The Sentinel from Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 11

b-1 The uening Sentinel PORT'S Thursday, July 14, 1983 Redskins arrive today 3 By Steve Graham Staff writer Trumpeting their success last season in the National Football league, the Washington Redskins arrive in Carlisle today for the start of their 21st training camp at Dickinson College. The 'Skins, coming off their first Super Bowl championship and first NFL title since 1942, are expecting all rookies, free agents and some Veterans to arrive by 6 p.m. today. The first practice will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Biddle Field.

i As of mid-afternoon Wednesday, no players had arrived, although about 30 were expected by the end of the fay. I According to Gregg Broujos, one of jthree 'Skins receptionists at Dickinson's Adams Hall, 104 players i- including veterans are listed on the training camp roster. Most of the Veterans will arrive by 6 p.m. July 23. I Ever since Washington defeated the If 'iun praising their Super Bowl effort.

Even at Adams Hall, where Redskin memorabilia from Super Bowl XVII sits in the lobby showcase, you get the feeling this summer is extra special. There is a large photograph of the team with the subtitle: "The 1982 Washington Bowl XVII Champions." Another photo portrays an aerial shot of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, site of the Super Bowl, while a third photo shows the 'Skins helmet next to the Super Bowl trophy. Broujos, who will be a sophomore this fall at the University of Pittsburgh, said the 'Skins thought about putting the real trophy in the showcase, but declined for security reasons. About 94 players will stay in Adams Hall, with the remainder residing in adjacent Witwer Hall. Most rooms are designed for two players, Broujos said, although some players have a single room.

Most rooms also have an air conditioner, which comes in handy in these days of 90-degree heat and 90-percent humidity. The players are fortunate to get their beds made every day, but they must do their own laundry. All in all, the players are graciously accommodated. And Broujos said they have little trouble getting situated during the first few days of camp. "They just get their keys and have their meetings and stuff," Broujos said.

"It's nothing complicated. They're really organized around here." At Biddle Field on Wednesday afternoon, operational manager Dutch Kepner and his assistants used large stencils to paint numbers on the field at 10-yard intervals. Another attendant mowed the grass as sprinklers pumped out water across the rich green turf. Cecil Zeigler, a security guard at training camp every summer except during the George Allen reign, said of the field: "It looks good on account of the dry weather." For awhile, almost everybody was missing a tool or instrument as they prepared for the 'Skins arrival. Nate Fine, the 'Skins chief photographer, was without his manlift, affectionately known this year as "Nate's Super Nest." It arrived in the afternoon, however, so Fine set up his gear.

And Kepner was without a "5" stencil, so he couldn't make his mark at midfield. But he was in good shape everywhere else. "I'll be ready (for the first practice)," he said. '1 r. m-- MAT liami Dolphins last January in Super JBowl XVII, Carlisle has been anx iously awaiting the bKins return to SU PER.NEST& lckmson.

Welcome Back" signs can be seen Bill SmithThe Evening Sentinel hroughout store windows in ntown Carlisle. Biddle Field photographer Nate Fine prepares for Friday's opening practice for Longtime Redskin jjsports a colorful burgundy-and-gold feign welcoming the 'Skins back and 'Nate's Super Nest" as he Redskin rookies and free agents. peers down from er Allen eliminates Hampden from playoffs Mpp JyKathiLawton iStaff writer Abner scored the final run of the game when he poked an infield single, stole second, went to third on a passed ball and beat out a throw to home on Chris Mulskey 's fielder's choice. Upper Allen will complete Its regular season schedule with a home game Friday against New Cumberland at 6 p.m. Hampden 0010000-1 23 Upper Allen 410 101 710 W-Jones.

L-Yingst. UR-Abner (UA), first, one on. Upper Allen stretched its lead to 5-0 in the second when Brady singled and scored on Mike Teeter's base hit. Hampden got its lone run in the third when Ian Kohlhaas reached base on an error, stole second, went to third on a passed ball and scored on Scott McNaney's single. Brady and Teeter combined again for a fourth-inning run.

Brady tapped an infield single, stole second, went to third on the catcher's overthrow and scored when Teeter rapped a triple to center field. three-for-four showing and Abner was two-for-three. Upper Allen committed two errors during the game. "Going into the playoffs they'll have more incentive," said Mackey. "We've really had this wrapped up for a week.

We'll get tighter defensively in the playoffs." Only seven Hampden batters reached base all night. Jones' reinforced his two-hit performance with just one walk and four strikeouts. He did, however, hit two batters with pitches. a booming two-run homer to center field. "It's the same thing each game," said Upper Allen Coach John Mackey.

"It's the offense. We've been averaging something like eight runs a game. "Probably the only thing (needing improvement) is having the numbers. Tonight we had 12 players! Lack of players is the only thing that's been a detriment td us. If we have 12 fellows in the playoffs, we'll be tough." Brady finished the night with a entry and Highland Park the Division I entry.

Mechanicsburg and Newport-are vying for the wildcard spot. Upper Allen rode a two-hitter by Dan Jones and pounded out 10 hits to top Hampden. Upper Allen's first inning was too much for Hampden to overcome. Hampden starter Bill Yihgst gave hits to the first four batters he faced. After singles by Jeff Teeter and Roger Riegel, Scott Brady belted a two-run triple and Shawn Abner followed with There will be no playoffs this year for Hampden's American Legion baseball team.

Upper Allen eliminated the club from next week's Cumberland County League tournament with a 7-1 win Wednesday evening at Messiah College. Upper Allen, Division II champions with a 16-1 record, sewed up a playoff spot more than a week ago. Carlisle will be the Division III Horner's memory comes back to haunt Phillies INkrioNAl Leaque he was successful doing before." Horner was one of five struck out by Holland in the final two innings of the Phillies' 7-6 victory over Atlanta" Tuesday night. Rookie Craig McMurtry, 10-5, out-dueled Steve Carlton, 9-10, in a battle of National League division leaders. Carlton struck out seven to raise his victory over Philadelphia in a battle of National League division leaders.

"I was looking for a fastball in," said Horner, who was hitting at a .450 pace over the past 12 games and knocked in four runs Wednesday night. "He struck me out that way last night. You can guess wrong in a situation like that, but I guessed right. A guy usually comes back with what United Press International They say when something works, you should go with it. Not necessarily.

Atlanta's Bob Horner, who struck out on a fastball from Philadelphia reliever Al Holland the night before, hit a three-run double in the eighth to help the Braves snap the Phillies' four-game winning streak with a 5-2 and Nolan Ryan won his eighth consecutive decision to pace the Astros. Bjorkman, just recalled from the minors, was playing in his third major-league game. Ryan, 9-1, has not lost since April 22 and the eight-game winning streak is a personal record for the veteran right-hander. Padres 5, Cubs 4 At San Diego, Steve Garvey's two-run single in the third inning gave San Diego a lead it never rellquished, sparking the Padres to a sweep of their three-game series with Chicago. Starter Tim Lollar, 4-6, earned the victory.

Cardinals Dodgers 4 At Los Angeles, David Green singled home Andy Van Slyke from second base in the ninth inning with the tie-breaking run to lift St. Louis. The loss went to Steve Howe, 2-4, who took over In the ninth. Dave Rucker, 1-0, gained his first victory as a Cardinal. season total to 148 and his all-time major-league leading career total to 3,582, four more than Houston's Nolan Ryan.

Bruce Benedict opened the eighth with an infield single. McMurtry struck out trying to bunt but Rafael Ramirez singled to left, sending pinch runner Brett Butler to third. Jerry Royster's bunt delivered the run and, when Carlton's throw got past catcher Bo Diaz, the runners advanced to second and third. Holland relieved and intentionally walked Dale Murphy, but Horner followed with his double to give the Braves a 5-1 lead. "Lefty's human," said Phillies Manager Pat Corrales.

"I'm not saying he couldn't have gotten a strikeout there, but I felt that late in a game, Holland would give me the strikeout." Atlanta took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI single by Horner. The Phillies tied it 1-1 in the third when Gary Matthews scored as Mike Schmidt grounded into a double play. Bo Diaz hit his eighth homer in the eighth to make it 5-2. At New York, Eddie Milner scored one run and drove in two to back the three-hit pitching of Joe Price and lead the Reds. Price, 8-5, threw his fourth complete game in 16 starts, striking out six and walking one.

The Mets' only run came on George Foster's 15th homer of the season. Astros 9, Expos 4 At Houston, George Bjorkman drove in five runs with a three-run homer, a single and a squeeze bunt 1 i i rv 1 i Ml Bucs bomb Giants in ninth of his deadly sinker and Ray jumped all over It. "I guess he didn't want to walk me and he was confident I couldn't hit It out," said Ray. "I had a feeling he would throw one over the plate, so I was ready. But let's face It, I'm not a home run hitter." The victory was the third straight for the Pirates, their fifth In the last six games and their 18th In the last 23.

At the moment, they are the hottest team In the N.L. The Pirates open a four-game series today In San Diego. Larry McWilllams will face Dave Draveckl. Lee Lacy. At the time, it seemed like a little bit of over-managing on Tanner's part since Lacy had tripled and homered in four previous at-bats.

Ray made the move look good when he nailed a 79 mile an hour fastball from Minton over the right field fence to tie the score. Easier, a late-game replacement for Brian Harper, was the next batter and he ripped an 80 mile an hour Minton fastball over the left field fence for the winning run. Up to that point, Minton had been almost perfect, allowing the Pirates a harmless single In 2 2-3 Innings, but when he fell behind on the count to Ray at 3-1, he threw a fastball instead SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) You don't make mistakes in the big leagues and not pay a price. Wednesday, Greg Minton, one of the best relief pitchers in the National league the last two years but an enigma this season, made two mistakes in the ninth inning and Johnny Ray and Mike Easier jumped all over them for home runs in lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the staggering San Francisco Giants. With the Giants holding a 6-5 lead, two out and no one on base in the top of the ninth, Pirates manager Chuck Tanner sent Ray up to pinch-hit for Glenn Hubbard as Phils' Von Hayes is safe at first on an infield single.

(UPI) Braves' first baseman Bob Watson can't come up with a wide throw from second baseman ThurtsdAy's People Hoffman bock for another shot at the Redskins line and later scored. Two days later, Hoffman was released. "It wasn't sour grapes for me," he says. "I thought I got a fair shake. The head coach said they wanted to get someone with a little better average." Since then, Hoffman has worked on his punting distance.

But will the Dickinson graduate, In his second Skins camp, be good enough to beat out the field? "If there's any edge," he says, "It's over the guys who are first coming to camp. I know what's going to be expected of me. Plus, I know what pressures to expect." the way I held the ball, he changed the way I stepped," Hoffman recalls. "And he helped me with my confidence, too." So much that the Federals signed Hoffman without ever seeing him. But the USFL, In its first season, has been known to do such a thing.

Hoffman attended the Federals' "winter" training camp last February In Jacksonville, made the team and averaged almost 34 yards a kick In Washington's opener against the Chicago Blitz. He started Improving, but In the Federals' third game against the Boston Breakers, he received a bad snap deep In his own territory. The Breakers recovered at the one-yard by the 'Skins In 1981, he was working at Dickinson when Gene Evans, the Devils' head basketball coach, showed him an article in Sport magazine about a punting coach In Reno, Nev. His name Is Ray Pelfrey, and he's been helping young puniers like Hoffman to make the grade in pro football. Hoffman wrote to Pelfrey and was Invited to attend a Pelfrey clinic In Phoenix.

Pelfrey like what he saw In Hoffman, so he took Hoffman under his wing got him a job at a casino, tutored him during the day, the works. "When I got out there, he changed Hoffman was only one year out of tiny Dickinson College, where he starred as a punter for the Red Devils. Yet Hoffman refused to quit. He would later try out at the 'Skins' special teams' camp. But there were simply too many punters.

He would then sign and play three games with the Washington Federals of the United States Football League. But they cut him. So what was Hoffman to do? Sign with the Redskins again, of course. When the 'Skins open their 21st training camp at Dickinson today, Hoffman will be one of 49 rookies and free agents vying for a precious spot on the team. The odds are not in his favor.

Seven punters or kickers are listed on the 'Skins camp roster. And of the 104 players listed, only 45 will still be around when the 'Skins make their final cut Aug. 29. But Hoffman says he has a better chance this year than he did two years ago. "I feel more relaxed than I did the last time," he says, "and I'm more confident.

In my punting. The last time, I was amazed; I was In awe of the whole thing. I'm not so concerned about the other guy now." It has taken two years of Journeyman punting for Hoffman to gain that confidence. After his release By Steve Graham Staff writer Steve Hoffman's career as a punter In professional football has come full circle in the span of only two years. At this time In 1981, he was a 22-year-old rookie trying to make the Washington Redskins under first-year coach Joe Gibbs.

He pulled a groin muscle early in training camp and lasted about 12 days before being released. "You klnda know you're gonna get cut," Hoffman says, "but they really don't tell you why." Such an experience might have troubled the average rookie getting his first taste of pro ball. After all,.