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Friday, February 10, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Swimmers face Nebraska prepare for championship
by Brett Brenner
by Brett Brenner Kansan sportswriter
If the Kansas and Nebraska swimming coaches are right, tomorrow's meet between the Cornhuskens and Jaywhacks will have no bearing on the outcome of the night Championships in three weeks.
The men's and women's teams will compete at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Lincoln, Neb.
The Nebraska men's team, ranked sixth in the nation, and the Jayhawk men, ranked 19th, are both high in the championships.
Although Nebraska coach Cal Bentz said the meet would not have an affect on the conference championships, he stressed that the Cornhuskers would not overlook the Jawhays.
"It's always important to win meets." Benz said. "We have to take each meet separately. We don't them together, we just agree together then we create problems. Then we are at a different juncture in our training."
Last February, the Nebraska
men defeated Kansas 64-49 in
Lawrence. In March, they
defeated the Jayhawks 833-524 for
the conference championship.
Early last fall, the Cornhuskers defeated the Jayhawks 543-385 at the Big Eight Invitational in Ames, Iowa.
The Cornhuskers are 8-3 in dual meets, coming off losses to Arizona State and Stanford last week.
Bentz said that it would take a team effort to beat the Jayhawks.
"I don't want to minimize anyone's role on the team," Bentz said. "There is no question that it will take a team effort."
Nebraska is led by returning Big Eight individual champions Jacob Kruger, Ryan Bell, Mike Irvin, Thomas Stus and Sean Frampton.
The Nebraska women's team is in a situation similar to that of the Kansas men.
Last season, after losing the dual meet 61.5 to 51.5, the Kansas women took the Big Eight title 715.5-584.
Ray Huppert, Nebraska women's coach, agreed that this meet would be no different from the others.
"It's just another step toward the Big Eight Championships." Hupper said. "We're doing what we do. We've worked long and hard."
Early last fall, the Jayhawks defeated the Cornhuskers 548-433.
As for the meet this weekend, Huppert said that he thought it would be a good match.
"It's difficult to say," he said. "All of our kids are working hard. Kansas has the quality and depth in the distance freestyle. But in the freestyle sprints and the other strokes, we match up well."
"It's going to be a great meet. I wish I could tell you who's going to win."
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said that although the meet was emotionally important, realistically, it would have no effect on the teams'
"With the men, they are the champion and we're the challenger, and with the women we're the champion and they're the challenger." Kempf said.
Track teams set for Lincoln meet KU triple jumper to be reunited with high school teammate
by Cynthia L. Smith
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas senior David Bond and a friend from Nebraska made a deal last weekend and both won.
"We made a point that I'd qualify for nationals by 3:30 p.m. (Friday) and he'd qualify by 5 p.m." Bond said.
Bond took first place in the triple jump with a leap of 52 feet, $1 \frac{1}{4}$ inches at the Jayhawk Invitational in Anschutz Sports Pavilion, beating the NCAA Indoor Championships qualifying mark of 52 $1 \frac{1}{4}$.
Bond and Jelks were on the track team together at MacArthur High School in Decatur, Ill., where Bond and Jelks were also members of 400-meter relay and 400-meter relay.
Bond's close friend, Nebraska junior Bob Belks, won the 200-meters in 21 minutes, 21 seconds at a meet in Lincoln, Neb. The qualifying time in the 200 was 21.67.
"We know each other well enough to know that if Bob says he's qualifying, he'll do it, and if I say that I'm qualifying, I'll do it." Bond said.
Bond joined Kansas pole vaulters Pat Manson and Cam Miller, who have already qualified for the NCAA meet on March 10-11, at Indianapolis.
Last year, Bond qualified for the
HOUSTON — Akeem Olajuwon and the Houston Astrodome are NBA history waiting to happen.
Olaijuwon, the starting center for the Western Conference, will be the only player from the Houston Rockets in Sunday's NBA All Star Game. The last two years, and 10 times in 38 previous All Star games, the most valuable player has come from the host city.
Hometown charm to help Olajuwon?
The "Big E" led Houston to an upset victory over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) and top 12 finisher before 24,983 fans at the Astrodome.
The All Star Game also happens 21 years after Elvin Hayes of the University of Houston used the Astrodome as his personal showcase.
Abdul-Jabbar won't be playing this
The Associated Press
weekend, for only the third time in his 20-year pro career, and the Houston connection was partly responsible for that, too. since olajuwon was one of three centers selected ahead of the retiring Lakers legend.
A crowd of up to 45,000 is expected, which would break the previous All-Star record of 43,146 at the Hoosier Star in Indianapolis in 1985. A different seating configuration than in 1986 will be in place Sunday.
"It would be nice to be the MVP in Houston," said Olaijauwon, the NBA's leading scoring among centers. "But I won't put that kind of pressure on myself. My philosophy is 'no expectation, no disappointment.'"
"I think he'll have a big game, but you never know with so many stars
and just one ball," Rockets coach Don Chaney said.
Tom Chambers, then of Seattle,
won in 1987 and Chicago's Michael
Jordan took the honors last year.
Chambers scored 34 points and had four steals as the West defeated the East 154-149 in overtime at the Seattle Kingdome.
"I remember Tom Chambers in that game two years ago," Olajuwon said. "He was shooting from everywhere. Playing center is just a little different, so it might be tougher for me."
nambers, now with Phoenix, was selected to this year's West team as a backup forward. Although he is an eight-year NBA player, Chambers said that fans remembered him most for his performance in the Seattle
All-Star game
"I'll always cherish that game." Chambers said. "When the crowd behind you, you can really get going."
I think Earl's early favorite for the MVP.
"He's the kind of center who can win it because he can do a lot of things. If he gets a lot of points and boards, he can do it. Moses Malone would have won it the year I won if the West hadn't won the game."
Olympic trials with a jump of 53-5½ but could not compete because he broke his left ankle. He also broke his right ankle as a freshman.
Jordan, who had 40 points, eight rebounds and four steals last year as the East won 138-133 in Chicago, predicted that "Olaijuwon will be pumped up at home and other guys will want to play." The team tried to pay me respect at last year, especially when I got hot and really started to do well."
The Big Eight Championships will be Feb. 24-25. in Lincoln.
"I'm so grateful that I'm still healthy this season that I don't care what happens now," Bond said. "I'll be happy to happen at the big Eight."
Bond said that he looked forward to joining Jelks today at the Cornhusker Invitational.
The men's team will compete against approximately 70 teams at Nebraska, including Manhattan College (N.Y.), which took fifth at last year's NCAA Indoor Championships.
"This type of meet we're going into is of very high caliber," said Gary Schwartz. Kansas track coach. "This
will be an opportunity for our athletes to face their toughest competitors so far this year."
The women's team will face more than 70 teams, including all of the Big Eight teams except Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
"We're trying to get them in a competition that will challenge them and see how well they will respond." Schwartz said.
The Kansas pole vaulters will not join their teammates this weekend because they will compete at the Oklahoma Track Classic, in Norman, Okla.
"We've got a great vault crew and are better wavlting conditions down there for them," schwartz said.
Manson, freshman Matt Beard and seniors Sam Allred and Cedric Fullard, will vault at Oklahoma.
Boggs plans to fight Adams' suit in court
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. - Wade Boggs will fight Margo Adams' $12 million lawsuit in court rather than try to reach a settlement with his lawyer, who also won Red Sox sugar said yesterday giving an eight-hour deposition.
"I have no plans to settle, none whatsoever," said Boggs, holding hands with his wife. Debbie. "I've got to fight this thing to the very end."
"I think they're anxious," Adams' attorney James McGee said. He said that Boggs paid Adams an unspecified amount to compensate her airplane flights during their four-year affair.
Attorneys for Boggs and Adams confirmed that there has been no offer of a settlement. But each side, in separate press conference, argued that neither wanted to reach agreement instead of ontaining the case.
"I'd like to see it end tonight," Debbie Boggs has. "In my opinion, she's done what she can to us."
"Maybe I'm old-fashioned. I believe in my wedding vows. He made a mistake How do you like your kids?" "You've got the kids in school."
Boggs, who lives in Tampa, was scheduled to finish his two-day estimony today. No date has been set for Adams.
Boggs and Adams avoided looking at each other during the deposition. They exchanged only a glance as each entered the room.
"I just want it to be over with," Boggs said.
Boggs admitted in testimony that Adams was his companion on road trips, in an affair that ended last year during a storm of angry allegations. But the five-time American League batting champion said there was never a verbal agreement on an amount that Adams would be paid for compensation.
Jennifer King, Bogg's attorney,
said the $12 million Adams wants
"was not in anybody's wildest dreams."
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