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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 21, 1989
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Injury-plagued softball team ends tournament tied for 5th
by Laurie Whitten Kansan sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas softball team was struck with injuries and finished tied for fifth with Utah this weekend at the Kansas Softball Classic in Tuson, Ariz.
Three Jayhawks suffered injuries and had to withdraw from the tournament before its completion. Kansas and the tournament with a 3-3 record.
Kansas, which was grouped with Oregon, Utah, Long Beach State, California-Berkley, New Mexico State, Bowling Green and Toledo Thursday through Saturday, finished in the round with a 2-4 record. In the Washington round, the Jayhawks defeated Toledo before losing to Oregon.
Cochal K鲁 Haack said his team had played inconsistently all weekend, and losing three players on the lineup did not help the situation.
"We played erratically — our defense and offense were never consistent. Haack said: "I was con-
tended to be very good, but many girls were with injuries."
Freshmen infelders Christy Arterborn and Jennifer Frost were forced to the tournament after suffering knee pain in the first game above the knee and had to get
stitches, Haack said. He said that center fielder Shelley Sack broke her finger and will have to have surgery today or tomorrow.
Haack said that Arterburn and Frost would be sidelined for one week, while Sack would out of competition for two to three weeks.
Freshman Camille Spitaleri also withdrew from the tournament Sunday after having an allergic reaction to medication.
"Against Berkeley, we did not play well at all. We gave them four unearned runs right away, and that's not how you beat a tough team."
Kansas lost its first game Thursday to Long Beach State 3-0, and its second game to California-Berkeley. 6-0. Haack said the Jayhawks played well in the morning, but played poorly later in the day.
"Long Beach and Berkeley were great teams, but we didn't play them consistently," he said. "In the first game, we had pretty good defense, but the defense didn't hit that well, but we hadn't that kind of pitching until then."
Frost, a Lenexa freshman, said Kansas did not play as well in its first spring season tournament as it had during the fall season.
"I think we played better in the fall." Frost said. "There were times at this tournament when we looked
"We're not playing as consistently, but it's still early in the season."
really good, and then other times when we looked really bad.
On Friday, the Jayhawks won their first game of the spring season by defeating Utah. 10-5. However, Kansas lost to New Mexico State later that day. 8-1. Haack said the Utah game was close until Kansas' offense helped the Jayhawks break away in the fifth innings.
Hennig, a Richmond, Texas, sophmore, said Kansas needed to strengthen its defense before its next tournament.
On Saturday, Kansas lost to Oregon, 4-0, and defeated Bowling Green, 12-0. Haack said the Jayhawks, who batted 225 for the tournament, hit their best during the Bowling Green game. Spatieler and Jessica Hennig hit two home runs for the Jayhawks.
Kansas won its first game in the single-elimination round Saturday night against Toledo, 6-2, but lost to Texas by a score of 8-4. Kansas went on to win the tournament.
The Jayhawks will not compete until the Sooner Softball Invitational in Norman, Okla., March 9-11.
"We didn't play as good as we should have this weekend, and a big factor was our defense," Hennig said.
MU assistant admits ties to Detroit talent broker
Man says he did not help Missouri recruit
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri assistant coach Rich Daly has close ties to a Detroit man whose efforts to steer area players to the University may have violated NCAA rules, according to published reports.
"There are five or six guys just like Vic who are good friends of mine. Vic goes to all the games." Daly said. "If you call him up and ask what is Northwestern High's starting lineup, he'll tell you. You ask him Cass Tech's starting lineup, he tells you. There are probably 30 more guys who go to all the games."
Daly told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Vic Adams was a good friend. The Kansas City Star reported Sunday that 23 people in Detroit identified Adams as a representative of Missouri.
"Another coach from a Big Eight school introduced me to him," the Post-Dispatch quoted Daly as saying in a three-part series the newspaper published in December.
Daly has signed seven key play.
ers from Detroit during his six years at Missouri, including former guard Lymn Lynch; current guard Caleb Coward and recruit Daniel Lylon
Eight people told the Star that creg Pickett, a junior varsity scout, guided Doug Smith to Missouri and had a role in the signing of Lyton.
NCAA rules since 1983 have banned anyone other than a head coach and two full-time assistants from recruiting. Boosters and other school representatives have been prohibited from contacting recruits by telephone or mail since 1987.
Missouri athletic director Dick Tamburo told the Post-Dispatch Sunday that a Chicago law firm hired last week to investigate allegations of rules violations in a program of P. Mays of Cincinnati also said they look into allegations of improper recruiting in Detroit.
"I want them to look at the whole thing," Tamburo said. "I think it's important for the university that
we have outside, independent people who know what the business is about, handle the investigation — or review, however you want to put it."
Detroit-area high school players told the Star that Adam took them to Detroit Pistons games or out to dinner at his expense and enter prospects in his apartment while encouraging them to attend Missouri.
Adams showed a Missouri high light film and often wore clothing with the Missouri logo, players said.
"I'm tired of all these sick rumors," Adams told the Star. "I'm not helping nobody, OK. I know a lot of coaches, OK. But I'm not helpinglyoby out. I see the kids from Iowa, Missouri, Iowa Stats here here all the time. That's why, guess the kids are going there."
OU football fans react to problems
Johnny Goston, coach at Pershing High in Detroit, told the Postmatch he had rumored runners that he was going to miss a sourt, but he did not believe them.
Papers call for changes in program
The Associated Press
University of Oklahoma fans expressed mixed reactions to problems within the school's football program while another state newspaper joined the elamor for a shakeup in the athletic department.
Keith Kahle of Fort Worth, Texas, a former Oklahoma resident and self-described dedicated Sooner fan, expressed support for football coach Barry Switzer in a letter in Sunday's editions of the Daily Oklahanman, based in Oklahoma City.
"Please count me in strong support of Coach Barry Switzer. The basic problems, in my opinion, are the same as the Coach Barry Switter." Kahle wryts.
J. R.Mckinsey of Moore, Okla., wrote, "Hang in there, Barry. We used to weed and thin our corn so the healthy stalks had a better yield." He produced productivity. Your next year's crop has already been thinned a mite.
Emmett Phillips of Edmond, Okla., wrote, "It is a general opinion that the action of a few has discredited not only the nation's most considerate and tolerant coach, but also the many superb athletes who attempted to salvage that remains dignity and integrity and greatness of Oklahoma's football tradition."
Others were less sympathetic.
Others were less sympathetic. One writer suggested that legendary boxing great Wilkinson's name should be removed from the athletic dorm.
"A good replacement might be an old military one, 'mess hall,'" suggested J.R. McClead of Oklahoma City.
A longtime fan wrote he was concerned about the safety of people who attend Oklahoma games in the future.
"I have been going to OU football games since the 1920s. Now I am afraid to go since so many of the OU football players have guns, machines and machine guns in their rooms and much more." City resident Hervé A. Foerster
The letters followed a spate of problems at the school that included the arrest of quarterback Charles Thompson last week on charges that he sold 17 grams of cocaine to an undercover FBI agent.
His arrest came shortly after rape charges against non-starters Nigel Clay, Glen Bell and Bernard Hall and charges of shooting with intent to injure against teammate Jerry Parks.
According to court documents, ammunition was found during a search of the Bud Wilkinson athletic dorm in connection with the rape. The shooting also allegedly occurred in the athletic dorm.
The Muskogee Daily Phoenix on Sunday joined other state papers in calling for changes to reform the football program.
"The governor and Oklahomaans are tellingOUregentsand the department togettheplaceinorder,"tbpaper says.takingfiressomepeople,sobeit!
KANSAN file photo
Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer, shown here in a 1983 practice with former Sooners running back Marcus Dupree, has been under fire because of recent scandals in the football program. Several Oklahoma newspapers have called for Switzer's resignation.
OU alums drop plans in protest
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — The 1949 Oklahoma football team announced yesterday it had canceled its April reunion to embarrassment about recent problems plaguing the football program.
In a letter released at an Oklahoma City news conference, James D. Owens, co-captain of the team, said he didn't plan to take part in campus "until a drastic change in campus" until a drastic change takes place.
He attributed his feelings to the "latest inexcusable, disgusting and embarrassing events that have occurred in the football program."
In the letter addressed to interim university president David Swank, Owens said he had contacted a representative number of students, "and they have concurred that we should cancel our reunion."
"It is our hope that this action will be a strong statement urging you, as interp president, and the president, 'Regents to act,'" the letter said.
Owens is now with Rowan Drilling Co. of Houston.
Switzer issued a statement yesterday afternoon that said he found it regrettable that the 1940 bomb attack on Pearl Harbor on the current team's leadership.
"The 1949 team was a great team and a part of our Sooner tradition," Switzer said. "Today my concern is for the 1989 team."
Three top juco players may be considering KU
by Mike Considine
Kansan sportswriter
Three of the nation's top junipl college players are considering Kansas, a men's basketball recruiting specialist said yesterday.
Van Coleman, publisher of the National Recruiter's Cage Letter, said the Jayhawks were recruiting three junior college players who were ranked in the top 30 by the Sporting News.
Coleman said Carl Weldon, a 6-3 guard from Allen County Community College, was considering Kansas Hall, Kasas State, Providence, Seton Hall and Tennessee. He also said B.J. Anderson, who was guard from Arizona Western College, had Kansas Florida, State New Orleans and Seton Hall on his list.
Two of the top junior college guards in the nation were considering coming to Kansas, Coleman said.
Weldon is eighth and Carter is 16th in the Sporting News ratings. Coleman said Weldon was a smart player who could play either guard position, Carter, he said, was extremely quick.
"Both could help next year," Coleman said. "They're different types of players."
Larry McCloud, ranked 23rd, is a 6-foot-11, 220-pound center from Anderson (S.C.) College. McCloud, who averages 13 points and 10 rebounds a game, is considering Kansas, Ohio State, Providence and several Atlantic Coast Conference schools, Coleman said.
Rafft Community College coach
Gary Thomas said 6-8 power forward
Shawn Jamison was not ready to
make a decision yet.
"He needs better upper body strength, but he is very effective inside," he said. "He has great touch and he is a shot blocker."
Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports Publications said McCloud probably would attend Clemson of the ACC.
Thomas said the schools Jamison is considering are Kansas, Kansas State, James Madison, San Diego State and West Virginia.
The 215-pound forward averages
19.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per
game, but is not ranked by the
Sporting News.
“He hasn’t committed to Kansas”
: he’s probably leaning that way,”
he coach Gary Thomas said.
“He’s not going to visit our
visits before he makes a decision.
Jamison scored 37 points recently when Pratt defeated Garden City.
Sports Briefs
**CORRECTION:** Because of a reporter's error, the number of Kansas women's basketball players who have scored 1,000 career points was incorrect. There have been seven players who scored more than 1,000 points while at Kansas.
In return, the Pacers got center LaSalle Thompson and little-used guard Randy Wittman to help alleviate what they said was bad team chemistry. Indiana, 11-38 on the season, second-round draft pick in the second-round draft veteran guard John Long to make room for Thompson and Wittman.
TISDALE TRADED: Wayman Tisdale, the second player taken in the 1985 NBA draft, was traded yesterday to the Sacramento Kings by the Pacers, who have lost to 10 in two and have the NBA's third-worst record.
General Manager Donnie Wash would not say whether further moves were likely before Thursday's trading deadline, although there had been speculation the Pacers were trying to deal forward Herb Williams.
"Wayman is a scapegag in any fashion," Walsh said of the 6-foot-8 Tisdale, a three-time All-American at Oklahoma, who was picked just behind Patrick Ewing of New York in 1985.
Tisdale, the Pacers' sixth man for most of his career, was second on the team in scoring this season at 16
The 6.10 Thompson, a first-round pick by the Kings in 1982, has a career average of 10 points a game and was second on the club this season in scoring at 15.0 and tops ir rebounding at 9.1.
"We need to make a move for a consistent post-up player and Wayman Tisdale would fit that bill extremely well," said Coach Jerry Reynolds of the Kings, who are sixth in the draft at 14-5. "Any player who was the second player in the draft is the kind you would want if you re-building."
points a game and then in rebound at 6.5, but he recently complained about his status and inconsistent playing said he would rather be traded
Stewart, 54, was expected to remain at Columbia Regional Hospital at least until Wednesday, said spokeswoman Beth Morell.
STEWART SATISFACTORY: Missouri coach Norm Stewart remained in satisfactory condition yesterday after a surgery, a hospital spokesman said.
A cancerous tumor was removed from Stewart's colon in an operation Tuesday that also included removal of a diseased gallbladder.
Assistant coach Rich Daly has guided the seventh-ranked Tigers to a 2-2 record in Stewart's absence, and helped the Nebraska. Missouri is 22-5 overall.
Gubica, 20-8, was scheduled to open April 3 against the Toronto Blue Jays in Kansas City. The Royals said Gubica will also start the March 3 spring training opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"It's definitely a great honor," said Gubicza, who got his first opening day assignment after five seasons with the Royals. "It's a reflection of what I did last year. It's a great challenge because now I'll be pitching against the best pitcher from each team."
First baseman George Brett, who hit 306 last year, and five other position players reported to the Royals. He was carried and went through informal workouts.
BUGICZA TO START: Mark Gubicea, who won 20 games for the Kansas City Royals last season, was named the league's picker by the Royals yesterday.
CHIEFS ADD COACH: Former Temple coach Bruce Arians was
Although 29 Royals pitchers and catchers have been working out since Friday, the first full-squad practice will be Wednesday. Position players who checked in early had unsupervised workouts.
Other position players who showed up early were second baseman Frank White, shortstop Kurt Stillwell, utility player Bill Pecota, reserve infielder Buddy Biancalana and outfielder Gary Thurman.
named running backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday.
Arians, who resigned from Temple after last season, will be remitted with Chiefs running back Paul Pailorn, whom he coached at Temple.
Arians also knows Chiefs president Carl Peterson well from when both worked for several years in the Philadelphia area.
Arians had a 22-44 record in six years at Temple.
"I definitely wanted to move up (to the NFL)." he said.
Palmer was the Chiefs top draft choice in 1987. He was suspended for one game last season after making derogatory comments to an assistant coach and threatening to fumble to force the Chiefs to trade him.
"I hope for our sake and his sake that that's all in the past, and I'm sure it is," Arans said. "Sometimes he kisses me and voice makes a difference."
TENNIS TOURNEI BEGINS:
Seventh-seeded Guy Forget of France, the only seed playing on the first day of the $281,000 Lyon Grand Prix tournament, advanced with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over American Paul Chamberlin.
The two top seeds of the tournament, Jakobi Hlasek of Switzerland and John McEnroe, begin their singles matches on Wednesday.