sports NAME Doug Strang Tony Mumford Nick Haden Stan Short Rocky Washington Carmen Masciantonio LB 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§ The Daily Collegian 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 sports calendar • • 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 The Daily Collegian Tuesday, April 30, 1985-11 "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