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32-j-Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Thursday, February 8, 1973 Another Baseball Player Strike? Less Chance, Says Player Rep year. It cost us at least a tie the pension plan, minimum II I Iff' I rril ILV II Spirts I i i IIK z' yyr mm A Ti fn i sions on Wednesday. He said he is waiting for further word from the owners and hopes to meet egaifl in a day or two. Although the players struck at the start of last season, they haven't even taken a strike vote this season and have made no threats to strike. There has been speculation the owners might not open the spring training camps if the contract hadn't been agreed upon.

But with the negotiations continuing, it's considered highly unlikely they'd make such a move. The players made a major move towards settling things when they proposed on Jan. 5th that the thorniest issue revisinc the reserve clause be delayed for a year while the matter is studied. On that date, the olavers also dropped their demand that the schedule be NEW YORK (LTD With the Major League Players Association having made concessions in two major areas In its negotiations on the basic contract with the owners, spring training and the baseball season now seems likely to begin right on schedule. Marvin Miller, the executive director of the Players Association, said Wednesday after meeting with the owners' representatives for the third time in a week that, "there's no question in my mind that the basis for a rapid settlement exists.

The players have made what I thought were important concessions." John Gaherin, the representative of the owners, was not available for comment on Wednesday's session. Miller said the two sides met last Tuesday and last Friday before continuing the discus shortened and acreed to nlav'shortened but view of the Peterson to Take UCLA Grid Job Prese Democrat Photo salary and moving allowances and non-economic issues like scheduling rules. General manager Dick O'Con-nell of the Boston Red Sox said Wednesday he was "very optimistic" that major league baseball's players and owners could settle their differences without another strike. "I don't think either the players or the owners will walk out this year," O'Connell told Boston's baseball writers prior to the Red Sox' final "hot stove" luncheon of the year. "I don't think either side knows what the other will do," he said.

"Both sides are very friendly, but I don't think either side knows yet how much they'll give in. "I'm very optimistic about the negotiations," he said. "The strike hurt the Red Sox last State's night class for football coaches, a class that he began and built up over the years. Other speakers this year will be Jack Christiansen (Stanford), Mike White (Cal), and Jerry Long, one of Rodgers' assistants at UCLA. At UCLA, Dr.

Peterson will be one of Rodgers' eight assistant coaches. He'll more than likely coach tight ends and wide receivers and oversee not coach UCLA's junior varsity program. "There'll be six graduate student assistants under me," said Dr. Peterson, adding that Rodgers "wants me to set up ithe practice schedule" and handle other management details. There's no way to measure Peterson 's elation.

Using some of the free time made available because he didn't have a football team last fall, he picked up a real estate license. He did well enough at this, but, still, he preferred football and the opportunity he longed for came along. "They've got a great team," he said of the 1972 team that won 8 games and lost 3. "It was the second best offense in the nation," he said, pointing out that Rodgers' MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL'S 148-pound wrestler Mike Duby may be on the bottom here as he's shown, "bridging" during practice against teammate Dick Stoll, the Vikings' 141 pounder, but they both came out on top with wins against Santa Rosa Wednesday, both pinning their opponents. For the Story turn to Page 35.

MMMMHWMIWIMrVWWIMUWIII. JC Players Refuse jMB- v5. Siti Play Against a Girl 162 games for at least three more vears- "We sti11 think itd be better for baseball if the schedule was -Staff Photo by Tim Baker HIS FILES Sue Palmer, an 18-year-old, 5- To class. They wanted to play for a female team, but decided to play varsity basketball when they found out the college did not have a women's team. Renee Ferguson, a 5-9 guard from Redlands, never got to set foot on the court, but had been prepped by her coach to play.

San Diego's only win In the conference was over the Indians last month. A9s Sign and World Series. Hamilton, 25, had a 6-6 record and 2.94 ERA last year in 14 games as a starter and 11 in relief with the A's after being recalled to the majors from Iowa May 28. At Iowa, Hamilton had set an American Association record by striking out eight in a row and compiling a 6-1 mark before his recall. The 32-year-old Haney was sent to Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League May 27 where he batted .245 in 55 games.

for the division title because the Tigers played one game more than we did." O'Connell also announced that 21 of the 40 players on the Boston have signed contracts for the 1973 season, including Luis Tiant, Luis Aparicio and Carl Yastrzemski and the man picked up by the Red Sox for the new designated hitter role, Orlando Cepeda. Among the notables missing from the signed list were Reggie Smith, who was in Boston Wednesday to talk with O'Connell, 1972 Rookie-of-the- Year Carlton Fisk. Rico Pe- trocelli, Tommy Harper and Doug Griffin all regulars last year. O'Connell said he did not anticipate any problems in signing any of the players. Wishbone offense averaged 450 to 500 yards on the ground and well over 500 total yards.

UCLA lost only one game in the Pac-8 to USC but, Dr. Peterson said, "we're optimistic that we're going to go all the way" this year. UCLA loses just one starter from offense, three from defence. The 29-year-old Dr. Peterson was a wide receiver when he played for West Point in 1963 and 1964.

He started the 1965 season as wide receiver for UCLA but, he says, "played so briefly I don't even talk about it." He suffered a knee injury and that finsihed his college career. Dr. Peterson views this as a step upward and said, "I just hope I do well down' there. Right now, I've got a lot to learn. This is bigger than anything I've had before." Beside his speaking engagement before the SSC football clinic, Dr.

Peterson will probably be back in the area recruiting for UCLA. Three area football players in whom UCLA has quite an interest are running back-linebacker Darrell HeM of Point Arena, lineman Ted Al-brecht of Vallejo, and Ted Conners, a tackle from Redwood High in Larkspur. at Seattle West cost Athletic Conference involving also-rans. IN THE ONLY other games involving top rated teams, Providence held on against St. Joseph's (Pa.) for an 81-75 decision and San Francisco topped Santa Clara, 78-69.

In other contests, Notre Dame upset Michigan State, 85-72, and West Virginia topped Rutgers, 81-78. In an important small college game, No. 1 Sam Houston State defeated No. Stephen F. Austin for the second time this season, this time by an 81-67 score.

The Friars led at one point 59 -42 aeainst St. Joseph's, and appeared to have their game sewed up. But a 25-8 spurt by St. Joseph's tied the game at 67 -67. Friars backcourt star Ernie DiGregorio then dropped in a jump shot to make the score 73- 71 Friars, and St.

Joe's never caught up again. DiGregorio and St. Joseph's Mike Bantom each tallied 26 points, while the Friars' Marvin Barnes contributed 18 points and 19 rebounds for Providen ce, to up the Friars' record to 15-2. San Francisco used a ba lanced scoring attack, placing all five starters in double figures, and outshot Santa Clara 45.6 per cent to 40.6, to raise their overall record to 17- 2. Guards Mike Quick and Phil Smith canned 19 points apiece to lead the Dons, while center Mike Smith paced the Broncos, who are normally 52 per cent shooters, with 22 points.

Sam Houston State remained unbeaten at 19-0 to virtually clinch the first Lone Star conference championship for the Bearkats in 40 years. The victory, made possible by the rebounding of the Bearkats 63- 32 over Stephen F. Austin- gave the Bearkkats their 25th consecutive victory and left S. F. Austin 19-3.

SAN BERNARDINO (UPI) In the first of a new California junior college ruling making women eligible for varsity athletic teams, the opposing team walked off the court. San Diego City College basketball coach. Bill Standly, who's team was trailing by 31 points with 3:25 left, said he left it up to his players and they voted "100 per cent" not to finish the contest Wednesday night. The San Bernardino Valley College Indians won the game 114-85, but coach Ray Blake was irate. "There is never an excuse for any team walking from any field of play and we're going to raise hell in the conference," he said.

"I am going to play (a girl) in the future if and when the opportunity presents itself. "We'll stoop to anything to win." The ruling by the California Junior College Association makes coeds eligible for all 12 varsity sports in the state's two year colleges. foot 4 blonde guard from San Bernardino walked onto the court amid a standing ovation from the crowd of 400 and said she was "really surprised" when the San Diego team headed for the showers. "I was all set to go too," she said. The San Bernardino team has two coed players, both recruited from a physical education 3 More OAKLAND (UPI) Left-handed pitchers Darold Knowles and Dave Hamilton and catcher Larry Haney have come to terms with the world champion Oakland Athletics for 1973.

Their siping Wednesday gave the A's 15 players under contract for the new season. Knowles, 31, was the top lefthanded reliever for the A's in 1972, posting a 5-1 record and the squad's best earned-run average of 1.36 in 54 games. He fractured a thumb while batting Sept. 27 and missed the playoffs Long Beach, USF Both Win importance the owners placed on the issue, we withdrew our request," Miller said. Among matters still to be settled are economic issues like By George Hower P.D.

Sports Editor Dr. Carl Peterson, the second and most recent football coach at Sonoma State College, will leave the area this weekend to take a new job. His new employer: UCLA. Dr. Peterson disclosed yesterday he submitted his resignation to Sonoma State President Thomas McGrath.It's effective Monday the same day he reports to UCLA head football coach Pepper Rodg-ers.

The obviously enthused Pe-t said, "I'm really pleased to be moving to a program that is outstanding academically as well as athletically. I'm looking forward to it." This is really a kind of "homecoming" for Dr. Peterson who is from Long Beach, who coached at Loyola (LA) and Long Beach high schools, and got his three degrees Bachelor's (1966), Masters (1967), and doctorate (1970) at UCLA. Dr. Peterson was Sonoma State's head coach in itst wo varsity football seasons and his teams were 6-12-1 in 1970 and 71.

But, like Lloyd Helgeson, who worked years at getting Sonoma State's football underway and who had an impressive 1969 5-3, first-year, junior varsity record, he was denied tenure last spring and so was on his last year at Sonoma State. Although he's leaving the area, he made it clear this isn't a case of his just turning his back and closing the door. He'll be back up here on Feb. 22 to speak in Sonoma UP! hacs mii Championship Belt be a champion. I'd like to spend as much time with them as possible." Foreman said "I'd be in big trouble right now, I can tell ya that, without the Job Corps." Reagan, a one-time sports announcer, recalled that when Foreman won the Olympic gold medal "he unfurled an Ameri can flag and proclaimed his pride not only in being there but being an American." The Republican governor said he believed the black athlete would not only be "a great champion" but "the kind of man who I think can use that championship to the benefit of a great many other people." PETERSON CLEANS OUT DR.

CARL The Former SSC Football Coach Is Taking UCLA Job Foreman: Joh Corps Saved Me Ill i WMf i 'i I Halloa OUR BETTER HALF LOST A LITTLE By United Press International Long Beach State and the University of San Francisco, rated among the nation's top 20 temas by the UPI Board of Coaches, have finally made it to the top of their respective conferences. They may be hard to dislodge now that they are in first place. Long Beach State is the nation's third-ranked team. Yet because of an upset by San Jose State, the 49ers did not grab the Pacific Coast Athletic Association lead until Wednesday's 97-76 win over San Diego State. Nate Stephens and Ed Ratleff combined for 47 points in that one.

It was the 49ers' 61st home win in a row. Meanwhile, San Jose State fell back when tough University of Pacific came to San Jose and pulled out the 55-53 squeaker. John Errecart's 14- foot jumper with 14 seconds to go decided that one as both team emerged with 4-2 confer ence marks. San Francisco and Santa Clara meanwhile matched 6-0 West Coast AtMetic Conference marks at the hilltop, where the Dons took the 78-69 win over Santa Clara, a team which dreamed of sneaking past the Dons in the national rankings. Mike Quick and Phil Smith hit 19 apiece from the Dons backcourt.

The two teams meet again Saturday afternoon with the Broncs faced with a must-win situation. In other West Coast college basketball activity Wednesday, Los Angeles State settled for only 22 from their soph sizzler Raymond Lewis, but still got by Fresno State 74-71. The visitors were 18 of 21 shots from the charity stripe and the home team 3 for 3. Redlands rolled over Cal Tech 68-47 and Seattle Pacific dispatched Lewis and Clark 97- 60. Tonight, Nevada Las Vegas is ilk law GOV.

REAGAN (LEFT), GEORGE FOREMAN Reagan as the two compared fists for the benefit of cameras. Reagan, a 6-1, 180-pounder who was dwarfed by Foreman's 6-3 Vt, 220 lb. frame, noted: "I'm probably in the forefront of people complaining about government programs that don't succeed and don't achieve their purpose. In this case, it was a government program that changed the course of a life." Foreman joined the Job Corps in Alameda County across the bay from San Francisco in the mid-1960s and started boxing. He won the Olympic gold medal in 1968 and on Jan.

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on KEEN 1370. SACRAMENTO (UPI) -Heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman was presented the world title belt by Gov. Ronald Reagan Wednesday and said he hopes to do more with the prize than just make a pile of money. Foreman, a high scool dropout from a Houston ghetto who straightened out his life in the Jobs Corps, said he hopes to "give a little message to kids that everybody can be a champion." Foreman, Reagan, the boxer's manager Dick Sadler, state Athletic Commission executive officer Bob Turley and various legislators met in front of newsmen in the governor's crowded council chamber. "This is the real power," quipped Foreman, motioning to Sports Thursday, Feb.

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