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m'v r'ri'T1 ei nmmimmm nm 1 jm ej ej ej i ei 2E Oct. 2, 1974 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH We Have 'Em Dierdorf's 'Market Value' At An Ebb Country and Senior Golf Tourney Friday At Norwood The St. Louis Senior Golf Association will hold its fall tournament at Norwood Hills Country Club Friday with 183 golfers competing for honors in four age groups, beginning at age 55. The "senior" seniors are 70 and older and there will be 35 in that category.

There will also be an overall champion and Bob Cochran, 61, is once again favored to bag that one. jeffmejers WESTERN OB00TS I f2bZ ft I association. There also were quite a few guys on our team who left jobs and families to support the strike." Despite the strike, the owners and players have yet to agree to a collective bargaining contract and the NFL is operating under the old agreement this season. Apparently, the Players Association's threat of going back on strike during the season will not materialize. What About 75? "Oh, you'd have a certain nucleus that would go out anytime," Dierdorf said.

"But let's be realistic. The guys All UA04NO MANM UM IIAIf nAATfltlfl KJKHlUlJ DUUIEKI 5045 Gravois PL 2-2784 I Opt fve. 'til 130 hi. tm, Sat. P.M.m ft In his first three seasons with the football Cardinals, Dan Dierdorf had not brought on a single attack of apoplexy and nervous tension among the citizens of St.

Louis, nor had his fan mail contained such sarcastic requests as "please sign your name if you can remember it" and "try wearing a helmet this year." Before Dierdorf moved his bulk from the offensive line to the picket line during this summer's National Football League players' strike, he had been as unnoticeable as any 290-pounder could be. When the fans finally discovered him he became an overnight sensation. Suddenly, his fan mail increased and his name became a household dirty word. No longer just another pretty face, Dierdorf was booed at games by people who must feel more secure expressing their displeasure in the anonymity of a crowd than in person. Nice-Guy Rookie In his rookie year, Dierdorf was called the genial giant for his buoyant, good-natured personality and, despite his sagging popularity, he hasn't changed.

During the strike, he had the ability to find humor when management found despair, and now he still can laugh at situations that would send others in search of Alka Seltzer. "I don't let the boos bother me," he said, "but the thing that probably saved me was that I had no visions of running onto the field to a standing ovation. But I'm somewhat dismayed that someone like me can't stand up for something he thinks is right without being scorned and hated by people who don't know the intricacies of what went on but feel they have to vent their anger anyway." Dierdorf has whimiscally suggested that he has taken the pressure off fellow offensive tackle Ernie McMillan, who hasn't heard a boo since the fans turned their attention to Dierdorf. "I provided a great service for Ernie," he kidded. "I is.

I if are drawing salaries now, so convincing them to strike would be 10 times more difficult. It would be the last thing they'd want to do." But what about 1975? "Obviously, a lot of players in the league got the shaft during the strike, but things like that go on every year," Dierdorf said. "It's hard to speculate what will happen next year. I think the owners would like to have a contract this year and everything indicates that they are very nervous right now but that's not going to come to pass." In retrospect, Dierdorf doesn't regret a thing. "I can.t think of anything I'd want to do over," he said.

"Oh, maybe I wish I could gave the fans a new face and took the burden of boos off his shoulders. All these years he's been bearing that cross, and now it looks like I'm the heir apparent." With the mail "no threats on my life, but plenty of people called me a jerk" and the taunts and boos at games, Dierdorf has found that people have become almost malicious. "The switch is from positive to negative," he said. "A lot of people think I'm the rottenest guy who ever lived. If my image could be calculated in a monetary sense, I'd be doing worse than the stock market." Prominent Activist As Big Red player representative, Dierdorf was one of the more prominent activists in the strike.

He spent two weeks in a hotel room near the club's training site, he traveled to Canton, 0., Chicago and Washington, and he co-ordinated the St. Louis end of the strike from his suburban home. He also had to quit his job to spend the necessary time on the strike. "It was real hard on my family," he said, "1 mse we would never have any peace and quiet. Tht none would ring at 1 or 2 in the morning and I'm surprised the bell didn't wear out.

"I made a lot of sacrifices but I certainly wasn't alone. I was involved no more or no less than a lot of other reps, and a helluva lot less than some other people in the Dan Dierdorf For full details, see the Tom Boy ad in today Food Section. have communicated with the players more, but there are only 24 hours in a day. If I had a way to talk to every one of them every day, I would have done it." 4 Blues On Youth Binge, Sid Says Ws For Real KGLLY-OPmrJGFIGLD AUTO OEGVICE Labor Included Blues To Wind Up Exhibition Schedule The Blues, with an excellent 3-1 exhibition record, will conclude their preseason schedule with four games in the next four nights. Tonight, the Blues will play the Penguins at Pittsburgh; tomorrow, the Blues will travel to Denver to play their farm team, the Denver Spurs of the Central Hockey League; Friday, the Blues will move on to Oklahoma City to meet the Toronto Maple Leafs, and on Saturday, the Blues will play their final exhibition game against the Buffalo Sabres at The Arena.

The Blues will open the regular season a week from tomorrow against the California Golden Seals in Oakland. minn By Gary Mueller Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Goalies and defensemen, the hockey traditionalists will tell you, need seasoning in the minor leagues. They can't step right into the National Hockey League. Don't tell that to coach Lou Angotti and the Blues. Angotti, filled with optimism and enthusiasm, is ready to open the season with a team that will include a 21-year-old goalten-der (John Davidson) and three defensemen who never before have played a game pro-fessionaly Gord Buynak, 20; Bob Hess, 19, -and Don Whelden, 19.

"The kids have played well in our scrimmages and in our exhibition games," said Angotti. "I'm going to play my best hockey players and so far it's been the kids who have been doing the best job." Angotti and the Blues talk a lot these days about "the system." Instead" of Tree-lahcing all over the ice, the Blues have definite assignments, depending upon the position of the puck and the opposing players. "Our more experienced defensemen, players like Don Awrey and Barclay Pla-ger, are having more trouble adjusting to our system than the kids are," said Angotti. "But that's natural. Because of their experience, they are aware of more options.

The kids are geared to do everything only one way the way they've been taught here at our training camp." One of the keys to the Blues' system is having the defensemen penetrate deep into the offensive zone. To protect against getting the defensemen trapped, the wingers must pull back and be ready to defend against potential breakaways. "The wingers have been great," said Angotti. "They've been busting their butts to get back. I think the forwards are working harder because they realize our defense is inexperienced and they know they have to help all they can." With the defensemen forechecking and Sore? nf the wingers back to cover up, the Blues' system is working smoothly.

"We've scored 14 goals in three exhibition games," said Angotti, "and not one of them has come on a breakaway or a two-on-one. Every goal we've scored has come as a result of hard work in our offensive zone, Keeping the puck in there by doing what bur system calls for, forcing the other team into errors." Blues president Sid Salomon III, who often has been criticized for a lack of patience and a trigger-quick trading finger, was asked for his opinion of the prospects of the current Blues team. "We've got a young team, that's for sure," said Salomon. "We have a good-looking group of young kids in our organization." If all the kids fall on their collective faces because of lack of experience, will the Blues start tearing things up again? "No, we're going with the kids," said Salomon. "They're our future." Our brake specialists will install adjust quality heavy-' duty brake linings on all 4 wheels.

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