Mob scenes prompt increased crowd control
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
The Nebraska athletic department
is turning to the National Guard for
help in controlling crowds at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
Orval Borgialli, administrative
coordinator of the Sports Center, said
the National Guard has volunteered
to have 16 to 24 individuals assist in
crowd control at this weekend’s Boys’
State Basketball Tournament. He said
the Guards will be stationed around
the court in hopes of preventing the
scenes which marred last weekend’s
Girls’ State Tournament.
Two athletes were injured in mob
scenes last weekend, which occurred
when fans celebrated their team’s
victories by pouring onto the court.
Blair’s Lisa Trolson suffered a bro
ken collarbone when she was trampled
by fans celebrating her team’s win
against Lincoln Pius X, and Omaha
Marian’s Kayla Bilek suffered a
cracked bone in her nose when she
slammed into the shoulder of a jubi
lant fan.
Borgialii said the storming fans
and subsequent injuries were unfor
tunate.
“It was just one of those things
were the fans got a little overzeal
ous,” he said.
Borgialii said the swarming fans
create problems, the most obvious of
which is injuries.
“There’s always a concern about
someone walking in off the street
because they carry sand and gravel,”
Borgialli said. “That could hurt the
court.”
Borgialli said he is counting on
additional security and more coop
eration to prevent similar situations
from occurring at the Boys’ State
Tournament. The tournament will
begin Thursday, with all of Satur
day’s championship games held at
the Sports Center.
Borgialli said the National Guard
will be joined by five officers from
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
police department and eight candy
stripers who will be stationed in each
comer of the Sports Center. Candv
stripers are the Sports Center em
ployees who wear red pinstripe coats
and perform various duties.
Several candy stripers also will be
roving around the court, Borgialli said.
Borgialli said the best way that the
Sports Center can avoid being the site
of injuries and damage is to have
cooperation from the fans who oc
cupy it.
“It takes cooperation from every
body to make it work,” he said.
I Former NU running back signs with Dallas Cowboys
Former Nebraska running back
Keith Jones has signed a free agent
contract with the National Football
League’s Dallas Cowboys.
Jones, who completed hiscolle
giate eligibility in 1987, spent last
season with the Cleveland Browns.
He was left unprotected by Cleve
land and was signed as a plan B
free agent.
When NFL teams sign plan B
free agents, they are not required to
provide any type of financial or
draft compensation.
ICornhusker Carl Hayes included in two UPI lists
Nebraska forward Carl Hayes
was included on the Big Eight’s
all-surprise team, announced
Monday.
Hayes, a 6-foot-8 sophomore,
was joined on the team by Jeff
Gueldner and Pekka Markkanen of
Kansas, Colorado’s Steve Wise and
Missouri’s John McIntyre. The team
was chosen by John Hendel of
United Press International.
Hayes also joined teammate Rich
King as an honorable mention se
lection on this year’s All-Big Eight
team. Hayes averaged 11.9 points
and 4.9 rebounds per game, while
King averaged 16.1 points and 7.4
rebounds.
The All-Big Eight first team, as
chosen by United Press Interna
tional, consisted of Missouri’s Doug
Smith and Anthony Peeler, Kan
sas’ Kevin Pritchard, Oklahoma’s
Skeener Henry and Oklalioma State’s
Byron Houston.
The second team consisted of
Oklahoma’s William Davis, Iowa
State’s Victor “Pasta’ ’ Alexander,
Kansas State’s Steve Henson,
Kansas’ Mark Randall and Colo
rado’s Shaun Vandiver.
■Professional fitness instructor to hold workshop
Tracy York, a professional fit
ness instructor from Los Angeles,
will conduct a workshop and an
informational session March 15 at
the Cook Pavilion.
York, who currently is complct
ing a coast-to-coast lour of the United
States, will conduct her workshop
from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. It is open to
any University of Nebraska-Lin
coln student, administrator or fac
ulty member.
Following the workshop, York
will teach all interested aerobic
instructors about the basics of low
impact aerobics. The teaching ses
sion will last until 10 p.m.
Persons interested in attending
either the workshop or the informa
tional session should contact Vicki
Highstreet, the coordinator of fit
ness and instructional programming
at the Office of Campus Recrea
tion.
gUNL intramural basketball poll to post changes
This week’s intramural basket
ball poll promises to have at least
one change, as a team that was
included in the best of the rest lost.
The Loop, which was listed as a
serious contender to crack the top
10, lost that status when it dropped
a 49-46 decision to the Argons.
Two other teams in the top 10
both won. Law I, behind 25 points
by former Nebraska basketball and
football player Joel Sealer, defeated
the LV Raiders 62-61 while The
Loveshackers breezed past The
Buffaloes 79-70.
In action involving ranked teams,
the third-ranked Establishment beat
Piepers Party 102-79 and the Super
Scouts 58-57. The No. 8 Bruisers
also were victorious, as they beat
the Net Nats 52-38.
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Fatal blow exemplifies
one hazard of baseball
The recent death of Tony Conigliaro
shocked the baseball world and it
made me stop and remember.
I was facing the third hitter in my
high school varsity baseball career. I
was so excited as I stepped onto the
pitching rubber that my heart flut
tered as beads of nervous sweat rolled
McGraw
Milhaven
off my head.
Then, it happened.
The first pitch I threw hit the batter
square in the head. I still can hear the
sound the ball made when it hit John
Comer’s helmet
Conigliaro, Tony C. as he was
known by his teammates and fans,
went through a similar experience,
only the results were more dramatic.
Conigliaro was a promising out
fielder with the Boston Red Sox. Then,
on an August night in 1967, Califor
nia pitcher Jack Hamilton hit him
with a fastball in the face.
Hamilton never saw Conigliaro after
that fateful night and won’t get the
chance as Conigliaro died Saturday
of kidney failure and pneumonia.
If you play the game of baseball
long enough, you will hear the story
of Tony C. And you will hear about
how you must deal with the idea of
getting hit by a pitch and ending your
career or hitting someone and ending
their career.
According to a USA Today article
written by Steve Koehler, Hamilton
was not trying to hit Conigliaro.
Hamilton said the pilch that hit Tony
C. was a fastball that got away from
him.
“Tony crowded the plate,” Ha
milton told USA Today.4 4You had to
come inside to get them off the plate.”
Intentional or not, the blow was a
fatal one for Conigliaro, who was the
youngest player to reach the 100 home
run plateau. His power was so awe
some that he was praised by the great
Ted Williams.
Williams said that if Conigliaro
would not have been hit, he was well
on his way to the Hall of Fame.
He tried a comeback a few years
later, but with bad vision caused by
the accident and the memory of that
night, Tony Conigliaro eventually had
to leave the game of baseball.
Throwing at people and throwing
inside all are a part of baseball.
But at what cost?
Baseball people say that there are
many unwritten rules, that when bro
ken, the batter should, “watch out for
his noodle.”
One of my summer coaches told
me, “If you want to hurt somebody,
throw at their ribs, they cannot move
them fast enough, if you want to scare
them, throw at their head, that they
can move.”
Things like a slow, home-run trot,
running up the score, or stealing a
base when your team is up by more
than eight runs should warrant a fast
ball over the batters head.
It is a “calling card” from the
pitcher to show the other team that he
is not happy with their actions.
Over the years there have seen
broken jaws and elbows, fingers and
wrists all shattered from a pitched
baseball. Were they all on purpose?
It’s doubtful, but the fact remains that
those players always will live with
the memories of their accidents.
Friends have asked if I have ever
threw at a batter during my baseball
career, which ended last year. The
answer is yes.
Have 1 ever tried to hurl a batter?
The answer is no.
During a game, in the heal of the
moment, I wanted to win, and 1 would
throw on the inside of the plate to
keep the batter from “digging in.”
A pitcher always wants the batter
to have a doubt. That way he has an
edge.
When players used to try and run
up the score, I would throw over his
head, and he would get the message.
Bcanballs and throwing inside
always will be a part of baseball that
cannot be stopped. But it was a trav
esty on that August night that a young,
promising career was cut short by a
wild pitch.
What is even sadder is that Hamil
ton never had a chance to tell Co
nigliaro he was sorry.
Milhaven is a senior history major and a
Daily Nebraskan sports columnist and re
porter.
Nebraska
Continued from Page 7
In addition, Nebraska benefited
from effective base running, he
said. The Huskers stole 15 Bases
over the weekend.
In reaching the finals, the Husk
ers handed fourth-ranked and Big
Eight Conference preseason favor
ite Oklahoma State and 15th-ranked
Texas A&M a pair of 1-0 defeats.
The win over conference rival
Oklahoma State in the semifinals
was ‘ ‘ as sweet as it gets, ” Wol forth
said.
‘ That was a very emotional win
for us,” he said.
Nebraska, which stole four bases
against Oklahoma State, scored its
only run on the Cowgirls when
sophomore Amy Killman stole third
and continued home on an errant
throw by the catcher in the second
inning.
In pool play Nebraska went 3-1,
losing its fourth game 3-0 to 14th
ranked Louisiana Tech.
The Huskers stole six bases in
beating Northeastern Louisiana 7
0 to open the tournament. Nebraska
followed with 1 -0 victories against
Sam Houston State and Texas
Arlington.
In the win over Texas-Arling
ton, senior Jill Rishel stole third
and scored on a throwing error in
the fourth inning.
Teammates Lori Cook, third
base, and Michelle Cuddeford,
second base, also were named to
the all-tournament team.
Cook, a senior, had three doubles
and three runs batted in,and Cud
deford, a junior, knocked in three
game-winning runs.