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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 26, 1992
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Former Kansas athlete weathers hurricane
By David Dorsev
Kansan sportswriter
"We had to sit in a room that had no windows," Sack said. "There were about 500 people in there."
Sunday evening in the Bahamas, the tail end of Hurricane Andrew whipped through the islands, confining Shelly Sack, a former four-year starter on the Kansas softball team, to a hotel ballroom.
"Sack, who played both first base and pitcher, is in the Bahamas playing for the U.S. Softball Team. Team USA is competing in a round robin tournament that included the Bahamas, Canada and China, but because of the weather, officials have changed the competition to a double elimination format.
Sack said hotel management anticipated the storm and instructed all of the guests to seek shelter in the ballroom at 3 p.m. Sunday. Nine hours would pass before they would return to their rooms.
ocean."
The full force of the hurricane reached her hotel at 8 n.m.
"It was really calm before everything started, but then all of a sudden it hit," she said. "You could hear the rush of the water rolling in from the
Shelly Sack
The full force of Andrew passed to the north of the Bahamas, but nevertheless, the damage inflicted on the building was evident.
"You could
hear the windows shattering all over the hotel," Sack said. "The rooms right above us were all shattered out.
"The wind went up to about 155 miles per hour. After the wind died down around midnight, it rained several hours. We had what they called a tropical storm, which followed the hurricane."
"It got kind of frustrating," Smith said. "We got up and walked around inside the hotel several times, but you had to be careful walking around the shattered glass."
Michelle Smith, Sack's teammate who played for Oklahoma State last year, said that staying in the crowded ballroom became tedious.
That night Gail Sack, Shelly's mother, sat in her North Platte, Neb. home anxiously watching the Cable News
"When they said that it was heading towards Nassau, I was getting a little concerned," she said.
Her concerns were lifted when her daughter called around 9 p.m. with news that the hurricane had passed through.
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With the double elimination format in effect, the tournament resumed yesterday, with Team USA losing 2-1 to the Bahamas.
Shelly Sack said that her team was scheduled to play China Sunday, but that everyone expected that the games would be either postponed or canceled.
"We really should be playing for the gold, but we'll have to try for the bronze," Sack said.
The team plays for the bronze medal tomorrow against Canada. China and the Bahamas will compete for the gold.
Although Sack completed her softball career at Kansas last spring, she will return to campus next week to finish her studies in therapeutic recreation.
Sack said that this week gave her memories that she will never forget.
"It was very exciting. I had never been in a hurricane before."
Florell moves to fullback
By David Bartkoski
Florell said the change from quarterback to fullback was the idea of the coaching staff.
Backup quarterback Nate Florel ran the Kansas offense for all but one series in the sixth game of the Jayhawks 1990 football camp, when the team was defeated 34-0 by the Miami Hurricanes.
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He said that he was learning the fundamentals of his new position.
Last year, he started against Iowa State and scored his first career touchdown in a Kansas victory over New Mexico State.
Now, in his third year with the team, the junior from Chicago will try a new position - backfill.
"It's hard coming down on defend
ers," he said. "I knew about the position before, but I understand it better now that I've played there some."
Redshirt freshman Kevin Polian, a defensive end on the team who competes against Florell in practice, said that Florell was trying hard at fullback.
"I think he's going to do it with a positive attitude." Polan said.
Florrell said that the positions of quarterback and backfill differed because quarterback required more quick decision making and fullback required more straight-on power. He praised his teammates at both
He praised his teammates at both positions.
"We have really good fullbacks on this team," he said. "Monte Cozzens has done well. Chris Powell has done well. I don't know if a lot of people out there know it, but Chris Powell is one
of the best blocking backs around."
Florell said he had a lot of respect for Kansas' quarterbacks, too. He described the position of quarterback as a mentally involved one.
Not only did Florell change positions this season, he also changed his number from 15 to 36.
Florell said former teammate Chip Budde, who played from 1879-1900, told him it was a good omen for the team that he switched numbers because this year was the fifteenth anniversary of Elvis' death.
"A lot of guys on the team are thinking that they should show up at the game," Kowal said. "Bowl."
He said he thought that the Jayhawks would be the team to see the King on Jan. 1.
KU Rugby Football Club members run practice drills yesterday afternoon at the Shenk Complex. The club returned from a tour of New Zealand last week.
After trip to New Zealand, KU rugby club up for season
Bv Kristi Fogler
Kansan sportswriter
This year the rugby collegiate and club teams are considered to be in the top five in their respective divisions. The collegiate team includes only full-time students, whereas the club team includes both students and players from the community.
The KU Rugby Football Club returned last week from a two week tour of New Zealand. They played seven games against teams from around the country, losing all seven of them.
Delray said his team playing in New Zealand, where the national sport is rugby, was like bringing a New Zealand football team to the United States to play.
While the tour might be seen by some as less than successful, center Matt Delargy said winning was not the prime reason for traveling to New Zealand.
"The whole point was to improve our standing," Delargy, London junior, said. "It was a great learning experience. The people who went on tour really learned a lot. They have a better attitude toward the game."
This is not the first time the club has toured the world to play rugby. Every other year the club tours in a different part of the world. In years past they have traveled to Canada, Holland, Argentina, England, France, New Zealand, Scotland and Ireland. The club had planned to tour South Africa last year, but because of the political turmoil that arose, all rugby tours to the country were canceled. The club had to postpone their tour a year to make arrangements to travel to New Zealand.
Teammate Philip Olson, Washington, D.C., senior, was not able to afford this year's tour, but toured with the team in the past.
"The purpose of the tour is to introduce the American player to what rugby is all about," Olson said. "Touring is the goal of every rugby player — touring with 30 of your best friends, playing what you love
to play. The cost of the trip just shows how much we love to play."
Olson said the tour was a great chance to build teams in other countries and to recruit players to come to the University to play. He said there were two New Zealanders who were recruited that live in Lawrence for the sole purpose of playing rugby.
Olson said that recruitingwas going to be the main focus this year.
"We lost five players and don't seem to have replacements at this time," Olson said. "We'll have to fill in with new players. Hopefully they can do the job. After you play for three games you are no longer a new player."
Olson said that was the problem with U.S. rugby.
"In New Zealand, they play for five years before they aren't considered new to the game," he said.
Delray said that in the United States, the average age of a new player was 18. In Europe and New Zealand, children start playing rugby at the age of seven.
Olson said the team was still looking for players to fill the roster, and experience was not necessary.
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Colorado football coach denies charges
members of the Ultimate frisbee team practice at the Shenk Complex, despite the rain yesterday. The team practices every Tuesday and Thursday and encourages all who are interested to come out and participate.
The Associated Press
Ultimate toss
BOULDER, Colo — Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, previously reprimanded for mixing the school's name with his religious views, has given away New Testaments bearing the school's official logo, a newspaper says.
Bob Swales, director of the nonprofit International Bible Society of Colorado Springs that published the paperback New Testaments, told the Rocky Mountain News that McCarthy did not request the printing, but his office gave permission for it in advance and supplied a copy of the school's logo.
McCartney accepted 100 New Testaments each of the past two seasons,
McCartney denied any knowledge of the books.
"I have absolutely not given anyone permission to put a CU logo on anything and you won't find any record that I have," McCartney said.
McCartney said it was possible the publisher could have called and received unauthorized permission from an athletic department secretary.
"Anything's possible," he said.
Patricia Helm, associate director of the school's licensing and trademark office, said publication of the New
Testament with the school logo was a violation of CU's federally registered trademarks.
"The authority for using the school's mark is in this office. It's not with the athletic department," she said. "I did not approve that."
CU president Judith Albino released a terse statement on the controversy: "It should be absolutely obvious that this was not approved by the university."
David Grimm, Albino's representative, said she had directed her staff to investigate how the logo was obtained.
McCartney said his office had not distributed any of the books.
Some of the New Testaments have surfaced outside the athletic department. On at least one occasion, they were distributed to friends by a CU football booster who said they came from McCarrie, the News said.
McCartney has clashed before with CU administration over mixing religion and his role as a prominent employee of Colorado's largest state university.
Bv David Bartkoski
The most notorious incident came early this year, when it was revealed he used his title to promote a conservative group seeking to bar homosexual rights ordinance through passage of Amendment 2 on November's ballot.
Wide receiver follows brother to Kansas
Hosea Friday did not play very much football with his older brother Paul when they were growing up because of a four-year age difference between them.
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The younger Friday, a freshman wide receiver, arrived at Kansas to play football just in time to miss his older brother, who lettered for the Javahaws every year from 1988-91.
Hosea said he still could learn about football from his older brother despite Paul leaving after last season
to work for a fire department in his hometown of Detroit.
"I'd really like to take on his attitude about work," he said. "Just go ahead and get it done. No problem. Do what you have to do."
Wide receivers coach John Jefferson said Friday was doing a good job and showed a good ability to go to the ball.
"He's shown more toughness than he had when he first got here. He came in a little bit overweight, and he suffered for that. He's part of a good group of wideouts on the team," he
said.
Friday said that the toughest part of playing for a university team for the first time was the mental side of the game. The difference was the amount of things you were expected to know at this level, he said.
In the last level in which he competed, high school, Friday remembered one game as special.
"There was a game against Cooley High. We were down 18-0 with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter. We scored 21 points, I caught three touchdown passes and we won the
game," he said.
Friday said he came to Kansas from Chadsey High in Detroit for several reasons.
"I knew that the coaching staff was to be here all five years and that the team was on the rise. I wanted to work with Coach Jefferson, and I knew he was a great NFL player," he said.
Paul's younger brother, who said he began playing football in about the fifth grade, is intending Kansas on a full scholarship.
Three golfers qualify for amateur tournament
Three members of the Kansas men's golf team qualified to play in this week's National Amateur Tournament at Muirfield Village, Ohio.
Seniors Brad Bruno and Jim Young, and junior John Hess will compete individually among more than 300 golfers at a course designed by professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. Matt Gogel, junior, just missed qualifying.
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Coach Ross Randall said he was pleased that they were competing. "I'm glad that the three of them qualified," Randall said. "Hopefully it will get them a lot of experience. They don't need to worry about winning it more than they do about qualifying. That's an achievement right there, getting into match play."
The tournamentwinner is eligible to compete in PGA tour events.
Terry survives Chiefs' cut; Okoye signs contract
The Kansas City Chiefs made no surprise announcements yesterday when they released 14 players and made other roster moves to reduce their squad to 60.
Doug Terry, who played for Kansas from 1988 to 1991, survived the final cut. After suffering a concussion in Monday night's game against Buffalo, Terry was released from the hospital that night.
Running back Christian Okoye, the 1989 NFL, rushing champion, ended his holdout by signing a series of three one-year contracts with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Okoye's signing Monday leaves wide receiver Stephone Paige as the only unsigned player.
Former St. Louis coach follows son to Missouri
Lee Winfield, former associate basketball coach at St. Louis University, has been hired as an assistant coach at Missouri.
Coach Norm Stewart announced the appointment on Monday, just four days after Winfield's son, Julian, left St. Louis and registered at Missouri.
Winfield coached for four years at the high school level before a 10 year stint as an assistant at St. Louis University.
son, Julian, registered at Missouri on Thursday.
After initially committing to the University of Kansas, Winfield's
jon julian, registered at Missouri on Thursday.
Kansas Coach Roy Williams expressed his dismay last week when rumors first circulated that Julian Winfield would attend Missouri instead of Kansas. The sophomore point guard said his decision to attend Missouri was based on the hiring of his father.