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Wednesday, September 9, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
Basketball coaches ready for recruiting battle
By DARRIN STINEMAN Staff writer
Kansas men's basketball coaches Larry Brown, Alvin Gentry and Ed Manning are armed and ready to embark on a nationwide search for the next generation of Jayhawk basketball players. The coaches will begin visiting potential recruits' homes on Sept. 17, the first day the allows universities to make personal contact with high school players.
Because NCAA rules forbid college basketball programs to release the names of players they are recruiting until they have signed a letter of intent Gentry could not say who the coaches would visit. He did say,
however, that the coaches are "very interested" in some high school prospects from the Kansas City area, and that they will be traveling to California, Colorado, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas to visit high school seniors.
During the period they are allowed to make personal contact, Gentry said he, Brown and Manning would visit recruits during the week and have them come to Lawrence on the weekends to see the campus. He said the recruits are usually invited to the University when a football or basketball game is scheduled.
That continuous cycle will make it a hectic three weeks for the three coaches.
"You can only see one or two kids a day," Gentry said. "If there was one thing a college coach didn't have to do, for me it would be visiting (recruts)' homes."
Fortunately for the coaches, they won't have to go into the recruiting battle unarmed.
One of the weapons they will be carrying, coach Alvin Gentry said, is a winning basketball tradition.
"I think our program speaks for itself," Gentry said. "The last four years we've won as many games as anybody. We're very comparable to any school in the country, and that's playing a very tough schedule."
Gentry said the attractive KU campus is another thing prospective
"I think we have a very, very pretty campus," he said. "Most of the kids not from this area think they're going to find a desolate place. When they see what kind of campus we've got it works as a very positive thing for us."
players like about the school.
The coaches found the players they wanted to recruit last summer after watching AAU and other types of basketball tournaments. They then contacted the players by telephone to find out if they were interested in the KU program.
ition for the players they're seeking will be intense.
The coaches will be contacting players from several states during the visitation period, which lasts until Oct. 10. Gentry said the compet-
That chance will be minimized, Gentry said, because of what the Kansas program has to offer.
"We're going up against the best schools we've ever gone up against," he said, citing Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Notre Dame. "If we get these kids, we're going to have a good recruiting year. There's a chance we won't get an."
Rain turns U.S. Open singles match into marathon
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — It took nine hours to play one match at the U.S. Open yesterday.
Rain played havoc with the schedule all day and eventually forced tournament officials to postpone the matches at 8 p.m. EDT.
The only match completed before the postponement was Helena Sukova's 6-1, 6-3 quarterfinal victory over Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.
They played only 53 minutes of tennis, but two rain delays extended the match for 5 hours, 22 minutes.
"Those were the toughest conditions I've played under," Kohde-Kilsch said. "Coming on and off the court, waiting four hours, the noise from the planes. And she was acing me all the time."
Sukova, who had five aces, said neither player benefited from the rain delays.
"It was bad for both of us," the 22-year-old Czechoslovakian said. "You never knew what was going to happen next."
Two fourth-round men's matches
not not be completed because of the rain
Second-seeded Stefan Edberg was
leading fellow Swede Jonas Vsvenson 6-2, 5-5, and No. 3 Mats Wilander was beating Ken Flach of the United States 6-3, 6-3 when a downpour halted play for good.
Today's schedule was being still being determined last night.
Rain delayed the start of the Sukowa-Kohde-Klisch match 54 minutes. Sukova was trailing 1 in the second half and Ingomour pumur struck, causing a 61:11 delay.
Play resumed at 4:46 EDT, but had to be stopped four minutes later when rain fell again with Kohde-Kilsch leading 3-2. Following an 18-minute
delay, Sukova quickly closed out the match by winning the final four games.
The players said they watched television, played cards, ate and read in the locker room during the breaks.
"You have to keep the tension;
said Kohde-Kilsch, a 23-year-old
West German. "You can't fall
sleep."
Sukova, who lost to Martina Navratlova in the finals here last year, will play the winner of the Navratlova-Sabatini match in the semifinals.
Asked whom she would rather
play, Sukova replied, "Martina is No. 2 in the world and Gabriela is No. 8, so it's always better to play the lower-ranked player."
The Navratilova-Sabatini match was the only other women's singles matched scheduled yesterday.
A pair of fourth-round men's matches were also postponed — No. 5 Miloslav Mecir vs. Mark Woodforte and Zachary Chesnovok vs. Ramesh Krishnan.
On Monday, No. 4 seeds Boris Becker and Hana Mandlikova were ousted from the tournament.
The Associated Press
General Manager Dallas Green announced Luchesi's appointment and said, "Frank understands that it is for 25 games and no longer."
CHICAGO — Frank Lucchesi was named interim manager of the Chicago Cubs yesterday, replacing Gene Michael, who resigned after almost $1\frac{1}{2}$ years.
Cubs choose temporary manager
But we won't make a decision until we're completely satisfied."
Green said the move will "give us time to gather our thoughts and give us time regarding the managerial decision. We'd like to make the decision in October or November, hopefully before the winter meetings.
Third base coach John Vukovich has been considered a prime candidate for the manager's job.
"It would be unfair to put someone like Vuke under the gun for the final 25 games," Green said. "The pressure woud be terrific."
Lucchesi, 59, managed in the minor leagues for 17 years before taking over the Philadelphia Phillies from 1970-72. He replaced Billy Martin as manager of the Texas Rangers in 1975 and managed them until he was fired in 1977. His managerial record
in the major leagues is 341-429.
Luciensi said he would not seek and was not a candidate for the leadership position with coach with the Cubs this season, working as their "eye-in-the-sky."
Green moved quickly after learning through the media about Michael's decision to resign. Michael figured to be fired at the end of the season.
"I don't think it's fair to the players, Gene Michael or the organization to leave Gene in a harm-deck." The game was his and his decision only.
Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
Seattle 7, Cleveland 0
Chicago 4, Minnesota 3
Milwaukee 6, Toronto 4
Kansas City at California, (n)
Chicago at ppd., rain
Boston 8, New York 6
Texas 12, Oakland 1
National League
Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 1
Los Angeles 5, Cincinnati 3
Montreal 4, St. Louis 1
New York 5, Philadelphia 2
Atlanta 4, San Diego 2
San Francisco 6, Houston 4
College Football
Associated Press Top Twenty
1. Oklahoma
2. Nebraska
3. UCLA
4. Auburn
5. Ohio State
6. LSU
7. Miami, Fla.
8. Florida State
9. Michigan
10. Clemson
11. Penn State
12. Washington
13. Arkansas
14. Tennessee
15. Arizona State
Auburn set for 'Hawks after rout
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn's ground game was one of the few things that didn't click in the opening-day victory over Texas. And there are no guarantees it will suddenly shift into high gear against Kansas on Saturday.
"They had nine men within seven yards of the ball," he said. "That's why we threw so much."
Running backs coach Bud Casey said Texas concentrated most of its defensive attention on the running game, which was the reason Auburn could only gain 112 yards on the ground.
Quarterback Jeff Burger completed 16 passes for 269 yards — the most by an Auburn quarterback since 1771 and to a 31-3 victory over the Longhorns.
"Look at the stats." Casey said.
"We threw the ball. We threw it 22 times and ran it 33. We consider two runs to one pass being balanced."
Casey said it could be more of the same against Kansas on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 d.m.
"We'll take what they give us," he said. "Their defense is a little like Texas and we had to pass."
Kansas, which did not have a single victory in the Big Eight Conference last season and 8 overall, "is just as big as Texas," Casey said.
"The only thing they have going against them is that they have the name Kansas stamped on them and they went 3-8 and have the perception that they aren't good. That's not true."
Coach Pat Dye agreed with Casey,
I think Kansas will be better than
Texas.
Kansas Coach Bob Valesente, in his second season with the Jayhawks, has switched to a two-back offense to try to improve the running game. But he said it might be difficult to notice any difference against Auburn's defense.
"We might have an improvement of 75 to 80 percent in our running game and not show it against Auburn," he said.
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