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Show Sunday. August 22. 1982. THE HERALD. Provo. Utah-P- 11 age Speedy Henderson Is a Base Thief Extraordinaire Aunt Jane on her way downtown to buy a new summer dress. .Nothing seems to ruffle him as he chases the single-seasostolen base record of 118 set by Lou Brock eight years ago and thought to be as un- "Walking him is like giving up a triple ... One thing people seem to g overlook because of the thing is what a fine outfielder Henderson is. He's the best left fielder in baseball and maybe the best outfielder, period." Baltimore Orioles Manager Earl Weaver on Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A's. base-stealin- n touchable as Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak. Henderson's Oakland A's teammates needle him in a pregame hating drill and he stands to one side and smiles. Later in the team clubhouse, after he has stolen three bases for the seventh time this season, they pound him on the back and offer congratulations. He smiles again. "I'm not worried about the record." he says. "I'm so close to it now that I'm sure I'm going to get it. But it won't come any sooner b' By JOE SARGIS UPI Sports Writer OAKLAND (UPI) You could call Rickey Henderson "Mr. Cool" and be correct even though he is the - hottest player at the moment in major league baseball. With one of the game's most enviable records within his grasp, Henderson seems as relaxed as your But inside his well-bui- do things no one else has done before and w hen I am a lot older I'd like to look back and say. 'Well I ac- best player ot his time. Outwardly, he's cool but the fire inside won't go out. If anything it's heating irp. and recurd is getting the me worrying about it. If I did, that would be putting pressure on myself, and I've never believed in doing that. Playing major league baseball is hard enough without pressuring yourself." By Aug. 4. he had stolen 100 bases, slightly more than double the total of any other player in the majors. To watch Henderson play the whether he is lashing out a game hit. stealing a base or running down a foul fly in the leftfield bullpen you'd think nothing could be easier outfielder playing for the his fourth big league season. That's because he does everything so effortlessly, or so it seems. complished base-stealin- g only part of it. He was voted to me American League All Star teanj this year and that was a milestone ot sorts. But he looks around the clubhouse in Montreal and he can't help but compare himself with the Reggie Jacksons and the Dave Winfields. In his heart he feels he is as good 3S they are and it's only a mater of time befnre be proves it to everyone's satisfaction. base-stealin- since I started playing baseball." he says, "my first goal was to reach the big leagues. Now that I am here and have established myself. I'd like to be the best player. lt worth something "" remembering Some time before the end of August. Rickey Henley Henderson, born in Chicago and raised in Oakland, will etch his name in the g record book with the mark and all America will take notice. But it won't be enough and with more than a month to go after he sets the record he will go right on stealing every chance he gets and put the mark so far out of reach that even he may never match it. "As a team we haven't played well this year " he says of the A's. "Obviously, we're all disappointed. "Ever body burns a desire to be the and maybe I'm disappointed more than anyone else. Individual records are fine but I'm not going to be happy until I play in a World Series. I don't think anything can compare with that." Henderson can't explain why he has been so successful stealing bases. "It's easier for someone else to analyze what I'm doing," he says. "All I can say is that stealing always has been easy for me. I've never really thought about how I do it." A's Manager Billy Martin, who has been in baseball" since his teens and has seen some of the game's best players, thinks Henderson is successful because of great Bahr First Brown To Earn Roster Spot Cleveland Browns after a year in the Canadian Football League, was 8 of 17 for 87 yards. Before Bahr's winning n roster field goal, the Browns final had rallied from a seven-poiThursday night. deficit in the last Bahr kicked four field goals, the last with 3 se- two minutes, with McDoTD conds left, to give the nald firing a with Dan 3 to Fulton Browns a prepass season victory over the 1:54 remaining to tie the Los Angeles Rams. score In other training camp As far as Cleveland coach Sam Rutigliano news: Minnesota acquired was concerned, Bahr won himself a spot on the All-Pr- o defensive lineman Charlie Johnson roster. "I think Matt can buy a from Philadephia for a State Farm policy," "high" 1983 draft pick. Rutigliano said. 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