22—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1984 Steelers make move toward youth By ALAN ROBINSON AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) If the Pittsburgh Steelers have a motto this season, now-departed wide receiver Greg Hawthorne can be thanked. “Youth is in around here,” Hawthorne said last week after being traded to the New England Patriots and two more Steelers’ veterans found out yesterday exactly what Hawthorne meant. Tom Beasley, a six-year defensive end from Virginia Tech who started all but one game last season, and second-year wide receiver Paul Skansi were released as the Steelers reached the NFL’s mandated 49-man roster limit. Nine players were waived and two others, linebacker L.E. Madison and offensive tackle Russell Graham, were placed on the injured reserve list. Placed on waivers were cornerbacks Lou Rash and Clemont Williams, tight end Darrell Nelson, linebackers Terry Echols and Ike Gor don, free safety Mike Sutton and running back Fernan dars “Scoop” Gillespie, plus Beasley and Skansi. Since training camp opened last month, the Steelers have traded away or axed 13 veterans, including running back Franco Harris. Eighteen veterans are gone since the Steelers lost five of their last six games in 1983. Harris, in a stunning development, was placed on waivers last week during a month-long holdout and still has not been signed by another team, despite being just 363 yards shy of the NFL’s career rushing record. The wholesale roster shuffling came just weeks after two more veterans, quarterback Terry Bradshaw and cornerback Mel Blount, announced their retirements. “This is a young football team with potential,” said Coach' Chuck Noll. “Our whole problem is reaching that potential. 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I $lO.OO OFF i • ZODIAC BOOTS j [ must present coupon expires Sept. Ist j ' 1 I You’re in hot water now... n i ttany fijt springs and you deserve it. Today, how about a long, relaxing soak in a hot tub? Escape to Nittany Hot out if we can.” The Steelers will take 12 rookies into Sunday’s opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, including three free agents. Among the rookies who survived the roster cuts are four running backs, draft choices Rich Erenberg and Elton Veals and free agents Todd Spencer and Anthony Corley, and two wide receivers, first-round draft choice Louis Lipps and fourth-round pick Weegie Thompson. “Frank (Pollard) and Walter (Abercrombie), at this stage, will start (at running back),” Noll said. “But we have no thoughts of not putting in the young kids. We have confidence in them or they wouldn’t be here with us.” Rookies were the Steelers’ top five rushers in the pre season, led by Veals with 114 yards and Erenberg with 113' yards. Erenberg will return kickoffs. Spencer, a former Southern Cal back, ran for 110 yards and a 5.5 average and had a long touchdown run last week against the New York Giants called back by a penalty. Corley, from Nevada-Reno, scored a pair of touchdowns against the Dallas Cowboys. Lipps was perhaps the Steelers’ most productive offen sive player, catching nine passes for 115 yards and returning 22 punts for a 12.2 average. The drafting of Lipps and Thompson made expendable Skansi, a fifth-round choice from Washington who landed just three passes last season and averaged under nine yards per return on punts. But the departure of the 6-5, 250-pound Beasley was somewhat more surprising, since he started all but one game in the last two seasons. He didn’t play his way off the roster, but didn’t make it because he couldn’t play with a hamstring injury suffered on the opening day of training camp. “You can’t make the club in the tub,” explained Coach Chuck Noll. 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Young, who accumulated 3,665 rushing yards and 3,285 on 408 pass receptions, was one of eight Vi kings players cut. Also cut by the Vikings' were > defensive lineman James “Duck” White, kicker Rick Danmeier, de fensive back Mardye McDole, free- agents wide receiver Billy Waddy, center Bob Sebro, offensive line man Jerry Baker and rookie line ~ backer Eddie Simmons. Danmeier, one of the last straight-ahead kickers who had 364 points in five seasons, was beaten out by 41-year-old veteran Jan Ste nerud. The Seattle Seahawks announced 10 cuts, including five veterans: nose tackle Robert Hardy, offen sive guard Bill Dugan, offensive tackle Matt Hernandez, quar- / f ALL THAT 1 FUN IN TH€; ' \ SUN.../ terback Steve Wray and lirfebacker Jerome Boyd. The Cincinnati Bengals trans ferred two active players to the injured reserve list to recall two rookie free agents who had been cut Monday, linebacker Brian Pil lman and wide receiver Clay Pick ering. Strong safety Bobby Hemp and offensive lineman Mike Obro vac went on the injured reserve list. The Denver Broncos put veteran linebacker Bob Swenson and re cently acquired quarterback Scott Brunner on the injured reserve list and recalled two players waived a day earlier running back Jesse Myles and safety Roger Jackson. The Washington Redskins placed rookie defensive tackle Bob Slater on the injured reserved list along with veteran tight end Clint Didier and safety Ken Coffey. Slater, a .second-round draft choice out of Oklahoma, injured his left knee in the final exhibition game against New Orleans. Slater, Didier and Coffey will all be out of action for at least four weeks. Fourth-season quarterback Rus ty Lisch and six rookies were Accounting Club BA ¥ Meeting Wednesday, August 29 7:30 p.m. 121 Sparks Henry Claudio of Coopers & Lybrand will be speaking on ‘ ‘How to Interview’ ’ All interested students are encouraged to attend ° R 026 among the roster cuts made by the St. Louis Cardinals. Lisch, a prod uct of Notre Dame, was picked up by the Chicago Bears following his release by the Cardinals. Three players cut from the Mi ami Dolphins were recalled Tues day: safety Bud Brown, wide receiver Fernanza Burgess and linebacker Sanders Shiver. Brown was an 11th round draft choice from Southern Mississippi, Bur gess was picked up as a free agent out of Morris Brown College and Shiver was a free agent signed in Mpy after his release from the Indianapolis Colts. “We couldn’t let a hitter like that get away,” said Miami Coach Don Shula, referring to Brown. “It was the longest of long shots but he kept continuing to do things to get our attention.” The Philadelphia Eagles placed tackle Rusty Russell on the injured reserve list and recalled quar terback Bob Holly, who cleared waivers. In Pontiac, Mich., the Detroit Lions acquired fullback Mike Meade on waivers and cut veteran running back Rick Kane. Upsets kick off U.S. Open By 808 GREENE AP Sports Writer NEW YORK Sixth-seeded Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria and No. 10 Jo Durie of Great Britain were upset yesterday on the opening day of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. All of the other seeded players who saw action in the $2.55 million tournament on the hard courts at the National Tennis Center advanced into the second round, although young Aaron Krickstein barely escap ed an upset bid. In a; late match, Chris Evert Lloyd, a six-time U.S. Open winner who is seeded second in the women’s singles this year, took on Sharon Walsh. Maleeva, suffering from leg cramps, fell to Petra Delhees of Switzerland 6-1, 5-7, 7-5, while Australia’s Anne Minter ousted Durie 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. Krickstein, who at 17 is the youngest player to be seeded in the men’s singles since America’s premier tennis event was opened to professionals in 1968, barely squeezed into the second round when Bruce Manson retired with leg cramps in the fifth set. Manson quickly grabbed the opening two sets before Krickstein rallied to win the third-set tiebreaker 7-1. Eagles place Russell on injured list PHILADELPHIA (AP) —The Phil- Carolina, broke his foot in training adelphia Eagles yesterday placed camp July 19. tackle Rusty Russell on the injured Because he was placed on the final reserve list and recalled quarterback 49-player roster Monday, he can be Bob Holly, who cleared waivers, a recalled at any time during the sea spokesman for the NFL team said. son with one of the Eagles’ five free Russell, a 6-5, 295-pound third- after he sits out at least round 1984 draft pick from South four weeks, Eagles spokesman Ron UNIVERSITY CALENDAR Wednesday, August 29 Instructional Development Program workshop, “Introducing Students to Higher Education,” 3:45-5 p.m., 9 Sparks Bldg. GSA Fall Reception, 5:30 p.m., 101 Kern. Dairy Science meeting, 7 p.m., Room 117 Borland. Management Club meeting, 7 p.m., Room 217 Willard. Colloquy meeting, 7 p.m., Room 318-319 HUB. Alpha Phi Omega meeting, 7 p.m., Room 225 EEW. Yachad meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 323-324 HUB. P S. 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No. 5 Andres Gomez of Ecuador downed Israel’s Shlomo Glickstein 6-3, 6-1, 6-3; No. 7 Johan Kriek. stopped qualifier Glenn Layendecker 7-6,6-2,6-0; No. 9 Henrik Sundstrom of Sweden ousted Wojtek Fibak of Poland 7-5,2-6,6-0,6-3; No. 10 Eliot Teltscher defeated Switzerland’s Heinz Gunthardt 7-6, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3; No. 12 Vitas Gerulaitis easily crushed South Africa’s Derek Tarr 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, and No. 15 Pat Cash eliminated 38- year-old Ilie Nastase of Romania 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. In the women’s singles, No. 3 Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia advanced to the second round by downing Brazil’s Pat Medrado 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; No. 7 Zina Garrison topped Sabrina Goles of Yugoslavia 6-2, 6-4; No. 14 Carling Bassett of Canada ousted Australia’s Elizabeth Sayers 6-4,6-2, and No. 16 Andrea Temesvari of Hungary defeated South African Rosalyn Fairbank 7-6, 2-6, 6-3. Durie was serving for the match at 5-3 in the third set. But Minter broke the Brit’s serve at love, then staved off three match points in the 10th game to hold her own service. < i Howard said. Holly, who was put on waivers Monday, was acquired by the Eagles Aug. 14 from the Washington Redskins for an undisclosed 1985 draft pick. He did not play in the Eagles’ final two preseason games. R *347 J EDUCATION IS AN END IN ITSELF Only 4 089 'P 1 Sunshine Imports j 127 E. Beaver Ave. (between Allen and Pugh) New 20"x30" poster prints by Kodak! ■ Made from your favorite 35 mm Kodacolor film negatives or transparencies. ■ Printed on Kodak Ektacolor'paper. ■ Adds a personal, spe cial touch to the decor of any room. Term State ®ooKstore on campus Owned and operated by The Pennsylvania State University An Individualized Touch for Your Room or Apartment! Witherspoon threatens not to fight By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Tim With erspoon, who said he received only $43,000 for winning the World Boxing Council heavyweight title and is now broke, threatened yesterday to pull out of his title defense Friday night against Pinklon Thomas. Promoter Don King, after meeting with Witherspoon, said “everything is resolved,” and added that the fight will go on. “Witherspoon has an inflated belief of what he’s worth,” said King. “We just explained to him what the real basics of reality is,” King said of the meeting. “I’m going into this fight as a loser, I’m only doing this to help these guys get known so they might have some value to try and make some money later.” Witherspoon, who is scheduled to receive $450,000 for his first title defense, says he’ll be lucky to end up with $50,000 of it once his manager, King’s son Carl, and the Internal Revenue Service get their cuts. “If we don’t square it, I’m not going' to fight,” he said before the meeting with King. “I think he can’t afford to let me walk away like this. It’s pen nies compared to him. All I’m asking for is to come out of this with $250,000.” , Witherspoon said $50,000 of his $450,000 purse will go for training expenses, while the younger King will get $225,000 under a contract he e=mc 2 CHAIR id s 6B°° d $ 21 60 Offer good thru 9/30/84 signed two years ago with the pro moter and his son. “My manager gets half of my pur- volving former champions Michael ses and that’s for doing nothing,” he Weaver and Michael Dokes. claimed. “I very rarely even see The promoter said he was paid a him; I rarely talk to him. I even have total of $900,000 from HBO for the an attorney and negotiate my own telecast rights and will have to have a money. He doesn’t even do that.” $400,000 sellout of the Riviera Hotel’s But King defended the practice of . convention center to even come close splitting the purse between With- to breaking even, erspoon. and his son, saying With- “Witherspoon is getting $450,000 erspoon would never have had a and Thomas is getting $200,000 plus chance to fight for the title if it the money for the other fighters on weren’t for him. the card,” he said. “He got there because he’s got Carl But a spokeswoman for the Nevada King as a manager and, since Carl is State Athletic Commission said the my son, I have a preference for contract on file for Thomas shows he dealing with him,” said King. “A is to receive only $lOO,OOO. The year and a half ago, Timmy was spokeswoman, who asked not to be starving. His manager sold his con- identified, said a contract for With tract- to Carl and Carl paid him for erspoon was rejected by the commis it.” sion because it was signed by Carl The purse split came about, said King, who is not registered as With- King, because he has invested money erspoon’s manager in Nevada. She into Witherspoon and picked up the said another contract was expected to fighter’s expenses while he worked be submitted today, his way up the heavyweight ladder. Witherspoon, who won the vacant “When a fighter has no name, the title in March in a 12-round decision expenses are great,” he said. “Rath- over Greg Page, fought his way into er than go through auditing of books, prominence in the division when he you make a 50-50 deal and you pay all lost a controversial split decision to his expenses. That way he knows Larry Holmes in May 1983, a fight exactly what he’ll make when he goes many thought Witherspoon had won. into the ring. That has been a prob- Witherspoon received $200,000 for lem for many athletes already, as fighting Page for the crown Holmes soon as they think they’re going to vacated when he resigned to fight for make something, they don’t want to the International Boxing Federation, pay.” but said after paying Carl King and King said he stands to make no repaying loans to Don King he ended profit off the 12-round title fight; up with $43,000 of it. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1984—23 which will also feature four other heavyweight fights including two in-
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