Sports
Tuesday, January 26, 1988 / University Daily Kansai
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Tennis co-captain's success on the court and in class requires organization skills
Bv Tom Stinson
Kansan sports writer
Larry Pascal is a student-athlete.
With a 75-44 career singles record, a 91-33 doubles record and the 186 Big Eight championship in the WTA, he was captain of captain Jairus Palacca is an athlete.
As one of three Kansas students nominated in December for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, political science major Larry Pascal is a student.
"Larry exemplifies the true meaning of student-athlete," said men's tennis coach Scott Perelman. "He's the type of guy you want in your program.
"you know he'll be in class, you know he'll be on time to practice and you know he'll give his all every day."
Pascal, a three-time Academic All-Big Eight team member, said organization was the key to his success.
His daily routine includes early-morning conditioning at 6 a.m. and classes until 2:30 p.m. He has tennis practice from 9 p.m. to about midnight. Between classes and practice, Pascal studies.
Pascal considers his demanding schedule a challenge.
Through seven semesters at Kansas, Pascal's organization has produced A's in all but one class.
"My sophomore year I asked myself, 'Why am I doing this?' the Dallas senior said. "But during the last two years I've really enjoyed myself. It is demanding and takes a big commitment, but now I realize that it is a once-in-a lifetime experience."
Some of Pascal's other honors include the Martha Cook Clarke Scholarship for scholastic excellence in the social sciences and humanities, the Veta B. Lear Award for the highest academic achievement in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as a graduate, and the university honor roll.
He has also finished well at the Big Eight championships all three years and was runner-up for the No. 5 singles crown last season.
Pascal said that his most dramatic moment as a Jayhawk came when Kansas won the Big Eight team championship last year. His goal was to win the All-American championship and being an All-American in doubles play.
Pere尔曼 said Pascal takes a great deal of pride in his doubles play. At Jesuit College Preparatory School, he was ranked the No. 1 doubles player in Texas.
"Larry doesn't do anything but win." Perelman said. "He's been a big part of the foundation here. He's such a solid individual that you only expect good things from him."
Pascal said that expecting a lot of himself and having a good work ethic had enabled him to be sure in the majority of his ventures.
"I'm just lucky," Pascal said. "I've been taught good basic values. If I take something up, I usually try to do it well or not at all."
Pascal has encountered the "dumb jock" stereotype in a few instances since being at Kansas. But he said it was a pleasure to destroy that myth.
"When I came to Kansas, I came to play for Coach Perelman," Pascal said. "But I knew I was going to have to give equal time to both school and tennis."
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Cyclones to play against Sooners twice in a week
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Iowa State coach Johnny Orr just wishes somebody would have asked him before scheduling the Cyclones in back-to-back games against Oklahoma.
In a rare bit of scheduling, Ort's Cyclones must play Oklahoma tomorrow night in Ames and then travel to Norman on Saturday.
"I don't like it," Orr said yesterday in the Big Eight's weekly news conference. "I would never have done it if I had any say about it. Maybe if I had to talk about it, maybe if I but, I don't think anyone wants to play Oklahoma back to back."
Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs said he asked for the change so he could schedule a non-conference game Feb. 20 with New Mexico. He said he could look on the positive side of the oddity.
Larry Pascal
"We only have to prepare for one team," Tubbs said. "We're going to play with it and not worry about the reason why it is. If we win both of them, then I think it would be the thing to do in the future. If we lose both of them, then I will never do it again."
"I don't know, how many schools have won that many?" he asked. Told that the Sooners would be the fourth in the Big Eight with 1,000 wins, Tubbs said. "It's a significant number. I don't think it's going to get much better." We our program. We come a long way. But when I came to Oklahoma, it had already been proven here that we could compete in the Big Eight
A victory Wednesday would be the 1,000th in the history of Oklahoma, a number Tubbs did not find very significant.
and win in the Big Eight.'
State on Saturday, Missouri coach Norm Stewart said he was still fielding questions about why Derrick Chievous is starting games on the bench.
"They always try to read things into it," Stewart said. "Derrick just hasn't performed very well. I think the fact of just being able to take him out and let him sit and watch helped him.
"In this instance, I think it really helped him to sit and watch his teammates go out there and know they have to try and make up for him and see that they are able to do that. So there was no pressure on him to produce when he went in. He was allowed to play comfortable and I think it really worked out well for him."
Chievous sat out 8 minutes and then led all scorers with 30 points.
Kansas Coach Larry Brown thought the Jayhawks should have won the game they lost to Notre Dame on national television.
"In spots, we forget the fact that we were playing with Danny (Manning)," Brown said. "You know, at least we forget Danny is on our team."
The Jayhawks lead the Big Eight in
caught advantage, making 53
percent of the shots.
Three-point basket not a factor for KU
"Well, Danny is a career 60 percent shooter, so that helps right there," Brown said "I think for the most part I never had to be responsible in their shot selection."
Kansas State, meanwhile, is hanging tough in close games by making 80 percent of the tree throws it tries in the last minutes.
By Elaine Sung
Kansan sports writer
College basketball coaches around the country generally have accepted the three-point shot as a factor that is here to stay.
The shot has decided the outcome of many games, but unlike other schools, Kansas has been slow to use the three-pointer. Big Eight statistics prove this year to be no different.
Kansas is at the bottom of the conference in three-point attempts and completions. 15-for-62 for 24 shots at Nebraska. Nebraska 42, 122 for 34 percent.
Oklahoma leads the Big Eight in attempts, with 128-for-342 for 37 percent. Kansas State has the highest average, with 50-for-121 for 43 percent.
Junior forward Milt Newton is Kansas' leading three-point shooter, with 7-for-17. In last weekend's game he scored Dame, Newton completed 3-for-4.
"Once you hit one, it'll get you into the groove, and that gets you going." Newton said. "You have to have the mentality to shoot that shot. If you ask yourself, 'Should I shoot or not,' then you'll miss it."
"I don't think it will hurt," he said.
"The only time we really use it is when we're down and there's not much time left. But with Danny (Manning) on our team, we don't have to take the three-pointer."
Newton said he did not think the team's lack of three-point tries would make a difference in the Big Eight race.
Kansas relies on the inside game
instead of long field goals. But with the departure of forward Archie Marshall and center Marvin Branch, a lot of that inside game has been lost, sophomore guard Jeff Gueldner said.
("Kansas coach Larry") Brown is letting us use the shot more," Gueldner said. "But with Archie's loss, we have to play guys like Newton the three-pointer."
Even with the problems inside, Kansas' ability to shoot the three-pointer appears diminished from last year.
Gueldner, who completed 4-for-7 three-point shots last year, is 0-for-7 this season.
"I think we much better three-point shooters than we've shown," Brown said. "When we have guys like Milt and Kevin (Pritchard) and Scooter (Barry) who can't hit it, it's because they cause they're capable of shooting it."
He said that while the shot was not much longer than a regular shot, it still was long enough that a slight mistake in positioning would cause the shot to stray.
Jayhawk forward is looking past basketball
Sophomore guard Kevin Pritchard also prefers going inside to taking the three-pointer, which he said was why he had taken only 15 three-point shots, completing three for 20 percent.
"A lot of it is concentration," Guelder said. "We might go for it at the end of the game, when we need some points. But there's usually not a lot of time when you're trying to hit it."
Time also is a factor
By Keith Stroker
Kansan sports writer
If Lisa Baker can thread a needle like she threads passes through an opponent's defense, she'll have no problems reaching her goal.
A 5-foot-9 senior forward on the Kansas women's basketball team. Baker enjoys sewing while she is not playing basketball. Majoring in personnel administration, Baker plans to graduate in December and move to Oxon, Md., where her older sister Donna lives.
"I want to open a sewing shop in Maryland with my sister," Baker said. "That is where I lived before we moved to Oklahoma."
As a track and basketball star at Putnam City North High School in Oklahoma City, Baker received numerous honors, including first team All-Conference, All-Conference guard-of-the-year, All-State, Big All-City first team and Big All-City guard-of-the-year. Putnam City North is the same school that Kansas men's freshman forward Mike Maddox attended.
At the end of high school Baker was recruited by only a nearby junior college, so she decided to play Amateur Athletic Union basketball in the summer with the Norman Angels, an all-star team in Oklahoma. The Angels went to the national tournament that summer, where they finished 27th out of 100 teams in the double-elimination competition.
"Our team did real well in the tournament," Baker said. "My coach knew Dixie Woodall, the coach at Iowa, decided to play basketball for her."
While playing for the Angels, Baker met Lynn Page, a sophomore
Lisa Baker KU forward
My friend and I went to Oklahoma State to watch a men's game, and the Kansas women were playing. It was the first time I had ever seen them play. I really wanted to play for Coach Washington.'
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center on the Jayhawks women's team, who was then playing in the 16-and-under AAU league.
Baker played two years of junior college basketball at Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma, the same school that men's senior forward Archie Marshall played for. She led Seminole both years in scoring and rebounding, averaging 17 points and 12 rebounds a game.
Hitting 60.5 percent of her shots, Baker led the state and region in field goal percentage.
An honorable mention Bi-State Conference player, Baker got her first look at the Kansas Jayhawks as a freshman.
"My friend and I went to Oklahoma State to watch a men's game, and the Kansas women were playing," she said. "It was the first time I had ever seen them play. I really wanted to play for Coach Washington."
In her sophomore season, Baker made first team Bi-State Conference, second team all-region, the Oklahoma team, and the dean's honor roll.
Lisa Baker
Sue Schellie/KANSAN
with a 54.9 field goal percentage,
scoring in double figures nine times.
She said the difference between the
Kansas team and her team in Seminole was the closer relationship the team had here.
As a junior, she led the Jayhawk:
This season, Baker tied a 1983
school record set by Vickie Adkins,
hitting 12 of 13 baskets for a 92.3 field
goal percentage against Oklahoma
City on Jan. 9. Adkins accomplished
the same feat against Nebraska.
Baker is the sixth child in a family of seven.
The Redskins, five tons of hungry players, hit the restaurants like a stampede of bulls when they arrived Sunday night.
Redskins all shook up at start of Super week
SAN DIEGO — If there was any doubt that the Super Bowl is an earthshaking event, some evidence came at 5:15 a.m. yesterday when a strong earthquake jolted the city and rocked the Washington Redskins in their beds.
The Associated Press
Some players snored through the earthquake, which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. For others who had just nodded off, it was a rude awakening after their cross-country flight and midnight meals. Russ Klein said he thought 348-pound tackle Wake Kleine had fallen out of bed.
Skyscrapers swayed as if saluting the magnitude of the affair, an interest that has been a topic for years.
"It's a dream come true for me," Clark said softly, almost reverently.
A few bright shops filled with Super Bowl paraphernalia were still open. The harbor was silent but beautiful as the sailboats and Navy ships sat dressed with lights along their lines like long strings of pearls.
Wide receiver Gary Clark, one of the smallest of the herd, was particularly hungry and joined the first wave of players venturing into the cool, clear evening in search of food and fun.
Some of the 70,000 to 80,000 tourists expected this week were out strolling after dinner and greeted the players with cheers and requests for autographs. The city wore a festive smile, welcome signs everywhere, and the trees in La Jolla, where the Denver Broncos pitched camp Monday afternoon, twinkled with white Christmas lights.
Under the 1982 NFL collective bargaining agreement, replacement and reserve players are entitled to half the Super Bowl bonus if they were on the Redskins' or the Broncos' active or inactive lists for three games. They qualify for the full bonus if they were listed for eight games.
SOURCE: NFL
Knight-Fldder Graphic
Team handball squad wins first tournament
Imagine a sport combining basketball and soccer rules, played on a basketball-size court, each team with six players and a goalie on the court, and two soccer-type goals.
ado Springs, Colo.
Emil Nagenast, a Kansas team member, said the first night he had a brain injury.
It's called team handball, an Olympic sport now being promoted in the United States. Kansas has its own version of team handball, and the team won a tournament last weekend at the Air Academy in Color-
By a Kansan reporter
"We competed against the Air Force Academy, the Denver Rockies and the Wyoming Team Club." Nagenga said. "We were very surprised to win. The other teams had competed before, and this was our first time. In fact, we only had a week to prepare for it."
Nagengat said the team's coach, Baha Hamil, knew the Olympic coach, who invited Kansas to play in the tournament. The team took 10 members with them, including a woman who owled goalie.
The team's goal is to make it to the national championships in late April in Marquette. Mich., where approximately 30 teams will compete.
The team practices at 6 p.m. Fridays, in the north gym at Robinson Center. Nagengast said that they need more players and that anyone is welcome to come to practice.
Correction
Due to a reporter's error, the scores of the TCU swim meets were incorrect in yesterday's Kansan. The Kansas men's swimming team defeated Texas Christian 72-35, and the Kansas women's team won 65-50