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University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 8, 1991
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Kansas corralled by Cowboys
Second baseman Jeff Berblinger avoids Cowboy catcher Michael Daniel and finishes a double play.
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
Oklahoma State right fielder John Swanson's three-run double in the seventh innited provided the winning margin in the Cowboys' 5-4 victory against Kansas at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium yesterday afternoon.
The Cowboys swept four games from the Jayhawks during the weekend and improved their Big Eight Conference record to 4.0. Kansas dropped to 6-6 in conference play and out of first place.
"We should be glad we're not 0-12 because that's when you have some real problems." Kansas coach Dave Bingham said about the conference title race. "I caution the kids to not rush much on the results of this series.
"We're 6-6 and right in the middle of the pack," he said. "It's not over yet."
In yesterday's game, the Jay-
hawks strung together five singles and a sacrifice bunt to take a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning.
Kansas first baseman Jie Niemier started the flurry with a single that darted past diving Cowboy first baseman Neil Szerkv
Kansas batters Gerry Camara,
Denard Stewart and Mike Bard
followed with singles of their own
and gave Kansas a 2-1 lead.
The Jayhawks' third and fourth runs came off a single to right field by left fielder Darryl Monroe.
Meanwhile, Kansas right hander Eric Stonecipher defiled the explosive Cowboy batters, allowing only two hits in the first six innings.
Oklahoma State assistant coach Tom Holliday said a couple of factors affected the Cowboy batters.
The Cowboys' temporary blindness wore off in the seventh inning, however.
"Stonepiper threw hard for three innings," he said. "There was a bright sky and the glare was bad. Our kids said they couldn't see the ball."
Oklahoma State's Michael Daniel and Lou Lucca scored off singles by Ritchie Moody and Manny Gagliano.
A walk to Cowboy pinch hitter Scott Watkins loaded the bases and forced Stonecipher to the showers with Kansas clinging to a 4-2 lead.
Kansas right hander Jim Walker retired Cowboy center field Brad Dolejsi for the second out of the innings, bringing Swanson to the
left-center field power alley. The bases cleared and Oklahoma State led for good, 5-4.
The Jayhawks had a chance to tie the game in the ninth, but it did not happen.
The Jayhawks, 21-16 overall and 6-1 in the conference, travel to Northern Iowa for single games tomorrow and Wednesday.
double to left field, but he was erased one batter later when Oklahoma State's Daniel picked him off second
Monroe led off the inning with a
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Senate to debate NCAA rules bill
TOPEKA — Amid growing NCAA concern over its relationship with legislators, the Kansas Senate will debate a bill today requiring the National College Athletic Association, the nation's most powerful athletic governing body, to observe rules of due process in enforcing its regulations.
"I think it's important that an organization that affects as many people as the NCAA does plays by
Kansas, the 1988 NCAA men's basketball champion, was placed on probation and not allowed to defend its title in 1989. Many Kansans were infuriated when the CAA rejected in previousuling and permitted them to play Nevada-Las Vegas to defend its 1990 championship this year.
However, Winter insisted that had nothing to do with him pushing the legislation.
Nebraska passed a similar law in 1990, and the legislatures of Kansas, California, Illinois, Florida, and Louisiana are considering bills this year.
They did not discuss details of the bill, Burke said, but Schultz offered to discuss the issue with any interested lawmaker.
The Kansas effort, led by State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, a former Kansas football player, has attracted the attention of NCAA executive director Richard Schultz and director Steve Morgan, who have come to Topeka to talk about it.
Schultz met with Senate president Bud Burke, R-Overland Park. last week.
"He wanted to open the lines of communication, to provide the groundwork for future expansion of relations between the NCAA and the Kansas Senate," Burke said.
the same rules that all governments do," said Winter, chairperson of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which endorsed the bill. "Nobody, including the NCAA, is above the Constitution."
Kansas may have the clout to make its legislation stick, if enacted, because the NCAA has headquarters in Overland Park.
The bill would apply nationally,
not just to the seven Kansas
members of the NCAA - Kansas,
Kansas State, Wichita State,
Emory State, Pittsburg State,
Indiana State and Washburn
University.
The bill, set for debate today, would require the NCAA to grant all due process rights accorded by the U.S. and state constitutions to people and institutions investigating the NCAA for suspected rules violations.
Those include the right to confront accusers, the right of the accused to be present at hearings and the right to public hearings.
If the Senate passes the bill, it would go to the House where it might not be considered this session because the Legislature will adjourn its regular 90-day session Saturday. It returns April 24 for a wrapup session expected to last no more than four or five days.
Kansas trounces Colorado players Men's and women's teams win 8-1
With time so short, it is doubtful that the House Judiciary Committee would have hearings and take the bill to the floor for debate.
However, Winter will urge the Senate to pass the bill, send it to the House and let it rest until the 1992 session as an incentive for the NCA to revise its procedures. It is expected to pass in the Senate.
Morgan, former chief enforcement officer of the NCAA, testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the bill March 19.
Bv Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
One Kansas tennis team took the first step toward a Big Eight Conference championship yesterday and the other one continued its journey
Both the Kansas men's and women's tennis teams clobbered the Colorado Buffaloes by identical 8 scores at the Allen Field House tennis
The two victories moved the women's conference record to 2-0 and the men's to 1-0.
Kansas juniors Eveline Hammers, Renee Raychaudhier and Page Goins, and freshmen Abby Woods victorious in their singles matches.
"We're in good position to compete for the Big Eight, but we still have a couple more weekends to go," said Michael Center, Kansas women's tennis coach. "We can't get too excited vet."
Leading 5-1 heading into doubles, the Jayhawks turned up the intensity and swept all three matches in straight sets.
"It was good to see her back on the court." Center said. "It was a big boost to everyone's game just to see her out there."
Kansas senior Stacy Stots, batting a stiff back and her opponent, lost a hard-fought three-set match against Sonia Panajotovic.
Hamers was competing for the first time since injuring her knee a month ago.
The 14th-ranked Kansas men's team swept all singles matches and dropped a rare doubles match in its victory.
Kansas seniors Craig Wildey, Chris Walker and Jeff Gross, juniors
Rafael Rangel and Patrick Han and freshman Rhain Buth notched singles victories.
Kansas man's tennis coach Scott Perelman said he was pleased with but surprised by the Jayhawks' success in singles.
"I think we played better singles than I expected to," he said. "Our doubles wasn't what I thought it would be."
After winning the first set 6-1 and losing the second 6-7, Kansas' No. 1 doubles team of Walker and Widley smoked past Colorado's Marc Leclair and Jeff Spiers in the third set 6-1.
"I'll give Colorado credit," Perelman said. "After being down 6 on2 singles, they came out more prepared than we did for doubles."
The Jayhawks struggled in doubles. All three matches were forced into a third set.
Kansas junior Paul Gavin and Rangel teamed in the 2. doubles spot and defeated Colorado's Scott and Haken Olanick 4. 6, 4. 6. 3.
Kansas 'No. 3 doubles pair of Buth
and Han made a furious comeback
attempt in the third set, but lost 6-4,
4-6-7, 7-6
Renee Raychaudhuri returns a serve during yesterday's match.
Women's team gets second in Alabama
Men's team fares worse, places fourth
Kansan sportswriter
By Rick C. Honish
The women's team reached a new level of success, placing second overall and winning many events with personal best marks.
The Kansas men's and women's track teams were in Tuscaloosa, Ala., this weekend for their second outdoor meet of the season.
Sophomore Amy Hadley, a third place finisher in the 100-meter hurdles, said that overcast skies and cool weather have helped have added to the team's success.
"It was also the second meet, so we had already had a meet to get out the jitters," she said. "We went in not far from our beat, beat, but thinking we could win."
Many of the women Jayhawks did win and many were freshmen
Freshman Heather Bonin won the javelin by throwing a meet record of 160.8. It was her second consecutive with a throw of 160 feet or better
Freshmen Tracie Driver and Cassandra Bryant finished the long jump and tied for first with jumps of 18-8 for the two women, personal bests for the two women.
In the triple jump, Bryant claimed first place with a jump of 38-2⁄₄, and Driver took with second with 37-1⁄₄.
The high jumpers finished first and second in their event. Junior Marybeld Labosky cleared 5'9-4" in the middle and Harding placed second, jumping 5-6.
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said
the men's team did not look as good as the women's.
"We had some good things, though." he said.
One was sophomore Chris Walters. Walters had a personal best in the pole vault, clearing 16·1-3⁻¹ in a third place effort.
Walters also placed fourth in the long jump with a jump of 22-1.
The winner of that event was freshman Harun Hazim, with a jump of 23.9%.
Freshman Brian Hollands won the discus and senior Sean Jacobson won the lavelin.
The men's team finished the meet in fourth place.
Down the road in Austin, Texas,
senior All-American Patt Manson and
freshman Jayson Lavender were
competing in the Texas Relays.
Manson cleared 17.7. It was the best height, but it was matched by five other vaulters.
Manson had three misses before that, and he missed twice before clearing the 17-7 height. Because the scoring in pole vaulting also figures in missed attempts, his place in the meet was 6th.
Lavender failed to clear the initial height of 16-7
Manson said Lavender looked good for someone who had not competed in the Olympics.
"He looked great and got a lot of things done," Manson said. "It was a good start."
Lavender missed the indoor season because of a sore hamstring.
Jayhawk Zo selected for Pan Am tryouts
Kansas junior forward Alonzo Jamison is one of 66 college players that have been invited to the Pan American trials April 25 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Colo.
Sports briefs
Jamison is one of five Big Eight Conference players invited to the trials, joining Oklahoma State's Bryon Houston, Mississippi's Anthony Peele, and Oklahoma's Jeff Webster and Brent Price.
Jamison averaged 10.4 points and 6.4 rebounds a game this season and led the team in steals with 80. He was on the team in field goal
with Ohio State's Randy Ayers and Oregon's Don Monson as assistant coaches.
This year's U.S. team will be coached by Purdue's Gene Keady,
Kansas signs the year's first volleyball recruit
The Pan American Games will be August 3-15 in Havana. Cuba
Kansas volleyball coach Frankie Albizit began the recruiting season last week by signing Janel Uber, a 5-0 leader for the Northwestern Guild High School in Wobble, Neb.
Uher lettered in volleyball, basketball and track and earned all-state honors in volleyball in 1980 and 1991. She was named academic all-state in all three sports and is a member of the National Honor Society.
Uher is also a member of the Nebraska Juniors volleyball team.
Albitz said that Uber had played enough volleyball that she might be able to step into the program as early as next year.
"She can play almost any position and she is a polished player," Albitz said.
Universities seek share of firm's floor profits
INDIANAPOLIS — The Final Four universities in the NCAA basketball championship say their rights are being violated by an Iowa company selling the hardwood maple floor in the Hoosier Dome.
Iowa Sports Marketing Inc., of Arnold Park, Iowa, is selling the basketball floor in 22,000 pieces to a group of Indianapolis news Reported Saturday.
The floor was to be cut in 5-inch by 6-inch pieces, then engraved with the name of participating teams and game scores.
The Iowa firm bought the 7,200 square-foot floor on which the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Duke, Kansas and North Carolina played for the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's division I.
"The four universities were willing to offer their names provided they were compensated," said Ken Topper, marketing director for Collegiate Licensing Co. Atlanta and Carpenteria, Calif.
"Those schools are coming out of
Collegiate Licensing, Topper said, has a contract with colleges and universities including the Final Four, to honor their names from commercialization.
the woodwork for a piece of the action, but we're not violating anything” said James C. Gardner, of Iowa Sports Marketing.
Tigers' Jamal Coleman suspended indefinitely
Coleman and two other students.
He said the proposal from Collegiate Licensing would grant authorization to Iowa Sports Marketing in exchange for a royalty of $4 apiece, which he said would cut severely into his profit margin.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri basketball player Jamal Coleman has been suspended indefinitely from the Missouri basketball team for his involvement in an alleged refund scheme. Tigers coach Norm Stewart said.
both employees of the bookstore,
were arrested Friday and held in the
Boone County Jail Bail was set at
$5,000 each for Coleman and Traynette Jenkins and $10,000 for Terri Cain, who also was charged with one count of forgery.
Coleman, who was released from jail Saturday after posting $500 bond, was booked on one charge of felony misdemeanor. The assignment will be today at 1:30 p.m.
Coleman allegedly was involved in a refund scam in which refund slips were improperly used to collect at least $2,000 in cash.
The incident is Coleman's third run-in with police in the last two years.
From staff and wire reports