Universit d' Daliv Kansan / Wednesday, June 27, 1990 Sports 11 McEnroe loses Wimbledon opener The Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — John McErse, sadly older but no wiser, won a meaningless war of words while staggering wearily to a first, round loss on Wimbledon's worst day ever for seeded players. Once again, McEnroe's mouth got in the way of his talent, breaking his concentration and wasting his energy. "IIf I knew the answer to why I did those things, I'd probably be senator of New York right now, at a minimum, if not the president of the "United States." McEnroe said with a shrug. McEroe's moments of glory or Centre Court in three Wimbledon championships seemed far away yet- sward as he absorbed a relentless assault of volley and serves by bick Rostagin in a 7-5, 6-4 loss. five months after getting thrown out of the Australian Open, McEnroe's earliest Wimbledon exit since 1998 took a hard look at his tennis future. "I feel pretty strongly that this is just the beginning, but if I take a couple of steps in the wrong direction, in my opinion I'll be out of the game in six months," McEnroe said. The future looked wonderful for 14-year-old American Jennifer Caprioli, who followed McEnroe onto Centre Court. "I knew he would win," she said. "He said, 'I'm the one,' she said. Caprioli became the youngest winner in Wimbledon history. Capriati's 6-3, 6-1 victory over Canada's Helen Kelien moved into the second round with top-seeded Steffi Graf, second-seeded Martina Navratilova, third-seeded Monica Sedin and fourth-seeded Gabriela Bastian. The women's sixth seed, 1989 French Open champion Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, fell to American Betsy Nazelsen. Meanwhile, five of the top men players tumbled out, including No. 4 McEnroe; No. 5 Andre Gomez, the French Open champion; No. 6 Tim Mayotte; No. 12 Pete Sampras; and No. 14 Petr Korda. Throwing in No. 16 Yannick Nohan, who lost Monday, the six-first-round losses were the most by men's seeds since Wimbledon beginning play-in. No. 3 Stefan Edberg and No. 13 Michael Chang avoided the carriage to join top-seeded Ivan Lendl and No. 2 Boris Becker, who won their first-round matches Monday. The biggest shocker by far was McEnroe's loss, though he conceded he was worried about the match "It was unrealistic to think that I could come in and do a whole lot, based on what had happened in the past few months," she said. "It was astormy Australian default with a shoulder injury." "So I really want'n't expect a whole lot." McEuroce said he knew the 129th-ranked Rostagio was dangerous — the California held two match points before losing to Becker at the U.S. college year and lost a tough fiveetter to Commerce here two years ago. McEnroe insisted that, if he were playing well, he should not have lost to Rostagno. "But he's capable of playing very high caliber tennis and he did." McEnroe said. "He played a good match." Nether a new racket designed to give McEnroe more power nor a collection of old tapes of his triumphs that he hoped would inspire him helped much. McEarroe looked sluggish and heavy on his feet from the start. He had trouble moving in quickly enough to pick up half-volleys of short shots by Rostagno, and was diving in the third game of the first set. MeEmore began complaining about calls in the next game, staring at a spot where he thought Rostagnog had hit wide on a serve that was called too far. He did not stop still brooding about it after Rostagnog hit a service winner to take the game. McEnobre continued to complain to the umpire, Steve Winyard, about several other calls in the first set, particularly in the final game when Rostagio served out after an exchange of breaks. McEunroe never lost control of his temper as he did in Australia, perhaps because he was thinking that another $1,000 in fines would keep him out of the U.S. Open, his favorite tournament. "It's important for me to be able to play there," he said. "That's where I'm from. "The fact that I was in that position (added) more pressure than was necessary." Mason hires new receivers coach Bv Ann Sommerlath Kansan staff writer John Jefferson, a former Pro Bowl wide receiver during an eight-year NFL career, was named assistant football coach for Kansas yesterday by Coach Glen Mason. Jefferson will be here this week to discuss summer scout reports and the team's playbook. He will lead a weekly practice, which begins Aug. 9. Offensive Coach Golden Ruel said that Mason considered four candidates for receivers coach but chosen the most experienced at the position. "He demonstrated himself to be a sharp individual and had an extensive pro career," Ruel said. "Everything just fell into place." Jefferson said yesterday that he was looking forward to coaching the Javhawks. "I had a chance to talk to the players yesterday and they seem to be a great group of guys," he said. "So far it's been a lot of fun, and that's my philosophy — to have fun playing the game." Jefferson comes to Kansas from Southern Methodist University, where he worked part of one year as coach of the Mustang receivers. He was a consensus All-American for Arizona State University and was the No. 1 pick of the San Diego Chargers in 1978. In his first season with the team, he tied All-Rookie and All-Pro. He tied an NL Rookie record with thirted touchdown catches. in 1890, he led the NFL in receiving yards. He was named to the NFC-AFC Pro Bowl in each of his three seasons with San Diego. After three years with the Chargers, Jefferson played for the Green Bay Packers. He was a valuable player of the Pro Bowl in 1982. Jetterson said he planned to move to Lawrence by mid-July. Randall shoots for U.S. hoop team Keith Thorpe/KANSAN Mark Randall is a finalist for the U.S. team for the Goodwill Games. By Ann Sommerlath Kansan staff writer Mark Randall likes to keep the summers for himself. But it is hard to see any signs that Randall is relaxing this summer. "I decided to take a break this summer to relax and have a good time," he said. The selections for the team were announced June 17 at Duke University. Randall side from being involved with basketball camps around Kansas, Randall is among the 16 finalists for the U.S. basketball team that will compete at the Goodwill Games, which begin July 23 in Seattle. Randall attended three days of tryouts in Durham, N.C., this month. At the time, he was one of 20 players for Colorado Springs, Colo. He said that now that the team was down to 16 players, he was not sure how many would be cut. After the Goodwill Games, the square will host the world championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Aug. 8-19. "Coach could cut one person or he could cut four." Randall said of Coach Mike Krzewski. "He may just want to get it down to world-class." The team's only definite thing is that he's eventually got cut it down to 12." Randall said it would be tough for Krzyezski, the basketball coach at Duke University, to make that decision. "He's got to pick not the best individual players but the guys that play the best together, like last year's World University team," he said. randall will return to Duke with the other 15 players July 10 to begin training. These surviving the third cut will travel to Portland, Ore., July 18 and will continue practicing until the Games begin. ne said all the teams competing in the Games would be top contenders for the title. Randall was a member of last summer's gold-medal U.S. team at the World University Games. Athletes make pitch to NCAA CHICAGO — The first NCAA policy-makers to hear firsthand the views of student-athletes got an earful yesterday. The Associated Press "We told them athletes don't even know what the NCAA is, what it stands for," said Leslie Daland, a swimmer from the University of Southern California. "We told them most athletes think of the NCAA as just an evil institution that makes rules "Their reply was, 'Well, we're used to being the scapegoats.'" David Berkoff, a swimmer from Harvard, Kristie Groteke, a track athlete from Manhattan College, and Daland met for more than 90 minutes with officers of the powerful NCAA Presidents Commission. By the end of its two-day meeting today, the commission hopes to set an agenda and plan a strategy for what promises to be a tumultuous 1991 NCAA convention. The conference with the student-athletes, a select group from the newly formed student-athlete advice team, will head up the NCAA power brokers had formally sought the views of athletes. "I think they listened to us," Daland said. "I think we'll have an impact." * "We've been making history this morning." Groteke said. "We're happy about that. It's a good start." The athletes said they called for: Toughen penalties for drug use. At least a small monthly stipend for athletes. Continuation of freshman eligibil- Continuation of freshman eligibility. try. All allowing delegates representing student-athletes to speak at the NCAA convention. - Avoiding the lumping together of all non-revenue sports when writing controversial 1991 legislation to cut back time demands for student-athletics. - Reducing time demands figures to be the major thrust of the presidents' 1991 agenda. During the 1990 convention, they overcame bitter opposition and forced cutbacks in football and basketball. "They're talking about across the board rules that say you can't spend more than 20 hours a week playing or practicing during your season," Groteke said. "And only if you're going to work." We told them we're in sympathy with the idea. But it's just impractical to try to treat every sport the same." Echoing many coaches, Daland and Groteke told the presidents that such across-the-board cuts could ruin many sports. "There is no way that we'll be able to compete at an Olympic level." Daland said. "Athletes who aren't in football or basketball out of love for their sport, not because they see the incredible career ahead *uns incredible pro career ahead. "We told them if they say kids can only practice eight hours a week in the off season, they're still going to practice many more hours." Groteke said. "But they'll do it without supervision, and there will be more injuries." After Aug. 1, NCAA athletes testing positive for drugs will get an automatic one-year suspension. The press told that punishment is inadequate. "We told them if you get caught once, you should get kicked out forever. No second chance." Groteke said. "Everybody knows it's bad. Everybody knows it's wrong. The pro-leagues are setting a terrible example on drugs by letting guys get back in after they've been caught as users. "What do you think little kids think when they see their heroes keep getting caught with drugs and keep getting back in?" Groteke said her main point was the monthly stipend. so many inner-city kids can't call their parents and ask for money," she said. "For a lot of them, it's hard to get by from week to week. They really struggle. Even if it was just $1 a week, that would make such a great difference. There are athletes out there committing crimes just because they desperately need the money." Groteke said the presidents' reaction to her pleas was fair. "They were listening and I think they understood my point," she said. Sports briefs CONTRACT EXTENSIONS: The contracts of Missouri assistant basketball coaches Rich Daly and Bob Sundvold have been extended through Sept. 30, school officials said Monday. NCAA allegations. Sundovold and Daly have both been cited in those allegations. NCAA on the Missouri officials will appear before the NCAA Infractions Committee in August to respond to Athletic director Dick Tamburo said the extension would give Missouri the chance to be named by the NCAA on the basketball program. The two coaches' contracts were scheduled to end June 30. Both Sundvold and Daly said last week that they had not pursued job opportunities away from the school. TENNIS AT KANSAS Qualifying competition for the $12,500 Mainline Tennis Classic will begin Friday at Kansas. A record 288 players will compete for seed positions in the tournament, said Art Newcomb, tournament spokesman. When the preliminary competition is finished, the final 16 players will join 40 direct entries in the 64-player main draw competition July 3-8. During the week of July 22, the top 48 players and 16 doubles teams will travel to Wichita for the $12,500 U.S. Tennis Association Segment Four Masters. 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