SPORTS
University Daily Kansan /Wednesday, October 23. 1991
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Injury, transfer has Washington facing adjustments in team
By David Mitchell Kansan Sportswriter
years later, Washington is without two players she had expected to make an
This season the women's basket ball team returns one of the most talented casts coach Marian Washington has worked with in her 19 years at Kansas.
In August,
junior for-
ward Misti
Chennault
transferred to
Southern
Nazarene
University.
Chennault
was the Jay-
JoJoWitherspoon hawks'
ourth-leading scorer last season, averaging 9.2 points a game. She was third in assists with 59.
was third in assists when Chennaua is a native of El Reno, Okla., about 30 minutes from Southern Nazarene in Bethany. However, she said the most important factor in her decision to leave Kansas was not being closer to home but her Christian faith.
home of that my faith in God and Christ could be better expressed at a smaller, Christian school," Chennaul said. "The atmosphere of the school itself is based on Christian values."
down here.
Washington said the team would miss Chennault.
Southern Nazarene has an enrollment of about 1,500.
"It it's a change from KU," she said. "I miss my teammates. I loved it at KU, but I'm really happy down here." ...
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"It's very hard to lose a player like that," Washington said. "She played an awful lot for us last year. She would have continued to contribute to our offense."
However, Washington said the team would be able to make up for the loss.
"The team was disappointed to see her leave, but we've adjusted, and we wish her the very best," Washington said.
"Misti is a very strong young Christian. I can understand it."
Clemmaud said that she had left Kansas on good terms and that the coaches and players had stood by her decision.
"Coach wanted me to be happy wherever I was," she said. "They were real supportive."
Chemault said that she thought the Jayhawks would be a good team this year but that she had found another winner in Bethany.
The Redskins won the NAIA National Championship two years ago and are ranked ninth nationally in the preseason.
The transition from major college basketball has been a smooth one. Chenault worked basketball
camps at Southern Nazarene for the past few summers and is familiar with the program and its players.
"I wasn't looking to leave," she said. "I don't regret my two years there. It was an experience I wouldn't trade for anything."
Chennaul said she looked forward to watching her former teammates play when the Jayhawks travel to Big Eight Conference rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
"twish them the best of luck," she said. "I know they're going to have a great season."
a great season.
The 'Hawks may have to begin the season without junior guard Jo Jo Witherpoon, as well.
Witherspoon was expected to be a valued backup to point guard Kay Kay Hart again this season. Witherspoon was fifth on the team in assists last season with 39 However, Witherspoon sprained her right ankle in April. It did not heal.
Witerspoon underwent surgery last week after the sprain was further aggravated by a bruise. The ensuing inflammation ran out of room and compressed the nerves and blood supply.
Assistant athletic trainer Susie Wehring said the procedure was similar to the surgery former Kansas forward Mark Randall underwent last season.
10 relieve the pressure. Wither-spoon underwent an anterior compartment fascia release.
Two incisions were made above Witherspoon's right ankle to release the pressure. The incisions took 38 stables to close. Now she must wait for the swelling to go down and the soft tissue to heal.
The season opener is Nov. 14 against the German National team. The guard was back on the court this week shooting free throws, but Wehring said it would be another four weeks before Witherspoon could play at full speed.
Randall was expected to miss at least a month of the season after his surgery but came back weeks ahead of schedule. Witersham said she did not plan to rush her recovery.
"I really don't see how he did it," Witerspoon said. "At times it gets painful. I have time to work my way up since practice just started."
"We're not that deep at point guard," she said. "Jo gives us the flexibility of playing Kay Kay in the off guard and having another point guard.
Washington said the team needed Witherspoon.
so would definitely take some pressure off in that area. I'll have to make some adjustments if I don't get Jo."
Coach foresees center's success
Tate brings experience in L.A. back to Kansas
Kansan Sportswriter
By David Mitchell
Kansas center Lisa Tate hopes to live up to Coach Marian Washington's expectations for the season.
Before basketball practice began Oct. 15, Coach Marian Washington said she expected big things from 6-foot 3 center Lisa Tate this season.
One week into practice, Washington said she was pleased with the junior's progress.
was pleased with what she might "I'm really excited about what she might accomplish," Washington said. "I think she can be one of the best centers in the conference."
Tate set a Big Eight Conference record last year with 82 blocked shots. Senior forward Terrilyn Johnson was a distant second on the team with 17.
one of the ten Kansas with high expectations but had to sit out the 1989-90 season when she failed to meet NCAA academic requirements. Tate made an immediate impact in her sophomore season.
Johnson, 5-11, led the team with 310 rebounds. Tate was second with 284.
Rate was second with 204.
"Our inside game looks pretty good," Washington said. "We have good experience and quickness inside."
During tournament play, Tate earned Most Valuable Player honors in the Dial Soc Classic last December after recording 20 points and 15 rebounds against Wichita State.
Tate also led the team in shooting percentage at 53.8 percent. No other Jayhawk shot 50 percent. Tate was second in field goals made with 128, behind junior guard Stacy Truitt's 136. She averaged 8.2 points a game.
In the National Women's Invitational Tournament in March, Tate averaged 11.7 points and 4.7 rebounds a game. She hit 80 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line.
Tate's performance earned her an invitation to the U.S. Olympic Festival this summer in Los Angeles.
Angeles.
"It helped me a lot to play against people outside the Big Eight. "Tate said. "I think I will play a bigger role than I did last year."
Tate's North squad won the silver medal at the festival. She grabbed 29 rebounds, the third highest total in the four-game tournament. She averaged 7.3 points a game.
"She's playing with more confidence," Washington said. "Having added experience this summer against other talented players at her position made a difference in her approach this year."
made a difference in her app business. "She's working harder. She's physically stronger, and she understands our offense better."
ter. Tate said the team needed to improve before its season opener Nov.14 against the German National team.
"We're not where we need to be for our first game, but we look pretty good so far," she said.
Braves beat Twins 5-4 in 12 innings
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Mark Lenkes' two out RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning ended the Atlanta Braves' long wait for a clutch hit and the longest World Series game in 14 years.
Lemie ended an evening in which a record 42 players took part, including the first pitch-binch appearance by a pitcher since 1965, and provided Atlanta with its first World Series victory ever.
Lemke's opposite-field blower to left off Rick Aguilera, the Twins' seven pitcher, scored David Justice from second base as the Braves beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 last night. Minnesota leads the series 2-1
The Braves had not won in the Series since 1988 when in Milwaukee, and Minnesota fell to 7-2 overall in World Series games on the road.
slid safely across home plate
Series games of the foot.
An error by Lemke at base second put the Twins in position to go ahead in the top of the 12th. But Minnesota had only pitchers left, so Aguilera was summoned from the bulpen to hit for reliever Mark Guthrie with the bases loaded and two outs.
But Aguilera lined out to center field. The Braves then won in the bottom half of the inning when Justice signed with one out, stole second and, after a walk to Greg Olson, scored when Lemke singled on a 1-1 pitch.
Dan Gladden charged Lemke's hit, but his throw bounced wide as Justice
sail for the second game. Aguilera had saved the first two games, and Twins relievers had not allowed an earned run in $32^{1/2}$ consecutive postseason innings dating to the 1987 World Series.
"The 'that's got to be the biggest hit of my career.' Lemke said.
career. Certainly it was the biggest hit of the Series for the Braves, who had left 13 runners on base in the first two games and stranded seven more in scoring position last night.
postmen had the Twins wished their chances,
too. They left two runners on base in
the 10th and watched Kent Khrek
strike out with one out and runners on
second and third in the 12th.
Tonight's game
Game 4-7:26 p.m
Minnesota at Atlanta Morris (18-12) Smoltz (14-13)
Notes: Atlanta defeated Minnesota 6-4 last night in 12 innings. Minnesota leads the series 2:1.
Source. The Associated Press
KANSAN GRAPHIC
American Indians protest Braves' tomanawk cnant
The Associated Press
"It's a bad part of this whole stereotype of Native Americans," said Belle瑶, who has led protests outside the
the "NYer's" wasn't one.
Their'renext," said Roger Head, an Ojibway Indian who works with the Minneapolis-based Indian Affairs Council. "The theirs are the ones that wear the head dresses, the paint, the drums and the things that are sacrilegious in nature."
golden hour
Clyde Bellecour, director of the American Indian Movement, said there would be protests outside RFK Stadium in an effort to get the NFL club to change its name.
Metrodome in Minnesota to protest the Atlanta team's name and Braves fans' habit of waving imaginary tomahawks. "Indians are people, and we don't want to be mascots anymore for America's fun and games."
he was one of the Many American Indians consider the term "Redskin" to be pejorative. But team officials insist that the insignia — featuring an American Dinamed dressed in battle headgear and war paint — stresses the proud, strong heritage of American Indians and is in keeping with the image the team wants to present.
"Generally, we do the lobbying, and others, like A.I.M., do the protesting." Head said. "We will work together."
The Redskins have rehuffed similar protests in the past, most recently in 1988, when the Congress of American Indians decided that the team's staff was offensive.
In addition, club-officials have pointed out that the team was known as the Redskins even before it moved from Boston to the nation's capital in 1937.
Club officials said yesterday that there were no plans to change the team'sname.
The Urban League and other human rights organizations have endorsed the protests against the Braves. But there has been no support from the District of Columbia government in demonstrations against the Redskins.
But none of that holds water with Bellecourt, whose group has been fighting for the rights of American Indians since its creation 23 years ago.
The city and Redskins owner Jack Kent Cook are also close to formalizing a deal to build a new, 80,000-seat stadium in the district, and D.C. officials are wary of antagonizing the Redskins owner.
"It's a racist term, just like calling them the Washington Negroes, 'Belle-court complained. 'We're not thin-skinned. This just makes a mockery of us as a people and of our culture."
"The last thing we want to involve in, with this stadium deal hanging, is a controversy over what he calls his team," said one high-ranking city official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
But Head was optimistic that the Redskins would see the wisdom of his argument.
Kansas to face struggling Oklahoma football team Saturdav
"What this shows us is that we have a long way to go towards sensitizing people to the ways of the Indian," he said. "But our position makes sense, and the only thing in the way is a lot of NFL tradition that can be dispensed with."
NORMAN, Okla. — Gary Gibbs' weekly news conference had a familiar ring to it yesterday. He found himself talking about trying to come back from a dishearbent loss.
A week ago, he rehashed what had happened in a 10-7 loss to Texas and spoke of the importance of the coming Colorado game. But the Sooners lost to Utah in the Big Eight, only have an outside shot to win the Big Eight title.
The Associated Press
Now they must try to rev the engines again, this time to play Kansas. And Gibbs thinks they can do it.
11. "Our football team is not in the tank," he said. "We're excited about this week's game and the rest of the Big Eight Conference.
"We've got a bunch of competitors and winners and fighters on our football team, and I don't think
we'll see a major letdown due to the loss this past week."
in the barracks and that the passing game had struggled Gibbs said that the passing game had struggled in situations and that the team may start relying more on the running game to get into the end zone.
week.
The consecutive losses dropped Oklahoma (4-2 overall, 1-1 in the Big Fight) from sixth to 21st in the national rankings. In order to avoid a third straight defeat, the Sooners must improve their play once they move deep into scoring territory.
play once they moved in. In the Texas game, Oklahoma missed three first-half field goals. Against Colorado, the Sooners fumbled the ball away at the Colorado 15-yard line and failed to score after recovering a fumble at the Buffalo's 27-yard line.
"If we're not getting things done throwing the football down in that area of the field, we need to utilize our fullbacks and tailbacks to a larger degree," he said.
Quarterback Cale Gundy has struggled the past two weeks. He completed five of 17 passes against Texas and was eight of 22 with two interceptions against Colorado.
"It's not all him," Gibbs said. "A few times we had breakdowns at the receiver position, we probably didn't have the best play called a few times."
Kansas enters this week's game 4-2 overall, 1-1 in the Big Eight. The Jayhawks have the league's second-leading rusher in Tony Sands and a defense that is statistically the best in the conference. They beat Iowa State 41-0 on Saturday.
"They've played well throughout the year and they've had some opportunities to come in here undefeated," Gibbs said. "They're 4-2, but I think they've played at times well enough to be a 6-foot ball team. We have a lot of respect for Kansas."
SPORTS BRIEFS
Two tennis players advance
Jensen, Norcross, Ga., freshman,
defeated Kristen Alley of California-
Berkley 6-1, 6-4 and Mamie Ceniza of
UCLA 6-3, 7-5. Jensen will face 44hr-
died Monica Maura of Duke today.
Kansas tennis players Nora Koves and Rebecca Jensen each advanced in qualifying play yesterday at the Riviera All-American Championships in Los Angeles.
Koves, Budapest, Hungary, freshman, defeated Allison Bradford of Utah 6-2, 6-2 and 43rd-ranked Jane Yates of Arizona 4-6, 4-6. Koves will meet Mindy Weiner of Clemson in today's qualifying-round play.
Kansas and Duke are the only schools with more than one player remaining in qualifying play.
Ripken receives accolade
If Koves and Jensen remain undeafed today, they will advance to tomorrow's main draw. Kanserian Elvine Emiline already has qualified for the main draw and will be one of the top four seeds.
eow.500. Ripken also won the award in 1983.
in league history to hit more than 30 home runs while strikeout out fewer than 50 times. He led the major leagues with 85 extra base hits.
Finishing with a 323 batting average, Ripken drove in 114 hits and hit 34 home runs. He was the only American League player who scored 10 in 10 at-bats and runed home RBs and RBI.
Ripken, named player of the year by The Associated Press last week, was the first player since The Sporting News initiated the award in 1936 to win it while playing on a team that finished below 500.
He also became only the 10th player
leagues with best performance. His hitting prowess was matched by his defensive performance. Ripken led American League shortstops in fielding percentage, in putouts and in assists.
For the ninth straight season, Ripper did not miss a game. He has started 1,752 consecutive games, trailing only Lou Gehrig.
Soccer club places third
Iowa State defeated Kansas State 2-0 in the championship match. The Jayhawks lost to K-State in the semifinals 2-1 in overtime.
The Kansas soccer club earned a third-place finish Sunday at Kansas State's Ed Chartrand Memorial Soccer Tournament in Kansas City, Kan.
kansas was undefended in its open round matches Saturday in the annual eight-tail tournament. The 'Hawks defeated Oklahoma State 2-1 and Nebraska-Omaha-2-0. Kansas tied an alumni team from Kansas State 1-1.
Yankees consider Showalter
Buck Showalter, a coach for the New York Yankees before his release earlier this month, is now a candidate to become the team's manager.
yankees general manager Gene Michael said yesterday that Showalter had been recommended as a candidate by Robert Nederlander, the club's managing partner. Nederlander called Michael last week and asked that Showalter be reconsidered for the position, which Stump Merrill held until he was fired at the end of the season.
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