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Dolan, NFL negotiator when he met
the New York Times reporter be
forehand.”
Buried in the Times story was the
fact that Jackson also admitted that
it was possible that 50 players out of
1,500 were heavy users o f cocaine.
This is a far cry from the scare
stories being run by some sports
writers, who claim “ hundreds” o f
players couldn't play football with
out use o f cocaine.
One former player here in the Bay
Area, who went to camp fo r the
Philadelphia Eagles, said, “ You
can’ t play fo o tb a ll and use that
stuff, you wouldn’t last. It sure took
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helluva long time, and at this critical
moment to let it all out now.”
Donlan was accused by Meggysy
by William Allan
June 27, New York Times story o f giving lists o f players’ phone
People’s World
claiming cocaine use could threaten numbers to New York Times report
the integrity o f the game, Charles S. ers and then meeting with the Times
S AN FRANCISCO— Dave Meg-
Jackson, the N FL’s assistant direc reporter before the poll. Donlan
gysj, West Coast director o f the Na
tor o f security, admitted he doubted said the N F L P A ’ s demands at the
tional F o otb a ll League Players
ed that cocaine had reached epidem bargaining table, "are not specific
Assn. (N F L P A ) charged that Na
ic levels because there was “ abso enough.” He told this to a National
tional Football League owners are
lutely no evidence thus fa r." He is a Labor Relations Board hearing,
feeding the media another dive r
form er narcotics agent from the seeking to rebutt the union charges
sion, by claiming players are using
Yonkers Police Dept.
that the NFL Management Council
cocaine. Meggysy said the false
Meggysy said, “ The New York conducted unfair bargaining prac
claim is to weaken the player unity
Times again has been exposed as tices in current negotiations.
on the eve o f the contract expiration
mouthpiece fo r the NFL. Months
The players have asked the NFL
July 15 and a possible strike on 28
ago they conducted a telephone poll owners to turn over data on their
teams.
seeking to get players to oppose the profits, so that the union demand
“ Why is this raised at this time,”
demands o f the NFLPA, distorting
fo r a 55 per cent cut could be fig
said Meggysy. “ it can only have one
the demand for a 55 per cent share ured exactly. The players now get
purpose, to try and intim idate the
o f the total revenues, but had to re about 30 per cent.
players and bring a fear factor into
port the players supported the
The 1980 revenues o f the 28 own-
the pre-strike period.”
union. That list o f players’ phone was $400,680,000, expenditures
Meggysy pointed out that in a
numbers was supplied by Jack
$258 million, with a gross profits o f
$142 million. The union figures that
in 1980 the average N FL team
pulled in a p ro fit o f $5 m illio n
apiece.
The Los Angeles Times reports
that in 1982 each team w ill receive
$ 122 million a year from TV reven
ues alone. At Davis, owner o f the
Oakland Raiders, has predicted
$14 million a team.
Jack Henning, executive secre
tary-treasurer o f the California Fed
eration o f Labor charged in an edi
to ria l in the C a lifo rn ia A F L -C IO
News, June 18: “ The m ulti-m illion
aire owners o f the National Football
League are running a correspon
dence school for scabs by instruct
ing each player how to resign from a
union.”
"D espite the obscene wealth o f
the owners, football players remain
the lowest paid athletes in America’s
four major sports—football, base
ball, basketball, hockey,” Henning
charged.
“ Most Americans are ignorant of
the fact that the average playing ex
pectancy o f a professional football
player is only 4.2 years. Broken
bones and battered bodies not only
reduce their playing careers but
damn them with a lower life expec
tancy than the national average,” he
wrote.
He added, “ The owners should
realize that football heroes, like Joe
Montana o f the San Francisco 49ers
who talks o f scabbing, and Terry
Bradshaw o f the Pittsburgh Steel
ers, won’ t remain heroes long when
they become known as scabs.”
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Integrity of sport at issue
by A ! McGilberry
What is happening? The integrity
o f sport is on the line. Can we ever
tru ly trust our heroes or are just a
few people participating in the usage
o f drugs?
Things are really bad and unless
the commissioners o f sports stop
this trend 1 can see the gates dimin
ishing and people turning to things
they can trust like ant watching. The
players are killing the golden goose.
In the real w orld dope addicts
cannot be trusted. They lie, cheat
and k ill for that special fix they are
on. What is the difference between
real life and football?
I f the main players are coke
fiends d on ’ t you th in k they w ill
blow a game for a large portion o f
their favorite high? You bet! They
w ill, and then some. So if the foot
ball, basketball and hockey players
are getting high on drugs then bad
things are happening.
I t ’ s our society o f today. Every
one wants to feel good; everyone
wants to share in their special highs.
What can be done in sport to save
our beloved games?
1. A ll drugs must be banned in
sport.
2. Players must be fined and
placed on non-working lists forever.
3. A ll teams must employ security
to watch hangers-on at camp sites.
4. U rinalysis before each game
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and after must be enforced.
The boxers and track runners use
urine tests—why can’ t the big mon
ey sports do likewise?
O nly if big sport enforces these
rules will the games return to respec
tability and players w ill be beyond
reproach. I f college basketball
games were tossed fo r just a few
dollars what do you think is hap
pening in big sport over the cocaine
menace?
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Your guess is probably right!
Let’s us the fans demand that our
games remain honest and true.
Baseball Hall of Fame elects Irvin, Paige
by Claude Raines
Monte Irvin and the late Satchel
Paige, along w ith seven other
former black stars in Baseball’s Hall
o f Fame, have been named to the
ail-time all-star team o f the old Ne
gro Leagues.
Irvin played the outfield for the
Newark Eagles before getting his
chance to play in the major leagues
with the New York Giants in 1949
while Paige, the legendary pitcher of
the Negro Leagues, compiled a 28-
31 record during a six-year career
w ith the Cleveland Indians be
ginning in 1948.
Named to the team along with Ir
vin and Paige were Josh Gibson and
first baseman Buck Leonard o f the
Homestead Grays, second baseman
Newt Allen o f the Kansas City Mon
archs, shortstop W illie Wells and
third baseman Ray Dandridge o f the
Eagles, third baseman Judy John
son and outfielders Oscar Charle
ston and Cool Papa Bell o f the
Pittsburgh Crawfords.
Dandridge and Johnson tied the
voting fo r th ird base. Paige, who
pitched fo r the Monarchs, was se
lected as the right-handed pitcher
while W illie Foster o f the Chicago
American Giants and Luis Tiant o f
the Cuban Stars were chosen as the
left-handed pitchers. T ia n t is the
father o f ex-P ortland Bevo and
m ajor league great o f the same
name.
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Rube Foster o f the Chicago Am
erican Giants was picked as the
manager.
The voting was conducted by the
40 former players who attended the
Fourth Annual N ational Negro
Baseball League’ s Reunion, June
20-22, in Ashland, Kentucky.
The ground rules for the election
were that a player must have per
formed six to 10 years in the Negro
Leagues—meaning younger players
like Hank A aron, W illie Mays,
Jackie Robinson and Ernie Banks
were not eligible.
The other Cooperstown, N.Y.
Hall o f Famers voted to the Negro
A ll-S tar team were Gibson, Leao-
nar, Johnson, Dandridge, Charles
ton, Bell and Rube Foster.
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Irvin did not get his chance in the
major leagues until he was 28 years
o ld, fo llo w in g some eight or 10
years in the Negro Leagues. Most
Negro stars o f the period believed
Irvin , Not Robinson, would be the
first black star givn an opportunity
to play in the majors.
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Roy Campanella, who may have
started at the age o f 14, spent 10
years in the Negro Leagues before
going to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He
finished second to Gibson in the bal
loting for the all-time catcher.
vopeves
The four-day reunion featured
the opening o f the Negro Baseball
H all o f H istory in Ashland, fore
runner o f a fullscale Negro Baseball
Hall o f Fame.
Observer Pacific-10 picks
1. Southern California
2. Washington Huskies
3. UCLA
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
6. Arizona
7. Stanford
8. Washington State
9. California
10. Oregon State
John Robinson, after being court
ed by numerous professional teams,
will again challenge for the national
championship.
Marcus Allen is no longer there
but finding a talented tailback at
USC is about as hard to do as it
would be for a college math profes
sor to add I plus I and arrive at two
for an answer.
The vote here goest to the Trojans
to regain the PAC-10 Cham pion
ship.
Don James first came to Seattle in
1975 and immediately served notice
to the nation that he was building a
football power in the Pacific North
west. Since a rrivin g he has won
three Pac-10 Championships and
two Rose Bowls. The Huskies are
loaded and if Southern Cal stumbles
then those “ Dogs” w ill move right
in.
A t UCLA Terry Donahue is ready
to fie ld another solid team. The
Bruins a fte r coming o ff a disap
pointing ’81 campaign all primed to
challenge fo r the conference title.
The Bruins finished 7-4-1 and came
w ith in a whisker o f going to the
Rose Bowl. The Bruins will depend
heavily on the throw ing o f senior
quarterback Tom Ramsey and the
pass catching o f the m agnificent
Cormac Carney. Carney is undoubt
edly the best receiver in the Confer-
ence. The 6-0, 200-pound speedster
does 4.65 for the 40 and catches ev
erything in sight.
He runs precise patterns and more
often than not leaves defensive
backs lying in his wake.
And when the ground game is
needed the ball is given to the fleet-
footed Kevin Nelson. Despite miss
ing 3 games Nelson gained almost
1,000 yards during his freshman
year. The Bruins are strong and
ready.
The Sun Devils are picked for
fo u rth , but with their exceptional
team speed could easily challenge
the leaders. Arizona State is led by
senior All-American Mike Richard
son. Richardson is rated the best
free safety in the Pac-10 and is the
man that has all the scouts raving.
The Sun D evils’ defense is led by
seven seniors, including the great
linebacker Vernon Maxwell.
W hile the defense is greatly im
proved it ’s on offense that the Dev
ils will make their living. Senior run
ning back A lv in Moore is on the
academic disabled list and must fu l
ly recover if the Devils are not to be
also-rans.
The Devils return sophomore split
end Doug Allen to team w ith the
veteran Jerome Weatherspoon at
wide-receiser. Arizona State had the
best rushing defense in the confer
ence in 1981 but was second to last
in passing yardage allowed (201
yards per game).
The kicking game fo r the Devils
last yar was superb. Mike Black av
eraged 42.5 yards punting, second
best in the Pac-10. Luis Zendejas
was a sensational placekicker as a
freshman, ranking 10th nationally
in scoring with 93 points.
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