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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 10, 1986
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NCAA returns eligibility to Cornhuskers
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MISSION — The NCAA yesterday restored full eligibility to 60 University of Nebraska football players who had been declared ineligible by the university for violations involving complimentary tickets to games.
Last week, the NCAA Council Subcommittee on Eligibility Appeals had completely restored the eligibility of 53 student-athletes except for one game. Seven other players had their
eligibility, restored except for two games.
The NCAA said yesterday's decision, released about 8 p.m., restores the eligibility of all 60 players.
Earlier yesterday, Nebraska officials participated in a 90-minute telephone conference call with members of the subcommittee about the sanctions against the players.
The subcommitee ruled that full restoration of eligibility is subject to Nebraska's revoking one complimentary ticket for the entire 1966 season, including any postseason appearance, for every ticket violation found for the 1985 season.
In addition, the subcommittee will recommend that the NCAA Administrative Committee require that all Division I football and Division I men's and women's basketball institutions audit their complimentary ticket pass lists from the 1985-86 academic year and report discrepancies to their conferences.
Independents will report discrepancies directly to the NCAA office. Further, the NCAA said, schools finding discrepancies must withhold complimentary passes during the 1986-87 academic year in accordance with yesterday's decision
responsibility on the student athlete
"The subcommittee feels that this is an ethical conduct matter," said David L. Maggard, subcommittee chair and athletics director at the University of California Berkeley. "This decision places a bulk of the
"Our task as athletics administrators is to promote competition and at the same time hold student-athletes accountable for their actions. We feel this decision accomplishes this.
"We found no indication of any financial gain by any of the student athletes. If we had, our decision would have been significantly different."
On Aug. 29, Nebraska declared 77 football student-athletes ineligible for further NCAA competition for violations of NCAA rules involving the use of complimentary tickets.
In doing so, the NCAA said, the university acknowledged that the rule was applicable in the case of these 77 players. Concurrently, the university requested the eligibility committee to restore complete eligibility of these student-atelias.
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Wille Vaughn, Kansas wide receiver throws a football in practice. Vaughn, a high school quarterback who turned down UCLA and Oklahoma to play at
Kansas, will start at wide receiver in the North Carolina game 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Stadium.
Jayhawks glad Vaughn chose football
Kent Weiser, director of marketing and promotions and last year's ticket manager, said using photo IDs was the most logical solution.
Before 1980, players were given four tickets for each game, and they were allowed to sell them. From 1980 to 1985, the NCAA changed the rule and prohibited the players from selling the tickets. In 1985, the NCAA switched from tickets to complimentary passes.
"We've already put it into effect," Hunter said. "The photo ID idea was suggested by the NCAA, it's not mandatory. They just want to make sure we know who the people using the passes are."
"When we first learned of the policy, the idea of using photographs
Sophomore wide receiver had to choose between football and basketball
Sports writer
Last week, after 60 Nebraska players admitted to giving passes to non-relatives and non-students, the Big Eight Conference sent a letter to the universities with a NCAA suggestion that photo IDs be required.
Two years ago, as a high school senior, Willie Vaughn had several tough decisions to make.
Kansas initiated a policy requiring bearers of the passes to provide photograph identifications at the gate after the National Collegiate Athletic Association allowed players to receive complimentary passes instead of tickets.
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
In high school, he had earned all-league and all-state mention in football, basketball and track. The decisions he had were which sport to play and what college to attend.
KU aims to prevent player ticket abuse
Kansas, and then head coach Mike Gottfried, offered him the opportunity to play his freshman year with the stipulation that he switch from quarterback to wide receiver.
Last night, the NCAA restored the eligibility of the players but revoked one complimentary pass for each infraction.
Vaughn turned down UCLA, Oklahoma and the other Big Eight Conference schools and several of the Big Ten Conference schools to play at the University of Kansas.
He chose football because he was only about six feet tall — too short to play professional basketball — and track stars didn't earn big money, he said yesterday.
Last year, he caught 28 passes for
441 yards and five touchdowns. He led the team in yards per catch with a
14.8-yard average and also returned kickoffs.
"We have 120 players with four passes each," Hunter said. "We don't make 500 calls to verify the lists. Even if we did call someone who we suspected, they'd tie to us.
"Willie is a dynamite player who can make things happen in a
University of Kansas Athletic Corporation officials took steps last year to prevent non-relatives and non-students from using KU football players' complimentary passes, Gary Hunter, assistant athletic director, said yesterday.
"We feel that we have a good honest group of kids. They are fully aware that they could lose their eligibility as well as cause KU a considerable amount of problems. Just look at what happened to Nebraska."
In three years as a starter for Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kan., Vaughn completed 131 of 295 passing attempts for nearly 2,000 vards.
Vaughn is developing into a premier receiver and could become the top receiver in the conference, according to head coach Bob Valesente.
Hunter said some of the mix-ups with the passes were with divorced parents bringing dates to the games.
"If Kansas were a running team, I would want to play quarterback again." Vaughn said. "But we are a passing team, and as a wide receiver you get a lot of balls thrown at you."
His size, helps hurt him in basketball, helps him as a wide receiver. He has more mobility than the larger defensive players, he said.
Sports editor
By FRANK HANSEL
With his move to receiver and his background as a quarterback, he said he was able to anticipate the quarterback's moves. Therefore, he will be able to get directly in the quarterback's path when Mute Orch, senior quarterback, is ready to throw the ball this Saturday against North Carolina.
"We remind the students that they can give their passes to a student friend or blood relatives," Hunter said.
dynamite way," Valesente said. "Now that he is a sophomore, he's starting to assume leadership, which I'm proud of."
NCAA regulations and changes are explained to the players at the beginning of each year, but this year Kansas is taking the process one step further.
He even has_a past with one of those basketball buddies. When he was a junior, Wyandotte played
A letter will be sent out to the people using the passes to explain the importance of bringing a photo ID with them to the stadium.
KUAC officials do not verify the lists unless they suspect someone is not who he claims to be.
Though he has no lingering regrets about his decision to play football, there is still that gnawing in the back of his mind of what it would be like bad he chosen basketball.
Playing defensive back would be almost like receiving, he said. Covering a player takes quick speed, mental toughness and good hands — all qualities a receiver should possess, he said.
Vaughn said if he was ever forced to change positions, he would choose to be a defensive back rather than return to quarterback.
"I always wonder what it would be like to play in Allen Field House instead of Memorial Stadium," Vaughn said. "But I'm good friends with the basketball players, so I feel like part of the team. We're all Jayhawks, anyway, and that's what matters."
Along with the switch, the NCAA required the universities to submit a list of relatives and students who would be using the players' passes
Even with the lists and IDs, Hunter said the rule was difficult to enforce.
just came about," he said. "It was the most obvious answer."
Lawrence High School, which had KU center Danny Manning at the time, in the state championship. Wyandotte won by only one point.
"I still tease him that he better be aware or I might dunk on him," Vaughn said. "If he hadn't quit shooting in that game I think we would have lost. I'm sure glad he did."
Although playing college basketball is definitely out of the picture, Vaughn will join the Kansas track team this spring as a hurdler. Running track will help him in football, increasing his speed and dexterity, he said.
"When he ducked to come in through the gym door, I had never seen anybody that tail play high school ball, and I thought 'Wow, I'm playing against Danny Manning,'" he said.
It was a good feeling hitting 26 points against Lawrence in that game, especially since Manning only hit half that many, he said.
K.C. knocks Twins to 5th straight loss
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo — Kevin Seitzer knocked in three runs and Jamie Quirk hit a home run in lifting the Kansas City Royals to an 11-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins
California 8. Cleveland 1
It was the fifth straight loss for the Twins and their eighth straight defeat on the road.
Mark Gubicae, 9-6, allowed six hits over $7_{2}$ in innings to get the victory, with Steve Farr pitching the last $1_{1}$ innings for his eighth save. Minnesota starter Mike Smithson lasted only into the fifth in falling to 10-13.
Boston 7, Baltimore 5
BALTIMORE — Marty Barrett capped a three-run seventh inning with a two-run double, and Dwight Evans hit two home runs last night, helping the Boston Red Sox extend their winning streak to 10 games with a 7-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
CLEVELAND — Kirk McCaskill tossed a six-hitter and the California Angels scored two runs in the first inning without getting a hit en route to an 8-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
New York Yankees 3. Toronto 1
TORONTO — Ron Guidry scattered five hits over seven innings and Mike Easler singled home Don Mattingly, breaking a 1-1 eighth inning tie, in leading the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the skidding Toronto Blue Jackets.
Seattle 3, Texas 1
ARLINGTON. Texas — Jim Presley two-run home run in the first inning inanked the Seattle Mariners to a quick lead, and the pitching of Edwin Nunez and Mike Trujillo made it stand up for a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.
6 Jayhawk basketball players have left KU to play elsewhere
By BRIAN SNYDER
Sports writer
Six Jayhawks who flew the coop have found homes to roost both close and far away.
Three men and three women basketball players have transferred from the University of Kansas to seek their basketball fortunes elsewhere
Forwards Jerry Johnson, sophomore, and Rodney Hull, junior, are attending Battion County Community College and Chicago State University respectively. Guard Altonio Campbell, a junior, is attending Idaho this fall.
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Three women players have also transferred. Junior center Kelly Jennings transferred to Washburn, and sophomore forwards Regan Miller and Jill Killen left Kansas for BCCC.
Campbell, Hull and Johnson left after deciding it would be in their best interests both as students and athletes, an assistant coach said yesterday Larry Brown, men's
Jennings was a starter last year and the first half of her freshman season for the Javhawk team.
Limited opportunities for playing time were one of the reasons the three transferred, said Mark Freidinger, men's assistant basketball coach.
head basketball coach, was out of town and unavailable for comment.
For Hull, the move to Chicago State was a move home. Bob Hallberg, head coach at Chicago State, said that was an important part of Hull's decision. Hallberg, who recruited Hull out of Simeon High School in Chicago, said Hull, who is 6-foot-7, would be red-shirted this season.
Freidinger also said academic problems entered into some of the men's decisions to transfer. He wouldn't specify which players were having these problems.
"It was a question of the players wanting to play or just being a part of a team," he said.
"We've never have had much height in our program," Hallberg said. "Rodney will help us in that department. But I'm not sure how he will fit into our program."
Because Campbell has to sit out a season due to transferring, he works nicely into the plans of Vandals' head basketball coach Tim Floyd. The starting point guard for the Vandals is a senior. Floyd hopes to have Campbell take over the position next year.
and Cedric Hunter, senior guards, would have kept Campbell's playing time to a minimum. Freshman guard Kevin Pritchard also would have offered Campbell some competition.
A factor in Campbell's decision to transfer was the competition among guards on KU's team, Freidinger said, Mark Targeon
"It's still hard to say where Campbell will play." Floyd said. "I'm a first-year coach and still learning about the players I already had. I do know that anyone who has played for Coach Brown for two years understands the game."
Recruits and players coming off red-shirt seasons are candidates to fill the shoes of Campbell, Hull and Johnson, Freidinger said. Exactly who will take their places won't be determined until practices begin Oct. 15.
Freidinger said he contacted the head coach at BCCC and was told Johnson was working out well. Because Johnson transferred to a junior college, he is eligible to play this year.
Cubs win on Durham's homer
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CHICAGO — Leon Durham's two run homer with one out in the 10th inning gave the Chicago Cubs an 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Durham's homer, his 18th of the season, came off reliever Steve Bedrosian and followed a one-out single by Keith Moreland. The victory was the Cubs' third straight, tying the season high set April 22-24.
Lee Smith, 9-9, the last of five Cubs pitchers, pitched two scoreless innings to pick up the win.
The Cubs, who battled back from a 6-1 deficit, tied the score in the seventh when rookie Dave Martinez tripled off reliever Tom Hume and scored on a two-out single by Ryne Sandberg.
The Cubs began their comeback in the fourth when they rocked starter Kevin Gross for four runs on a solo homer by Moreland, his second of the game, and a three-run shot by rookie Rafael Palmeiro, his first big league homer.
HOUSTON — Mike Scott fired a five-hitter over eight innings yesterday and Glenn Davis highlighted a four-run sixth inning with a two-run double to lead the Houston Astros to a 9-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Mike Schmidt hit a three-run homer for the Phillies.
Houston 9, Cincinnati 2
Scott, 16,9, did not walk a batter and struck out seven to increase his major league-leading strikeout total to 260. Matt Keough pitched the ninth inning.
The victory increased Houston's lead to 10 games over the second place Reds in the National League West and reduced the Astros' magic number for clinching the division title to 15.
Scott and Tom Browning, 12-12 were hooked up in a brilliant pitching duel through $5^{1/2}$ innings, but Houston sent nine men to the plate and scored four runs in the sixth.
NEW YORK — Andre Dawson's two-run homer in the ninth inning lifted the Montreal Expos to a 9-7 victory over the New York Mets.
Montreal 9, New York 7
New York's loss kept its magic number for clinching the National League East title at four as second place Philadelphia lost to Chicago. The Mets lead the Phillies by 21 games.
Jeff Reardon pitched the ninth for his 31st save, the Expos beat the
Tim Raines led off the ninth with a single off reliever Jesse Orosco, 6-6, and Dawson followed with his 18th homer of the season, making a winner of Tim Burke, 9-7, the fourth Expos' pitcher. The Expos added another run when Andres Gallaraga doubled and scored on a two-out single by Randy Hunt.
Mets for the second straight night, Montreal collected 19 hits, the most against the Mets this season.
Darryl Strawberry's eighth-inning homer — his 21st of the season and second in two nights — had given the Mets a 7-6 lead.
St. Louis 3. Pittsburgh 1
PITTSBURGH — Clint Hardie homered and scored another run in the sixth inning on a wild pitch last night, pacing the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Ricky Horton went five innings, allowing one run and scattering seven hits to improve his record to 3-3. Todd Worrell went the last two innings to notch his 32nd save.
St. Louis took a 1.0 lead in the third innning against loser Rick Reuschel, 8-16, when Vince Coleman singled, stole his 92nd base and scored on Andy Van Slyke's single to right field.
Hurdle's third home run of the season — and his second of the year off Reuschel — gave St. Louis a 2-0 edge in the fourth inning
Los Angeles 9. Atlanta 5.
LOS ANGELES — Alex Trevino singled in two runs during a five-run outburst in the first inning, and Bill Madlock added a two-run homer last night to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
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