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University. Daily Kansan / Tuesday, March 27, 1990
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Sophomore confidently takes quarterback leadership role
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Sophomore quarterback Chip Hillary is taking on more than the role of a contender in the fight for the starting quarterback position on the Kansas football team.
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Because of a scarcity of experienced challengers, he is taking on the role of leader.
Quarterback coach Dave Warner
said Hilleary was assuming the role with confidence, despite the sophomore's lack of experience.
Hilleary appeared in five games last year, playing behind senior quarterback Kelly Donhoe. Donhoe's departure has left the team young and void of an experienced quarterback.
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Sophomore Chip Hilleary is KU's top quarterback prospect this fall.
During spring practice, two walk-on freshmen, Don Max Presson and Todd Caudle, also are contending for the position. In the fall, the field will expand by three. Van Davis, Asheki Preston and Frederick Thomas will join the roster as freshmen.
Warner said spring practice would give the players needed experience and a foundation for the fail.
"Nobody has a position on the team right now," he said. "We will come out of the spring with a starter at quarterback. And he will be the starter when we.start practice in the fall."
For the moment, Presson and Caudle said they were looking to Hilleary for leadership.
While Hilleary is working on his respectability with the football team, Caudle, a second semester transfer student, admits that it's trying to learn everyone's name.
Hilleary said his main goal for spring practice was to gain the respect of the team, but he admitted that he also had a lot to learn.
"Each day we learn more stuff and a variety of plays," he said. "I'm working on myself, but I'm much more concerned with the unit."
"We have to work hard." Presson said, "Chip has more experience. I'm starting from scratch. I need a lot more practice."
Caule was recruited out of high school by the Air Force Academy, but he only played in one junior varsity game.
"I'm starting from scratch even more than Don," he said. "It was tough starting out. I just starting to put names with faces. A lot of the guys know the plays better than I do, but they know I'm learning."
Presson, a walk-on from Cherryvale, was redshirted during the 1989 fall season.
Warner said he had seen improvement among the quarterbacks in the first four days of practice.
"I think the quarterbacks we have are all good athletes," Warner said. "That's the type we want playing the position."
"I think (the spring) is a good indicator because we're scrimmaging everyday. The guy is under fire everyday, really. It's not the same pressure as game day, but it's as close as we can get."
All three quarterbacks said they had a lot to learn, and if spring practice serves its purpose, they better quarterbacks at its conclusion.
"There is a lot to learn in that time," Caule said. "I don't think I'll know everything, but I'll be ready to play in the spring game."
The Associated Press
Loyola copes with Gathers' loss
OAKLAND, Calif. — The on-court mission is over for Loyola Marymount, but the emotional recovery from Hank Gathers' death is just beginning.
Players be ordinary students again, returning to the reality of life
The team was greeted by a welcoming crowd of about 2,000 students at its Los Angeles campus at 11 p.m. Sunday. After a final flurry of television interviews, Coach Paul Wested went back to grading papers and class and his players looked ahead to a final team meeting today.
"it's going to be a difficult next two weeks . . month . . year," he said.
"We've been running scared," said reserve guard Tom Peabody. "I don't want to have to deal with death. We've run our emotions out
"With a basketball in our hands, it helped us," said guard Terrell Lowery. "It made it easier to deal with."
"They have to sit down and ask themselves, 'What happened to me the last three weeks?' "... Westhead said. "We haven't had a quiet period certainly, since Hank's death. That time is necessary and upon us."
Westhead said the defeat showed that Loyola's three previous victories in the NCAA tournament may have been fluky, more a measure of his players' heart than of their ability. All the emotion they put into basketball after their star center collapsed in a March 4 game and died from a defective heart will have to be invested elsewhere.
after Sunday's 131-101 loss to UNLV in the West Regional final, burying his face in a towel as he started to cry.
'I just need to get away for a few days, come back down to earth and try to understand what happened'
"The last three weeks have been sort of a blur," said acie outside shooter Jeff Fryer, one of 'four seniors on the team besides Gathers.
Nearby, on the chalkboard in the
"It's definitely going to be tough," said Bo Kimble, Gathers' hometown pal who succeeded him as the nation's scoring leader and received a thunderous ovation when he left Sunday's game following a 42-point farewell performance.
Loyola locker room, someone had written "Remember the dream."
"Basketball has helped ease the pain. We've been concentrating on basketball, we haven't had time to think about it," he said.
"For myself, it's going to be four times as tough. We spent a lot of time off the court together and that's where I'll miss him most."
HOMER DOOMS ROYALS:
Rookie Mickey Pina's eighth-
inning home run off Mark Davis,
last year's National League Cay
Young winner, gave the Boston
Red Sox a 2-1 victory against the
Royals yesterday in Haines City,
Fla., in the exhibition opener for
both teams.
Pina's home run cleared the left-field bleachers and spoiled the Royals' 'debut of Davis, who signed as a free agent from the San Diego Padres for $13 million for four years.
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Daryl Irvine got the victory, while Lee Smith retired all six batters he faced to earn a save.
score in the fifth. Bo Jackson led off the inning with a triple to right and scored on Jim Eisenreich's single.
Right-hander Storm Davis, another free agent acquisition making his Royals' debut, allowed one unearned run in three innings.
Red Sox starter Boddicker allowed only two singles, both in the first inning, and no runs in his four innings.
A fielding error by shortstop Kurt Stillwell allowed Wade Boggs to reach first leading off the game. After advancing to third on infield ball, Boggs got to pass Evana'i 'fielder's choice grounder to Stillwell. The Rovals tied the
UMPIRE BOYCOTT OPPOSED: Major league baseball has asked Philadelphia federal court to prevent umpires from boycotting spring training games, saying it would violate no-strike and grievance clauses in the umpires' contracts.
Richie Phillips, head of the umpires' union, has said umpires would not work spring training to protest the way regular-season games were rescheduled after the recent lockout ended. The umpires said they should have been consulted before the reshuffling was
Exhibition games started in Florida and Arizona yesterday. Minor league umpires worked the games.
ST. LOUS MAKES NET FINALS:
Anthony Bonner had 24 points and 19 rebounds and Jeff Luechtfeld scored a career-high 19 points, leading St. Louis into the final of the NIT in New York for the consecutive year with 80-73 live last night over New Mexico.
A hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order is set for 10 a.m. today before U.S. District Judge Norma L. Shapiro.
Phillips said umpires would return to work for opening day, April 9.
Luechtelé, averaging only 9.5 points for the season but 14.8 in four NIT games, and Bonner carried the Billikens into the championship game against Vanderbilt, with State 75-62 in the first semifinal.
final.
Bonner, the nation's leading rebounder with 13.7 per game, scored eight points in the final six minutes for St. Louis (21-11).
Ex-KU football player dies Stacy Henson's car hit from behind in KC
By Paul Augerl
Kansan sportswriter
Stacy L. Henson, $24_{\cdot}$ a former KU student and outside linebacker on the Kansas football team, died Sunday when the car he was driving was struck from behind at a stoplight in south Kansas City, Mo.
Branson's car, which was stopped at a red light at 87th and Hillcrest streets near Interstate 435, was hit and pushed onto the highway, said police spokesman Dave Rawlings. Rawlings was unsure whether Henson's car was struck a second time after being pushed onto I-435.
Henson was flown by Life Flight helicopter to Truman Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the other car was treated and released. Rawlings said the department was considering bringing charges against a driver who struck Henson's car.
team with four quarterback sacks.
Family members could not be reached for comment yesterday afternoon
A spokesman for the E.R. Morris Funeral Chapel, 4316 Troost Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., which is handling arrangements, said yesterday that funeral arrangements had not been completed.
Henson transferred to Kansas in 1983 after spending his freshman year at Butler County Community College in El Dorado. He was a linebacker under former Kansas coach BOB Valente during the 1985, 1986 and 1987 seasons. In 1987, Henson had 49 tackles and led the
Valesente, now a coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Stacy Henson
Henson was remembered yesterday by friends and former teammates as an individual who aimed quietly at being a successful student and athlete.
"Stacy was a hard-working person, an overachiever," said Tum Allen, academic counselor for the Kansas football team. "What I remember him most for was he wanted to be a success, not only on the field, but in the classroom. This is tragic."
Bund Hintel, Lenexa senior, was a tackle last season for the Jayhawks and a sophomore when he was Henson's teammate.
of mine," Hundelt said. "We shared a lot of common interests, especially with audio equipment. I think this is terrible.
Henson was a physical therapy major but had not yet attained a degree from KU, according to University of Kansas Alumni Association records.
"It is a tragedy that someone so young had to have his life taken away by a careless driver," Smith said. "Stacy was a good person; he never harmed anybody and was not caught in trouble while at the University."
Former Kansas wide receiver Quintin Smith, Houston senior, was also a teammate of Henson's during the 1987 season.
"I'm really shocked. He was a cool-tempered, easy-guy, guy who never got upset. I don't think he hated anybody."
"Even though he didn't graduate, I respected him for staying here five years and working toward his degree." Allen said. "He did not have a lot of gifts athletically, but I remember him for his work ethic on the field."
Henson was a native of Kansas City, Mo., and moved back there from Lawrence earlier this month. He was preparing to start work for a Kansas City insurance agency, said Barbara Laing, a friend of Henson's from Kansas City.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Kansas player's adjustment keeps her in swing of things
Bv Brent Mavcock
Kansan sportswriter
Before beginning the spring season, Laura Martin had never shot below an 80 during a round of golf in a college tournament. Now that he sophomore from Brookings, S.D., has broken that barrier three times in two tournaments, she refuses to be satisfied with anything higher.
ingler.
"I'm finally getting adjusted to KU," she said. "I finally know where I stand and how much work I have to do be successful at the college level."
Women's golf
Kansas coach Brad Demo said that she was one of the most improved players on the team and that she had gained a lot of confidence in her performance.
"There's a comfort zone for everybody, and hers was kind of high," Demo said. "She went out to Utah and broke 80, and once that happens, you're not satisfied with doing it just once. She went to Florida and shot a 77 and a 76. She's going to want to shoot better than that and won't be satisfied with an 80."
Martin finished tied for 12th place at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational in Orlando, Fla. She also finished 30th at the Utah Dixie Classic in St. George, Utah. Martin has a stroke average of 79.8, which ties her for second on the team with Shelly Triett and Sherri Atchison, and has improved from the 84.7 mark she posted during the fall season.
"I think the major difference is that she finally adapted to major college golf." Demo said. "She made the decision that she wanted to play for us, and she's kept working day in and day out, week after week.
Martin said the adjustment to college had not been easy for her, and she has had to make the transition from the lengths of the golfing seasons in South Dakota to those in Kansas.
"It's hard enough when you are a student to adjust," Martin said. "The playing season is a lot better here. You can practically play all year. But on the other side of the coin, it's harder because I'm used to playing six months out of the year. About the time I’m ready to put my clubs away, I just have to gun up for another season."
The transition has been mentally straining on Martin. "I was really burned out at the beginning of October," the former South Dakota High School Champion said. "A lot of times last year, I wondered if I was getting better. It takes a while to realize that the hard work is paying off."
"In South Dakota, you can gung ho for six months, and you want to because you only have six months to really play well and work hard. Here, you have to give 100 percent, but you can't practice 10 hours a day and still get the same effect by the end of the season."
Martin said that she hadn't experienced the burn out factor this year and that tacing herself had been the key.
"This year I didn't really go through that burnout, mostly because I was playing better," she said. "It's easier to stick with it when you are playing better, but I got used to the fact that I could play all the time here."
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Martin watches her swing during practice.
the same effect by the role of the coach Assistant women's golf coach Lisa Luigs said Martin
had endured the changes very well
"She is very dedicated and has grown into an excellent player," Luigs said. "It's a matter of letting yourself play to your potential. She's had an excellent start, and we're expecting a lot more out of her."
Martin said she was more focused on helping the team rather than concentrating on individual goals.
"I don't look at my individual performances," Martin said. "My main goal is to improve every tournament and keep a strong positive attitude. It helps the team if everyone can stay real positive."
Besides her athletic accomplishments, Martin excels academically. She is majoring in accounting and has a 3.12 grade point average. She was also a Big Eight Classroom Champion last fall.
"She does such a fantastic job in the classroom that it frees her to do great things on the course," Demo said. "I monitor their performance in the classroom as much as I can. She's just a great example of what a true student athlete should be."
Raiders may stay in Los Angeles
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — MCA-Spectacular took over management of the Los Angeles Coliseum yesterday, and Mayor Tom Bradley said he expected the firm to meet with Raiders owner AL Davis in an effort to keep the team
Bradley met with Davis briefly at
Despite Davis' March 12 announcement that he planned to move the Raiders back to Oakland, Bradley said he didn't consider the matter settled.
the mayor's Hancock Park home Sunday night, shortly after returning from a nine-day trip to Saudi Arabia.
saut the deal hinged on either retain the Raiders or attract another
The Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, meeting in special session yesterday, voted unanimously with one abstention to authorize its president, N. Matthew Grossman, to sign an agreement with MCA-Spectator. Commissioner Robert Farrell, a Los Angeles city councilman, abstained.
NFL team to the Coliseum.
Under the agreement, MCA-Spector would receive a $15 million loan from the commission to begin a $145 million reduction of the Coliseum
After Davis announced that he would accept a $660 million offer to return to Oakland, he criticized the Coliseum Commission and said he felt he had been subjected to political maneuverings.
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The Raiders moved from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1982.