University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 2, 1987
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Mongo Allen, freshman linebacker, says he plans to start "Mongo Mania" at KU. Allen was practicing yesterday at the Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
Freshman linebacker sets spectacular goals
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Staff writer
With his faith in God and a strong education, freshman linebacker Mongo Allen said he expected to fulfill the goals he set for himself.
Allen said he set spectacular limits on how much he wanted to achieve playing football.
"I don't just want to go for All-American," Allen said. "I want to be All-Universe before I leave here."
While he is moving to achieve these goals, Allen said he wanted to set a new trend: "Mongo Mania." He said that when he finally reached his peak, he would turn the world upside down.
But a chance to prove himself in front of the fans may still be a year away. With veterans Rick Bredesen and Rick Clayton, Kansas seems to have both depth and experience built up at linebacker. But Allen said the thought of a redshirt year didn't bother him.
"If I redshirt, I'll come back big,
stronger, faster and meaner."
Allen, who said Mongo was indeed his real name — he said he wouldn't reveal the story behind the name until he had made it big — may have to wait to make All-Universe, but he has already earned one title for his play. He was named Most Valuable Player in the Oil Bowl, a high school all-star game between Oklahoma and Texas.
The Del City, Okla., native said his transition from high school to college had been a great step in both academics and athletics. He said he enjoyed challenging himself at the higher levels.
Allen said. "Learning the right way to play will be easy with all these veterans around me."
KU linebacker coach Scott Conley said Allen had good athletic potential. He said a redshirt year would help Allen put more muscle on his 6-foot, 215-pound body.
Allen said that when he got to play on varsity, he would be able to live up to his high school nickname of "Omega Supreme."
when discussing the arrival of "Mongo Mania," Allen said, "I want all eager young lads to ask if there are any young Mongo maniacs."
Allen said that while growing up in Oklahoma, he was a big Sooner fan. He visited the University of Oklahoma, but coach Barry Switzer never offered him a scholarship. Allen said Switzer would eventually regret his decision not to sign him.
"some day when we're playing OU, I'm going to show coach Switzer what's up." Allen said.
He said Coach Bob Valesente was the main reason he decided to play at Kansas. Allen said Valesente cared for his players a great deal, and that outweighed the losing seasons the team has had the past few years.
Allen said he had no worries about what he would do when his football career ended. He said that during high school he placed second in a national fashion design talent search.
"Coach is going to keep the program strong with players like me and the rest of the freshmen," he said.
"I know the fashion design business will always be there for me to ascend on it," Allen said. "I'm just ready to play some ball right now."
Crew finds boatloads of recruits
If nothing else, the KU Crew will not lack depth this year.
By DARRIN STINEMAN
About 200 KU students, the largest number in recent years, turned out for the crew's introductory meeting yesterday afternoon at their boat house near Seventh Avenue and New York 80 returning rowers, the most varity members to return in the history of the organization.
Staff writer
Since the crew doesn't cut anyone who becomes a member, Coach Cliff Elliott and his team were treated. Elliott said he was encouraged by the large turnout.
"I think we're off to a tremendous start," he said. "We can accommodate a lot of people and we can race a lot of people. We're building one of the best crews in the nation if not the largest."
Fortunately for Elliott, he said he would have more help coaching the team this year. He said he expected the group membership to stabilize at about 350 compared with last year's membership of 225.
Ex-basketball player rides bench as coach
"Last year, it was my wife and myself coaching the team," he said.
"This year we have some assistant coaches and a good nucleus of varsity players to help out."
Because of the larger staff, the crew will compete in three to four races this fall, which it hasn't done the last two years. The fall season is
Now Burnett, 29), has become the first former KU women's basketball player to land a coaching job in women's basketball at an NCAA Division I school — Southwest Missouri State.
Burnett was named to the job Aug. 17, about two weeks after former
By ROBERT WHITMAN Staff writer
Burnett chose Kansas, where she was awarded the first full scholarship given to a female athlete and where she was an integral part of the success of Kansas women's basketball for four years.
When Cheryl Burnett finished her basketball career at Centralia, Mo., high school in 1976, she was recruited by Kansas and nearly every four-year college in Missouri except Southwest Missouri State.
coach Valerie Goodwin-Colbert resigned to become the women's basketball coach at Oklahoma.
See CREW, p. 14, col. 1
"I thought that was cutting it a little," Burnett said. "I've been going full-tilt ever since."
And full-tilt is just the way Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said Burnett played in her four years at the University.
Washington's belief in her former player's ability led her to put in a
"I if were to describe her, I'd say first, she was a fierce competitor." Washington said. "She was certainly a fine shooter. I felt Cheryl was always one to try to do what you asked of her.
good word for Burke.
"I don't know if Cheryl knows this
"She'll do a very good job for them."
or not, but I called an assistant athletic director on my daughter's wedding day because I didn't want to fail to make that contact before the decision was made," Washington said.
"I was very impressed by both of them," Burnett said. "As soon as I got on campus, I knew it was for me. It was gorgous."
Burnett said her decision to choose Kansas, instead of the other schools that recruited her to play, was not a hard one.
Burnett said her first contact with KU came while she was still in high school and attended Washington's basketball camp. Sheila Moorman, then an assistant women's basketball coach for Kansas, was the first to bring Burnett to Washington's attention.
"I don't want to put Marian on our schedule unitl we can beat her," Burnett said.
In four years at Kansas, Burnett, a 5-foot-8 guard, averaged 7.1 points a game, 2.2 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in 127 games as a shooting guard. In her final three years, she played with Lynette Woodard, Kansas' all-time leading scorer. In her senior year, Woodard were corrapaints of the team.
But Burnett isn't quite ready to take on her old coach yet. Kansas and Southwest Missouri State won't meet this year, unless it is in the NCAA tournament.
"Are you kidding?" Burnett said jokingly, when asked what position she played. "I passed the ball to Lynette."
Robinson staff ready to deal with injuries
By a Kansan reporter
When an injury occurs at Robinson Center, help is usually available or can be contacted within two to three minutes, according to Allan Heinze, facility director.
First aid can be administered by Robinson staff, service center staff, lifeguards or building security. Heinze said. Additionally, secretaries and court supervisors are aware of what steps to take to get aid.
In the case of more serious injuries Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or KU Police are tested ambulance would then be used.
"The real fortune thing is living Watkins Hospital real close by,"
Heinze said. "And we've had real good response from KU Police and the EMTs. The ambulance generally comes here right away."
Heinze said that injuries occur about three to four times a week. Most happen during the building's peak use time — between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. — when as many as 1,700 people may use the facilities.
Higuera throws one-hitter as Brewers defeat Royals
The most frequent accidents are sprained ankles. Normally a court supervisor, liaquef or someone at the service center of the problem.
The Associated Press
"I just wanted to win the game tonight, that's all," Higuera said after Rob Deer and Ernest Riles hit ninth-inning RBI singles, giving the
KANSAS CITY. Mo — Milwaukee's Ted Higuera, fighting a headache and chills, held the Kansas City Royals hitted Tuesday night until Ross Jones joined with two out in the eighth inning. He finished with a one-hitter, which was enough to outduel Bret SABahrenh.
Crutches can be loaned for temporary use. Injured persons are required to fill out an accident report and are advised to visit Watkins Hospital.
Brewers a 2-0 victory over the Royals.
"I was not feeling very good today. Had a headache and fever," the Mexican-born Higuera said through his interpreter, teammate Juan Nieves.
Higuera retired the first 15 batters and had little trouble until Jones broke his bat on an inside fastball that he drove into left field, eluding the grasp of Deer.
Trade of union official stalls NFL negotiations
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The NFL contract talks hit a new smug yesterday when the New England Patriots traded union vice president Brian Holloway to the Los Angeles Raiders after telling Holloway that he could either retire or be traded.
Despite the Holloway issue, talks were set to resume today or tomorrow between the two sides, which have not met since Aug. 14. John Jones, a spokesman for the NPL Management Council, said only a few people from each side would be involved in the talks, the location of which was not disclosed.
secret sword.
Yesterday the Patriots told Holloway, the three-time Pro Bowler at offensive guard, that his services were no longer needed. Coach Raymond Berry, denying the union claims, said the move was made because "I was convinced we needed to make a change at left tackle."
Holloway, who was traded for an undisclosed draft choice next year, had appeared on national television Monday night to state the union's side of the issue hours after the NFLA executive committee set a secret strike deadline.
Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association, called the move "an obvious attempt to break up the union."
One of the topics could well be the union's request for protection for its player representatives, a major concern of the NFLAPA long before Holloway was given the ultimatum by the Patriots.
Holloway, a 28 year-old, seven-year veteran who has said this might be his last year, had been New England's starting left tackle throughout the preseason.
"If this isn't an obvious attempt to break up the union, what is?" Upshaw said. "It's one of the most arrogant acts I've ever seen."
Upshaw, however, said the Patriots' action "had nothing to do with Brian's talent" and claimed the action was "just a legal action to protect Holloway's rights."
"I think it necessary, because of the timing, to make a clear point. This decision has absolutely nothing to do with his union activities."
NFL player representatives will vote Tuesday on whether to approve a new stadium.
But Berry, in a statement released by the Patriots, said he had decided to make the change for football reasons alone. He said he met with Holloway yesterday morning and gave him the option of retiring.
"He said he wanted to play, so we will arrange a trade," Berry said and added:
Tony张克, Hutchinson sophomore, chops two boards in half as Hussein Aziz, Bahdad, Iraq, graduate student, and Brian Marcuccio, Omaha junior,
Karate Club gains crowd, loses bricks
By ROBERT WHITMAN
Staff writer
As a member of the KU Karate Club, Peggy Konen has learned techniques that have enabled her to split a two-inch thick brick with her hand.
But her boyfriend has learned something too. He has learned to be careful, especially during moments of playful wrestling.
"Whenever we wrestle, or whatever, he told me to be careful when I hit him," Konen, Overland Park senior, said.
Konen split the brick during a demonstration by the club last night in the Robinson Center. The demonstration was conducted by 16 Karate Club members, all dressed in white, loose-fitting gI, the traditional practice uniform.
About 60 people watched the demonstration of one of the oldest forms of self-defense.
The Karate Club gives members traditional instruction in the Okinawan goju-yu style, which loosely translated means hard-soft school.
"We are traditional Japanese karate," said Doug Sikora, club president and first-degree black belt. "It's very old. In fact, nobody knows how old — more than a thousand years. It was originally developed as a self-defense technique for Okinawan peasants, who were not allowed to have weapons. It served as the basis for other forms of karate.
"The first formal recognition of our style was in the early 1900s. Until then, nobody ever gave it a name." Sikora said.
said.
“Our kicks are to the solar plexus and lower. It’s practical, especially if (your opponent is) wearing blue jeans and boots,” Sikora said.
The style uses both hands and feet an equal amount of time, but hands are emphasized, Sikora said.
A brief skiff began the demonstration and showed the potential for personal self-defense. Also shown were kata, where two members showed various moves against imagined opponents, and bunkai
where two members did pre-arranged sparring.
Members also did some extemporaneous sparing and broke as many as four two-inch thick plates.
The climax of the demonstration was the breaking of the bricks, first by Konen with her hand, then by a man who broke one with his head.
"The only time we ever break bricks and boards is in demonstrations," Konen said. "We learn to focus our power. It shows how we can focus our concentration. If we can break bricks, we can break bones."
That Konen was breaking bricks at all during the demonstration was a bit unusual, Sikara said.
"She's the lowest-ranking student we've ever left break bricks. She asked to do it and she felt she was
The demonstration was designed to attract members to the club, which has 30 to 40 members, Sikora said.