University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 15, 1988
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Baltimore loses 4-3 to Royals
The Associated Press
BALTIMORE  The Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore 4-3 last night, sending the winless Orioles to their ninth straight defeat.
Jim Eisenreich scored from first base with two outs in the ninth inning when left fielder Jeff Stone misplayed Frank White's single.
The Royals scored the winning run after starter Mike Boddicker had retired 18 consecutive batters. Eisenhower pitched single, and then White lined a single to left that Stone allowed to get past him, enabling Eisenreich to score.
Kansas City's Bret Saberhagen, 1, allowed three runs and seven hits in the sixth, and Gene Garben got the final out for his second save.
In the nine losses, the Orioles have been outscored 62-14 and have scored only five runs in their last 32 innings.
The 1904 Washington Senators and the 1920 Detroit Tigers lost 13 games from the start of the season, and the 1968 Chicago White Sox lost 10. Four other teams have opened with nine consecutive losses.
Boddicker, 0-3, allowed five hits in his first complete game of the season. He struck out 10, walked none and was called for two balks.
Trailing 3-1 in the sixth, Billy Ripen hit a two-out, ground-rule double, allowing Joe Orsulak to score from second. Ripen then came home when third baseman Kevin Seitzer misplayed Cal Ripen's grounder.
.JUCO recruit picks KU
By Mike Considine
Special to the Kansan
Two scholarships have been awarded and a third may be on the way as the Kansas men's basketball team approaches the first weekend of the spring signing period.
Roland should play at both forward and center. Jayhawk assistant coach Alvin Gentry said.
Omar Roland, a 6-foot-11, 230-pound center from Garden City Community College, signed a national intent yesterday to attend Kansas.
"He's a good athlete who can run," Gentry said. "At 6-11, he can play facing the basket, he's a good shot forward, he's a good passer in the high post offense."
Roland had he picked Kansas over Illinois, Purdue, Marshall and Houston. "I can't believe it," said Roland.
"I wasn't sure coach Brown was going to stay." Roland said.
Like Freeman West of Paris (Tex.)
Junior College, who the Jayhawks
signed Wednesday, Roland improved
greatly in junior college. Roland was
not heavily recruited at Detroit
Northern High School.
Van Coleman, publisher of the National Recruiter's Cage Letter, said Roland had good potential.
"With a lot of hard work this summer, he could really help out," Coleman said. "I think he'll be a good player as a junior and really good as a senior."
The Jayhawks can sign two or more plays in a letter of interest. May 15.
Kansas has offered point guard J. J. Smith of Memphis, Tenn., Hamilton High School a scholarship, the Memphis commercial Appeal office, this past Wednesday.
"Kansas sent James scholarship
papers to sign," Hamilton coach Ted Anderson told the Appeal. "He's leaning toward Kansas."
Coleman said the 6-1 guard was quick and had good shooting range.
Forward Maurice Brittain of Hutchinson Community College and St. Louis Vashon High School players Malcolm Nash and Sean Tunstall are expected to visit the campus this weekend.
Coleman said if the Jayhawks landed Tunstall and Brittain, they would have one of the best recruiting crops in the country.
"They would solidify Kansas in the nation's top fifty," Coleman said. "It would guarantee them a good ball-club next year and the year after."
Brittain reportedly was favoring Kentucky, but reports of recruiting violations by the Wildcats could change a recruiting picture, Colee Guid.
Hutchinson coach Dave Farrar said he didn't expect Briattin or 6-6 William Davis, another prospect who's considering KU, to make a final decision until late April or early May.
Brittain averaged about 12 points and eight rebounds a game. Davis averaged about 24 points and nine rebounds a game.
Tunstall and Nash weren't expected to make their choices for one or two weeks, Vason assistant Ron Knule said.
Knule said Tunstall visited Illinois, Kansas State and Memphis State and had shown interest in Oklahoma State and Michigan. He averaged 17 points and six assists a game.
Nash, a 6-7, 200-pound forward, averaged 12 points and nine rebounds in Minnesota. Memphis State, Indiana State and Northern Iowa had and shown interest in Western Kentucky
"He's done a real dominant job a times on the boards." Knule said. At times, he really strokes the thumbs of his wife was on, he was really impressed."
Herman "Skeeter" Henry, a 6-6 forward-guard from Midland (Texas) Junior College, reportededly has the most choices to Kansas and Oklahoma.
Lamont Randolph, a 6-1, 220-pound forward from Jacksonville (Texas) Junior College, has visited Baylor, Fresno State, and Arkansas-Little Rock. Jacksonville assistant Joe Shidler said Randolph would visit Tulsa this weekend and wanted to save his last visit for Kansas. He averaged 23.4 points and 9.2 rebounds.
"We used him down on the low wall. Shidler said, "but he can go out and see."
Kansas' first spring recruiting losses were Chris Lovelace of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Northrup High School and Tony Madlock of Memphis, Tenn. Loveleave, a 6-9 forward, chose to play against coach A.C. Eldridge said. Memphis State signed Madlock, a 6-1 point guard.
The Jayhawks appear to have a good start on the 1989-90 recruiting season. Ricky Calloway, a starter on Indiana's 1987 national championship team, committed to Kansas for his senior season. Larry Johnson, a 6-7 freshman forward from Odessa (Texas) Junior College is considerer-ing a third-round pick Oklahoma, according to Basketball Times columnist Rick Ball. Ball said Johnson was one of the top five junior college players this season.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
Kansas soccer players Jeff Wilcox, left, and Dave Stoke practice for the Big Eight tournament, which will be played in Columbia, Mo. this weekend.
Soccer club contends for conference crown
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sportswriter
For two weeks, the Kansas men's soccer club was engulfed in the celebration over the basketball team's 1988 NCAA national championship.
Now, they have to concentrate on their own hopes for a conference title. The Jayhawks are confident that they can bounce back from two recent defeats and do well in the Big Eight outdoor soccer championship this weekend in Columbia, Mo.
Midfielder David Stoneburner said, "We feel like we have the most talent. It's just a matter of going out and proving it."
The championship starts tomorrow morning with the eight conference teams divided into two brackets. Kansas, 4-2, in the bracket with Colorado, Missouri and Nebraska. The second bracket contains Oklahoma. Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Kansas
The top two teams from each bracket advance to the final four on Sunday. The championship game will be played later in the day.
The defense, featuring a unit calling themselves "The Four Horsemen," is one of the strong points of the team, according to Kansas coach Glenn Shirtliffe.
"The Four Horsemen" are Alan Neighbors, Allan Klenke, Sean
See SOCCER, p. 14 , col. 1
Jumper stays optimistic
By Keith Stroker
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas triple jumper David Bond has dealt with ankle problems throughout his career. Just when things appear to go his way, another knee injury slows his progress.
But through it all, Bond said he was confident about his chances in the game.
Bond, Decatur, III., junior, broke his right ankle during a track meet his freshman year. He sat out a few weeks and two screws were placed in his ankle.
Bond recovered well, jumping 33%
81½ last year at the Drake Relays.
That performance qualified him for
the Olympic trials in July at Indianapolis.
"It was exciting qualifying on the first jump of the meet," Bond said. "I was confident going in that I could do it, so I didn't feel any pressure."
Bond was going to use this season to prepare for the major meets: the Big Eight Conference championships, the NCAA championships and the College Championships were going fairly well until the UCLA Quadrangular last weekend.
"It was very frustrating for me, but I won't let it get me down," Bond said. "I try not to think of things that are fast, just because God is my power source."
Bond broke his left ankle on his
wrist and had to have three
screws placed in it.
Kansas men's track coach Bob Timmons said Bond had a tremendous influence on the rest of the team.
"He's a very enthusiastic young man with a tremendous attitude." Timmons said. "I'm proud to have him as a part of our team."
"I put my trust in God in everything I do, and I know he will take care of me," he said. "I never have to worry about a thing."
Although Bond has experienced more than his share of injuries, he remains optimistic about his chances in the Olympic trials. He said he always believed his next jump would be his best.
KU triple jumper David Bond is working to recover from a broken left ankle and prepare for the U.S. Olympic trials in July.
Lisa Leinacker/KANSAN
Besides participating in track while in high school, Bond also played basketball. He had hoped to play one of the two sports at college.
Once he knew track would be his sport, Bond worked hard. He was heavily recruited by KU, SMU, USC, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska and defending outdoor national champion UCLA.
"I visited a lot of schools before KU," Bond said. "I really liked Indiana, and my friends thought I was going to go to either USC or Nebraska. But after I visited Kansas, I knew this was the school for me."
The academic reputation of KU was a reason that Bond decided to come here. Bond will graduate in May 1989 with a personnel administration degree.
Women's team loses big recruiting battle
By Keith Stroker
Kansan sportswriter
As Kansas and four other colleges waited on Wednesday, women's basketball player Kareema Williams made her decision to attend the University of North Carolina.
Williams, a 6-foot center from Wichita Southeast High School, was one of the most sought after players in the country. She averaged 23.3 points and 11.1 rebounds a game her senior year, and her team was state runner-up.
Williams was also considering Georgia, Tennessee and Long Beach State. UNC was the only one of the schools having a losing record last year, 10-17.
In her four years at Southeast, Williams averaged more than 20 points and 10 rebounds a game and led her team to an 83-10 record and two straight Kansas class 6A state championships.
Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington was disappointed that Williams decided not to attend KU, but she was not too unset.
"Kareema probably did the best
thing for herself," Washington said. "It's too bad we couldn't get her, but we are expecting to hear from some more women, and I think we'll be OK."
"I won't know until the beginning of next week where I'll be going."
"If you don't know everything about Kansas, but there are a lot of options I still have to weigh."
KU has received an oral commitment from 6-0 power forward Marthe McCloud from Cass Technical School in Detroit. But she has not said with it the Jayhawks because she is still considering San Diego State.
McCloud visited KU on Jan. 30, when both the men's and women's teams played Kansas State at Allen Field House. The KU men lost their 55-game home court winning streak that day, but the Jayhawk women defeated the Wildcats on a last-second basket.
McCloud's high school team won the Michigan state championship last season, and she led her team with an average of 17 points and 12 rebounds a game.
Coach refuses to discuss monev mailed to recruit
The Associated Press
Casey, in Louisiana to interview for the head coaching position at the University of New Orleans, was asked by reporters how he would reply to the question: "Did you send the money?"
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky assistant coach Dwayne Casey declined when given the opportunity yesterday to deny that he sent $1,000 by mail to the father of high school standout Chris Mills.
"I would say, 'No comment,' Casey responded.
He added: "Anytime you're recruiting, you're going to have a lot of allegations, innuendos and assumptions. The situation everyone is talking about is very fortunate. It was one of many that's been going on all year long. The school is investigating and the ultimate thing is to wait and see what they come up with."
The Daily News in Los Angeles
yesterday's editions that workers
recognized.
an Emery Worldwide air freight distribution center in Los Angeles discovered the money in a package addressed to Claud Mills, the father of the Kentucky signee, when it accidentally opened.
The package, according to records, was sent by Casey on March 30. The money allegedly was contained in a videotape of the younger Mills playing basketball that Casey was returning.
Casey had told the Daily News that he did not send the money.
Chris Mills, a 6-foot-7 Parade All-American who signed with Kentucky on Nov. 11, was in Albuquerque, N.M., Thursday practice for Sunday's McDonald's All-American Classic and refused comment. Chris Mills had told the Daily News he knew nothing about the money.
His father told WAVE-TV in Louisville yesterday that he never received any money from Casey.
"Nobody ever offered us nothing," he said. "The only thing they offered us was a four-year scholarship."
By Keith Stroker
KU track early days recalled
Kansan sportswriter
Yesterday's KU track media luncheon was like a step back into time.
Former Kansas track coach Bill Easton spoke to about 20 people in the All-American Room of the Adams Alumni Center. Easton, who coached from 1948 to 1965, talked of the early years of the summer indoor meets at Nebraska.
"Nebraska's indoor track was underneath its football stadium," Easton said. "It was a winding track and was very difficult to run on. A runner could be on the inside lane one minute and after a curve, that lane would become the outside one. It was like a collision course."
As Easton spoke, the images on the wall seemed to come alive. Pictures of Al Oerter, Bill Neider, Terry Beucher and other former KU track stars seemed to become mobile throughout the speech.
"We didn't have anyone at first, and I was having to scout all over Nebraska in search of someone who could run a full quarter," Easton said. "Once we became established, everyone was out to beat us. Kansas was the team to beat."
Easton was director of the Drake Relays, one of the most prestigious
Bill Easton
Mark Porter/KANSAN
track meets in the nation, before coming to Kansas. While at Kansas, he made the Jayhawk program the best in the country.
Kansas track coach Bob Timmons also spoke at the luncheon. He called Easton a fine coach and an even
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