Sports
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 25, 1991
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'Hawks lose a messy one to Shockers
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
The mud smeared on the Kansas baseball players' pants last night was a telltale sign of their 6-3 loss to Wichita State; it was sloppy.
"This wasn't a well played game on either side," said Kansas coach Dave Bingham. "It could have been from last night when both teams spent a lot of energy. We both have big weekend series also."
Whatever the reason was, the teams combined for nine errors as the Shockers defeated the Jayhaws for the second time in two days.
The third-ranked Shockers beat Kansas 15-2 in Wichita on Tuesday night. Last night's game was played in the rain at Hogland-Maupin Sta
"We weren't competitive at the plate, and we walked too many people," Bingham said. "The only tool was Kennie Steenstra for them."
Steenstra, the starting pitcher for Wichita State, retired the first nine Jayhawks he faced and did not give up a run until Kansas catcher Garry Schmidt scored on a wild pitch in the fifth.
However, the Shockers already had tallied five runs of their own.
It was a fairly cleanly held game to that point, but it soon turned ugly.
Wichita State committed four
Baseball
errors in the last four innings, and
Jayhawks added two in the same time.
Kansas third baseman Gerry Camara said the rain was not a factor in the teams' lackluster performances.
"We're not going to blame the field," he said. "We just came out flat."
The soaked fans found one point of interest during the evening when a terrible gale hit the oak tree, cutting it in half.
On a dead run to his left, Kansas shortstop Kevin Marozos fielded a grounder and gunned down Shocker second baseman Billy Hall by inches.
Shocker first-base coach Loren Hibbs and umpire Jerry Serrone exchanged words for about five minutes. To the cheers of the Jayhawk fans, Serrone ejected Hibbs from the game.
Hibbs' ejection seemed to put life
the Jayhawks' offense in their hats.
Kansas had two runners on base with Schmidt at the plate represented.
But the Jayhawks were denied when Shocker reliever Morgan handed Schmidt with a tight fashion and used him to pup up, the end threat.
Tom Buchanan, Wichita graduate assistant, and Scott Dyer, Pacific Palisades, Calif., graduate assistant, apply Diamond Dry to the pitcher's
mound. Diamond Dry is a sawdust-based compound that was used to absorb the rain that fell during the Jayhawks 6-3 loss to Wichita State University.
Royals beat Indians 4-2
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Kirk Gibson tied the game with a two-run home run in the ninth inning, and Gary Thurman won it with an RB single in the tenth as the Kansas City team beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 last night.
Russ Morman led off the top of the 10th with a single, and Kurt Stillwell hit a sacrifice fly, which Morgan to advance to second.
Morgan scored when Thurman hit a single. Thurman continued to second on the throw to the plate. Later, he stole third and scored on Terry Shumpert's sacrifice fly, making the score 4-2.
Gibson's home run off Doug Jones tied the game and spoiled a
brilliant effort by Indians starter Greg Swindell
Swindell had a three-hit shutout and 12 strikeouts entering the ninth inning, but left after Jim Eisenreich led off with a single. Jones retired Kevin Seitzer and Warren Cromartie, but Gibson hit a pitch over the right-field fence for his sixth home run of the season.
Waddell retired the first 14 Royals battled before Morman lined a single to right with two outs in the fifth inning. Stillwell hit a single, advancing Morman to second, but back out Thurman to end the inning.
It was the fifth time in his career that Swindell has reached double figures in strikeouts and the first since he struck out 10 batters
against Texas on July 15. 1989.
Jeff Montgomery (1-1) got the victory as he worked out of jams in both the eighth and ninth games.
The Indians got four hits but only one run in the first inning. Alex Cole led off with a single but was picked off first base. Singles by Mike Huff, Carlos Baerga and Chris James produced the run. Cleveland made it 2-0 in the seventh on a single by Brook Jacoby, a sacrifice bunt and Cole's two-out RBI single.
The Royals' who lost George Brett with a torn knee ligament Monday, played most of the game without right球员 Danny Tartaro who left in the first innning because of a cramp in his right thigh.
UNLV admits some violations
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — UNLV will admit to some allegations leveled by the NCAA in a 29-count complaint charging violations in the Rinnan' Rebel basketball program, the university's legal counsel said yesterday.
Brad Booke said the university did not plan to contest certain charges. It has until June 1 to send an official reply to the NCAA.
Booke, who is handling UNLV's response to the NCAA charges, declined to say which of the allegations would not be contested or to say
"Clearly there are some allegations in the official inquiry that are accurate," Booke said. "We tried to look at the facts alleged and investigate them as best we could and make an objective determination if the facts were accurate. In some cases, we find the facts to be accurate."
how serious he thought they were.
But he said steps already had been taken to prevent the violations did not occur again.
"They're for the most part problems that can be solved with management systems". Booke said. "These problems are in place to solve those problems."
A Las Vegas television station, KVBC-TV, quoted sources as saying that the violations UNLV would admit to included setting up a system to give players rides to class and arranging a plan for players to pay their rent and utilities for off-campus apartments.
The station said the university also would admit to violations in setting up tutoring programs for recruits Barry Young and Lloyd Daniels.
ming from the recruitment of Daniels, a former New York City prep star.
In a December complaint, the NCAA charged UNLV with 29 different violations, many of them stem-
Among the allegations; convicted points shaver Richard "The Fixer" Perry acted as an agent for UNLV and paid Daniels air fare and other costs for a trip to the university in 1986.
Daniels was arrested at a crack house in February 1987 and never has played for UNLV.
Booke said that he had completed all but one interview as part of UNLV's response to the allegations and that he now was in the process of preparing the university's formal reply.
Booke said that he attempted to interview Perry but that Perry would not cooperate in the investigation.
Booke said he expected UNLV to go before the NCAA's Committee on Infractions in August or September.
KU signs three top-ranked women
Kansan sportswriter
By Lana Smith
Not only is the Kansas women's basketball team returning all of its players next season, but three of the nation's top high school players have signed letters of intent to play with the Jahwaks.
Kansas assistant coach Kevin Cook said he had been trying to recruit Angela Aycock and Alana Slatter, both of Dallas, and Caryn Shinn of Detroit for the better part of two years.
"They're all great people, and they all fit in perfectly with the family atmosphere Coach Washington has established here." Cook said.
Cook said the three main contributing factors that attracted these players to Kansas was the school's academic prestige, Coach Marian Washington's established basketball program and the current team.
Multi-dimensional player
Aycko, a 6-foot-2 senior point guard from Dallas-Lincoln High School averaged 28.7 points this season and scored 5 points during her high school career.
"She is a multi-dimensional player," Cook said. "She will be able to fill in at any position and contribute."
She knocked in a career-high 50 points against Carter High School in November.
Aycock said she was excited about bringing her attitude to the team.
"I'm so team-oriented that sometimes I get too unselfish," Aycock said.
Aycock was named in the Gatorade Circle of Champions. She was USA Today's and the Dallas Morning News' choice for Texas' player of the year and was ranked in the top five in the nation by the Blue Star Index. Aycock also was one of ESPN's top five preachers.
"Angela was contacted by virtually every Division I school in the
Women's Basketball
country," Cook said. "But she said she knew all along Kansas was the place she wanted to be."
Aycock said everyone she talked to when she came to Kansas helped her decide she should be a Jawhawk.
"They were so down to earth," Aycock said. "They respected us. They made us feel at home."
Aycock said that despite being a little nervous about graduating and leaving Texas, she was prepared to to Kansas and be a part of the team.
Defensive asset
"I kind of always knew I wanted to go to Kansas," Shinn said. "I really decided the day after the Final Four game. I told all of the other coaches that I wasn't going to go there (to school), but I hadn't told Coach Wentz that I wanted to go to Kansas. I told her on April 6th or 7th."
Shinn, a 5-foot-10 forward from Detroit-Murry-Wright High School, kept Kansas as her 1. choice throughout the season.
She also said that speaking with players whom Washington had recruited in the past and with players on the present team had convinced her further that Kansas was where she needed to be.
A prospective business major, Shinn said that Kansas' gruelling academic program and its academic aid Mal-Dalon, helped attract her.
"When I went to the school, it was like everybody was together," Shinn said. "I felt more comfortable at Kansas. I really liked the players."
Shinn also had considered Illinois University, Western Michigan and Temple.
They were a unit."
Cook said Shinn would enhance the Jayhawks' playing, especially defensively.
"She was born to rebound," Cook said. "Caryn had been like (UNL men's star) Stacey Augon. She's one of the finest-condition playwrights."
Shinn was named second team all-airy, all Public School League and all-state. She also was chosen as one of Blue Star Index's top 60 prospects.
The Jayhawks stripped the Lone Star State of another top player when they got Slatter, who was the first of the three to decide to sign with Kansas.
Power player
The 6-foot-2 forward from Dallas J. Pearce High School was rated by the Texas high-school coaches as the No. 2 woman's basketball player in Texas. She also was the Dallas Morning News' No. 2 prospect in Texas.
Shinn said that her decision to come to Kansas hit home yesterday.
It's the greatest feeling," Shinn said. "Day by day, I get more excited about going to Kansas."
Cook said that Slatter's caliber was obvious and that Kansas clearly meant a lot to her, because she ruled out defending national champion Stanford University early in her senior year.
Besides Kansas and Stanford, Slatter considered Rice, Tulane and Southern Methodist.
"I guess the main thing I looked at was academics," Slatter said.
She, too, plans to major in business and said Kansas' business program was strong.
Slatter said that next she noted the different schools' athletic programs. Again, Kansas rated at the top.
Slatter made her official visit to KU, along with Aycock and Shinn, in October. She said she was sad to leave the school
"I hope to contribute in every aspect to the team," Slatter said. Cook was sure Slatter would be a force for the Jawhacks.
"She will be able to use her strength to rebound for us," Cook said. "She's a power player on the block."
Slatter said the fact that all of this year's Jayhawks would be returning next year, which might cut down on playing time, did not concern her.
"During your freshman year, that's when you learn the most," Slatter said. "It's seniority rule. They are the better players, and when we're seniors, we'll get to play more."
Aycock said she was pleased that all of Kansas' starters would be back.
"That will give us a lot of leadership." Aycock said. "You'll guide us in the right directions on the court and off the court."
Cook said some players might shy away from a team such as Kansas, with five returning seniors and six returning juniors, because they would not see as much time on the court.
He said the recruits' realizations that they might not get to play as much said a lot.
"It shows they're confident in their own abilities to come in and be a part of the team and not be saviors," Cook said.
He said that in addition to their athletic abilities, Aycock, Shinn and Slatter were the most caring and sensitive people he had met.
Cook said none of the current Jayhawks could wait for the new recruits to come to Kansas.
"With three more impact players like Angela, Alana and Caryn, the whole team is excited and hungry for more." He wants to play with good players.
NFL players face their drug habits Marinovich allowed to play
The Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. — Todd Marinovich, the former Southern Cal quarterback drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Raiders, while continuing to play football, a judge said yesterday.
Marinovich, 21, was arrested Jan. 20 on misdemeanor charges of cocaine and marjuana possession. Earlier that month he was suspended indefinitely from the USC team, following his sophomore season, for missing a team game and failing to register for classes.
missed if he successfully completes the program, Harbor Municipal Court Judge Susanne Shaw said.
Drug-possession charges against Marinovich will be dis-
The drug program includes psychological counseling. Marinovich also must submit to drug testing by his counselor or NFL officials.
Marinovich's attorney, Gary Pohlson, said the quarterback had been undergoing regular psychosis and he was forced to refer the terms of the plea bargain.
The length of the six-month drug program was doubled because Marinovich will be awarded backcountry the country with the Raiders.
Bears rookie checks into rehab
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears' six-round draft choice, Darren Lewis, checked into a drug-rehabilitation center yesterday, the team said it was told by Lew's agent.
Lewis, a Texas &M halfback known for his rushing abilities, was the only player who tested positive for cocaine during the NFL's scouting evaluations in 2015. The league sent all test results to the NFL commissioner, personel director Bill Tobin said he had never seen the letter.
Burroughs did not immediately
The Bears said yesterday that Lewis' agent, Gene Burroughs, reported Lewis had gone to a rehab center in Houston, but the club declined to release further information on the subject
return telephone calls yesterday.
He said Tuesday that he hoped the Bears would give Lewis the benefit of the doubt.
Tobin learned Tuesday of the test results and said he would not have considered Lewis if he had known earlier.
"It was told to me that someone had tested positive. I marked the wrong player. I made a mistake," said Tobin, who said he never drafted or signed a player who had tested positive on a drug test.
Bears coach Mike Dikta was in Houston yesterday, playing in the Doug Sanders Celebrity Golf Tournament.
"We're going to give Darren a chance to play football as long as his act is clean," Ditka told KHOU-TV.