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UPs will hold auction at Huskie Stadium

By Greg Rivara | March 31, 1988

Bicycles, watches, rings and calculators are among items to be auctioned off April 9 by the University Police in the Huskie Stadium. The auction, in the stadium's center lobby, include items turned in to the UPs as lost and found or items that have been...

Huber’s field role ends Saturday

By Jeff Kirik | March 31, 1988

After four years as an NIU assistant football coach, Ted Huber will spend his last day on the Huskie Stadium turf Saturday. The 45-year-old Huber will move to Warsaw, Ind., in late May where he will take a head coaching and physical education teaching...

Baseball’s return to NIU put on long-range burner

By Dan Moran | March 31, 1988

Like every other major American university, the rites of spring at NIU include discussion of baseball. Of course, since there is no baseball team at NIU, the talk generally raises questions like, "Why did baseball leave?" and "When will baseball return?"...

DePaul’s success may help North Star

By Chris Sigley | March 30, 1988

When the DePaul women's basketball team won the National Invitational Tournament, it shed a new light on a shadowed North Star Conference. "Whenever you have a team in the conference that wins a national title," said NIU Associate Athletic Director Susie...

Cubs top Giants

March 30, 1988

MESA, Ariz. (AP)—Calvin Schiraldi gave up two hits in five scoreless innings and Leon Durham homered, singled and drove in three runs to lead the Cubs to a 6-2 exhibition win Tuesday over the San Francisco Giants. Schiraldi, who is pitching himself...

Flames swept by gymnasts

March 30, 1988

It was a clean sweep for the NIU women's gymnastics team Tuesday night against Illinois-Chicago as the Huskies won every event on their way to a 178.50-170.15 victory. NIU improved to 12-5 in duals this season while the Flames fell to 2-9. "Again, this...

Spring training updates: both Chicago teams win

March 30, 1988

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP)—Greg Walker hit a home run and Jack McDowell and Ken Patterson made it stand by combining on a three-hit shutout Tuesday as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Cincinnati Reds 2-0. The 22-year-old McDowell, the fifth player chosen...

Green wants a job

March 30, 1988

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP)—Dallas Green, returning to the place where it all began, wants it known he'd like to get back into baseball. Green quit Oct. 29 after six years as general manager and president of the Chicago Cubs. Green insists that he's not advertising...

Notable quotes from Vatch

By Paul Keller | March 30, 1988

Covering the men's wrestling team this year was quite an experience. Not only were the players and coaches helpful in giving interviews, but it was great to listen to head coach Ed Vatch's colorful quotes during the course of the season. For example,...

Softball team looking for clear skies

By Kari Brackett | March 29, 1988

While the women's softball team has every intention of playing its home opener today, Mother Nature may have other plans. The Huskies are scheduled for a 1 p.m. doubleheader against the Iowa Hawkeyes, but at press time play looked questionable because...

Copy of Poe’s 1st book to be sold

March 29, 1988

NEW YORK (AP)—A rare first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's first book, a collection of poetry written when he was 14, is to be auctioned by Sotheby's, which calls it "the most exciting book discovery in many years." In the 161 years since its publication,...

Roy a credit to NIU, both on and off field

March 29, 1988

Friday afternoon started typically, except this time the clan from The Northern Star was getting set for softball instead of the weekly football game. We had nine people at the field behind Gabel Hall, enough to have batting and fielding practice, but...