WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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sports
Weekly Sports Trivia
Q: In what year did Fred Waller patented the first water skis?
A: 1925, which were called Dolphin Akwa-Skees.
Quote of the Week
"It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel."
Bill Vaughn
Fact of the Week
Water skiing came about on June 28,1922 when eighteen-year-old Ralph Samuelson of Minnesota, proposed the idea that if you could ski on snow, then you could ski on water.
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COURTS
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Kansas basketball player Thomas Robinson and his 9-year-old sister Jaley Robinson, arrive for funeral services of their mother Lisa Robinson on Jan. 27., at Antioch Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
Robinson custody hearing gets date
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
A circuit court in Prince George County, Maryland, has scheduled an Aug. 17 custody hearing for Jayla Paris, 7, sister of Kansas junior forward Thomas Robinson.
Their mother, Lisa Robinson, died of a sudden heart attack at age 43 on Jan.21,and her own parents had passed on only a short time before. Following the loss, Robinson gained permission from the NCAA to set up the Lisa Robinson Foundation,a trust fund set up in his sister's name in order to collect donations that could provide for her future.
Jayla Paris is currently in the
The custody hearing on August 17 will decide whether Jayla Paris is to remain with her father or be taken in by Lisa Robinson's brother, Willatant Austin Jr.' and his wife, Carrie.
care of her father, James Paris, in Washington, D.C.
The Kansas City law firm SNR Denton, which monitors the Lisa Robinson Foundation, is also representing the Austins in Maryland. Mark Johnson, a partner in the firm and a University of Kansas lecturer, said that there had never been plans to bring Jayla Paris to Lawrence, and any rumors to that effect had no basis in fact.
DONATION
Naismith rules gets committee
BY MATT GALLOWAY mgalloway@kansan.com
A committee of more than a dozen University of Kansas officials is meeting to determine the best display place for James Naismith's original rules of basketball.
The rules, written in 1891 by the former Kansas basketball coach, sold for $4.3 million last December. Kansas graduate David Booth outbid the Smithsonian in the auction.
The rules have toured the United States since Booth purchased the original document. But Booth, a donor, has told reporters he would prefer a permanent display at the University. The rules are currently in Austin, Texas with the Booth family.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director of external relations, said the committee is considering everything from a new stand-alone building to a smaller extension to an existing building. The committee last met in May and is working under no timetable to make its decision, he said.
"We'd like to keep proceeding on this and keep making progress, but this is not something we want to rush," Marchiony said. "This is something that is bigger than athletics that needs to involve the University, and we want to make sure we do it right."
Booth is not on the committee but is receiving updates every step of the way, Marchiony said.
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David Booth presents the unveiling of James Naismith's Original Rules of Basketball at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., at a press conference in March. The exhibit ended three weeks ago and the rules went back to Booth.
SOCCER
Kansas excited to have World Cup-caliber forward
BY HANNAH WISE
hwise@kansan.com
The women's soccer team welcomes Colombian freshman Ingrid Vidal to the field. Kansas Athletics announced Tuesday that she has signed an official letter of intent, declining a professional contract to play in Germany.
Vidal is hot off the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup pitch where she played in two of Colombia's three matches. She played 11 minutes in their opening round loss to Sweden.
Vidal showed her ability to pull through in crunch time scoring the
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