University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 2, 1988
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Sanders avoiding publicity
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STILLWATER, Okla. — Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State was relieved to learn that the Heisman winner will be announced Dec. 3.
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He should be among the finalists, but he will not be in New York for the announcement. On that date, Sanders and his team will be in Japan for a game against Texas Tech.
The truth is, his friends say, that Sanders doesn't like a lot of attention, and those who know him insist he is sincere about that.
Through seven games, Sanders has averaged 210 yards rushing a game. He has twice topped the 300-yard mark, and has an outside chance to break Marcus Allen's single-season rushing record.
"For him to be such a good athlete, in the public eye all the time, and still be so humble, it's amazing," Oklahoma State linebacker Sim Drain said.
"It's glamorous and everything, but I don't care." Sanders said of the Heisman. "We have more important things to worry about."
Dramatist
Amazing is how the Oklahoma State junior's play has been described.
His 37-carry, 320-yard effort against Kansas State this week gave Sanders 1,476 yards this season. To surpass Allen's 2,342 yards, Sanders must average about 216 yards in the final four games.
After Oklahoma, the Cowboys finish with Kansas, Iowa State and Texas Tech, none of which is very strong.
Sanders had 189 yards against seventh-ranked Nebraska earlier this year.
The 12th-ranked Cowboys face No. 8 Oklahoma this weekend. The Sooner defense is good, but not what it has been in recent years.
strong.
Sanders opened the season by running a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, and he hasn't slowed down. He has had some great games against soft competition, but his 189 yards against Nebraska, 157 yards against Texas A&M and 174 yards against Colorado prove he is capable.
Sanders gives most of the credit to his offensive line as many good halfbacks do. But coach Pat Jones says Sanders means it.
say.
"When he says something, he means it. I think he was raised that way."
"If there was a sincerity award in college football, he'd win it hands down," Jones said. "I don't think he goes into an interview thinking 'Well, I think this is what I'm expected to say.'"
Sanders, whose brother Byron is closing in on a 1,000-yard season at Northwestern, chose Oklahoma State over Tulsa and Iowa State. No other Division I school offered him a scholarship, but the Oklahoma State coaches knew early that they had found a gem.
round a game.
"As a freshman, you'd pitch him the ball and he was extremely hard to corral," offensive coordinator Larry Coker said. "He just made people trying to tackle him look bad."
trying.
He moved quickly up the depth chart that year, helped in part by injuries to players above of him, and he played sparingly behind All-American Thurman Thomas. As a sophomore, Sanders rushed for 622 yards, averaging 5.6 yards a carry, and led the nation in kick returns.
and led the race.
This season has been one impressive performance after another. The 5-foot-8-inch, 195-pound Sanders has the speed to run past people, the strength to run over them and the waterbug quickness that leaves defenders grabbing at air.
delthesheen to be some of that the things he did in a ball game would surprise me," teammate Jarrod Green said. "Now I almost expect him to do things other people aren't capable of doing."
Manning waiting until price is right
He's unhappy about deferment of 30 percent of annual salary
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LOS ANGELES — Danny Manning says he will continue to hold out until he gets a contract from the Los Angeles Clippers that pays the full amount up front.
The NBA's No. 1 draft pick, who last week rejected a 5-year, $10 million contract, said Monday night in an interview with KNBC-TV that he remains unhappy that the Clippers want to defer 30 percent of each year's salary.
That would make the cash value of the contract a little more than $1 million a year, Manning said from Cincinnati.
"And right now that's not the going rate and that's not what the previous No. 1 pick's got in deferred payments received cash deals," Manning said.
money deferred, and the players have had some trouble in getting their money," Manning said. "I don't want to run into those problems. I'd just like my money up front."
"A lot of times in the past the Clippers have had players who had
Clippers officials could not be reached for comment.
received 10. Manning, whose agent is Ron Grinker of Cincinnati, said the amount of deferred money was supposed to be negotiable, "but they told us they want to leave it at 30 percent, which is the maximum amount of money you can defer."
money you can sell. If the Clippers won't budge, "I'll just have to sit and hold out," Manning said.
"I really love the game of basketball and it's something I want to do, but you have to look at it from a business point of view and if they try to get over on you on the first contract, they'll probably try it on the second one and third one."
Los Angeles Clippers draft pick Danny Manning doesn't want the team to withhold any of his contract money.
Parrish sees tight battle for Miami Kansas State coach tssup between OU, OSU and NU
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State's Stan Parrish is the first coach to play all three Big Eight Conference heavyweights this year. And he figures it a tossup among the Sooners, Cowboys and Cornhuskers.
"The way they played us, I felt Nebraska was a consistent, strong team." Parrish said. "To be very honest, they all have their own identity, all do different things well. If they put their best foot forward, they're all capable of beating one another. After seeing all three, I'd say the thing is totally up for grabs."
rarrish and just about every other coach in the Big Eight is opposed to the idea of adding a 12th game to the schedule.
game to it, "I think it's ridiculous." Parrish said. "We never think about the players, always the money, always this, always that. Eleven games? Three weeks of preseason practicing, on AstroTurf, with the academic demands and pressure on kids? In my mind, a lot of times, there is too much pressure right now. Adding a game, to me, is in the best interests of everybody but
the most important people, the players."
"It a bunch of junk," said Iowa State's Jim Walden while reminding everyone that he has fewer scholarship players than programs that have been well managed for several years. "With 69 scholarship guys, that's all I need is another game. I hope we can get Miami or Florida State. Why don't we just give the kids the first semester off and play 15 games?"
Kansas State is busily looking for a replacement for Parrish, who has announced his resignation, to take effect at the end of the year. The Wildcats are winless for the year and without a victory since beating Kansas two years ago this month.
"As a coach, I would have some reservations." Nebraska's Tom Osborne said. "The season is plenty long enough right now. I would hope that if something is done, some compensation could be given to the players, whether it's some kind of stipend or provision where a student could attend Christmas did for. We're progressively asking more and more of the players and giving them less and less in return."
Only Colorado's Bill McCartney was solidly in favor.
K-State suffers from the same legacy of bad management by previous staffs that Walden faced when he came to Iowa State two years ago. And under the circumstances, the Cyclone coach is not optimistic for the Wildcats in their search.
was born. "I'm for it," he said. "I'm for it if we can attract an opponent where we can have a capacity crowd. I don't see any reason not to."
"I can't imagine anybody going down there unless they're out of work," he said. "Because of the numbers situation. It has nothing to do with the pride of Kansas State or the facilities. If the president and athletic director at Kansas State can't show the coach coming in that he, within two years, have the same ample number of athletes that everybody else has, then it's ludicrous.
"I can't see anybody in Division I football leaving their jobs under normal circumstances to go to Kansas State right now. Why would anybody do what I did? I'm
the only idiot in this world."
A lot of people will be laughing at the prospect of Kansas and Kansas State playing this week with their collective 0-16 record. But in fact, the game will showcase two of the best receivers in the Big Eight, if not the nation. Kansas State's Greg Washington leads the conference with seven touchdown catchers, 728 yards inceptions; Charlie Vaughn, Kansas' slick senior, has caught 29 passes for 712 yards and six touchdowns and also has a rushing touchdown this season.
And neither man is playing for an offensive juggernaut.
"I certainly hope that because we're not playing well, what he's doing will not be overlooked by anybody," Parrish said of Washington. "He and Hart Lee Dykes (of Oklahoma State) put on one of the greatest shows I've ever seen Saturday. Willie Vaughn's a tougher too. He might be the fastest guy in the league. It brings some prominence to our league. It's not strictly a running conference."
Red's 3rd baseman given rookie award
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NEW YORK — Chris Sabo proved that the Cincinnati Reds don't have to finish second at everything.
Sabo was named winner of the Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America yesterday. The third baseman 271, hit in the first four games in 44 for the Reds who finished second in the NL West for the fourth consecutive season.
Sabo received 79 points and 11 first-place votes from a panel of 24 writers, two from each National League city. First baseman Mark Grace of the Chicago Cubs was second with 61 points and right-hander Tim Belcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers was third with 35.
Angel:
"It means a lot to me." Sabo said.
"It's like the All-Star Game. I was noticed to that but I wasn't counting on it. When I got it, I was happy. It's the same with this. I wasn't counting on it. If I did it, great. If I didn't get it, I wasn't going to quit."
wasn't going to acquire Reds owner Marge Schott, who has been critical of the team's second-
place finishes, attended Sahoo's conference at Riverfront Stadium
"Well, at least we won something. Right Chris?" she quipped.
Sabo is the sixth Cincinnati player to win the award, the first since pitcher Pat Zachry tied Butch Metzger of the Padres in 1976, the only tie in the award's history.
Sabo stole 46 bases, tying for fourth in the league. He holds the most stolen bases record for a Reds' rookie since Bob Descher's 54 in 1909. Sabo hit 40 doubles, third in the NL behind Andres Galarraga's 42 and Rafael Palmeiro's 41. Sabo was the only rookie to play in the All-Star Game, playing before the hometown crowd.
On June 18, Sabo had his first four-ft game and the Reds traded Bell to the Houston Astros. Sabo was 11-for-23 that week, stole four bases in four attempts and was named the league's player of the week.
He made an impact from the start.
On April 7, Sabo had 11 assists in
Cincinnati's 8-1 victory over St. Louis
tiring the record for third basemen.
KU WOMEN'S HOOPS: Forward LaTanya Nelson scored 21 points to lead the blue team to a 56-54 victory over the white team in a Kansas women's basketball team scrimmage last night in Salina.
Nelson, a Landover, Md., sophomore, also had 13 rebounds and four steals in the scrimmage.
10 points and had 13 points. Other leading scorers in the scrimage were junior guard Lisa Braddy with 12 points for the white team, freshman guard Geri Hart with 10 points for the blue team and freshman guard Shannon Bloxom with 10 points for the white team.
steals in the scrimmage.
Lynn Page, Junior center, set the pace for the white team. She scored 15 points and had 13 rebounds.
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points for the white
The Jayhawks will scrimmage
again Tuesday at Washburn University in Topeka.
*way in Topeka*
SAMUEL DOUBTFUL: The University of Kansas' starting cornerback Peda Samuel was listed as doubtful for this weekend's game against Kansas State, Coach Glen Mason said yesterday.
Samuel suffered a left groin pull last Saturday against Oklahoma and sat out practice both Monday and yesterday.
SANDERS BREAKS RECORD:
Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders,
for a record nine time, has been
honored Eight Conferences offensive
player of the week.
yesterday Samuel has recorded 51 tackles and four interceptions this season.
The quick, elusive junior gouged K-State for a school-record 320 rushing yards Saturday, scoring on runs of 26, 38 and 17 yards. Sanders is the
The Jayhawks focused on offense and the kicking game during yesterday's practice. MARKERS, BREAKS, RECORD:
first player in NCAA history to rush for 300 yards twice in a season and the only Big Eight player ever named offensive player of the week five times in a season. The Wichita North product was a unanimous pick.
Strong safety Otis Smith of Missouri was chosen by the media panel as defensive player of the week for his work against Nebraska.
Smith, a junior college transfer, had 10 tackles, including four behind the line for 24 yards in losses. He also intercepted a fumble and intercepted a pass.
GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD: Third baseman Robin Ventura of Oklahoma State, who helped the U.S. team win the Olympic gold medal, was named winner of the Golden Spikes Award yesterday, presented to the outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation.
Gary Mook/Special to the KANSAN
Curtis Shaw, a Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore, pitched in yesterday's sixth game of the Jayhawk World Series between two teams divided up from the Kansas baseball team.
Violence dominates early NHL contests
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During the off-season, the NHL took action to crack down on players guilty of flagrant stick fouls.
Meanwhile, the players have been cracking down, too, not only with their sticks, but their fists, fingers, knees and just about anything else they can use to hurt their opponents.
During the first month of the season, violence has dominated much of the NHL season and cast a blood on ice along with the blood that has been spilled.
The latest incident occurred Sunday night in New York, where Pittsburgh superstar Mario Lemieux was injured by a stick slash from David Shaw of the New York Rangers. Shaw was suspended pending a hearing yesterday in Montreal.
It continued an early season trend of player suspensions for a variety of violent acts.
On Monday, three players were suspended by the NHL. Edmonton's Mark Messier, Philadelphia's Rick Tocchet and Chicago's Dave Manson.
Manson was suspended for 10 games because he instigated a fight after the game last Friday night against Vancouver's David Bruce.
Messier was suspended for six games for slashing Vancouver's Rich Sutter on Oct. 23.
Tocchet was suspended for 10 games as the result of an eye-gouging incident against New York Islander Dean Chenywon ether Oct. 27.
Ranger defenseman James Patrick is among those calling for stiffer penalties, particularly in slashing incidents. Patrick has called for the league to set a precedent of "half a season (suspension) at least for a similar infraction" to the one that took place in Madison Square Garden last season between Philadelphia's Dave Brown and New York's Tomas Sandstrom.
Shaw's slash of Lemieux Sunday night lacked some of the Brown-Sandstrom ugliness, but could have inflammatory reverberations, particularly when the Rangers and Penguins next meet on Nov. 23 in Pittsburgh. At least some Pittsburgh players have promised retaliation for the slashing of Lemieux, last season's most valuable player.
Brown was suspended for 15 games — the longest in NHL history — for his attack on Sandstrom in a controversial decision by the league. The NHL was criticized for what many considered a light penalty to Brown, who struck Sandstrom with his stick in the neck while the Ranger forward's back was turned.
the next time we play New York, he dead," Pittsburgh defenseman Steve Dykstra said of Shaw. "And if he hasn't got the (guts) to dress for the game, I'll get him in the stands. We play these guys six more times. He'll his get. Nobody swings his stick at Mario Lemieux and walks away."
Llemieu's injury, described as a "brushed sternum," was not considered serious. But other players have not been so lucky this year.
Chynnow, for one, will miss four to six weeks with his eye injury. Rich Sutter lost several teeth to Messier's stick, and Reed's nose was cut in Philadelphia, suffered a broken jaw and a concussion in a high sticking incident with Patrick
"It it was a vicious cross-check, totally unnecessary and unprovoked," said Bob Clarke, Flyers vice president and general manager.