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SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.1995
KANSAS FOOTBALL
SECTION B
'Iron Horse will keep on riding
His record remained for more than half a century. Lou Gehrig's epochal record of 2,130 consecutive games had stood since the New York Yankees played a game against the Detroit Tigers on May 2, 1939.
In a post-baseball-strike world filled with a cynical sports public exhausted by the Rickey Henderson, Jose Canseco and other showboats who seem to play less
for love of the game and more for opportunities for financial gain, Gehrig's humble reputation seems anachronistic.
He was nonetheless a true professional who left behind some pretty hefty numbers — a .340 career batting average, 493 home runs and 1,990 RBL His
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record and playing streak also bespeak a dedication not only to the game but also to his team — he played for the pinstriped Yankees for 14 consecutive years.
Sure, players didn't have the free agency that ballplayers enjoy today, but something tells me Gehrig would have stayed with the Yankees just the same. Who leaves a winning organization?
Ripken's steady assault on Gehrig's record started May 30, 1982, and with a numbers-hungry media never missing a beat, the comparisons between the two soon followed. Like Gehrig, Ripken has stayed true to his team, and except for the brief strike diversion last year, it's taken him a comparable amount of time to reach the record.
Recently in The Washington Post, the usually reticent Ripen spoke of the hype surrounding himself and the legendary Gehrig.
"His ability to hit undoubtedly goes a lot further than my abilities," Ripken said. "We share a similar work ethic. I think that the work ethic is probably where the comparison really ends."
Well said. Throughout this episode, Ripken has consistently proven he's on an equal footing with Gehrig when it comes to comparing true professionals. In an industry full of egos that seem to sail out of the outfield, Ripken simply has continued to play. More importantly, he's continued to remain loyal to his fans in Baltimore, a baseball-hungry town if ever there was one.
Certainly he's had numerous opportunities to build himself up more financially and to move beyond the confines of the Orioles' Camden Yards. Yet to do so would compromise a fundamental element of baseball — the relationship between the fans and their teams. Gehrig understood this when he gave his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, referring to himself as "the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
North Texas Eagles stretch wings
In the end, some would say his luck ran out as the disease continued its inexorable spread throughout his body, finally killing him on June 2, 1941. Near the end, he reportedly couldn't even hold a cigarette in his mouth. His wife, Eleanor, to whom he was immensely devoted, became a widow after a marriage that lasted just less than eight years.
Yet for many baseball fans of the 1930s, Gehrig and his wife seemed the ideal couple, and he earned the respect then that still commands a name. With honesty a trademark, his final testament on his lucky status rings true today.
Yes, the record has fallen to a player who commands similar respect, but no one can honestly call Gehrig unlucky — he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
More importantly,he knew it.
Division I-A is latest plateau Kansas opponent has reached
By Robert Sinclair
Kansan sportswriter
The North Texas Eagles have made the move to Division I A football after playing 13 seasons at the LAA level, and they aren't cutting any comers.
In addition to playing three Big Eight Conference schools — Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma — their schedule also includes Louisiana State. Nevada-Las Vegas and Louisville.
"we're excited about the move. The thing that we're trying to do is develop a program." North Texas football coach Matt Simon said. "We're not trying to win the Big Eight."
Thus may have become painfully obvious after last week's 28-7 loss to Missouri. In that game the Eagles turned the ball over eight times, including six interceptions, and the Tigers amassed 348 yards rushing.
Despite North Texas' loss to Missouri, Kansas football coach Glen Mason said he agreed with the school's move to the I-A level.
"North Texas University is a well-kept secret. They are a major university, and the way to highlight it is to have a very successful program," Mason said.
North Texas was 7-4-1 last year and won the Southland Conference with a record of 5-0-1. They also reached the I-AA playoffs for the first time in six years, earning Simon honors as conference coach of the year.
Last year quarterback Mitch Maher earned the Southland player of the year award by passing for 3,103 yards and 26 touchdowns. Maher has moved on, however, leaving a void at the quarterback position.
"I was impressed with their defense. They're well coached, solid and play real hard," Mason said. "They have a wide open passing attack."
Starting quarterback Jason Mills is a sophomore and is backed up by freshmen Damon West and Josh Gulley. The youth movement hasn't discouraged the team from throwing the ball more, though.
"We try to throw the ball a lot," Mills said. "We try to get it in people's hands."
The team hasn't abandoned the run either. North Texas ran the ball 24 times last week, led by sophomore back Bo Harrison.
"You always want to try to establish a running game and have to run on this level. We didn't have that last week," Mills said. "That is in the past. We've got to stay in the game."
Simon said the team needed to forget about last week and concentrate on improving.
"I think fundamentally we needed to play better in the ball game against Missouri," the second-year coach said. "We're going to try to get guys in the right places and be able to do it consistently."
After the success Missouri had running the ball against North Texas, the temptation might be there for Kansas to revert back to an offense dominated by the run.
But Mason said that the Jayhawks changed their offense philosophy this season to include more passing for specific reasons, and those reasons had not changed.
The temptation also might be to look past tomorrow's game with the former I-AA team in anticipation of Thursday night's game against Texas Christian on ESPN.
"I would think that that would be a very big concern if we would have played well against Cincinnati." Mason said. "We not only have to win; we have to play better."
Levina, Friday suspended
Kansas football coach Glen Mason announced yesterday that senior running back LT. Levin and junior tight end Hosea Friday have been suspended from tomorrow's game against North Texas.
"They have been suspended for the North Texas game for violating team policy," Maason said. Maason would not comment further on which policy was violated. Junior running back Mark Senderks will start and redshirt freshman Shane Rooney will backup junior tight end Jim Moore.
Levine and Friday will not make the trip.
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Kansas senior running back L.T. Levine rushes for part of his game-high 62 yards against Cincinnati. The Jayhawks will be without Levine against North Texas tomorrow, though, after he and junior Hosee Friday were suspended for violating team policy.
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A shot sails into the goal during men's soccer club practice at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, despite the efforts of Jason Leiker, Kansas City, Kan., senior. The club had its sights set on a national championship.
Soccer club's goal is a national title
By Jeffrey Auslander
Kansan sport swriter
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Last year the team finished No. 7 in the nation with a 14-4-1 record. However, it lost to Baylor at nationals. This year the team is poised reach the ultimate goal.
The Kansas men's club soccer team has one goal: win the club soccer national championship.
"When I was hired last spring, the team told me that going to nationals was nice, but this year they wanted to win it," Phillips said. "We will go to nationals."
To win nationals, the team will have to bounce back from a rough start last weekend in the Big 12 Classic in Norman, Okla. After beating Texas Tech and Kansas State, the team suffered losses to Texas and Oklahoma.
First-year coach Patrick Phillips. Stilwell graduate student, said he was ready to take on the task.
"We were a little over-confident, and we didn't play well," Stelle said. "Texas beat us 4-0, and it kind
"Our goal is to win nationals. That's it," said forward Will Stelle, Overland Park senior.
"We want to slowly build as a team," he said. "I don't want these guys to peak at mid-season. I want them to peak when the tournament starts."
The team shouldn't have any problem getting back on its feet. Led by a defense that has all returning starters, the team's attitude is the only thing that might need a tune-up.
of shocked us. They schooled us."
Phillips said the team's slow start fit right into his strategy.
The team plays its home games at the Y.S.I. fields at 25th Street and Wakarau Drive. Its next home game will be Sept. 16 against Missouri. The team will be in Iowa City tomorrow for a tournament that includes games against Iowa State, Iowa Illinois and Minnesota.
One thing the team would like to see is some campus support at games.
"We get a lot of players' girlfriends at the games, but that's about it." Stelle said.
"If people want to see really high-quality soccer, then they should come out and watch us," Phillips said.
Coaches roast for charity
The purpose was serious, but the dress-up affair to roast and toast Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams and Missouri men's basketball coach Norm Stewart was all fun and games.
More than 1,000 people paid $60 to eat, attend an auction and listen to nine coaches take turns making fun of each other at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday. The event was organized to raise money for Coaches vs. Cancer, a program that Williams and Stewart strongly support.
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
George Raveling, the president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, set the scene.
"Some of what you hear this evening will be true, and some of what you hear this evening will be false," Raveling said.
And the games began.
Sports commentator Bill Raffery was host of the roast and introduced a video from Duke men's basketball coach Mike Kryzewski, who was unable to attend because of an injury.
Kryzewski picked on Williams' early career as a coach in North Carolina when he had to sell calendars to make extra money to live on.
"I won't say what kind of calendars they were,"
Krzewski said, "but this is called the Bible belt, and kids' want to purchase anything like that."
Portland Trail Blazers' coach P.J. Carlesimo took his turn and ripped into Stewart.
"Norm attended Shelbyville grammar school, Shelbyville High School and the University of Missouri." Carlesimo said. "It was a very convenient arrangement, since they used the same textbooks at all three of them."
Fellow coaches pegged Stewart as mean and nasty and Williams as a sly countryman who seems nice but would take advantage of someone not paying attention.
Former Iowa State coach Johnny Orr roasted Williams with the story of the first time he coached against Williams in Lawrence.
"When they hired Roy Williams, I said, 'Isn't that a nice looking young man,' Orr said. 'I go down there. It 90 to 50 with three minutes to go. I decide we're going to lose, so I substitute. And he substitutes. Only he puts his first team back in there. When I come to shake hands, I say, 'Damn Roy, you got a one-year contract?'
"He says, 'Don't take it personally. That's just the order the substitutes came in.' And you all think he's honest." Orr also implied that Williams was honest.
"They asked me to roast Norm Stewart with Roy Williams in seven minutes," Orr said. "That's like roasting the Pope and Al Capone. I know damn well you know who's who."
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