| Show Snbe J&ilt Section D ports Jake ©dbune Friday September John Mooney Sports Editor Badgers’ Kicker Nearing Record Todd Gregoire the Wisconsin kicker needs only three field goals to set a new record for the Big 10 Conference The senior kicked fielders of 31 and 43 yards in the Badgers’ victory over Hawaii last Saturday boosting his career mark to 51 Chris White of Illinois holds the record at 53 Gregoire also kicked two extra points in the 28-- win over Hawaii boosting his career scoring to 220 points 14th best in conference history Three PATs against the Utes Saturday will move him ahead of Purdue’s Leroy y and Ohio State’s Howard Keyes (1966-68- ) (1952-55- ) He also has missed only one extra point kick in his career and his record 7 Cas-sad- 18 1987 Page 1 I ir Rerunled cnre spnrl InlornialiiMi Ciiii I non 2:iT-202- Negotiators Meet as Strike Date Nears By Dave Goldberg AP Football Writer NEW YORK — The chief negotiators in the stalemated NFL labor talks agreed to meet again Friday to try to avert a seemingly inevitable players’ strike next week The meeting between management’s Jack Donlan and the union’s Gene Upshaw at an undisclosed site will not be a formal negotiating session John Jones a spokesman for the NFL Management Council said Thursday the purpose of the meeting is to “explore any and all avenues that may lead to averting a strike on the 22nd of September” No new bargaining talks are scheduled and players remain set to walk out on Tuesday York the day after the New England-NeJets game closes out the second week of the season Jim Conway the Management Council's assistant executive director said Donlan hopes to point out areas where the owners might be willing to move in hopes of avoiding a strike “I think there are a fair number of items on which we’re willing to move” Conway said “We want to give Gene a very very clear indication of where we think there’s more movement possible" The last formal talks were held Tuesday when the union made its latest proposal It backed off the demand for outright free agency without compensation offering instead to require players to spend four years in the league before they become “unfettered'' free agents But Donlan the Management Council’s executive director rejected that proposal outright Wednesday calling instead for federal mediation something the union continues to reject Upshaw responded Wednesday by calling a strike “inevitable” Donlan conceded: “It doesn’t look good" One owner who asked not to be identified suggested the union might postpone its strike date if management made concessions in a major area He suggested increasing pensions roster Management Council offior a cials said they didn't believe a roster would create movement but said there was room for liberalization in the pension area n 49-m- But Upshaw asked after a meeting with officials in Washington if the union back its strike deadline replied push might "Short of agreement short of resolving some of the conflicts we have nothing can make us move it At this point we have no choice but to prepare for the worst That’s why we’re here today that's why organized labor has supported us” Meanwhile phone lines remained busy Thursday with various offers of outside help Conway said he had received "six or eight” offers of mediation from various unnamed One offer came people including from John Riggins the former Washington Redskins fullback and retired Gen PX Kelley the former Marines commandant who AFL-CI- offered to mediate the dispute in tandem But he called those offers “moot” because of the new meeting between Donlan and Upshaw NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle whom the union has suggested might be able to make a deal on behalf of the owners also continued to monitor the dispute Joe Browne Rozelle's spokesman said the commissioner had talked by telephone with undisclosed parties "”o's studying the positions on both sides" Browne said "He's obviously very concerned but he realizes it does not look good at this time" Upshaw's meeting with strike Lynn Williams president of the United Steelworkers of America said the AFL-CI“condemns” the owners' idea of continuing See D-Column fi 3 Flames Like Camp Work Of D’ Amour By Joe Baird Tribune Sports Writer CALGARY Alberta — Marc D'Amour loves Salt Lake City It's just that given his choice he'd rather play hockey somewhere else Say Calgary e The Golden Eagle goaltender has been having the camp of his life this past week with the Flames to the point that most observers have anointed him as the best in camp during the early going That's saying something considering that this training camp also includes Mike Vernon another Eagle alum who was one of the NHL leaders in victories last season and American League standout Doug Dadswell who came into camp as the favorite to back up Vernon D’Amour has put an apparent dent in those plans with his early performances Or has he? The Sudbury Ontario native has been the Flames’ designated hard-lucguy during the past two seasons first giving way to Vernon at Calgary because of an injury during the Flames' run to the Stanley Cup finals in 1986 and then getting shuttled between Moncton Salt Lake City and Binghamton last year “It was a nightmare” said D’Amour of his ride “It was a very frustrating bumpy '86-8experience but I learned a lot I matured a lot I learned that you can’t expect anything Psychologically it makes you push yourself because there's no way you want that to haptwo-tim- net-mind- er third-highe- k o John Thompson who will coach the Olympic basketball team: “There aren’t many college shooters The trend in college basketball has gone toward the transition game and Tom Crittenden pressure defense” South Summit football coach: "I worked for Bry Sorensen in the Granite School District and I want to thank you for being part of the honor bestowed on him recently Bry is such a great man and he has done so much for the district and the state" Chicago Bulls have sold 8700 season tickets topping last season's 6710 total Game 6 of World Series scheduled for the afternoon of Oct 24 is expected to give ABC a good wedge against CBS which will have the football game at same Notre Dame-USBecause of liability fears 71 pertime cent of the colleges and universities have curtailed parts ot their athletic programs Pudge Heffelfinger and Bronko N'agurski did team as not line up on same written elsewhere since Pudge made and Nagurski at Yale gained the honors at Minnesota in 1929 Wyoming's Paul Roacb may hold a record as the first collegiate coach to record his first UTEP football victory at the age of 59 and Hawaii posted shutouts in the same weekend something of a record in the offense-mindeWAC For Miners this was first shutout since third game of 1970 season (17-over BYU) and Hawaii last held an opponent UNLV scoreless in 1983 Vere L Champion U of U quarterback in 1920s died recently in Wichita Kan Known as “Champ" he coached the Ute frosh before moving to Kansas where he operated a catering company (Thanks to Brick Wood) Karl Benson former assistant baseball coach at t1 of I' has been named assistant director of championships for the NCAA Observation Ward An associate has a split personality Some days he's mean and some days he's just miserable full-cou- 1889-90-9- 1 d officials AFL-CI- was to discuss ways union workers could give support in negotiations and in the event of a 7-- Stuff o’ Things 227-200- 1 " of 67 Veteran Utes — there must be someone besides Old John on the Ports of Call charter Friday who will remember the game in Camp Randall Stadium in Madison in 1961 — have a grudge against the Badgers 0 Wisconsin won the 1961 opener at the a hint of was of there but Utes the expense home cooking (as the basketball announcers call it) in the defeat Early in the game Ute Bill Cravens completed a pass to Marv Fleming to move the ball deep into Badger territory only to have the play nullified and a penalty assessed An official had ruled "illegal lineman downfield" which negated the gain Questioned on the penalty the official said “It was a player with a number ending in 5" Center Ed Pine who wore 55 pointed out only fullback Doug Wasko (No 35) on the field had a number ending in five aside from Pine The fullback of course was an eligible receiver and could be downfield Still remember Pine’s retort “There were only two numbers ending in five on the field One was the eligible fullback and I was the other and I couldn’t be downfield because I was knocked flat on my back” Disa and Data Gaston Green UCLA's Heisman candidate was held to a net 46 yards on 19 carries against Nebraska defense Still Green's three touchdowns against Huskers made him scorer in Bruin history and he needs only 382 yards to replace Freeman McNeil as school leader John Elway has led his wins (35) than club to more regular-seaso- n NFL caller active signal any Revised “toughest schedule” list by NCAA puts Notre Dame on top on basis of 1987 opporecord in 1986 nents’ won-loOregon State Florida UCLA and Washington State Oklahoma’s schedround out the top five ule ranks 49th and Nebraska’s doesn't make the top 54 which may be a reason why they San Diego in the polls rank one-twState’s schedule ranks 44th Quote of Day: "The most important thing I can do in this job is to insure the Integrity of a great athletic program If we do that we need never apologize for losing" — Richard Rosenthal Notre Dame athletic director Fresno State set a school record by selling 26514 football season tickets Juan Samuel of Phillies is the first major leaguer in history to reach double figure® in doubles triples home runs and stolen bases in each of his first four seasons Acapulco Mexico will stage World Invitational basketball championship for players 35 and older in Jeff Nish is only the second naJanuary tive Utahn to belong to the Bonneville 200 Brother Mike Nish is recuperMPHClub ating in Indianapolis from an auto accident Fred Moore drops a note from Sun City Ariz lamenting the closing of the “Wall St of SLC” and the passing of so many of the old members of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange One of the "survivors” is TD (Spide) Morris who would welcome a friendly greeting at 23 El Toro Rancho Mirage CA 92270 Tony Allen a soph flanker on TCU football team has given up football to concentrate on track nil 4 I pen again” Two years ago it was timing D'Amour was playing well at the time of his injury (a groin Vernon pull) but was replaced by a red-ho- t and the Flames rode him almost all the way to a championship Last season Vernon and veteran Rejean Lemelin were immovable at Calgary and the Flames were overloaded with young goaltenders in their system D’Ar veteran He lost the mour was a numbers game “This is a business” he said "And when they bring in new guys they want to see what they can do That leaves someone the odd man out and that’s the situation I fell into last five-yea- year” Massive Badger Opposing Teams Are Still Leaping Tackle Has On Frog Defense Utes in Sight By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer University of Wisconsin's offensive tackle Paul Gruber got together with a bunch of his Badger colleagues ’ weekend in Madison and put out a "wanted" poster on the University of no-- 3 - £ Hawaii’s A1 Noga seguard The Badgers got their w man “We just didn't want him to be a factor in the out-’k' come of our game" said fel Gruber a preseason d 'lasl JJ pick By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer A month ago Texas Christian University's Jim Wacker boldly stated that the days when the Horned Frogs would give up 34 points and yards a game were if£445 over f So far Wacker is wrong In losing to Boston and to Air Force lege TCU's defense has f allowed an average of 461 'a yards and 30 points per game The preseason prognosis on the Horned Frogs called team for a David Rascoe over the ones that finished each of the last two years TCU some felt would challenge for the Southwest Conference championship this year if injuries were avoided and the defense jells Injuries hit the Horned Frogs hard in the Boston College game and the defense has been disappointing TCU has set a pattern in its first games The Frogs play a steady first quarter and fall apart in the second period TCU has given up See D-- Column 2 fl 38-2- 0 21-1- 0 much-improve- d Paul Gruber Noga wasn't a factor as Hawaii lost 28-- He logged eight tackles but the "Samoan Sack Man” logged nary a sack That makes one wonder what Gruber and Co (averaging some and 278 pounds across the front five) will do to a young Ute defensive front Saturday when Wisconsin and Utah meet at 10 35 a m (MDT) "I think Utah will be much more like a Big Ten team — a smash-mouttype of defense Hawaii played a lot of gap defense and ran See D-Column 4 6-- 6 h 3 3-- 8 To make sure it didn't happen again D'Amour literally hit the ground running this past summer logging more miles on foot and bicycle than he ever had before "1 never ran much before because I've had so much surgery on my knees" he explained "But after the first month they still felt good so I kept it up" D'Amour came into camp slimmer as a result Coupled with a return to his old more aggressive style in the nets he has turned in a See D-- 5 Column SUSC’s Bojak Understands The Challenge 1 By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer Rick Bojak remembers the last time a Utah college football team tried to step up in class against an opponent It was Thanksgiving Day 1972 and Weber State College was playing its first game against Utah State — a step up in football level to be sure Iiojak was a running back on that Weber State team "My senior year was the first year we played them and Utah State was ranked 18th at the time" recalled Bojak "They had Tony Adams the great quarterback and that year they scored 40 points against both Utah and BYU" But the Aggies had trouble with Weber on that Thanksgiving Day winning by only Bojak had put Weber ahead in the third quarter reverse scoring on a 20-1- 13-- 6 Now Bojak is with another David trying to beat a relative in state Goliath He is Jack Bishop's assistant head coach with the South-SeD-- 3 Column d Toronto at New York late Seattle at Chicago late California at Kansas City late National League San Francisco 4 Houston 0 4 Philadelphia Chicago 3 San Diego 7 Atlanta Montreal 4 New York St Louis at Pittsburgh late Cincinnati 3 L A 2 (10) 1st game Cinctn'i ti at L A 2nd game late 1 1 TV Sports won 6: f 0 p m — Base- Major-Leagu- ball Cubs at Cardinals (TSPND 7 Stewart pm - Boxing wtbsj 8:jo p m — Meekins vs Major-Leagu- e Base- ball Braves at Dodgers Utes Lose Johnson for Rest of Season By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer University of Utah senior running back Ed die Johnson being touted for honors after earning Athletic Conference first-teahonors for two years will undergo knee surgery and miss the remainder of the 1987 football season Utah officials announced Thursday Johnson who had been held to 2(1 yards American League 1 0 rushing but was the 12th ranked pass receiver in the nation after two games was injured in Utah's game against San Diego Stale last Sal urday night at Jack Murphy Stadium Johnson tore the an The tenor cruciate ligament in his left knee Sinc e he played in only two games the California native ts eligible for redslnrt status and could return to the squad in 19HH "The doctors looked at Eddie this morning zzSports Capsulezz and determined that reconstructive surgery was necessary" said Ute trainer Bill Bean Thursday "I think he's got a pretty good prognosis but we re probably looking at 9 12 moniiis lie Hell undergo snr fore be s cleared fto da " gerv Saturday Bean added Bean said the staff wasn t certain just when Column f See I D-'- l f — Harness Rac ing Breed- ompetition 10:30 pm — Australian Football ESPN j 9 ers pm Crown f fSPN ) Quotable The system is working that s what I feel is the tragedy here We have a system that s ire ieased then salaries by 142 percent and they siv throw the system out M L management negotiator Jack Donlan ' |
