University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, January 29, 1991
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'Hawks hope to break traditions at K-State
By S. J. Bailey
Kansan sportswriter
During the past two seasons, Kansas is 25-1 when playing in the friendly atmosphere of Allen Field House.
During the past two weeks, the Jayhawks have played four consecutive home games and have defeated by an average margin of 26 points.
But Kansas, 13-4 and 2-2 in the Big Eight Conference, has had problems on the road this season. The Jayhawks have a 3-4 road record, including conference losses at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
"I definitely think they will be hungry," Kansas coach Roy Williams said yesterday "I think you can look in the paper and know they haven't won in the conference, but that doesn't mean they're not a good basketball team. They're a much better team than 0-4 indicates."
Tonight, Kansas ventures to Manhattan to take on a Kansas State team starving for its first conference victory. The Wildcats are 10-7, but 0-4 in conference play. Only one of the four Kansas teams has been played in Manhattan.
Despite the Jayhawks improvement during the four-game home stand, Williams said Kansas still
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needed to become better if it was going to win conference games on the road. Only the Nebraska Cornhusk team came away from his court.
"We team still needs to be challenged," he said. "We've played pretty well the last three or four games, but we've also been in the friendly contines. I think that really helps. But I like the challenge of playing the right hands that we played on the road this year, but we haven't played the kind of basketball we need to play for 40 minutes.
"It's been a comfortable feeling playable here lately. We've been at home and things have been going our way. I'm anxious to see how we do tomorrow night. I'm excited about it."
Senior forward Jean Deroilleu and senior guard Jeff Wires lead the Wildcats in scoring with 17.1 and 12.9 points a game respectively. But Williams said the Wildcats were more than just a two-man show.
"Jew Wires has really blossomed this year, and I think Jean is awfully good, as he was last year," he said. "They're bigger and more of a
"They're bigger and more rebounding team than they were last
year. This year I think they are more of a threat inside and have some kids who can block shots. They're also an athletic that they were last year."
Williams said this year's Wildcats had done a commendable job adapting to the graduation and loss of all-Conference guard Steve Henson.
Henson.
"I have about as much respect for Steve Henson as any player I've ever coached against," he said. "I thought he was the ultimate competitor; a tough kid who was willing to do anything he had to to win. I'm not saying that this year's team isn't competitive, but I'll tell you I was happy he graduated."
Williams said the fact that the
"I'm hoping that our guys look at the poll and feel like they've accomplished something recently and have improved and gotten better," he said. "I think they have. But I didn't know that they ranked to the rankups last year either."
Williams said the fact that the Jayhawks moved into The Associated Press college basketball rankings at No. 24 this week should not invoke comparisons to last year's team.
The Jayhawks go into Fred Bramage Coliseum have won their last two games against the Wildcats, and winners of the last seven meetings in
Kansas Basketball GAME 18
KANSAS
JAYHAWKS
Coach: Roy Williams
Record: 13-4
KANSAS STATE
WILDCATS
Coach: Dana Altman
Record: 10-7
PROBABLE STARTERS
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F-Alonzo Jamison 6-6 11.2 6.0
F-Mike Maddox 6-7 8.9 3.1
F-Mark Randall 6-9 14.3 5.4
G-Terry Brown 6-2 19.1 3.7
G-Adonis Jordan 5-11 11.4 2.9
Player Ht. PPG RPG
F-Jean Derouillere 6-5 17.1 3.9
F-Wyle Howard 6-8 9.8 6.8
C-Maurice Brittain 6-9 7.5 6.4
G-Jeff Wires 6-0 12.9 4.1
G-Kelth Amerson 6-4 8.2 5.3
**Game Notes:** Kansas will play K-State at 6:35 tonight in Manhattan. The Jayhawks lead the series against the Wildcats 133-86, and 54-43 in Manhattan. Kansas has won seven straight games in Manhattan and is 2-0 in Fred Bramlance Coliseum. Mark Rardall needs one rebound to become the fifth Kansas player to score 1,300 points and pull down 600 rebounds in his career. After having trouble at the free throw line early in the season, Alonzo Jamison hit 75 percent from the line in the last six games (15-20), improving his season average to 50 percent.
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Perfect pitch
Shelly Sack works on her pitching during the softball team's first practice at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. The Lady Jayhawks began spring warm-ups Thursday night.
1920s football star dies
From staff and wire reports
The Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, III. — Harold "Red" Grange, the "Galloping Ghost" who exploits popularized professional football, was remembered yesterday as a modest man who prized younger players, joked with his friends and worked hard to pay for his education.
Grange, who was 87, died of complications from pneumonia about 3 a.m. yesterday, said his wife of 49 years, Margaret Garrente. He had been in the hospital since July and been on the critical list for a week.
it just use one word — humble,
the most humble person I've ever
met. Johnston will classify
Seely Johnson, who has a Champ-
aign sporting goods store.
Grange was an electrifying collegiate athlete who, against Michigan in 1924, ran for five touchdowns and passed for a sixth.
The Kansas football team received an oral commitment from lineman Mark Allison of Minneapolis, Kan., yesterday afternoon.
He wore No. 77 from 1923 through 1925, and was an All-American for three seasons.
Sports briefs
KU gets commitment from Kansas standout
Allison's commitment was confirmed yesterday by his high school coach Max Heinrichs and Allen Wallace of Super Prep.
"KU is getting one of the best," Heinrichs said. "He's a good player and a good student."
Allison, 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds, is a member of the Parade magazine and Super Prep Football magazine All-America teams.
Wallace said Allison picked Kansas over Oklahoma and Colorado.
"Allison is a Jayhawk and that is a huge thing for them," Wallace said. "He could have gone anywhere he wanted. He's the exact kind of kid
Clemens, who was given the suspension along with a $10,000 fine for his actions in Game 4 of the American League playoffs,argued his case along with his agent, Randy Hendricks, and Gene Orza and Michael Weiner of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
NEW YORK — Roger Clemens appeared before American League president Bobby Brown yesterday in an appearance that was suspended at the start of the season.
you need to keep at home if you want to go to bowl games."
to overturn suspension
Although Allison has committed to KU, he cannot sign a letter of intent until Feb. 6. Letters of intent bind players to their college choice.
Clemens argues case
Gambling link to fantasy leagues
Misdemeanor charge in Florida decision says chance outweighs skill
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Prospering sports fantasy leagues, which offer an estimated 1 million fans the opportunity to build and run their own teams, were dealt a dose of uncertainty with the decision linking them to gaming.
A mini-industry of statistics services and books giving detailed information on performances of professional baseball, football and hockey players has grown up around the country. The team is located at a New York restaurant in 1980.
Some newspapers, including USA Today and The National, tailor regular columns to fantasy league owners, who typically want to know "inside dope" that could affect on-the-field play.
One of the founders of the Rotisserie League Baseball Association — which takes its name from that now closed New York eatery — said the league, with a recent ruling hit the popular league world like a hard brushback pitch.
Glen Waggoner, a contributing editor to Equire magazine and a freelance writer, said the Jan. 10 opinion piece "The Unworthy Worth was the first in the nation he
knew about that describes fantasy leagues as a form of gambling.
"I hope it doesn't deter anybody," Waggoner said. "I can't imagine that if you take the stakes we play for, that any law enforcement agency in the country is going to get exercised."
While top finishers in fantasy leagues do win money, Waggoner said that was not the point for the vast majority of players.
"The money is not even close to the biggest reason to play this game," Waggoner said.
"You sit in the s'ands and watch a $3 million outfielder loaf after a fly ball, and you tell yourself that if you were in charge you'd throw the bums out of there," he said. "When you play Rotisserie League, you get to throw the bums out of there. It allows you as an owner to try to manage better than the others in your league."
Batterworth, in a non-binding opinion requested by the state attorney in Orlando, said that a fantasy league in which a fee is charged and prize money distributed is a minstemerone fund. The fund must pay 60 days in jail and a fee of $500.
the linchpin of Butterworth's decision was his finding that a fantasy league, in this case a football league, involves more chance than skill. One of his previous opinions allowed events such as hole-in-one golf tournaments because they were based on skill.
But, he added, the prizes are awarded based on player performances, which involve enough of an element of chance to violate Florida
Fantasy league operators disagree.
"Obviously, there's skill involved," said Phil Price, who runs Fantastic Sports Leagues out of Newport Beach, Calif. "You have to keep your skills sharp." The same kind of luck that involved is the same kind of luck that you find in any endeavor of life."
The rules for league play vary, but the 40-member RLA publishes a rulebook and guide to baseball players every year that outlines the basic idea. Waggoner, a co-editor, said the
At the end of the season, a pot of money — made up of the initial salaries paid and fees for various transactions — is divided among the top four finishers if the league has 10 teams.
Standings are based on cumulative statistics in pitching and hitting categories for baseball; football and hockey leagues use similar methods. Computer statistics services charging a fee for each team have sprouted nationwide to keep track of the standings. Players can also league call-ups or other transactions.
Cycling club meets to raise interest
book sold some 50,000 copies in 1990. Under those rules, a league of owners conducts an annual auction draft of players, basing value on real-life performance. A salary cap is imposed forcing owners to careful with their wallets and rewarding those who contribute up with bargains.
The big prize for the RLBA — this is not a misprint — is a bottle of the chocolate-flavored Yoo-Hoo soft drink dumped on the head of the pennant winner.
The Rotisserie book recommends a salary cap of $260, but some leagues play for a fraction of that or for no moey at all.
Kansan sportswriter
Seamon said the club had changed to allow anyone who enjoyed riding to have a place on the team.
By Lana Smith
Changes included adding junior's, women's and master's teams.
Club president Greg Seamon continually stated his goal of wanting anyone and everyone interested in circle riding to participate in the club.
The Kansas Cycling Club met last night in the Burge Union to raise the interest of prospective members and to inform them in attendance about the club's goals for the coming season.
"The club is an opportunity to be in a team." Seasan said. "You don't have to win or even place in the top 10. We are not out to make a team to outpower everyone. We're trying to develop as a team."
The club also divided into subgroups of similar riders.
would benefit everyone but that there still would be a leading group to make major decisions and be there for members when problems arise.
Seamon said that the subdivisions
To become a member of the club,
each rider must pay a $5 fee to the
Lawrence Bicycle Club and buy a
jersey. There are no membership
dues. Licensing is not a requirement
for riders.
Jim Whittaker, the club's vice president, said he would like to see the team decide who would receive money from sponsors.
"It may not be who's the best, but who commits the most time and contributes the most to the club." Whittaker said. "I want to get input from everyone, so it won't be elitest."
Although no licensing is required, only licensed riders are eligible to receive support from any of the team's sponsors.
Season agreed that the sponsorship issue needed to be decided by the team. He said money would not
necessarily be alloted to the best riders.
"It takes a lot of work to work as a team," Seamon said. "A lot of times those guys don't get recognized."
As a club, the riders will participate in training rides and work together to promote and represent charity and the sponsors. Seasan said.
Lathrop said the rides were more for bikers who intended to race but were still for fun. He said there would be more rides for less-experienced riders.
The training rides will begin in mid-February, weather permitting, and will occur about two times each week.
Junior Marc Branham, the club's treasurer, said he thought the Tuesday night rides were beneficial.
Lawrence resident Ron Lathrop led the Tuesday night training rides last season and said they would begin as soon as the weather warmed again.
"The better cyclists show how to stay in a pace line and give advice," Branham said.
Sophomore Kevin McConkey, last year's club president, said he had seen growing interest in the club since it was brought back to life four years ago after several years of inactivity.
The ride usually began at Wesco Hall. The ride's ride depended on the wind. The team rode into the wind on the way out at a moderate pace and came back with the wind, racing up to 25 mph.
"We wanted to host a race." McConkey said. "I went to the LBC and pleaded for money. We broke even on the first race."
The club merged with the Lawrence Bicycling Club last year after McConkey went to them for support.
The club sponsored the KU Criterium in April and had planned to make it an annual race.
Lady'Hawks net two victories on road
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
It was the weekend of the unexpected for the Kansas women's tennis team during their trip to Iowa City, Iowa.
Freshman Chris Bowers said the team bus broke down about 6 p.m. Sunday as the team was returning to Lawrence.
They registered an unexpected win over 16-hanked Indiana 5-4, suffered an unexpected loss to Iowa and to spend an unexpected ninth in NC.
"It was this town with only a few hotels and we could find only one guy who wasn't watching the Super Bowl who would fix the van," Bowers said. "He didn't have the right part."
Kansas women's coach Michael Center informed Kansas men's tennis coach Scott Perelman about the problem by telephone. Perelman sent student assistant bill Coach Shaw to Larnoni in a spare van. The team finally made it home at 7 a.m. yesterday.
"We were having a bad day," Raychaudhuri said. "No one was really surprised."
Junior Renee Raychaudhuri said the van's failure was appropriate after the Javahaws' loss to Iowa.
"I think there may have been a little bit of a letdown after
The Jayhawks lost to the Hawkies when Kansas' Buffy McLaneyn and Laura Hagemam dropped a tie in the third set of a problem羽毛球。
Indiana." Raychaudhuri said. "Hopefully, we learned a lesson, and it won't happen again."
Junior Page Goins said Kansas played with confidence against the Hoosiers.
The van failure may have been the low point of the trip, but the Jayhawks' victory against Indiana was the opposite.
Kansas junior Eveline Hamers
"We were looking forward to playing them," Goins said. "We played well against Drake and we hit it into the match with Indiana."
Not everything that happened over the weekend was a surprise, however. As expected, the Jay-ests smashed Drake 7-1 on Friday.
defeated Drake's Tisa Vail 6-4, 6-0. It was the first of three victories for Hamers in singles competition during the weekend.
Raychaudhuri also began the season's singles competition with three victories. Raychaudhuri defeated Drake's Kimberly Forti in three and beat Iowa's Tracey Poyton and beat Jody Yun in two sets each.
The doubles team of Hamers and Raychaudhuri started the season 2-0. The pair did not play against Drake because the team competition was won by that time and Raychaudhuri has a sore shoulder.
("Center) wanted to save me for Indiana and Iowa." Raychaudhuri said. "The more I use my shoulder, the more sore it will get."