Griffin thinks
he's big enough
. CINCINNATI (AP) Archie Griffin, who shattered the
Reisman Trophy jinx by becoming the first player to win it
twice, wants to bury another myth that he is too small to
survive in the National Football League.
"I don't believe in jinxes," said the 5-foot-9 halfback from
Ohio State who closed his career as the only 5,000-yard rusher
in major college history.
"I've always heard that I'm too small. Well, a hard hit is a
"hard hit, whether it's in college or the ptos. I think I've proven
`l'm no weakling. I can take a beating," said Griffin, who
makes his NFL debut Sunday against the Denver Broncos.
"There is definitely a place for the little man in Football.
Look at the things Terry Metcalf and Greg' Pruitt can do," he
said. "I've always believed my size was more of a advantage
than a disadvantage. You're built closer to the ground and
when you get behind those big linemen you can't be seen as
easy.' .
Griffin, the second of Cincinnati's two first round picks,
frowns at the idea that he is under pressure to succeed in a big
way.
Yeeck activates
CHICAGO (AP) Bill
Veeck, who says he likes to
give older men a break, is
putting coach Minnie Minoso
on the active list with a
chuckle and the hope his bat
may help the swooning
Chicago White Sox.
Saturnino Orestes Arrieta
Armas Minoso, who started
with the White Sox 25 years
ago, probably will be used as
a designated hitter during the
fiox 'home stand starting
tomorrow night with the
California Angels. He is the
second oldster Veeck has
called forth in his baseball
' ownerships. Twice in the past
he hired ageless pitcher
Satchel Paige at Cleveland
nd St. Louis .
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"I certainly don't have
anything against using older
men" said Veeck.
No one is certain of Paige's
age. ,
"We aren't even sure the
. age of Minnie. But the
available records show he was
born in Cuba Nov. 29 1922,,
making him 52," said Veeck.
"He's in remarkable con
dition. I've watched him
slamming balls in the left
field stands in batting.
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practice. If he doesn't , get a
hit, he'll get hit by a pitch.
He'll be one of the very few
active players who has been
part of four decades."
Minoso himself said, "It's
like starting my life all over
again.,l'm not going to feel
like an old man. I'm going to
feel like a rookie.
"I'll go to the plate trying to
make contact. I'll be
swinging.Veeck asked me to
do it. I take orders and I'm
happy to do it but I don't think
they'd ask me to play if they
didn't think I could still hit."
Veeck, said he assumes
Minnie will be used as a
designated hitter, "but he'll
be available for whatever
duties Manager Paul
Fischer back in chess action
BANGKOK (UPI) Bobby Fischer, the secretive three-day stay, was quoted by the
temperamental American chess master, is Bangkok Post as saying he had discussed the
willing to meet World Champion Anatoly match with Fischer and Karpov in Spain last
Karpov of the Soviet Union in a $3.5 million weekend
Chess match, according to the vice president
of the International Chess Federation.
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"within half a year" depending on the out-
Florencio Campomanis, who left Bangkok come of "haggling" over sponsorship of the
with Fischer Wednesday night after a purse.
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"As far as I'm converned the pressure is gone. For one thing
I don't think I'll be running the ball as much here. Maybe it
would be different if they didn't have Ken Anderson here. But .
I don't think anybody is putting the pressure on me at all."
Anderson, at 27, is the first NFL quarterback since 1961 to
win back-to-back passing titles, leading the Bengals to a best
ever 11-3 record and a playoff berth.
"The Heisman Trophy doesn't mean anything now. It's a
whole new ball game for me," said Griffin, who destroyed the
NCAA major college record by gaining 100 yards or more in 31
consecutive games. After rushing for 867 yards as a freshman,
he helped Ohio State win three straight Big 10 co
championships with season rushing totals of 1,577, 1,695 and
1,450 yards.
What does worry Griffin is his weight. "I'm down to 177, ,( he
said Wednesday after workout in sweltering heat. "I'd like to
play between 185 and 190."
Two of Griffin's biggest boosters are fullback Boobie Clark
and jumbo-sized offensive lineman Vern Holland.
"He's going to be a big benefit to our backfield," said Clark.
"He's one of those little guys who can squirt through a crack.
, .
That's what we've needed." ,
that
supports Clark's sentiments. "I noticed right away
that you don't have to hold your block that long for Archie.
That means a lot to an offensive lineman."
Griffin sat out Cincinnati's last two preseason games due to
a groin pull, but still topped all rushers while playing less than
a half in the other games. He averaged 5.1 yards per carry in
38 attempts.
'Cuban Comet'
Richards wants ..."
Minnie• was hired as first
base coach in January, soon
after Veeck took over the Sox.
He had played for Veeck
previously with the Sox and
Cleveland Indians...
Minnie, who played and
managed in Mexico the last 10
years before rejoining the
Sox, was hit 189 times by
pitches from 1949-1964 an
American League career
record.
Known in his heyday as the
Cuban Comet, Minnie broke
into the majors with
Cleveland in 1949. He made
his Sox debut as a player May
1, 1951, and became an instant
darling of the fans by ripping
Campomanis said the match could be held
a home run in his initial time
at bat against the New York
Yankees' Vic Raschi. He was
traded back to the Indians
after seven seasons with the
Sox.
When Veeck headed the Sox
in 1960, he brought Minoso
back. On opening day before
41,000 fans, Minnie blasted
two homers, one a 'grand
slammer, and drove in six
runs as the Sox won. He
closed out the 1960 season
batting .311, driving in 105
runs and topping the AL in
hits with 184.
Minnie made the AL All-
Star team seven times and
compiled a .305 batting
average and hit 135 homers
with the Sox.
Home against Lock Haven
Booters
By RICK WEBER
Collegian Sports Writer
Last year, the Penn State soccer team
outplayed, outclassed, and outshot the
opposing Lock Haven State College
squad, but when the Jeffrey Field clock
read 0:00, the Lions had to settle for a 1-1
tie. •
But that was last year when Lock
Haven's fine goalie, Steve Tanner,
totaled 18 saves. Tanner singlehandedly
kept Lock Haven in the thick of things,
recording some spectacular saves to
frustrate the Lion booters.
Tanner won't return this year to tend
the goal for the Eagles, but the Lions'
home opener (7p.m. at Jeffrey Field)
should be tough nevertheless.
Lock Haven, coached by England's
Mike Parker, has eight returnees in
cluding five starters from the 1975 team
which recorded an 11-2-1 record and lost
to Johns Hopkins, 2-0, in the first round
of the NCAA Division 111 playoffs. Senior
Roger Bernecker, a former Penn Stater,
is the leading goal scorer for Lock Haven
with 22 goals in the past two seasons. Jon
Connor, a senior from Havertown, also
NFL to face more headaches
NEW YORK, (AP) With the National Football League
almost certain to appeal the ruling against its college draft,
representatives of the owners and players agree that the
chance of a modified draft has been improved.
U.S. District Judge William B. Bryant ruled in Washington
Wednesday that the stocking of 28 teams with the nation's
collegiate talent, the NFL's current system, is illegal because
it violates the antitrust laws.
Bryant said the draft is, in effect, an agreement among NFL
club owners "that the right to negotiate with each top-quality
graduating college athlete will be allocated to one team, and
that no other team will deal with that person." .
"This outright, undisguised refusal to deal constitutes a
group boycott in its classic and most pernicious form, a device
which has long been condemned as per se a violation of the
antitrust laws," the judge continued.
Ed Garvey, executive director of the NFL Players
Association, expressed delight at the ruling and suggested it
might spur the owners to be more conciliatory in future talks
aimed at achieving a basic labor agreement with the players'
union.
Sargent Karch, executive director of the NFL Management
Council, the owners' bargaining team, said the decision
produced optimism.
kick off
returns this year after recording eight
goals in 1975.
They will be joined by junior Mike
McCartney, sophomore Dean Wilson,
and senior Mark Sildve, a two-year co
captain, to form the veteran nucleus of
the team.
"Lock Haven likes to'play a fast, hard
game," said Penn State soccer coach
Walt Bahr. "They're a strong team
physically and they like to play the long
ball. They play the typical English
soccer hard tackling and long
kicking."
"I don't want us to get into a kicking
contest with them," Bahr continued. "I
want us to play a controlled game. Our
strategy would be to slow down the pace
of the game. A good team can control the
tempo of the game whereas an average
or poor team can be forced into playing
the other team's game."
The Penn State booters have been
slightly hampered by injuries in fall
practice. Half a dozen players have
minor injuries, but according to Bahr,
none of the players will be out for any
length of time. However, pre-season
starters Sal Bommarito and Dave Lloyd
have been nursing injuries that may
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Bryant, he said, had 'expressed the opinion that if an
agreement on a draft were to be part of a basic labor pact, it
therefore would be exempt from antitrust action. And Karch
said Bryant stated that the draft should be a mandatory part
of any collective bargaining. Garvey publicly has taken the
opposite viewpoint in both instances.
Bryant's decision, on a suit filed in 1970 by former
Washington Rgdskins safety James "Yazoo" Smith, was the
third major courtroom setback for the NFL.
In December 1974, in ruling on a suit filed by former
quarterback Joe Kapp, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled
illegal the league's standard contract which binds a player to
one team.
Earlier this year, in a suit filed by former tight end Tom
Mackey, the so-called Rozelle Rule named after NFL Com
missioner Pete Rozelle, similarly was struck down by a
federal judge in Minneapolis. The Rozelle Rule had given
Rozelle the power to decide what compensation a team would
have to pay if it signed a 'player who played out the option
year of his contract with another club.
Both rulings have been appealed by the league
Don Weiss, a spokesman for the league, said the league
would have no comment until NFL attorneys had studied the
decision.
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keep them out of the starting lineup and
possibly limit their playing time tonight.
Bahr is satisfied with his booters right
now. "We had a very good spring," he
said, "and we've had three excellent
scrimmages (Frostburg State, LaSalle,
Slippery Rock). I couldn't have asked
for better performances in those
scrimmages.!'l was a little concerned on
Tuesday because we were a little
lethargic. But I guess you could con
tribute that to the hot weather and the
first day of classes. All in all, we've had
a very good early practice. There's been
fine team spirit and a lot of hard work."
CORNER KICKS: Dan Gallagher, a
sophomore from Huntington Station,
N.Y., will start in the nets for the Lions
tonight. Mike Parker, coach of the Eagle
booters, played professional soccer in
the English Football League and was
assistant coach at Lock Haven for four
years. Lock Haven's tough defense
allowed only eight goals in their last 11
games, closing out the season with
shutouts over Lycoming, Indiana (Pa.),
Pitt, and Frostburg State. Halftime
festivities of tonight's game will feature
a soccer game between media per
sonalities and women athletes from
Penn State.