University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 19, 1987
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Sports
Manning top vote-getter in AP All-America selection
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - University of Michigan guard Gary Grant says he would trade his selection to the 1987-88 Associated Press preseason All-America team for a Big Ten title and a good showing in the NCAA Tournament.
"It's an honor to get selected to a preseason All-America team, but right now, I'm just looking forward to the season and I would just like to make sure that the team does well." Grant said yesterday after the team members were announced.
He was voted to the squad along with Kansas forward Danny Manning, Syracuse center Rony Seikaly, North Carolina forward J.R. Reid
and Notre Dame guard David Rivers by a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
"I feel that if the team wins a Big Ten championship and does well in postseason play, the individual awards will follow," he added.
Manning was the top vote-getter in the balloting, receiving 60 of a possible 64 votes. Seikaly had 40, Reid got 36, while Rivers and Grant had 33 and 32, respectively. All are seniors except Reid, who is a sophomore.
Grant, one of the country's best two-way players, averaged 22.4 points, 5.4 assists and 2.7 steals per game. He led Michigan, ranked ninth in the AP's preseason poll, into the second round of the NCAA Tournament last spring, but is looking for bigger things this season.
"It's really nice to get this recognition. Now, I have to have a season to prove that the selectors were right," he said.
Manning was the only repeater from last year's initial AP preseason team, which included seniors David Robinson of Navy, Kenny Smith of North Carolina, and Steve Alford of Indiana, each of whom, like Manning, was chosen for the All-American team after the season.
Louisville's Pervi Ellison was the other player selected to last year's preseason team. Reggie Williams of Georgetown replaced him on the postseason All-American team.
Manning, the Big Eight player of the year, averaged 23.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game for the Jayhawks last season while making 62 percent of his field goal attempts.
There were rumors that Manning would leave Kansas after his junior year to play in the NBA, but when the filing deadline passed, he was still with the Jayhawks, ranked seventh in the AP poll.
to be named the national player of the year at the end of the season," Brown said.
"I'm thrilled for him," his coach, Larry Brown, said. "Everyone around here is happy for the press-reason recognition and I'm sure Danny is as well. He's a tremendous player and representative of college basketball." "I know Danny is going to work hard and do everything he can
Reid, one of the most heralded freshman ever to enter Coach Dean Smith's program, was the Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year last season, averaging 14.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.
But Reid said he can do better, and that playing for a well-known program like North Carolina, third in the AP preseason poll, can be a springboard to personal honors.
Reid was suspended by Smith for the opening game of this season for his part in a scuffle with students from another school.
Seikaly was the center last season as the Orangemen. No1 in the preseason, came within a point of the national championship, losing 74-73 to Indiana. The 6-10 native of Greece averaged 15.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks last season while shooting 57 percent from the field.
Rivers has battled back from a near-fatal automobile accident in the summer of 1986 to become an All-American.
The 6-footer averaged 15.7 points and 5.1 assists last season while playing almost 37 minutes per game in leading the Fighting Irish to the NCAA's round of 16, and is expected to be at full strength for his senior season.
Injuries force changes in lineup
Henson, Barker probably will miss game against MU
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Kansas will probably be without the services of senior defensive and Stacy Henson and freshman linebacker Tony Barker when the Jayhawks travel to Missouri to play the 4-6 Tigers Saturday.
Senior linebacker Rick Bredesen gives instructions during practice. Bredesen will be working to stabilize a KU defense that has been riddled with injuries this season.
Henson is suffering from a lower back strain that occurred in the Jayhawks' 49-17 loss to Oklahoma State. Henson has made 47 tackles this season, including six for losses. He also has recovered two fumbles, caused two others and has started two games this season.
Redshirt freshman David Gordon will start at left defensive end, while senior Teddy Newman will man the right defensive end position. For the season, Gordon has recorded 19 tackles and caused one stoppage in the season earlier in the season at defensive tackle when senior David White, senior Von Lacey and junior Tim Adams were all injured.
Barker, who was listed as a second-team linebacker earlier in the season, will miss the finale against Missouri because of a separated right shoulder. Barker has made 11 tackles this season and has recovered a fumble.
Kansas players received several honors last week for their performances both on and off the field.
Last week's edition of The Sporting News listed two players in their All-American preview list. Freshman linebacker Curtis Moore, who leads the team in tackles with 95, was listed as a "star of the future." Senior defensive end Teddy Newman, who ranks second on the team in tackles with 79, was listed as "worthy of mention" for All-American honors.
Kansas senior quarterback Mike Orth was named to the first team academic all-Big Eight team. Orth, a civil engineering major, had a 4.0 grade point average in the spring 1987 semester.
Several players received honorable mention status; senior center Rob Foster, sophomore offensive tackle Bill Hundelt, offensive tackle Bobby Pieper, junior running back Arnold Snell, sophomore defensive tackle Mark Koncz and senior nurse Rich Bigh
With redshirt freshman Chip
Budde having started every game at center this season with freshman Jason Shepherd back him up, Kansas coach Bob Valesente said he might move Shepherd to offensive or defensive tackle next season.
"If we can recruit a center this season, it's something we'll look
Next season, Kansas will have to replace White, Lacey and senior defensive end Eldridge Avery, all of whom have started games at defensive tackle this season.
at," Valesente said. "《Shepherd) played defensive tackle last year in high school and might be able to help us there."
Slugger from last-place Cubs named National League MVP
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs became the first member of a last-place team to be named Most Valuable Player, winning the National League award yesterday.
Dawson, a free agent who no club bid for a last winter, led the majors with 137 RBI and 49 homeruns. He beat St. Louis shortstop Ozzie Smith by a 269-193 margin in voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
"I tried to be realistic and not hold out too much hope," said Dawson, who admitted he thought the Cubs' poor finish could hurt his chances. "I'm thrilled despite a pretty dismal season by the ballclub."
Dawson, 33, was so intent on playing at Wrigley Field this year that he left the Montreal Expos and signed a blank contract with the Cubs during spring training. Then-general manager Dallas Green filled in the dollar amount of $500,000, making Dawson the second-lowest paid regular on the team.
"I wanted to convince the baseball world that I would indeed perform better under different circumstances
— those circumstances being to get away from the AstroTurf and onto a natural playing field," Dawson said in a news conference at Wrigley Field.
Jack Clark, Smith's teammate on the National League East champion St. Louis team that finished 18½ games ahead of Chicago, was third with 18. Montreal's Tim Wallach was fourth and San Francisco's Will McCormick was Young Award winner Steve Bedrosian of Philadelphia finished 16th.
Dawson and the two Clarks were the only players named on all 24 ballots. Smith was named on 22. Two association members in each of the
12 NL cities were eligible to vote.
Dawson got 11 first-place votes,
Smith had nine. Jack Clark three.
Wilson had five.
"I'm not disappointed," Smith said. "It's one of those things I didn't give much thought to. Hopefully, I'll wake up tomorrow." Smith batted a career-high 303 with 75 RBI and 43 stolen bases. He committed 10 errors, tied for his fewest ever in a season.
But Dawson prospered with his best year while the Cubs struggled along at 76-85. Dawson batted .287 and played a strong right field while also surpassing his previous top power numbers of 32 home runs and 113 RBI, both in 1983 with Montreal.
He also earned an additional $150,000 for staying off the disabled list and an extra $50,000 for making the All-Star team for the fourth time. He did not have an incentive clause in his contract for winning the MVP.
As much as Dawson wanted to play in Chicago, the Cubs, burned by multimillion-dollar tree agents confronted the past, were reluctant to have him.
Dawson, vowing the winter that he would not return to the Expos for a 12th season, rejected salary arbitration and tested the free-agent market. The Expos offered a two-year contract worth $2 million, and no other team tonned that figure.
"I felt strong all season. I would wake up in the morning and just look forward to going to the ballpark," Dawson said.
From the start, Dawson wanted to play at Wrigley Field, where he had hit .346 in his career. At that point, he had averaged one home run for every 16.8 at-bats during the day, com-
peting to one per each 37.1 at-bats at night.
higher than his average at night.
In each of his previous 10 seasons, his average during the day had been
His strong desire to play for the Cubs prompted Green to accuse Dawson and agent Dick Moss of trying to camp into a circus.
Dawson joined Ernie Banks and Chuck Kluc as the only players from losing teams to win the MVP award. Banks won it in 1958 and 1959 while playing shortstop for the Cubs, who finished fifth in the eight-t team NL in both seasons. Klein won it with Philadelphia in 1932.
Dawson, Banks, Klein and Hank Sauer with the Cubs in the 1952 and Rod Carew in 1977 with Minnesota are the only players in the MVP award with second-division teams.
Dawson tied Oakland rookie Mark McGwire for the major league home run lead. Dawson's hoe run and RBI totals were the most in the NL since George Foster's 52-homer, 149 RBI season for Cincinnati in 1977.
In 1986, Dawson batted .284 with 20 home runs and 78 RBI on Montreal and spent two weeks on the disabled list.
Dawson's $500,000 base salary was a figure earned by most journeymen these days and surpassed this season in bonus money by Kansas City's Steve Balboni ($252,000). Only Cubs shortstop Shawn Dunston had a lower salary on the team.
The Cubs want to re-sign Dawson, Jim Frey, who succeeded Green, realizes it will cost a lot of money. The Nets want to stay at Wrigley Field.
"I'm going to be the starter next season. This is a new home for me." Dawson said. "I can honestly say I don't think I would have enjoyed playing this season anywhere as much as here."
On Aug. 1, Dawson hit three home runs at Wrigley Field for the.second time in his career.
Cubs considering Altobelli, Zimmer
The Associated Press
CHICAGO - Joe Altobelli and Don Zimmer top the list of candidates being considered for manager of the Chicago Cubs, according to a published report.
Jim Frey, the Cubs' new director of baseball operations, is near a decision on selecting a manager and he has been giving active consideration to both men, the Chicago Sun-Times reported in westerdav's editions.
Frey has assured Alobelli a job with the Cubs and has already talked with him twice, the newspaper said.
already talked with him twice, the newspaper said. Altobelli said, "Of course, I talked to him." He's a
friend."
Altobelli currently is a minor league coordinator with the New York Yankees, but the newspaper said he had been hired.
Albotti managed the Baltimore Orioles in 1833, when they beat the Chicago White Sox in the American League playoffs and went on to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
Zimmer was Frey's third base coach when Frey managed the Cubs, and he quit when Frey was fired by Dallas Green, the Cubs' former team president.
Women's basketball team signs recruit
By ROBERT WHITMAN
Staff writer
The Kansas women's basketball team signed a second high school senior to a letter of intent Tuesday as the eight-day early signing period ended last night.
The Jayhawks signed Danielle Shareef, a 5-10 forward from West Palm Beach, Fla. Shareef spent her sophomore and junior years at Lincoln Academy in Kansas City, Mo., where she averaged 27.5 points a game her junior year and earned a second team all-metro selection from the Kansas City Star. Lincoln had a 16-2 record last season.
This year, Shareef will be attend-
ing Palm Beach Gardens High
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Kansas coach Marian Washington
"She's a pure athlete, a virtually untapped talent," Washington said. "I see her on the perimeter certainly, but we'll just have to see. I will until get her here and work with her."
said Shareef was just the kind of player the program was looking for: a good athlete with the ability to do well academically.
Washington said she was unsure exactly what position Shareef would pick.
Cook said Shareef attracted his attention, and the attention of other colleges, at the AAU junior olympic tournament in July at Clovis, N.M. He said that about 80 colleges sent letters to Shareef trying to interest her in their colleges.
Washington said that the Jayhawks would continue to recruit throughout the winter and spring. She said she would try to fill about 6 or 8 spots opening up for next year's team because of graduation.
Kansas assistant coach Kevin Cook said he thought the Jayhawks had an advantage in recruiting Shareef.
places called her number in Kansas City later and got a recording that the number had been disconnected."
"We're definitely looking for some size in the lane," she said. "Next year, we will have Stretch (Deborah Richardson, 6-4 center) returning as a senior and Lynn (Page, 6-4 center) returning as a junior. If we sign anyone at that position, they can expect to play without a long wait, playing behind a senior and a junior.
"I called her in August, and it was perfect timing because they were moving to Florida in two days," Cook said. "I was lucky enough to get her phone number. Some of the other
One top recruit who did not sign during the early signing period was 6-0 Kareema Williams from Wichita Southeast High School. Williams, rated among the top 10 players in the nation according to three national recruiting newsletters, is still considered Kansas among her college choices.
The Jayhawks have not signed any tall players during the early signing period, an area Washington said was a priority.
The Jayhawks' other signee was Shannon Bloxom, a 5-10 guard from Leavenworth High School.
Basketball intra-squad exhibition is no contest
By DARRIN STINEMAN
Two of the Jayhawks' three returning starters, Danny Manning and Kevin Pritchard, were on the White team, as was returning medical redshirt Archie Marshall. Manning scored 22 points, junior transfer Marvin Branch had 20, Marshall had 19
The Kansas men's basketball team put on an intra-squad exhibition at Johnson County Community College last night, but it was no contest as the White队 defeated the Blue, 104-61 before a capacity crowd of 2.400.
Branch, a 6-10 center, keyed an 18-4 run for the White team in the last six minutes of the first half. Branch scored six points during the spurt, and sophomore forward Mark Rendall, who had 11 points in the game, scored four in the final minutes of the half.
Before the White team went on its binge, they led only 28-20, but by the end of the half the lead jumped to 46-24.
Junior Scooter Barry had seven
and Pritchard had 15.
Junior guard/forward Mit Newton led the Blue team with 18 points. Other scorers for the Blue team included sophomore forward Keith Harris with 13 points, senior center Alvarez弓 with 11, junior guard Sean Alvarez with seven, sophomore guard Jeff Guerrero and freshman guard/forward Mike Maddux with four, and freshman Mike Masucci with two.
points for the White team.
The teams were divided differently for the scrimmage than they have been in past preseason contests.
Some of the spectators took advantage of having the Jayhawks in town by having them sign autographs after the game. The scrimmage will be the last intra-squirt match of the year.
Manning, Branch, Marshall, Pritchard and Barry had previously played for the Blue team, but they played for the White team last night.
Kansas begins the regular season at the Hawaiian Airlines Maui Classic Nov. 27-29 in Hawaii. The Jayhawks will play the host team, Chaminade, in the first round.
Sports Briefs
Because the team was not divided into two distinct squads for the scrimmage, no score was kept. Assistant coach Kevin Cook said 375 people attended the scrimmage.
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington used different player combinations Tuesday for the team's intrasquid scrimmage at Leavenworth High School.
KU women experiment with lineups
Washington said she wanted to experiment with line-ups other than those used in last week's scrimmage in Wichita. She did that by putting players who play the same positions on the same side, like 6-foot-4 centers Deborah Richardson and Lynn Power, power forwards Jackie Martin and Lisa Baker, and guards Mesho Straughter and Lisa Dougherty.
1986 sports GNP hits $47.2 billion
NEW YORK — The Gross National Sports Product reached $47.2 billion in 1986, according to research compiled and announced yesterday by Sports inc., a new sports weekly business magazine,
and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates.
The sports GNP ranks 25th in the GNP calculations, just below autos. Next on the list is the $4.05 billion social services industry, followed by the $3.9 billion spent in petroleum and coal products.
The figure represented a 7 percent increase over the $44.1 billion GNSP calculated for 1985 and was 1 percent of the total GNP, which was $4.25 trillion in 1986.
All segments of the sports industry were computed into the GNSP. The largest slice, $16.2 billion, was attributed to participant and leisure sports activities, and the smallest, $1.8 million, came from Hall of Fame admissions.
Team Handball Club to sponsor tourney
The KU Team Handball Club is sponsoring a team handball tournament Friday in Robinson Center
Baha Hamil, faculty adviser and president of he club, said teams were still being sought to play in the tournament. Games will begin at 6 p.m. in the north gym of Robinson.
Anyone interested in entering the tournament can do so by contacting Hamil through the Student Senate office or through Robinson Center. Teams need at least seven players to enter, Hamil said.