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Show Paw 10 - Thursday, March THE HERALD Provo, Utah, 17, 1983 fro Knight, Lopez Hope a long and happy life together. "I think we have a great By FRED McMANE UPI Sports Writer COCOA, Fla. (UPI) - A mar-riag- e between two people in the public eye could be compared to holding a pair of china tea cups on the ends of two long poles. An ever so delicate balance is needed or it will come crashing down in a hurry. All marriages have their problems, but a marriage between two celebrities is faced with even greater pressures. Time together is quite often limited and egos tend to be more fragile and in greater need of constant soothing. Ray Knight, however, thinks and his new bride, Nancy Lopez, can avoid those pitfalls and live Avoid Pitfalls of Celebrity Marriage said Knight. "She's very aware of what I need and the boosting I need to my ego. It's kind of a unique situation but it's a whole lot tougher to have someone who is not acclimated to a baseball-typ- e atmosphere or a sports atmosphere, or not knowing what it takes to dedicate your life to athletics. Most of the girls I've dated didn't know anything about dedication to athletics. Nancy understands that totally. It's been very easy." Knight says there has been plenty of give and take in their marriage so far with each trying to make an effort to spend as much time as possible with the other despite their busy marriage," said Knight, the Houston Astros first baseman married the nation's leading woman golfer last winter. "I think the key is that Nancy and I were friends before we fell in who love. Usually you fall in love and try to develop a friendship after- ward." Knight and Lopez, who first met at a sports banquet in 1977, have each been married previously so they are aware of certain problems that may arise. However, Knight believes they will avoid any serious problems because each has a great understanding of the other's needs. "She's a very giving person," watching Nancy in tournament competition. "I get sweaty palms, I get very apprehensive and I suffer a lot of anxiety. I play every shot before she hits it and after she hits it." Knight admits there is one intangible benefit from being married to Nancy his golf game has improved. "I'm a better sand player and I've learned how to hit certain shots," says Knight. "I've been for the last an four years. I'm still playing to an 8, but scoring has become easier for me. I've learned more shots." Playing a simple round of golf with his wife has become a very arduous task, however. "She comes down to spring training and everything is on my time." says Knight. "She comes to the ballpark or we go fishing or something. During the winter when she's playing golf, I go watch her and everything is on her time. I realize I have to do that if I want to be with her. I look forward to going with her on tour. It's the first time I've ever pulled for someone I was close to. It's always been everybody pulling for me." ' Knight admits that watching his wife play golf is more g than gearing up to hit against Steve Carlton. "It's the first time I ever knew what it was like to get nerve-wrackin- nervous," said Knight about iswicy iff ma Old Rule Best ' 1 1 "Nancy would rather practice than play," Knight says. "When she goes out to play a practice round, a lot of people want to watch her. It's like she has to show off for them. She would rather just relax and hit golf balls and groove her swing instead of playing before somebody and having to play up to their expectations. It's tough on her. "I don't have to go out there and practice baseball in front of people. When Nancy comes off the tour and goes out there and plays 18 holes there are often people coming out of their homes and falling all over the course expecting her to hit a " perfect shot. ' Un-Adverti- oed By DAVID MOFFIT UPI Sports Writer Vince Dooley would like to see the NCAA return to the rule that had college freshmen compete against each other instead of on the varsity level. ."I've always felt that was best," said Georgia's football coach and athletic director. "We talk about how tough it is for a young man to adapt to college life that first year and then, by throwing him into varsity competition, we make it even tougher." Dooley points out there are enough freshmen who don't get to play their first year to probably field a freshman team. "But, of course, the best freshmen, those who do play at the varsity level their first year, wouldn't be available. And you'd have some of your other freshmen who were unhappy because they felt they should be on the varsity too." Dooley said one of the problems ' chance to start playing as freshmen. "'I'd welcome a return to freshmen being ineligible for varsity jompetition," said Dooley. "But, at the same time, we'd have to raise our overall limit on scholarships. As it now stands, with a 95 limit, if we had to hold out our d freshmen we'd be at times to put a travel squad to- JZAtIS did. "We haven't signed near as many good running backs as we would have liked the last few years because they figured they wouldn't get much playing time while Herschel was around," said Dooley. "1 thought we'd do better this time since Herschel would only have one more season, but some of the prospects weren't willing to wait even that long." Now that Walker's gone, Dooley plans to place heavy emphasis on finding tailbacks during spring drills which start later this month. The candidates are expected to include senior Barry Young, who began his college career as a tailback but was switched to fullback because of Walker... Losing Walker may have cost Georgia a half million dollars, s The Bulldogs were being considered as one of the teams for the Hall of Fame game which will be played in the Meadowlands in August, a nationally televised event would have been a 12th game for Georgia. When Walker turned pro, game officials quickly paired Penn State and Nebraska... 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