| Show r 'iiTf liiiyilT p - j— jjf- - q y y- “ll'ri llagu 19 1937 Page Call Local Union head Gene Upshaw said after a r meeting with management’s Jack Donlan that the owners were stalling for time and offering deals that "don't have any meat” "Unless they're willing to move toward us I don’t see any way to avert a strike" Upshaw said "We both agreed on that today We all see where this is headed” three-hou- There was no immediate response from Donlan and the NFL Management Council which was expected to issue a statement Saturday Upshaw said Donlan told him "It looks like we're headed for a strike” Call OO-662-i:irt 2:17-202- - ar Friday Now MacSwain is headed back to Salt Lake as a Golden Eagle center His return visit should prove more fruitful ' A native of Anchorage who played college hockey at Minnesota MacSwain is a solid player with good quickness He can play all three forward positions — and score from all three "He's like Gary DeGrio only he has more Offensive skills said Salt Lake assistant coach Bobby Francis comparing MacSwain to the former Eagle speedster MacSwain lacks the size of At just the prototype NHL center In fact he conjures up visions of Francis and Doug Palaz-za— two centermen of similar stature But his lack of size didn’t keep the Calgary Flames picking MacSwain first in the 1986 draft and his performance in the Flames' 87 training camp has dispelled any remaining doubts After turning in attention-gettin- g performances in the camp tournament MacSwain tallied an assist in Thursday's Golden Eagle win over Nova Scotia at the Saddledome He added a goal in an M loss to the Oilers Friday at Edmonton's Northland Coliseum "He's got a very big heart and that’s the Na 1 priority to be a success at his size” said Francis "He's very valuable because you can ut him at all three positions With 18 skaters the IHL roster size it's Important to have a versatile player like that” One reason MacSwain is so effective is that he packs 190 pounds on his 8 frame That ri le The walkout would begin after Monday night's game between the New England and the New York Jets at East Rutherford NJ The 1982 strike lasted 57 days wiping out seven weeks of the season Upshaw said he and Donlan discussed roster size pension severance pay and free agency but that Donlan's offers were “the same things I beard two weeks ago” "The message today was clear to me: Players reconsider your strike deadline and let us keep talking Tne players are saying ‘You’re nuti' ” Upshaw said Upshaw said Donlan had talked about settling the pension and squad issues suggesting: "Give us 30 days and we can work the other stuff out” Upshaw said he talked to seven player representatives after his conversation with Donlan and said some "don't even want to play this week” Extension to Avoid Strike 30-Da- y "Management's Idea of playing scab games has really upset them They did more to unify us than to separate us which is what they were trying to do” Upshaw said Owners have said they will still field teams if there is a strike by using free agents and roster players who would ignore picket lines The owners have told television networks that if there is a strike there would be no games on Sept 27 or 28 but that play would resume on Oct 4 and 5 Pa-tio- ts Upshaw said Donlan talked "In generalities never specifics” and refused to move on any of the important issues “All their offers were vague and don't have any meat" he said The main stumbling block appears to be the union’s demand for outright free agency for players beyond their fourth year The owners insist on retaining a liberalized version of the present system under which just one player has changed teams in 10 years "They are not willing to move on the free agency system" Upshaw said "He said they couldn't change the system at all not willing to budge on anything at all” Tex Schramm of the Dallas Cowboys a member of the management council’s executive committee said Donlan told him “there’s no question” that free agency is the major issue and that “all the other stuff is smoke” San Francisco 49ers players meanwhile said they had been told to take Monday off and practice Tuesday normally their day off The San Francisco Examiner said the order came in a league directive aimed at determining how many players would cross picket lines NFL spokesman Joe Browne said he was unaware of such an order and Jones said the Management Council had no comment on any strike contingency plans “It may be that teams are ordering players That Old-Tim- - - 6-- The Cou- gars fresh from a 22-1- 7 victory in Austin last week return to the Lone Star State meeting Saturday for a first-evwith Texas Christian University Kickoff in Amon G Carter Stadium will be 6:30 pm MDT Channel 5 will televise the game TCU is opening its home ) schedule after losing on the East and ) Coast to Boston College in the Rockies to Air Force (21-1The Cougars (1-- looked much Improved in beating the Texas Long er (0-2- (38-20- K i The players struck in 1982 over a demand 55 percent of the NFL’s gross revenues which amounted to a package of about $16 billion over four years: They settled for 3128 billion over five years plus incentives I 9 Boston 4 Baltimore (first game) Boston at Baltimore (second game)' late ' ' Toronto at New York late Detroit 7 Milwaukee 6 " Seattle 1 Chicago 0 Minnesota 9 Cleveland 4 Oakland at Kansas City late California at Texas late 27-1- 7 “A lot of people seem to think the Texas program is down and we won because we got eight turn- overs last week” said Cougar Coach LaVell Edwards "Listen it is never easy winning at Austin And as far as TCU is concerned I don’t know what their problem is They have excellent athletes in that program" Montreal 6 Philadelphia 3 New York at Pittsburgh late San Diego at Houston late !t Chicago at St Louis late Atlanta at Los Angeles late ' ‘ TV Sports (2) 10 am — College Football Utah Wisconsin - Q) 10 am r rJ at Football Utah at — College Wisconsin fwTBsl 10:30 - College Football am ’ - Florida at Alabama CD Noon — College Football San Diego State at Air Force (ESPN) 1 pjn — Maryland Million ® 1:25 pjn at College ClSPtil 2 " Horse Racing The — College pm " -- ' Football Boston ' USC — College A&M Football at Texas ) n Wa$h-lngto- ' ' pm — College Football Michigan State at Notre Dame t feSPM ) 5:30 ) ' - ‘ ' 6 pm — Major League Baseball Chicago Cubs at St Louis I GD 6:30 at — Tribune Stan Pnoto by Todd Crosiand Granger running back Tyler Wilder punished Skyline with 125 yards on 22 carries and two touchdowns in 4 win Prep football roundup: 0 21-1- B-1- Defense has been TCU’s biggest concern The Horned Frogs were unable to stop Air Force's wishbone attack The Cadets rolled to 360 yards rushing even though TCU also runs the wishbone and should have the advantage of prac- ticing against that offensive See B-- I t 8 Column If AAM doesn’t start winning today at home against Washington and keep it going conthrough what is assuredly a cream-puf- f Lex Hemphill division) is down? Well check out everybody else’s record not just poor TCU's Entering today’s games the SWC Texas schools are a grand against Division opponents and have been outscored by a 3 combined The only victory was the narrow one (33-2Texas Tech gained last week at home against Colorado State perhaps the weakest team in the WAC Other than that it’s been pretty grim Baylor was stopped by George Wheeler's defensive line at Missouri Rice and Houston were pounded by mediocre loams (Indiana and Oklahoma State) Texas Tech was clobbered by Florida State Texas and TCU who were both picked to finish in the top half of 9 286-13- the league have lost twice convincingly and even Texas A&M the pride of the league was humbled at home by LSU ference schedule then the state’s devoted football fans will have to resign themselves to a first in the post-wa- r era: the first time that Texas has gone two consecutive years without one of its major colleges listed in the final wire service Top 10 rankings Nobody made it last year and nobody looks capable of it now For bewildered northern Texans the misery doesn't end with reading the sorry college reports in Sunday’s papers Then they have to worry about the Cowboys who worried only their opponents in the past The Cowboys have lost six straight 1 MADISON Wis plan is elementary Wisconsin will — The TCU pm " — College Football BYU - """ ' TBI 8 pm -- r Major League Baseball Atlanta at Los Angeles will pass But since the best-lai- d plans of Badgers and Utes usually go awry as evi- denced by the records of the two teams a year Utah at 2 9) ago (Wisconsin at don’t take anything for granted for the 10 35 a m Saturday kickoff in Camp Randall Stadium Wisconsin is (a 28 7 win over Utah's Western Athletic Conference colleague Hawaii) and is a 12 3-- 8 52-3- 4 See B-- 8 Column The southern Texans who don’t care about America's Team may not have to care about the Astrodome’s Team for much longer Cither The Oilers are thinking about moving to Jacksonville Fla That's a shame because the state of Texas can’t afford to lose a good 0 team like the Oilers at this point That would leave ’em with UTEP BYU of course gets to come back down to Texas to play UTEP in November That'll make three trips to Texas in one seasop fpr the Cougars Somebody in Provo had some prescience about 1987 Somebody must have known that this would be the year to hit the Texans where it hurts — in their souls Football is a matter of the soul in Texas But the way it's being played here this year the ol’ state religion needs some new hype Jerry? Tammy Faye? short-sufferin- g Man on Campus Fronts Productive Offense granted and coming off a Utah is paddling from San Diego State Don't take for granted that score means doomsday for the Utes Saturday The Badgers do not have a quarterback anywhere near the caliber of Aztec Todd Santos The Utes actually have a legitimate chance at winning here Yes even with candidate Fddie Johnson lost for the rest of the season with an injured knee As much as the running of Badger juniors Marvin Artley and Steve Vinci concerns Utah so too should the Badgers be worried bout the wild passing schemes of 1 underdog the biggest spread against them in 22 years Even the bookies can’t protect them now that’s a fall from grace Did somebody say strike? You can hetthe Cowboys are ready to sit out 1 By John Gutman Tribune Sports Writer OGDEN — There are several careers ideally suited to a man There are three d that come to mind: bouncer officer and offensive lineman Weber State’s Kelly Wid-mey- plans to have experience in all three proin his lifetime and two of them are already a part of his unconventional past Widmeyer and his mates take on Southern Utah State College Saturday night (7 pm kickoff) in Wildcat Stadium College coaches normally Jmd prospects by scouting high school football games When Widmeyer was "discovered” in 1983 by a former WSC running back he was four years removed from the days of school fight songs and cheerleaders He was using his considerable bulk to remove rowdy drunks from a Weber County tavern It didn't take much persuasion to get Widmeyer to try out for the Wildcat team as a walk-oThe Weber staff saw a lot of potential in that big body and took him as a n fessions redshirt Widmeyer scholarship in WSC team - I WSC’s Big point spread superiority for game regular-s- games — five at the end of last season (their first losing season since 1964) and last Sunday's giveaway at St Louis — and that's the longest losing streak now going in the NFL One more loss Sunday and they’ll have their longest slide since their inaugural season of 1960 And you can expect a loss Sunday because the Cowboys have to play some angry Giants at the Meadowlands The bookmakers expect it they've made the Cowboys a eason point favorite but don’t take that By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer Utah M National League Utes Figure to Challenge Easy - to - Figure Badgers to Pitt M I Column 3 Saturday night winless TCU could provide us with yet another statistical nugget by which to measure the fall of college football In Texas: If BYU can beat TCU the Cougars who were testing themselves against mere North Texas State seven years ago will have won twice in SWC stadiums in the course of one week — twice as many times as they had in their previous 65 years of footbalL You don't think the SWC horns after stumbling in their opener — American League only the perennially pathetic Miners are still unbeaten at this young stage of the season Whoops forgot Southern Methodist is too Of course SMU which was to open its 1987 football season today at home against Oklahoma will stay unbeaten for the next two years as it serves out its jail term for the football program’s sins — er misjudg-ment- s — of illegal spending SMU loyalists are now left to get their kicks out of the school’s nationally ranked soccer team which played at Texas Christian Friday evening But for those in North Texas who still hail Division football the sport has now been left solely in the hands of TCU — very unsure hands indeed Cougars Seeking to Bag Horned Frogs on 1st Try Ill that they receive Texas Religion Isn’t Good Enough Anymore Fal-well- III are there” 8-- B-- 8 II —Sports Capsule Aside from the play of MacSwain winger Doug Picket! and goaltender Grant Blair — who turned in his second straight solid outing — there weren’t a lot of good things you could say about the Eagles' 4 loss Friday The Oilers buried young goaltender Martin McKay of Scotland under six goals early and coasted the rest of the way Salt Lake got no closer than four goals Pickell (from Kamloops of the Western Hockey League) and MacSwain added their goals to lead the Golden Eagles Jeff Wenaa-san- d and Dwight Mullins also scored for the Eagles Scott Metcalfe an Edmonton draft choice from Kingston of the Ontario League led the Oilers with two goals "It’s an evaluative process” said Eagle e 's If Jerry FORT WORTH Texas got the time there's another religion down here he can try to save — football Football is of such divine magnitude in this state that they can fill an entire major college conference the Southwest with Texas schools although they were nice enough to ask Arkansas to come along for the ride Hey California cant even do the sport up that big On a professional level the preferred commodity of course is the Dallas Cowboys They’ve been anointed as bigger even than Texas itself they are America’s Team Yep partner football's it down here When they pass the collection plate around in the name of their beloved game Texans ante up willingly — sometimes apparently too willingly But let's not be picky After all the real sin down here was never cheating It was and is losing And there's been a lot of that kind of sinning going on lately in Texas If this is the Lone Star State then the lone star so far in 1987 has been gulp UTEP Of the nine Division football programs In Texas (eight in the Southwest Conference and poor cousin UTEP over If iie WAC) By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer Since FORT WORTH Texas J979 Brigham Young University is 2 while playing on Texas soil their own” he said Jones said Donlan went to Washington to let Upshaw know where the owners were willing to bend in the contract proposal they submitted to the union on Sept 7 Each side has made just one counterpro- posal since the talks began April 20 Each side has rejected the other's proposal They are also far apart over pension improvements The union wants to double'the current 3125 million pension plan to 25 million in each of the next three years “They’re s ill not talking about really any increase in pension” Upshaw said “He's talking about working only with the dollars that better” See III' - in Tuesday on gives him strength and leverage for mucking along the boards and enough bulk to keep from being victimized by potential hit men The other reason is the Incentive he gains from the lifelong charge: "You’re too small to play the game” "You can’t believe the things you hear” MacSwain said "I'm a little player with a lot of heart It's just a matter of going out and proving it” MacSwain's still got a lot to learn "Like all young players he needs to improve away from the puck” said Francis is quite aware of his But the shortcomings "I wasn't in great shape to begin camp” he said "And to play well on defense you have to have stamina But you've also got to have determination and you can’t make mental mistakes I'm learning but I’ve got to learn quicker Today Friday I didn’t play very good defense I was on for a few goals and let my guy go through on one "I want to be a solid player” he said "That’s what they the Flames want me to be I have a lot of work to do but it’s gotten 5-- 1 5 MacSwain Returns As Golden Eagle By Joe Baird Tribune Sports Writer EDMONTON Alberta Steve MacSwain’s last experience in Salt Lake City was not a pleasant one In town for a youth hockey tournament 10 years ago his Alaska team lost to a Utah all-stcontingent thereby missing a trip to the Western Reglonals "I cried my eyes out” MacSwain recalled 2:17-200- 6 Players Rebuff Owners’ Call for By David Ginsburg AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON — The NFL players union refused a request by the owners Friday to extend the strike deadline 30 days sticking to its plan to walk out Tuesday for the second time in six seasons Sports Information For Recorded Scores gSjf gait fake ftibune Sectioa B Saturday Morning—September pfpmqpjwqpB Xi' 1984 See earned-- and was B-- 8 ift a and Column 3 l |
