pay competitive
Charles Rutledge, charman of the department, said yesterday that he had been sorry to see Ericsson and so sorry that he had no financial means of convincing him
Two years ago, Carl Erickson left his tenured position in KU's department of pharmacology and toxicology, and with his fellow physicians moved to Austin and the University of Texas.
The Kansas Board of Regents has recommended to Gov. Carlin that $3.05 million be appropriated to the 1981 KU faculty to create for the University's faculty members.
According to Joseph Pichler, dean of the School of Business, the lack of major salary increases puts the school in a position where it would be better for professors with schools of design larger asterisk.
Rutledge said that KU needed to offer adequate salaries in order to compete for the few toxicologists who were available.
"I was perfectly satisfied with the person at M.I. Erickson said yesterday." "It was just the fact that a better offer came alone."
"If they aren't going to be paid what they are worth, then they won't even show up for the interview." he said.
said, he has received $3,000 in raises during the last two years.
"The facts are that we're behind and the 8 percent probably won't close the gap entirely," he said. "I think we will continue to sustain our safety in keeping highly qualified people."
According to information in the budget request, the average KU salary levels for 1978-79 were 3260 and 3540 assistant professors for the 1978-79 year ranked between the 30th and 50th percentile.
"The ace we have up our sleeve is a 56-year history of exceptional quality, but this can be eroded over time if people leave."
PICHLER SAID the 8 percent raise might not be enough to keep quality professors in the School of Business.
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The players and fans rioted and attacked the Ohio State team. For nearly two minutes the hometown team and fans madly chased and pummeled the Buckeyes. When order was restored, center Luke Witte and substitute Mark Wagner lay unconscious on the floor.
Wednesdav. January 23. 1980
arena. Next to the photographs are showings honoring the university's varsity sports. Although the shriek to Buckeye basketball is one of the largest, it has been neglected. Dust litters the bottom of the case, and a dead moth in the corner. There may be holes in the case but none since (197).
Hidden behind the 1961 national championship trophy is a small team from 1958 to 1976, coached from 1958 to 1976, Taylor directed Ohio State to 27 victories, and to the NCAA finals in 1973. John's was struggling back to the national prominence, Taylor's Backeyes remained a perennial powerhouse until the early 1970s. Ohio State won the Big Ten ten game times, seven in 1974 and three in conference all-star team 27 times. But Taylor left Columbus as a
But Taylor left Columbus loser, not a hero.
Now the manager of a golf course in New Albany, Ohio. Taylor sits behind a large desk surrounded by golf paraphernalia. He also works as basketball is a nameplate he received at a basketball banquet.
Two Minnesota players were suspended for the remainder of the season, but little else was done. The team also did not demand more police protection for upcoming games at Minneapolis and that his school had not received an apology. Taylor and Osi State athletic director David Besson said.
AS Muzak flowed from a speaker in the room, Taylar for quite timely talked about the incident that eventually caused Mr. Muzak to brawl at Minnesota. The game in Minneapolis was for first place in the big Ten. With only 36 seconds left, and the Buckeyes holding a wide lead, the Cubs fans rioted and attacked the Ohio State team. Police security was meager, and for nearly two hours the Buckeyes team and finally won the buckets. When order was restored, Ohio State center Luke Wette and substitute Mark Wager were both hospitalized in the floor. Both were hospitalized.
the Buckeyes' course of action Taylor warranted assurances that such an incident would not happen again. The suspensions were sufficient.
"It was sickening." Taylor says. "It destroyed my real feeling about intercollegiate basketball."
"I had the feeling in my own mind that nobody was really conscious of me," he said, having had the courage of my convictions. I would have quit coaching. I would have quit coaching.
Instead, Taylor remained as coach for another four years, even though he was not in his former game. Ohio State not only held it in the Big Ten standings, but top high school rivals like Michigan also held it in Scranton, Ohio such as Scott May, Bo Lamar, Ed Rattelff, Kevin Greves, and Phil Moynihan.
Some, like Lamar and Rattie, do not measure up to Ohio State's success but were lost because Taylan was lax in his recruiting efforts. A tumor surged on his neck and refused to recruit blacks. The truth was he had little desire to play.
"He lost his life," say an Ohio State spokesman. "That game had a lasting, demoralizing effect on him, and as a result the program
In 1976, Ohio State finished last in the Big Ten. The new year Taylor was completing his tenure in the intramural team and Fidda won.
Miller had dreamed of playing basketball for the Buckeyes, while grown up at the University did not equal expectations. And Miller played at Wittenberg University, about 40 miles away. After graduation, he became a graduate student in the head coach the following year. In eight years at Wittenberg, Miller completed a M25-20 record. In 1971, he began his program at Western Michigan and patiently rebuilt the team from a Mid-American Conference donor. He was hired by Marquette in the 1976 NCAA regional. A week after that Miller was named head coach at Notre Dame, solving a new set of problems.
He had tremendous difficulty bounding the ball, and he had a wrist injury that kept his swearing close. he says, "These are the first two things we need have to work on."
Miller began searching for play.
ers who could rebound and score. He enlisted the support of the Ohio State alumni association, the world's largest college football top targets, others chatted with prospective players who were waiting at airports for buses to the campus. The new coach underlined Ohio State's basketball tradition and brought in former BucKEY greats Jerry Lucas and John Hawkville to lead the attack.
"We went out and talked to the best people available in high school, and some of them wanted the opportunities here." Miller says. "It really quite simple. We have a great university that is great university to sell."
Mamwhile, at home, Miller matched up differences between the basketball office and the athletic department. Mr. Miller used the football department to his benefit. Photographs of the football coaching staff and of the stadium packed with cheering fans were shown on television, shown to basketball recruits.
"We like to have our recruits come in and visit when they can watch football in the stadium." We tell them. We tell them winning football in the stadium. We sell a lot more of them on days we win then on the days we lose.
Miller not only had to sell Ohio State to recruits, he had to convince the people of Columbus that his team was worth supporting. He also told the local community. He talked about his team to anyone who would listen. During his first year and a half on the job, Miller made more than 200 speeches to the people of Columbus about his up-and-comer style.
The new approach worked. Sell-outs became the rule again and once they were gone, Kelvin Raney, one of the top high school guards in the state, was impressed with his first impressions that Ohio State was merely a football factory with a lot of stuff.
"Coch Miller is determined to bring basketball back at Ohio State," Ranays says. "I'd heard about the team with Lucas and Havlick, and the idea of bringing the school together," he said. "Something I could relate to."
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Although Ranscy set a freshman
scoring record, imitating the fabled Buckeye state, Ohio State finished last for the second straight year. Realizing Raney needed more assistance for talent and focused his attention on Columbus high school star Herb Whellman. Ohio Class AA player of the year, the 61º center considered Michigan, UCLA and Florida home and play for Ohio State.
Williams had been watching Miller's recruiting efforts and liked what he said. "I was looking at the recruiting years we having every, and Ohio State; by far, had the Ohio State, not the Illinois, a lot, plus my mother and my father wanted me to stay in town so they could see me play."
AST December, St. John,
and Ohio State were among the four teams participating in the Holiday Festival in New York. The tournament was supposed to showcase the Duke Blue Devils, rated no. 1 at the time. The experts predicted easy victories for Dike, but the final results were quite disappointing. The Ohio State came from being 17 points down to end Dike's perfect season. And in the concussion game. St. John's called from a 19-4 victory to defeat the Blue Devils.
"That game let us know we could play with anyone in the country," Ransay says. And Carter adds, "At the hallmark mark of the season that was a very special event, he shows us what we could do."
By the end of last season, the Redmen had batted their way into the finals of the NCAA Eastern Regional, losing by two points to the Pioneers, and finished one game behind the three teams tied for the Big Ten crown, and placed fourth in the NIT. During the on-season, the teams had banned recruiting years, and a Top 20 ranking is being forecast
College basketball has not only survived, but it is something to cheer about again in New York and Columbus.
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"It's going to get tougher and tougher and to keep to this record up if we keep getting screwed by the Legislature. I think it's going to be a year, but I don't know about the next."
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The only thing breaking up yesterday's clear skies were these
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