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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 40 (USPS 650-640)
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The first game for "Mad Mike" at the University of Kansas was the KU- University of Nebraska games, has started working at Jayhawk games, helping Vanderbilt University football game, Sept. 14, Mike, who formerly worked generate fan support inside Memorial Stadium.
'Mad Mike' now marches to KU beat
By Liz Maggard Of the Kansan staff
"Mad Mike" Lyons used to beat a drum and wear red at University of Nebraska football games. He still beats a drum at football games, but now he wears a KU football jersey and hangs out in Memorial Stadium.
"My job is to make the football stadium an intimidating place for KU's opponents," Lyons said yesterday. "I'm not a cheerleader. I can't build pyramids. I'm a motivator. I motivate people in the stands to get involved in the game."
Lyons will be at tomorow's game against Kansas State University, beating his drum and urging the crowd to support the Jayhawks — as loudly as he used to for the Cornhuskers.
Lyons began his KU affiliation at the Vanderbilt University game Sept. 14. His last appearance at Nebraska was the NU-University of Oregon game Sep. 28.
Chuck Pool, Nebraska's assistant sports infor
mation director, said he originally thought Lyons departure was routine.
He said Lyons announced before the season began that he would leave Nebraska.
"Lyons said he would probably do only the first three games for us and then do the KU games," Pool said.
He said he thought Lyons' decision was natural because KU was nearer to Lyons' home in Independence, Mo.
However, he said, a story in the Sept. 29 Omaha World-Herald put Lyons' departure in a different light.
The story, by Mike Kelly, World-Herald sports editor, reported that Lyons was leaving Nebraska because he couldn't find private donors for his drug abuse program. "Mad Mike Again Drus."
Kelly said Lyons granted him an interview before the Oregon game.
"He told me that he really wanted to stay at Nebraska but that KU had offered him big backs."
Pool said the newspaper story came as a shock to Nebraska athletic officials.
Kelly said. "He said he needed at least $30,000 for his drug abuse program in order to stay here."
"The whole thing kind of jumped out of the paper at us," he said. "All of a sudden, it seemed like a bigger deal than when he told first told us he was leaving."
Pool said Lyons' announcement that he needed money for his drug abuse program promptedNU officials to revoke his official pass to Nebraska games.
"We didn't want it to appear that the university was supporting somebody's private fund-raising," she added.
An Oct. 7 story in the NU newspaper, the Daily Nebraskan, quoted Lyons as saying that he was going to KU so he could save his bills.
However, Lyons said money was not his motivation for coming to KU and that he received no
See MAD MIKE p. 5 col 1
Wilt reveals he was paid to play here
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Wilt Chamberlain said yesterday that he was paid to play basketball at the University of Kansas in the 1950s.
But he said the amount "would make it look like I was not worth very much" compared with illicit payments to today's college athletes.
Noting recent allegations that former Texas Christian University running back Kenneth Davis was paid $38,000 to play football for TCU, Chamberlain said he got "one-tenth of that" at Kansas.
Athletic Director Monte Johnson said last night that he "wouldn't have any reaction unless I visited with Wilt directly."
"Not knowing exactly how those things were discussed and brought about, it would be totally inappropriate for me or anyone else to respond to it," said Johnson, who became athletic director in 1982.
Chamberlain, who was in New York to promote an advertising calendar for Purina Cat Chow, said the KU payment system was "much
more sophisticated" than giving athletes cash.
"The boosters were delegated by a little group," he said. "They would say, 'OK, we will allow you, A, B and C, to go out and help to recruit Wilt Chamberlain, and you become like his godfather.'"
"I had two or three godfathers.
"That way it wasn't sure where it was coming from. Everyone was assigning me a place when I was at Kansas," he said.
Dick Harp, who was Chamberlain's coach, said the NCAA investigated the Kansas basketball late 1950s but levied no sanctions.
"I can honestly say I had no knowledge of the godfathers business," Harp said. "In terms of what Wilt says about himself, he has a reason for saying it, and I would have to leave that with him."
Chamberlain, who was recruited at Kansas in 1955, went on to become a two-time All-American in 1957 and 1958 and a professional basketball
Police predicting no riots for rivals
By Kady McMaster Of the Kansan staff
Although local businesses and police expect a crowd this weekend for the KU-Kansas State University game, they don't expect riots to break out in the streets.
"We don't expect any rioting here," Sgt. Don Dalquest of the Lawrence Police Department said yesterday. "We don't have bars on us in one place like K-State. We've never had a problem like K-State did."
Last year's post-game celebrating turned into bottle throwing and fighting in Manhattan's Aggieville. About 20 students and six police officers were treated and released for cuts and bruises. One officer was stabbed in the arm by a member of the crowd.
Dalquest said that the police department would have about five more officers than usual on duty Saturday night.
"We're just having our regular football weekend beef-up," Dalquest said.
Lt. Jeanne Longaker of the KU Police Department said that there wouldn't be any extra officers working at the game and that she didn't expect people to tear down the goalposts.
"We have no reason to believe the goalposts will be torn down," Longacker said. "We haven't had a chance that at the K-State game before."
Dalquest said he thought the crowd would be smaller than normal.
"We won't have the crowd we normally have because the Royals are playing in the Series," he said.
Some businesses around Lawrence have prepared for the influx of customers from outside.
"We'll put everybody we have available on staff Saturday night," said Doug Brown, manager of Gammons, 1601 Brow. W 23rd St.
Skunk raises a stink near Lindlev window
By Jennifer Benjamin Of the Kansan staff
The smell was strong and the skunk was scared.
Curled up in the north corner of a window well at Lindley Hall, a nervous skunk sprayed the window well and raised a stink before an animal officer from the Lawrence Police Department was able to rescue it.
The skunk fell about 25 feet into the well Wednesday night and was discovered about 9:30 a.m. yesterday by a graduate student in geography.
When Beebe arrived, he kept curious students and others away from the well. The skunk had to be rescued, but could attempt to rescue it, he said.
Beebe was confident that the skunk wouldn't spray. After facilities operations workers brought a ladder, Beebe climbed into the well, slowly walked to the skunk and trapped it by placing a bucket over it and sliding the lid under to seal the bucket.
Commotion around the window and the lowering of cages into the well caused the uninjured skunk to spray. Sterling Beebe, the control officer.
Lawrence police Sgt. David Cobb said Sterling was experienced with skunks because he had handled similar situations before.
"Sterling has been with us six years and has been sprayed maybe twice," Cobb said. "That's a good record. He knows how to handle skunks."
The skunk will be released in the Clinton Lake area, Cobb said.
Cid Freitag, Amery, Wis. graduate student, watched the rescue.
"I'm sure the skunk was scared," Freitag said. "I'm glad it got out OK. That's the important thing."
The skunk, which slept from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., was a bit of a nuisance but didn't cause any problems. Long said.
"It's not a danger unless it gets into the building," he said before the skunk had been rescued.
Allan Long, director of cartographic services, said the event was rather amusing.
"I thought it was nice to break the monotony of going to school," he said. "It's just another thing to talk about."
"Officeers tried to catch it and it shot off." Long said. "The smell penetrated the entire building."
Those who were unaware that the skunk was trapped in the well soon found out.
Beverly Roberts, secretary for the geography department, said the skunk didn't disrup her work
We called animal control because we wanted to get it rescued alive," Robot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sandy Shoemaker, standing, Mark Cline and Karen Ashley, all of Kansas City, Mo., stop along Interstate 29 after cheering the return of the Kansas City Royals at Kansas City International Airport. The Royals, 1985 American League Champions, arrived home yesterday afternoon.
1,000 delighted fans greet Rovals at KCI
By Mike Snider Of the Kansan staff
Across from the terminal, where some fans held a sign that read "St. Louis has the arch, but Kansas City has the heart," stood C. Diane Lawrence of Kansas City, Mo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals received a reception worthy of their name when they returned to Kansas City yesterday afternoon and were greeted by about 1,000 fans.
Fans chanted, cheered and displayed banners and signs when the Royals' chartered TWA flight pulled up to Terminal 31 of Kansas City International Airport at 2:10 p.m.
Lawrence said the Royals came out of the terminal and hopped on buses or got into cars and drove off with their families.
Blaine Weeks, Leavenworth sophomore and Kevin Ackles, avston, Il., sophomore, also sophomore, KCI and greeted the Royals.
Lawrence was decked out in a royal blue blazer and slacks and a blue suede cowboy hat with a Royals button on it.
"It's great. I was here in 1980 and I'm here in 1985," Lawrence said. "It was just great. I don't think we had as big of a crowd this year at the airport as we did last time. But, it's just great."
Weeks said the Royals' victory over the Blue Jays was "stud."
"I knew if they made it to the seventh game they'd win it," he said.
Ackles said, "I was sort of a pessimist. I didn't think they'd do it. I'm a Cubs fan, anyway."
The Royals wrapped up the American League Championship Wednesday night in Toronto with a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Cardinals disposed of the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday afternoon with a 7-5 win in Los Angeles.
The Royals will work out tomorrow afternoon in preparation for Saturday's opening game of the World Series against the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
David Andrews, who works in the Anheuser-Busch marketing department in St. Louis, arrived in Kansas City Thursday afternoon to watch World Series Games 1 and 2 at Royals Stadium. He said the 1-70 would be good public relations for Anheuser-Busch and Missouri.
"I'm for the Cardinals, no doubt about that. I think there's no doubt that they're the better team. The Cardinals definitely have the up-
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