University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 21, 1991
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Kansas to face Cardinals
By Lana Smith
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team will play the University of Louisville in the National Women's Cup at 1 p.m. today in Amarillo, Texas.
This will be the second time Kansas has played in the NWIT. In the Lady Jayhawks beat Minnesota but lost to Kentucky and Drake.
Tonight's NWIT game will be the first time the Lady Jayhawks and the Lady Cardinals have played each other.
The Lady Jayhawks completed their regular season with a record of 18-12 overall and 7-7 in the Big Eight Conference. They finished second to Oklahoma State in the Big Eight Tournament.
The Louisville Lady Cardinals won a school record 23 games this season. They lost nine games and finished with a record of 9-5 in conference play.
Freshman forward Gwen Doyle was the Lady Cardinals' leading score in 22 games. She scored in five games and had two 30-point outlues.
Probable Starters for Women's Basketball
Kansas sophomore guard Stacy Truitt led the Jayhawks in scoring with an average 10.6 points a game. Truitt was named to the post-season
<table><thead><tr><th>Kansas</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Ht.</th><th>PPG</th><th>RPG</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>23 Terrilyn Johnson</td><td>F</td><td>5-11</td><td>9.6</td><td>9.5</td></tr><tr><td>20 Tanya Bonham</td><td>F</td><td>5-8</td><td>5.5</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>54 Marthea McCloud</td><td>C</td><td>5-10</td><td>6.3</td><td>5.7</td></tr><tr><td>21 Stacy Truitt</td><td>G</td><td>5-8</td><td>10.6</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td>33 Kay Kay Hart</td><td>G</td><td>5-7</td><td>9.6</td><td>3.3</td></tr></tbody><thead><tr><th colspan="5">Louisville</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>42 Angie Johnson</td><td>F</td><td>5-11</td><td>4.7</td><td>5.1</td></tr><tr><td>43 Gwen Doyle</td><td>F</td><td>6-0</td><td>17.3</td><td>8.5</td></tr><tr><td>34 Nell Knox</td><td>C</td><td>6-0</td><td>12.6</td><td>5.6</td></tr><tr><td>20 Tuonisia Turner</td><td>G</td><td>5-6</td><td>8.7</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>20 Ronnie Huntsinger</td><td>G</td><td>5-8</td><td>7.5</td><td>3.5</td></tr></tbody></table>
all-tournament team, and she was designated honorable mention all- Big Eight by the Big Eight coaches.
Junior forward Terrilyn Johnson was the Lady Jayhawks' leading rebounder for the year. She went to the boards for double digits in 13 games and had eight double-doubles, which were games in which she both scored and rebounded in double digits.
Averaging 9.6 points a game, Johnson tied with junior guard Kay Kay Hart as the Jayhawks' second leading scorer.
If Kansas defeats Louisville, the team will go on to face the winner of the Notre Dame-Santa Clara game at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Should the Jayhawks lose, they would meet the loser of that game at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Area merchants eye 'Hawks
Tournament wins could translate into lucrative shirt sales
Kansan staff writer
KU students will not be the only ones eagerly watching the Jayhawks games in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
If the team enters the Final Four, area merchants say they will begin to stock shirts commemorating the event.
Monica Feiter, assistant manager of merchandising at the Kansas Union, said they were hard worked with the hats with the AMA tournament since last week.
Because renovation has limited space in the bookstore, the store also is selling shirts on the fourth floor of the union, she said. Until the Jayhawks' fate is determined this weekend, the bookstore will only be
selling shirts bearing the NCAA logo.
The bookstore had offered only one type of shirt last week, but when Katie was seventy, a second shirt quickly was ordered.
"We needed to take advantage of the winning streak, and they said they have been selling well," Feiter said.
Mike Swalm, assistant manager of the Jayhawk Bookstore, said the store would begin to sell NCAA shirts if Kansas entered the Final Four.
"The generic tournament shirt isn't very popular. In fact, we still have some from last year," he said. "It's not that we're not confident we going to win, but we are playing Indiana, and they're a good team."
"But when we make the Final Four, we will have shirts, and when we win the championship, we will have a plethora of styles."
Gear for Sports, a Lenexa sporting goods manufacturer, will produce shirts for both bookstores as well as
many area shops if the 'Hawks make it to the Final Four.
"If Kansas wins their game Saturday, we will be in production by 9 p.m. Saturday, and stores will have the goods by Sunday," said Scott Durham, production planning manager for the company.
As of yesterday, 14 of the 16 schools still in the tournament had made plans to produce shirts if they should get into the Final Four. Durham said.
Merchants from as far away as St. John's University in New York to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas have contracted with the company.
"The fever builds," he said.
"There are some schools that didn't really look like they had a chance that have called us in the last few days. Other schools, like UNLV, have called them. The number of students. RU called a few days ago."
Durham said that although he and his staff were working long hours this time of year, he still was rooting for Kansas in the tournament.
Pat Manson, Aurora, Colo., senior, gets a lift from Brad Feldkamp, Kansas City, Mo., junior.
Track teams shift seasons
By Rick C. Honish
Kansan sportswriter
Memories of this year's NCAA indoor championships are still vivid. Track athletics as a part of outdoor sports.
Junior Jason Teal, a member of the relay team, said many members of the nine other teams at the meet were runners from Kenya and Ethiopia.
Senior all-American pole vaulter Pat Manson and the four-member 3,200-meter relay team competed March 10-11 in Indianapolis against some of the greatest track athletes in the world.
"We couldn't warm up on the track we ran the race on. Teal said." We had to warm up in a separate atmosphere.
"It has really become a world-class meet," he said. Teal, along with freshman Dan Waters and seniors Daniel Rivieri and Brendan Smiley, faced unfamiliar obstacles to the way to becoming American and the fifth best U.S. collegiate relay team.
Also, the team did not run immediately after the warm-up. Smiedala said.
"We had to stand and wait in an entry tunnel for about fifteen minutes before the race," he said.
When the team did run its first race, it was a preliminary. Two teams would be eliminated, leaving three to win.
The Jayhawks squeaked by in the preliminaries, placing eight, but it was enough to get them into the finals.
"For these guys to run twice in two consecutive days and do what they did was just amazing," Manson said.
In front of 13,000 fans in the Hoosier Dome, the team seared 4.5 seconds off their preliminary time and finished fifth in the final race, earning all-American honors as well.
Manson, the team captain, won all-American honors in his fourth consecutive trip to the indoor nationals. He said the meet was different from previous NCAA competitions.
"This year, being my last, I wanted to go in and have some fun and come out healthy," he said.
The qualifying height was raised at this year's meet to reduce the number of vaulters. Manson said there were 32 vaulters at last year's meet, but a four inch reduction in qualifying height reduced the number to 16 this year.
Manson soared over the bar on his first two jumps and then buckled down for a run at the championship. His final vault of 18-6 was good enough for his second conversion record finish.
His final vault of 18-6 was good enough for his second consecutive second-place finish.
"The first year I was surprised at just being there," he said. "This year I was laughing every time I cleared a bar. It was fun."
Manson said that he wanted to win an indoor championship but that he was happy with his career at
"I came here because I thought it was the best vault program in the country, and I still do." he said.
Manson has one more shot at a national title, and the road to the outdoor championships begins March 23rd at the Alumni Meet in Memorial Stadium. The meet will begin on Monday for the season for the men's and the women's track teams.
Knight
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UPI Coach of the Year in 1975, 1976 and 1989, and has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year six times.
The effort Knight demands on the court only can be rivaled by the effort he demands off the court. All but three of his four-year athletes have completed degrees, a graduation rate of nearly 95 percent.
season is structured to place the importance back on the student part of "student-athlete."
Knight said he thought the NCAA needed to look into the wav the
"I don't think a game on a weeknight should ever be allowed to start past an oclock local time," he said. "You have to be careful." Teams are required to play
every weekend so they don't have to miss class. I also think you should be required to play over Thanksgiving and Christmas break to avoid missing more class time. There are a lot of things that could easily be done."
Despite his tough-guy image, some of Knight's players see him in a much
Jackson's days as a sports-card commodity may be ending
different light
"Most people won't believe this, but it's fun playing for Coach Knight." Cheaney, a sophomore said. "I don't really like the game and yells at us all the time, but he really isn't like that. He just wants you to play hard."
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
B jackson's wait-and-see stance on his career-threatening hip injury has the sports memorabilia industry known for his value as a sports collectible.
A national advertising figure and beloved two-sport athlete, Jackson was released Tuesday by the Kansas City Royals because of a hip injury he sustained while playing football with the Los Angeles Raiders.
"When they announced the severity of his injury, everyone was looking to sell instead of buy his card," he said. "My guess is there will be an attractive impact and then some other people wait and see how he does."
Before the injury, Jackson was a top-selling athlete in local sports memorabilia stores. Now, a few days after his injury, he still is.
His comeback would have a significant impact on the value of his sports trading cards, T-shirts, autographs and other collectibles, according to local and national sports memorabilia experts and dealers.
Despite doctors' opinions that his athletic career is over, Jackson has vowed to return to professional sports at a later date.
Dona Brown, owner of Brown's Baseball Cards in Topeka, said Jackson's injury spurred some speculative interest among her customers.
"It would depend if the injury is career-ending or if he comes back," said Rich Klein, price guide analyst for Dallas-based Beckett Publications, a national company producing price indexes for sports cards. "If he enters the level in either football or baseball, the prices may not be affected at all."
Joe Delfolez, owner of JD's Baseball Card and Sports Nostalgia Shop, 1420 W. 23rd St., said that local interest in Jackson's cards had
It is too early to know about Jackson's future as a collectible commodity, he said.
"He's one of the hotter players we have," she said. "He definitely sells in the top five."
increased since his release from the Royals.
"Around here, there won't be any slack off period unless Bo signs with the A's," he said. "Then, it's anybody's guess what will happen."
Joe Ward, manager of Sportstuff in Wichita, said Jackson collectibles were the hotest sellers in Wichita.
"On posters, T-shirts, cards and whatever else, he sells more than Michael Jordan, Barry Sanders and Joe Montana," he said.
Because of Jackson's local appeal, a drop in his card value would hurt the dealers near Kansas City, where his cards are worth more money than Beckett and other national price guides list them for. Ward said.
For instance, the latest issue of Beckett's Baseball Card Price Guide lists Jackson's 1987 Fleer rookie card price at $22.50. The latest Beckett's Football Card Price Guide lists his 1988 Tornos rookie card price at $16.
The Tops Chewing Gum Co., one of the nation's top producers of baseball and football cards, is also a sportsman's future as a trading-card figure.
Like area dealers and collectors, the company's decision about Jackson hinges on whether the injury will be minor or major. Mr. Boyle of Topps public relations.
Ward sells the same cards for $30 and $25 respectively, and will continue to do so as long as they sell at that price.
"The baseball card for this year is already out," he said. "My guess there would be a football card this season because they are being produced now."
A commemorative set might be produced if Jackson is forced out of sports for good. Boyle said.
"But, if there is a special set, we wouldn't know about it yet," he said. "That would still have to be discussed."
Klein said that he and the other experts at Beckett believed that Jackson's nationwide popularity would take a while to wear off.
"His cards sell," he said. "He's Bo."
Pictured clockwise from left is a lifesize cardboard cutout, autographed balls and collector's magazine, and Jackson's 1987 Fleer rookie baseball card.
Sports briefs Tyson's suit to block title bout thrown out
NEW YORK — Mike Tyson's lawsuiting seek to block sanctioning of next month's heavyweight title bout between Evander Hollyfield and George Foreman was dismissed yesterday in a federal court.
Judge John Martin Jr. of the Southern district of New York said in Tyson's suit against the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation and officers of those organizations that a champion has one year within which to defend his title against the leading available contender. During that period, he may make a voluntary defense against any boxer rated on the ten 10.
Holfyfield will fight Foreman, ranked third by the WBA and IBF. April 19 in Atlantic City.
Tyson had sued after claiming he was entitled to a rematch with Buster Douglas after Douglas knocked him out in February 1980. Instead, Douglas fought and lost to Hollyfield.
NFL owners modify rules, interpretations
The proposal by Jerry Seeman, the league's new supervisor of officials, clarifies a rule that has been one of the most controversial since it took effect in 1978.
KOHALA, Hawaii — NFL owners modified the controversial “in the grasp” rule yesterday in a way that should give quarterbacks such as John Elway and Randall Cunningham more leeway to scramble.
"If a quarterback is scrambling from the pocket and one man gets his hand on him, he's not down," Seaman said. "It takes effect only when the man is being held up and there are other defenders around to grab him."
Seeman said the competition committee, which proposes the rules, reviewed the tapes from 31 "in the grasp" situations during the 1981 season. Of those, he said 20 were plays on which the quarterback would have been called down under the old rules.
But only eight would be whistled dead under the new one, he said.
"We don't want to see the play stopped when a guy is in the hands of a defender and still can throw the 40 yards downfield," said Seeman.
From The Associated Press