University Daily Kansan / Thursday, May 3, 1990
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Former Kansas athlete takes on police beat
Football, basketball standout faces new tests and challenges
Kansan sportswrite
By Molly Reid
Former Kansas football and basketball player Clint Normore is now a rookie officer for the Lawrence police department.
After he finished playing for the Jayhawks, Clint Normore decided to trade in his Kansas football and basketball teams for one with a little more clout.
"When I'm in uniform, I mean business," said the e-foot-200-pound former tackle and point guard, who wear a Lawrence police uniform. "I want people to know I have a job to do and respect that."
and respect Kansas forward Mark Randall, a teammate and neighbor of Normore's, said Normore's down-to-business attitude was distinctive in any uniform.
"He's an easy guy to get along with," Randall said. "He's a tough guy, a tough player. He goes to work and gets right to it, but he still has fun doing it. (Police work) is a good job for him."
As an athlete at Kansas, the Wichita nation was the fifth-leading tackler for the Jayhawk football team with 62 stops in 1987. He also came off the bench as a point guard for the basketball team. Normore played in 25 basketball games during 1988, the year that Kansas won the national championship, and was the team's assist leader in three games.
Normore gave up his fourth year of football eligibility in 1988 to enter the NFL supplemental draft, but he was not drafted.
He said the transition from player to officer was an easy one.
"As an athlete, you develop a type
of instinct, and that has played over into police work," he said. "Experience as an athlete, period, was helpful."
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Normore, who did not earn, degree, began his police career last fall after applying for a job with the Department and passing the required test.
"I thought about it as a child," he said. "When the opportunity came to try it, I took it. I took the test and passed it. I was elated."
His training began at the police academy in October and lasted six months. Since academy graduation, Normore has been working with a training officer for three months. His more month to complete the four-month, on-road training.
Working in Lawrence, where he was once something of a sports celebrity, has caused only minor problems, Norma said.
"It's different when people want you to be all friendly like you were back in school," he said. "They have always been talkative, they don't talk about basketball or football."
"My true friends really appreciate that. They respect me for what I do. That's all I want. I'm always a police officer, but when not, I'm a friend."
Dave Price, Lodi, Calif., junior,
said he appreciated Normore even
though he was not a close friend.
the culprit returned to the apartment to admit his crime at the request of Normore.
Frieda and his answering machine stolen from his apartment during a party two weeks ago and did not become aware of the incident until
notice.
"I don't know how he caught him."
Price said. "It hadn't been reported.
I learned about it at the party."
Price said Normore went out of his way to get the incident resolved, which was done without an arrest.
knew him before from football and basketball. Then, he saved the day. I've got his business card. That's pretty sweet."
Since he began his work as a police officer, Normore said he had not run into anything he could not handle.
"It was a novelty," Price said. "I
like a class project. I want the final project to be an example of my work."
Although Normore said he worked hard on reports, he said he enjoyed the opportunity to be out in Lawrence.
"I like to be in contact with people," he said. "I'm not one to miss out on the good weather."
Normore, who still plays basketball occasionally, said he had seen other similarities between the athletics department and the police officers he worked with.
"It's great," he said. "There's a brotherhood that I can't believe."
"He's an enforcer type," he said.
brotherhood that I can't believe.
Roadkill said he was sure Normore
Big 8 picks shock team Only one player named from first-place 'Hawks
Only one player named from first-place 'Hawks
Kansan sportswriter
By Paul Augeri
Coach Kalum Haack said he was disappointed that only one Kansas softball player was named to the 12-player 1990 All-Big Eight Conference team.
Kansas softball
However, Haack said his team would not be discouraged.
"We will use it to our advantage in the Big Eight tournament," she said. "The kids will be motivated by the lack of respect they've received."
shortstop Christy Arterburn, a sophomore, made the All-Big Eight first team for the second consecutive year. Pitcher Roanna Brazier, second baseman Kim Sacco and third baseman Camille Spitaleri received honorable mention.
"It is a nice honor, but I thought we should have had more players with me," Arterburn said. "I thought Camille should have been on the team.
"When you look at our record and our stats, we don't have one outstanding player. We are a team with a lot of great players."
The votes were cast last week, before Kansas won the Big Eight regular season title Sunday. The Jayhawks, at 14-15, finished the season. The team finished the season by winning 20 of its final 21 games.
Deb Nelson, assistant director of the Big Eight Service Bureau, said conference coaches were allowed to nominate players from their own team but could not vote for them on the final ballot.
Brazier was 26-5 with a 0.94 earned run average. She also set two Kansas records this season for three stories and single-season victories.
"I was disappointed about not being selected, but right now what counts the most is winning the Big Eight tournament. Zanier said. I wasn't doing anything."
Arterburn, Sacco and Spitaleri claimed the top three spots in hits. Arterburn also led in runs and stolen bases. Braizer's three home runs led the conference, and Spitaleri had a league-best 30 RBI.
Five Oklahoma State players and three Missouri players were chosen to the first team. Cowgirl pitcher Dena Carter, 19-5, 0.61 ERA, was selected for a World Series pitcher Karen Snelsmeg, 12-5, 0.37 ERA, was the other pitcher selected to the first team.
In conference statistics, five Jayhawk players were leaders in five of seven offensive categories.
missouri coach Jay Miller was named Big Eight Coach of the Year.
The Tigers were 28-12 overall and tied for fourth place in the Big Eight with a 3-7 record.
"The important thing is the team, not the individual awards you get," Haack said.
"This is hard to accept because of the lack of competition that Missouri plays all year," Haack said, referring to the high number of non-Division I teams on the Missouri schedule.
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Kansas assistant coach Mitch Wilson spreads sand on the mound while Lance Niles tries to get footing during the top of the second inning of the Jayhawk* game with Emporia State at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. The game was postponed last night because of rain in the bottom of the Inning with Emporia State leading 7-1.
Drying the field
K-State player accused of rape
sports briefs
MANHATTAN - A Kansas State University football player pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of trapping a female student in the campus residence hall where they both
The Associated Press
Ramon N. Davenport, 21, of Union Springs, Al., entered the plea in Riley County District Court. He remained free on $1,000 bond.
lived.
BASEBALL PLAYERS HONORED:
Six members of the Kansas baseball team achieved academic honors, being named to the 1990 Lee Jeans Academic All-Big Eight Honor Roll.
Others who made the honor roll were redshirted freshman first baseman Jim Hanna, sophomore outfielder Steve Meeks, senior pitcher Brad Hinkle and junior pitcher Steve McGinness.
Center fielder Pat Karlin and relief pitcher Curtis Shaw were first team selections.
Kansas placed more players on the honor roll than any other Big Eight school.
Karlin, a senior majoring in business administration, had the highest GPA of any Jawahir, a 3.33 Shaw, an administrator, and a junior administration, had a 3.27 GPA.
Kansas football catcher Jodi Hoyer was the only Jayhawk selected to play in the 2016 N.F.L. Roll. Hoyer, who is majoring in physical education, had a 3.3 GPA.
The grade point averages of others selected were McGinnis, education, 3.29; Hanna, business administration, 3.27; Ward, research, 3.26; Meeks, biology, 3.15.
Summer calls'Hawks to play
PLAYERS NET HONORS: Four Kansas tennis players have been named to the 1980 Lee Jeeps Academic All-Big Eight Conference Honor Roll, and two received honorable mention.
Sophomore Carlos Fleming, junior Chris Waier, junior Minda Pela and junior Stacy Stotts were chosen for first-team honors. Junior Becky Kalme and sophomore Sophomore Hannah Wagner were also on the honor roll.
By Molly Reid
Kansas sportswriter
Most Kansas students are talking about internships, jobs and classser with their summer plans.
Kansas basketball players, however, are reminded of a word they cannot escape, even for the summer: basketball.
Men's basketball
Many of the players said that they would either go home or stay in Lawrence but that either way, they would play basketball.
"Coach Williams wanted us to go wherever we would be happy," junior Kirk Wagner said. "But he wants us to work hard on our game."
All of the players said they would do something to improve their game, whether it meant attending or working at summer basketball camps, lifting weights or playing in a summer league.
Senior Kevin Pritchard and junior Mark Randall have been invited to try out for a position on the 12-member all-star team that will be competing in the Goodwill Games and the World Charity Olympics.
Wichita recruit signs with Jayhawks
The Goodwill Games are scheduled for July 23-29 in Seattle, and the World Championships are slated for Aug. 19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
By a Kansan reporter
Randall said that the tryouts for the team, May 17-22 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, would determine the rest of his summer Sixty-six players. The game have been intended to try out.
Cortez Barnes became an official member of the Kansas basketball program Tuesday.
"My whole summer hinges on making the team," he said. "If I don't, I'll do some camps around the state and hang around here."
Pritchard also has not made any definite plans for the summer because he is waiting for the NBA draft June 27. Pritchard was in Kansas City yesterday planning senior games for the summer and unavailable for further comment on his plans.
Kansas has one scholarship to award.
The 6-foot-8 power forward signed the Kansas letter of intent at a press conference at Wichita Heights High School. He is the sixth player to join the 1990 Jayhawks recruiting class.
During his senior season, Barnes averaged 19.6 points and 9.5 rebounds a game.
sure of his choice since his visit to the University on April 20.
Wichita Heights coach Charles Doughty said Barnes had been
"Cortez thinks he'll fit in well." Doughty said. "And that's the most important thing. That's where he wanted to go."
Barnes has not passed the ACT test in accordance with the required NCAA standard score of 18. Barnes had planned to heap the SAT test and if he does not pass then he taken the ACT for a final time.
If he does not score more than 18 on the ACT or 700 on the SAT, he will be intelegible to play during his position. He will need 48 eligibility requirements.
"I'm unsure," Brown said. "I'm already sick of school."
mores Macolm Nash and Alonzo Jamison still are considering enrolling in summer classes.
Sleep is the only thing freshman Adonis Jordan said he had planned for the summer. He also said he would upset his plans by competing on two of three different all-star teams.
Jordan said he was invited to play on the Olympic Festival team, which plays July 3-11 in Minnesota; the Big Eight All-Star team, which competes in basketball and tennis; the NIT All-Star team, which will travel to Australia.
Jamison said he probably would take a class or two in Lawrence this summer after going home for a few weeks. He said he planned to play a summer league but had not yet decided on his options to play or work at a camp.
"I know I want to go to the festival," he said. "And, I think I'd rather go to Australia. Basically, I want to work on my game. I've got to be ready when November comes around."
Junior Mike Maddox will follow in the footsteps of many KU students
He said he would be in New Jersey this summer working on an internship with a developing company. But he also had to work at a leser City, N.J., summer league.
The four departing seniors have an added option for the summer. Because they are no longer eligible for collegiate basketball, they have the opportunity to work at the Roy Williams Basketball Camp. The camp's three sessions are June 17-22, July 29-Aug. 3 and Aug. 5-10.
None of them are sure of their status, but senior Freeman West said he would like to work at Williams' camp and possibly at former Jayhawk forward Calvin Thompson's camp.
Rick Calloway, like Pritchard, said he could not make plans until he found out about the players he invited to play at a pre-draft camp in Chicago.
"I'll probably work for Coach Williams if I'm here," he said. "But if I was drafted, I won't be around."
Calloway said he would become a free agent if he was not drafted.
Senior Jeff Guelner planned to work at camps across Kansas for the summer.
Royals sale imminent, Star reports
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals called a news conference for noon today amid speculation that an announcement would be made concerning the team's ownership.
Ewing Kauffman, the team founder and co-owner, has been reported to be negotiating a loan or buyout of Avon Fogelman, who purchased a half-interest in 1883 but has fallen, upon hard financial times.
Royals rained out; play to resume tonight
"Royals owner Ewing Kauffman will have a statement," the Royals said in a prepared release.
The Associated Press
The Kansas City Star reported in today's editions that Fogelman proposed putting the team up for sale and giving Kauffman the final bid. Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said Kauffman had not decided whether to accept Fogelman's proposal.
Part of the proposed deal calls for Kauffman to lend Fogelman $34 mil.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.  Last night's game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Kansas City Royals was postponed by rain and will be made up as part of a two-night doubleheader Aug. 10.
Starting pitchers, Jaime Navarro for the Brewers and Mark Gubicea for Kansas City, are scheduled to pitch tonight.
The Royals, 6-12, are in last place in the American League West. Milwaukee, 12-6, leads the American League East.
lion, the Star said.
The paper said Fogelman's proposal would enhance Kauffman's chances to regain full control of the team. But it said a third party could take 106 percent of the team with an extraordinary high bid.
Fogman, a real estate developer from Memphis, Tenn., paid a reported $11 million for half-interest in the team and was actively
involved in club management. Kauffman, who founded the team in 1988, holds the other half.
However, Fogelman recently has been compulsively absent from team functions, such as the agent pitchers Mark Davis and Storm Davis.
Kaufman was asked at the time what role Fogelman played in the negotiations and replied, "None."