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Philadelphia Pally Newa Wednesday. Dec. 12. 1984 S3 tTJirestisrs 1:1 silly playing the drill sergeant every night? And what about those TV interviews in which he jabs his finger at the camera and says things like, "I'll get you Iron Sheik. I'll make you pay for what Iran did to this country." "You've got to understand," he said, "that's Sgt Slaughter, that's not me.

It's like Paul Newman. He's not Butch Cassidy, that was just a role he played. When I leave here, I'm Bob Slaughter. "I'm a pretty regular guy. I like-my privacy, I like to play golf and listen to music.

My idea of a perfect evening is to cook a steak, build a fire and relax. I just wish I had more time to do that" "What's the best and worst parts of being Sgt Slaughter?" someone asked. "The best part is being recognized as a patriot," Slaughter said. "That might sound corny but it's true. I love this country and when I enter the arena and the fans chant 'U-S-A' I feel great The worst part Slaughter paused.

"The worst part, I guess, is being away from my two daughters so much," he said. "I miss them." -r- His voice dropped. "When I was a bad guy," he said, recalling last year when the Sarge was still a heel, "I wouldn't let them watch. I didn't want them to see their father treated that way by the fans. Money don't make up for that." Slaughter slowly gathered his belongings and headed for his car.

He was facing a two-hour drive to Newark, then a 7 a.m. flight to Toronto and another arena full of fans screaming for the Cobra Clutch, Slaughter's patented hold. The parking lot was deserted and, in the moonlight, you could see him limping. I '-I Continued from Page 101 image go," one man said. 'Schultz doesn't.

We let him 1 Johnson and Bellomo mixed easily with the fans at the stage door. Bellomo, in fact, went looking for a young boy in a wheelchair who regularly attended the matches. When he found the boy, Bellomo kissed him on the cheek. "The people in this country have been good to me," Bellomo ex- plained. "They have taken me into their hearts.

The life is hard, I don't deny that, but it has its rewards. If I can make this boy happy, I have done something important." At the end of the night, Bob Slaughter better known as Sgt. Slaughter sat alone in the locker room. His opponent for the third time in a week, Nikolai Volkoff, already had showered and gone. The 34-year-old Marine Corps veteran was dressed in slacks and a wind-breaker.

His wrestling attire camouflage pants, drill instructor's hat and swagger stick was folded neat-. on the table in front of him. 'I've been going; non-stop, for three months," Slaughter said. "I'm either wrestling or doing TV. I'm talking to the Nestle's people about a commercial.

They like my All-Ameri-can image so maybe we'll work some-thingout. i Yeah, it's hectic but it beats not working. I didn't know what to ex-, pect when 1 got in this. I was 25, just: out of the service. I didn't know what to do with myself.

1 went to this wres-i tling camp in Minnesota and the teacher said I had potential. "I was like most people. I thought this was all fake. No way. You can't believe the beating you take in that ring.

We had 37 guys in our training! group and only three made it. We had four NFL players and they lasted one week. Slaughter rubbed his hand on the back of his neck. "I'm sore all over," he said. "Most people feel like this and they take the day off.

I can't I have to go to another town Toronto and do it all over again tomorrow. And I have to give 'em 100 percent, just like tonight" Doesn't Slaughter ever feel a little Mofcsjfitt Staff Photography by Sgt. Slaughter (left) and Junkyard Dog leave Spectrum after a hard night of work Come to the Palestra for Cxdting and Have a Great Daul TWO COLLG BflSKCTBRll (Separata Admissions for Afternoon Cvening Gomes) Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Palestra RFTCRNOON GRMC 1 :30 P.M. Tomorrow Are professional wrestlers getting a raw deal in today's million dollar marketplace? Former wrestler Jim Wilson thinks so.

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