The Famed KGB chicken, who entertained crowds at San Diego professional
sporting events, has been fired and sued by his employer, radio station KGB.
He is shown here at last year's All-Star Game with Giant's pitcher Vida Blue.
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KGB Chicken
SAN DIEGO (UPI) The chicken
has been ousted from his coop.
Ted Giannoulas, the famed "San
Diego Chicken" who has enlivened
professional sporting events, has
been fired from his $50,000 a year job
and sued by his radio station em
ployer in a $250,000 Superior Court
flap.
Radio Station KGB, which hired the
24-year-old Giannoulas five years ago
to represent the station in the chicken
costume at sporting events and other
attractions, has accused its former
employee of breaking his contract in
a seven-count complaint.
Superior Court Judge Edward
Butler issued . a temporary order
Monday prohibiting Giannoulas from
appearing in the feathered regalia
until a May 22 hearing on the action.
The complaint, seeking punitive
damages, includes allegations that
Giannoulas broke his contract by
making unauthorized out-of-town
appearances and conspiring with the
manufacturer of the comical
costume.
"I'm definitely going to listen to a
different radio station," Giannoulas
said upon hearing of his firing and the
lawsuit. "I'm almost at a loss for
words. I'm kind of sad. Being canned
is a major disappointment. The
Chicken was my baby. The past five
years as the Chicken have been the
high point of my life."
The 'radio station suspended
Giannoulas without pay April 23 and
has since hired another person.
'Scrappy' Lion nine sweep two
By GREG McKELVEY
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The nickname "Scrap Pack" was
given to the football team's specialty
units last fall, but maybe the term better
applies to the Lions' baseball team.
Trailing 3-2 with two outs in the last
inning of yesterday's double-header, Bill
Benner singled into left center scoring
two runs and enabling the Lions to sweep
an important twinbill from Cornell, 6-3
and 4-3.
Penn State was behind all the way in
the second game and was not able to get
a hit until the fifth inning. But after
scoring two runs in the sixth inning the
stage was set for Benner's game winning
hit. •
"I hit a fastball that was up high in the
strike zone," Benner said. "It was a
good pitch to hit."
The late inning comeback also notched
Dave June his fourth win of the season.
"You have to give June a lot of
credit," Penn State coach Chuck Medlar
said. "He was pitching on only two days
rest and did the job."
• The Lions have been pretty effective
against left handed pitching all year, but
found Cornell's Jay Kobylarz to be a
tough southpaw to hit against before he
was removed for a reliever in the sixth
inning.
"He (Kobylarz) had a sidearm curve
that was rough to hit," Jeff Rumberger
Brown's transition is hampered by injuries
By PETE DOUGHERTY
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The transition was supposed to be
smooth.
Sophomore Terry Brown, who batted
.366 last year as a designated hitter and
outfielder, would fill the baseball team's
void created by the graduation of cat
cher George Weigel. Brown was a
catcher a promising one at that—and
basically spent his freshman year
waiting for the position to open, or so the
story goes.
But this hasn't been a storybook
season for Terry Brown. At least not a
fairy tale. It's been more of a nightmare,
as he tries to fight the nemesis that
everyone knows of but no one expects
injuries.
"First I sprained the inside and out-
said. "The second lefty wasn't as
tough."
In the first game, third baseman Joe
Urbanovich was the hero whacking a
homerun into left field that led to a six
run fourth inning for the Lions.
The first game marked the return of
Mike Guman to the mound after a two
week absence due to slight arm trouble.
Guman picked up the victory before
tiring and leaving in the sixth inning.
"Guman pitched well," Medlar said.
"He just tired from lack of work. We
didn't want him forcing himself."
Urbanovich's homer came after
Cornell had taken a two-run lead in the
fourth. Both Rumberger and , Dave
Simononis were on and scored in what
turned out to be a bat-around inning.
Cornell threatened in the sixth, but
only scored one run before Lonnie Styles
came in and finished the inning in three
pitches.
Then in the seventh, Mark Lambert
came in and recorded the save after
Styles got into some control problems
and departed with the bases full.
Although the two wins over Cornell
could be very important in the Lions' bid
for the playoffs, the team realizes
Saturday's game with Temple could be
the deciding factor.
"We still have to beat Temple,"
Rumberger said. "I hate Temple. They
have beat us the last two years."
side of my ankle," Brown said. "I took
one week off, came back a while, then I
threw my back out."
That happened about mid-season. He
has had problems ever since. He's been
the regular catcher, but at times has had
trouble uncorking strong throws to
second base and his arm is not weak.
Brown had to be removed yesterday
from the Lions' doubleheader win over
Cornell. He attempted a pickoff throw in
the second game and nailed the runner,
but aggravated his back injury. The next
inning, he couldn't even return the ball
properly to pitcher Dave June, and was
thus removed.
"My back is still sore," Brown said.
"But I've got to just keep coming back.
I've had treatments, but there's nothing
else I can do. I've been playing on it. It's
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Brown has bebn in a season-long
batting slump, but has started to come
around. Batting .217 before yesterday's
games, Brown was 1-for-2 in the opener
and drove in the winning run in Penn
State's 6-3 triumph'.
He has shown signs in other games of
breaking his skid, but the back in
terferes every time.
"I can't open up as well," Brown said
of his batting stance. "I started to hit the
ball well for a while, but then I'd get
spasms and can't do anything. My back
would tighten up on me and when I'd
throw."
This isn't a Pity Poor Terry Brown
story. He has contributed steadily to the
Lion attack, driving in nine runs this
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year to surpass last season's RBI output.
And with or without the sore back, he'll
be in the lineup Saturday for the Temple
game, which looms as one of the biggest
matchups of the season for Penn State.
"I can't miss that game. Temple's in
my hometown area," Brown said. "I
probably could have played there, but it
wouldn't have been as nice as here.
"The Temple coach called up the day
after I told Coach (Chuck) Medlar I'd be
coming up here. I had already made a
commitment and I was going to stick by
it.
"I think I made the right choice.
Temple has a pretty good catcher right
now so I might not be playing there like I
am here. Now if I could only get rid of
the injuries . . ."
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