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was one thing he needed improve
meni on this spring, it was his block
ing.
“My biggest thing coming in was
blocking; that was a big thing that I
wanted lo get accomplished,” Jones
said. “I did improve some, but I still
have a ways to go.”
He said focusing on the need to
better his blocking abilities helped
make spring practices more enjoy
able.
“The past two years il has been
boring, but I took a di ffcrenl approach
— to get something accomplished,”
Jones said.
On the defensive side, outside line
backer and second-team All-Ameri
can Trcv Alberts said he could have
done belter in spring practices, but
that it is still some lime before the
Huskcrs open their season.
“I ’ vc struggled a little bit this spring
—but it’s spring ball and I’m going to
work hard over the summer,” Alberts
said. “I’m not ready to throw in the
towel yet.”
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Freshman’s solid hitting
fuels NU softball team
By Tony West
Staff Reporter
When Nebraska softball coach
Rhonda Rcvelle said offense would
key weekend wins, she probably didn’t
expcctan explosion from freshman
Tobin Echo-Hawk.
TheComhuskersoftball team broke
its 10-gamc losing streak Sunday af
ternoon by beating Iowa State 10-9
and 4-3 in adoublehcader at the Ne
braska Softball Complex.
Echo-Hawk and Nebraska will try
to keep their hot performances going
tonight when the Huskcrs host
Creighton for a 6 p.m. doublchcadcr
at the Nebraska Softball Complex.
The Huskcrs received a boost in
breaking the streak from Echo-Hawk,
Nebraska’s third baseman. She went
11 -for-17 at the plate and had4 RBI in
the weekend scries.
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Defense comes first...
I seem to get more
upset for not making a
play than by not get
ting a hit
—Echo-Hawk
NU third baseman
-ft -
Echo-Hawk’s performance pleased
Revellc.
“This week (Echo-Hawk) really
caught fire with the stick,” coach
Revellc said.
One reason for Echo-Hawk’s pro
duction may have been the move from
Icadoff to second in the balling order.
The move was made four games car
lier against Wichita State, and Echo
Hawk responded in that game with
four hits.
“(The move) was pretty impor
tant,” Echo-Hawk said. “It was all a
mental thing. Before, I used to get all
worried about batting first”
Despite the outburst at the plate,
Echo-Hawksaid she’s been trying to
concentrate on defense. She grabbed
11 putouls and 11 assistson the week
end.
“Defensecomes first,” Echo-Hawk
said. “Defense is my favorite part. I
seem to get more upset for not making
a play than by not getting a hit.”
Echo-Hawk said the most impor
tant statistic stemming from the week
end was the two wins.
“(Losing) was gelling really frus
trating,” Echo-Hawk said. “Now, we
can keep going from here.”
McRae deals reporters royal tit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Man
aging the Kansas City Royals has
never been easy for Hal McRae.
But McRae, a 47-ycar-old man
who played 17 years in the big leagues,
said he felt belter Tuesday than at any
lime since taking the job after a vio
lent tirade directed at the media and
his players.
“I’ve got to do things my way,”
McRae said before the Royals played
the Tigers. “I’ve been trying to blend
in, fit in. I’ve got to be myself if I’m
going to make it in this industry. As a
player I fell I was in control. I need to
feel that way now.”
McRae became enraged Monday
night over a question from a Kansas
City radio reporter during his post
game meeting, triggering a tirade that
stretched several minutes and left
another beat reporter who has cov
ered the Royals for years with a Cut
cheek from an object thrown by
McRae.
McRae followed the radio reporter
out of his office, shouting the whole
way, and then gestured three limes at
the clubhouse where players were sit
ting.
McRae said his outrage was not
directed at the reporter, but that he
was tired of being second-guessed
every night. He said he felt because he
was an'unproven manager that the
media look advantage of his open
ness.
“I’m going to be myself. I don’t
know what that means, but I’m going
to be myself,” McRae said. “I should
have to prove myself as a manager.
That’s part of the turf. Prove myself,
yes. Defend myself each night, no.”
McRae turned down the Royals
job once because he wasn’t guaran
teed a full season. In his first full year
last year, Kansas City started I -7 and
went 1-16.
The Royals went 1-7 to start this
year.
The Royals have played belter
during the current homestand and were
7-12 after Monday night’s game,
managing loclimboutof last place in
the American League West.
A 5-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers was
frustrating. Pitcher Mark Gubicza
turned in a strong seven-inning per
formancc bul was hurl by two errors.
The Royals rallied in the ninth, bul a
base-running error killed thcirchanccs.
Afterwards, a seemingly innocu
ous question from KMBZ reporter
John Doolittle sent McRae into a fury.
Doolittle asked McRae if he had
considered using left-handed hitting
George Brett as a pinch hitler when
the Royals loaded the bases with two
out in the seventh and right-handed
hitler Keith Miller due up. The Tigers
had right-hander David Haas on the
mound.
“Don’t ask me such stupid . . .
questions,” McRae said. “That’s it.
Everybody out. It’s over.
“I’ve tried to be courteous every
night to you guy s and answer all these
stupid... questions, and all you guys
do is take advantage of it.”
McRae then swept reporters’ tape
recorders and microphones off of his
desk. He then started throwing things
at the wall, inadvertently striking Alim
Eskew of The Topeka Capital-Jour
nal on the check, drawing blood.
Eskew was treated in the Royals train
ing room and was not seriously hurt.
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AD announces new staff titles
Nebraska athletic director Bill
Byrne announced Wednesday a
staff reorganizational plan for the
NU athletic department scheduled
to be put into place May 1.
Byrne announced that A1 Papik
would become the senior associate
athletic director and Don Bryant
would be promoted to associate
athletic director for community
relations. Both men have been serv
ing as assistant athletic directors.
Other changes within the de
partment include:
•Promotion of Barbara Hibncr,
women’s athletic director, to asso
ciate athletic director and senior
women’s administrator.
•Promotion of Chris Peterson,
director of athletic development,
to associate athletic director for
external operation.
•Promotion of Joe Sclig, ticket
manager, to assistant athletic di
rector for facilities and events.
•Promotion of George Sullivan,
head trainer, to assistant athletic
director for athletic medicine.
•Promotion of RogerGrootcrs,
director of academic programs, to
assistant athletic director for aca
demic and student services.
Byme said the changes were
made in conjunction with a study
undertaken by The Andrus Group,
a Houston consulting group.
‘These changes reflect national
organizational models, which have
prov ided excel len t ath letic adm in -
istrations with successful programs
throughout America,” Byme said.
ISU takes women’s golf crown
Iowa Stale won the team title
and Nebraska moved from fifth to
fourth on the final day of the Big
Eight Women’s Golf Champion
ships alFircthomGolf Club in
Lincoln.
The Cyclones, picked to finish
in the middle of the tournament
field, coasted after posting an open
ing-day 21 -stroke lead over favored
Oklahoma State.
Iowa State’s Shelley Finnestad
also won the individual title, firing
a closing 77 and ending with a
three-round total of 232.
The Cyclones beat the second
place Cowgirls by 11 strokes and
third-place Oklahoma by 28
strokes. Nebraska finished fourth
with a team total of 1,007, 10
strokes ahead of Missouri and Kan
sas.
The Comhuskers’ top finisher
was Stephanie Hupp, who placed
16th by closing with a 79 and
finishing with a 248. Other Ne
braska finishers and their places
included Stephanie Flood (20lh
with a 251), Michelle Patterson
(22nd with a 257), Melissa Odell
(25th with a 259) and Kim Lefler
(25th with a 259).
Recruiting
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Chowan coach Bob Burke said.
“Our policy is to finish things up
here before looking on to the rtext
stage,” he said. “We’re just making
sure everything is OK academically,
and then he’ll make a decision.
Brooks, a 6-foot-8,230-pound for
ward, averaged IS points and 7.3 re
bounds for Chowan.
Burke said he’d bet Brooks would
decide to come to Nebraska.
“The way I see it, he’s leaning to go
out your way,” he said.
• A second possibility is guard Jeff
Massey of Owens Ohio Technical
College in Toledo.
Massey apparently would be the
replacement for Wool ridge.
Jim Welling, Massey'scoach, said
he expected Massey to make his deci
sion next Wednesday.
“Jeff has got some lough choices to
make ” he said. “Next Wednesday
will be a very big day for him.”
Massey, who averaged 24.9 points
and 6;2 assists and six rebounds per
game, was named the NCAA Divi
sion II Player of the Year Iasi season.
Welling said he had no idea where
Massey would go.
“We’ve evaluated his choices very
carefully,” Welling said. “I think
whichever school he chooses will be
the best one for Jeff Massey.”
• The third possibility is a 6-fool
10 center from a Spanish junior club
team, but Bargen said he could not
comment on the status of the player.
Bargen said he was not terribly
concerned with the lack of commit
ments.
“We’ve got good players coming
back,” he said.
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