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Tuesday, April 2, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
The Fans: Frenzy on Oread
ucky charms finally fail to work their wonders for 'Hawks
By Nedra Beth Randolph
Kansan staff writer
The outcome of last night's NCAA championship game depended on MAYOR'S PERFORMANCE.
At least that is what Adler, Northbrook, III, senior, thought before the game.
"I'm wearing the same clothes I he said. Exemple the same underwear."
Adler said he was so superstitious that yesterday he wore the same pair of Chicago Cubs boxer shorts, the
same green-and-white jersey and the same Chicago Cubs baseball cap that he wore for the Kansas-North Carolina game.
Too bad it didn't work
Superstitions abounded in Lawrence as Kansas advanced through the NCAA tournament to the championship game. Some basketball watchers were so superstitious that they believed their actions had a direct effect on the outcome of games.
John Vanlandingham, Shawnee
senior, said he did not believe that his clothes could affect the basketball score. Instead, he believed that the team came home depended on where he watched it.
"I watched three NCAA tournament games at home in my living room, and we won," he said. "I won't go anywhere else."
Maybe he should have gone out.
May 6 he should have gritd out.
For Game 1, he was still ill. So,
the superstition was just the opposite.
He was at the game in Indianapolis on Saturday.
"I came back from Indy to party in Kansas," he said. "My superstition is that I have go to a different place to watch each game."
Maybe he should have stayed in Indianapolis.
Rosanin Wilkerson, manager of Jayhawk Spirit, 935 Massachusetts St. said that store had its own club about national championship games.
In 1988, the store began printing KU national championship T-shirts at 9:30 on the morning of the national
championship game on the assumption that KU would win.
"We went with tradition and did it again this year," she said. "I've been predicting the games this week, and I'm expecting each time. I pretty sure we'll win."
But she wasn't completely sure.
Even KU basketball team members had superstitions about how to win a game.
Forward Mike Maddox said he would not wear his 1988 championship ring during this year's tournament. He said he did not want to jinx this year's team.
"I'm going to seclude myself during the championship" he said.
Fists fly during campus wake
But Eric Kenyon, Camarillo, Calif., freshman, could not watch Maddox play because of superstition. He said that he did not watch Saturday's game and KU won, so his friends were going to lock him in the room during last night's game so that he could not watch it.
At least he did not have to see the Jayhawks lose.
Many fights drive students to seek help at hospitals
An unidentified man unsuccessfully tries to stop one of the many fights that broke out during the consolation party on Jayhawk Boulevard. Tempers flared after Duke
By Amy Francis and Mike I. Vargas Kansas staff writers
By Amy Francis
University defeated Kansas in the NCAA championship game. KU police said they broke up at least six fights last night.
Kansan staff writers
The crowd was smaller than Saturday's campus celebration but much rowder, said KU police Lt. John Mullens. At 11:30 p.m., the crowd was estimated at 15,000.
Injuries pervaded last night's KU campus. The team was intended to cheer up fans, not to hurt them.
Lacerations caused by flying debris were common for students both nights.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital had treated about 15 people in its emergency room as of 1:30 a.m. today for lacerations and abrasions.
Douglas County Ambulance Service transported four people who were struck in the head by flying bottles and beer cans to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Mullens said.
The ambulance positioned at Jayhawk Boulevard and Poplar Lane treated more than 22 people for similar injuries. Another ambulance was positioned at Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road.
"Everybody started throwing cans." Mulens said. "They have to come down some."
Paul Neidlein, St. Paul, Minn., freshman, said he was standing at Wescoe Beach when he was hit with a bottle. Neidlein immediately brought medical attention for his head wound.
Watkins open all night
Watkins was open all last night and will stay open until 10 tonight to treat students with injuries.
Stephanie Yaney, a student at the University of Kansas Medical Center, was one of the students who were
there "
"I was trying to be really careful because I saw people throw things earlier," Yancey said. "Somebody just threw a beer can and someone else got it." The ambulance, there were a lot worse people
Brian Knduson, Omaha, Neb., freshman,
also was treated at Watkins, but for injuries
Knudsonused his frustration about the earl's loss by hitting a wall. Knudson's son, Evan, hit the wall.
Liz Riegel, Dodge City freshman, said, "He was unset about the game."
Another of Knudson's friends, Steve Helvey, Overland Park freshman, said, "I'd imagine there are a lot of people that have injuries, but they just aren't coming in"
Jody Woods, director of nursing at Watkins, was not scheduled to work at Watkins last night, but she came in to see whether she was needed.
"I'm glad we stayed open for the stu.
dents," she said. "I think it started a pretty good flow around 11."
Watkins had treated about 23 students by 2:45 a.m., but none of the cases were serious. Woods said that the number of students in the lobby was deceptive because most of the those who needed treatment were accompanied by friends.
Two physicians and four nurses treated students, Woods said. Personnel could treat up to three patients while taking X-rays on another.
Celebration violence
Although the party began peacefully, tempers flared after Kansas' loss to Duke.
David A. Scott III, Topea resident, was charged with aggravated abuse and unlawful use of a weapon after a fight at Benchcraft's headquarters, said Lawrence, police set. Ronald Palombiers
After beer was spilled on the suspect during the game, a fight broke out and the suspect pulled out a knife, cutting one person above the eye, one on the finger and another on the arm. Dalquest said. The injured themselves to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
On campus, KU police had 35 officers on duty, assisted by three officers from the Douglass County Sheriff's Office. Mullens and his team were placed in buildings throughout campus.
Mullens said KU police broke up six fights during the course of the night. People involved in some of the fights were treated for minor injuries.
In another incident, Scott Campbell, a concession worker, said that a man waved a gun after spilling popcorn and drinks and turning off the power to the stand.
The man disappeared into the crowd in front of Wescoe Hall before police or Campbeltown.
Mullens said the same suspect was thought to be connected with another incident, saying that the two descriptions he had received were similar.
"People were frustrated." Mullens said. They got emotional and had a juvenile medicine appointment.
Greg Hill, St. Louis freshman, said a man pulled out a gun and pointed it at his friend's head. "I don't think I should get in there," he said.
His friend was hit in the head by the gun as he was trying to get away. Hill said
Retailers claim game profitable Liquor sales soar until Jayhawks' championship season shot down
By Nedra Beth Randolph Kansan staff writer
Even though the Jayhawks did not win last night, the game was profitable for Lawrence luxury retailers.
Greg Dixon, manager of Myers
Retail Liquor, W. 92rd St. said
yesterday's sales were seven times
larger than that of a normal Monday.
The Jayhawks' loss last night caused $1,000 to $1,500 in lost liqueur sales after the game, he said. The store was open for about an hour from the final buzzer to closing time at 11 p.m.
"It was unbelievable," he said. "It was unreal in here. It was a zoo."
A 30-foot line had formed outside the store by 2 p.m., yesterday, he said. All three registers were ringing up sales noton until game time.
At Schwartz Retail Liquor, 1215 W
6th St, employee Mitsiwatts,
Lenexa senna, said the stores sold out
Bush and Busch and Coorn
products yesterday.
The store sold 40 kegs of beer and 10 cases of champagne yesterday, Dixon said.
"It started out like it was going to
John Webb, owner of Webb's Fine Wine & Spirits, 800 W St.23 st. said extra employees worked to help with the surge of game-day business. He said he thought there would be a lot of
"But people are still buying to drown their sorrows." Dixon said.
"The loss probably won't help any," he said. "But it's a huge day, a bik weekend."
'It was unbelievable. It was unreal in here. It was a zoo.'
— Greg Dixon manager, Myers Retail Liquor
Louie Riederer, owner of Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. 2rd. St., said the bar was filled to its 350-person capacity all day yesterday with Jayhawk fans waiting to watch the game on one of eight televisions.
be the biggest day yet, he said. "But
it was not loss, it was not as good as
expected."
Reed Brinton, co-owner of Benchwarmers Sport Bar & Grill. 1601 W. 23rd St, said he prepared for yesterdays' sale. The grill was canned beer and 40 kcws for the bar
Darrell Condon, Shawnee senior, said he was the first person in line at Benchwarmers yesterday. He played football and spades, read the newspaper and slept to pass the six hours before the doors opened at 3 a.m.
"After the game, people will run up to campus for about 30 minutes and then come back to drink," Riederer said.
"People were waiting in line to get in here when I arrived here at 9 a.m." he said.
He said he missed two math classes to get one of the tables closest to the big-screen television.
"I missed the classes for a good cause," he said.
Post-game casualty
Lawrence emergency personnel, in conjunction with Emergency Medical Service units from Eudora, treat an unidentified person who was injured in festivities in front of Wescoe Hall. Thirty-one injuries were reported last night to medical authorities.
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