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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Penn State will have to be on
guard for Ursinus' two top scorers
Margaret Tomlinson (35 goals and
10 assists), and Chris Mac Call (31
goals). Rattray said Penn State
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may use a tight man-to-man de
fense in order to keep them in
check.
"We may have to go man-to
man," Rattray said. "But it's hard
to say until we play. It dependes on
how they use their midfield.
Penn State defensive wing Jane
Koffenberger agreed a tight man
to-man defense may be the way
shut down the duo.
"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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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."