UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, February 26, 1996
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Glavine enjoys refound fans in Atlanta
All Star improves his image and his pitching
The Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It's funny how a little thing like being the World Series MVP can change people's attitudes.
Last year, Tom Glavine was Public Enemy No. 1 for baseball fans in Atlanta, a convenient target for those who saw him as the spokesman for a bunch of greedy millionaires ruining the game.
Now, the Braves pitcher moves from the clubhouse toward the field without a hint of apprehension, knowing he'll hear cheers, no boo
"I'm obviously a lot more relaxed coming into this spring training," Glavine said. "All that stuff last year, wondering what the reaction was going to be every time I stepped on the field, all that stuff is out of the way."
Well, not exactly. Baseball still doesn't have a collective bargaining agreement, though there appears to be no threat of a strike or lockout this season. Glavine knows that while many fans have returned to the game, they haven't forgotten the bitter dispute that wiped out the 1994 World Series and delayed the start of last season.
"I'm not going to suggest that there still aren't people out there who are upset about things."
Glavine said, "I understand that. That's fine.
"But I think I'm in a much better position this year coming into spring training as a pitcher trying to get ready rather than being public enemy No. 1, the person who everyone wants to take their frustrations out on."
Glavine, a friendly, articulate man, was stung by the boos and catcalls that accompanied him through much of last season. But he never let it affect him on the field, going 16-7 with a 3.08 ERA — his seventh straight season with doublefigure victories.
He was even better against that awesome Cleveland lineup in the World Series, allowing just two runs in two victories. The coup de grace was an eight-inning, one-hit performance in Game 6 that gave the Braves their first championship in Atlanta, 1-0.
Over the past five years, Glavine is the winningest pitcher in baseball (91), yet he's still known as the second-best pitcher on his own team. That's the way it is when one of your teammates is four-time NL Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux.
"It doesn't bother me," Glavine said. "People out there are well aware of what I've accomplished and the success I've had. Most people, obviously, see what Greg has done, and everybody else gets lost in the shuffle. But that's right so. The guy has won four straight Cy
Young awards, and he deserves all the attention he gets."
Last year about this time, Glavine was getting plenty of attention he didn't want. As the Braves longtime player representative, he took an active role in the labor dispute. Every night, it seemed, there was Glavine's face on the television screen, trying to explain why guys making millions of dollars every year felt the need to go on strike.
"A lot of the other players reps decided to lay low and just be along for the ride," Braves first baseman Fred McGriff said. "Glavine, he was one of the outspoken guys. If they had to interview one of the players, they always had Glavine or David Cone or a few other guys. Glavine happened to be at the forefront, so he took the heat."
McGriff said he telephoned Glavine during the strike with a piece of advice.
"I told him to lay low and let some of the other guys get out and speak," McGriff said. "Glavine is a great guy, but he was getting a bad rap because he was out front."
Glavine kept on talking during the strike, but now admits that he might take a different tact if there's another work stoppage.
"I don't want to go through that again," he said, "but if we ever do, I've certainly learned my lessons. I'll be a little less visible than I was the last time around."
Capriati returns to tennis
19-year-old star tennis player loses in semifinals
The Associated Press
ESSEN, Germany — Jennifer Capriati put up a good fight before succumbing to a thigh strain and Jana Novotna at the Faber Grand Prix on Friday.
Novotna beat Capripi
7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the $450,000 event. Capripi was playing in her first women's tournament since November 1994.
"Everything's been sore," said the 19-year-old Capriati, who hasn't been a regular on the women's tour for 2 1/2 years because of personal problems. "I really pushed it this match. I got tired. I was playing with pain."
Capriati said she missed the thrill of
set to a tiebreaker, where Novotna again had to rally after facing set point at 5-6.
After Novotna broke back to even the first set at 5-5, Capriati, who won two matches earlier this week, left for the locker room to receive treatment for her left thigh. She returned about five minutes later with her leg taped.
Capriati routed the defending champion from the Czech Republic in the second set as Capriati played her best tennis of the event. But Novotna lost her serve only once in the final set to claim
"I feel support from everyone and it's nice to be back feeling that again."
playing competitive tennis and was glad to be back.
Capriati said she was unsure when and where she might play again.
"I'm happy with the way I played," she said. "I feel confident in my game. I feel the support from everyone, and it's nice to be back feeling that again."
Jennifer Capriati Women's professional tennis player
victory.
"I have to see how my leg goes," she said.
Novotna, who will face local favorite Anke Huber in the semifinals, rallied to break Capriati's serve and send the first
Once ranked sixth on the ATP Tour, Capriati left in 1993 after a first-round loss at the U.S. Open and went into a skid. She was arrested by police for shoplifting an inexpensive ring, charged with marijuana possession in the spring of 1994 and underwent drug rehabilitation.
In November 1994 she aborted her first comeback after losing in three sets to
Huber in Philadelphia. She was slated to return last week in Paris but postponed the comeback after injuring her back in practice.
Huber reached the semifinals with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over another German, Barbara Rittner.
In Friday's other semifinal, top-seeded Iva Majoli of Croatia, who defeated Els Callens of Belgium 7-5, 6-4, faced Aasia Carlsson of Sweden, who eliminated Renae Stubbs of Australia 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 in the other quarterfinal.
Deacons bite 'Pack
Wake Forest women upset No.18 North Carolina State en route to season sweep
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tracy Connor scored 17 points and pulled down 15 rebounds as Wake Forest upset No. 18 North Carolina State 75-64 yesterday.
The win gave the Demon Deacons, 13-13 overall and 6-10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, a sweep of the season series. Wake Forest beat N.C. State 76-72 Jan. 23 in Winston-Salem.
Val Hodge also scored 17 for the Deacons. RaeAnna Mulholell added 16 points and Lindsay Seawright scored 15.
Umeki Webb led the Wolfpack with 12 points. N.C.
State is 18-8 overall and 10-6 in ACC games.
Wake Forest jumped to a 17-6 advantage early and held the margin above 10 points for most of the game.
The Wolfpack's leading scorer, Chasity Melvin, committed three fouls in the first 4:30 and was benched for the remainder of the half.
Connor and Seawright took advantage of Melvin's absence inside and waked 13 points each in the half, helping give Wake Forest a 39-25 lead at halftime.
"That first half was as flat as you can play. We couldn't match Wake Forest's level of intensity," Wolfpack coach Kay Yow said.
The Deacons pushed the lead to 58-37 on a Cynthia Kelley jumper with 11:04 left in the game, but then scored just two points over the next 7:44 as N.C. State chopped the lead to 60-55. A Connor jumper and a layup by Mulholland stalled the Wolf pack rally. Gretchen Hollfield hit 5 of 7 free throws in the final 1:02 to seal the victory.
Wake Forest's all-time record is 6-34 against the Wolfpack. Deacon coach Karen Freeman, a former Yow assistant at N.C. State, said her team finally lived up to expectations.
"We have never come over here and played as well as I thought we were capable of playing." Freeman said. "They were as focused as I've ever seen them."
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