The daily collegian., April 30, 1985, Image 6

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NAME
Doug Strang
Tony Mumford
Nick Haden
Stan Short
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Chris Sydnor
Nick Gancitano
POSITION
NFL Draft offers no All-Star prospects
By DAVE GOLDBERG
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK -- The NFL holds its 50th college
draft today, but few teams, if any, expect to
come up with a player who will make an immedi
ate impact on the league
Unlike recent drafts that have brought the
likes of Dan Marino, Eric Dickerson and Law
rence Taylor to the NFL, there isn't likely to be
anyone in this crop who will establish himself
immediately as an All-Pro.
It is a draft deepest in non-glamor positions
offensive and defensive line. The first player
chosen will be defensive end Bruce Smith of
Virginia Tech, who already has been signed by
Buffalo; the third will be defensive lineman Ray
Childress of Texas A&M; probably no more than
four running backs will go on the first round, and,
unless there's a huge surprise, no quarterbacks.
The biggest name available is Herschel Walk
er, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner, who now
plays for the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.
The expectation is that Walker, who lost a year of
draft eligiblity for leaving college the Univer
sity of Georgia after his junior year, will go
somewhere between the second and fourth
rounds to a team willing to gamble on the demise
of the shaky USFL.
"I don't think we'll see six players out of this
draft in the Pro Bowl in a couple of years like we
did with the 'B3 draft, the Marino and Dickerson
year," said Gil Brandt, the director of personnel
for the Dallas Cowboys. "I think it's a deep draft
there are quite a few good players, but not
many great ones "
Thus, teams may find bargains as the draft
winds through the middle and later rounds.
That's particularly true because few highly rated
players were siphoned off this season by the
USFL, which last year signed close to a third of
the top 100.
"We feel we have as many 'make-it' players in
this year's draft as we, did last year, maybe
more," said George Young, general manager of
the New York Giants, who came up with four
rookie starters last year who helped his team
make the playoffs. "We think that in all 12
rounds, we can take a `make-it' graded player."
Barring last-minute trades, there will be two
teams without first-round choices Washington,
which traded its pick to New Orleans last week
for running back George Rogers, and Seattle,
which gave its selection to Cincinnati two years
ago for center Blair Bush. Cincinnati will have
two first-round picks and so will Houston, which
got New Orleans' pick, 11th in the draft, in last
season's deal for running back Earl Campbell.
With Commissioner Pete Rozelle ruling that
quarterback Bernie Kosar of Miami can opt for a
supplemental draft in which he will be picked by
the Cleveland Browns, the first and third picks
are set.
Buffalo has Smith and Houston will take Chil
dress, whom the Vikings agreed not to take in the
trade in which they flip-flopped the second and
third picks with Minnesota to give the Vikings a
shot at Kosar.
The other two members of the top four are
likely to be Miami wide receiver Eddie Brown
and Pittsburgh offensive tackle Bill Fralic.
Other clear first-rounders include running
backs Ethan Horton of North Carolina and
George Adams of Kentucky; wide receivers Al
Braman takes over
ownership of Eagles
By RALPH BERNSTEIN
AP Sports Writer •
PHILADELPHIA Auto dealer
Norman Braman signed the final
papers, handed over a payment
and in his first move as owner of
the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday
expanded the responsibilities of
the team's general manager.
Braman, who purchased the
club March 9 for a reported $65
million, came from his home in
Miami to complete the deal and be
present for the NFL draft today.
. The 52-year-old native Philadel
phia, saying he was "very im
pressed" with general manager
Harry Gamble in recent weeks,
announced he was adding vice
president to Gamble's title.
He said the change is intended to
"show clearly that he will be in
charge of all operations of the
Eagles on a day-to-day basis and
will report directly to me and my
partner, Ed Leibowitz."
Debts estimated at $4O Illation
forced former owner- Leonard
Tose to sell the team after 16 years
at the helm. Braman will own 65
percent of the club and Leibowitz,
his brother-in-law,
.will have the
remaining 35 percent.
Gamble said yesterday that he
would continue to, sign players to
the team, although on a tighter
rein financially than Was felt un
der Tose's ownership.
Braman has criticized as exces
sive the multi-million dollar con
tracts negutiated by Eagles vice
president Susan Fletchet, Tose's
dadghter, with safety Ray Ellis
and defensive end Greg BroWn.
"To be honest with you," Bra
man said, "our hew owner say§
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Tuesday, April 30, 1985
Toon of Wisconsin and Jerry Rice of Mississippi
Valley State; offensive linemen Keith Ruettgers
of Southern California, Lomas Brown of Florida
and Jim Lachey of Ohio State; defensive lineman
Ron Holmes of Washington; linebackers Duane
Bickett of Southern Cal and Chris Doleman of
Pitt, and defensive backs Richard Johnson of
Wisconsin, Jerry Gray of Texas and Derrick
Burroughs of Memphis State.
Beyond them come running backs Owen Gill of
lowa, Greg Allen of Florida State and Ricky
Moore of Alabama; offensive linemen Mike
Kelley of Notre Dame, Kevin Glover of Maryland
and Kevin Allen of Indiana; wide receivers
Jessie Hester of Florida State, Vance Johnson of
Arizona and Stacy Robinson of North Dakota
State; defensive linemen Mike Gann of Notre
Dame, Garin Veris of 'Stanford, Richard Byrd of
Southern Mississippi and Kevin Brooks of Michi
gan; linebackers Freddie Joe Nunn of Mississip
pi and Emanuel King of Alabama, and defensive
backs Issiac Holt of Alcorn State, Tyrone Davis
of Clemson and Torran Nixon of San Diego State.
The top-rated quarterbacks, who should go
from the second to the fourth rounds, include
Steve Calabria of Colgate, Paul Berner of Pacif
ic, Frank Reich of Maryland, Steve Bono of
UCLA, Gale Gilbert of California and Randall
Cunningham of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Walker's New Jersey teammate, quarterback
Doug Flutie, the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner
from Boston College, also is likely to be drafted,
but probably not until the fifth round at the
earliest.
After the first three teams, the draft order is 4,
Atlanta; 5, Indianapolis; 6, Detroit; 7, Cleve
land; 8, Tampa Bay; 9, Philadelphia; 10.
what has been done has been dofie
but we will not use them as a
yardstick for any new negotia
tions."
The signing of players had been
put on hold by the sale negotia
tions but can resume later this
week, according to Gamble, who
said the Eagles have six free
agents and 10 players in their
option year.
He identified the free agents as
linebacker Joel Williams, de
fensive back Herman Edwards,
offensive lineman Leonard Mitch
ell, wide receiver Mel Hoover,
defensive end Tom Strothers and
offensive guard Pety Perot.
Gamble, 54; who joined the Ea
gles as a volunteer assistant coach
in 1981 and was named Eagles
director of football administration
last year, said of the title change,
"If there was any hesitation as to
my responsibilities this eliminated
it."
He said Braman wants him to
get involved in every aspect of the
organization. "He wants me to
make suggestions and be responsi
ble," he said. "It's an expansion of
responsibility not football
oriented."
While formal details of Bra
man's sales agreement with Tose
have not been disclosed, published
reports have said he will pay j)ff
Tose's, bank loans, which include
$3O million to the Crocker National
Bank of San Francisco.
• The deal, according to reports,
Would also provide Tose $1.5 mil
lion in cash, .an additional $1.5
million to pay taxes, $1.5 million
annually for 10 years and $5 mil
lion to his heirs upon his death.
Netnien pounced by Princeton
By MIKE HOOVER
Collegian Sports Writer
The men's tennis team suffered a major setback during
one of its finest seasons after being beaten 8-1 by a
powerful Princeton squad.
Before the Lions' expected departure for Princeton, the
team had to leave .No. 3 singles player Marc Verebey
behind due to an unexpected illness, but making the
transition in the lineup was not the big problem on the
day.
`Their record was deceiving. It did
not indicate how strong they
really were.' . • -
Virgil Christian, tennis team captain-
"We didn't play well," Team Captain Virgil Christian
said. "No one had a good day. We got nothing going."
Although Penn State (18-11) defeated many opponents
the Tigers had lost to earlier in the season, namely Penn
and Yale, the squad felt Princeton had the potential to
surprise some teams.
Princeton iniated .an unsuspecting barage upon the
Lions' singles squad by capturing all six of the matches
played.
• "Their record was deceiving," Christian said. "It did
not indicate how strong they really were."
"It's been a long season," the No. 2 singles player Lee
Sponaugle said.
The Lions had to move each player up one spot to
Lady golfers place
two teams in Invite
By KELLY LANKAU
Collegian Sports Writer
The Lady Lion golf team placed
two teams in the top five finishers
at its own Lady Lion Invitational
this weekend.
The Blue team scored a 983 for
the 54-hole tournament to finish
third while the White team fin
ished fourth with a total of 984.
Players from both teams finished
in the top ten places in individual
scoring.
Although the team had hoped for
a better showing, Penn State Head
Coach Mary Kennedy said she was
happy with some of the individual
performances, especially from
some of the White team members.
The White team consisited mostly
of the younger players on the team
and Kennedy said they performed
exceptionally well.
"I'm very proud of them," Ken
nedy. said. "I'm proud that Penn
State has 10 consistent players,
who can play in a tournament such
as the Lady Lion Invitational. It
shows the depth that we have as a
team."
Freshman Susan Dutilly was the
top finisher for the Lady Lions
with a total of 243 to place eighth
individually. Sophomore Lisa Dine
and freshman Val Krick tied for
ninth place with 245 while senior
Barbara Lloyd captured 10th
place with 247.
"Maybe we expected too much
from ourselves," Lloyd said. "We
tend to put too much pressure on
ourselves. I know because it was
my last tournament, I might have
put too much pressure on myself
to play well "
"I think we may have played too
compensate for Verebey's absence and infuse Brian Crist
into the singles lineup.
" Anytime you have to move up a change will occur,"
Sponaugle said. "It adds more pressure to play the better
competition. It is more of a strain."
But Christian said this was not the main obstacle to
overcoming a tough Princeton team, which has beaten
the Lions once again in their annual meeting.
"We needed a whole team effort," he said. "On this
day, we did not get one."
It was not until Penn State's No. 1 doubles team took the
court that the consecutive losses by the Lions were put to
an end. By then, though, it was already. too late.
lished Penn State tennis team.
Sponaugle and Christian have an impressive record of
20-4 on the year. This victory assured the duo of that extra
push they will need when opposing coaches vote today for
who will represent the East at the National Collegian
Athletic Association Championships on May 19. The top
two teams in the East will qualify for the NCAA
Championships. Since the Penn State's No. 1 doubles
team's only loss in the East came at the hands of the
No. 18 combination in the nation from Harvard, the
Princeton win may assure the tandem an invitation.
"Princeton has a lot of power as an Ivy League school,"
Christian said. "They will have an effect on who goes
where."
One of the highlights on the team's journey to New
Jersey was the exceptional performance of Penn State's
No. 1 doubles squad of Sponaugle and Christian. The two
premiere doubles players in the East dominated their
opponents by a score of 6-3, 6-0.
Sponaugle and Christian prevented a whitewash by the
Tigers as they had an easy time with the No. 1 doubles
squad from Princeton allowing them to win only three of
the twelve games played. A straight set victory by the two
closed the door to any hopes of dominating a well-estab-
hard," Dine said. "I think I played
consistently but not as well as I
could have."
Longwood College won the tou
nament with a team total of 950.
James Madison took second with
958. Amherst followed Penn State
with a 1014 total. Jennifer Creps of
James Madison and Tina Barrett
of Longwood, played a sudden
death tiebreaker on the first hole
to determine the individual win
ner. Creps went on to win the
tournament.
Kennedy said the team had a
rough first round and finished with
a high total of 334. Penn State then
came back to perform well on the
second round with a 320. Kennedy
said the second-round score was
closer to the kind of scores she had
expected the team to have
throughout the tournament.
"The course really surprised
them," Kennedy said. "The grass
has dried out tremendously. They
were coming up short and were
having trouble in the bunkers and
traps."
Kennedy added that the hard
ness of the course caused most of
the Lady Lions to struggle on the
greens and puzzled them in the
first round.
Lloyd said the course required
Penn State to adjust its style of
playing to suit the dry conditions
and the changes caused some un
expected results.
"It (the Blue Course) was•play
ing totally differently than nor
mal," she said. "We had to change
a lot of our normal swings
"They certainly didn't score to
potential," Kennedy said, "but
they all have been striking the ball
well."
Golfers finish sth
By CHRISTINE BORN
Collegian Sports Writer
Steadily improving throughout the
spring season, the men's golf team
finished fifth at the Second Annual
Terrapin Spring Classic in College
Park, Md., over the weekend.
Fourteen teams participated on the
University Course, with the host team
from Maryland winning the tourna
ment with a 54-hole total of 889. Rutg
ers finished second with a 892,
followed by James Madison Universi
ty with a 903. Virginia Common
wealth University beat Penn State
out of fourth place by three strokes as
' VCU finished with a 906 to the Lions
909.
Assistant Coach Dick Guardiola
made the trip South with the Lions
and said the team had a good attitude
and kept the ball in play.
"They kept the ball in the fairway
and kept the double bogeys to a
minimum," he said. "But you always
leave a few strokes on the greens and
you could always use a few less putts.
They are definitely stronger on the
long game than the. short game,
which needs to be tightened up a
little."
Five golfers represented each team
and the foUr low scores counted to
ward the team totals. The 54-hole
tournament was played over two
days, with the teams playing 36 holes
on Friday and the final 18 holes on
Saturday
Representing Penn State, fresh
man Eric Manges shot the three
round low score for the Lions with a
227, including a 75 for Saturday's
round. Dave Treese shot a three
round total of 228. He improved his
score over the last two rounds by
shooting a 74 and 75 after carding a
first round score of 79.
Sophomore Greg Millen came in
with the Lions' third lowest score
with a 230 total. Terry Hertzog's 231
resulted from a final round score of
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• • Today
Baseball
Penn State at Indiana University of Pa. (2)
Tomorrow
Baseball
Maryland at Penn State, (2) 1 p.m. (Beaver
Field)
.Men's Lacrosse - baseball
Bucknell at Penn State, 8 p.m. (Jeffrey Field)
Women's Lacrosse
Bucknell at Penn State, 3 p.m. (Lady Lion
Field)
1985 NFL draft
first round order:
1. Buffalo
2. Minnesota from Houston
3. Houston from Minnesota
4. Atlanta
5. Indianapolis
6. Detroit
7. Cleveland
8. Tampa Bay
9. Eagles
10. New York Jets
11. Houston from New Orleans
12. San Diego
13. Cincinnati
14. Green Bay
15. Kansas City
16. New England
17. Dallas
80. He had finished the 36 holes on
Friday with scores of 74 and 77. Craig
Baum shot a final round 73 to help
him end the tournament with a 233.
Baum's 73 was the Lions' low score
for the 54-hole match.
The tournament's low scorer was
Jim Guerra of Rutgers. He shot a
final round 71 to finish the tourna
ment with a four-over-par 217. Team
mate Frank Esposito came in second
in the individual competition with a
218. University of North Carolina at
Charlotte golfer Ron Hooper shot a
final-round 72 to finish the tourna
ment with a 219 total.
Guardiola said the Lions improved
their scores over the three rounds,
and Penn State improved three shots
from the first to the second round.
Maryland only improved from the
first round to the second by one shot.
"They (the Lions) held up well over
the 36 holes played the first day,"
Guardiola said: "All the other teams
scores stayed the same or higher
after the first day. We got stronger."
Kennedy was pleased with the re
sults and said a fifth-place finish is
excellent.
"They are playing the way they
know how to play and are getting
better with each tournament," she
said.
Hertzog has played in all six tour
naments Penn State has participated
in this year. He said the team played
well at Maryland but the Lions have
been mediocre all season.
"We've been mediocre all year and
have not had a real good tournament
yet," he said
Hertzog was, however, pleased
with' his hitting, especially tee to
green. But his short game has been
abdve average.
"My biggest problem was chip
ping," he said. "I wasn't getting the
ball close enough and then I was
forced to make five or six foot putts."
Hertzog's final-round 80 resulted in
a nine he took on the final hole.
Holmes returns to ring
to follow wife's advice
By MARV SCHNEIDER
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK Heavyweight cham
pion Larry Holmes said yesterday
that his wife's advice to go for a "few
extra dollars" was at least as impor
tant as trying to beat Rocky Marcia
no's record in'his decision to continue
fighting.
Holmes will receive $2.5 million for
fighting Carl "The Truth" Williams
May 20 in a scheduled 15-round bout
at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno,
Nev., in defense of his International
Boxing Federation title.
Holmes will be attempting to im
prove his record to 48-0.
Marciano, who was heavyweight
champion from 1952 until his retire
ment in 1956, won all 49 of his profes
sional fights.
"Marciano's record is more impor
tant to you people," Holmes said at a
news conference called by NBC,
which will televise the fight live in
prime time. "It doesn't mean that
much to me."
While he called Marciano's mark
"a great accomplishment," Holmes
questioned the authenticity of some of
his fights. "They counted some exhi
bitions he fought against relatives
under assumed names," said
Holmes. "They stopped counting ex
hibitions when I became the cham
pion. If they counted my exhibition
fights, I would have broken his record
already."
The Ring record book does not list
any of Marciano's 49 fights as exhibi
tions.
Holmes, 35, talked about retiring
after knocking out David Bey in the
10th round March 15, but he said he
then discussed the matter with his
wife, Diane.
18. St. Louis
19. New York Giants
20. Stealers
21. Los Angeles Rams
22. Chicago
23. Los Angeles Raiders
24. New Orleans from Washington
25. Cincinnati from Seattle
26. Denver
27. Miami
28. San Francisco
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Montreal
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
PHILLIES
PIRATES
11 6
11 6
7 10
6 11
5 12
West Division
10 8
11 9
10 9
10 9
8 10
7 11
San Diego
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Houston
Atlanta
San Francisco
Saturday's Games
PIRATES 3, New York 2
Montreal 8, St, Louis 3
Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1
PHILLIES 6, Chicago 1
Atlanta 8, Houston 2
San Diego 4, Los Angeles 3
Sunday's Games
Montreal 5, SI. Louis 3
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"I asked her, 'What's more impor
tant, brains or the money?' and she
said, 'Of course, the braini are, but if
you still feel like doing it, and we can
make a few extra dollars' so she
can buy another diamond ring
'we'll go for it.' "
Holmes said he would have pre
ferre,d to have fought unbeaten light
heavyweight champion Michael
Spinks, and "had agreed in prin
ciple" to fight him late in July. He
said when NBC offered the May 20
date, he tried unsuccessfuly to get
Spinks to move up their fight.
Butch Lewis, Spinks' promoter,
said his fighter needed more time to
prepare "for the biggest fight of his
life."
Williams, unbeaten in 16 pro fights,
said he didn't mind the short notice
for the opportunity to fight "a fighter
who has been my idol." He will re
ceive $150,000.
"I'm sure it will be a very, very,
very good fight," said the 25-year-old
Williams, of White Plains, N.Y.
The soft-spoken Williams, who
wears glasses as does Holmes, said
his jab was a major weapon, and
described it as "a little better than
Holmes'."
"Larry hasn't fought anyone with a
jab as quick and as accurate as mine.
It can be compar : ed with his some
years ago," said Williams.
The 6-foot-4, 218-pound fighter's
last outing, on Oct. 23, 1984, ended
*with a unanimous decision over
James "Quick" Tillis after Williams
had been knocked down twice in the
first round.
"I looked very amateurish," he
conceded. "But, you'll see a very,
very, very different fight this time."
The fight is being promoted by
Murad Muhammad.
New York 5, PIRATES 4, 18 Innings
PHILLIES 3, Chicago 2
San'Dlego 1, Los Angeles 0
San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1, 11 Innings
Houston 2, Atlanta 1
Yeterday's Game
Montreal al PHILLIES, (n)
San Francisco (Laskey 0.2) at Chicago (Trout
3.1)
Houston (Nlekro 1.2) at New York (Gooden 2•
1),(n)
Montreal (Gulllkson 3.1) at ,PHILLIES (Koos
man 0.1), (n)
San Diego (Hoyt 2.1) at PIRATES (Rhoden 0.3),
(n) . .
W L Pct.
12 6 .667
.647
.647
.412
.353
.294
Atlanta (Barker 0.1) at Cincinnati (Tibbs 0.3)
(n)
Los Angeles (Reuss 1-2) at St. Louis (AnduJar
3.0), (n)
.556 -
.550 -
.526
.526
.444 2
.389 3
Detroit
Baltimore
Toronto
Boston
Milwaukee
Cleveland
New York
California
Chicago
Kansas City
Minnesota
Oakland
Seattle
Terry Hertzog
Today's Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct. GB
11 6 .647
11 7 .611 I/2
11 7 .611 V 2
9 9 .500 2V2
8 9 .471 3
7 11 .389 , 4 1 / 2
6 10 .375 4'/z
West Division
12 7 i 632
9 7 .563 1 1 / 2
9 8 .529 2
10 9 .526 2
9 10 .474 3
7 12 .368 5
5 12 .294 6