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Lester Hayes AFC Defensive Player of Year By RICHARD ROSENBLATT i UPI Sports Writer 1 NEW YORK (UPI) Lester Hayes, jthe ball-hawking cornerback of the Raiders who led the NFL with interceptions, today was named jUPI'S AFC Defensive Player of the Hayes, who came within one interception of tying Dick "Night Train" Lane's league record set in 1952, has ad- five interceptions in three playoff games to help propel the Raiders to a Super Bowl berth against Philadelphia on Jan. 25 at New Orleans. The fourth-year pro from Texas was an easy winner in balloting by 56 sports writers four from each AFC city. He received 22 votes to beat out San Diego defensive tackle Gary "Big Hands" Johnson and Buffalo nose guard Fred Smerlas, each of whom collected 10 votes. Buffalo linebacker Jim Haslett, Kansas City defensive end Art Still and San Diego defensive end Fred Dean each received four votes.

"He's the toughest cornerback in the league," said San Diego All-Pro wide receiver John Jefferson, who caught just four passes against Hayes in the AFC title game "He really makes you work for everything Hayes, who returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown, always seemed to come up with the big play in crucial situations as the Raiders bined for a league-leading 35 interceptions. In Super Bowl XV, the 6-foot, 190 pound Hayes will have the task of covering Philadelphia's 6-8 Harold Car michael, who caught just three passes for 18 yards against Hayes in a regular season game won by the Eagles, 10-7. "If 1 can stop Harold Carmichael that will stop their whole passing scheme," said Hayes. "I'll play him the same way I played Jefferson I can't tell you how. That's top secret Hayes, the Texas state 220-yard dash champion in college, was the Raiders' fifth selection in the 1977 draft and became a starter with two games remaining in his first season During his last two years at Texas Hayes played safety but when he came to Oakland, Raiders' managing general partner Al Davis decided he should be used at cornerback LESTER HAYES Redwood Empire national sports Daily Journal, Ukiah, Calif.

Friday, January 16,1981 The Gladiator Trophy HAROLD CARMICHAEL For civic contributions. skills Harold Carmichael NFL Man of Year CANTON, Ohio Harold Carmicahel, the record-setting wide receiver of the Philadelphia Eagles, has been named the 1980 NFL Man of the Year. The prestigious award is determined on the basis of an NFL player's contriubutions to his community as well as for his playing excellence. The award is sponsored by Miller High Life Beer and administered by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The selection of Carmichael, who is in his 10th NFL season, was determined by a special committee of sports media personnel after the Eagles star and four other NFL luminaries had been selected as finalists by a vote of the fans of the nation.

Other finalists included running back Mike Pruitt of the Cleveland Browns, fullback Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers, special teams ace Rich Mauti of the New Orleans Saints and wide receiver Charlie Joiner of the San Diego Chargers. Carmichael will be formally honored at the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl game in Honolulu on February 1. Carmichael already has been chosen as a member of the NFC all-star squad. To honor the NFL Man of the Year, a $5,000 college scholarship fund will be established in Carmichael's name in the Philadelphia area. In addition, Harold will receive the beautiful Gladiator trophy, a distinctive art creation sculptured by Daniel Swartz.

Altogether, Miller High Life will provide $36,000 in college scholarships in behalf of the 1980 NFL Man of the Year program. The other four finalists each will have $2,000 scholarships established in their names and additional $1,000 scholarships will be set' up in the names of the top vote-getters in the remaining 23 NFL cities. One of the most popular players in Eagles' history, Carmichael scores as high in his community endeavors as he does on the NFL playing field, where he is an established superstar. While Harold has been involved in many worthwhile projects during his NFL tenure in Philadelphia, he currently is most involved in the membership drive of the Fellowship Commission, the nation's oldest and largest private human rights organization which has served the Philadlphia metropolitan area since 1941. Carmichael served as the sports division chairperson of the membership drive in 1980 and has already agreed to take on the task again in 1981.

With more than 5,000 individual members and major represenation from the business, labor, education, civic and religious segments of the Philadelphia community, the Fellowship Commission strives to promote justice for all people regardless of race, religion, sex or creed. Third time in three TV Sports Schedule EDITOR'S NOTE: The ESPN (all sports network) schedules for January have not yet arrived at Telepromter (311 Main, Ukiah) due to a foul up in New York, but are expected to arrive at anytime. SATURDAY: Senior Bowl-10 a.m., North vs. South all-star game, channels 5 and 12. Golf-1 p.m., Bob Hope Desert Classic, channel 4.

Tennis-1 p.m., Volvo Grand Prix Masters, channels 5 and 12. Bowling- 3:30 p.m., Showboat Invitational, channels 7 and 11. Wide World of Sports- 5 p.m., Harlem Globetrotters; skiing; channels 7 and 11. College basketball- 8 p.m., Fresno St. vs.

San Jose channel 44. Japan p.m., collegiate all-star game from Yokohama, channels 5 and 12. SUNDAY: NBA basketball-10 a.m., Lakers vs. Celtics, channels 5 and 12. College basketball-10 a.m., Indiana vs.

Ohio channel 4. Tennis- noon, Volvo Grand Prix Masters, channels 5 and 12. GolM :30 p.m., Bob Hope Desert Classic, channel 4. MONDAY: College basketball- 8 p.m., USC vs. Arizona, channel 36.

College basketball-10 p.m., Fordham vs. Notre Dame, channel 36. WEDNESDAY: College basketball- 5 p.m., San Francisco vs. Notre Dame, channels 36 and 40. Ear 1 Campbell wins Thorpe Trophy By MURRAY OLDERMAN HOUSTON (NEA) The longer Earl Campbell plays, the more people profess concern about how long he can take the battering of professional football.

And the more Campbell continues to astound them by raising the level of his performances. In a year in which there were considerable heroics in the National Football League- Brian Sipe, topping the NFL in passing and leading Cleveland to a division title; Steve Bartkowski, turning Atlanta around for the first title in its history; John Jefferson making astounding catches for the San Diego Chargers- it was absolutely impossible to top Earl Campbell's feat of gaining 1,934 yards during the regualr season and exceeding the 200-yard mark in four different games. For that alone, he merits the award announced Thursday by the Newspaper Enterprise Association: Earl Campbell, the amazing runner of the Houston Oilers is the winner of the 26th annual Jim Thorpe Memorial Trophy as the player of the year in the NFL. He set a precedent last year by winning the NEA award, football's most coveted prize, for a second time in a row. Of course, no one can match his current feat of being acclaimed the best- in 1978, 1979 and 1980- for the third consecutive season.

And consider that the durable, low- slung (5-11 and 225 pounds) and powerful running back has played only three seasons in the NFL. Quarterback Sipe of the Browns was a close second to Earl in the Thorpe voting. Sipe's skills brought his mates from behind so often in the closing minutes of play that they became known as The Kardiac Kids. Atlanta's Steve Bartkowski was third in the NEA poll of NFL coaches, player representatives and team captains. What more can be said about Campbell's exploits than already has been said 9 "I ran out of words," said Bum Phillips, his recently deposed coach, "before Earl ran out of yards." Although he completely missed the Cincinnati game (fourth on the schedule) and was hampered by a groin injury in some of the early season games, Campbell came within a whisker of surpassing O.J.

Simpson's season record of 2,003 yards. (And if you count the 91 he picked up in the wild card playoff game against Oakland, he topped Simpson- whose Buffalo Bills didn't make the playoffs in his record year of 1973.) Earl, who has always appreciated the support he has received up front from his offensive linemen promised he would buy each of them a Rolex watch, an expensive little number that goes in the thousands, if he broke Simpson's record. In the fading weeks of the season, when that looked out of reach, he amended the promise to the same reward if he topped his previous best rushing total of 1,697 yards in 1979. So all the Houston blockers will still be sporting Rolex time pieces and Earl is out some $75,000. That, suggests a Houston spokesman, may be the reason Earl is seeking to renegotiate his contract, a conflict that has arisen in the wake of Phillips' firing.

At present he is making $500,000 annually if he fulfills all the incentive clauses iniiis contract, and he certainly met them all this past season. Besides finishing with the second highest rushing total in history, he also set an NFL record with his quartet of 200-yard games and a league workhorse- mark by carrying the ball 373 times, although he missed ten full quarters of action. In his 46 total regular season games as a pro, Campbell has gained over 100 yards 28 times. Campbell has become the measuring stick for all emerging young runners, from Billy Sims of Detroit to Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia. And at the moment there really is no comparison.

The previous winners of NEA's Jim Thorpe Trophy as the NFL's most valuable player are: 1977 Walter Payton, RB, Chicago; 1976- Bert Johes, QB. Baltimore; 1975- Fran Tarkenton, QB Minnesota; 1974- Ken Stabler. QB. Oakland; 1973- O.J. Simpson.

RB. Buffalo; 1972- Larry Brown, RB, Washington; 1971- Bob Grlese, QB, Miami, 1970- John Brodle, QB. San Francisco; 1969- Roman Gabriel, QB, Los Angeles; 1968- Earl Morrall. QB. Baltimore; 1967- John Unltas, QB.

Baltimore; 1966- Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay; 1965-Jim Brown, RB, Cleveland; 1964- Lenny Moore. RB, Baltimore; 1963- (TIE) Jim Brown, RB, Cleveland and Y.A. Title, QB, NY Giants; 1962- Jim Taylor, RB, Green Bay, 1961- Y.A Title, QB, NY Giants; 1960- Norm Van Brockltn, QB, Philadelphia; 1959- Charlie Conerly, QB, NY Giants; 1958- Jim Brown, RB. Cleveland; 1957- John Unltas, QB, Baltimore; 1956- Frank Glfford, RB, NY. Giants; 1955- Harlon Hill, Chicago Bob Gibson proud to be a Hall of Famer NEW YORK (UPI) Bob Gibson didn't have to stay angry for long.

"Yesterday I answered the phone on the first every time. I got to thinking 'What happens if I don't get Then I got angry. So I guess it does mean something." Gibson, a fireballing righthander who won 251 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, received 337 votes to make him only the 11th player, exclusive of the original five, to gain the Hall in his first year on the ballot. Gibson, recalling difficult early days of his 17-year career, Thursday expressed satisfaction the whole experience had culminated in his election to the Hall of Fame.

"I always said it wasn't a big goal in my life," said Gibson, clad in a blue sports coat, standing before spotlights and a set of television cameras. "But I guess it is something in my life. Gibson was the only one of the 39 candidates on the ballot to gain the 301 votes necessary for election. He was Dr. top vote getter for NBA All-Sta game NEW YORK (UPI) Philadelphia forward Julius Erving, earning his fifth consecutive start, has topped all NBA players in voting for the 1981 All-Star Game, to be played Feb.

1 in Cleveland. Erving, who also was the leading vote-getter for the 1978 game, received 304,600 votes in fan balloting and will start at one forward spot for the Eastern Conference. Two members of the Atlanta Hawks forward Dan Roundf ield and guard Eddie Johnson and two Chicago Bulls, center Artis Gilmore and guard Reggie Theus, round out the East's starting unit. Gilmore and Theus are the first Chicago representatives in the starting lineup since Norm Van Lier in 1977. Los Angeles center Kareem Abdul- Jabbar led Western Conference players with 265,200 votes.

He's joined in the West starting lineup by Utah forward Adrian Dantley, the league's top scorer, and Walter Davis of the Phoenix Suns who has been switched from forward to guard this year, but was listed in the frontcourt in the ballot. The West's starting guards will be Seattle's Paul Westphal and San Antonio's George Gervin, last year's All-Star MVP. Theus is the only starter without previous NBA All-Star experience and Roundfield, Gilmore and Davis have earned their first starts. Six additional players will be added to each conference roster by the coaches. followed by Dodger right-hander Don Drysdale with 243 votes and Dodger infielder Gil Hodges with 241.

In a surprising result, slugger Harmon Killebrew drew only 239 votes and high-kicking righthander Juan Marichal only 233 in their first year of eligibility. Hoyt Wilhelm, the knuckle- balling reliever who appeared in more games than any other pitcher in history, received 238 votes. Gibson, while saying he never gave much thought to who should make the Hall, admitted he believed Marichal was the best pitcher of an era that included himself, Drysdale and Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax. "I threw harder and had a better slider, but I wasn't a better pitcher than Marichal," said Gibson, who was recently named a motivation coach with the New York Mets. Gibson, 45, won the Cy Young Award in 1968 and 1970.

He led the National League in shutouts with 13 in his golden 1968 campaign and authored a no-hitter on Aug. 14, 1971 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He said the '68 season, in which he went 22-9 with a 1.12 ERA, ranked as his most significant achievement in the game, a somewhat surprising ment since he also is the only pitcher to have twice won the seventh game of a World Series. Then again, surprising statements were a Gibson trademark. "My problem was that I was honest," Gibson said.

"I never waved flags. I never marched. When someone asked me a question, I told them what 1 thought and they didn't always like it." Gibson said the indignities he experienced as a young black man breaking into baseball in the late 1950s toughened him. He said the unfortunate racial incidents stretched back even farther than his major-league career "Those things teach you toughness," he said. Gibson, who retired in 1975, finished his career with a 251-174 record with a 2.91 ERA.

He struck out 3,117, one of only four pitchers to strike out more than 3,000. He five times won 20 games and went 7-2 in the World Series, all seven victories in a row. He appeared in six All-Star games and missed another because of injury. Gibson will be formally inducted at the Cooperstown, N.Y., shrine in August, along with one player and one executive to be named in March by the Special Committee on Old Timers. Bortf defeats McEnroe, despite temper tantrum NEW YORK (UPI) Bjorn Borg has come up with something new probably the last thing anyone ever expected from him.

He pulled a temper tantrum in the midst of a tennis match. And his unprecedented explosion cost him two penalty points in a tiebreak, but he still managed to hold his cool Thursday night to outlast John McEnroe, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6. "It's the first time I remember being penalized," said Borg, who on four occasions approached the chair to argue with British umpire Mike Lugg. "I was very disappointed with the match." Still, once the two hour, 38-minute drama had been played out before a record capacity crowd of 19,103 in Madison Square Garden, Borg had gained the semifinals of the $400,000 Masters Championship and McEnroe was out in the cold. Joining Borg in the semifinals are Jimmy Connors, Gene Mayer and Ivan Lendl, all with straight sets victories earlier Thursday.

Borg also appeared ready to finish McEnroe in straight sets when he broke at love in the 11th game of the second set. But McEnroe came right back with a break in the next game to set up the tiebreak. At 3-3, Lugg overruled a linesman's call, awarding the point to McEnroe. Borg, who thought his shot had been good, approached Lugg and argued long enough to receive first a warning and then two penalty points. When play finally resumed, Borg dropped the next point to lose the tiebreak 7-3.

"Instead of being ahead 4-3, I was down 4-3," Borg said. In the first game of the final set, Borg protested again when an obvious ace was called a fault. When Borg served again, McEnroe batted the ball far into the stands, earning a long ovation for this act of sportsmanship. In earlier matches Thursday, Mayer beat Jose-Luis Clerc, 6-3, 7-5; Connors defeated Harold Solomon, 6-2, 6-4; and Lendl beat Gulllermo Vilas, Although the semifinalists already have been determined, the round robin will be completed today. Ski phone offers up to the minute information SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) The Bell system has begun offering telephone ski reports, updated four times daily, for 10 different skiing regions around the United States, one of which is Washington and Oregon.

The service, called DIAL-IT Ski Report, provides information on weather conditions, inches of snow on the ground, trail surface conditions, number of trails open, ski base in inches, number of ski lifts open and nordic ski conditions. Each call to the 55-second recording costs 50 cents plus tax. The 900 numbers and states they cover in the western region are 900976-3780, Washington and Oregon; 900-976-3790, California and Nevada; 900-976-3760, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana; 900-976-3770, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Each ski report is updated at 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

(local time). Also, daily wrap-ups will be available at 10 p.m. The reports will continue throughout the skiing season in each region. In addition, the Tahoe area provides a toll free number for up to the minute reports on the area's ski resorts. That number is 800-822-5977.

Ski forecast SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Sierra ski conditions as reported by the California State Automobile Association. BOREAL RIDGE 2 Inches new manmade; base l'j feet, machine groomed packed with obstacles; 3 chairs, clear, 30, winds 0-5 mph SODA SPRINGS: base 8 18 Inches; firm pack turning soft; 3 chairs; partly cloudy. 26, calm. SUGAR BOWL 10 24 Inch base; hard packed machine groomed on lower slopes; 4 double chairs, tram; clear. 26, calm NORTH STAR: 1 Inch new manniade; base 17-27 Inches; packed powder, some lev spots, some bare spots, obstacles; 6 chairs; clear, 29.

5-10 mph wind. ALPINE MEADOWS base 10-16 Inches; firm packed, machine groomed, turning soft; 2 chairs. 1 surface lift, cloudy, 35, 0 5 mph wind. SQUAW VALLEY. 8.200 feet: base 9 in ches; packed powder, firm packed and icy; gondola, 4 chairs; partly cloudy, 30, 0 10 mph winds.

SKI INCLINE: 12 Inch manniade base, firm packed turning soft, 2 chairs; high clouds, 35, calm MT. ROSE. 8-18 inch base, machine groomed firm packed; light clouds, 30, 5 mph wind. SIERRA SKI RANCH: base7lnches; linn packed Willi obstacles; calm KIRWOOOD: 7 12 Inch base; firm packed, groomed, obstacles; partlycloudy, 24. calm i i.