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S-3 THE RECORD, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1985 -Football Walker healed for 9 85 season Kickoff matchup isn't a Classic for officials 4'' rj 7 Giants raise ticket prices United Press International EAST RUTHERFORD The Giants announced Friday that all ticket prices will be increased by $3 for the 1985 season. The Giants have two ticket prices, with the new scale now set at $14 and $17, an increase from the previous $11 and $14. The previous scale was the lowest in the National Football League for the 1984 season. The club said the Giants' prices for 1985 will still rank from the middle to lower half of the league.

Classic, in which Nebraska routed defending-national champion Penn State, 44-6, drew 71,123 fans. But last year's game, in which defending-national champion Miami edged Auburn, 20-18, attracted only 51,131. "Actually, we did a better selling job last year because neither team had the alumni and traveling parties of Penn State and Nebraska," said the sports authority source. "Auburn even sent tickets back." The Sports Authority has its fingers crossed that Boston College, even without Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Doug Flutie, can attract a large following. Brigham Young, which rarely plays in the East, is an unknown commodity, even though the Cougars are coming off a 13-0 season and a disputed national championship.

They also return quarterback Robbie Bosco, who finished third in last season's Heisman voting. Boston College loses two offensive starters besides Flutie, and also loses five defensive starters. The big question mark for coach Jack Bick-nell's squad is at quarterback. Shawn Halloran, Flutie's seldom-used backup, returns; and punter Steve Peach played quarterback at Syracuse before transfering to BC. Brigham Young doesn't have that problem.

Bosco is back, and Cougar coach La Veil Edwards plans to continue using a wide-open offense. "BYU is a fun team to watch. Too bad they don't have many alumni around here," said the sports authority source. "We have to convince people they're worth coming to see." By John Rowe Staff Writer EAST RUTHERFORD For better or worse, the Kickoff Classic committee apparently has wed itself to a Boston College-Brigham Young matchup. So when the pairing for the third annual game is announced Tuesday at a news conference, Classic officials will smile a lot and tell everybody how fortunate they are to have Boston College and Brigham Young.

Don't believe it. If Classic officials had their way, at least one of the teams wouldn't be playing in the Thursday, Aug. 29 game at Giants Stadium. Both will be there because Notre Dame, the Classic's first choice, rejected an invitation and the estimated $800,000 that goes with it Notre Dame athletic director Gene Corrigan and coach Gerry Faust voiced an objection to the Kickoff Classic that has been heard throughout college football circles: the game is played too early. Notre Dame doesn't open its season until Sept.

14, the starting date for most Division I powers, and didn't want its players coming in for practice the first week of August. But unless the Classic can obtain permission from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to push back the game, it has to live with the early date. "Boston College-Brigham Young is going to be a tough sell," says a New Jersey Sports and Exposition Au- By Vinny DiTrani Staff Writer ORLANDO, Fla. He will not be the center of attention this spring. He knows that, and it doesn't bother him in the least In fact, Herschel Walker expects the arrival of quarterback Doug Flutie to take the weight of carrying the United States Football League off his broad shoulders.

That isn't the only thing that will be gone from Walker's shoulders this spring. The pain that tormented the New Jersey General running back throughout last season has been removed, thanks to an offseason operation on his left shoulder. "It got so bad I couldn't take any shot on my shoulder last year without feeling pain," recalled Walker, who played in all but one game and rushed for 1,339 yards, caught 40 passes for 528 yards, and scored a league-high 21 touchdowns. The figures were down somewhat from the 1,812 yards and 53 catches of his rookie season of 1983, but they represented a pretty good year's work for any back especially one with a left shoulder that popped out of its socket as many as 10 times during the year. "It was an injury I first got my freshman year at Georgia," said the Heisman Trophy winner, who left college after his junior season to become the USFL's No.

1 personality. "It's popped out now and then every year since, but last year was the worst it has ever been." Walker's 1984 problems started in the final preseason game, against Washington, when the shoulder made its first escape. At one point during the regular season, Walker lay on the floor of the Los Angeles Coliseum locker room, his face contorted in pain, as the Generals' medical staff popped the shoulder into place. "That was the worst it's ever been," Walker said of his L.A. experience.

He sat out the game the next week against Memphis the only game he's missed in in his five seasons of college and pro football. "I knew I needed an operation, but there was no way I was going to have it until the season was over." The pain affected Walker's running style; he appeared to slide through holes. "Tentative" was the word most used to describe his running. "Even a push on the shoulder gave me pain," Walker recalled, "but I knew I couldn't hurt it any more if I continued to play, so I waited until the end of the year before I had the operation." Dr. Mark Schottenfeld, the team physician, tightened the ligaments around the joint July 31, hoping to prevent any more pop-outs.

The results have been excellent. "He's not running tentatively this year," said head coach Walt Michaels. "He's running hard." "I've taken a lot of shots on the shoulder and delivered some myself with it, and haven't felt any pain," Walker said. "I think this is going to be a big year for me without the pain." Walker thinks there's another reason he should have a big year in 1985: the presence of Flutie as the center of media attention. Herschel will become just one the boys this year, watching press conferences for Flutie that resemble the ones that have featured him the past two years.

The wait for Flutie's actual signing and reporting to the Generals' camp is reminiscent of what occurred two years ago. That's when everyone awaited Walker's arrival, which came via helicopter before a Saturday morning press conference. Walker thinks back upon that week as perhaps the most hectic of his life. He attempted to prepare for the USFL's first league opener amid a myriad of interview requests. While things have calmed down somewhat since that first week.

Walker still has been the most visible General, at least until Flutie arrives. "I've been trying to learn things the past two years, but I really haven't had the time to sit back and comprehend," Walker said. "It's been meetings, then practice, then off to do an interview or a personal appearance. I guess I was the one who was supposed to carry the Generals and the USFL for those first years, and that's fine. "But I think Doug Flutie now will be a great asset, not only to the Generals but also to the league.

We have thority source. "Notre Dame-Boston College, even Notre Dame-Brigham Young would have been better." Those were two of the choices the Classic committee advised by Sports Authority officials Robert Mulcahy, Loris Smith, and Les Unger considered. Brigham Young-Ohio State was another. Notre Dame, the committee said, would guarantee a big crowd after last year's dropoff. The inaugural AP photo Herschel Walker grimaced through the pain of a shoulder injury last season.

a lot guys with a winning attitude on this club, and he'll be another. He's a winner, there's no doubt in my mind about that." Walker said he talked with Flutie at the Heisman Trophy and Kodak All-America dinners and discussed the prospect of joining forces in the same backfield. "I told him he had to do what he thought was right and not let the money be the only deciding factor," said Walker. "I told him he should make sure he's going to be happy, wherever he wound up playing. I told him I was thrilled to be where I'm at, that I thought I was in a great position.

"I really feel that way. I know I took a gamble when I signed, but everyone has to take a gamble now and then in life. I think the USFL has made great strides in the two years. I know the question remains: Can Herschel Walker play in the NFL? Well, I'm confident enough in my abilities to know I could play in any league." Walker, now a ripe old 22 years of age, earned his degree in criminology from Georgia this past fall but will return to school again during the extra-long 1985-86 offseason to take some business courses. He's already involved in several business ventures in which he would like to take a more active role in the future.

After his classes will come the USFL's first fall season, in 1986. "I think the people then will see there's enough talent, and enough fans, to support two leagues," Walker said. "Or at least one very big league." draft EliGLEUOOD TIDE DISTnjujjfk Flutie contract on fifth 11 II I I I II II II I I I I I I 1 I 1 I II II I II: II II I I I IK II 1 11 uuuu vyuui3i The Associated Press NEWARK The attorney for Doug Flutie said yesterday he had received the fifth and what he hoped was the final draft of the quarterback's five-year contract with the Generals of the United States Football League. Attorney Bob Woolf said he would spend yesterday looking at the 40-to 50-page document and discuss it with Flutie and his family in Massachusetts today. Donald Trump, the Generals' owner, has called a news conference for 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Trump Tower in New York. He hopes then to announce the THE ADVANTAGE in9 signing of Flutie, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Boston College. "I believe this will be the final draft of the contract," Woolf said in a telephone interview from his Boston office. "Attorneys for both sides met all through the night, preparing the contract." That meeting, in New York, lasted from 5 p.m. Friday until 9 a.m.

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New Jersey had taken a 2-0 advantage with 12:31 to go, when the ball rolled out of the end zone for a safety after a snap over Memphis punter Jim Miller's bead. Former Chicago Blitz safety Don-nell Daniel, who may have clinched the General punt return job with two returns for 26 yards, ran back the free kick following the safety 26 yards to the Showboat 46. Sipe, who completed two of four passes for 29 yards in his three series of work, connected with Walker on a 13-yard play to highlight the march to the first touchdown. Memphis, with Walter Lewis and Mike Kelley sharing the quarter-backing, put together consecutive drives of 71, 72, and 73 yards but got only three points out of them, via a 34-yard Alan Duncan field goal with 1:54 left in the first half. The first drive died when Lynn Madsen stopped running back Alan Reid short of a first down on fourth-and-inches at the New Jersey four.

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The three did nothing to steal Flutie's headlines yesterday, combining for 10 pass attempts, 5 completions, and 59 yards. "I have no comment on the quarterback situation other than I'm happy with what's now," said head coach Walt Michaels. "The rest will take care of itself." The Generals produced only 159 offensive yards and nine first downs, but they made use of their opportunities. Running backs Herschel Walker and Clarence Harmon scored the only touchdowns of the game, which employed the United States Football League's speed-up rules and lasted only 2Vj hours. The experimental rules allow the clock to start again after incomplete passes and out-of-bounds plays when the referee indicates the ball is ready for play again, rather than on i- Tayor Hay Smmi Kca Mc.

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The Memphis standout was rookie return man Henry Williams, who returned a kickoff 41 yards and had an 87-yard punt return called back because of a penalty. General kicker Eric Schubert of Lakeland prevented a TD by his last-ditch tackle on the kickoff play. The crowd was somewhat disappointing to organizers hoping to bring a USFL franchise to this city in the future, but the cold and rain prevented a significant game-day walkup sale. The city will host another USFL exhibition, between Tampa Bay and Baltimore, in two weeks. NOTES The Generals have offered offensive tackle Mark May of the National Football League Washington Redskins a three-year contract for $400,000 a season, the Washington Post reported yesterday.

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