UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1994
College football teams suffer scholarship cuts
SECTION B
Quotas result in less bench depth
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
Iowa State football coach Jim Walden may not be an authority on winning.
But, Walden said, he was experienced enough as a college coach to know that 85 football scholarships each was not enough to maintain the quality of a football program.
Walden is facing a problem college coaches are dealing with across the country: His team has sustained several injuries at key positions, and the fact that they can only give out 85 scholarships this year has created a lack of depth.
The limit of scholarships that a football team can give out has been reduced from 95 in 1991 to 85 this season.
"This is a bad deal." Walden said. "You should have 100 scholarships."
Walden said that when he arrived at Iowa State in 1987 he only had 57 athletes on scholarship, as opposed to the 82 on scholarship this season.
"I think its ridiculous," Walden said. "You can never exceed 85 scholarships and you can never sign more than 25 in a year. As long as you have a ceiling, you don't have to have a
basement."
Walden said that teams lose more than 25 players a year due to the loss of graduating seniors, players that quit or players that flunk out. He said that coaches should be able to sign as many players as they wanted as long as they had less than 85 players on scholarship.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said that it was difficult to have exactly 85 scholarship players.
"You never hit that mark right on the head," Mason said. "You're always a couple short. You can't go over. You can't say, 'Oops, I made a mistake. I got 87 this year.' They tell you, 'You got to get rid of two guys.' That's awfully tough to do."
Walden said the reason for the reduction in scholarships was because of gender equity. He said that females had been given more scholarships because the number of scholarships given to males and females must be proportional to the ratio of males to females at the university.
Walden said football scholarships were reduced so athletic departments would not be financially burdened by having to increase the number of female athletic scholarships.
"I feel bad for the athletic directors," Walden said. "That's a thankless job."
Osborne is frustrated by the reduction of scholarships.
"There are those out there that would like to see the scholarships reduced further." Osborne said.
Osborne's top quarterback, Tomnie Frazier, is out for the season and his second string quarterback has missed action also because of a collapsed lung.
Osborne is stuck with the decision of playing his third-string quarterback or moving one of his wide receivers or a safety to the position.
Osborne said with the reduction of scholarships, there were not as many developed players who could step in for injured players.
Men's tennis to travel for tournaments
Two different teams will go to separate invitationals
By Jenni Carlson Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's tennis team is pulling double duty.
While several Jayhawks are competing in the ITA All-American in Austin, Texas, which starts today, the remainder of the team will travel to the Ball State Invitational in Muncie, Ind.
Juniors Reid Slattery and Michael Isroff will compete for Kansas in the ITA All-American. Slattery was selected to play singles, and he will also pair up with Isroff in the doubles competition.
The format for the ITA All-American tournament is the same as the SkyTel National Clay Court Championship, Slattery said. Several members of the team, including Slattery, competed in the clay court tournament earlier this month in Jackson, Miss.
The top two singles players and the top doubles team from each region were automatically invited to compete in the ITA All-American.
"It's a tough field." Slattery said.
"This is a big tournament."
The invitations were based on last season's results, Slattery said. With several additional players who come through the qualifying round, the tournament consists of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.
"The competition is very,very stiff," he said.
Knoll agreed that the ITA All-American posed tough opposition for the players.
The team had a limited amount of competition this fall. However, Slattery kept up his game over the summer, playing in several pro-satellite tournaments and other tournaments in California. He said the summer tournaments he played in had tougher competition than collegiate tournaments.
"There's a lot more depth in those tournaments," Slattery said.
Unlike the clay court tournament, the ITA All-American will be played on a hard court surface. Slattery said he was glad to be competing on the hard court surface again.
"I think this surface serves me a lot better," he said. "I'm going down there to win."
The ITA All-American is the second stop on the collegiate men's Grand Slam. The SkyTel National Clay Court Championship was the first leg of the Grand Slam, Slattery said. The two remaining tournaments after the ITA All-American are the Men's Indoor Championship and the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship.
"I think we'd be pleased to have anybody win an opening-round match in the tournament," Knoll said. "Anything past that would be like gravy."
With the exception of the ITA competitors, freshman Tariq Butt and sophomore Trent Tucker, the remainder of the team will travel to the Ball State Invitational.
Knoll said college tennis was a hard court game, and the surface for this weekend's tournament was better suited to the Kansas competitors. But the level of competition will make victories hard to come by.
Senior Justin Garberg, right, spars with sophomore Steve Makinen during a Nippon practice session. Nippon is one of 11 different forms of martial arts practiced on campus.
Competition will begin on Friday in Muncie. There are approximately 16 teams in the field, with most of them coming from the Big Ten Conference.
Sean Crosier / KANSAN
Martial arts clubs are a hit
By Kent Hohlfeld
Kansan sportswriter
This semester, 11 different forms of martial arts are practiced by clubs around campus. The clubs range from the familiar forms such as Karate, Kung Fu and Judo to the more exotic forms of Nippon and Rvobukui.
Popularized by Bruce Lee and Jean Claude Van Damme movies, martial arts clubs have become the largest group of sport clubs on campus.
Each form has a specific focus. For instance, Judo focuses on throwing or choking an opponent. Tai Kwan Do focuses on kicking opponents to keep them at a farther distance.
"All martial arts are loosely related," said Hikaru Murata, coach of the Judo club. "Differences developed over the years as different instructors emphasized different areas."
In contrast to Kia-Aikido is the more aggressive form known as Tai Kwan Do, which focuses on the kicking and punching. Kicks are used about 70 percent of the time as opposed to punches, which are used about 30 percent of the time.
The forms of martial arts practiced on campus vary between those that use more aggressive techniques and those that take a passive stance. Kia-Aikido is considered one of the more passive forms of martial arts.
Walker said that Kia-Aikido was more focused on avoiding conflict. Unlike other forms, the focus of Kia-Aikido is on getting an opponent to the ground with as little effort as possible.
"We never spar," said Shawn Walker, a graduate student in his second semester with the club. "This is a more defensive sport. We never try to outdo another person."
"We do learn how to disable people," Walker said. "But the focus is more on coordinating the body and the mind."
tance," said Jason Anishanslain, president of the Tai Kwan Do club. "Legs are your longest limb. Using them a lot helps keep opponents farther away."
"Kicking is used more in order to keep the opponent at a farther dis-
"Nippon Kempo involves full-contact sparing," said Breven Parson, club president. "We use a combination of throwing from Judo and punching and kicking used in Karate."
Some forms of martial arts, such as Nippon Kempo, combine techniques used in other forms.
He said the club participants have to wear chest protection and head gear to protect themselves from injury.
Murata said that the growing popularity of martial arts was due to the way it was portrayed in mediums such as movies and magazines.
Greg Jackson, sophomore judo club member, said that his main attraction to the sport was that it would keep him physically fit. He said the fact that it was a good self-defense technique also helped.
"The media is a big factor," Murata said. "The success that the sport has in movies and television really helps the popularity of our art."
"Some martial arts have duels like other sports," Jackson said. "This is closer to a sport than some self-defense classes."
Sean Crosier / KANSAN
Sophomore Steve Makinen tries to make his sore hands feel better after hard-hitting contact in a Nippon practice session.
Women's basketball looks to top last year's season
By Jill Johansen
Kanese sportswriter
Optimism surrounded the Kansas women's basketball team at media day yesterday.
Kansan sportswriter
With the right combination of youth and experience, the Jayhawks hope to build on last year's successes.
"This year we should go a lot more," said Angela Aycock, senior guard and forward. "Our goal is the Final Four, and we don't want anything less."
That's saying a lot considering last year's campaign. Kansas finished the year 22-6 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
"Last year we had a mixed group," Kansas coach Marian Washington said. "We had some experience coming back and fine freshmen. They responded to the challenge."
Washington said she expected last year's freshmen to step up and fill larger roles as sophomores.
"We have a good sophomore class, and we recruited two fine junior college players to help us," she said.
The Jayhawks plan to rely once again on defense.
Kansas sophomore basketball players Shelly Canada, Angie Halbleib, Tamecka Dixon and Jennifer Trapp pass a spinning ball before getting their team photo taken during the team's media day yesterday.
Preseason All-American Aycock,
last season's co-Big Eight Conference
Player of the Year, will lead the
team. Last year, she was led the team
in scoring with 16.9 points a game.
plan to exploit this quickness and play great defense."
"One of our strengths will be our
one of our strengths," Washington said. "We
"Angle is a great leader and people support her," Washington said. "She should be an All-American. She's one of the best players in the country."
"Playing this summer helped my confidence," Sampson said. "I found out what I can do and what I can bring to my team."
Junior guard Charisse Sampson and sophomore forward Jennifer Trapp are other returning starters. Sampson spent part of the summer playing on the USA Jones Cup Team in Taiwan.
Last season, Sampson was a second team All-Big Eight member and averaged 13.3 points. Trapp immediately stepped into the starting lineup and averaged 8.5 points.
Sophomore guards Tamecka Dixon and Angie Halbleib and sophomore forward Shelly Canada all saw playing time last season.
Dixon said she was looking forward to filling the point guard role.
Jay Thornton / KANSAN
"I'm definitely glad last year is over," she said. "I'm confident about
this season, and I'm expecting a lot
out of myself.
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Junior college transfers Keshana Ledet and Brenda Moffite hope to help the Jayhawks. Both believe two years at a junior college will help ease the transition to a Division I school.
"I want to step up and help whenever I can," Moffite said. "I'm still at a learning stage, but I'll always play very hard."
Ledet also wanted to assist the team in any way possible.
"I hope to help the team out," she said. "If my teammates need something, I hope they can come to me."
Freshman center Koya Scott should fill the void at center. She tore her anterior cruciate ligament her senior year of high school but spent the year rehabilitating her knee.
Washington said she believed her team could be in the thick of the Big Eight race.
"Colorado will be the top contender, but after that, three or four teams will be in the hunt." she said.
A difficult nonconference schedule could help the Jayhawks in their quest for the conference title.
The Jayhawks open the regular season in Hawaii Nov. 25 and face Virginia, Florida and North Carolina,
two of the country's top programs, also will be at that tournament.
On Jan. 28, the Jayhawks will face an outstanding Connecticut squad in the first ever men's and women's nationally televised double-header.
"Our schedule should help us to get stronger," Washington said. "The players will learn what it will take to
win. We have nothing to lose."
Note: Try outs for the Kansas men's varsity basketball team will be held Monday night at 8 in Allen Field House. Students interested should bring proof of insurance There is no junior varsity team, so this will be the only try-out for Kansas basketball.