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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 9, 1991
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kirk Gibson revived up the Royals with a triumph in his first at-bat and Bret Sahbergen bounced back yesterdays at Carolina and Indianies 4-2 for its first opening-day victory in six years.
Saberhagen, 5-9 and injured last season, pitched seven innings and gave up one earned run on six hits. He struck out five and walked two, and Jeff Montgomery pitched two innings for a save.
Gibson, signed as a free agent this year after four seasons in Los Angeles, hit his first triple since 1989 and had an RBI single. In the second inning, he hit a liner into the right-field corner, slid into third just ahead of the relay and came up clenched his fists.
Albert Belle, who led all major
Mike MacFarlane followed with an RBI single, and Kurt Stillwell's double gave the Royals a 21 lead. The Rangers hit four hits and four runs in six innings.
leaguers in home runs and RBI, hit a bases-empty home run and a run-scoring grounder for Cleveland.
George Brett, defending his third American League batting title, reached base four times on two singles, an error and a fielder's choice. He singled with one pitch and scored on the strength of a single by Danny Tartabul. Gibson's single made it 31.
Belle, who had 26 RBI and 11 home runs this spring, drove in an unearned run with an infield out in the bottom half of home run at the top of the fourth.
Basketball scholarship claimed
The mystery is over
Recruit meets requirements, will be eligible to play next season
By Mark Spence
Bv Mark Spencer
The sixth and last Kansas basketball scholarship has been claimed by 6-foot-10 center Eric Pauley of Cypress Community College in Cali
"When I came on my visit, you guys had that hail storm, and the campus was kind of dead." Paulie said "I didn't get a real good feel for the school, but the tradition is there, and the fan support is the best."
Pauley said he chose Kansas instead of Kentucky last night about 6 d.m. Lawrence time.
"Ipicked Kansas because of Coach (Roy) Williams and his style of play." Pauley said last night in a telephone interview. "It is similar to the way I've played all my life. Coming from a junior college with only two years left, I feel it will be a good transition."
Cypress assistant coach Bruce Randall said the entire Cypress
"We're real happy because he'll be able to adapt well," he said. "We really liked Roy Williams and Kevinley they stayed with him for a long time."
coaching staff approved of Pauley's decision.
Pauley has met all academic requirements and will be eligible to play next season for the Jayhawks. He is a national letter of invitation to a national letter of invitation tomorrow.
Last season, Pauley averaged 21.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks a game.
Pauley had been the front runner for the last scholarship slot since the end of the NCAA tournament.
In his two-year career at Cypress, he shot 61.7 percent from the field and blocked 24 shots.
However, the NCAA restricts coaches from commenting on unsigned players, and the Kansas State team should not confirm its interest in Pauluelle.
Cypress sports information direc
tor Alan Lombardi said Williams visited Pauley on Friday and Stallings did the same Sunday.
The Kansas-Kentucky tug of war for Pauley intensified when Ken Kendrick coach Rick Pitton visited Saturday between Williams and Stallings.
Pauley joins a list of five high school seniors who signed with the Jahwarks last fall.
They are 6-8-foot power forward Ben Davis of Mouth of Wilson, Va.; 6-foot-5 guard-forward Greg Gurley of Overland Park; 7-foot-1 center Greg Ostertag of Duncanville, Va.; and 5-foot-3 guard-forward Son of La Grange Park, Ill.; and 5-foot-7 point guard Calvin Rayford of Milwaukee.
Rayford and Pearson are the only recruits who have not met the NCAA's minimum academic eligibility requirements yet.
Bob Gibbons, a recruiting analyst for All Star publications in Lonor.
N. C., ranked Kansas' recruiting class as the second best in the nation behind Michigan.
However, Gibbons has said Michigan recruited better athletes, not a better all-around team.
"If you base recruiting on benchmark players, which is what I do, then that's what makes Michigan No. 1," Gibbons said Thursday. "KU's class will be more beneficial to the program."
"Michigan has five top-notch athletes that all play the same position," he said. "Kansas has a class, with or without Pauley, that you could put on the floor and play with right away."
Because Pauley did accept the Jahyahs' offer, Kansas has reached its scholarship limit for the 1991-92 season.
Had Pauley turned the Jayhawks down, Gibbons said Kansas likely would have gone after 6-foot 4-forward Sam Bradley in a Senior Junior in Levelland, Texas.
Gulf vets toss first pitches at opening baseball games
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The United States celebrated the start of the baseball season yesterday with a star-spangled salute to the players returning from the Persian Gulf War.
First-ball ceremonies at several ballparks were turned over to veterans of Operation Desert Storm in a patriotic triumph that triggered stand-
At Kansas City, Air Force Lt. John Marks, a KU graduate, who with his partner in an A-10 Warthog attack jet knocked out 33 Iraqi tanks in one day, threw out the first ball before the Indians-Royals game. Capt. John Marks served in Infantry Division from Fort Riley, KY, sang the national anthem.
“This is fantastic, a real privilege,” said Army Reserve Sgt. Stg. Edward Figueroa, one of four gulf pitches at New York's Shea Stadium.
Figureo, who won the Bronze Star in Iraq, squared at the sold-out ballparks and recalled how he and his team had learned during the war of missing open day.
"We thought we'd be there longer," he said. "This is my first opening day and I am special for me to share this privilege with all the people I ever lived if I ever享该 privilege.
This is an All-American opportunity and I'm really proud."
Next to Figueroa stood U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Wetzel, whose A6-4E aircraft was shot down during a night strike over southwestern Iraq, forcing him to spend 45 days as a POW, much of the time in solitary confinement before his imprisonment. Wetzel said he thought of his future and good times.
"I dreamed of good things," he said, "things that I would experience when I got home, things like going to a ball game with my brothers.
"I knew there others were being held where I was, but I was kept alone. The treatment was adequate but sometimes I was kept on a phone for an hour or two (finger time)."
"There was a lot of fear and I prayed a lot, I could hear the bombing of Baghdad, and I knew they couldn't take that for long.
"That kept me going."
"I thought of the happy times of enjoying my family and doing things with my brothers and sisters.
Joining Figueroa and Wetzel for the ceremonies at Shea were Air National Guard Capt. Richard Good. The Marine Staff Sgt. Jose M. Gonzalez.
Goodwin, who is a pilot for American Airlines, flew 38 combat missions
Gonzalez is a member of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, the first unit to go into Kuwait when the ground war began.
in F-16 fighters during Operation Desert Storm.
Similar scenes were played out in other ballbarks yesterday.
At Detroit, Air Force Capt. Steve Tate of Waterset, Mich., made the first pitch to a loud ovation. He was surrounded by cheers as an Iraqian fighter in the Gulf War.
At Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, Army Sgt.s. 1st Class Patterson and Jennifer Syniau, both injured in the February Iraqi Scud missile attack on a barracks in Dhahran, Saud Arabia, were to meet the Montreal Expos last night.
In Atlanta, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney was set for the first-pitch assignment tonight before the Braves-Dodgers game.
In Texas, first-ball ceremonies were reserved for the commander in chief, where President Bush was joined by commissioner Fay Vincent.
"How appropriate," Atlanta general manager John Schuerholz said, "to have the secretary of defense in, we are stressing defense this year."
After news conference, boxer brawls with former opponent
Holmes fights outside of ring
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"Sometimes you say, I don't give a damn," Holmes said yesterday. "I'll kill to protect my family."
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Larry Holmes said he wanted to concentrate on body punching to avoid a hand injury that would end his come-
Then, after dispatching Tim "Doc" Anderson with body blows in 123 seconds Sunday night, the 41-year-old Holmes risked serious injury by getting into a street fight with former gooner Trevor Berbick.
After Holmes left a post-fight news conference, Berbick, who was present for the session, said that a woman friend of Holmes had broken up Berbick's marriage. Berbick and his wife are separated.
Holmes' wife, Diane, was in the room when Bertick spoke. So were her children — Larry Jr., 8, and Kandy, 11.
When Holmes heard what Berbick had said, he and some of his aides sought Berbick and found him in the dandelel, where the light was conducted
"I usually walk around crap." Holmes said. "I don't step in it."
The two boxers returned to the front door of the hotel and were standing in the driveway, separated by two cars, when Berbick screamed. "Everybody was Larry Holmes punch me and kick me."
Holmes chased Berbick down the driveway and the two exchanged punches. The fight spilled onto the street before police broke it up.
Holmes became enraged, jumped on the hood of a car, onto its roof, then onto the hood and roof of another car before landing on Berbick.
Holmes returned to his suite, dressed and went to a post-fight party, where he raped with his musical group. Marmelade.
he was pulled on by ooohokers:
"Michael Jordan ain't got nothing on me, except about five inches," Holmes said.
"I'm a normal human being."
Holmes said. "I don't bother nobody.
I don't disrespect nobody's family.
nobody's going to direspect mine."
Berbick was escorted to his Miramar, Fla., home by police.
The incident apparently started when someone asked Holmes at the news conference if he would consider fighting Berick again. Holmes, looking at Berick, said he would not attack Berick because of his attitude and bad no respect for him.
When Holmes was the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, he scored a 15-round decision over Berbick on April 11, 1981. Berbick later won the WBC title after it was relinquished by Holmes.
Arkansas coach rejects swift action
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Coach Nolan Richardson made the decision to reject the chancellor's advice of swift and strong action against Arkansas players for a violent incident, Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles said yesterday.
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The February incident, which has put academic and athletic officials at odds, is the subject of a report issued yesterday by a university judicial board. The report was given to the players involved yesterday but was not released to the public. The board has authority to discipline students.
"He made the decision about what to do, but we discussed things together, and I was in complete agreement with what he did because he wanted and I wanted due process to take place." Brovlies said.
Richardson declined to comment through representatives, who said Richardson had not received Richardson, who was in Texas recruiting during the
The woman did not press charges, and prosecutor Andrew Ziser said there was not enough evidence to file charges.
A 34-year-old woman told police she was sexually assaulted in the athletic dormitory. Four basketball players were also with her but that she consented.
Doug Norwood, an attorney for the woman, said he was told by a representative for the All-University Judicial Board that the report was issued to the players, in person, by the faculty-student board.
weekend, returned to campus yesterday.
Jim Treadway, a university representative, said the woman likely would get a letter describing in her notes the results of the board's hearing.
He still expects to be issued a copy of the report.
"I was told I couldn't attend," Norwood said.
Richardson has said he disciplined
Chancellor Dan Ferritor and Broyles have declined to talk about the specifics of the chancellor's recommendation. Ferritor, during a Saturday news conference conducted by administrators and Broyles, appeared to hint at Richardson's actions against the plaver.
one player, Darrell Hawkins,
because the incident occurred in his
dormitory room. Hawkins, who
missed the 1990-91 season because of
an injury, will be suspended for the first three games of next season.
"I recommended team discipline," Ferritor said. "I'm not sure I go to things like running up and down stairs and things like that which didn't seem to me to be particularly appropriate."
Ferritor said later, "There is no doubt that my recommendation was for more immediate action and stronger action than was taken."
Ferritor said it was Broyles' responsibility to pass the recommendation on to Richardson.
Preparing for rain
Ron Klein/KANSAN
Kansas first baseman Shelly Sack helps pull a tarpaulin over the infield of the softball field. With rain showers in the forecast, the team spent yesterday's practice repairing holes in the tarp. The Lady Jayhawks will play their next game tomorrow at home against Washburn.
Softball team wins one of four
Kansan sportswriter
By Lana Smith
them.
The Kansas softball team finished 1-3 in the Round Robin tournament against Iowa State and Missouri during the weekend in Norman, Oka
Saturday, the Jayhawks beat Iowa State 7-2, but lost to Missouri 1-0. They were defeated by Missouri 2-1 and by Iowa State 4-3 Sunday.
Freshman catcher Monica Gormey said that neither Iowa State nor Missouri threw any surprises at the Jayhawks but that Kansas was shocked when they lost three of the four games.
"We had really good practices the week before." Gormley said. "We just didn't play defense high. We had not been up the game and we didn't, I did it."
Kansas coach Kalum Haack said that the Jahayhs had more than enough opportunities to win the games but that they just did not seize
He said that there were times when Kansas had runners on second and third base but that still the Jayhawks could not score.
"It wasn't one thing or one person that caused us to lose," Haack said. "It was just a collection of everybody not doing their jobs."
Kansas pitcher Shelly Sack was credited with the victory against Iowa State in the Jayhawks' first game.
("Stephani) Williams, Sack and (Jill) Bailey had excellent pitching." Haack said. "If they go out and pitch that every game, we should win."
Although Haack and the players said they were expecting a tough game against Missouri, they were not worried about Iowa State.
"We felt good about our playing after the first win against Iowa State." Gormley said. "After losing
Sophomore pitcher Jill Bailey said all of the Kansas players were stunned after the losses.
to Iowa State the second day, it was all downhill."
Haack his players did not realize how many chances they had to finish ahead until he showed them the statistics from the game.
"We played really poor defense, but we made up for it by hitting horrendously." Haack said tokingly.
Haack said Kansas' losses would give Iowa State and Missouri confidence for when the teams meet later in the season.
He also said Kansas probably would lose its national ranking after be swept by Missouri twice and by Kentucky three times, which are ranked 13th before the weekend.
"We were sitting right where we wanted to be, and we let it slip right through our hands." Haack said.
Kansas baseball team travels to Iowa games
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Sports briefs
The Jayhawks play Northern Iowa in games today and tomorrow and return home to Hoglund-Maupin Stadium on Thursday for a 7 p.m. non-conference game against Wichita State.
After dropping four Big Eight Conference games to Oklahoma State during the weekend, Kansas is in place with a 6-4 conference record.
The Jayhawks, 21-16 overall, will not play another Big Eight game until April 19, when they play the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman.
"This is a good time to get a little break from the Big Eight." Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. "We've been sharper before than we were this weekend, but I think the schedule turns in our favor now."
Golf team places sixth at men's invitational
The Jayhawks finished with a
The Kansas men's golf team Kansas finished sixth during the weekend at the Augusta/Forest Hills Invitations or Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.
three-round total of 893. Florida State won the meet, shooting 871. There were 18 teams in the tournament.
Sophomore Brad Bruno had the low score for the Jayhawks, finishing the tournament at 221 and tying for 17th place.
Senior Len Johnsen and sophomore Matt Gogle each shot 223, tying for 21st
Kansas has next weekend off before playing in the Firestone Intercollegiate tournament in Akron, Ohio, April 20-21.
Lady Jayhawks place eighth at tournament
The Kansas women's golf team finished eighth during the weekend in the Earl Stewart Lady Mustang tournament in Dallas.
Texas won the three-round tournament with a total of 893. Texas' Michiko Hattori was the individual medalist with a score of 216.
Junior Shelly Triplett tied for 29th with 238.
Kansas' team total was 949.
Twelve schools participated in the tournament.
Jayahawk freshman Holly Reynolds tied for 47th place with 244, and sophomore Cathy Reinbeck finished in 61st place with 260.
Kansas junior Laura Myers tied for 11th place with a score of 229.
Kansas lacrosse club will plav Kansas City
The Kansas men's lacrosse club competed in the sixth annual April Fool's lacrosse tournament in Tuscaloosa, Ala., during the weekend.
Kansas defeated Ft. Tuckner, Ala.
8-1 in the opening round but was defeated in the semifinals 15-6 by the Birmingham Lacrosse Club.
In the third place game, the Huntsville lacrosse club defeated Kansas 8-6.
Kansas will play the Kansas City Lacrosse Club at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shenk Complex.
Tennis team to play Southwest Missouri
The Kansas men's tennis team will play host to the Southwest Missouri State Bears at 2 p.m. at the Allen Field House tennis courts.
The Jayhawks are coming off an 8-1 Big Eight Conference victory over the Colorado Buffaloes on Sunday.
In their last two duals, the Jayhawks have dropped only one match.
Kansas is ranked 14th in the country. It is the highest ranking in the program's history.
From staff and wire reports