Sports
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 26, 1989
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Milt Newton
Newton aims for pros Ex-KU player will compete in NBA tryouts
bv Dick Lipsev
Kansan sportswriter
Milt Newton is in the second stage of his professional basketball odyssey, and the best may be vet to come.
Newton also took part in a Seattle Supersonics tryout camp for free agents last week.
"We have three positions available," said West. "I view him as a swing man, and there are really not many people for him to compete with here. If he plays well, he'll have a good chance to make the team."
West said the only free agents expected to compete with Newton were two players from small colleges and universities. West declined to give their names.
Laker veterans that played Newton's position last year included Byron Scott, Jeff Lamp and Tony Campbell. West said Lamp was expected to play in Europe next season and asked him to return. Scott was the starter and was injured in the playoff series against Detroit, but is expected back.
"He looked pretty good," said Jim Rupp, public relations director for the Supersonics. "Coach Bernie Bickerstaff and the team president will decide next week who to invite back in the fall, but Milt was one of the better-looking guards. He has a shot at being invited back."
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The first day I started off slow. But the next three days I came on strong. They have asked me back for the veterans' camp.'
- Milt Newton
Newton said he had been told he would be invited back for the fall camp.
"The first day I started off slow," Newton said. "But the next three days I came on strong. They have come back for the veterans' camp."
Newton's competition at Seattle would include all-pro Dale Ellis, veteran Sedale Threatt and first-round draft choice Dana Barros, Rupp said. Recognizable names competing at the tryout camp included NBA teacher Conner Henry and rookies Kevin Floyd, from the University of California, Irvine, and Richard Morgan, from Virginia.
Newton now is taking part in a free-agent camp with the Miami Heat, one of last year's expansion teams. Competition at his position has grown since 2015 by Gary Massey of Villanova and Gerald Green of Seton Hall.
Newton said one player had impressed him so far.
"Scott Haffner shoots very well," Newton said
If Miami invites Newton back for the fall camp, he would be competing with veteran John Sundvold, whom many KU fans remember from his career at Missouri, and the Heat's draft choice, Glenn Rice of Michigan.
Newton said he had made the first cut at Miami. On Monday the camp was reduced to 13 candidates.
"We'll play against Orlando and Atlanta, and then there will be another cut," Newton said.
Newton said he was playing point guard as well as shooting guard for Miami.
Newton said he thought he had played well so far.
"The big thing for me is trying to think like a point guard," he said. "It's an adjustment for me."
Red Sox sack Royals, 10-0
"No one here has given me a hard time." he said.
The Miami camp ends July 29, and Newton will go directly to Los Angeles for the Lakers' camp.
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Wade Boggs got four extra-base hits in a game for the first time in his career and Mike Boddock extended his consecutive scoreless-inning streak to 24 Tuesday night as the Boston Red Sox trounced the Kansas City Royals 10-0.
"It will be tough to go directly to Los Angeles," he said. "My conditioning is down. We played so much I had no chance to run and work out."
"I'll play anywhere," he said. "If all three teams invite me back, I'll sit down with my agent and make a decision. I just hope I make the cut."
Boggs went 4-for-5 with three doubles and a triple, raising his average to 330. The Red Sox got 16
Newton said he had no preference as to where he might play.
hits, including a season-high for extra bases.
Boddicker, 9-7, scattered nine singles in winning his fifth consecutive decision. He struck out six and walked two in his second complete game in 21 starts, and was helped by three double plays.
Newton said he planned to return to Lawrence on Aug. 15.
The Red Sox won for the third time in nine games. Kansas City has lost three in a row and five of six.
Royals Report
ON DECK
Today
Thursdav
Royals vs. Red Sox 6:35 p.m. Fenway Park
Thursday
Royals vs. Red Sox
6:35 p.m. Fenway Park
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American league
West W L Pct. GB —
X California 59 38 168 —
X Oakland 59 40 598 —
X City 59 44 595 —
Texas 54 59 645 —
Seattle 48 51 487 —
Chicago 47 57 484 12% —
Chicago 47 57 484 12%
East
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
W 53 L Pct. GB
Baltimore 54 548
Cleveland 0 40% 4/5
Boston 48 50 490 %5
New York 47 52 475 7
Detroit 46 62 475 1
Detroit 47 63 351 19
Royals vs. Orioles
7:35 p.m. Royals Stadium
Saturday
Tuesday
Royals vs. Orioles
7:05 p.m. Royals Stadium
Royals vs. Blue Jays 6:35 p.m.Exhibition Stadium
National league
East W 5 W L Pct. GB
Montreal 59 41 49 17
Chicago 55 44 556 31%
St. Louis 54 50 621 7
Pittsburgh 42 57 633 15%
Philadelphia 42 55 433 15%
West W 60 L pct. GB
San Francisco 10 40 600 —
Houston 57 43 570 3
San Diego 48 54 470 3
East Los Angeles 45 54 540 13%
Cincinnati 45 60 450 14½
Atlanta 45 60 450 14½
Former KU tennis champion turns pro
Best singles player in KU history threatens to place in 'mid-400s' out of 1,200
by Gary Patton
Kansan sportswriter
Any tennis player who lives on Wimbledon Drive has got to be a pro.
Before this month, Mike Wolf, a former KU tennis champion who lives at 4207 Wimbledon Drive, was on the court at Alvamar Tennis and Swim Club.
Today, after three weeks of competition in Segment Four of the United States Tennis Association's pro satellite circuit, Wolf is a title-holding, top-seeded, touring tennis professional.
Ironically, Wolf's short road to success began with a quick defeat June 30 on his old home court. He suffered a first-round loss at Allen Field Horns tennis complex in the 1974 tournament, the first leg of the four-legged segment.
It's been a real grind. I've played a total of 29 matches in three weeks. I think I've held up OK. I've had a lot of things go my way. I was lucky that the mild weather we had in Tulsa gave me time to work myself into shape.'
Mike Wolf
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Wolf said in a telephone interview yesterday that the loss motivated him.
"I had been thinking about playing competitively again for some time," said Wolf, who finished his college playing career in 1987 as the winning single player in KU history. "I didn't want to stop on that bad note. I just used that loss to get motivated for the next week of competition."
Wolf eliminated the competition, won the Cooper Pro Tennis Classic.
Springfield, Mo., in men's singles and finished second in men's doubles. He earned $1,575 and 28 circuit points.
Last week, Wolf and his partner,
Trevor Kroneman, University of California at Irvine senior, won the doubles championship in Tulsa, Okla., the segment's third leg. He finished second in singles play, earning a tournament total of $1,087 and 21 points.
"It's been a real grind," said Wolf, who is the only KU tennis player to qualify for four consecutive NCAA tournaments. "I've played a total of 29 matches in three weeks. I think I've held up OK. We had a lot of things go my way. I was lucky that the mild weather we had in Tulsa gave me time to work myself into shape."
The Springfield and Tulsa victories gave Wolf his first titles on the satellite circuit, which is considered one of the most successful national tennis. His cumulative 51
pointes earned him the rank of top pointes at this week's master's tournament in Wichita. Wolf's first singles match is today.
At the end of the tournament Sunday, Wolf's circuit points will be converted to computer points, which are used to determine world rankings.
"I would guess that I will win somewhere in the mid-400s," said Wolf, who has never been ranked professionally. "Now, I can begin playing some bigger money tournaments."
About 1,200 tennis players are ranked by this system.
Wolf said his next stop on the pro circuit would be a much-needed break in Lawrence.
"I see myself getting slowly back into it," said Wolf, who had not played competitively while instructing at Alvamar. "Hight now I need a home and stay down when I get home, take a step back and see what I can work out."
Wolf, 24, said he planned to continue working at Alvamar while improving his tennis game.
Wolf would not make any predictions on his future in the pro ranks. He did not rule out continued success, but said he did not see himself following in the footsteps of 1868 circuit电机verdand, Andre Agassi.
by a Kansan reporter
Assagi, now a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team, climbed the world rankings from 485 to 15 with victories over Italy and ISTA spokesman Art Newcomb said.
"At this point, I haven't trained at all." Wolf said. "I need to get about 15 to 20 pounds bigger and stronger. If a lot of my matches so far had gone three sets, I'm not sure I would've held up."
Wolf said it was extremely difficult to make a living playing pro tennis.
Golfers will gather at the Alvamar Golf Club today for the tee-off of the 1989 Kansas Open.
"You've got to have something to fall back on," said Wolf, who is finishing his undergraduate degree by correspondence with two independent students. "We'll get an education and a job first. If tennis is the only thing going for you, then you have a lot more stress to win on the court."
Charity golf tournament opens today at Alvamar
Wolf said he expected to graduate in December with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
This year's winner will take home $10,000 at the end of the four-day event, which concludes on Saturday.
A total of $50,000 will be distributed among the top 44 finishers, said Jeff Bolig, tournament spokesman.
Proceeds from the 14th annual tournament will benefit Cottwood, Inc., a private, non-profit organization that serves mentally disabled
adults in Douglas and Jefferson counties.
Tournament committee chairman Jerry Waugh said, "We've got all those former chairman officers. And throw in the players who don't live in the immediate area but come back every year, and you've got a pretty good field.
"I think the people who come out and watch will be entertained and amazed by the talent."
The event is free for spectators
Runner Ryun now marches to protest abortion
bv Angela Howell
Kansan sportswriter
Jim Ryun, the fastest miler worldwide during the years he attended the University of Kansas, can now be seen marching down Massachusetts Street every January, protesting abortion.
As one of the founders and president of Lawrence Kansans for Life, he is no longer trying to break track life. He is now trying to change state laws
Ryum, 42, remembers students marching in protest of the war in Vietnam when he was in college. He never became involved. But now he is making up for it by leading the annual Lawrence pro-life march.
Ryum was not active in politics at KU from 1965 to 1971, because he was involved with running.
“His career almost exploded from the beginning,” said Robert Timmons. Hyun's former coach. "He was a prodigious leader, a top of the world at a very young age."
Timmons was Ryan's high school and college coach. He helped Ryan train since he was a 15-year-old at Wichita East High School in 1962.
stripped the time on the mile run down to 3.511 that year, another world record that remained on the books for eight years.
Ryun won five NCAA championships. He also attended the Olympic games at Tokyo, Mexico City and Munich, West Germany.
In 1967, Ryun broke the world record in the 1500-meter run at Los Angeles by clocking 3:33.1, beating the previous time of 3:42.6. He
As a high school junior, Ryun didn't make the final in the 1,500 meter run at Tokyo in 1964, because of a cold.
"The losses were difficult for Jim because he was then, and still is, a humple person," Timmons said. "It was hard for him to understand what was happening. I don't think he had traveled anywhere to Colorado before, and then he was going to compete in the Olympic Gapes."
At the 1972 Munich Games, Ryun was favored to win the gold medal in the 1,500 meter race, but fell in a qualifying heat. Ryun protested, say, that the Olympic committee caused the fall, but the Olympic committee refused to reinstate him.
In 1968, weakened by the 7,800 foot altitude of Mexico City and a lingering case of mononucleosis, Ryun came in second, winning the silver.
Ryun ran with the International Track Association, a touring professional track team, from 1973 to 1976.
In 1976, Ryun retired and the ITA folded.
Ryun said his work at Lawrence Kansans for Life is time-consuming, but that he occasionally advises track鞋公司，represents a pharmaceutical company and holds ramps. He has also written two books
"I was concerned about (his retirement)," Timmons said. "He called a news conference and said he was retiring because God had spoken to him. It sounded great to me, but I was going to be gone, we were going to support his family."
Ryun said his reason for retiring was that God had spoken to him, telling him he ran a good race, but it was over.
Ryun, who founded Lawrence Kansans for Life in 1965, said its ultimate goal was to make abortion illegal in Kansas.
"We're trying to get back to a more sane interpretation of the law," Ryan said. "We want to educate the public that knowledge is all about: the killing of a baby."
Ryun said he became involved with the abortion issue about five years ago when friends invited his family to an anti-abortion march.
"I thought that was an issue that had nothing to do with me." Ryun
said. "But then I realized it did involve me. It involves every American."
Ryun said the recent Supreme Court decision allowing state restriction of abortion had given his organization validity and support. He said he hopes the Kansas legislature will pass a restrictive outlook in its next session.
Ryun said if his daughter became pregnant, he would want her to have the child.
"I'd be very surprised," Ryan said. "But I'd be very supportive of her having the baby. We've talked to her, she knows it's a living human being."
Ryun said his organization was growing, and membership was diversified. He said people of all religions, backgrounds and races were joining.
Gordon Gruber, vice-president of Lawrence Kansans for Life, said there were around 1,000 families on the mailing list.
"Jim has very high name recognition, which has an obvious advantage to the organization, but it's more than that," Gruber said. "The Ryuins have made unintiring efforts to make Lawrence a better place to live."
In 1890, Ryun began competing in road and track races again. Ryun ran the Masters Champions track race
Ryun said he usually runs in 16 races each year. When training for a race, he runs 50 to 70 miles a week.
two weeks ago in Sacramento, Calif.
where he finished third.
Ryun said he turned toward religion in 1972.
Anne Ryun, married to Jim for 20 years, said he loves running.
Anne said the difference in his running now is it's not the focal point of his life.
"Not too many people get up and say 'Great, I get to run a 10-mile old, and I am running 42 years old. And he wakes up and says 'Praise God, I get to run.'"
"It's not his everything," Anne said. "It's not his idol. When he met Jesus, the idol broke."
"I'm sure there will be a little comparison," Heather said. "The
Heather Ryun, Ryun's oldest daughter, will be a freshman at KU in the fall and run on the track team. She said she wasn't intimidated by her father's name checking the track and field record board.
"I started realizing the hope and I thought running would offer me, would offer it only partially." Ryun said. "No one can say break the four minute mile wasn’t exciting, but the complete peace I wanted."
difference will be that when he came to college he was one of the world's best runners. I'm not going to have reporters at every meet."
reather was taught at home by Anne until she attended Lawrence High School as a junior. Ned and Drew Ryun are juniors at Lawrence High, The Ryuns' youngest daughter, Catherine, is taught at home.
Heather said she had a difficult time thinking of her father as a track and field legend.
"My dad doesn't go around saying, Well, gee, I was a world record-runner," Heather said. "To me, he's just dad."
In 1966, Ryun became the youngest athlete ever to win the Sportsman of the Year award.
A 1966 Sports Illustrated article stated that Ryun "recognizes that sport is only one aspect of life. It is also another aspect of living. There are other things to do."
Timmons said he thought Ryun was happier now.
"In a sense, what he's doing in his life now is of greater importance than when he was a runner, even though then he was still one of my best friends." "My feeling about Jim is that he's going to do even better things with his life."