sports Elway sweepstakes starts draft By BRUCE LOWITT AP Sports Writer NEW YORK The John Elway derby accele rated yesterday, with the Los Angeles Raiders thinking about offering Rookie of the Year Mar cus Allen as part of a package to obtain the Baltimore Colts' No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. A source close to the high-powered bargaining said the package could include a series of Raid ers' first-round draft choices plus Allen, the sensational running back, in exchange for the right to pick the Stanford quarterback in today's draft. The Raiders have one first-round choice the 26th this year. Asked about a trade with Baltimore, Raiders Coach Tom Flores told AP Radio: "We've talked, just as everyone else has talked." But of the report that Allen had been offered in a deal, Flores said,. "just rumors . . . don't worry about that. "It seems like somebody is trying to use us right now," and he added; "at this stage, we're not close to anything." Elway is considered a "franchise" player n 1.4) t .. „... ,• . . .•. , . • . Penn State, tailback Curt Warner (25) could be one of the top three players chosen in today's NFL draft, which begins at 8 a.m. Steelers look to fill receiver, secondary gap By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Steelers be came a perfect example a decade ago of a team that built itself into a power by its adept drafting of college players. Now, nine years after winning their first Super Bowl championship, the Steelers maintain the same drafting philosophy they had then: take the best available player. The Steelers have definite needs entering the Rollins, Ainge fined after brawl in Boston NEW. YORK (AP) Atlanta early in the decisive third game of center Wayne "Tree" Rollins has the Eastern Conference mini-se been fined $5,000 and suspended ries. The Celtics went on to win the without pay for the first five game and move on to the Eastern , games of the 1983-84 NBA season Conference semifinal round and Boston guard Danny Ainge against the Milwaukee Bucks. has been fined $l,OOO for their The action by Stirling came fol parts in a bench-clearing brawl lowing a review of the videotapes during Sunday's playoff game. Of Sunday's game, which the NBA The fines and suspension were said clearly showed from several announced yesterday by Scotty different angles that Rollins pre- Stirling, the NBA's vice president cipitated the incident in the third of operations. Commissioner Lar- quarter by striking Ainge in the ry O'Brien also warned against face with' his left elbow. further misconduct during the "This was without question a • playoffs and said he was still in- vicious elbow thrown by a player vestigating the roles played by who has a history of elbowing others in Sunday's incident. violations," said Stirling, noting It is estimated the combination that Rollins was fined three times of the fine and the suspension for such violations during the 1981- would cost Rollins about $30,000. 82 season, including once in the And both fines are in addition to playoffs. the automatic $250 fine assessed Ainge, 6-4, retaliated by tackling for being ejected from the game. the 7-1 Rollins. Players.from both Hawks' guard Mike Glenn also teams, including those on the two was ejected from the game, but benches, joined in. Stirling said a review of videotape "Fighting has no place in the of the incident showed he did not sport of basketball and simply will play a primary role and, as a not be tolerated," O'Brien said. result, any fine will be withheld "Our resolve in this area was pending the completing of the full emphasized to players, coaches investigation. and general managers prior to the The brawl took place at Boston start of the playoffs. along the lines of Joe Namath and Earl Camp bell. He has told the Colts he doesn't want to play for them, and has expressed the desire to play for either a West Coast team or the Dallas Cowboys. Elway also is being wooed by George Stein brenner, owner of baseball's New York Yankees. Other NFL teams believed to be in the bidding for the Colts' prized pick , are the San Diego Chargers, possessors of three first-round selec tions, and the Cowboys, who reportedly have offered their No. 1 choice 23rd overall plus veteran players, possibly quarterback Danny White and defensive tackle Randy White. Robert Irsay, owner of the Colts, was quoted as saying the Raiders "made a fantastic offer of draft choices and players and I think we'll take it." And Ernie Aceorsi, Baltimore's general manager,' said of the Raiders and the bidding: "Yes, they're in it and they're in it seriously. Both the Raiders and the Colts are maneuvering to make the package more attractive." The Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif., reported yesterday that Raiders owner Al Davi's was attempting to trade for more first-round choices, to be used in a package for the Colts' No. 1 pick. The paper, quotifig an unidentified executive 4, - annual NFL draft, which begins at 8 a.m. today, inconsistent secondary play in recent seasons but they are approaching it with their long-stand- and the advancing age of corner Mel Blount, who ing philosophy intact. is nearing retirement. They would also like to select a linebacker high in the draft. "We have needs, but we still believe in taking the best athlete who's still around," said Dick Haley, the Steelers' scouting director. The off-season retirement of Lynn Swann and the jump of Jim Smith to the United States Football League have left the Steelers with some gaping holes at wide receiver. They also would like to acquire a defensive back, because of Photo by Eric C. Hegedus Softball team holds off Ithaca for sweep By GWEN FITZGERALD Collegian Sports Writer Without wasting any time be tween last weekend's two losses to Rutgers and Ohio State and this weekend's Atlantic 10 Conference Championship, the softball team got back on the winning track by taking two games from Ithaca yesterday at Lady Lion Field. Led by pitcher Brenda Frey, who only gave up three hits, Penn State defeated Ithaca 3-2 in the first game, and held off a strong comeback in the second game to win 14-10. Assistant Coach Vicki Stevens said today's performance was a big improvement over this past weekend's. "We were hitting well and our defense looked solid," Stevens said. "We capitalized on situations when we needed to. We hit with runners on base. Against Rutgers we left 19 people on base that tells the story right there." In the first game, the Lady Lions were led by designated hitter Car . of Fultz who had a triple, an RBI single and a stolen base. Third baseman Geri Saya, who was hitting .405 before yesterday's game, was one for two. The Lady Lions kept their inten- from another NFL team; said the Raiders were offering three starters defensive end Howie Long, running back Kenny King and guard Mick ey Marvin to the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles. The •Bears have the sixth pick in the first round, while the Eagles have the eighth. Allen was the Raiders' first-round pick last year, after nine other clubs had made their selections. He finished third in the American Conference and fourth in the league in rushing with 697 yards and was the NFL scoring cham pion with 84 points on 14 touchdowns. He also was the unanimous choice as the Offensive Rookie of the Year. The draft officially begins at 8 a.m. Each team has 15 minutes to make its selection or make a .deal. Sometimes the players' names are written on the index cards and read by Commissioner Pete Rozelle within seconds; sometimes it takes the full 15 minutes. The draft encompasses 12 rounds and has been compressed from two days into one, a marathon which could run as long as 20 hours. Some NFL owners had expressed fears that between the first and second days, the United States Football League'Vould fan out and try to pressure un drafted players into signing with it. The Chargers' starting quarterback is Dan Fouts. But he's a free agent and looking for a $1 million a year contract, which is about what Elway wants, too. They have those three first round picks to offer --- the fifth, 20th and 22nd. Their backup quarterback is Ed Luther, whose experience is limited to 22 passes in three pro seasons. Elway is projected not only as a football star but as a major league outfielder. Enter Stein brenner, the wealthy boss of the Yankees with a penchant for purchasing stars. Last year he paid Elway $140,000 to spend his summer vacation as a minor league outfielder and reportedly has offered Elway $1 million a year to pursue a baseball career. In 1977, when Tony Dorsett told the Seattle Seahawks he would not play for them, they traded their pick, No. 2 in the opening round, to Dallas for four selections, three in the second round. Only their first-round pick, tackle Steve August, still is with Seattle. Not that such pressure tactics by potential draftees have always worked. Running back Dairin Nelson, a former Elway teammate at Stanford, told the Miriliesota Vikings last year to bypass him. The Vikings drafted him anyway, and Nelson, not having other entrepreneurs lin ing up to throw seven-figure checks at him, chose to sign with the Vikings. No. 1 picks, by and large, turn out to be instant and long-term stars in the NFL although the first one in the first draft, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, chose not to play pro football at all. Even without the Elway drama, there is much intrigue in the draft. The Houston Oilers had the No. 2 pick, behind Baltimore. Saturday, they traded it to the Los Angeles Rams for LA's first round pick (No. 3 overall) plus the Rams' fourth round selections in 1983 and 1984. And Sunday, the Oilers sent that first-round pick (No. 3) to Seattle for the. Seahawks' first-round (No. 9); second round and third-round choices. Houston now has eight picks in the first four rounds. But the USFL took away several of the prime receiver candidates, such as Anthony Carter of Michigan, and the Steelers fear that pass catch ers such as Gary Anderson of Arkansas and Willie Gault of Tennessee will be long gone when they make the 21st pick on the first round around 9:30 a.m. or so. sity through out the second game and halted a nine-run rally in the top of the seventh to take the second game. Penn State combined strong hit ting with five defensive errors to score eight runs in the second inning. The Lady Lions were once again led by Fultz and Saya. Fultz was three for three, scored two runs and stole a base. Saya was two for two, had two RBl's, and scored on a wild 'pitch and on an error. It seemed like clear sailing until Ithaca started hitting and scor ing in the top of the seventh. Ithaca scored eight runs on pitch er Cathy Cuadrado before Coach Sue Rankin sent Frey back in. With two outs„ Frey walked the first batter she faced to load the bases. Ithaca scored one more run on a single before Frey ended the game with a bases loaded strike out. Right Fielder Christy Phillips said Penn State didn't let up in the last inning, Ithaca just started hitting. The Lady Lions travel to Edin boro to play a double-header at 1:30 today. It will be the final regular season game before the Atlantic 10 Conference Champion sip this Friday and Saturday. Penn State quarterback Todd Blackledge (14) is expected to be a first round pick in today's NFL draft. Blackledge gave up his last year of eligibility to play for the Lions in order to turn toward pro football. Eagles expected to choose Jones By RALPH BERNSTEIN AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA - Unless an other team grabs him first, The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to 'select fullback James Jones from the University of Florida on the first round of today's NFL draft. The Eagles have the eighth pick at the one day, 12-round player selection meeting, and their No. 1 prioriity is a fullback who can pick up the short yardage. Jones is a 6- 2, 227 pounder with 4.7 speed in the 40-yard dash. He gained 752 yards and scored four touchdowns last season. The Eagles, of course, won't commit themselves. They also need help in the offensive line, including speedy wide receivers. Coach Marion Campbell says merely, "I don't know what our needs are, because at that point (eighth pick) we may riot be able to fill them." Campbell, successor to the re signed Dick Vermeil, hands out the customary, "we'll get the best athlete, available when our turn comes." The Eagles have three picks in the first two rounds, one first rounder and two the second time around, as they try to rebuild a team that has lost 13 of its last 20 games over two seasons. _ Campbell says the Eagles have done their homework. "I've been out, the coaches have been out, our personnel director has checked players. But the bot tom line is whether the guys you like are there when your turn comes," Campbell said. "I've tried to see the top ones myself, ;'the coach added. An Ithaca player is tagged out at home plate by Penn State catcher. Lori Fry yesterday afternoon at Lady Lion Field. The softball team swept a double•header from Ithaca 3.2,14.10. Penn State travels to Edinboro for a double•header at 1:301oday. 8 The Daily Collegiari Tuesday, April 26 Lynn Stiles, the personnel direc tor, said Jones is strong, can block and catch passes, but doesn't have the speed he'd like in a fullback. Stiles described Jones as the type who can get five to seven yards for the necessary first downs, but who doesn't make the long run. If Jones isn't available, the Ea gles are believed interested in Mike Haddix of Mississippi State. Haddox is 6-1, 228 pounds, 4.6 speed. He carried for 813. yards and eight touchdowns last season. His 6.7 yard average was second only. to Southern Methodist's Eric Dickerson (7.0) among runners with more than 100 carries Jones is believed to be the better blocker and Haddix the better runner. The Eagles conceivably could go to Haddix, even if Jones is available. There are a number of players the Eagles like, but they don't think those players will be there when the eighth pick is called. They include such quarterbacks as Stanford's John Elway, Illinois' Tony Eason and Jim Kelly of Miami. Other possibilities are wide re- ceivers Willie Gault of Tennessee and Gary Anderson from Arkan sas; offensive linemen such as Chuck Hinton of Northwestern, Covert, and Don Mosebar of South ern California; tight ends Tony Hunter of Notre Dame and Billy Ray Smith of Arkansas, and Ne braska center Dave Rimington. The Eagles get three picks from the top 46, which should provide some talent. They have 14 picks in the 12 rounds. The draft gets underway at 8 a.m. (EDT), and each team is allowed 15 minutes to make its first choice. Photo by Daniel Rogers re Lady laxers look to extend road record By SANDY KNAISCH Collegian Sports Writer The women's lacrosse team (9- 1) will try and keep its unbeaten road record intact when it faces Ursinus (6-3-1) at 3 this afternoon. Penn State Head Coach Gillian Rattray said playing on their home field may be an advantage for Ursinus. "They do have a slight advan tage playing on their home field," Rattray said. "It is a small field and this doesn't allow for much room behind the cage to set up. In case they play a zone, it looks as if they haven't been, but just in case they do it will be tough." Penn State's balanced offense, has been frustrating its opponents this year and Rattray said it will be an important factor in today's game. "We are very lucky to have such a well-rounded offense," Rattray said. "Some teams go to a zone early on because we can be very tough to hold. They find that if they double team on one person they will lose another. We are learning to handle that well." The fact that the Ursinus de fense will have its hands full against the Lady Lions is obvious. Rattray said although. Ursinus' defense is not inexperienced, Ursi nus appears to have difficulties in the goal with goalie Margaret 01- medo, allowing 90 goals in 10 games, but she has also made 154 saves this season. 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"We will probably initially start out with a man-to-man," Koffen berger said, "But if we find they're gaining we are always able to go to a zone." Koffenberger said the. Penn State defense has been playing a fairly balanced game but the squad still needs work on concen tration during the game. "I think we have a tendency to be a little inconsistent," Koffen berger said, " that's what hap pened (in the first half against West Chester). We have'no major problems, but we need to work on consistency, not only in skill, but mentally. "If we're not going into a key game we sometimes don't worry as much about learning how to play (the opponent's) game. We need to concentrate on every game," she'said. • Rattray has said the Lady Lions are playing better than they have all year but there is always room for improvement. "We found out against West Chester that we will have to be sharper in the beginning (of the game)," Rattray said. "We must learn to read out opponents' strengths and weaknesses better than we have been, earlier in the game. r'44 .1 1; r": 4 -1 A A great way of life Baseball team hopes to end skid By JOHN WEISS Collegian Sports Writer Earlier in the season, the baseball team's major concern involved pitching. The Lions didn't know if they would have enough healthy arms ready to compete in the Atlantic 10. Now, the pitching for the most part has come around and Penn State (12-14) is on top of the Atlantic 10 West with a 6-0 conference mark. But now the hitting has begun to falter. The Lions will try to improve that mark and its hitting when they play a conference double-header starting at 10:30 a.m. today at George Washington. Penn State, however, will have to recover from a four game losing streak, its latest setbacks coming Saturday at Rutgers by scores of 9-3 and 4-1. Penn State has been able to muster only 10 runs during the four game skid. The hitting instead of the pitching, is a major concern of Penn State Head Coach Shorty Stoner. "Our team is the type of team that we have to hit in order to be effective," Stoner said, "because we don't have the speed to do a lot of running, and we can't make things happen that way like some teams can." Stoner said because Penn State's playing time has been hampered by rain, the Lions haven't been able to reach their full hitting potential. "The weather has hurt us," Stoner said. "The fact that we can't play with any kind of regularity Brett hitting the ball like he By DAN GEORGE AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. George Brett is hitting the ball to left field, right field and center field. He's hitting the ball down the lines, into the gaps and over the fence. In short, the Kansas City Royals' third baseman is hitting the ball like he did during his banner 1980 season, when he was the American League's Most Valuable Player. Brett is hitting a' league-leading .471, and his double and run-scoring single in Kansas City's 7-1 victory over Toronto Sunday extended his ** 4a ******************* * * ► Daily Special only $1.39 * * reg. $1.69 * * You get . . a choice beef taco * * a bowl of chili * * : , pmes ** delicious homemade chips this coupon good for 1 daily special thru 5-2-83 *********** * * * * * * * * * * fuesastip,Al InThe Train Station ?aim 930 fit has hurt us, because we go out and play a game and we sit for four or five days. And then we go back inside and try to get caught up with the hitting again." Center fielder Mike Obeid agreed with Stoner, and said once the team gains consistent playing time, the hitting will come around. "Hitting is something you have to work at every day," Obeid said, "and with the way the weather's been, we haven't been able to get out there a lot. When we went down to Rutgers our bats were kind of dead. "But I think it's just a matter of time because we have the kind of athletes that once we get in the groove of playing every day and every other day, I think around play-off time we'll come out of it," he said. The Lions definitely have the fire power in their bats, as they took four .300 hitters to Rutgers last weekend, plus last week's Atlantic 10 player of the week, first baseman Al Warrington who was bat ting .292. "There's some proven .300 hitters (on the team) that just aren't hitting," Stoner said. "It's an old problem you have in the game, sometimes you're going to have people who don't hit, and the question is, how long do you go with them before you make a definite change. "We've made changes off and on with a couple people on our hitting to give somebody else an hitting streak to 13 games. A two-time AL batting champion, who hit .390 in 1980, Brett is no strang er to hitting success. But even he can't explain his present pace. "Whenever you're in a streak like I am, where you're hitting the ball hard consistently," said Brett, "you have to be in some kind of a trance or something. "Your concentration and your fun damentals are just right in time. Everything's working together, in split-timing portions or whatever." Counting last season, Brett has hit safely in 19 consecutive games. This year, he has 24 hits in 51 at-bats, 131 - S.'Garner St. 234-4725 Mon-Thurs 11am-mid Fri-Sat Ilam-2:3oam Sun noon-mid including 11 doubles, a triple and four. home runs. That's a slugging percent age of .961. Twelve of his last 15 hits have been for extra bases. It's the kind of performance that prompted Toronto Manager Bobby Cox to say Sunday: "George Brett is one of the greatest hitters who ever put on a uniform. I don't care whether you're talking about Ted Williams or (Stan) Musial or (Joe) DiMaggio, (Willie) Mays or (Hank) Aaron." It's no surprise that Brett is' hitting well he's batted .300 or better seven times in his major league career but he doesn't usually get hot until around his birthday, May 15. The Daily Collegian Tuesday, April 26, 1983-9 opportunity and to hope that they would snap out of it," he said. • One of the changes Stoner mentioned was at third base, where Gary Binduga, who started the season there, has been replaced by Roy Walker. Entering last weekend, Binduga was batting .276 and Walker was hitting .172, each in 29 at bats. "Roy's playing a good third base right now, so I'd say as of now he's the third baseman," Stoner said, "and Binduga is our utility infielder at this point, having the ability to play all three infield posi tions." If the Lion bats do wake up today, it could present problems for George Washington, because Stoner plans on going with his two of his top starters, Mike Bellaman (4-2) and Tom Bart (0-2). Obeid said the team can't help getting psyched up for the two games. "Everyone plays with a little more intensity," he said. "We shouldn't because we should play every game like that, but it seems like the league games mean a lot to us, and right now we're 6-0, and if we win two we'll be in really good shape for our goal, which is the play-offs." LION NOTES: Stoner said if left-hander Eric Hohn'doesn't go in relief today, he and righty Kevin Ferringer will be the probables when the Lions host George Washington tomorrow for two more crucial games. did in 1980 "I don't know what to expect. Al most every day I come to the ballpark and think, 'Gee, I don't know what's going to happen today," Brett said. Brett probably is the most famous graduate of the Charley Lau spray the-ball school of hitting, but he cred its Kansas City batting coach Rocky Colavito for some of his current suc cess. "Basically, Rocky's not trying to get me to pull any more than Charley did, but Rocky's making me use my hands a lot more," said Brett. "I'm still hitting the ball to left field and still getting some hits, so every thing's worked out."
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