Kansan Summer Weekly
Wednesday, July 15, 1987
Sports
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Nationals edge AL 2-0 with 13th inning triple
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tim Raines two-run triple in the 13th inning last night gave the National League a 2-0 victory over the American League in an All-Star Game that made a mockery of baseball's year of the home run.
longest All-Star Game in history. The Nationals now have won all eight extra-inning games and lead the series with a record of 37-20-1.
Pitching dominated like never before in 52 previous All-Star games.
in 57 previous All-Star games. In the twilight zone of Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, it was more like the dead ball era. In the midsummer showcase of a season of record paces for home runs and scoring, the only records set were for
offensive futility
Both team managed just seven hits, the fewest ever, through nine innings, and no All-Star Game had ever gone scoreless past the sixth inning. Only 11 times before were there no home runs, the last time in 1978.
But Raines, who missed the first four weeks of the season before resigning with Montreal, finally produced the verdict.
Atlanta's Ozzie Virgil opened the 13th with a single, and pitcher Lee Smith struck out trying to bunt because there were no pinch-hitters left on the NL bench. Montreal's Hubie Brooks singled to right field, moving Virgil to second, and Willie McGee filed out before Raines tripled off Howell, whose 4.96 earned run average was the highest among the 17 All-Star pitchers.
Smith pitched three innings of two-
hit ball with four strikeouts for the hit球, and Sid Fernandez, the last player left on the NL roster, pitched the 13th for a save.
AL starter Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City's 15-game winner, was almost perfect in his three innings of pitching.
Royals rookie Kevin Seitzer threatened to score in the American 10th with a fly ball to the center-field track, which ended the inning.
Ultimate play
A group of ultimate frisbee players practiced last night in the field behind Oliver Hall
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson said yesterday that he had agreed to a contract with the Los Angeles Raiders that would enable him to fulfill his dream of playing both professional football and baseball.
Bo to play for Raiders
Jackson said he would join the NFL team in the fall as a running back after he finishes playing outfield for the Kansas City Royals, where he is the team's leading home run-hitter
Neither Jackson nor his agent, Richard Woods, would comment on the terms of the contract. But sources said the deal was for $2.6 million over five years, including a $1 million signing bonus. He also will receive a $1 million loan.
He is believed to receive about $300,000 a year from the Royals on a five-year deal.
Rock Chalk tennis match will include professionals
Jackson, the No. 1 pick in the 1986 NFL draft, turned down a $7 million, five-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Woods said it may be a few days before the Raiders contract is signed.
When Jackson would join the Raiders depends on the success of the Royals, who trail Minnesota by two games in the American League West. If Kansas City fails to win the division title, its season would be over Oct. 4, but if the team is involved in playoffs and World Series, the season could run until November.
Raiders coach Tom Flores said Jackson's agent approached the team, which had drafted the former star in the seventh round last April.
At his news conference, Jackson said he was pleased with the way his rookie season was going and pledged that baseball would continue to be his "No. 1 priority," with football only being a part-time job.
"This all happened in just the last couple of weeks." Flores said.
Special to the Kansan
By ELAINE SUNG
Hodges, who was injured last spring, said that he and a group of other KU players were invited by the university to attend the circuit in order to gain experience.
It's a stepping stone for some; a way to gain points for a world rank. To the organizers, it is the culmination of weeks of planning.
Jackson said several times this year that his football days were over.
"With that kind of competition, you can't be satisfied by just winning one match. You have to be hungry for the win and set your goals high. My ultimate goal it to play well enough to get a ranking, and I think I can do it."
"You can't help but improve when you're playing good, professional players," Hodges said. "You improve every week, and you get to work hard."
Wildey, who made it to the No. 2 singles finals in the Big Eight conference tournament last spring, looks to gain computer points leading to world ranking, and said that the location of the tournament was an ideal opportunity for him.
Senior Reggie Hodges, and sophomores Jeff Gross and Jim Secrest are in the qualifier.
He hopes to play well enough on the circuit to get a ranking, whether it be circuit or world. Hodges said.
The Rock Chalk Tennis Championship, scheduled for July 17 through July 26, is the first of a four-stop satellite circuit.
More than 200 college and professional players are expected to compete in the tournament. Matches are scheduled to be played on the courts outside Robinson Center.
Perelman was contacted by the president of the Missouri Valley Association in January 1987 and was asked if he was interested in holding one of the legs of the tournament at KU.
The tournament is being sponsored by the United States Tennis Association and Mainline Printing of Topeka. Scott Perelman, KU men's and women's tennis coach, is the director of the tournament, which will be awarding $12,500 in prize money.
"I knew we needed to find a corporate sponsor, so I approached Mainline Printing," Approached Mainline said. "When they agreed, that just kicked the whole thing off."
KU has several players in both the qualifier and the main draw. Former Jahewkay Mike Wolf and sophomore Craig Wilde, the top singles players on the KU team last spring, both have wild card spots in the main draw as well as a wild card berth in the doubles competition.
The qualifier, with more than 128 players, will run the first three days of the tournament. Sixteen will make it into the 68-man main draw, which will begin on July 21.
Brown's Junior Team roster includes KU guard.
By JOHN MONTGOMERY Special to the Kansan
KU basketball coach Larry Brown announced his final roster for the U.S. Junior World Team Sunday, and Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard was among the 12 players selected.
Brown cut seven players, including Kansas recruit Lincoln Minor, from the original 19 that were chosen to try out.
He said Pritchard earned a spot on the team with strong play throughout practice last week in Allen Field House.
"I think he worked hard like he always does," Brown said. "We're going to see a lot of zones, and he might be the best pure shooter we have."
Pritchard said he was excited to be going with the team to the Junior World Championship July 23-30 in Bormio, Italy.
"I think I can help this team," Pritchard said. "I just went out there at the beginning of practice and tried to play as hard as I could and do the things I can do. Luckily, things happened my way."
The U.S. Junior World Team will play an exhibition game at 7 onight in Allen Field House against former Jayhawks such as Darnell Valentine, Greg Dreiling, Cedric Hunter, Mark Burgeon, Ron Kelley, Calvignin and Ticket Bills. Tickets for the game are available at $4 for adults and $2 for children.
The team will leave tomorrow for
Brown wants to put NY rumors to rest
By JOHN MONTGOMERY Special to the Kansan
Larry Brown wants to put aside for good the rumors about who's coaching the KU basketball team next season.
Brown told the media at a press conference Sunday evening that he had not been in contact with the NBA New York Knicks since early May and that he intended to stay in Kansas.
"I thought when I got back and signed my contract, people would take that as an indication I was going to coach at KU, which I had every intention of doing," Brown said.
The University of Kansas announced May 8 that Brown had signed a new contract for four more years. The new contract renews annually so that a four-year contract is always in effect.
The most recent speculation about the New York coach job arose when the Knicks hired A Bianchi, a former coach of
Brown's, as general manager. The New York Daily News reported in a story that Brown again had been in contact with the team.
"I haven't been saying 'no comment,'" Brown said. "I'm saying I'm coaching here."
Kansas sophomore guard Kevin Pritchard echoed Brown's feelings.
The New York Daily News also said Brown had "no comment" about discussions. Brown said that there was a misunderstanding and that he had not been in contact with the Knicks.
The Knicks announced Monday that the team had hired Rick Patino as head coach Patino led Providence College to the Final Four last year and is a former Knicks assistant.
Europe and play two exhibition games in Frankfurt, West Germany, before going on to Italy to compete against teams from 11 other nations.
Brown said that he was honored to have been considered for the position and that he still has ties to the New York area. But, he said, he was tired of the speculation.
Brown also said that Minor, a transfer from Midland Community
That gets old. Coach Brown has
to do what he has to do, and he has to what's best for him," Pritchard said. "As a player, you just try to block it out and do what you're supposed to do."
Pritchard said that when he was recruited, Brown said he would be here when Pritchard graduated
Brown said he first talked to the Knicks in late April, but he was happy to be staying at KU.
"I met with the Knicks, and everybody knows that," Brown said. "I got criticized for going, and I tried to explain myself, but it didn't come out the way I would have liked."
Brown's contract negotiations began in January 1986. The lengthy negotiations and resignation of KU Athletic Director Monte Johnson in March created uncertainty about Brown's future.
"I was really proud of him," Brown said. "He's had a little taste of me now. He needs to get away from me for a while."
"I've been here four years," Brown said. "I'm a senior member of the Big Eight coaching fraternity."
College, Midland, Texas, had played well.
Brown said the cuts were difficult to make, but those cut would have the
Minor will play on the East team at the U.S. Olympic Festival beginning Saturday at the University of North Carolina.
Pritchard said he thought the team's strength was in both its speed and good rebounding.
He said many of the players selected could play more than one position. Six of the 12 spots on the roster were filled by guards.
"We wanted quickness because we have to create scoring opportunities," he said.
opportunity to play at the festival.
Brown said he was pleased with the talent of his final squad and thought the team could do well in the Big Eight Conference.
"It'd be pretty darn good," Brown said. "We'd be great. Unfortunately, we don't recruit that way here."
The 11 other members of the U.S. Junior World Team are Stacey Augmon, Nevada-Las Vegas; Robert Brickey, Duke; Ron Huerry, Arkansas; Larry Johnson, Southern Methodist; Gary Payton, Oregon State; Dwayne Schintzius, Florida; Lionel Simmons, La Salle; LaBradford Smith, Louisville; Steve Thompson, Syracuse; Brian Williams, Maryland and Scott Williams, North Carolina.
All of the 12 men on the squad are freshmen or sophomores.
Brown's assistant coaches for the U.S. Junior World Team are Gary Williams of Ohio State University and Marshall Hamilton of Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C.
Two former KU students to vie for world titles in orienteering
By ELAINE SUNG
Special to the Kansan
When orienteering is mentioned, most people look confused, but to two former University of Kansas students, it is the chance to travel around the world and compete with the best.
Peggy Dickison and Mike Eglinski are two of ten racers representing the United States at the World Orienteering Championships this fall.
Dickison, currently working in Washington, D.C., and Mike Eglinski, a research assistant at KU, will travel to LaBresse, France to participate in the championships, scheduled for Sept. 2-5.
Dickison currently is ranked number one in the nation, and she is also head coach of the national junior orienteering team. Eglinski present number seven. The two won the intercollegiate team title in 1983 and 1984.
Orienteering involves cross-country running and map-reading skills. At each meet, runners are given a map with ten different points on it.
Dickison also won the intercollegiate women's title in 1984 and 1985.
each representing a marker on the course. Runners run the distance between points, called a leg, at their maximum speed, and read the map to decide the best trail to use during each leg.
Twenty-four nations will send a team of men and women to the competition. The United States is sending the top three finishers in each of the men's and women's competitions to compete in the world championships. The remaining spots are filled by a committee that evaluates each athlete's previous experience and past records.
"You have to think while you're tired," Egkinski said. "The courses are all different, so you can never have a perfect run."
The United States usually places low in the competitions, Dickison said. The Scandanavians finish at the Czechoslovakians and the Swiss.
"They have developed this into a national sport," she said. "They have little kids starting out in orientering, but here most people don't start until after college.
"Their experience will count for a
The best any American has finished was eighth in the team relay several years ago.
whole lot. We'll also have to get accustomed to the food, the weather and the terrain, plus we'll have jet lag."
"I'd like to make the top 30," Dickison said. "But I honestly don't think it's possible."
Eglinski was chosen by the committee to race in the world championships. He said he hoped to make it to the tournament, but had no specific goal in placing.
"I'd just like to feel like I ran hard, and I didn't make too many mistakes," Eglinski said.
The courses are all different, ranging in length and difficulty.
Beginners usually compete on two-mile courses, where trails are easier to follow and markers are more visible. More experienced orientees compete on six, to seven or eight miles, with markers hidden from the trail.
A typical orientering season is from October to April, when the weather is cooler and the leaves have fallen from the trees.
Mike Eglinski, research assistant at the University of Kansas, works out on West campus. He was preparing for the World Orienteering Championships in LaBresse, France, September 2-5.
Jan M. Morris/KANSAN
City wins bid for Games
Judy Billings of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday that this will be announced at a press conference at the Adams Alumni Center today. The selection was the result of a bid submitted by the Convention Bureau to be host for the 1987 games are being held in Syracuse, N.Y. The 1986 games were held in St. Louis, Mo.
Lawrence has been selected host for the 1988 Amateur Athletic Union/ Junior Olympic Multi-sport Games.
More than 10,000 people are expected in Lawrence for the games, which will run Aug. 7-13, 1988.
"We are expecting 4,500 to 5,000 athletes." Billings said. "The athletes get to Lawrence by winning state, regional and district competitions."
Wayne Bly of Lawrence, AAU Region Eight director, said that athletes would be competing in 18 different sports.
"We should have about 2,000 15-18 year-olds compete in track and field. We should have a lot of athletes in 13-and-under boys' basketball and in wrestling." Bly said. "Some of the other sports like water polo and table tennis won't have as many."