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for the Outback Bowl.
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December TO, 1998

The man
without
a story

Although he's never won a game,
Bill Keightley’s friends wouldn't
know what to do without him

By Erin McMorrow
CONTRIBUTING wants VT

Bill Keightley doesn‘t think he
has a story to tell.

"[‘ve never scored a point. nev-
er coached a team." he said.

But those who know
would disagree.

In his 40Ayear career with the
Wildcats. Keightley has worked
with former UK basketball coaches
Adolph Rupp. Joe B. Hall. Eddie
Sutton and Rick Pitino. and with
current coach Tubby Smith. He
has received three NCAA national
championship rings and dressed
some of the finest players in UK
basketball

The 1999 Mr. Wildcat calendar
highlights Keightley's years as the
Wildcats‘ equipment manager.
Each month contains a story. as
told by Keightley. and a picture. In
the calendar grid are game times
and UK basketball facts. He an
swers frequently asked questions.
such as. “Who wears the biggest
shoe?" at the bottom of each page.

The calendar is available at
Joseph-Beth Booksellers. l'K Book-
store and Kennedy Bookstore.

him

{Emits-’5‘ A
(Bowman \

Jack Hall of Mr. Sports Promo
tions. which is publishing the cal-
endar. suggested the calendar to
Keightley.

"The idea of the calendar was
toiust tell stories." Hall said.

Hall suggested a calendar be-
cause Keightley refuses to write a
book.

"i have had a lot of sugges»
tions." Keightley said. “in order to
write a book. you have to keep
notes. All 1 have is what's in my
head. There's just too many books
when. realistically. they don‘t have
a story."

Keightley‘s career with [K
basketball began in 1961 as the as-
sistant equipment manager under
Adolph Rupp. Keightley took over
the position when the current
manager retired.

An hour before each game
Keightley checks the equipment
room. making sure anything the
team could need is available. And
he’ll still be there two hours after
the game. He also fields hundreds
of phone calls each day and is the
official (‘oke and M&M provider
for the Memorial (‘oliseum staff.

Sometimes he has to sit down

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"I've never scored a point, never coached a team," said Bill
Keigiitley, the UK basketball team's equipment manager (above).

in his locker and take a load off.

“The quietest time in my posi-
tion is while the game is going on."
Keightley said.

The equipment manager at-
tributes his seemingly endless sup-
ply of energy to the young people
around him.

Because of them. he said. "i

have the energy and work ethic of

a man far younger than my age."

Mandy Polley. a iournalisin
sophomore and media relations
student assistant. agreed.

“He works harder than any
person in the coliseum."

Keightley plans on keeping ll
that way. he said. He has no intenr
tions of retiring any time soon.

"Where else am 1 going to find
this many young people?“ he said.
“Money doesn't motivate me. Peo-
ple motivate me. friendships moti-
vate me."

The stream of people in and
out of his office show how true this
statement is.

“His office is the place to be."
Polley said. “On any given day you
can find former players. current
players. coaches and staff hanging
out in his office.“

Alcohol in boxes draws debate

Schuler says boxes inconsistent with
University's existing drinking policy

By Elizabeth TM”:

(“insuring warm

The 1999 expansion
of (‘ommonwealth Stadis
um will include 40 new
“Commonwealth Suites"
that will be the only
place in the stadium
where alcohol is allowed.

This decision
prompted Student (‘IOV'

 

ernment Association
Senator Joe Schuler to
write. a letter to Athletics
Director (1M. Newton
criticizing the exception
to the University's alco
hol policy, which was in-
stituted last July.

“if the University
doesn't want alcohol in
their program. they
should not allow it to be

brought into their
home." Schuler said.

llK recently imple»
mented a policy stating
that student-athletes conr
victed of drinking and
driving will be removed
from their team.

“it is sending the stu-
dents a contradictory
message. having a zero-
tolerance alcohol policy
with athletes but allow-
ing it at the stadium."
Schuler said.

ln essence. he said
the University is saying

people can drink during
a football game if they
are wealthy enough to af
ford a luxury box.

But Newton said the
Commonwealth Suites
are private and control

lable. while the rest of

the stadium is public. He
said UK would not serve
alcohol in the suites. The
individual suite lease
owners can bring their
own alcoholic beverages
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on charges

Jason Watts indicted by Pulaski County
jury in deaths of teammate, EKU student

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Former [*K football play
er Jason Watts was indicted
by a Pulaski (.‘ounty grand
jury yesterday.

The indictment stems
from a Nov. 1:") crash that
killed 13K football player Artie
Steinmetz. l9. and Eastern
Kentucky l'niversity student
Christopher Scott Brock. 31.
Watts is charged with two
counts of seconddegrce
manslaughter and one count
of wanton endangerment.

Watts. 21. is acclised of
wantonly causing the death of
Steinmetz and Brock and
wantonly engaging in conduct
that endangered another mo
torist. according to a release
from the ciimmonwealibfs fll~
torney's office.

Police said Watts‘ blood»
alcohol content was ill?) at the
time of the crash; drivers in
Kentucky are considered in-
toxicated at a level ofolll. His
two passengers were also in
toxicated. according to poli< e.
Watts has been removed from
the 1i)01.l.)?lii team and has left
school.

He faces possible penal
ties of five to ten years in
prison for each manslaughter
count and one to five years
imprisonment on the wanton
endangerment count. Watts.
Steinmetz and Brock were on
their way to hunt deer at a
farm near Somerset iround 7
am. on the morning of the

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crash. police said. Watts. who
is from ()viedo. Fla. was dri~
viiig his 198.3 (‘hevrolet pickup
southbound on l'.S. 27 when
his tires dropped off the road.
Watts overt'orrecti-d and lost
control of the vehicle. All three
men were thrown from the
truck.

Among the witnesses who
appeared before the grand
‘iury were:

« .lini Haney and his wife.
Helen Haney. The couple own
the Lexington bar Hanev‘s tav
cm. which l'K football players
l""(lllt.‘lili‘(i. .lim Haney has said
Watts and Brock were at his
home a few hours before the
crash. but that they appeared
sobi-r when they left. Jim
Haney is facing misdemeanor
charges of serving minors and
selling alcohol after hours.

:; Omar Smith The [K
football player was shot in the
buttocks b\ Watts in 1997.
They were handling a rifle out-
side the house they shared.
Two hours after the shooting.
Watts‘ blmid-alcohol level was
ll 12.“ percent. according to po-
lice

Watts initially was
like: d w itl: first degree as
sault. but Smith refused to tes»
tily. (‘hargcs were reduced to
unlawful discharge of a
weapon and Watts paid a fine.

Watts bond was set at
swoon. He was scheduled to
be ‘Il'I‘illlelf’fi in Pulaski (‘ir
cult Court in late January.

The Associated Press contributed to
this article.

Smoke fills

3 POT

floors

Smoke alarms go off on three floors of
office tower, authorities find no cause

“1. BS‘F'S!‘

Siirr were

it was Just another scan-
at the Patterson ()ftice Tower.
the building infamous for
li‘SsThlillt‘ll_lir\'£li)li' elcyzitor
rides.

This time- ii was not thi-
elevators causing thc prob
lems. ”There was a smoke
alarm on floors 7. ‘rs‘. and ll."
said llobert Parsons. (1 Station
.3 firefighter. "But it's been
cleared”

The alarm went off at 1.30
pm. Three engines and nu
merous ['K Police office-rs ill'
rived at the scene “Milli? min
utes Many firemen didn't get
out of their trucks and iwo of

the engines left in a short
amount oftiine.
(‘aptain llavid Watts

emerged from the building
about an hour later as people
were being allowed back in.

"We found no cause for
the alarm." Watts said. “Ii
could have boon some paper
burning that dissipated The
system is being reset."

But it was obvious to
many that something was
burning in the building

“i started smelling some
thing at about 4 pm." said
Mike Mc(‘raith. a maiheinat
ics graduate student

"We didn't even hear the
alarms go off.“ said Steffany

 

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xington

lh'ozdo. a Spanish teaching
assistant who was on the llth
floor. "We just decided to
leave when we could smell
the smoke "

()ihei‘s also said that the
alarms didn't go off properly.

"The cops knocked on the
door and told its to leave.
there was a smoke alarm.”
said (iinuy lingoglia. .i pro»
pl:..riiiacy _uiiiior.

'll was not encouraging
to w- that the alarms were
not going offoii all the floors."
said Bob Born. a mathematics
graduate student who was on
thi- Tih floor when the alarm
went off

He l‘t‘flll/t‘ii that the other
.ilarms weren't going off
\\ hile llc descended the stairs.

“Thai can't be very safe."
he said

There was a problem at
l’.() '1‘ last week also

'I saw fire Tl‘lll ks here
last Wednesday at about Sill)
pm or ii pm said Jennifer
lloghc. a pic-physical therapy
jllllllil‘

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by the coincidence of it being
the same day and time frame.

(iarry Beach. the l'K Fire
Marshal said that the previ~
ous alarm was found to he a
false alarm and there was no
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WASHINGTON ~~ House Judiciary Commit-
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impeachment against President Clinton and
pressed for a vote by week's end despite a second
day of defense presentations by President Clin-
ton's legal team. White House Counsel Charles
EC. Rufi was still in the witness chair when com-
mittee aides circulated the draft proposals to im-
peach Clinton “for high crimes and misde-
meanors" in the Monica Lewinsky affair. GOP
committee staff and members recommended two
articles of impeachment alleging perjury. one a1-
leging obstruction of justice and a fourth alleging
abuse of power. Democrats countered with a pro
posal to censure Clinton. citing him for “repre-
hensible conduct with a subordinate."

Lalloodtorundebate

WASHINGTON .., Rep. Ray LaHood. who
has a reputation for fairness. will run the House
debate next week over impeaching President
Clinton. The Republicans hope that Illinois Re-
publican‘s steady hand will help put an even
handed face on what is likely to be a rancorous
affair. LaHood said he received final word that he
would preside over the debate from aides to Rep.
Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.. the outgoing speaker. In—
coming Speaker Bob Livingston. R-La.. had con-
curred. he said. It was a task neither of them
wanted.

ILN. arms team blocked in Iraq

BAGHDAD. Iraq ~ Iraqi officials blocked
UN. arms monitors from holding a surprise in—
spection today at the Baghdad headquarters of
the ruling Baath Party. a key site in Saddam Hus-
sein‘s government. The inspectors withdrew af-
ter an Iraqi official demanded that they first pro.
vide a written declaration of what they were
looking for. the official Iraqi News Agency said.
However. later in the day, an Iraqi official sug»
gested the standoff occurred because of a mistake
by an Iraqi escort in declaring the site sensitive.

Laboreraqreestopaysettlement

PADUCAH —— A Caldwell County laborer has
agreed to a $175000 settlement after a mistake by
police landed him in jail for 17 days as a suspect-
ed crack-cocaine dealer.

The Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force will
pay Willard Barry Copeland of Princeton more
than $10,000 for each day he was behind bars
in 1995. The settlement was agreed to by both
parties last month. On Dec. 12. 1997, a U.S. Dis-
trict Court jury decided that Copeland should
be paid $250000. The task force tried to get that
verdict reversed. calling it unreasonable and
characterizing Copeland‘s claims as “legally
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Prince Charm
couth't resist
patting the
mm mm
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Spice Girl Victo-
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Adams at the
Royal Variety
Show, a London
newquer says.
“Have you been
doing lots of ex-
ercise?" Charles
asked.

Copeland said he discovered after
work on July 19, 1995. that he was being
sought by Princeton police. When he
turned himself in, he learned that he
had been indicted in Hopkins County
and accused of dealing crack.

After realizing their mistake. detec-
tives obtained Copeland’s release from
the Hopkins County Jail in Madis-
onville but offered nothing beyond an
apology — not even a ride home.

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WATERFORD. Mich. w Dr. Jack
Kevorkian was ordered today to stand
trial on murder charges based largely
on a video be supplied to “60 Minutes"
that appears to show him giving a termi-
nally ill man a lethal injection. “The in-
tent to kill was premeditated and
thought out beforehand.“ District Judge
Phyllis McMillen ruled after a prelimi-
nary hearing. It will be the first time
Kevorkian actually stands trial for mur-
der. He has twice been charged with
murder. but those charges were thrown
out.

Astronautsoobackout

SPACE CENTER. Houston A Two
astronauts ventured back out on anoth-
er spacewalk today to attach antennas
to the international space station under
construction nearly 250 miles above
Earth. For the second time this week.
Jerry Ross and James Newman floated
out the batch of the shuttle Endeavour
to work on the 35-ton station taking
shape in the open cargo bay. Once acti-
vated. the antennas will provide a direct
communication link between Unity and
NASA‘s Mission Control.

Complete skeleton found

JOHANNESBURG. South Africa ~
Researchers announced today that they
had discovered the oldest complete
skeleton of a human ancestor. a 4-foot-
tall ape-man dating hack 3.2 to 3.6 mil—
lion years. The skeleton unnamed un-
til its sex can be determined — could
shed on light on the debate whether hu‘
man ancestors lived only on the ground
or if they also inhabited trees. Previous-
ly. the most complete early hominid was
“Lucy." a 3.2-million-year-old Australop—
ithecus whose partial skeleton was dis-
covered in 1974.

Stocks end mixed, Dow off

NEW YORK —~ The Nasdaq hit an-
other record high today. but the Dow
edged lower amid profit worries. The
Dow fell 18.79 points to end at 9.009.19. On
the NYSE. losers led gainers 1.5501454.

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Study finds heat
waves increasing

Summer temperatures climbing around United
States; new reports find humidity a big factor

ASSOCIATED "(SS

Summers have gotten not just
hotter but stickier in the United
States over the past few decades.
and that trend could pose health
problems for old people if it con-
tinues, government scientists say.

Past studies have noted an in-
crease in average summertime
temperature, but the new work
also takes humidity into account.
Humidity. which can make hot
days more stressful on the body,
was found to be rising several per-
cent per decade.

The researchers tracked “ap-
parent temperature," a measure
of both heat and humidity.

First. they came up with a defi-
nition of a hot and sticky day. They
took 30 years of July and August
data from 113 weather stations
around the country, and for each
station they calculated heat~and~hu-
midity thresholds that had been
reached only 15 percent of the time.

Then the researchers looked
at data from each station for July
and August from 1949 to 1995.
They found a 67 percent increase
in the number of days that exceed-
ed the threshold for daily average
apparent temperature.

They also found an 88 percent
increase in the number of heat
waves. or periods during which
the threshold level was exceeded
for at least three consecutive days.

What‘s more, they found a 78
percent increase in how often
nights were above the nighttime
threshold. That was seen as par-
ticularly worrisome.

“If it's hot during the day and
cools off at night, people can re-

cover." said researcher Dian J.
Gaffen of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
“But if it stays warm and humid
at night, you are more likely to
end up with public health prob-
lems. with people dying of heat."

Ms. Gaffen and NOAA col-
league Rebecca J. Ross reported
the findings in Thursday’s issue of
the journal Nature.

“If these climate trends con-
tinue, they may pose a public
health problem, particularly as
there are increasing numbers of
elderly people. who are most vul-
nerable to heat-related sickness
and mortality." they wrote.

The findings were seen by
Kevin Trenberth, head of the cli-
mate analysis section at the Na-
tional Center for Atmospheric Re-
search in Boulder. Colo., as evi-
dence of the effects of the global
warming.

Ms. Gaffen said the study was
not aimed at discovering the cause
of the trends, so she can't attribute
the findings to global warming.

The largest changes occurred
in some of the most populated ar-
eas, particularly in the eastern
and western thirds of the country.

Oregon state Climatologist
George Taylor said the data are
suspect because most of the
weather stations cited were at air-
ports. where increased urbaniza-
tion may have pushed up tempera
tures over the years. Streets and
buildings are known retain heat
longer than fields and forests.

The government researchers
acknowledged that urbanization
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Wiser, older ex-president

Former Student Goverment Association president
Scott Crosbie talks success in political, life arenas

By Shannon Mlllller
CONIRIBUIING VIRllER

The lessons learned as Student
Government Association president
laid the groundwork for success for
Scott Crosbie.

Lexington elected Crosbie last
month to the Lexington-Fayette Ur~
ban County Council. Crosbie. 28. a
UK graduate and the UK Law School,
got a taste of politics as the 1990-91
SGA president.

Much like his council campaign.
the battle for his SGA position ap-
peared to be straight uphill. Crosbie
faced a disadvantage in the SGA cam-
paign because he was from Hunting-
ton. W.Va. At that time candidates
from the larger high schools in Ken—
tucky automatically held a large
block of votes. Crosbie said.

But his successful campaign pre-
pared Crosbie for his future political
goals.

“It prepared me in terms of un-
derstanding the importance and the
value of hard work," Crosbie said.

Crosbie was a newcomer to the

council race as well. Again. he did
not have local roots to automatically
support him in his race. So Crosbie
relied on an unorthodox marketing
campaign.

The backs of Lexington buses
and yard signs spread Crosbie's name
all over Fayette County.

As SGA president. Crosbie had to
represent the student body and its po-
sition on the Board of Trustees. Then»
Gov. Wallace Wilkinson appointed
himself to the board. Some Kentuck-
ians and many students opposed
Wilkinson‘s actions. although they
were legal.

"I had to effectively stand up to the
Board of Trustees *7 many of the indi-
viduals were CEOs of companies ~
and say. 'This is wrong.” Crosbie said.

“My involvement in the episode
made me recognize the importance of
being a strong leader and standing up
for the folks who represented you."

Although L'K President Charles
Wethington supported Wilkinson‘s
position at the time. he still remem-
bers Crosbie in a favorable light.

“He was particularly effective in
working with the president and UK
administration on issues that benefit-
ed students in this university."
Wethington said.

Jennifer Schwartz-Scutchfield. a
UK law school graduate and former
SGA senator. recalled how helpful
Crosbie was.

”He is an inspirational person
that doesn't look at his position, but
how his position can help others."
she said. “Scott Crosbie realizes that
students are an integral part of Lex-
ington and will address their needs
along with the community at large."

Crosbie encouraged students and
young people to become involved in
government. The most important
thing for students to do is vote. he
said. and students should also be-
come informed and participate in fo—
rums. events and rallies. Third. stu-
dents can become more active by ac-
tually participating in the legislative
process by raising issues — even
proposing legislation ~ and contact-
ing their representatives.

“Some public officials are less in-
clined to listen to someone my age or
your age. because they think we don't
have the experience. which we don't.
but that all isn’t that bad."

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Harrelson continues
fight to legalize hemp

Actor trying to convince state's courts to stop confusion

Iy Chris Oakley

CONTRIBUYING IRllER

As he bent down and dropped the
industrial-hemp seeds into the ground.
he was ultimately joining the main-
stream movement to legalize hemp.

Actor Woody Harrelson planted
four industrial hemp seeds in Lee
County in June 1996, and was arrested
for possession of marijuana. Since
then. Harrelson has tried to convince
Kentucky courts to differentiate be-
tween hemp and its sibling. marijuana.

Harrelson had a partial victory in
the case's earlier rounds. pushing dis
trict and circuit court judges to declare
Kentucky‘s marijuana laws immensely
broad in heaping marijuana together
with hemp.

Tom Jones. the prosecutor in the
Harrelson case. filed an appeal to the
Supreme Court Friday. The case was
never supposed to reach the Supreme
Court level. but Jones filed the appeal
because the Kentucky Court of Ap-
peals sent the case back to the district
judge for adjudication.

Jones was told by James Tipton.
police official and drug enforcement of-
ficer. that he could not readily differen—
tiate between the two plants and said it
was impossible to do so.

“If Tipton tells me making mari
juana legal is going to destroy law en-
forcement. everybody should take note
and it should end this inquiry.“

Joseph Hickey. Harrelson's agent
and executive director of Hemp Growers
Cooperative. said you can distinguish
between the two Cannabis sativa plants.

“Marijuana looks like a Christmas
tree. and hemp is skinny with relative-
ly no leaves, planted three inches
apart.“

Jones said there is a hidden agen-
da behind the battle to legalize hemp.
He thinks it could be a subterfuge for
some to legalize marijuana.

“I've seen some guys who are for
legalization and that‘s a by-project for
it." he said. “Harrelson may be well-
meaning. but if Tipton says it will de—
stroy law enforcement. then that ends
my inquiry."

Hickey. who thinks hemp will be
legal for industrial purposes in two
years. said police officials can be edu-
cated to readily differentiate between
the two plants.

"We have one of the best police or-
ganizations in the world and if other
countries can do it. we should be able
to do it as well." he said.

"He (Harrelson) went about it the
wrong way." Jones said. “if he was se-
rious about getting hemp legalized he
should have called his legislature."

Jones said he thinks if the
Supreme Court decides to hear the
case they will rule in his favor.

“If they (Harrelson) ask for a jury
trial. ['11 ask for jail time. and that's a
guarantee."

 

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tent with policies at other universities
and sports entities." Newton said.
"There will no underage drinking or al-
cohol abuse allowed."

Newton also said only the people
who lease a suite and their guests will
be allowed in the area.

They will not be allowed to take al-
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Miami (Ohio) no match for Mattox’s wild Cats;
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By Adam Span

STAFF WRlIEQ

Tiffany Wait had just what
the doctor ordered last night. as
the junior guard led UK‘s
women‘s basketball team to a
76-56 win over Miami‘Ohio at
Memorial Coliseum.

A pharmacy junior. Wait
brought along her own cheer-
ing section. and didn't disap-
point. She led l'K in scoring
with 13 points. while dishing
out a game-high seven assists.

"The college of pharmacy
came here tonight to support
me." Wait said. "My shots were
open. so I took them and they
went in."

It was seventh heaven for
l'K. lT-l. l-U Southeastern Cone
fervncel as the (.‘ats made sure
an upset bid from Miami (3-4)
would have to "wait" another
year. In the (Tats‘ first home
game in more than three weeks.
l'K slowly pulled away from a
pesky Miami team to claim its
seventh win. marking its best
start since the 117987-88 squad.
which opened the seaSon 8-1.

lfK was stuck on 10 points
and held only a twopoint lead for
most of the first half until Wait
put the team on her shoulders
and the game in her hands.

In the hall‘s last five min-

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utes. the junior captain led UK to
a 15 point lead. pouring in eight
points to go along with five as-
sists.

"Tiffany is such an un-
selfish ball player." UK coach
Bernadette Mattox said. “And
I've told her she needs to be a
little more selfish at times.
Tonight she just took over
when we needed her to. and
that‘s what you expect from
your leaders."

With both teams combining
for 41 turnovers (UK 18. Miami
23), the game was sloppy on
both ends. Mattox labeled last
night‘s affair with the Red-
Hawks as a learning experience
for the younger players.

“In games like these I try to
utilize the bench and get players
as much game experience as pos~
sible." Mattox said. "We'll need
that experience come January."

Although lfK coasted to a
20-point victory. Mattox still
saw plenty of room for improve-
ment after the team jumped out
to a slow start.

“I thin