European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse I wednesday january 12, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 in 00 78 00 00 00 00 songs Welcome Kennedy to oberhoff oberhoff Germany a Dun can Kennedy s reception was uplifting to say the least. Kennedy whose beating oct. 29 by Neo nazi skinheads brought unexpected attention to the Village of oberhoff and the . National luge team was serenaded As he finished a practice run monday. The easy going athlete whose beating put this pretty Hilltop Village on the world map in a Way its 2300 residents never wanted again was the Center of Atten Tion. The singing of the Village s schoolchild Ren brought a wide smile to his face. Dunken Kennedy is my Model said a poster drawn by one of them. It was bordered by a heart and a German Flag. Next weekend Kennedy and nine teammates have a world cup meet in this former East German Winter sports capital. They Are preparing for next month s Winter olympics in Lillehammer Norway. Two Neo nazis who allegedly led some 15 skinheads in kicking and punching Kennedy outside an oberhoff bar go on trial monday a few Miles away. As far As we know he s going to testify team spokesman Dmitri Feld said of Kennedy. He s said let s get it Over with and have the truth come out " but his testimony is not a certainty. Court spokesman Karsten Reubenc unsaid judges must first determine whether they need to Call Kennedy who identified his attackers the night of the beating. Kennedy had stood his ground so his Roommate Robert Pipkins could get away from the skinheads who had insulted Pipkins who is Black with Monkey noises and gestures and called him meanwhile prosecutor Erich Rachor has filed charges against four More youths in the attack the first known at tack against an american in Germany since the country s 1990 unification. The defendants going on trial Ages 16 and 21, Are charged with causing grievous bodily harm. They could receive up to five years in jail. Kennedy not seriously Hurt in the at tack is having what could be his Best sea son Ever As Well As helping get recognition in the United states for a lesser known sport. He is ranked second in world cup Competition behind teammate Wendel Suckow this year after four competitions. A Kennedy was third last year and second . Lugers Duncan Kennedy left and Robert pickins display poster advertising luge the previous year. Meet in Obj roof where Kennedy was attacked by skinheads last october. Jay Hawks whip sooner on boards by the associated press third ranked Kansas has put together a pretty Tough combination on its Way to a 12-game winning Streak. The Jay Hawks defense forces teams to shoot poorly and then they out rebound their opponents. Add 26 Points from Steve Woodberry and a Gritty performance from Patrick Richey and Kansas had enough for a 94-84 Victory Over Oklahoma in a very physical game monday night at Lawrence Kan. In other games no. 2 Duke beat Brown 89-71 and no. 14 Connecticut Defeated no. 16 Syracuse 75-67. A this will show every one especially the Young Guys How Tough it is said Richey a senior for Ward. It s the big eight. It will give them a taste of How physical it is Oklahoma shot 42 per cent which was better than most teams have fared against Kansas. The Jay Hawks 16-1 Overall 1 0 big eight had held the Woodberry last 11 opponents to an average of 36 percent. Kansas did not shoot particularly Well either hitting Only 44 percent of its shots but had a huge 57-41 advantage in rebounds against the sooner 8-4,0-2. Our rebounding was the big problem most of the night sooner coach Billy Tubbs said. They outre bounded us All night. We had the right defense and they missed their shots but they beat us to the re Bounds. Everybody played hard but we could t hit our free throws or rebound and Kansas is a great Kansas would appear Over achieving with its Only loss coming Way Back on dec. 1 to Temple. The Jay Hawks beat the sooner for the sixth time in their last seven meetings with the two teams splitting their league games last year each winning on the other court. Kansas out rebounded its opponent for the 12th straight game and held an opponent to less than 50 percent shooting for the 16th time in 17 games. We the Kansas seniors have got to show leadership every game said Woodberry who matched his career High in Points and also had nine rebounds. Sometimes it s Richard Scott or Patrick or me. Everything was real competitive nothing is easy. We need to come out and be ready every game. We be been focusing on rebounding boxing out and controlling the Richey had 11 Points and nine rebounds. He was chasing the Ball after rebounds Kansas coach Roy Williams said of Richey. It was maybe the College basketball tar heels take a Ead a tin by Jimo Connell a basketball writer North Carolina returned to no. 1 monday ending Arkansas five week run atop the a College Basket Ball poll. The tar heels 12-1 had been top ranked in the preseason voting and the first regular season poll before losing to Massachusetts in the preseason nit semifinals. They Are Back on top this week after starting Atlantic coast conference play last week with victories Over North Carolina state an Maryland. North Carolina which had been no. 2 for the past five weeks received 39 first place votes and 1,592 Points from the National Media panel with Duke 10-0 moving up one place to second with 24 and 1,574. We re Happy that someone thinks we re playing that Well. I personally Don t think we Are based on our Maryland game tar heels coach Dean Smith said we need to improve to compete in the Atlan tic coast conference and that was demonstrated last saturday at Smith cited turnovers and offensive rebounding As areas he feels his team can improve. It s better to be no. 1 in january than it is in de Cember because that Means you be had a decent de Cember he said. But it would be better to be no. 1 in the final poll. Each year i want our team to be in the top 10, or even top 20. There s 300 teams try ing to this was the second time this season teams from the same conference held the top two spots in the poll. Kentucky s one week run at no. 1 came with fellow Southeastern conference member Arkansasal no. 2. ,. ,. Kansas 15-1 was third this week with 1,427 Points and was followed by Arkansas 10-1 and Urcla 9-0which had one no. 1 vote. Arkansas suffered its first loss of the season 66 64 at Alabama to conclude its first run As a no. 1 team " \ Arizona was sixth with Massachusetts which had one first place vote seventh and Kentucky eighth. Purdue then started a run of four straight big ten teams As it was followed by Michigan Indiana and Wisconsin. Temple which dropped from seventh after a Home loss to West Virginia was 13th and was Fol Lowed by Connecticut Louisville Syracuse Georgia tech Minnesota California and Boston College. The final five spots had six teams four of them in the rankings for the first time this season. Cincinnati was 21st followed by Alabama Bir Mingham West Virginia Vanderbilt Xavier Ohio and Missouri the latter two tied for 25th. Alabama Birmingham 11-1which ended Cincinnati s 25-Gamc Home winning Streak sunday night was in the poll for the first time since the mid dle of the 1985-86 season. The blazers Only loss ibis season was a three Point defeat at Temple. Temple s fall from seventh to 13th was the week s biggest drop while California s Rise from 24th to 19th marked the biggest gain. Best game that he s Ever played for us. He needs to play like that for us every Jeff Webster kept the sooner in the game with 30points on 13-of-25 shooting. In other games monday involving ranked teams no. 2 Duke 89, Brown 71 Cherokee Parks scored 25 Points and Duke waited until the final seven minutes before breaking away from visiting Brown. The Victory marked the third consecutive season that Duke has started with 10 straight wins. The Blue devils also extended their non Atlantic coast conference Home winning Streak to 86 games a run dating Back to 1983. Brown 5-6 closed to 69-64 with 6 40 left but Man aged Only two baskets and three foul shots the rest of the Way. Eric Blackiston led the bears with 21 Points. Duke Forward Antonio Lang sprained his left ankle in the first half and did not return. No. 14 Connecticut 75, no. 16 Syracuse 67 Connecticut got off to its first 4-0 Start in the big East Ever led by Donyell Marshall s 20 Points 11 re Bounds and five blocked shots. The huskies 13-1 won in Hartford despite shooting a season Low 39 percent. Syracuse 9-2, 2-2 lost in it first Road game of the season. Connecticut never trailed and led 52-38 in the Sec Ond half. The orangemen led by Lawrence Moten s 26 Points rallied to tie it at 57 with 6/i minutes left but Doron Sheffer s fourth 3-Point Basket put the huskies ahead for Good at 64-61
