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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Wednesday, September 29, 1993
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Jayhawk returns from injury
Despite broken leg, linebacker proves he can return to field
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas senior linebacker Larry Thiel proved that he could bounce back from tough times, and now he hopes that he and the Jayhawks can bounce back from the 1-3 start this season.
Tough times hit Thiel last season in the game against Colorado when he suffered a broken tibia in his lower left leg. The injury kept him out of the final game against Missouri, the 23-20 victory in the Aloha Bowl against Brigham Young and spring practice.
There were thoughts in Thiel's mind during the off-season that he would not be able to play this season.
"In the back of my mind I always thought I would make it back, but the coaches wanted to prepare me just in case I didn't." Thiel said. "I spent a lot of time in the training room over the summer rehabbing the injury because I really wanted to play. I couldn't imagine sitting out the season."
Under the supervision of head athletic trainer Lynn Bott, Thiel did calf raisers and other types of leg exercises to strengthen the area around the ankle and the lower
On July 9, X-rays taken on the injured area revealed that Thiel's leg was healing faster than expected, and he received medical clearance to participate this season.
So far, the football season has not gone the way Thiel or his teammates had hoped.
leg to ensure that he would not have to miss the season.
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"Our goals were way beyond this," he said. "We expected that we would be better at this point, but we have to put this start behind us and move on."
Thiel's efforts cannot be blamed for the slow start this season by the Jayhawks. He has 30 tackles after four games, which ties him for third with sophomore linebacker Ronnie Ward in that statistical category. After four games last season, Thiel had 34 of his 66 tackles.
However, defensive coordinator Bob Fello said that Thiel, as well as the rest of the defense, was capable of performing better and would be expected to if the Jayhawks were to bounce back.
Thiel said the nine-month layoff from competition because of the injury left him with some concerns that he might have lost some speed and quickness. Those concerns were laid to rest once he returned to practice in August.
"Our defense has been up and down so far this season," Fello said. "Larry's performances have mirrored the rest of the defense that has been up and down, more down than up."
Tiel passed the team running test, a series of 110-yard sprints, running each in less than 16 seconds on the first day of fall practice.
Senior linebacker Larry Thiel works out during practice at Memorial Stadium. Thiel has returned nine months after sustaining a broken leg late last season in the game against Colorado.
"I can't tell if I've lost a step or not," Thiel said. "The leg
feels good to me and I can move well with it. My lateral movement got better every day in practice in August."
Now that his leg is better, Thiel wants to help the Jayhawks' record get better.
"I wished we could have played last Saturday because I really would have liked to go out and hit someone," he said. "We have no excuses for our performance so far."
KC falls 3-2 to Cleveland
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kevin Appier lowered his American League-leading ERA to 2.61 but was outpitched by Jason Grimstey as the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2.
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Appier, 17-8, considered a longshot for the Cy Young Award, lost his second game in a row after having a sixgame winning streak and a 33-inning scoreless streak snapped Thursday at Oakland. He allowed two earned runs, seven hits and four walks in seven innings.
Grimsley, 3-4, allowed eight hits, struck out five and walked one in seven innings. The right-hander has allowed three runs in his last three starts — of two which he won. Eric Phrunck pitched the ninth for his 15th save.
Kenny Lofton led off the game with a single, went to third when first baseman Bob Hamelin could not field Appier's pickoff attempt and scored on a double by Wayne Kirbv.
Kansas City tied it in the second on Brent Mayne's RBI single, but Albert Belle hit a sacrifice fly in the third, driving in Kirbv.
A throwing error by leftfielder Chris Gwynn led to the Indians' third run in the seventh. Loft on walked with one out, and Kirby singled him to third. Gwynn threw in the dirt at second, and the ball got away from second baseman Chico Lind, allowing Lofton to score.
Gaely Gaetti hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth, cutting the lead to 3-1 after singles by Felix Jose and George Brett.
Notes: Brett's eighth-inning single was the 3,152nd of his career, tying Paul Waner for 11th on the all-time list.
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Stephani Williams, senior pitcher for the Kansas softball team, winds up to release a pitch as Kim Newbern, senior infielder, guards against a Johnson County Community College threat from second base. Kansas won the first game 4-1 and came back to tie the second game 2-2 against Johnson County yesterday. Sophomore Johnson County pitcher Annie Hare kept Kansas hitters at bay in game 2. Kansas tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on junior Ker Riggs' 'infield BR hit'.
Coach at home on links after life in basketball
By Kent Hohlfeld
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Kansan sportswriter
Kansas golf coach Jerry Waugh has gone from the lights and fame of starting for the Kansas basketball team to the relative anonymity of the women's golf program.
Waugh played golf in highschool but gave it up in favor of 6f.
That is fine with the 1951 physical education graduate, who began playing golf on the sandy greens of a municipal golf course in Wellington.
basketball, which came to dominate the majority of his playing and coaching career. He began his basketball career as a player at Kansas after a short stint in the Army during World War II. Waugh started every game except his first during his career from 1947 to 1951.
After graduating, he coached at Emporia High School, returning three years later to become Lawrence High School's basketball coach. He said he understood that he
Jerry Waugh
would become Kansas' assistant coach when Phog Allen retired.
The 1956-1957 season gave Waugh what he sought, a chance to be a Kansas assistant coach. His first season was one of the most successful in Kansas' history, which included a 24-3 record and a trip to the NCAA finals. Most people, however, remember it as the season Kansas lost to North Carolina in the triple-overtime final game.
"I never thought we'd lose that game," Waugh said. "Even in the overtimes I never thought we'd lose."
He said memories of the 1957 title game no longer haunted him.
"I can honestly say that I haven't thought about that game in a long time," Waugh said.
"I missed coaching," Waugh said.
Waugh left Kansas in 1960 to try a career in sales, a decision he said he later regretted.
His quest to restart his coaching career took him from a high school in Phoenix, to a small college in Chico, Calif., and to San Francisco State. He left coaching in 1972 for an administration position at Prebber Brown High School in Phoenix because of health problems.
He returned to Kansas as an assistant athletic director in 1975. He left that position in 1979 to work for Alvamar Golf and Country Club where he became vice president of operations.
Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director, said Waugh's affiliation with Alvamar — where the team practices — his long-time associations with the University, the Kansas Golf Association and United States Golf Association made him the perfect choice to coach the women's golf team.
"His previous experience in coaching was also very attractive," Konzem said.
Waugh said that he liked coaching and helping young people. He said that many of the motivational principals he learned from Phog Allen were applicable to his golf team. He said players were not that different from 25 years ago. "Kids still need someone who cares about them," Waugh said.
Fall ball gives junior college players exposure
Junior golfer Ann Holbrook said that Waugh motivated her and the rest of the team.
"He really supports and cares about his players," Holbrook said.
By Gerry Fey
Kansas calls it a baseball game. The Brown Mackie team calls it a scrimmage. But both teams will use today's 4 p.m. match up at Hogland-Maupin Stadium as an experience-builder for young players.
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"As a junior varsity game, it is designed to give our new recruits and young players some playing time," Kansas coach Dave Dingham said.
The team's first game against Coffeyville Community College was rained out Saturday.
Brown Mackie coach Rob Hole said the team from Overland Park had to use the game as a scrimmage because it could not have an official fall schedule. National Junior College Athletic Association rules prohibit the team from scheduling official games in the fall.
For a junior college like Brown Mackie, its players can only show their abilities to Division I schools during the fall, Hole said. The team schedules games against other junior colleges in the spring season.
Occasionally, Division I schools will recruit a player
This game offers Kansas players experience and Brown Mackie players exposure, Hole said.
"It's good for them," Bingham said. "It gets their kids a chance to play at the University. And we may be looking at some of their players."
from a junior college to play at the higher level.
Hole said he hoped some Brown Mackie players would
Bingham said one reason he scheduled junior colleges in the fall was to do some scouting. He said it was easier to scout if he saw the players in Lawrence.
"This is only our second year, and my first year coaching." Hole said. "I want to have players go on to Division I schools."
move past the junior college level in the future.
Kansas may seem like a tough opponent for Brown Mackie, but Hole said it was good for the team. He said Kansas deserved to be called a "great team" since the Jayhawks went to the College World Series last year.
"The main reason for the scrimmage is to play a team at the highest level," he said. "I want my players to see the things a great team does to win."
Green, woed by the Suns for nearly three months, joins the Western Conference champions after eight years with the Los Angeles Lakers.
PHOENIX — A.C. Green, a durable power forward with championship experience, signed with Phoenix yesterday, helping the Suns offset the loss of Richard Dumas to drug rehabilitation.
He signed a five-year contract worth an average of $3.02 million a year. The contract starts at $1.88 million, with a 30 percent pay raise each succeeding year.
Green, 6-foot-9, will team at forward with league MVP Charles Barkley, bolstering the
Green averaged 12.8 points and 8.7 rebounds last season but stepped up the pace by averaging 14.6 rebounds in the first round of the playoffs against the Suns. He has not missed a game since Nov. 16, 1986, appearing in 567 consecutive regular-season games.
"He brings everything that we need because we haven't won a championship," said Cotton Fitzsimmons, the Suns' senior executive vice president. "That's so vital to us. I think he will bring his character, he will bring his work ethic, and he will do whatever it takes for us to win."
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