University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 14, 1987
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NFL strike snags on arbitration
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The NFL strike continued to drag on yesterday when the owners rejected the players' demand for binding arbitration and the players' union declined to send the players back to work.
It was a day on which the two chief negotiators, management's Jack Donlan and the union's Gene Upshaw, exchanged volleys like a tennis match. Donlan accepted three of the union's four conditions for an end to the walkout, but the union leader sent it back.
"It's in his court again," Upshaw said at a Washington news conference, about three hours after Donlan had told him that he would accept mediation to settle the dispute but not arbitration.
Upshaw said he would be back in touch with Donlan in hopes of finding another way to get the players back in a absence of a contract agreement.
But no date was set for another bargaining session and Donlan said he saw no reason to resume the talks, which broke off last Sunday, unless the union changes its position on key issues.
The league said the strike-replacement games would go on again for the third weekend with free agents and veterans who crossed the nicket line.
"They're intent on busting the union," Upshaw said. "It just shows the people that are in control don't want to reach agreement."
The union's new proposal came after a six-hour meeting Monday in which the players voted to go back to work. The union would accept a series of conditions.
The crucial condition was the, mediation-arbitration clause. The union said it would accept the mediator it had previously rejected if the owners would agree that if there was no settlement after six weeks, the entire dispute would be submitted to binding arbitration.
But the Management Council's executive committee, which had previously rejected arbitration, quickly did so again. The owners claim that to allow an arbitrator to make decision issues is to give up control of the game.
"It's very simple," Donlan said. "They want binding arbitration and we don't want any part of it. We've told them that many times when they've proposed it. The only surprise is that they'd come back to it now."
Donlan also rejected another idea he said Upshaw had made on the phone — arbitration on non-economic issues only.
But Upshaw responded that, without arbitration, the players would not return to work, even though management had accepted its proposal to keep the 1982 agreement in effect and not engage in reprisals against strikers or player representatives.
"We cannot agree on returning to work with the 1982 agreement in effect forward, and that's what he has proposed," Upshaw said of Donlan's new position. But Upshaw added he had taken another step than Donlan another attempt to find a way to get the players back without a full contract settlement.
Among the other items included in the union proposal was a demand that the jobs of the 45 players on a team's roster at the beginning of the season be protected. The union was concerned that some strikers would lose their jobs to replacement players.
Basketball team looks to repeat success
By ROBERT WHITMAN Staff wrter
Last season, the Kansas women's basketball team had an advantage that it won't have this season.
"I don't think they'll underestimate us like they did last season," KU coach Marian Washington said at yesterday's women's basketball media day.
Last year, the Jayhawks won the Big Eight Conference tournament and tied for the regular season conference crown. The team finished with a 20-13 record and a berth in the NCAA tournament. In the tournament, Kansas defeated Northeast Louisiana before losing to Georgia.
This season, Kansas has eight returning letterwriters: five seniors and three sophomores. Three freshmen make up half of the transfer make up the rest of the squad.
The Jayhawks will be without forward Shawna Waters, who was declared academically ineligible. Waters, who avraged 9.8 points a
Last year's squad won 10 of its last 12 games.
game last season, will be red-shirted this year.
Add it all up and the Jayhawks might reasonably be favored to win the conference regular season title outright. But Washington said Oklahoma State and Colorado should be the conference favorites.
"I'm optimistic. I think we have enough good people that if we don't mold together, we'll leave ourselves open," she said.
Lisa Braddy, a 5-foot-7 sophomore guard, was the only Kansas player to start in all 33 games last year. Braddy, the Big Eight Newcomer-of-the-year last season, averaged 9.4 points per game. Braddy committed 112 turnovers, an average of 3.2 a game and more than anyone on the team.
"One thing about Lisa Braddy is that she has improved her growth and maturity," Washington said. "She was a young freshman and she
played a big role on the team. I expect much more consistency from Lisa Braddy this year, but I'm pleased with what she did last year."
Washington has a trio of senior forwards returning: 5-11 Jack Martin (10.4 points a game), 6-0 Sandy Shaw (8.3) and 5-11 Lisa Baker (6.7).
Baker is the best shooter returning to the team. She hit 54.9 percent last year.
"A big key for us is Baker. If Lisa Baker can have the sort of performance she had in three or four games last year, I'll feel good about our perimeter game," Washington said.
Lisa Dougherty, a 5-8 senior guard,
was the Jayhawks' third leading scorer last year. Dougherty started only three games but played 31.
The Jayhawks also have a versatile player in 8-5 senior Mesho, who is listed as a forward on the roster but not a starter. The center, appearing in 31 games last year.
Washington's top recruits are freshman LaTanya Nelson, a 5-9
forward from Landover, Md., and junior Deborah Richardson, a 6-4 center from Kilgore (Texas) Junior College.
Nelson was a two-time all-metro selection in the Washington, D.C., area and a Street and Smith magazine All-America selection as a high school senior.
Richardson's team at Kilgore
Junior College finished seventh in
the National Junior College Athletic
Freshman year and sixth last year.
"We had a big bole at guard last year, and Lisa Braddy had the opportunity to step into it. LaTonya will also have an opportunity to step in there," Washington said. "We try to make sure that they get rarest that they get an opportunity to experience what Lisa Braddy experienced."
The Jayhawks open the season with an exhibition game Nov. 21 in Allen Field House against the Wales national team.
Long wait ends suddenly for KU wide receiver
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Staff writer
For someone who had been fighting for three seasons to get playing time at Kansas, senior wide receiver Murphy Ray didn't expect his chance to get extended duty to come quite so quickly.
Ray moved from not even being on the traveling squad last week to one of the five receivers the Jay hawks will be rotating in and out of the game Saturday against Colorado. The move came as wide receivers Rodney Harris and Peda Samuel were moved to cornerback yesterday because of injuries to regular starting cornerback Bill Sutter and strong safety Marvin Mattox.
The chance for Ray to get some playing time may have been a bit unorthodox, but he said he was excited. "If you would get his opportunity to play."
"I've been ready since day one," he said. "It's been tough, at times, having other people playing instead of me, but the success of the team has always be the most important thing for me."
The chance to play was never an issue for Ray in his high school days. As a senior at Struthers (Ohio) High School, Ray was named to the All-State team. He graduated from his sophomore year of high school and signed with the Buckeyes after his senior year in 1983.
Ray's career at Ohio State lasted only a few days. The glamour he saw in playing for his home state university quickly vanished, and Ray began looking for a school to transfer to.
"I had lived in Ohio for five years, and growing up, all I heard about was Ohio State," he said. "I
wanted to get out on my own and make my own identity."
The search for his identity led Ray to see Kansas as the kind of football team he wanted to play for. Those were the days of the "KU Air Force" and the "KU Bomb Squad." Jayhawk quarterback Mike Norseth was setting school records in terms of wide receivers that included Richard Estell, Johnny Holloway and Skip Peete.
"I made one trip to Kansas and knew it was exactly the place I was looking for," he said. "I've never regretted the choice."
With the talented receivers already at Kansas, the 6-foot-2, 185-pound Ray played sparingly during his first two years. His two-year career total of eight receptions for 67 yards looked like a single-game totals for some of the Jaihawk's starting wide receivers.
"It was hard playing second fiddle to those guys all the time," he said. "I'm competitive, so I can't be as good as the guys in front of me."
Kansas receivers coach Joe Panunzio said Ray's lack of speed was the main thing that kept him out of the lineup. Ray was clocked at a 4.69-second 40-yard dash time during last spring's practice. Most of the other Kansas receivers were clocked at 4.5 seconds and below.
Despite Ray's lack of speed, Panunzo said that he expected Ray to do well Saturday against Colorado.
"His biggest positive factors are his size and fairly good hands," he said. "His attitude has always been great. You won't find any more of a quality person than Murphy Ray."
Murphy Ray, Kansas wide receiver, makes a catch over his defender. Ray will be one of the receivers used by the Jayhawks on Saturday against Colorado. The KU football team was practicing yesterday behind the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
Ray's attitude toward life did change, though, when he got married last April. He said his marriage should have caused him to put his hands in perspective.
"Some guys want to put in their time on the field and then just live
for the weekend," he said. "That's the way I was my first couple of years up here. Now, I have settled down and realized that I've got to study and keep working hard because I have more responsibility."
Iniuries force KU to shift receivers to cornerback spot
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Because of injuries to Kansas starting cornerback Bill Sutter and startling strong safety Marvin Mattox, wide receivers Rodney Harris and Ped萨Samu will move to cornerback when the Jayhawks play this Saturday against Colorado.
"I asked them if they wanted to help us on defense, and they didn't hesitate in saying yes," said Coach Bob Valesette. "They'll do anything if they can help the team."
they can help the team. Harris said he had some playing time at cornerback in high school. During practice yesterday, he began to practice with our secondary coach Louis West to learn the coverage assignments. Colorado runs a wishbone offense, which means the cornerbacks will have extra pressure to contain the Buffaloes on option plays.
"It's kind of hard to learn how to defense the wishbone because I've never had to play against it
before," Harris said. "It'll be tough on Saturday, but I'll be all right."
What was not all right with Valesente were the calls he received Monday night on his weekly radio show questioning his decision to have his players run directly off the field after the game without shaking hands with the Nebraska players and coaches.
"I was upset with the people who were calling in and complaining,"
he said. "We got beat by 52 points. We hadn't played hard for the entire game and didn't deserve to be milling around the field acting high and might."
Valesente said he also was upset with some of the comments made by Nebraska players after the game about how they had trouble getting fired up to play Kansas. He said the team did not after Arizona State and UCLA, playing Kansas was like a vacation for the Huskers.
The Associated Press
Cardinals shut down Giants 1-0
ST. LOUIS — John Tudor, Todd Worrell and Ken Dayley shut down the San Francisco Giants on six last night, and a fluke triple in the second inning set up the only run at the St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 1-0 victory, forcing a seventh game in the National League playoffs.
Dayley struck out pinch-hitter Chris Speier and got Jose Uribe on a grounder as the Cardinals avoided elimination.
Tudor worked around six hits and two walks in 7½ innings. Worrell came on to finish the eighth and struck out Will Clark in the beginning of ninth. When pinch-hitter Harry Spilman was announced, Cardinals Herczag brought in left-hander Ken Dayley and put Worrell in right field.
A noisy crowd of 55,331 also got into the action, throwing a cowbell and a drink at Giants left fielder Jeffrey Leonard. The game was stopped twice while umpires and security officials sought to find those tormenting Leonard, who made derogatory comments about St. Louis fans last week.
Standout defensive plays by center fielder Willie McGee and third baseman Terry Pendleton frustrated the Grey Jets' first trip to the World Series since 1962.
The Giants' defense made one mistake, and it was right fielder Candy Maldonado's slip on a line drive by Tony Pena leading off the second that cost them the game. Maldonado sunk to his knees, having possibly lost the ball in the lights, and it sailed over his head for a triple. Jose Quondo followed with a fly ball to Maldonado in medium right, and Pena ran around catcher Bob Melvin's tat and scored.
Game 7, the first time the National League playoffs have gone the limit, will be tonight. Danny Cox, the loser in Game 4 for St. Louis, will oppose Atele Hammaker, who got a no-decision in the third game.
Tudor and Dave Dravecky, who shut out St. Louis on two hits in Game 2, dueted for most of the cool, clear night. Tudor, frequently in trouble but never caught, struck out six and threw 118 pitches.
Dravecky may have been even better, allowing only five hits. He struck out a season-high eight and walked none.
The Giants put the leadoff man on base in four innings against Tudor but never got a runner past second base.
In the second, Clark walked with one out, and Bob Melvin followed with the first of his three singles. Uribe then lined a drive to deep left-center, but McGee raced into the bay and背handed the ball on the run.
San Francisco threatened again in the fifth, when Melvin and Uribe opened with singles. Dravecky then laid down an 0-2 unit with nice backspin, but Pendleton fielded it on the run and whirled a throw to shortstop Ozzie Smith, who was covering third base.
The slow-footed Melvin, a catcher who did not steal a base this season, was called out in a close play, and Giants Manager Roger Craig went onto the field to argue with wimpire Dave Pallone. Then Robby Thompson and Kevin Mitchell flied out.
Juniors the heroes of baseball victory
The Cardinals threatened in the first when Tom Herr singled with two outs and took third on Jim Lindeman's single, but Dravecky struck out Pendleton.
By DARRIN STINEMAN
Staff writer
"The whole game I was ahead of the hitters 0-2 and 1-2, and I was pretty much in control of the game," said Taylor, a righthander from Arkansas City. "I just got ahead with the fastball and came back with the slider. The slider was awesome today."
Junior Scott Taylor provided the pitching, and junior Steve Dowling provided the offense, as the Kansas baseball team defeated Crowder (Mo). Community College 23-11 at Hoglund-Maunin Stadium.
Taylor pitched the middle five innings of the 15-inning game, allowing just one run and two walks while striking out six.
Taylor said having a good slider was the key to being effective.
"I've been ready for the break for a
The outing will probably be Taylor's last of the fall season other than intra-squad games. He said he was happy to reach the pre-spring season break. He has been playing baseball, either with KU or with a summer team, since January, he said.
long time," he said, "This fall I learned a lot of things. I worked on a lot of things in practice, and things are going a lot better than last year."
The game was broken open in the sixth innning, when the Jayhawks had a slim 5-1 lead. After the first three batters walked, sophomore first baseman Jeff Spencer hit a towering ball that hit the left field foul pole for a grand slam. Kansas scored 11 more runs on 10 hits in the second five-inning segment, making it a 20-5 Jayhawk lead after 10 innings.
"I think he can be pretty consistent when I get things straightened out," said Dowling, a Tucson, Ariz., native. "At the beginning, I got the early-season kinks out with some mechanical adjustments."
the final game of the fall season is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday against Meramec (Mo.) Community College at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
Dowling, who played left field and center field for Kansas last night, had four hits in six at-bats, driving in four runs.
Fred Sadowski/KANSAN
Dave Smith, KU second baeam, slides safely into home plate. KU beat The Jayhawks are now preparing for their final game of the fall season. The Crowder Community College yesterday 23-3 at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. will take on Meramec Community College Saturday at home.