Sports
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 11, 1990
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American League stars win 2-0 Saberhagen is winning pitcher as rains plague Wrigley Field
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CHICAGO ⇐ Not even rain could water down what American League pitching did in all-Star game. In the national League simply had no hitters.
The Nationals were held to a record-low two hits and Julio Franco followed a 68-minute rain delay by lining a two-run double in the seventh inning last night as the Americans won their eight victory and fourth in five years.
The Americans managed just seven hits, but that was enough for their longest winning streak since 1984. They narrowed the gap in the series to 37-23.
"There wasn't much to swing at for either side," AL manager Tony La Russa said.
Never before had an All-Star team
been held to fewer than three hits, but Bob Welch, Dave Slieth, Bret Saberhagen, Bobby Thiggen, Chuck Finley and Dennis Eckersley combined to do it for the AL's second shutout, the first coming in 1946.
Saberhagen was the winning pitcher and Eckersley got the save.
"You're not going to beat too many people with two hits," said NL manager Roger Craig who used a record nine pitches.
Will Clark's line-drive single to center field with two outs in the first and Len Dykstra's leoadft single in the ninth was all the Nationals could muster. They had only two other runners, walks to pinch-hitter Tony Gwynn in the third and Barry Bonds in the eighth, a span of 16 battens.
The last time a team was held to three hits it was the AL which had the
bad offensive outing in 1968.
Bad weather helped make the good pitching even better. Intermittent showers made the hitters uncomfortable and a 16 mph wind blowing in from center field knocked down every fly ball.
For at least one game, Wrigley Field, known as a hitters' park, was a pitchers' paradise.
Once again, rain got its revenge at Wrigley Field. The first night game ever scheduled for the ballpark in 1988 was washed out, and some traditionalists said that was in return for putting lights at the field. The first night game this season at Wrigley also was washed out.
“It’s never fun to play in the rain,” said AL shortstop Calip Ruben. “And in the All-Star game, you’d like perfect conditions.”
Major league baseball took out a $17 million insurance policy with Lloyd's of London to protect against a rainout. If the game had been postponed, it would have been played at the AL to rankle four games.
The start of the game was delayed 17 minutes by rain and Franco's gabehd hit off Rob Dibble came after a wait of more than an hour.
"I went inside and just tried to "stretch and concentrate," said Franco, the game's MVP. "Then I tried to look at him while he was warming up because I never saw him before. They said he threw hard."
"Everything came down to me against the guy, and I got beat with a football. The way it ought to be," said the man, who has been clocked at 100 mph.
Manning conducting basketball camp
By Ann Sommerlath
Kansen sportswriter
"Danny Manning for president"
bumper stickers are still a common sight around the star's home-town two years after Manning led the Jayhawks to an NCAA champ in 1988. Danny Manning himself in 1983.
But Manning is glad to be back in Lawrence this week
Manning is conducting a basketball camp until Friday with Lawrence High School coach Ted Juneau, Manning's senior year high school coach. Juneau named the summer camp after Manning.
"I're nice to come back for a visit to see all my friends and coaches," Manning said yesterday.
After a much-improved second season with the Los Angeles Clippers, Manning said he is going through his own rehabilitation process and is recovering from a knee injury he suffered as a rookie.
"I'm playing a lot during the off-season to stay in shape," Manning said.
He's also lifting weights in an effort to improve.
"I was pleased with the way I played last season, but I want to do better," he said.
Manning shattered his right knee in a game at Milwaukee his first year and was forced to wear a brace to support and protect it. The knee was surgically reconstructed in January 1989.
Despite the injury, Manning returned as a sixth man to the Clippers' lineup and recorded 20 points in 20 minutes in his first game back.
Manning's outlook is more optimistic for next season. He said he thinks he can do better and wants to help the Clippers become a Championship Clippers ended the season sixth in the seven-tank Pacific Division.
Former KU players Rick Calloway and Danny Manning have some fun at Manning's basketball camp.
Coaches split on NCAA proposals
By Ann Sommerlath
Kenner staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Kansas coaches are not opposed to certain NCAA proposals pertaining to practice time, scholarships and season lengths, but some say other proposals could be detrimental to their programs.
The proposed legislation, which the NCAA Presidents Commission will sponsor at the 1991 convention, allows college athletes to spend no more than 20 hours a week on sports, cuts the number of scholarships and reduces the number of contests in most sports. Basketball is the only sport in which the number of games would increase, from 25 to 27.
The time reduction is a response to complaints from athletes that there were too many demands on their time. It is based on recommendations from a group of NCAA commissioners.
The 20-hour week includes team meetings, but not physical therapy. The time reduction plan allows three hours per week for games.
"Track is not a problem, and it never has been," Schwartz said. It is being thrown in with other sports that are perceived to have a problem, and the proposals won't change my life or the lives of athletes in track."
Bingham said the new legislation would allow more time for academics but would hurt athletic performance.
Baseball coach Dave Bingham and track coach Gary Schwartz both said their sports would not be affected by the time-reduction proposal.
"All in all, the time constraints will benefit the athletes, but it seems like they're trying to fix something that's wrong in most sports," Bingham said.
Bingham is opposed to the scholarship reductions, though. He said that they would force some students to attend college before the end of their college careers.
"I think professional baseball will use this against us," Bingham said. "They will see that potential players have had less practice time, fewer games, and will assume they haven't developed as fully as they could have otherwise. Overall, the rules will hurt the athlete who is a good student."
The scholarship cuts are an effort to reduce the cost of college athletics, said a representative of the Big Eight office in Kansas City, Mo. The reductions would not take effect until Aug. 1, 1992.
Schools could still give 25 scholarships per year but no more than 44 in a two-year period in football. The overall football scholarship limit would be gradually reduced from the current 95 to 85 by 1984.
Richard Konzem, KU assistant athletic director, said the proposed reduction would help the football program in two ways. Since Kansas football has fewer scholarship players than it did in 2015, it is at a disadvantage compared to other teams with more scholarship players.
"By keeping everyone at 85 schoolers it cuts the gaps," Konzm said. "Kansas football would be the only team to catch up to other programs."
"If you reduce the number of scholarships by ten, you are saving 10 times the value of a scholarship to pay for $40,000 at $40,000 and $70,000." he said.
The number of basketball scholarships also would be reduced. Schools would be limited to four scholarships a year, but no more than seven in a two-year period. The current overall number of 15 would be reduced to 13 by 1983.
Scholarships would be reduced by 10 percent in all other sports except women's volleyball, women's tennis, and women's gymnastics.
Gary Kempf, swimming coach, said the time reduction would cause a problem for his athletes, but that it was possible to develop a schedule that would not conflict with the proposed time constraints.
Kempf said he was concerned about the promised scholarship cuts.
Konzem also said the proposal was beneficial from a cost standpoint.
"It's a shame," Kempt said. "It limits the opportunity of athletes to go to college."
Kempf said the issue of scholarship reductions should not be handled by the Presidents Commission but by a separate budget committee.
Other proposals include phasing out athletic residence halls during a five-year period and allowing only sports activities during an athlete's off-season.
The-commission sought similar reductions at a special NCAA convention in 1987 but was unsuccessful.
The commission and the NCAA council have until Aug. 15 to submit legislation for the January 1991 convention.
The Associated Press
Cardinals hunt for manager need replacement for Herzog
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals continued their search yesterday for a successor to Whitey Herzog, focusing, at least in part, on two former National League managers.
Herrz, who was in his 11th season as Cardinals' manager, resigned Friday. The Cardinals named coach and former manager Red Schoenientt,
67. interim manager and began a search for a permanent replacement.
General Manager Dal Maxvill received permission from the Philadelphia Phillies to speak to one of their coaches, former Houston Astros' manager Hal Lanier.
Meanwhile, Maxvill was in Chicago, possibly to interview former New York Mets and Atlanta Braves manager Joe Torre.
English soccer is readmitted
The Associated Press
GENEVA — England, isolated for five years because of its violence-prone fans, was brought back into the European soccer community yesterday with the decision to allow its players to play in tournaments on the continent.
But, Britain's Minister for Sport, Colin Moynihan, said English clubs agreed to several moves aimed at helping the British head of the English Football Association and the fans effectively remain on probation.
The Union of European Football Associations imposed no explicit conditions on the return of English clubs, banned after the 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster in Brussels in which 39 people died.
Moynihan said he saw the decision as the dawning of a new era for English football.
UEFA's Executive Committee readmitted the clubs after the British government, satisfied with the behavior of English fans at the World Cup in Italy, dropped its opposition. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher personally supported the latest application.
Among thousands of English fans in Italy for the month-long tournament, 68 were arrested and 250 deported.
A UEEFA statement announcing yesterday's decision stresses "the responsibility of the clubs concerned to cooperate with their authorities to avoid incidents on the part of their supporters also at away matches."
Classes and jobs fill summer for football players
By Ann Sommerlath
Kansan sportswriter
Besides taking classes and working, nearly 50 Kansas football players are staying in Lawrence this season to train for the upcoming season.
Pat Ruel, offensive coach, said the main reason that players chose to stay here this summer was to complete classes that would be difficult to take during the season because of workout and game schedules.
"Of course we want them to get bigger, faster and stronger," he said. "But we let them fit the workout into their schedules, which often include jobs."
"I encourage them to take summer school so they can take classes that are different and challenging." Ruel said. "During summer they have more time to spend on that type of course, and I think they can get more
The strenuous thrice-weekly workouts are secondary. Buel said.
Most players, such as linebacker Roger Roben, feel they have a definite advantage over their teammates who went home for the summertime.
"I think the players who stayed here this summer work out harder than those who didn't," Robbson said. "We're together more and that builds trust." It it helps us keep in touch with the main goal we're working toward."
Defensive tackle Dave Walton
'I encourage them to take summer school so they can take classes that are different and challenging.'
Pat Ruel
"I don't think the guys who went home will be as in-tune as they should," Walton said. "From my past experience, even though some are more disciplined, most will return at a disadvantage."
agreed
Strength coach Brad Roll said the coaches' supervision provided incentive to keep in shape.
"There is a tendency to wander from the structure of the school year over the summer," he said. "But those who stayed up here will do a better job of maintaining that structure."
Roll said he provided players who are not here with a workout schedule and periodically checked on the progress of those players.
Both coaches and team members said that regardless of how they are skating in shape, the team will be ready when fall practice begins in August.
"I think we'll be good," said outside linebacker Jason Tyrner. "Our team is going to win." We'll play are bowl teams. But everyone can tell we're getting better."
Defensive tackle Dave Marcum said the summer would benefit the team and would contribute to a winning season.
"We'll pretty much for sure go over the .500 mark," he said.
Paul Friday, standing, and Kenny Drayton go through weight training preparing for the season.