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SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday. October 6,1993
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Jayhawks ready for intrastate rival
Kansas volleyball expects victory against K-State
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
No animosity, no anger, but Kansas' next volleyball game is still a big one.
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Lisa Groman, volleyball graduate assistant, tapes freshman Lara Izokaitis's ankle during volleyball practice. Kansas will play Kansas State tonight at 7:30 at Allen Field House.
Kansas State vs. Kansas is a rivalry in many sports, and Kansas coach Frankie Albizt said tonight's 7:30 match up at Allen Field House was not as strongly fueled as football.
The winning team will get its first Big Eight victory, which could fuel the competitive fire, but Albiz said the 10-6 Jayhawks are taking this match like other Big Eight matches.
"I think it's a rivalry with the student body and the players somewhat," Albiz said. "I don't think it's the match of the year."
"I've always thought that the Big Eight is underrated," Ablitz said. "KState is supposedly one of the weakest teams in the Big Eight, but you never know."
The series record is close, with Kansas leading 25-22 overall. But the Jayhawks have not lost to the Wildcats in four years, which may be why this match will still end in a tie, more outright.
this match will be relatively tame, senior outside hitter Shelby Lard said.
Even so, Lard said a Kansas victory was important after losing to Oklahoma on Saturday, 1-15, 3-15, 13-15.
"We need something to build our confidence," Lard said. "We have a lot of doubts after the Oklahoma match. That was the true test to see where we were at this point in the season and we failed."
more confidence and be better than last year.
Kansas practiced their skills Monday, trying to correct mistakes that surfaced against Oklahoma. Yesterday, as she watched the Wildcats on video tape, Albitz said K-State would have
Lard said she thought the Jayhawks should worry more about themselves than what was happening K-State's side of the net.
K-State coach Patti Hagemeyer also said this match was not overly special.
"It's a typical K-State-Kansas rivalry, but it's not anything we base our season on." Hagemeyer said. "The only teams I've seen are Colorado and Nebraska. They are the best in the conference. Once you get past those two, I can't really
say who is third or fourth."
K-State is 0-2 in the Big Eight and 5-8 overall. Matches against Colorado and Nebraska account for the Wildcat's Big Eight defeats, but they are coming off a three-game victory against the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Friday.
Hagemeyer said a key to K-State's success would be staying with Kansas during its characteristically long points.
"We've been working on transitions. going
from defense to offense," Hagemeyer said, "Kansas likes to keep the ball in play."
Kansas' Albitz said the team did not try to keep the volleys long on purpose.
Albizt said her team would be up for this match, just like any other match.
"I hope it fired them up," she said of the Oklahoma defeat. "My team gets upset when they lose to K-State, but, on the other hand, they get upset when they lose to anybody."
Rough and tough rugby team is big brother to community
By Anne Felstet
Kansan sportswriter
Rough and tough turned gentle. That is what about 15 members of the Kansas men's rugby team are doing in volunteering their time at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence.
Kelby Marks, a 1993 Kansas graduate and member of the rugby clubside team, organized the volunteer project between the club and the rugby players. He said he got involved with the Boys and Girls Club about a year ago and he decided that it would be a worthy cause for the rugby club.
The Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence is a United Way of Douglas County agency which provides activities and a safe place for children between the ages of 6 and 18.
The club's executive director John Alesch said the rugby volunteers would help supplement the staff by participating in recreational activities with the children.
"It's easy to get wrapped up in the University and forget about the outside community," he said. "So I made sure to push this opportunity."
The rugby players have not started their volunteer work at the club yet, but will attend a volunteers meeting next week to learn the rules of how to deal with the children and the Boys and Girls Club's general philosophy. After they attend the meeting they will volunteer their time Monday and Wednesday evenings for about an hour-and-a-half.
Sophomore John Wiley said he was participating in the opportunity to give something back to Lawrence and because he knew what it was like to be a lonely kid.
"If I would have had the opportunity to attend something like this when I was little I would have done it," he said.
Wiley, who grew up in the countryside outside of Kansas City, Kan., said it would have helped to be with other kids and it would have been fun to play games and have somebody older with which to spend time.
Marks said the children wanted someone regular that they could become close with and relate to over a period of time. He said more trust could be built the longer a volunteer stayed with the organization.
There are selfish and unselfish reasons for doing this, he said. Volunteers give their time to help someone else and also gain a sense of accomplishment.
Alesch said the rugby volunteers would be role models for the kids and would help keep the kids active.
As volunteers, the rugby players will not have to come up with their own programming but will participate in the activities planned by the five professional staff members.
As long as the club lets him volunteer and he has the time, Wiley said, he will stay with the program.
The club provides programs and activities including personal and educational development, cultural enrichment and health and physical education
Wildcats use last year's defeat to inspire team
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswrite
MANHATTAN — If history is any indication, then Kansas State should feel confident about its chances in Saturday's game against intrastate rival Kansas.
Two years ago, the Wildcats were idle the Saturday before the game against Kansas. That extra week of preparation proved beneficial as the Wildcats rallied in the fourth quarter for a 16-12 victory.
Last season the Jayhawks took advantage of the extra week's preparation for a 31-7 victory against the Wildcats.
K-State coach Bill Snyder said he hoped that this recent trend in the series would continue this weekend. The Wildcats were idle last weekend.
"Ihope that's the case on Saturday," Snyder said. "But I know that both teams are going to show up and play hard."
The Wildcats last played on Sept. 25, when they defeated Nevada-Las Vegas 36-20 in Manhattan. However, players on the 4-0 Wildcat team do not want to rely on history as any indicator for Saturday's game.
when K-State entered the contest against Kansas with a 3-0 record and left Lawrence embarrassed by its performance. The Wildcats had only 69 yards of total offense in the entire game and did not pick up a first down until the third quarter.
They fully remember last season
K-State senior wide receiver Andre Coleman said last season's game was not forgotten. "We got embarrassed, and we are determined not to let that happen to us."
Some K-State players are using that game as a motivating ploy in practices this week. The score of the game, 31, 7, is decaled onto the front of the Wildcat helmets.
Senior free safety Jaime Mendez said senior strong safety Kitt Rawlings and some younger Wildcat players were some of the players wearing the score. Mendez, though, did not join those teammates in wearing the score on his helmet.
"I've never been the type of guy that does that," Mendez said. "I don't try to put something on to remind me of things. I just try to keep those things etched in my mind."
After the defeat to Kansas last season, the Wildcats dropped their next three games and lost all hope for advancing to a bowl game.
Worldly swimmer finds home in Kansas
By Kent Hohlfeld Kansan sportswriter
Davison, who has lived with Marshall for three years, said that he still was not sure he completely understood his roommate's past.
Trying to figure out where Kansas junior swimmer Andrew Marshall is from is tough for anyone. Just ask his roommate, senior swimmer Todd Davidson.
Marshall was born in Tunis, Tunisia in northern Africa to British parents. By the time he was eight years old, he had lived in Tripoli, Libya, and Bogota, Colombia.
"My dad worked for Phillips 66 so we moved around a lot," Marshall said.
Marshall started swimming in the family pool when he moved to Miami at the age of eight. He started swimming competitively when he was 14, when his family moved to Bartlesville, Okla.
"I got involved with a team there and started competitive swimming,"Marshall said.
He said that he thought he had the ability to compete in college as early as his freshman year in high school.
Marshall spent his senior year in high school in Stavanger, Norway. His family, who moved there for business reasons, still lives in Norway, but Marshall became a naturalized U.S. citizen two weeks ago.
"I wrote letters to several schools" Marshall said. "From my time in Bartlesville, I knew a lot about Kansas."
It was during his career in Bartlesville that Kansas coach Gempk first noticed Marshall. Kempf said that one of the first things he noticed was Marshall's strong kick and powerful legs, which were necessary for good breaststroke swimming.
"He has a very good feel for the water," Kempi said.
Davidson said his roommate's year in Norway may have slowed his adjustment to college competition. He said that Marshall swam twice as much in each practice at Kansas as he did in Norway.
"They concentrate more on their sprinters, more than on their distance people," Davidson said.
marshall's adjustment to the Kansas system has been relatively successful. He had Kansas' top time in the 100-meter breaststroke his freshman year and has been one of the top three Kansas breaststroke swimmers each year.
This year Kempf said that he expected Marshall to be the top breaststroke swimmer on the team. He said that Marshall's first two years on the队 had been spent with upperclassmen leading the squad. He said that he would look to Marshall to provide that leadership this year.
"It's kind of like he's been waiting in the wings," Kempf said. "He has the potential to be the best breaststroke swimmer the school has ever had."
Charlotte banks $84 million over 12 years on Johnson to win title
The Hornets last season made the play-offs in their fifth year, upsetting Boston in the opening series. Johnson and rookie center Alonzo Mourning led the advance to the second round, where the Hornets lost to the New York Knicks.
The Philadelphia 76ers gave Shawn Bradley of Brigham Young an eight-year contract worth $44.2 million, the largest package at the time.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the biggest deal in NBA history, Larry Johnson signed a contract with the Charlotte Hornets yesterday that is believed to be worth $84 million over 12 years.
SPORTS in brief
Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks currently has the NBA's highest annual average salary — $9.4 million salary over the next two years, the result of a contract extension for 1995-96 and 1996-97.
The Hornets would not confirm the terms of Johnson's contract. One of Johnson's agents, Steve Endicott, could not be reached for comment.
Johnson, the 1992 rookie of the year and All-Star forward last season, led the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 22.1 points and 10.5 rebounds a game.
"I have always wanted to spend my entire career in the Charlotte community and concentrate on bringing the city a championship one day," Johnson said. "George Shinn has had the same commitment to the community and to myself, and I am grateful for this move to keep the team together so that so that we can reach our goal."
"He's the leader of this team, and he will always be the leader of this team," Hornets owner George Shinn said. "And he will bring an NBA championship to Charlotte."
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
Astros fire manager, general manager
HOUSTON — Houston Astros manager Art Howe and general manager Bill Wood were fired yesterday.
"He said he had to make a change and bring in some new people, that he felt it was best for the organization." Howe said. "I can understand that. You buy a club and you want to bring in your own people."
Howe broke the news after a meeting with owner Drayton McLane.
McLane purchased the club from John McMullen last November.
"Bill's been let go also," he said of the general manager. "I called my staff to let them know my situation. I don't think theirs is very good."
Howe, whose low-key personality had been questioned by critics, said he was not bitter and was leaving upbeat and positive.
"He used the term 'dynamic leader', but I'm proud of what we achieved here," Howe said. "I wish this team all the best. I did my best and I am proud of what I did."
Howe speculated that an entire housecleaning was under way.
"We need to get the right leadership and the right combination of players to continue to get better," McLane said last week.
Arizona group looking to woo Royals into changing training location
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
The Associated Press
EL MIRAGE, ARIZ. — Unless the county sports agency commits to help build a proposed $15 million training stadium intended to be attractive enough to lure the Kansas City Royals, El Mirgabe, Ariz., said that it won't get
"The city of El Mirage is not going to make any financial commitments without the assistance of Maricopa County." City Manager Jose Solarez said. "You're dealing with the poorest government in Maricopa County."
A group that has been trying to get a third team to relocate to the west side of Phoenix said it has a 90-acre parcel that could be developed as a baseball complex.
involved.
Charlie Dorego, a member of Sun Cities Stadium Associates, met yesterday with Royals representatives in Kansas City, Mo.
"The incentive right now is trying to build a pennant winner," he said. "A spring-training site is not a high priority. Maybe it would (be) if we only had two years left or on the lease."
The Royals have trained at the $50 million Boardwalk and Baseball amusement complex in Haines City, Fla., since 1988, but Arizona Baseball Commission chair Joe Garagiola said that Anheuser-Busch might not choose to renew the arrangement when the lease expires in 2002.
Solarez said El Mirage was interested in becoming a spring-training site but had learned to be wary "because of our past history with other developers."
The owners pursued Colorado, San Diego and Seattle without success — primarily because the teams considered the facilities inadequate.
Solarez said the city had not been asked to join in the latest attempt to woo a team from Florida.
The Mariners and Padres will begin training in February in a new complex in Peoria, Ariz., another west Phoenix suburb.
With the Royals, the stadium group has taken a new tack, offering a 90-acre parcel of land in El Mirage as a site for a new stadium.
"We were made aware a few months ago that they were talking to a Midwestern team, and we had a pretty good idea which team that was, but we've not been involved," Solarez said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marty Schottenheimer began his weekly media luncheon yesterday by donning a feathered swami's hat and consulting a crystal ball for an answer to what he figured would be the very first question.
Later he and Chiefs' general manager Carl Peterson scolded reporters for harping on the quarterback's status following his latest injury.
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Montana's injury status unknown
Montana has started three games this season and finished one. The 37-year-old quarterback sat out the second game of the year after hurting his wrist in the opener. Then Sunday, after throwing two touchdown passes against the Raiders, he pulled his left hamstring and came out of the game.
"Let's see ... Joe Montana ... it's very cloudy in there," the Kansas City coach said, staring intently into a round glass object. "There is uncertainty ... percentage is 50-50."
Schottenheimer said after practice Monday that Montana's injury could take anywhere from a week to a month to heal. When he hurt his wrist last month, it triggered a two-week media watch that had team officials answering Montana questions daily.
If Montana cannot go, Dave Krieg will start against the Bengals. Krieg, who started every game last year for the Chiefs, was the quarterback in a 30-0 loss at Houston in September while Montana rested his sore wrist.
"We've got a lot of players on this football team, and we're concerned with every one of them, including Joe," Schottenheimer said. "We've got other injuries that are as much concern to me."
The Associated Press contributed to information for this report.