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Finishing touches
The Wildcat* hop* to put tho finishing touches to the offensive
and defensive units this week in time for the Wylie scrimmage
Friday night on the home field. The Jayvee action gets under
way at i p.m. with tlw Varsity to follow about S p.m. The 'Cats
work in shoulder pads and shorts in the morning and put on the
full pads for the evening drills which last from 6-t p.m.
Staff photo
New coaches bring new
look to Cumby offense
When the Cumby Trojans
take the field Friday night at
home against Union Grove,
hometown football fans will get
a look at two new coaches as
well as a brand new offensive
attack in the first of two
scrimmages before the season
unfolds with Fruitvale Sept. S.
New head coach Rick Easley,
in his first Varsity level head
coaching position, and his
assistant, Dennis Stroud from
Channelvlew, will be making
their debut In the Cumby
athletic system following the
departure of Rick Frazier and
Chuck Lawrence who directed
the 1979 Trojans to a share of
the district 9-B championship
with Fannlndel and the right to
represent the district In playoff
action. Cumby subsequently
lost to Union HU1, the defending
Class B state champs, in bi-
district action, 25-0. Frazier
and Lawrence moved on to
accept coaching positions at
Jacksonville.
The Trojans also lost their
ace running back, David
Baxter, quarterback Gary Lay
and second team all-stater
Geary Almon and five other
seniors to graduation but
Easley is optimistic about his
team’s outlook for the 1980
campaign in a new district 9-A
alignment.
“We’re looking forward to
this new season and I,
especially, welcome it because
it Is a challenge, being the first
Varsity level position for me
and we have a good group of
athletes coming back. We’ll be
competitive and I’ll be
disappointed if we don’t get out
of the zone," Easley said.
"We’ve changed our attack
from the power I to the Houston
Veer offense this year, mainly
to better utilize the abilities of
quarterback Mark George, a 5-
7,152 pound junior and running
back Doyle Potts, at 185
pounds,” the new coach added.
The 1979 Trojans found the
power I better suited for
Baxter, who operated out of the
deep back position in the I.
"But George and Potts are
great for the Veer and we’re
excited about what we think we
can do with this attack,”
Easley said.
“George will definitely be the
key to the success of our offense
and thus far he looks good
under pressure. He reads the
defense well and he reacts
quickly to that reading, which
is exactly what a Veer quar-
terback must do,” he noted.
Other offensive weapons
include all-purpose back David
Higginbotham, with 4.6 speed
in the 40 and Brian McCasland
at tight end, also with 4.6 speed.
Tony Lunceford will line up at a
tackle position but Easley is
quick to point out that
anywhere inside the 40-yard
line Lunceford is a sure three-
point bet.
"Tony is one of the better
(dace kickers around here and
his range is solid from 4(145
yards out, everytime he kicks
the ball,” Easley said.
The offensive line Is anchored
by seniors Danny Wells, 6-1,236
and Victor Zapata, 190 pounds.
Easley is also impressed with
the early performance of fresh-
man tight end John Wells, 6-2A4,
195 and also the brother of
Danny Wells.
“This youngster shows a lot
of poise for a freshman and
we’re looking for some good
things from him,” Easley said.
Defensively, the Trojans will
use a 4-34, “with a roll or cloud-
type secondary,” the coach
pointed out. "And we may
monster some with the three
linebackers.”
In this type of defense the
Mendenhall, Gravelle
among those released
By TOM CANAVAN
AP Sports Writer
John Mendenhall and Gordon
Gravelle knew the New York
Giants didn’t want them. But
they learned something else
Monday: neither do the Green
Bay Packers nor the I/is
Angeles Rams.
Mendenhall and Gravelle
were two of the most notable
veterans released Monday as
National Football League
teams began the process of
reducing their rosters to the 66-
man limit by 4 p.m. EDT
Tuesday.
The releases could spell the
end of the line for the veteran
linemen.
Mendenhall, released by the
Giants earlier this year, was
one of seven players waived as
the Packers pared their roster
to 67.
“For a nine-year veteran,
John Mendenhall gave us a
great effort while he was here,”
Packers Coach Bart Starr said.
"It would have been easy for
him to pace himself through
camp and try to make it with us
on guile, but he didn’t.
"I guess having to part with
anyone like that is as tough as
anything in the business.”
Green Bay also cut punter
Rick Engles, a free agent who
played with Pittsburgh,
Philadelphia and Seattle, and
third-year running back Walt
Landers.
Gravelle, let go by the Giants
last year, started three games
for the Rams last season
because of injuries to did a little
addition and subtraction,
acquiring second-year defen-
sive back Henry Williams from
the Oakland Raiders for a
future draft choice and waiving
five rookie free agents.
Pittsburgh put third-year pro
Rick Moser, a reserve running
back and special teams star, on
injured reserve and said he
would miss the entire season.
He broke his collar bone Aug. 9
in a 13-0 exhibition victory over
the Giants.
The Giants also got in the act,
cutting 11 players including
former starting fullback Ken
Johnson and kick returner
Steve Odom, who they picked
up on waivers from the Packers
in 1979.
Another kick returner also
will be looking for work —
former All-Pro Tony Green,
who headed a list of seven
player waived by Tampa Bay.
"I think Tony could play in
the league,” Buccaneers Coach
John McKay said. "His college
record would indicate that, but
he is not in very good shape
right now."
Neither were 18 people who
entered the Jets training camp
earlier this summer looking for
work and ended up being
released Monday. The mass
execution included eighth-
round draft choice Jeff Dziama
of Boston College and four
veterans - center Ed
McGlasson, place kicker
Carson Long, wide receiver
Roger Farmer and tight end
BobRaba.
The San Diego Chargers cut
five players, placed three on the
injured reserve list and put All-
Pro defensive end Fred Dean on
the reserve list for failing to
report to camp. The only draft
pick the Chargers cut was
Curtis Sirmones, an eighth-
rounder from Northern
Alabama.
Dolphin QB job still open
Buckeyes may claim title
but first there's Notre Dame
middle linebacker is the
mainstay, and Easley feels
Potts, because of his quickness,
is the man for the job. “Doyle is
so quick he often overruns the
play but he has the ability to
recover quickly and react
properly to the situation,”
Easley added. “But it’s his
hitting ability that impresses us
thus far.”
Easley also expects Tony
Wallace to perform well at
strongside linebacker as well
as Todd Machen, a solid 195
pounder, at weakside
linebacker.
Other names to listen for on
the defensive unit include Andy
Fitch, a possible starter at
safety and Gene Nitson.
“If we have a real problem
this year it’s depth,” Easley
added. “But we’ll be strong
with the group we have now.”
The Union Grove scrimmage
will get under way at 6 p.m.,
followed by the Gunter
scrimmage Aug. 29 on the road.
After the season opener Sept. 5,
the Trojans host Cayuga at 8
p.m. Sept. 12.
The team to beat in district 9-
A — Cumby, of course, says
Rick Easley, “but Fannindel
and Blue Ridge will also be
tough."
By JOE MOOSHIL
A P Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) - Ohio
State’s defending champion
Buckeyes will be but to destroy
the theory that there is balance
developing in the Big Ten and, if
successful, they might just
waltz away with the national
championship to boot.
Before the Buckeyes lay any
claims to a national title, they
have to establish supremacy in
the Midwest over other Big Ten
rivals and Notre Dame.
Led by quarterback Art
Schlichter, whom Coach Earle
Bruce calls “a most exciting
player, mentally and physically
tough,” the Buckeyes appear to
be headed for another un-
defeated season in the Big Ten.
Once again, the Buckeyes do
not face Purdue and talented
quarterback Mark Herrmann,
and their serious tests figure to
be Indiana and Michigan, both
of whom they catch at home.
Their three nonconference
games also are at home against
Syracuse, Arizona State and
UCLA.
Notre Dame, blanked in last
season’s bowl parade, could
become a national title con-
tender if Dan Devine can get
stability at the quarterbacking
position and if the Irish can get
by their first two games against
Purdue and Michigan.
For the first time since Bo
Schembechler took over the
reigns at Michigan in 1969, the
Wolverines did not finish among
the top 10 in the Associated
Press poll.
One shortcoming was the
kicking game, and Schem-
bechler vowed, “I can say
without reservation the kicking
game will be improved. It
couldn’t be worse.”
Purdue and Notre Dame will
test each other early when they
meet Sept. 6 in a nationally
televised contest. Two weeks
later, Notre Dame takes on
Michigan.
Indiana, like Ohio State and
Purdue, is set at quarterback
with Tim Clifford. Such is not
the case at Notre Dame and
Michigan.
At Notre Dame, Mike Courey,
Tim Koegel and Gary Knafelc
are battling for the No. 1
position. At Michigan, John
Wangler is making a
remarkable comeback from
knee surgery, but if freshman
Steve Smith lives up to his
billing, he could be the man.
“I have not yet seen a
freshman quarterback win a
Big Ten championship,”
Schembechler said, “not Art
Schlichter, not Rick Leach.”
Purdue will be awesome with
an offense led by Herrmann,
but defense is another matter
where the Boilermakers lost a
lot of talent.
“We’re bigger and faster,”
Coach Jim Young said, “but not
better.”
Indiana also figures to be a
title contender. The Hoosiers
keep edging closer to the top
each year, and Coach Lee Corso
is looking for improvement in
his defenses.
"You win with defense, a
kicking game and your of-
fensive line,” Corso said. “If
you win without them, you’re
lucky and luck goes only so
far.”
Iowa could take the
darkhorse role in the Big Ten,
but the others don’t appear to be
ready for title contention.
In the unpredictable Mid-
American Conference, Toledo
appears ready to dethrone
Central Michigan.
Iowa won its last five in
Hayden Fry’s first season. As a
result, for the first time in
Hawkeye history, all home
game tickets have been sold in
advance.
“We’ve made progress. The
youngsters know they can win,”
Fry said. “Our offensive line is
two deep. We made progress on
defense, but we’re still weak.”
Smokey Joe Salem will be
rebuilding at Minnesota. The
Gophers opened things up and
caused some excitement last
season but, as Salem put it, “We
promised wide-open football,
but we didn’t mean on both ends
of the field.” The defenses
totally collapsed as the Gophers
lost three of their last four.
Illinois and Michigan State
will be operating under new
regimes. Mike White took over
at Illinois and Frank “Muddy"
Waters at Michigan State.
White was surprised to find
some talent at Illinois.
“There are good players, but
they are not aware of it,” White
said. "There is potential at
Illinois but there has been
turmoil, controversy and
negative thinking. We’ll go to a
pro style offense with multiple
formations. The forward pass is
a great equalizer.”
Waters also has inherited
some talent, especially among
the running backs and in the
kicking game. Steve Smith and
Derek Hughes will run out of the
same backfield, and punter Ray
Stachowicz and place kicker
Morten Andersen are among
the best.
“Our strength is our kicking
game and we’re going to need
it,” Waters said. “There is
more talent and spirit at
Michigan State than I ex-
pected.”
Wisconsin will have John
Josten, who broke an ankle in
the first game last season,
returning at quarterback.
Coach Dave McClain promises:
“If John is healthy, we’ll be
strong. He’s smart, intelligent
and a real leader.”
Northwestern had one victory
last season, but the Wildcats
played very tough in losing to
Ohio and Purdue 20-16.
“We played 60 minutes
against Ohio State and Pur-
due,” Coach Rick Venturi said,
“and that is our impetus for
1980.”
In the Mid-Americwn Con-
ference, Central Michigan lost
the services of quarterback
Gary Hogeboom, but the
Chippewas still figure to be a
factor in the race.
Toledo’s Rockets, who
finished second last year, are
favored to win. Coach Chuck
Stobart said: “If things go
right, we can win the league this
year. A year ago, we were
hopeful, this year we are
confident. Now we know we can
win."
Ball State, Western Michigan,
Ohio and Miami all finished
with 6-5 records and are looking
ahead. Northern Illinois will
have a new coach in Bill
Mallory, formerly at Miami and
Colorado.
Dorsett wants more money
PITTSBURGH (AP) -
Running back Tony Dorsett of
the Dallas Cowboys is unhappy
with his contract and wants to
be traded unless the National
Football League team bolsters
his paychecks, the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette reported in
today’s editions.
The former University of
Pittsburgh All-American was
telephoned at the Cowboys’
training camp in in Thousand
Oaks, Calif., and he reportedly
said he was displeased with the
five-year, six-figure contract
he signed in 1977.
“This is a very touchy sub-
ject,” Dorsett was quoted as
saying in a story by Post-
Gazette sports writer Vito
Stellino.
“I’m going to wait and see
what happens. I hope it can be
worked out, but if it isn’t, I’ll
definitely have to consider the
alternatives.”
The alternatives were spelled
out by Stephan Sokol, a Pitt-
sburgh attorney who started
representing Dorsett a month
ago, along with Kellen Mc-
Clendon.
Sokol, the Post-Gazette said,
reported the Cowboys have
agreed to extend or renegotiate
the contract. But he added that
the two sides are bogged down
on terms.
“I’ve asked the Cowboys to
trade him if they don’t want to
pay him,” Sokol was quoted as
saying.
”... I told them they could
look around to find another
place for him to play. There are
other teams that would be
willing to pay him.”
Conceding the Cowboys
would be unlikely to trade
Dorsett, Sokol said his client
might be forced to an “act of
protest.” The Post-Gazette said
Sokol suggested Dorsett might
leave the Cowboy camp.
“The next step is going to be
a difficult step,” Sokol said. "I
don’t want them to think we’re
trying to back them into a
corner, but we’ve indicated
Tony is ready to do what is best
for his interests.”
Sokol said Dorsett “didn’t get
the great contact that
everybody thought he got.” He
said the pact, negotiated by Los
Angeles agent Mike Trope, is
supposed to be worth a million
dollars but that it is worth less
because so much of it is
deferred.
Sokol said Dorsett, whose
salary has been reported at
more than $200,000 a year, only
received $80,000 last year and is
scheduled to get $100,000 this
year. He said the rest of the
money is deferred until the
year 2004.
“Tony likes to play for the
Cowboys,” Sokol said. “We
want what we believe he is
worth. There are at least 13
backs in the league making
more money than Tony.”
Sokol said he and Cowboy
Vice President Gil Brandt have
talked about a five-year con-
tract starting this year.
The Post-Gazette speculated
that Dorsett is seeking between
$350,000 and $400,000 per year.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Name
W
L
PctGB
Name
W
L
New York
71
46
607 -
Pittsburgh
(7
51
Baltimore
68
48
.586 24
Montreal
65
53
Milwaukee
65
54
.546 7
Philadelphia
62
53
Boston
60
54
.526 94
New York
56
62
Detroit
59
55
.518 104
St. Louis
52
64
Cleveland
58
56
.509 114
Chicago
49
67
Toronto
48
68
.414 224
WEST
Kansas City
75
42
841 -
Oakland
62
57
.521 14
WEST
Texas
57
59
.491 174
Houston
64
53
Minnesota
52
66
441 234 -
Cincinnati
64
55
Chicago
48
65
425 25
Los Angeles
62
55
California
48
68
.414 264
San Francisco
56
60
Seattle
42
75
359 33
Atlanta
55
62
Monday's Gomes
San Diego
50
69
Minnesota 8. California 3
Pet GB
568
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539 34
■475 11
448 14
422 17
Baltimore 6, New York 5
Cleveland at Chicago, 2, twi-night
Detroit at Milwaukee, night
Kansas City at Texas, night
Only games scheduled
Monday’s Games
St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 1, 6 4 innings,
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By Tlw Associated Press
Miami Coach Don Shula said
the Dolphins’ quarterback job
was wide open and, after
Monday night’s 24-7 National
we’d be going to camp with the
quarterback job up for com-
petition, he told me, ‘I don’t feel
it’s any different from any other
year. I always felt I had to win
Football League exhibition the Job,’” Shula recalled,
victory over the Seattle But Greise is really being
Seahawks, it probably still is. pressed this year.
Fourteen-year veteran Bob Benjamin, who scored on a 1-
Griese, rookie Dave Woodley yard rollout to snap a 7-7 tie
and third-year man Guy early in the fourth quarter, is
Benjamin all guided the rounding into his own. Woodley,
Dolphins to touchdowns as from LSU, was impressive W ____^ w
Miami improved its preseason the Dolphins preseason opener trade bait
fecordto2-0. and set up the insurance And the way they’re all
"When I called Bob (Griese) touchdown and a 39-field goal playing, one of them could bring
^ the off-season and told him by Uwe von Schamann against Miami a nice return.
Seattle.
Greise marched the Dolphins
88 yards in 14 plays in the first
quarter, capping the drive with
a 3-yard scoring pass to Bruce
Hardy.
Don Strock, considered
Griese’s No.l rival for the
Dolphins quarterbacking job,
did not play.
“There’s no way I’d keep four
quarterbacks," said Shula,
adding one may be used as
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Jim Zorn and Steve Myer,
Seattle’s top two quarterbacks,
were out with injuries.
Tony Benjamin tallied for
Seattle on a 2-yard run.
In other NFL action, Kansas
City mauled Minnesota 24-10
and Washington edged
Cleveland 12-3.
Chiefs 24, Vikings 10
Reserve quarterback Bill
Kenney tossed two third-
quarter touchdown passes as
Kansas City held Minnesota to
49 yards rushing and rolled to
its second straight exhibition
triumph.
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territory in second quarter action Saturday night in Ahaheim in
pre-season action.
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