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Oshkosh Northwestern D3 Sunday, October 12, 1986 Flyers' Klucas hopes for NBA job CCD you, knows about you and is interested in you, or you don't have a chance. He's not going to hire a stranger. "It's such a small circle that everybody knows who's within it and everybody kinda knows who's ready or everybody thinks they know who can do the job at a particular time. Nobody asks for a resume in pro basketball. They know it.

If they don't know it, you haven't got a chance 'if' New and Used Guns Scopes and Mounting Repairs 16th and Oregon, Oshkosh Phone: 233-2274 2 Car Garage $3,1 50 Completely built including concrete slab. We build other garage Do-lt-Yourselfers: Ask About Our Build-Along Plan SUBJECT TO LOCAL BUILDING CODES LIFETIME BUILDERS 739-4071 Mike Woods Sports Editor on." With 19 years of head coaching experience under his belt and more wins than other other coach in CBA history, Klucas certainly knows what's going on. He'd love the chance to prove it in the NBA. "If you're in coaching, I think you might want to coach in the highest level you can possibly achieve," he said. "Frankly, coaching in our league is a very nice level of coaching.

You get a tremendous level of talent, you're a head coach and I'm coming up on 500 games of professional experience as a head coach. I don't know where I would have gotten that otherwise. "There are a lot of assistants in the NBA who have never been a head coach in a pro game. There's a heck of a difference between making a suggestion and making a decision. And suddenly they get their chance and that's why I think a lot of them fail they've never had to make the decisions.

sonal foul against Iowa. Both teams bungled good scoring opportunities in the second quarter. With Bass and Kevin Harmon doing most of the work, Iowa drove from its own 30 to the Wisconsin 21. But on fourth and one, Wisconsin's Dick Teets and Chad VandeZande sacked Poholsky for an 11-yard loss on a bootleg play. Wisconsin then marched to the Iowa 19, but a personal foul moved the ball back to the 30 and Iowa's Kyle Crowe made a diving interception on the next play after Keyes overthrew Joe Armentrout, who was all alone at the Hawkeye 15.

Keyes' 39-yard pass to Tompkins set up Gregorie's 34-yard field goal with 7:19 left in the third quarter, cutting the lead to 7-6. Iowa countered with Houghtlin's field goal to go up 10-6 with 3:53 remaining in the period. Poholsky started that drive with a 40-yard pass to Mauro and Bayless ran 21 yards to the Wisconsin 7. But an offensive pass interference penalty moved the ball back to the 22 and Houghtlin was called on to kick his three-pointer. Bass, filing in for injured regular David Hudson, rushed for a career-high 107 yards in 22 carries.

portunity to meet such notable personalities as singer Jerry Vale, astronaut Alan Sheppard and Vice President George Bush. "How often does someone from Oshkosh get to talk with the vice president?" Rennert asked. Bush threw out the first ball before Wednesday's game in Houston and Rennert said Bush waited in the same runway as the umpires before going on the field. "He was surrounded by secret service guys, but we got to chat anyway," he said. Rennert gets his turn behind the plate tonight in game four of the series.

Fall Winter Service SPECIALS mmm mm. "I've always been very positive about it (landing an NBA job), and if and when the chance comes along, I'll certainly have the credentials and experience I can look back at." In the meantime, Klucas is well aware he must watch his wins and losses. "Last season we didn't have a good season and anytime a franchise comes off a bad year, you want to get off to a good start. "From a personal point of view, you'd better get off to a good start if you want to stay in coaching. We're to the point now, if you look at the coaches in our league, it's very obvious every year these jobs are becoming more valuable and every year more people are after them.

"I know at least two or three former NBA assistants who applied for CBA jobs and didn't get them. The closer the affiliation becomes between the CBA and NBA and it's really becoming closer and closer the more valuable the jobs become and the more vulnerable you are as a coach. There'a a lot of pressure to produce or they can replace you very cheaply." Even though he's now 45, Klucas said he's not a calander watcher. "I'm not obsessed to be someplace at a certain time in my life," he said. "I think I'm very fortunate to be Whitlingers Northwestern staff NEENAH It was the final jewel on the crown for the royality of high school tennis.

Tami and Teri Whitlinger clinched their fourth consecutive titles during the Wisconsin Interscho-lastic Athletic Association tennis meet in Madison on Saturday. Tami, who won her titles in the singles competition, lost only one game in five matches and became only the 12th girl nationally and the first from Wisconsin to win four singles titles. Neenah tennis Coach Ben Dedecker said that that was quite a feat. "When you (don't lose a game) all the way through, that's terrific. She just played superb tennis throughout the entire tournament," said De-decker.

"It's kind of neat," said Tami of her accomplishment. "It was a goal of mine from the time I started. My uncle (John Whitlinger) had done it before. "When I went into the tournament, people asked me if my goal was to go through the tournament without losing a game. I just wanted to play my best and win the title," Tami said.

She added that she wasn't disappointed with losing the one game to Nancy Tyggum of Brookfield Central in the championship match. "I have enjoyed high school tennnis a real lot. I don't think that the realization that I have played my last tennis match here has hit me yet, but when it does it's going to be real sad," said Tami. Teri teamed up with Cathy Farrell in the doubles portion of the tournament and went through the competition with hardly any trouble. The only tough match that they had was a 6-3, 6-3 victory over the doubles team from La Crosse Central.

The duo, who finished with a record of 24-0, went up against Heidi and Stephanie Jurczyk of Brookfield Central in the finals and beat them 6-1, 6-1 giving Teri her fourth title and Farrell her first. "I would like to thank my partner Cathy for all that she did. It was only 7 jj TtBN OHIVESWOHI INaOMOSl Roll MILWAUKEE In some ways, every day is draft day for Bill Klucas. He's waiting for the right call. Klucas, who is preparing to begin his second stint as head coach of the Wisconsin Flyers of the Continental Basketball Association, admittedly would rather be coaching in the National Basketball Association.

But the right call has yet to come. "I've been offered NBA jobs before, but they've usually been third assistants or scouting jobs, things like that," Klucas said this week while attending the Milwaukee Bucks' training camp. "You need a break knowing the right general manager at the right time. It's like any other profession it's timing." Right now, Klucas is spending his time between Milwaukee and Detroit, getting a good look at the marginal NBA hopefuls who most likely will be playing their professional ball in Oshkosh this season, if at all. "I think from the fans' point of view, we're going to be a lot more exciting," Klucas said of this season's Flyers.

"It's kind of going to be a love-hate relationship. The people who pay the bills in the stands are going to love it while the guy who's trying to earn a living on the sideline is going to have more than a few moments of wondering what's going Continued from Page Dl Tompkins on a 39-yard completion to the Iowa 26 with time running out, but Keaton Smiley intercepted a pass in the end zone two plays later. Defensive tackle Jeff Drost's interception on the fifth play of the game set up Iowa's first touchdown. Keyes threw an off-balance pass while in the grasp of defensive end Joe Mott and the ball went right to Drost at the Wisconsin 45. The 285-pounder ran 36 yards to the Wisconsin 9.

Two plays later, Bayless shot through a big hole in the right side of the line for a touchdown with only 2:55 gone in the game. But from then until the late drive, Iowa's offense was stymied by a fired-up Wisconsin defense. The Hawkeyes, who went into the game leading the nation in scoring and total offense, managed only one first down in the first 22 minutes of the game. Wisconsin cut the lead to 7-3 on Gregorie's 27-yard field goal with 26 seconds left in the first quarter. He connected after the Badgers drove from their own 20 to the Iowa 9.

Keyes had 16-yard completions to Tompkins and Brant Kennedy and a 10-yard scramble to spark the drive, which was helped by a 15-yard per- Rennert Continued from Page Dl man had gone out of the basepaths, he should be declared out. "The play was 100 percent correct," Rennert said. "He (Lanier) got the rule wrong. The player can go anywhere he wants to go as long as they (the defense) aren't making a play on him. "He can even go back to the dugout if they aren't trying for him.

There was no way (Houston first baseman Glenn) Davis could have got him. He had no play whatsoever. I know the rule." Rennert said he even asked ABC color commentator Tim McCarver about the call at a cocktail party after the game. "Tim said he backed me all the way," Rennert said. "I don't know what he said on TV, but if he explained it the same way as he did to me, then he says I was right." Rennert said Lanier asked him check with homeplate umpire Frank Pulli to verify the call.

"I gave him (Lanier) the satisfaction of asking Frank," Rennert said. "Really, I didn't have to, it's kind of a privelege. But Hal's a good guy and it was an important game, so I gave him the satisfaction, although I knew Frank was behind me or he would have changed the call right away. "On TV it might have looked like I was unsure of my call, but I was just doing him a favor, keeping things cool." Rennert said he has the right personality to be a successful umpire. "An umpire has to be cool, calm anil cnllpcted he said.

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"There's 23 head jobs in the NBA, 12 in our league. That's a pretty elite profession 35 guys doing your job." And Klucas hopes the way he goes about his job will someday catch the eye of someone in the NBA. "I think if an assistant's job is open, the head coach either knows win at state Teri Tami Whitlinger Whitlinger her first year (at state) and she played like she had been there four years," said Teri. "There was quite a bit of pressure on Cathy. Teri has had three different partners over four years," said De-decker.

Teri also teamed up with Kris Whitney in 1984-85 and Becky Widener in 1983 for state doubles titles. "It's been a pleasure working with them and knowing them. They are a couple of nice individuals and they are part of a great family," added Dedecker. Both Tami and Teri said that De-decker was a big part of their success at Neenah. "He stepped in our sophomore year and did a real nice job," said Tami.

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In Slock his cool, then you have two guys screaming out there. "I have a good temperament I don't lose my temper. And it's always nice to now in your heart that you made the right call. It makes it all a lot easier." Rennert said he is thoroughly enjoying his job during the playoffs, even though he knows New York crowds can be tough for an umpire. He said he was amazed, in fact, at the calmness of the Mets' crowd for the first five innings.

"(Houston pitcher Bob) Knepper took the crowd out of the game for the first five innings," he said. "Usually there is no stopping a New York crowd, but they were stunned by the Astros' 4-0 lead. But when (Darryl) Strawberry hit that homer, they got going and never slowed down. "But for the most part, they were very good today. There were no secu-rityproblerrts so it went well." Rennert said he is getting the op- RCA SHOWROOM: ijiKttiDt iVciMA.

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