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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 16, 1988
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KU women to open basketball season tonight
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's basketball team underwent a major overhaul after winning its second consecutive Big Eight Conference tournament last year.
The exhibition game begins at 7 p.m. at Allen Field House.
With eight new faces on the team, the Jayhawks will find out just what they have under the hood tonight in their games. They are the Australian Junior Olympic Team.
Kansas coach Marian Washington said the Jayhawks were ready to play outside competition.
"Everybody is excited about playing the game," Washington said. "Anytime you have chance to play a game like this it's going to help you, and you're going to use us to take a good look at where we are and at what we need to do."
The Australian team, after an 83-55
loss to Stanford, has improved its play in the past two games of its U.S. tour.
Australia held a 17-point lead against California at Berkeley before losing 65-63. Drake needed a 19-foot jumper at the buzzer to beat the Australians, 66-65, Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Kansas assistant coach Kevin Cook said the Australians would be prepared to play a tough game.
"Right now they are probably a little down after giving up a 17-point lead against Cal-Berkley and losing at the buzer to Drake," he said. "But they are a very tough and a difficult game, and the games except one and I think if Stanford stays healthy, they'll make it to the Final Four."
Cook said the Australian player to watch was guard Shelly German. The 6-foot-1 shooting guard, who was a member of Australia's Olympic
As a team, we want to make a commitment to working hard for 40 minutes and staying together as a team. We're not interested in peaking tomorrow. The key is to keep working hard and continue to improve every game.'
Marian Washington
Kansas women's basketball coach
"Gorman is a three-point shooter deluxe." Cook said "she's the key." When she makes it clear, she'll be looking to put it up. The other players on the floor will hit the
"But Coach Washington has the (Kansas) team ready to play. They are anxious and excited about getting the season underway."
boards hard.
Joining Gorman in the Australian starting line-up will be 6-3 center, Lucille Hamilton; 6-2 forward, Anne Heller; and 5-1 guard, Jennifer Muller and 5-5 point guard. Becquerel Muller
Washington said the Jayhawks were taking the Australian team seriously.
Coming off the bench for coach Trevor Cook's team is Natasha Bargeau. The 6-foot forward has scored in double figures in all three of Australia's exhibition games and she had nine rebounds against Drake.
"From what we've heard, Australia is a very physical team," she said. "We are going to try to keep pressure on the basketball, run the floor and block out, which are all things we'll have to do the entire season. We are
also going to have to maintain our poise."
Washington said she hadn't decided on a starting line-up for tonight's game.
One player most likely to play an important role for the Jayhawks is junior guard Lisa Braddy.
"Whoever I start (Wednesday) night won't necessarily start on Saturday night (in the Kansas alumni game)" she said. "I expect to see a lot of us in pre-conference schedule until I can get a better feel for where we are."
Braddy, who averaged almost 10 points a game and set a Kansas single-season record assist with 207 last season, was one of five players in the preseason all-conference team in a poll taken by the Big Eight coaches.
Joining Braddy on the team was Oklahoma State's Cinette Jordan, Colorado's Bridget Turner, Amy Ske
phens of Nebraska and Oklahoma's Jo Mosley.
Colorado and Nebraska finished tied for first in the preschool poll with 45 points. Oklahoma State and Missouri were tied for third, followed by Kansas, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Kansas State.
"We were picked fifth in the poll, which is fine." Washington said. "My job as coach is to help us keep our goals in mind. Our ultimate goal is to contend in the Big Eight Conference. If we finish better than fifth, that's great, but we're going to make the best out of this season that we can."
Washington said that as the Jayhawks become more familiar with each other, they have become more comfortable with Washington's system.
"They are doing a good job concentrating on what is being asked of them," she said.
Sophomore linebacker Curtis Moore leads the Big Eight Conference with 144 tackles this season.
Player is defense leader
By Jeff Euston Kansan sportswriter
Moore has most tackles in Big Eight
As the anchor of a Kansas defense that has been down this season, sophomore Curtis Moore stands tall.
As a redshirt freshman last season, Moore led the Jayhawks with 10 tackles and was selected by the team as comer of the year in the Big Eight.
Moore, a 6-foot-1, 225-pound inside linebacker from Wichita, leads the Big Eight Conference with 144 tackles.
His 247 career tackles already are more than any player in Kansas history has made during his first two seasons. He now is 16th among Kansas' all-time tackling leaders.
Kansas State coach Stan Parrish called Moore "the heart and soul of the Kansas defense," and Missouri coach Woody Widenhofer said. "He is one of the best defensive players (in the conference)." moved by such
His performance this season has made an impression throughout the conference.
But Moore isn't moved by such praise.
"I really don't think much about
it," said Kansas, who tied the Kansas single-game mark for tackles in a game with 25 against Colorado on Oct. 15. "Those are elements from those guys, but right now I don't even think about it.
"Maybe after the season I'll look back and say that I did some things well. But I just try to concentrate on what we need to do this week to win."
Moore, who made the team as a walk-on at defensive back in 1986, said Kansas was the only school that showed interest in him when he left Wichita Northwest High School to play Kansas for an opportunity to play football and he has been somewhat surprised by his success.
"Curtis Moore has been a real steady performer for us." Mason said. "He's had a lot of tackles and he doesn't have a good supporting cast around him. He's got a very experienced defensive line in front of him and a lot of pressure
"I really didn't expect it," he said. "Anytime you walk on, you just do it because you want to play football and see what you can do. You don't really think about those types of goals. And I still don't. I just try to go out there and do my job."
Moore, as one of the few experi-enced Kansas defenders, has been relied upon heavily, Kansas coach Glen Mason said.
"I really don't feel the pressure," he said. "The only pressure I feel from me. I just try to help the young guys out. They're learning as they go and they're doing a really good job."
Being thrust into the role as a leader on defense obviously hasn't affected Moore's performance.
has been put on him. He's had a good year."
"I've increased that every year, and I'd do the same this year," said Moore, who is down almost 10 pounds from the start of the season.
He said he also would like to get heavier and stronger during the off-season.
Moore is looking to improve next year.
Despite the frustrations of a 1-9 season, Moore said he was optimistic about the Jayhawks' future.
"I think we're headed in the right direction. There's no doubt we'll be better next year."
“This year obviously hasn’t been the best year,” he said. “But I think there’s been some real noticeable changes, such as excitement and playing hard and playing aggressive. We haven’t always come out on top, but I think the fans see the change.
Former coach found guilty of cheating on income taxes
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former coach Dana Kirk, who parlayed his basketball success at Memphis State into lucrative business deals, was conspiring to push on his income taxes and trying to intimidate a grand jury witness.
"I have never shot, raped or robbed," Kirk said after a U.S. District Court jury announced its case. He am not a criminal and was never arrested and had opportunity to look at my taxes and say pay this and pay that."
Kirk, 53, faces up to 24 years in prison and fines of $275,000. A sentencing hearing is expected in 30 days after the conviction by the federal probation office
Kirk took over a struggling basketball program at Memphis State in 1979 and led the Tigers to the NCAA's Final Four in 1985. He was fired by September 1986 shortly before he was indicted by a $100 grand jury.
"I'm thoroughly, thoroughly disap-
pared. I'm never thought it would go to this."
Kirk's trial began Sept. 12 and he was accused by government witnesses of accepting money collected by boosters for athletes, of selling basketball tickets for up to five times their face value and of seeking personal payments from promotors of college basketball tournaments.
Former All-American Keith Lee, now with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association, said Kirk paid him $400 to $600 a month for four years. Lee said he also got $500 a month for a year from Tiger boosters and his mother got $6,200 from Kirk.
Kirk had many promotional deals and other business arrangements that pushed his annual income to almost $300,000, witnesses said. His coaching salary at Memphis State ranged from $35,000 to $62,500.
He was charged with understating his income by a total of $162,000 in 1982 and 1983.
Kirk was convicted on one count of obstruction of justice, one count of income tax evasion and three counts of filing false tax statements. He was charged with two counts of false statement charge and two obstruction of justice charges.
U. S. Attorney Hickman Ewing Jr. said the amount of money Kirk owed in back taxes would be assessed by the Internal Revenue Service and would be unaffected by the jury's verdict.
Kirk said the jury was confused by the complexity of the government's case, but Ewing disagreed.
"The jury thoroughly understood the case. They gave him the benefit of the doubt. They gave him more than he deserved." Ewing said.
The government called 54 witnesses for the trial while the defense summoned two, a bank teller and Kirk's wife, Ann.
Kirk said he did not testify because he thought he had won the case.
Kirk said his tax problems were caused by mistakes and his wife said she was responsible for keeping up with the family finances. She said she was so inapt she had trouble filling out bank deposit slips.
Kirk said he would meet with his lawyers to discuss an appeal. The lawyers declined comment.
"I felt confident everything would be not guilty," he said.
"You're guilty of one and not guilty of the other and both are in essence the same thing," he said.
Kirk was indicted by a grand jury investigating sports bookmaking in the Memphis area and the charges against him were unrelated to gambling.
Ewing said the grand jury investigation led to an examination of Kirk's finances and investigators were surprised to find he had more than $550,000 in certificates of deposit at a Memphis bank.
Kirk declined to discuss the current condition of his finances.
"That's none of your business," he said.
**MAGE:** The Kansas men's basketball team will play an intrasquad scrimmage at 7:30 on Friday at Kansas City, Kan., Community College.
This is the final scrimmage of the season for the Jayhawks. On Saturday, Kansas plays an exhibition game at University Field, National Team at Allen Field Houses.
Sports Briefs
The Jayhawks open the regular season Nov. 25 against the University of Alaska at Anchorage in the Great Alaskan Shootout.
OGDEN WINS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kansas golfer John Ogden shot a 64-53 to tie the game under par and win the individual championship of Miami Sun and Fun Collegiate Golf Tournament yesterday in Miami, Fla.
It was the first collegiate tournament victory for Ogden, a junior who
redshirted last year after lettering his first two seasons.
Andrew Rice of Central Florida finished second at 217.
Ogden fired a four-under-par 68 during the first round Sunday and followed that with rounds of 73 and 71 in his par 72 Lillehammer Golf Course.
Central Florida, which led Kansas by two strokes before the first two rounds, won the 17-team tournament with an 875 total.
The Jayhawks finished second with 881.
Kansas senior John Snoovic finished 10th individually with a 221. Jeff Johnson was 12th with a 223.
KANSAS VOLLEYBALL LOSES: The Nebraska volleyball team defeated Kansas 15-6, 15-7 and 15-8 last night in Lincoln, Neb.
The loss dropped the Jayhawks'
LEONARD GIVES UP TITLES:
record to 5-22 and 1-9 in the Big Eight Conference. The fifth-ranked Corn huskers are 24-4 and 10-1 in the league.
Kansas' last home match is tomor row night against Kansas State.
LEONARD GIVES UP TITLES
Sugar Ray Leonard relinquished the World Boxing Council light heavyweight and super middle-weight titles yesterday, but did not say he was retiring.
In a letter sent to WBC president Jose Sulaiman of Mexico, Leonard said, "Since I don't know my present plans concerning the continuation of my boxing career I have decided to give up both titles."
WBC rules would not allow Leonard to hold both titles, which he won by stopping Donny Lalonde in the ninth round. Nov 7 at Las Vegas.
Gibson is most valuable in NL Dodgers left fielder defeats Strawberry for honor
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Kirk Gibson, who inspired the Dodgers in the clubhouse and carried them at the plate, was named the National League Most Valuable Player yesterday.
Gibson drove in only 76 runs, the fewest battles-binned by an MVP since Pete Rose in 1973, but did enough to finish comfortably ahead of Darryl Strawberry of the New York Mets. Orel Hershiser, the play-off and World Series MVP, finished a distant sixth.
"I'm not a numbers person. I never set goals to hit this number or get so many RBIs," Gibson said from his home in Michigan. "The intangibles obviously were taken into consideration and that makes me feel good."
"Winning the MVP was never my goal. But I'm happy that so many people had the opinion that I had that much impact on our winning," he said, as we us to become world champs. That's what makes this that much sweeter.
Mets with the other four first-place votes.
Jason received 13 first-place votes and finished with 272 points. Strawberry had seven first-place votes, followed by Kevin McReynolds of the
Strawberry led the league with 39 home runs, was second with 101 RBI and batted 299. McKeynolds hit 288 with 27 home runs and 99 RBI.
McReynolds said, 'Whether I finished first or didn't qualify with one vote, that didn't matter to me.
"Eventually, one day I'm going to be appreciated," Strawberry said. "I have no reason to feel down about it." The team has a good record, I will team. I'll always believe in that.
"He (Gibson) helped turn the team around and played a leadership role. I'm not disappointed at all. I'm just happy to be mentioned."
"Kirk Gibson meant a lot to the Dodgers, and me and McMeynolds meant a lot to the Mets. At a time when the New York Mets were struggling and no one was hitting, I was the only one hitting for two months."
Pittsburgh's Andy Van Slyke was fourth in the voting, followed by San Francisco's Will Clark and Hershiser.
Two members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in each league city voted prior to the postseason. The American League MVP will
be announced todav
Gibson hit 290 with 25 home runs and stole 31 bases in delivering what he promised — a championship to the Dodgers.
All four hitters who finished behind Gibson had better statistics. Van Slyke hit 288 with 25 home runs and 173 with 164. RBI with 198 and RBI and 29 home runs.
But Gibson gave the Dodgers the drive they needed to rebound from their first consecutive sub-500 finishes since 1967-68.
The left fielder was the symbol of their determination, never more evident than in the World Series. Unable to start because of hambram and knee injuries, he impeded to the plate and hit a two-run, pinch-home run off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning that won Game 1. That was Gibson's only at-bat of the Series.
Gibson, often plagued by injuries in the past, played 150 games during the regular season, the second-most of his nine full years in the majors. Gibson hit 28 doubles and was fourth in the NL with a .377 on-base percentage and ninth with a .483 slugging percentage.