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NFL Rozelle's drug testing struck down B2 Staunton, Daily News Leader, Tuesday, October 28, 1986 Temple tailback recording big stats PHILADELPHIA (API Paul Palmer, soft-spoken and unassuming, is causing quite a stir with his big stats. Last week, the Temple tailback became the nation's first college runner to pass the mark; the week before that, he was within yards of setting an NCAA single-game rushing record. You wouldn't guess that by speaking with the 5-foot-9, 185-pound senior. "Paul's a quiet leader," Coach Bruce Arians said. He's a hard working guy.

He's confident. He doesn't need to talk about his success." Even Palmer's running style is low-key. He zigs and zags up field, sidestepping tackles and following blocks, avoiding the dramatic collision. "He's so fluid sometimes he doesn't look as though he's going anywhere," Arians said. But the coach knows exactly where Palmer's going to the NFL.

Arians' film projector already runs nonstop for pro scouts who want a closer look at his star. "I think he'll be a great pro," Arians said, likening Palmer to the New York Giants' Joe Morris, another diminutive tailback. Temple's sports information department, meanwhile, has been touting Palmer for the Heisman Trophy, handing out Paul Palmer pens and comic books "Featuring the Adventures of Paul Palmer." The university bookstore even sells a T-shirt with Palmer's picture on it. The Owls' enthusiasm is understandable. Palmer holds 19 school records and led the nation in rushing seven weeks into the season with a 176 yards-per-game average.

He was No. 2 in the country last season in rushing and all-purpose yardage. Last Saturday, he broke the rushing mark in the first half of a 239-yard rushing game, capping the Owls' 29-13 victory over Virginia Tech. It was Temple's fifth win in seven games. On Oct.

11, Palmer ran for 349 yards in Temple's 45-28 victory over East Carolina, falling 8 yards shy of the record set in 1984 by Washington State's Rueben Mayes. He seems to take success in stride. "I'm not playing football to set records," said Palmer, who has a gold owl necklace swinging from his neck and two diamond studs poking through his left ear lobe. "We're just trying to have a winning season." Still, he cried when he fell short of the record, gaining only 3 yards in his last three rushing attempts against East Carolina. At the next practice, "he flew around the field like a freshman trying to get me to learn his first name," Arians said.

"He's hungry for more." Aside from his ability to break runs for big gains, Palmer has shown remarkable durability. He has run the ball as many as 44 times in a game and has only been injured once an ankle sprain two vears ruary tryouts of college seniors, since they are not covered by the collective bargaining agreement. Kasher reached his decision after hearings in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, a process involving 17 witnesses, 200 exhibits and 1,500 pages of transcripts. The arbitrator said "there can be no question that the commissioner has broad authority to establish policy and procedure and to take action which would protect the integrity of, and public confidence in, the game," and txP-tis drug program would have been proper if it were not for the 1982 pact with the players. In a statement issued by the NFL, Rozelle said: "I am gratified that the arbitrator has upheld this office's authority to institute an augmented drug program of education, treatment and discipline.

I am disappointed, however, that he has ruled against unscheduled drug testing. I am convinced that minimal unscheduled drug testing is a necessary part of any fully effective league-wide anti-drug program. "I again ask the players association and management council to work out drug-testing measures as soon as possible so that this critical issue does not therefore superceded" by the agreement. Rozelle's plan had been held in abeyance for Kasher's ruling, the second victory on the drug issue for the players association within a week. Another arbitrator ruled last week that nearly 200 players were improperly fined for refusing drug tests last season.

Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the players association, called Kasher's decision "a victory for collective bargaining. It reaffirms the agreement we made in 1982 and says that changes in what we agreed to then cannot be made unless the union agrees to them. It confirms that the clubs cannot have Rozelle do independently what they cannot do themselves under the agreement. "We're not trying to protect drug users," Upshaw said. "The players recognize they have a responsibility both on the field and off.

But they also have rights, and it is our obligation to protect those rights." Kasher upheld other elements of Rozelle's anti-drug program, including the designation of Dr. Forest Tennant to head an educational drive within the league. The arbitrator also ruled that the NFL could conduct urinalysis tests of draft-eligible players in the annual Feb WASHINGTON (AP) An arbitrator on Monday struck down NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle's plan to randomly test all players twice for drugs during the regular season. Arbitrator Richard Kasher of Philadelphia ruled that Rozelle's plan conflicted with the league's bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association, which expires in August 1987. Rozelle's edict last July, following the cocaine-related deaths of Cleveland Browns safety Don Rogers and University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias, would have made the NFL the only professional sports league to require mandatory random drug testing for all players.

But Kasher noted that the 1982 collective bargaining agreement with the players addressed the drug issue by calling for a preseason test of all players as well as individual tests when club physicians suspect a particular player of drug dependency. "Accordingly," Kasher wrote in his 78-page ruling, "we conclude that the part of Commissioner Rozelle's augmented drug program, which establishes unscheduled testing, is in conflict with the specific provisions" of the contract "and is Walker in IRVING, Texas (AP) Herschel Walker figures he'll be in for a hostile homecoming in New Jersey on Sunday. Walker starred for the New Jersey Generals of the USFL before signing with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys this summer. He will face the New York Giants for the first time in the Meadowlands, where he played for the Generals. In a 37-6 victory over the St.

Louis Cardinals Sunday, Walker had the first 100-yard rushing day of his NFL career. Walker, subbing for injured Tony Dorsett, rushed for 120 yards and scored twice. It was the first 100-yard rushing game by a Dallas back other than Dorsett since 1979. Walker said he looked forward to the NFC East showdown for hostile homecoming become tangled in next year's collective bargaining sessions." This is the final year of the collective bargaining agree-, ment, and drug testing again is expected to be a major issue when talks begin on a new agreement. Last Thursday, arbitrator Sam Kagel ruled that nearly 200 players were improperly, fined by five teams for refusing to submit to the tests last year.

He said the teams violated the 1982 bargaining agreement and he ordered them to return within 30 days fines of $1,000 per player, levied last January. In his statement, Kagel said: "The entire subject of the club's 'right' to test for drugs was submitted to collective bargaining. And, what was specifically agreed to on that subject was preseason testing and reasonable cause testing. There was no residue of such a 'right' remaining which could be read into the postseason examinations language of the agreement." Peter Ruocco, a spokesman for the NFL Management Council, the club owners' labor relations arm, said the teams would abide by Kagel's decision. But Ruocco said the teams will continue to test as they have in the past "in preseason and for reasonable cause.

shnilM ho hi in nl aw in fha Giants' game." White said he never asked Lan-drv to come out of the same. 1UC1C a 1 1 11 aajvuii Jr) 1 1 iuit dry anything," White said. "If it had been up to me, I probably would have kept playing. My leg feels pretty good, but a little stiff." Landry said he was pleased with the Cowboys first half of the season. "It's a plus for us, but now we have to play the contenders and play them in their parks," Landry said.

"We are going to do a lot of coast-to-coast traveling." The Cowboys beat the Giants 31-28 in the opening game of the sea son. "I'll take 6-2 in the second half of the season," Landry said. "I -think 12-4 will win our division." direction penalties totaling 106 yards, lost two fumbles, threw one interception and gained an average of 3.8 "yards per play. "Every time we did something good, we hurt ourselves," said Coryell, who characterized the performance as the most inept of the year. Linebacker Billy Ray Smith said, "This is right in step with the way the rest of the season has 1 gone.

I just hate to even talk about -it. If you dwell on it, it just eats away at you." Carpenter leads Dragons STANARDSVILLE The William Monroe girls' basketball team rode a 34-17 halftime spread to a 55-42 non-district victory over Orange Monday night. Michelle Carpenter paced the winners with 24 markers, while Shawnette Brock grabbed 17 re- hntinrls and har! 14 nninrs in tho i win. The win puts the Lady Dragons at 13-6 overall and 6-5 in the district. The Dragons travel to Stuarts Draft Thursday for an important Skyline encounter.

ORANGE (42) Daniel 3 0-1 6, Kelly 7 3-6 17, Gallahugh 2 0-2 4, marks 5 1-3 11, Douglas 1 0-0 2, Green 10-0 2, Long 0 0-2 0, TOTALS 19 4-14 42. WILLIAM MONROE (55) Sullivan 1 0-0 2, Carpenter 11 2-4 24, Collier 1 0-0 2, Brock 6 2-10 14, Snow 0 1-2 1, McDaniel 4 0-0 8, Gianniny 0 2-5 2, Parrott 0 2-3 2, S. Morris, T. Morris, Crawford, TOTALS 23 9-24 55. ORANGE I 9 13 12 42 WILLIAM MONROE 16 II 13 56 "No one really gets a good shot on me because I'm always moving," he said.

"I'm not out there to prove I'm tough. I'm not trying to run people over." Palmer, 22, an education major, said his discipline and competitiveness are products of his upbringing. From age 3, he lived with his great-grandmother, Frances Palmer, in a black housing project in Potomac, a mostly white, affluent Washington suburb. "When you think of the Potomac area, you think of big houses and swimming pools and tennis courts," Palmer said. "The closest thing to tennis courts in my neighborhood were pingpong tables down at the rec center." Frances Palmer was his inspiration.

"I got a lot of discipline from her," he said, adding that he never asked about his parents. "She always stressed discipline and respect. I try to give everybody as much respect as possible and they respect me." Mrs. Palmer, 77, said her great-grandson played football every chance he got. "He's always been a fanatic about football, even when he was a little thing," she said.

"I just never thought it would go this far." Palmer is remembered at Winston Churchill High School as a smart and likeable student who played football at the expense of school work. Because of his low grades and his small size, major college football programs overlooked the 1,920 yards rushing and 27 touchdowns Palmer amassed his senior year. Not Temple. "Once I got to college, I had to prove myself," Palmer said. "Once the NFL comes around, I think I'll have to prove myself again." Area grid teams ranked Chargers heading in to let White rest a pulled thigh muscle that has troubled the 34-year-old, 11-year veteran most of the year.

"Danny was about 90 percent," Landry said. "He was rusty at first, but he made some good throws. I didn't decide until right before the game to play him after talking with the doctors. "I decided tq take a chance and give him some playing time. I didn't plan on him playing more than a half at that time," he said.

Dallas not only didn't need White, who suffered a lacerated chin, very long, but they trounced the Cardinals without Dorsett. Dorsett did not play because of a bruised knee. "I'm not going to push Danny or Dorsett," Landry said. "Tony should benefit from the rest and the wrong "We had high hopes for this year, but just haven't done the job," Coryell said. Despite the poor record, Chargers owner Alex Spanos has said he plans no coaching change this season, although there has been specualation this is Coryell's last season with San Diego.

Third-string quarterback Tom Flick showed promise Sunday, leading the Chargers to their only score when he threw a 20-yard pass to Joiner midway through the final period. And the much-maligned San Diego defense held Philadelphia to three field goals before the Eagles broke through for two fourth-quarter touchdowns. "The defense played it tight for three quarters," Chargers strong safety Jeff Dale said. "In the past that's all they've ever asked: Give us some defense and keep it close. But that's not the thing anymore." Excluding a 42-41 loss to Kansas City on Oct.

19, San Diego's offense has been largely impotent, averaging 12.5 points in six of the seven losses. "It's just not clicking," Winslow said. "If I knew the answer, I'd probably be out of football and running the country." The Chargers' effort against Philadelphia epitomized what so far has been a season of frustration. San Diego was called for 12 7. E.C Glass 7-1 57 8.

John Marshall 8-0-1 40 9. Green Run 8-0-2 38 lO.Salem 7-1 18 Others receiving votes: W.T. Woodson 16, Fauquier 7, Hermitage 6, James Madison 6, Heritage 5, Phoebus 3, Norview 3, First Colonial 2, Mount Vernon 1, Potomac 1, Warwick 1. GROUP AA 1. TabbM(13) 163 2.

Radford 8-0 (1) 142 3. Harrisonburg 8-0 (2) 136 4. Sussex Central 8-0 (1) 134 5. Alleghany 7-1 94 6. Martinsville 7-1 78 7.

Giles 7-1 63 8. Buckingham 7-1 37 9. Virginia High 8-1 28 10. Broadway 7-1 23 Others receiving votes: Western Albemarle 12, Gloucester 7, Spotsylvania 7, Nottoway 5, Tazewell 4, BrookviUe 2. GROUP A 1.

Powell Valley (17) 170 2. Lunenburg Central 7-0-1 148 3. Covington 7-1 131 4. Hurley 8-0 116 5. Stuarts Draft 8-0 111 6.

Drewry Mason 7-1 75 7. Rural Retreat 8-1 51 8. Clintwood 7-2 47 9. Chatham 7-1 26 10. JonesviUe 7-1 19 Others receiving votes: William Monroe 18, Independence 6, Strasburg 7, Rappahannock 3, Clarke County 3, Surry County 1, Appalachia 1.

against the Giants. "It will be tough to go back and play for the fans I care a great deal for," Walker said. "It's going to be a very tough game. "You've heard about the 12th man. Well, the New York fans are the loudest in the world.

I still have a house in New York and a lot of friends there. It's going to be exciting," he said. Walker scored on runs of 19 and 4 yards as Dallas, 6-2, defeated St. Louis, 1-7, for the second time this season. The Cowboys routed them 31-7 Sept.

29 at St. Louis. Quarterback Danny White started his first game in a month and threw touchdown passes of 36 yards to rookie Mike Sherrard and 20 yards to Tony Hill. White played only the first half. Dallas Coach Tom Landry decided early in the fourth quarter after he also suffered a concussion when he was sacked.

Still, San Diego, which last year ranked No. 1 in offense, boasts some of the most talented skill-position players in the league, with Winslow at tight end, running back Gary Anderson (the AFC's second-leading receiver), and wide receivers Charlie Joiner and Wes Chandler. Most surprised by the Chargers dismal play is Coach Don Coryell, who said he never imagined the team would suffer through its worst start since 1975, when the Chargers opened the season with 11 straight losses. "No way I'd believe it. I thought we would have a very competitve team.

I knew we were a few players away from being a real good team, but I thought we would be good," said Coryell, who is in his ninth season as the Chargers' coach. Broadway wins, 63-51 MT. JACKSON Melody Der-row canned 33 points in an outstanding shooting night to lead the Broadway Gobblers past Stonewall Jackson in non-district girls' basketball action Monday night. Derrow, whose effort included 5-of-6 second-half shooting, hit 13 field goals and was 7-of-8 from the line. The wins puts the Gobblers at 11-8 overall and 8-7 in the Valley District.

Broadway travels to Lee Thursday for its final regular season contest. Broadway also won the junior varsity game, 23-21. BROADWAY (63) Coffman 0 1-2 1, B. Ritchie 1 2-3 4, Mason 7 1-2 15, Derrow 13 7-8 33, Gerding 1 0-1 Hively 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-1 2, Martin 2 0-2 4, TOTALS 26 11-21 63. STONEWALL (51) Sllvlous 1 0-0 2, Cold 10 5-6 25, Good 1 04 2, Click 3 1-1 7, Newland 2 3-7 7, Hawkins 2 2-4 6, Thompson 1 0-1 2, TOTALS 20 11-19 51.

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11 North of Staunton SAN DIEGO (AP) San Diego tight end Kellen Winslow suggested two weeks ago that the Chargers had hit rock bottom after five straight defeats. What's he think now? "We're digging our way to China," Winslow said after San Diego took another step in the wrong direction Sunday, losing 23-7 to the Eagles at Philadelphia. The defeat dropped the Chargers' record to 1-7, their only victory a 50-28 rout over Miami in the season opener. San Diego's slide has been marked by a puzzling offensive slump, defensive breakdowns and injuries to key players, including quarterback Dan Fouts and backup Mark Herrmann. Fouts did not play Sunday after suffering a second concussion in three weeks and Herrmann was knocked out of the Eagles' game ACC defensive players GREENSBORO, N.C.

(AP) -Linebackers Pat Teague of North Carolina State and Kevin Walker of Maryland have been tabbed as the Atlantic Coast Conference defensive players of the week. Teague, a senior from Raleigh, was part of the Wolfpack defense that limited Clemson to 141 yards on 41 carries in a 27-3 North Carolina State victory Saturday. Teague was credited with assisting on 11 tackles, knocking down five passes and intercepting another pass. Walker, a junior from West Mil-ford, scored the game-clinching touchdown as Maryland defeated Duke 27-19 Saturday. He returned a fourth-quarter interception 16 yards for a touchdown, assisted on 12 tackles and had a quarterback sack.

The selections are made by a committee of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association. Harrisonburg, the Valley District powerhouse in high school football, earned a third-place ranking in Monday's Associated Press Virginia high school Double-A football poll. The Streaks sport an unblemished 8-0 season mark. Broadway, whose only loss this season came at the hands of Harrisonburg Friday night, is ranked 10th. In the Single-A voting, the Stuarts Draft Cougars are ranked fifth.

The Skyline District team has a perfect 8-0 record. RICHMOND (AP) The Top 10 teams in The Associated Press Virginia high school football poll, as selected by sports writers and broadcasters, with team records, first-place votes in parentheses and total points based on a MMW-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 voting system: GROUP AAA 1. Pulaski 8-0 18) 140 2. Courtland 8-0 (5) 131 3. Henrico 8-0 (2) 117 4.

Oakton 84 86 5. Patrick Henry-Ashland 8-0 84 6. Great Bridge 8-0 63 Lee Ladies The undefeated Robert E. Lee girls basketball team moved to second in the state Monday in the Newport News Daily Press high school poll. The Lee Ladies ran their undefeated mark to 18-0 after knocking off Valley District rivals Waynesboro and Western Albemarle.

First-place in the Double-A poll belongs to another undefeated team, York (from Yorktown) which has a 17-0 mark. In the Single-A poll, Glenvar from the Pioneer District, is sixth with a 17-1 record. NEWPORT NEWS AP) The top 10 teams in the Newport News Daily Press Virginia fall girls' basketball rankings and their records through Oct. 25: second Group AA 1. York 17-0 2.

E. Lee-Staunton 18-0 3. Brunswick 15-0 4. Richlands 18-0 5. William Byrd 17-2 6.

AltaVista 17-1 7. Martinsville 14-5 8. BrookviUe 16-2 9. Spotswood 17-2 10. Marion 14-4 Others under consideration: Bluestone 12-3, Carroll County 13-3, Christiansburg 13-4, Gate City 15-4, Gloucester 14-3, Park View-Sterling 14-4, Radford 12-6, Sussex Central 14-4, Waynesboro 15-3.

Group A 1. G.W. Carver 16-2 2. Rye Cove 16-1 3. Jonesville 19-1 4.

Garden 17-1 5. Castlewood 16-2 6. Glenvar 17-1 7. Clintwood 16-3 8. Galax 16-2 9.

West Point 15-5 10. Clarke County 16-2 Others under consideration: Fluvanna 14-4, Fort Chiswell 15-3, George Mason 16-2, Hurley 15-5, King Queen 15-2, Mathews 14-4, Pound 14-5, Prince Edward 12-4, Rural Retreat 14-4. Farms, Inc. Turkey Division P.O. Box 549, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801 Girls' basketball scoring, standings SF-402 Steel S402 Al VALLEY DISTRICT I.ee High 15-0 18-0 Waynesboro 13-3 15-3 Spotswood 12-2 16-2 Fort Defiance 8-7 10-9 Broadway 8-7 11-8 Western Albemarle 5-9 9-8 Harrisonburg 3-11 8-12 Charlottesville 2-12 4-14 Turner Ashby 1-13 2-16 SKYLINE DISTRICT Stuarts Draft Wilson Buffalo Gap William Monroe Madison Luray Riverheads 7-3 10-8 64 8-10 8-4 9-7 6-5 13-8 4-6 10-8 4-7 10-8 2-9 8-10 PIONEER Bath Highland Rockbridge 9-5 94 5-10 9-5 10-6 5-12 4.

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Jennifer Baldwin (Wil) 187 13 12.5 7. Michele Sacra (Mad) 220 18 12.2 8. Lindy Liscomb (Lur) 197 18 10.9 9. Tracie Bower (Will 176 17 10 4 10. Lisa Kier (Gap) 162 16 10.1 11.

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