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Tuesday, December 1, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
Jo Jo White retires from Sizzlers team
The Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. — Jo Jo White's comeback with the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association ended yesterday, 26 days after it began.
A former star with the University of Kansas and the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics, White said that he simply did not have the legs to keep up with younger players and thought it was best to retire. White, 41, made the announcement after meeting with Sizzlers coach John Killiea and team owner Bernie Glannon.
White will leave the team, not only as a player but as an assistant coach. However, he did not rule out the possibility of returning later as a coach or in some other capacity.
"Jojo White has never been one to kid himself," White said during a brief news conference in the Kansas Expocentre, where the Sizzlers play their home games. "The legs seemed not to be responding as I would have liked them to."
White, a 6-foot-3 guard, played 12 seasons in the NBA and was the most valuable player in the 1976 NBA championship series. The seven-time
All-Star also had a brilliant career at KU and served as an assistant coach for the Jayhawks in 1981-82 and 1982-83.
In September, he played in a special alumni game between Kansas and Kansas State and scored 23 points. On Nov. 4, he announced that he would attempt a comeback and serve as an assistant coach and tutor to Lloyd Daniels, the 6-8 star from New York City whose vagabond career led him to Las Vegas and trouble with drugs.
However, in five games with the Sizzlers, White averaged 5.6 points a
game, despite playing an average of more than 24 minutes a game. He also hit 44.4 percent of his field goal attempts.
"The young blood that flowed through young legs made it difficult." Killita said. "He couldn't do what he wanted to do."
White said he did not have any specific plans for the future, although he would take another job with the Sizzlers if they offered him one.
"I'm sure you'll be hearing from me soon," White said.
KU's Moore named AP Newcomer of Year Despite changing positions twice, freshman wins Big Eight defensive honors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A quarterback who was recruited with one highly specialized skill in mind and a linebacker who changed positions twice as a freshman are the Associated Press Big Eight football newcomers of the year.
The Associated Press
10000 newcomers of the year Kansas' freshman linebacker, Curtis Moore, was the choice of a panel of media observers as defensive newcomer. Offensive honors went to Sal Aumese, Colorado's sophomore wishbone quarterback.
Kansas coaches think that the 6-1, 205-pound Moore will prove to be even better in the future. His steadily improving play provided a little sunshine in an otherwise dreary year for the Jayhawks, who ended their season 1-9 and saw Coach Bob Valesente get fired.
Curtis took the field. "The first three weeks of spring training, Curtis played at strong safety," said Jayhawk linebacker coach Scott Conley. "We needed an outside linebacker, and the last week of practice was all we had to look at Curtis."
"But he had an exceptional week and showed a lot of natural ability," Conley said. "Then, over the summer, we felt we didn't have the middle linebacker we needed, so we looked at Curtis at that position. He was able to play very, very well for us. His natural position may be outside linebacker, but he did a great job for us."
Conley said Moore's speed and toughness are strengths.
"In our last game, at Missouri, he got right in his sore ankle and began to hobble," he said. "I brought him out for a few series. He said, 'Coach, I've been hobbling all year. I want to get back out there.'
"I put him back in, Missouri ran a reverse and he ran the guy down from behind," Conley said.
Auniese beat out incumbent quarterback Mark Hatcher early in the season and proved he was exact what Coach Bill McCartney predicted. He scored the 6-0, 190-pound star from Oceanside, Calif.
certain, aim.
"We said then that Sal would be an excellent
option quarterback." McCartney said. "It looks like we were right."
Aunese will be watching from the sidelines Saturday when the Buffs host Nebraska in their regular season finale. He suffered a shoulder injury before the game, and late last week in the second play from scrimmage.
At the time, he was eighth in the Big Eight in rushing with 612 yards. He also had six touchdowns and had completed 23 of 51 passes for 522 yards and three scores. Aunese sat out his freshman year after failing to meet the NCAA's academic eligibility requirements.
"He's really come along fast when you consider that he was out a year ago and unable to interact with us in any way," McCartney said.
"Next year, we believe we're going to have a lot of good young players and Sal will be the trigger man," McCARTney said. "He's quick to take the blame and even quicker to pass out the credit, so he's popular with his teammates. We think he's going to get a lot better."
Bo Jackson helps Raiders to victory
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — Rookie Bo Jackson rushed for a team-record 221 yards on 18 carries and scored three touchdowns, including a 91-yard scoring sprint in the second quarter, leading the Los Angeles Raiders to a 37-14 NFL victory over Seattle last night.
The Raiders, 4-7, previously eliminated in the NFL playoff chase, snapped a seven-game losing streak with their first victory in the Kingdome since 1981. They were outscored 70-3 in their previous two visits to Seattle.
Jackson, enticed by Raiders' owner Al Davis to go from the Kansas City Royals baseball team into the
Jackson had a 42-yard run on the scoring drive as the Raiders went from a 27-7 halftime advantage into a 33-7 lead.
The loss kept Seattle, 7-4, from moving into a tie with San Diego, 8-3; for first place in the AFC West, and dropped the Seahawks into third place in their division behind Denver, 7-3-1.
NFL for a five-year, $7.4 million contract, had a 2-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. On that play, he carried the Seahawks' $11 million rookie linebacker Brian Bosworth into the end zone.
In just his fifth pro football game,
Jackson also caught a 14-year-scorr
ing pass from Mc Wilson in the second quarter. Wilson also had a 46-yard touchdown pass to James Lofton in the first quarter.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound 1985 Heisman Trophy winner from Auburn broke the Raiders' single-game rushing record of 200 yards set by Clem Daniels against the New York Jets in 1963.
The Seahawks, who had won four of five starts after the NFL players' strike ended, scored on Dave Krieg touchdown passes of 19 yards to Daryl Turner in the opening quarter and 3 yards to Mike Tice in the third quarter.
Some fans in the Kingdome crowd of 62,802 saw too much of Jackson, however. They began leaving when the Raiders took the opening second-half kickoff to score their fourth touchdown of the game, with Jackson scoring from 2 yards out. The exodus quickened when Chris Bahr kicked a
Bahr had field goals of 23 and 47 vards in the second quarter.
23-yard field goal, his third of the game, at 9:31 of the third quarter to put Los Angeles in front 37-7, the seventh straight possession the Raiders had scored.
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Jackson's third TD of the game at 3:20 of the third quarter to climax a 75-yard, seven-play march.
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