GRACE RETURNS
Mark Grace has agreed to play at least two more seasons for the Chicago Cubs, a deal the club hopes will send a message to other players eligible for free agency.
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"We feel Mark is the cornerstone of what we hope will become a championship-cal-
er team," Cubs general manager Ed Lynch said. "Mark believes we can build a winner here, and I hope Brian McRae and Jaime Navarro heed that and decide to return next year." McRae, an outfielder, and Navarro, a pitcher, both are eligible for free agency.
JEFF GEORGE UPDATE
Suspended quarterback Jeff George remained a member of the Atlanta Falcons yesterday as the NFL trading deadline passed without him agreeing on a new contract with
Seattle. The failure to reach a deal with Seattle may leave Atlanta with no other choice than to cut the seven-year veteran.
MIZZOU'S PROBLEMS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996
Legal problems will not keep Missouri's Clayton Baker from Saturday's game against Kansas State.
Baker, one of the Tigers' starting cornerbacks, was arrested by Columbia police early Monday on an outstanding warrant for passing a bad check, said Columbia deputy
chief of police Dennis Veach. Baker was arrested after being pulled over for running a stop sign, Veach said.
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Baker is suspected of writing a $179.49 check to an Athlete's Foot store in December. The warrant was issued in May.
Women's golf team places seventh in Big 12 Preview
The women's golf team placed seventh in the Big 12 Preview at the par-72 Pebble Creek Country Club in College Station, Texas, Monday and yesterday.
Nebraska won the tournament with a team score of 909, while Texas A&M took second, finishing 18 strokes behind the Comhuskers. Other teams that finished ahead of Kansas' 949 total included Missouri, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and nationally-ranked Texas.
Senior Anne Clark led the Jayhawks with a score of 236 (+20). Senior Missy Russell and sophomore Mandy Munsch were one stroke behind Clark at 237 (+21). Sophomores Beth Reuter and Carrie Padden finished the tournament with scores of 242 (+26) and 247 (+31), respectively.
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Clark shot a team-best 76 in first round action Monday morning. She shot an 83 in the second round and a 77 in the third round. Munsch, after a first round score of 83, rebounded to shoot second and third round scores of 77.
—Kansan staff report
Lack of players forces college to forfeit game
Tabor, a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, started the year with 42 players, athletic director Gary Myers said yesterday.
HILLSBORO — Tabor College will forfeit its football game this weekend because of a shortage of players, school officials announced.
The team now has only about 30 players, including just five healthy offensive linemen and two running backs who would have to play with injuries.
"It was not an easy decision to make," myers said. "We discussed it for six hours on Sunday with the president, the vice president of student services, the coaching staff, the seniors on the team and the team captains."
Tabor hopes to play the rest of its Kansas Conference games this season. Myers said.
Tabor, an NAIA Division II school, was scheduled to play its homecoming game Saturday against Northwestern Oklahoma State.
Tabor (0-4) lost 36-12 last week to Kansas Wesleyan.
Griffey and Roberto Alomar extend Gold Glove streaks
In voting by major league managers and coaches, Seattle's Griffey was elected to the team for the seventh straight year, and Baltimore's Aloman
ST. LOUIS—Ken Griffey Jr. and Roberto Alomar continued their Gold Glove streaks yesterday, winning places on the American League best fielding team.
made it for the sixth consecutive season. Griffey and Alo-
mar also had teammates who made the team for the first time — Seattle outfielder Jay Buhner and Baltimore pitcher Mike Mussina.
First baseman J.T. Snow of California won his second Glove Glove. Third baseman Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, shortstop Omar Vizquel of Cleveland and outfielder Kenny Lofton of Cleveland each made it for the fourth time. Catcher Ivan Rodriguez of Texas was chosen for the fifth time.
The National League winners will be announced today.
The awards are given by Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., whose products include baseball gloves.
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Hitter wins Big 12
Moira Donovan player of week
By Adam Herschman
Kansan sportswriter
"I tried to push her into ice skating," the Cleveland native said. "She did very well in ice skating."
Mary Donovan bought her granddaughter, Moira, her first pair of ice skates.
Ice skating, however, wasn't the sport in which Kansas volleyball player Moira Donovan was named this week's Big 12 Conference Player of the Week.
Donovan earned this week's conference award in volleyball after the Kansas volleyball team's matches against Kansas State and Oklahoma.
Donovan started to play volleyball her freshman year in high school. She was an honorable mention all-state selection in volleyball at Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, III, and she was an AAU All-American in 1994.
The sophomore outside hitter is the first Kansas volleyball player to receive the weekly honor since Jayhawk junior right side hitter Kendra Kahler received it on Oct. 16,1995.
Donovan led the team in kills with 13 in the Jayhawks loss to the Wildcats last Wednesday night and 18 in Kansas' victory against the Sooners last Saturday night. She also recorded a total of eight digs,
"Last year we knew the potential was there, because she would play at this level at times," Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said. "She just wasn't quite as consistent. This year she's playing consistently at a really high level, and she's having a great year."
four service aces, and an attack percentage of .442 in the two matches last week.
Kansas sophomore outside hitter Moira Donovan, goes up to spike the ball against Oklahoma Saturday night at Allen Field House. Donovan was named Big 1.2 player of the week.
She's always been a very exciting-type player," Schonewise said. "She has a year of collegiate playing time under her belt, and I think she's just playing with more confidence."
In the Jayhawks' victory against Oklahoma, sophomore setter Laura Rohde set up Donovan frequently.
Donovan not only played well last week, but she also has been a consistent player for the entire season.
"When she was in the front row, I was really aware of it and I was getting her the ball, and she was putting everything away," Rohde said. "She just had a good night so I just kept to her."
After their first conference win against the Sooners last Saturday, the Jayhawks will travel to the state of Texas to take on Texas Tech on Friday and Baylor on Saturday.
"This weekend I definitely want to beat Baylor and Texas Tech," Donovan said. "I think we're ready for them."
She leads the team with 229 kills and is second on the team with 21 service aces.
"I love the sport," Donovan said. "That's the main thing that keeps me going throughout college. If you don't have the desire to play, then you're not going to play well no matter how good you are."
Even though Donovan's grandmother won't be able to make it to the match this weekend, she said her grandmother's influence still was present.
"She brags about me all the time — it's terrible," Donovan said laughing. "She looks up to me a lot, so I feel like I have to prove myself to her."
Mary Donovan attended the Jayhawks' matches during the Kansas Tournament Sept. 20-21 at Allen Field House.
When the starters were introduced, each one of them threw a soft miniature volleyball into the
stands. Donovan threw her volleyball to her grandmother.
"She makes me feel like I'm young again, instead of being 82." Mary Donovan said. "She makes my day."
Freshman goalie grows with team
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When Luke Skywalker rescued Princess Leia from the clutches of Darth Vader in the first Star Wars movie, Leia's first impression of the young hero was less than flattering.
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"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" she asked.
Jennifer Fcke, Minnesota freshman, is the women's soccer team's start ing goalkeeper.
Luke was not an intimidating figure, but he proved to be more than an adequate hero.
The same could be said for Kansas goalkeeper Jennie Fecke. Fecke is a 5-foot-5 freshman playing the most visible position on the field.
However, her small physical stature has not hampered her performance this season. The Burnsville, Minn., native is fresh off a weekend in which she made 27 saves in two games and was named to the Lobos Women's Soccer Showcase All-Tournament team.
"I am short for a goalie," Feeck said. "Everyone always says You're not a keeper — no! You've got to be a defender or something."
"I have had to work really hard on my vertical jump," said Fecke. "It's hard work, but I love it so much that it's fun at the same time."
women's soccer coach Lori Walker. Walker, who is 6-foot-1, was the goalkeeper for three national championship teams at North Carolina.
Size never has been a factor for Fecke. She just had to work a little harder than someone like Kansas
Fecke has started and completed all 12 games this year for the Jayhawks. She has made 106 saves — an average of almost nine per game — while posting 2.50 goals against average. These statistics are noteworthy, not only because they come from a freshman, but also because they come from a freshman on a second-year program
The hard work has paid off
Fecke had a chance to play for a more established team at Wisconsin but chose the fledgling program at Kansas instead.
"I was pretty much set on going to Wisconsin, but Coach Walker gave me a call and asked me to visit," said Fecke. "I got along really well with the team and with the coaching staff."
"I kind of make sure everybody is where they are supposed to be," said Fedeke. "Everyone's like 'You're such a mom,' and I'm like, 'Go to bed. We have a game tomorrow—go to bed!'"
Fecke gets along so well with her teammates that they gave her a reputation as the team's mother.
Fecke's practice at being a mom should help her in her future endeavors. She lists coaching as a hobby, but it could become more than that.
"I don't know if I want to coach professional or high levels of soccer, but I love to coach kids," said Fecke. "I do a lot of goalkeeper camps. I think it's so much fun to give back to the game. I've gotten so much out of it that I want other people to get the same opportunities that I have had."
Home,home on the hill for the Hawks
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Don't blame junior running back Eric Vann if he forgets how to get to Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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"It's been awhile," he said laughing. "I think we'll all know where to go. If we didn't practice there, that might be a different story. I think we'd be lost."
When Kansas (3-1 overall; 1-0 Big
12 Conference) plays Texas Tech (3-2 overall, 2-1 conference) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, the game will be the Jayhawks' first home game since defeating Ball State 35-10 on Aug. 29.
The 43-day gap between home games is the largest in school history.
Kansas finished 2-1 on its road trip, defeating Texas Christian and
Oklahoma, while losing to Utah.
The Jayhawks also had two byes during that span.
For the road-weary Jayhawks, playing at home will be a welcome relief.
"It's not always a lot of fun playing and then getting right on the plane and going home," Kansas junior quarterback Matt Johner said. "We were getting home at four, five o'clock in the morning.
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It'll be nice to be able to go straight home after a game."
Kansas senior wide receiver Isaac Byrd said the plane trip back
Kansas coach Glen Mason echoed Johner. He said that it was ridiculous to make the players arrive home at such a late hour and that he would complain if he was a player.
Chiefs fans throw in the towel
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During my first visit to the hostile confines of Arrowhead Stadium Monday, I fell in love with the pregame football atmosphere. I was there to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, my hometown team. Regrettably, several crowd members didn't fall in love with my black and gold garb and my now-missing "Terrible Towel."
So now that I've been to a Kansas City game and experienced Arrowhead, I feel I can give an adequate analysis of the Chiefs.
Steve Bono has absolutely no business being a starting quarterback in the NFL. He was labeled an experienced quarterback simply because he spent a career playing behind Joe Montana. Wait, here's an idea. Maybe there's a reason why he's always been a backup. It might have to do with never being good enough to start anywhere until the Kansas City job fell into his lap.
Aside from Bono on the playing field, I found that when the defense was in — which was a major portion of Monday night's game — Bono stands away from his teammates on the sidelines. He seems detached from the rest of the squad.
Maybe Bono's estrangement has something to do with his personality. I've seen several interviews with Bono, and he comes off so lifeless and dull that he could be the poster bow for beige.
Listening to post-game talk shows, I kept hearing one disturbing message. Several Chiefs devotees thought that Kansas City should have gone after football's bad boy, Jeff George.
Yeah, that's the solution to all that alls the Chiefs — $30 million dollars to a drifter, whose heart and fortitude could fit in a contact lens with plenty of room to spare.
Besides, in the ultrac conservative Marty Schottenheimer offense, George would fit in as well as Bob Dole at a Phish concert.
Apparently there must have been a bomb scare on Monday night. For some reason, when the Chiefs were forced to punt with 3:30 remaining on the clock, there was a mass exodus. But the hometown team still had three timeouts left.
The amount of dedication and devotion Chiefs fans showed when their team was down was strikingly similar to those fair-weather KU football fans.
By the way, did anyone else notice that last week's game at Oklahoma was a sellout? And the Sooners still have yet to win. If the Jayhawks were 0-3, a seminar on building wooden canoes would draw more spectators in Lawrence than Kansas football.
The latest intramural flag football results show that BBLB's Brian File has overtaken Delta Tau Delta's Quentin Hammontree for the lead. With time dwindling down, the polls look like this: Brian File (51 votes), Quentin Hammontree (46 votes), Eric Dalghren (32 votes) and newcomer Scott Shankner (7 votes).
In women's Heisman results, Alpha Delta Pi's Jennifer Finnainen is way out in front with 32 votes. Chi Omega's Emily Leonard (16 votes) is the only one who stands in the way of Finnainen walking away with the crown.
If you would like to ask a question or share a comment with Bill Petulla, you can e-mail him at: sports@kansan.com