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REGISTER Davenport native Bill Fennelly talks to the press after being introduced as Iowa State's new women's basketball coach Monday in Ames. welcomes Fennelly home ISU When it comes to Greco-Roman wrestling, Keith Massey said there is no substitute for experience. Massey, the coach at Council Bluffs Lewis Central, is looking from a teacher's viewpoint at this year's Cadet Nationals tournament, which begins today at Lincoln, Neb. He's' watching a number of the Iowans in their first major tournament. "We've got some kids who are hard workers and will fight hard, but are relatively inexperienced," Massey said.

"But at the Cadet level (ages 15 and 16), there are a lot of kids with a lot of inexperience." Massey's feelings were different last year. The roster of Iowans was loaded with wrestlers experienced in Greco-Roman, which allows only up- per-body moves. David Kjeldgaard of Council Bluffs won the 143-pound championship and was named outstanding wrestler of the Greco-Roman tournament last year. Mark Rial of Fort Dodge at 112 and Josh Sestak of Otho at 182.6 each placed fifth. All three are too old to compete in thetournament.

There are some tournament veterans on the Greco-Roman roster, like Travis Pollock of Fort Dodge and Shane Hessenius of LeMars. Massey said he hopes their memory of Kjeld-1 gaard's success hasn't gone blank. "I'm hoping that helps because they know how hard you have to work to get there, but (with Greco-' Roman), you never know what will transpire," Massey said. The finals in Greco-Roman will be at 6 p.m. at the Devaney Center.

Freestyle competition begins Thursday, with finals Saturday evening. Greg Steffens of Winterset will coach the Iowans in the freestyle tournament. "We've got a lot of green kids, so we really don't know what to ex; pect," Steffens said. "We do have' some kids with a lot of potential, especially in the lighter weights. Like any other sport, experience is going to be a big factor for these kids." Two of the Iowans at 112 pounds already have placed in big tournaments.

Gabe Capps of Indianola was the Class 3-A runner-up at 103 pounds in the state wrestling tourna-, ment. Bob Koenig of Ayrshire placed fifth at 1 03 in Class 3-A for Spencer: GRECO-ROMAN ROSTER 103.5 pounds McGraw, Cdar Falls: Clint -Pecenka, Luzerne. 112 Luke Simonton, North Liberty; Lance Christians. Ames. 121 Eric Sim clair, Cedar Falls; Jim Hwang.

Urbandale; Justin Luneberg. LeMars. 132 Travis Pollock. Fort Dodge; Matt Anderson, Shenendoah; Jerry Reicks, Sioux City; Shane Hessenius, LeMars 143 Andy Harrison. Clive: Dan Gilliatt, Blu Wahle.

Underwood. 154 Jesse Smith, Wickwire, Belle Plaine. 167 Jason Benson, Dallas Center; Ted Prier, Cedar Falls; Tyler Sherwood. Burlington. 182,5 Greg Roorda.

Altoona; Jason Weems. Cumming. 209 Jim Farrell, Cedar Falls; Steven Casper. Winterset. 242 Joe Mohler, Ur-, bandale.

Attendance will definitely go up with all my family members. JT Bill Fennelly Iowa State coach NAME William Michael Fennelly. DATE and PLACE OF BIRTH May 14, 1957, in Davenport, Iowa. FAMILY -wife, Deb; sons, Billy, 10, and Steven, 6. EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in business administration, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1979.

COACHING EXPERIENCE Head coach at Toledo, 1988-1995; assistant at Notre Dame, 1986-1988; assistant at Fresno State, 1981-1986; assistant at William Penn, 1976-1981. looking for a new member of our family," Smith said. "I'm tired." Smith said he is pleased with all of his selections, which also included Dan McCarney in football, Tim Floyd in men's basketball and Cathy Klein in women's soccer. "We found good replacements in every single case," he said. It's similar to what Smith went through during his stint as athletic director at Eastern Michigan, where he worked for seven years.

"We went through the same type of transition with some of our coaches and our administrators as well," Smith said. "Not every sport, but quite a few. There's a little deja vu." But it's not what he had expected at Iowa State. "I knew administratively and structurally I'd have some decisions to make," he said. "But I didn't think I would have to do it in the coaching ranks like this." With Fennelly's hiring, Smith thinks the coaching situation should stabilize.

"I hope so," he said. "I'm really comfortable with everything we have in place now. As I go down my list of coaches, I think we're in pretty good shape. There's a couple that always will be looking to get that better opportunity and that's fine. But I think we're OK otherwise today." Continued from Page IS was built last year at Hilton Coliseum.

"I was in there 20 minutes, just staring," he said. "It was the most unbelievable place I've ever seen. I just might live there. "It's big enough, we could live there, babe," he said to his wife, Deb. In attendance at the press conference to introduce him were 1 2 family members including his wife, and sons Billy, 10, and Steven, 6.

"One of the reasons I got the job is that attendance will definitely go up with all my family members," Fennelly said. The biggest reason, however, was his record. In his seven seasons at Toledo, his teams earned three NCAA tournament berths and three Women's National Invitation Tournament appearances. The Rockets also ranked No. 25 nationally in attendance last season, drawing 2,361 per game.

Fennelly said he preferred an up-tempo style of basketball. He also likes to stress players' roles on a team rather than building around a star player. "A lot of the kids got better in their four years," he said. "At a MAC school, we're not going to get the USA Today all-Americans." 'A Different Environment' Strike damage staggers baseball Gannett NkvsSkrvick Arlington, Texas Tonight's All-Star Game comes at the halfway point of a troubled major-league season. Interim commissioner Bud Selig discussed the state of baseball with USA Today: Question: Despite the dark cloud, the game itself has been exciting.

How encouraging is this? Answer: Baseball is such a great game. You've got pennant races taking shape, you've got Hideo Nomo in Los Angeles, you've got Colorado only in its third year leading a division. You've got a terrific race now in the American League East. I have to be encouraged. Is the damage caused by the strike greater than anyone thought it would be? That's hard to assess.

But, yes, the depth of the damage is surprising a lot of people. Wasn't cancellation of the World Series for the first time since 1905 the blow baseball has not been recovered from? Being a fan myself and after talking with fans, I would have to agree. In a way, that is a compliment. Other sports such as football and hockey have had work stoppages and seem to survive. In baseball, people really take it personally.

It has been reported by USA Today that baseball losses will be between $300 million and $400 million this year. Is that accurate? I will not dignify that, but will not deny it, either. The players were offered a guaranteed minimum payroll of $1 billion in the salary cap proposal of June 14, 1994. How much has that figure decreased now? They'll get considerably less. That billion-dollar offer was a well conceived, well thought-out plan based on continued growth of our industry.

But that was in a different environment than we're living in today. Baseball has been without a commissioner since Fay Vincent was forced out of office in September of 1992. Will there be a new commissioner before the sport gets a new labor agreement? No. This is the way the clubs want it right now. There certainly has been no change in that philosophy.

Are you still standing firm against becoming full-time commissioner? Yes. I haven't changed my mind. I certainly have been in this role a lot longer than I thought I would be. Once we have a new economic system, the clubs feel that will be the proper time to bring in a new commissioner. How do you respond to NBC and ABC ending The Baseball Network with unkind words about owners? I have great respect for NBC and ABC, and for their sports presidents Dick Ebersol and Dennis Swan-son.

The TV committee has been meeting frequently. We're about to announce the hiring of a consultant within the next week or so. All we said to NBC and ABC was given the changing economic order, we needed time to really think this partnership through. It's very hard to commit yourself to four, five or six years when the economics have changed as drastically as they have. Is it true at the Minneapolis meeting, owners unanimously expressed their opinions that a straight rights deal made more sense? Yes.

After all the fallout from the strike, is there better cooperation with the union? I hope so. There have been many discussions since we last met March 30 and I sense a better understanding. Only time will tell. Are you troubled by teams such as Minnesota when some of their premier players have to be dealt because of economic reasons? A. It's a manifestation of our business.

It troubled me when that wonderful Montreal team of a year ago lost key players. Same is true with Pittsburgh and Minnesota and San Diego years ago. This is why for everyone's sake we've got to make a deal that addresses our problems. ummMh i NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta Signed Daniel Landry, shortstop, to a free-agent contract. Florida Signed Andy Bair, pitcher, and assigned him to its Gult Coast Rookie League team.

SUNDAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Waived Sid Fernandez, pitcher, with the purpose of giving his unconditional release. Chicago Optioned Chris Tremie, catcher, to Nashville ol the American Association. Detroit Signed Mike Drumright, pitcher, and assigned him to Lakeland of the Florida State League. Oakland Recalled Don Wengert (formerly of Iowa State), pitcher, from Edmonton. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York Recalled Jason Isnnghausen, pitcher, from Norfolk of the International League.

Optioned Pete Walker, pitcher, to Richmond. Philadelphia Waived Norm Charlton, pitcher. San Diego Recalled Doug Bochtler, pitcher, from Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League. Optioned Billy Bean, outfielder, to Las Vegas, times it's hard to talk to coaches, but he was easy to talk to." Olson became the Big Eight freshman of the year, so suddenly Fennelly doesn't mind that he wasn't able to lure her out of her home state. "We did recruit in Iowa; we just never signed a player from Iowa," he said.

"Luckily she didn't go to Toledo." Cyclones' Smith tired after hiring four coaches Ames, la. (AP) Iowa State Athletic Director Gene Smith is done hiring coaches for a while. At least he hopes so, anyway. In two years at Iowa State, Smith has hired a football coach, a men's basketball coach, a women's soccer coach and now, a women's basketball coach. Bill Fennelly was named to the women's basketball post Monday two months after Theresa Becker resigned.

"Since I've been here, it seems like I've been constantly on the road Although he and his staff, which includes holdover second-year assistant Katie Abrahamson, have missed most of the summer recruiting season, Fennelly thinks the program is in decent shape. "We're not in a fire-sale situation, where we need to burn the place down to start over," he said. "There are players here. We need to add some team speed and some depth." One player with whom Fennelly was familiar is sophomore forward Jayme Olson. Fennelly recruited Olson when she was at Bettendorf High School.

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