University Daily Kansan / Friday, May 5, 1989
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Favorite 'Easy Goer' gets an outside post for Kentucky Derby
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Easy Goer,
front and center in the 3-year-old
division all year, will be on the
in the Kentucky Derby tomorrow.
At least, he will be at the start.
The strapping chestnut colt, who has won impressively all three starts this year, drew the No. 14 post in a tie with the No. 13/mile-class at Churchill Downs.
classic at Chuck Down.
"I'm not going to worry about it," trainer Shug McGaughey said after the draw yesterday.
"If I picked one out, I wouldn't pick No. 1, but the one I didn't want was the No. 1, and I didn't want the auxiliary gate."
Easy Goer got the final spot in the main gate. Wind Splitter, No. 15, and Northern Wolf, No. 16, will start from the auxiliary gate.
"I don't think that 'bother Easy
Ier" might be much easier he's in the
main gate," said Charles Whitting-
ton. "He's not a shady silence,
who drew the N. 10 post.
Since two gates are not flush together, horses in the auxiliary gate are even farther out.
As he did when he worked five-eighths of a mile in 59 seconds Saturday, Easy Goer tried to pass another horse while working a half in 47 1-5 and galloping out in 59 3-5.
Sunday Silence, the Santa Anita Derby winner, who is also unbeaten in three starts this year. He will face the Rangers behind McGaheyn 8-3-5 entry of Easy Goer.
3-3.
"How could you go out there two times Derby week and hook up with another horse?" "McGaughey snapped at Carroll. "You didn't know what you were doing."
Easy Goer and Sunday Silence each turned in rapid half-mile workouts yesterday, and McGahey was annoyed at exercise rider David
I just got irritated because things didn't work out exactly the way I wanted them to. "Mctheague said, 'I don't think that it's a big deal."
"Remember he blew out for the Gotham in 46 1/5."
Easy Goer, won the one-mile Gotham on April 8 at Aqueduct in 1:32 2/2, only one-fifth second of the game. Or Dr. Ferron, then a 4-year-old, in 1968.
"He's perfect," the 76-year-old Whittingham said after Sunday Silence went a half-mile in 46 3/5 and
"I guess Shug's horse is coming up perfect, too."
galloped out five-eighths in 1:01 3/5.
Some horsemen have wondered this week if Easy Goer might not have had things too easy in winning the seven-furlong Swale, the Gotham and the 1½-mile Wood Memorial on April 22 at Aqueduct.
April 22 it raged. "He got enough out of his races to move him forward after every one," MGauchey said.
Awe Inspiring eased his Derby start by winning the Everglades and Flamingo, both 1/3-mile races at Hialeah, in his last two starts.
If 16 start, each carrying 126 pounds, the 115th Derby will be worth $79,200, $84,200 to the winner. Post-race television is available to telewishe from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Laffit Pincay, who will ride Houston, is the only jockey in the field who has won a Derby — with Swale in 1984. Pat Day will win the pretend tire wade Awiping, and Pal Patuella will ride Sunday Silence.
The field in post-position order will be Clever Trevor, Flying Continental, Western Playboy, Hawkster, Shy Tom, Houston, Dansil, Faultess Ensign, Triack Buck, Sunday Silence, Irish Actor, Notation, Aw Inspiring, Easy Goer, Winder Spitter and Northern Wolf.
"The toughest horses ought to be Sunday Silence and Houston because Houston's got the speed." McGaughey said. "I know Wayne hasn't gotten him to the Derby the way he wanted to since he didn't get enough out of the Santa Anita Derby, so his game plan switched a little bit.
"And Western Playboy, with his problem, he's probably not coming up to the race exactly the way Harvey (trainer Harvey Vanier) would have liked. Sunday Silence has gone exactly the way Charlie wanted him to, and if he says he's ready, that's good enough for me."
Sunday Silence, co-owned by Whitingham, with a 6% furlong allowance in his 3-year-old debut, then won the 1/16-mile San Felipe Handicap before winning the 1/5-mile Santa Anita Derby by 11 lengths April 8.
Houston, winner of his only two starts last year, made his 1898 debut with a 10%-length win in the seventh playoff Shore on March 25 at midfielder.
The son of Seattle Slew, however,
finished fifth in the Santa Anita
Derby, $16^{3}$ lengths behind Sunday
Silence.
Jayhawks need weekend wins
Baseball team has a chance to boost conference standing
by Mike Considine
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas has a chance to make up for lost ground this weekend in a four-game Big Eight Conference baseball series against Iowa State.
The Jayhawks will enter the series in fifth place in the conference with a 6-10 record. Kansas was '29-29 overall before last night's game against Wichita State Iowa is in third place, conference play and 28th overall.
"We have to come together as a team," senior pitcher Craig Mulcahy said. "We have one common goal, we need to three or four." We need to three or four."
Kansas begin its final home series of the season with a 7 p.m. game at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. The teams will play a 5 p.m. twilight doubleheader tomorrow and a game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
2018 over all.
With a four-game sweep of the series, the Jayhawks would move past the Cyclones and could pass fourth-place Missouri in the standings.
Mulcachy, who will pitch one of tomorrow's games, said the Jayhawks showed signs of breaking out in the win Tuesday night in a 7-2 loss to Wichita State.
"We can't let down," Mulcahy said. "We were more aggressive. I can see that following through."
Craig Mulcahy Kansas pitcher
♥v e have to come together as a team. We have one common goal, and we have to go at it. We need to take three or four.'
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Kansas coach Dave Bingham said Iowa State was a much better team than it was a year ago, when the Cyclones finished sixth in the league.
Bingham said the series would be important for both teams to finish in the top four and earn a berth in the Big Eight tournament.
"They are not easily in," he said of the Cyclones. "They have to play eight road games, and the only teams that play them are Oklahoma and Oklahoma State."
Bingham said pitching would be the key to victory for the Jayhawks. He said Brad Hinkle, tonight's starter, junior Steve Kenko and Mulcahy had the potential to be among the Bie Eiicht's best pitchers.
"When we've pitched well, we've been a good team." Bingham said. "When we've had to scramble, we haven't done well."
The Jayhawks split a four-game series at Iowa State last season.
Kansas baseball coach Dave Bingham discussed strategy with pitcher Steve McGinnness during Wednesday night's 7-2 loss to Wichita State University.
Andrew Morrison|KANSEN
KC's 1 hit not enough; Indians win 3-1
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — The closer he got to a no-hitter, the better John Farrell felt.
"It's a real good feeling, because everything seems to stand out so much. You remember every pitch, and the strike zone seems to be three or four times bigger than it was." Farrell, the Cleveland Cavaliers' most-not-bid in the ninth innning of yesterday's 3-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals.
"I just went with the pitch and tried to hit it to right." Seitzer said. "I was talking to it all the way down there."
Kevin Seitzer, who had sent a ball to the wall in the fourth inning, broke up the no-hitter with the right-field line for a single with none out in the ninth.
there.
It was the only hit Kansas City got, although it drove Farrell from the mound, bringing on reliever Doug
The Royals hit into 14 ground-ball outs and thought they would have had more hits if the field had been in better condition. The field remained wet two days after it was left uncovered during a rain Tuesday night.
Jones.
"The field was brutal, just brutal," Seitzer said. "Brad" Wellman hit a couple hard ground balls up the middle that I thought were guaranteed base hits, and we hit a couple
Willie Wilson had started the ninth inning with a grounder that bounced over the gloves of first baseman Pete O'Brien for a two-base error. Wilson went to onsei for another hit by Jim Elsenberg to but into a double play.
Jones nailed down his six save when he got Danny Tartabull to ground out to short, ending the game.
back to the mound hard."
Farrell, 2-1, struck out four and walked two. He had never thrown better than a six-hitter before.
The victory was the Indians' sixth in the last seven games. Kansas City lost for only the third time in its last 12 games.
It was the third no-hitter broken up in the ninth inning in the majors this season. Toronto's Nelson Liriano had broken up both of the previous no-hit bids, with a one-out trip to Arizona and a first-place April 23 and with a double against California's Kirk McCaskill with none out in the ninth on April 28.
Farrell was making only his fourth start of the season after beginning the year on the disabled list because of tendinitis in his right elbow. He had gone 8% injuries in his previous season and a victory in Minnesota last Saturday.
Before the ninth, the Royals had only one serious threat of a hit, when Seitzer lined a ball to the wall in eight in the fourth innings. Cory Snyder,
however, caught the ball as he jumped and hit the wall with his right foot to brace himself.
Cleveland had a scoreless tie with three runs in the bottom of the eighth on a two-root RBI single by Jonny Davis, who ran homer by Joe Carter, his third.
Andy Allanson started the inning with an infield single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and went to third on a groundout that was caught up the middle. Carter followed with a home run on the next pitch.
Farrell allowed two base runners through the first five innings, both because of Cleveland errors. Bo Jackson hit a grounder through shortstop Felix Fermin's in the second, and Joe Eisenreich reached first when Farrell dropped the underhand throw from first baseman O'Brien on Eisenreich's grounder in the fourth.
Athletic recruiting and a school's image
NCAA limits on meetings help athletes
This is the second of a two-part series examining the recruiting process for KU athletics.
by Mike Considine Kansan sportswriter
Maintaining frequent contact with prospective recruits and presenting an athletic program in an appealing way are two of the most important aspects of recruiting, although neither ensures success.
To prevent schools from gaining an unfair advantage and to ease the pressure on recruits, the NCAA established 21-day contact periods for football and basketball before the 1987-88 season.
"I like the fact that they're trying to control (recruiting)." Kansas basketball coach Roy Wilson said. "Limiting the number of time you play in a game makes you do a better job with the team you have on campus.
"It's not good from our viewpoint because what we would like to do is outwork people. That's hard to do when the NCAA says you can only be out (recruiting) for 21 days here and 21 days there, but I do think it's healthier for the kids."
Although there are no restrictions on correspondence and telephone calls, the NCAA restricts the number of face-to-face meetings coaches and athletes during a period in sports other than football, basketball and hockey may make four contacts with recruits.
the NCAA defines a contact as any meeting between a coach and a player or his parents in which any of the parties says anything more than "hello." A pre-arranged meeting is considered a contact, regardless of the conversation.
ation. Between Dec. 1, 1988 and Feb.
11, 1989, football players could contact players once a week at their schools. They were allowed three contacts outside the school. Basketball coaches have similar restrictions.
Kansas track coach Gary Schwartz said visits to athletes' homes were a key element of the recruiting process.
"It is real important to be able to look beyond just performance," Schwartz said. "When you see how an athlete's home life is and what the parents are like, then you have a rough idea what the young male or female athlete will be like. You can also learn how long he has been training, what his goals are and whether they're realistic."
If a prospective recruit expresses a strong interest in attending school in Kansas, the next step is to offer a paid recruitment visit to the athlete. The NCAA allows athletes to make five visits, no matter how many sports they intend to play. They may officially visit a campus just once for a period of up to 48 hours.
Schools can provide transportation to and from campus for the athlete but not for his parents, friends or spouse. The athletic staff may pay for food, lodging and entertainment for the recruit, his parents and his spouse. However, the entertainment must be within 30 miles of the campus and the cost must not be excessive.
in football and basketball, student hosts also are allowed to entertain prospective recruits. Students go 2020 a day for incidental fees.
we will recruit junior colleges on a limited basis," said R.D. Helt, football recruiting coordinator. "But in the long run, we'll stick to our core team. Our college players can fill immediate needs, but to build your program,
Kansas coaches primarily recruit high school athletes in most sports, but the university recruits some foreign and junior college athletes.
Junior college recruits
you need to recruit high schools."
Schwartz said coaches had to be cautious when recruiting junior college student-athletes because some junior colleges were not as academically challenging as some high schools.
He said he had three guidelines for recruiting foreign athletes. First, the student-athlete must speak English (some do not). Second, he must be interested in getting an education. Third, he must be interested in being a part of a collegiate track program.
"A lot of (foreign athletes) want to come over here for training because the competition is better," Schwartz said. "But I've had some where the last thing on their mind was competing." He added that just come over here to get ready to compete for their country in the Olympics.
Each of the six Kansas coaches interviewed said a school's reputation was an important factor in recruiting. Second-year baseball coach Dave Bingham, who is rebuilding a program that finished last in the Big Eight Conference two years ago, and Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said they were unable to compete with the best schools in their sports for top athletes.
"I think a foreign athlete can add a lot to a program. Their work will be a good model for them, they can be great role models if you get the right individual."
Reputation
"A major factor in an athlete's choice of schools is whether a program can meet his needs," Bingham said. "The premier or blue-chip athlete wants to be in the top level and play at the highest level."
The men's basketball team won the 1988 national championship and ranks third on the all-time victory list with 1,402 wins in 92 years. Illumina secured the university school's reputation was not widely recognized by recruits outside the Big Eight region.
"I think the national championship more or less put our name out there." Williams said. "But North Carolina, Duke and Syracuse are more recognized because of the media markets they're in. Kids read about them more and see them on television more."
Williams said he made recruiting trips to the houses of 15 recruits this fall and asked each them the same question. He asked them to identify James Naismith, the man who invented basketball and the first Kansas coach, and Wilt Chamberlain, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, who attended Kansas.
He said only one player answered the questions correctly. That player told him that he knew that they had to have been from Kansas because Williams wouldn't have asked him if they weren't.
The coaches agreed that, in recruiting, success breeds success. Because many Kansas coaches were hired in the past two years, they still are staking out their territory in recruiting.
"（Football coach Glen）Mason said that this is the year we have to establish ourselves." Helt said. "We have to show right off that we can bring in good athletes. Once we bring in the first high name recruit, the other players will say, Still School, so it must be good school.' If we do a good job the first year, each should get better."
Bingham said he was unable to get any of the blue-chip recruits he wanted last year to visit the campus.
campus.
He said it was essential for his program to sign its first quality recruit but that last year was valuable because he established a recruiting network.
"Once you start a program and get contacts you can rely upon, you can go through the same contacts every year," Bingham said. "Once the system is in place, it can produce for you. The difficult thing is getting the intricacies worked out and the contacts put in place."
Proposition 48
Most coaches said they were happy with recent legislation passed by the NCAA, which was designed to apply more stringent academic standards and to limit contact periods in recruiting.
The NCAA also restricted the number of paid recruiting visits schools can offer to 15 in basketball and 85 in football.
Women's basketball coach Marian Washington said many of the rules that were necessary for sports were unnecessary for women.
"I think some of the rules they've imposed have really stillfied the opportunity to develop our sport," Washington said. "When we're limited in how many times we can go out, how many times we can go out, I can definitely appreciate why, but it impedes our progress."
In 1868. Proposition 48 legislation was passed to set minimum college entrance standards for student-athletes. The requirements are a 2.0 grade point average in core curriculum courses and an SAT score of 700 or an ACT score of 15. Proposal 42, an amendment to Proposition 48 passed this year, would require student-athletes who do not qualify under Proposition 48 to forfeit their eligibility and athletic scholarship for one year.
Cheating
The coaches said Proposition 4 caused them to be more concerned about a prospect's academic performance than they had been. However, Williams said some schools simply sign as many basketball players as they can in the fall and don't worry about their chances of getting into school until the following spring.
Cheating is an indisputable fact of collegiate recruiting, but none of the coaches was willing or able to
See HIGHER, p. 12, col. 3
oy Cynthia L. Smith Kansan sportswriter
Two Indiana women to join KU track team
Kansas track coach Gary Schwartz is two competitors richer after signing two Indiana high school students this week.
Amy Hadley, Indianapolis sprinter and potential aphelpithelete, and Danaelle Daggy, Bloomington, Ind. and two-mile race, Schwartz said.
The now 18-member Kansas women's team needs more competitors, Schwartz said. A team of 35 to 40 women in his goal, he added.
"We're concentrating on recruiting on both sides." Schwartz said. "Probably the numbers are stronger on the women's side."
Hadley is a senior at North Central High School, the alma mater of assistant track coach Gary Englander. She placed second in girls state tennis. State Championships
She placed third in the 100 meters at the Indiana State Championships last spring.
"We needed another hurdier and somebody who can add to the depth in the hepathlation," Schwartz said.
Daggery also will add depth to the squad. She finished third in 18:20 at the midwest competition of the Kenney National Cross Country Championship. Wis. on Nov. 26. She finished 24th at the national Competition Dec. 10 in San Diego.
"We were able to get Daniela to sign when she had her pick of established programs." "Schwartz said." "A lot of it comes down to where they feel comfortable. Lawrence and Bloomington are a lot alike."
Daggy's coach, Ralph Sieboldt, agreed that Kansas was fortunate to sign her.
sigh: "I've coached 19 years, and I'd rate her in my top five," Sieboldt said.
Daggy said she decided to sign with Kansas because she liked the coaches and the campus.
"I said to myself, I'm going to go to Kansas, and it's going to be all wheat fields. It's going to be flat." I asked. I was surprised. I loved the campus."