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2B Friday, Aug. 16,1991 The Capital Times SPORTS 1 RIEFS Davey beginning to feel at home From staff and news services By fe Sdatttz 7rCaett Tom GEEE.V BAY There's no reason why Don Davey shouldn't feel completely at home this Saturday at Camp BandaU has been a relief to find some success in the preseason games. It has given him the feeling that he belongs in the National Football League. "It's been a big confidence boost for me. I had a sack, four or five tackles and said, 'Hey, I can go out there and can do it with these guys just like the rest of the guys on the he said.

But Davey also knows he has played against team's second and third units. He's anxious to take that next step, especially against a powerhouse offense like Buffalo's. "I'd like to get in the first half just to get the chance to go up against a team's best people instead of their second and third string," said Davey. play can get going. I've had a couple opportunities and I've made the plays," Davey said proudly.

What has led to Davey's improvement is an improved technique and stance at the various positions he has been asked to play on the line. He sets up as a defensive end in the Packers 3-4 alignment, but moves inside in the 4-3. "I'm a lot more comfortable with my stance, my left-handed stance that they've got me in when I play the right side," Davey said. "And I'm starting to make the reads that I made in college. I'm starting to see things more around you instead of just the guy in front of you." who admittedly was struggling early in camp, said it why Davey will feel at home when the Green Bay Packers play the Super Bowl runner-up Buffalo Bills in a nationally televised game at Camp Randall (12 noon kkkoff).

Instead, it has something to do with the pro-. gress the former University of Wisconsin standout defensive lineman has made since arriving in Green Bay as the Packers' third-round pick. "It really is starting to come," said Davey, who, at times, has shown flashes of his vintage form at Wisconsin. Through two preseason games, he has had four tackles and one sack. "I'm starting to get in the backfield and making some plays.

That's what I was known for at Wisconsin. I'm penetrating, getting in the backfield and messing things up before the Besides going back to his old locker room and stadium, Davey will be playing in front of a small crowd against an opposing team has been more successful than his team drz Davey in recent years. But that's not the main reason Lofton learned from mistakes Ticket sales picking up "It'll depend on the weather," he added. The forecast is calling for a chance of rain. Bob Harlan, the Packers' president, said 50,000 fans are needed if the Packers are to return to the UW.

Coach Lindy Infante said he doesn't mind playing a preseason game in Madison, but would like to see bigger crowds. "That's what we're in the business for, to go out and play in front of a lot of people and show our wares," Infante said. "So it is a little bit depressing, just like it is for any football team at any level and you go out and the seats aren't full." The game, which is being televised nationally by CBS, is blacked out in Madison. Tht Ctplul Timet Huff Ticket sales for Saturday's game between the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills have been heavy in recent days, said Tim Van Alstine, the University of Wisconsin athletic department's ticket director. Van Alstine said about 37,000 tickets had been sold by Thursday afternoon.

"The last seven days have been very brisk. Our phone lines have been jammed," Van Alstine said. Van Alstine said there is a chance the game will draw 50,000. Last year, the UW sold 15,000 tickets on the day of the game. He expects between 5,000 and 8,000 to be sold this year.

r. vcV V.je mm PAM API fiAMFS Kenny Friday, at 29 the oldest man THII Klil UAfilCO on ujg team, fought lus way into a gold-medal match by beating Arnolfo Castillo of Mexico in the 125-pound divison. Friday will meet Arnaldo Mesa of Cuba in Sunday's finals. Eight Cubans already have made the finals, with three more fighting tonight. No more VS.

boxers fight until the finals. Patrice Brooks already boxed his way into the 132-pound finals, while two other VS. fighters got in through the backdoor. Heavyweight Shannon Briggs drew a bye into the heavyweight finals, where hell meet Felix Savon of Cuba, and Steve Johnson earned a spot at 139 pounds when his semifinal opponent, Lois Dasilva of Brazil, broke his finger. GOLF Kelth Clearwater recorded 18 points, a single-round tournament record under the modified Stableford scoring system, in the storm-delayed first round of The International in Castle Rock, Colo.

Play was suspended by darkness with 72 players left on the course. Joey Sindelar set the previous record of 17 in the final round of the 1988 tournament. Lou Hinile was second with 14 points, followed by Bobby Clampett with 12. PGA champion John Daly opened the tournament with a 400-yard drive on the 644-yard first hole and finished with six points. University of Wisconsin golfer David Formisano shot a 75 Thursday to win the Golf Foundation Junior Invitational at Lake Arrowhead Golf Club near Wisconsin Rapids.

A 36-hole total of 151 gave Formisano a one-shot victory over first-round leader Justin HilL who finished with a 79. Jeff Blake of Sun Prairie shot 75 and finished with a 153 to tie for third. Little Chute's Joellyn Erdmann shot a 75 and finished with a record-tying 149 to 'hold off Madison's Erika Brown, who shot 79, by five strokes in the girls division. TEMHIS Top-seeded Boris Becker defeated 16th-seeded Christian Bergstrom 6-2, 6-2 and second-seeded Jim Courier beat 15th-seeded Francisco Clavet 6-2, 6-1 in the third round of the U.S. Hardcourts at Indianapolis.

In other third-round matches, 14th-seeded Fabrice Santoro upset third-seeded Andre Agassi 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and fifth-seeded Pete Sampras defeated 12th-seeded Patrick McEnroe 6-3, 6-4. Richard Krajlcek upset top-seeded Stefan Edberg 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and 16th-seeded Marc Rosset eliminated second-seeded Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Volvo International at New Haven, Conn. In another third-round match, fourth-seeded John McEnroe defeated Fernando Roese 6-0, 6-3. Top-seeded Monica Seles defeated Amanda Coetzer 6-4, 6-1 and second-seeded Gabrlela Sabatini beat Debbie Graham 6-3, 6-1 in the third round of the Virginia Slims of Los Angeles. Five men's teams and five women's teams that won Madison-area league titles this summer are scheduled to compete in the 44-team United States Tennis Association league state championships that run today through Sunday at Cherokee Country Club and Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

The tournament will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sunday. FOOTBALL atner Chicago Bears running back Neal Anderson was charged with murdering the woman the older Anderson had allegedly planned to marry. Tommy Anderson, 63, is accused of the shooting death of Laura Mae Tyson, 37, at her home, a Graceville (Fla.) police spokesperson said.

Anderson, who reportedly turned himself in to police about 30 minutes after the shooting, was being held in the Jackson County Jail in Marianna, Fla. Raghib "Rocket" Ismail scored his first two touchdowns at home to help Toronto to a 62-10 victory over Saskatchewan in a CFL game on Thursday night. Ismail caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Rickey Foggie and ran for a 5-yard score, his first rushing touchdown as a pro. RASKETRALL The New Jersey Nets waived guard Reggie un" 1 Theus so the 13-year NBA veteran can play for Associazione Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian League. Theus, who will be 34 in October, had a year remaining on his contract with the Nets and had requested an extension.

Theus led the Nets in scoring last season, averaging 18.6 points. He finished the season as the NBA's 22nd all-time scorer with 19,015 points in 1,026 games. BOWLING Eick Steelsmith and Teata Semiz rolled 10 strikes in the final match to win the PBA's Senior-Touring Pro Doubles title at Buffalo, N.Y. The top-seeded team beat Steve Wunderlich and John Handegard 243-198 to earn $28,000. RITQ AND PIECES wendy Lucero won her ninth U.S.

minni i iwwdiving championship, taking the 1-meter springboard title with a 458.16-point performance at Bartlesville, Okla. Janae Lautenschlager finished second with 444.84 points. The Continental Hockey Association announced that it will delay its planned start until the 1992-93 season. The CHA had hoped to begin play this season with franchises in Saskatoon; Cincinnati, Cleveland; Hamilton, Ontario; Fort Lauderdale, and Atlanta. Kounty Korners near Brooklyn has qualified for the National Men's Masters (over-40) fastpitch softball tournament Labor Day weekend in Springfield, Mo.

The team advanced by placing second in a recent qualifying tournament in Portage. TRIVIA ANSWER Boyd Dowler with 449 receptions. Con tinned from Page IB city and state before the acquittal. "But don't perceive James' story as a sad one because that's not it at all," said Douglass, who operates a fitness training studio near San Diego and has become one of California's premiere body builders. "His story has gone on to be nothing but greatness.

He came through it so well and went on to greater glory where most people would have fallen and exploded." Lofton played two years for the Raiders before he was waived during their youth movement push. He signed with the Bills during the 1989 season, became a starter in 1990 and played a key role in the Bills' drive to the Super Bowl earlier this year. He needs just eight receptions this season to move Into fourth place among the NFL's all-time leading receivers. But besides continuing to excel on the field, Douglass said Lofton has strengthened his marriage with his wife, Beverly, and his bond with his three children. "He realized what life and people are all about," Douglass added.

"He started to consider his own loved ones a little more. He has put a stronger emphasis on what's important to him instead of what others want him to want. To see him with his kids, you'd see what kind of a wonderful dad he is." Lofton has aim been a model teammate at Buffalo. Scott Berchtold, the Bills' director of media relations, said besides having exemplary work habits and always being assignment-sure, Lofton goes out of his way to offer advice to younger receivers and defensive backs. "He's a great leader," said Berchtold.

Lofton was a great leader with the Packers, too, "The thing about pro football is that you can be a great guy and work hard In practice. But to ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Packer teammates of James Lofton say he's matured and learned from the mistakes he made off the field. exciting." But through it all, Lofton has left a large piece of his heart in Green Bay. If he was never to play another down, his greatest memory in the NFL, to be sure, would be last January's Super Bowl. But most of the others would be from his days in Green Bay.

Those are the days that should earn him a spot in both the Packer and Pro Football Hall of Fames. Lofton spoke of Green Bay's fan support and playing for two Hall of Famers (Bart Starr and Forrest Gregg) in an organization that was more like a family than a football team. "Those things you can't trade," he said. "I still have fond memories of the guys that I played with and the people I met back there." And Lofton is hoping fans have fond memories of him. Asked how he hopes to be remembered, Lofton said, "As a guy who played hard and a guy who had a lot of fun playing." Better yet, they might remember him as a player who learned from his mistakes and went on to become an even better person.

be a leader you have to be a performer and he performed," said former Packer center Larry McCarren, who is now a sports anchor with WFRV-TV in Green Bay. Strong safety Mark Murphy said Lofton performed like no others before or after him. To Murphy, Lofton was football's version of The Natural. "The best I've ever seen," he said. Quite simply, added corner-back Mark Lee, "James was the man around here." But Douglass said it took time for Lofton to learn all the responsibilities, and the dangers, of what that leadership meant.

"I remember when he was a rookie I walked up to him and told him that he wasn't a normal, every-day football player. He was the total exception," said Douglass. "It was like playing in a band and having Michael Jackson walk up and start singing with you. "Here was a kid who was suddenly the man. It was an awakening to be in that spotlight and it takes a lot of responsibility to cover every base.

He had home plate covered, but he had first, second and third base stolen out from under him at times. But not anymore." Douglass said Lofton had to find out who he was, set some goals and then follow them. "And that's hard," added Douglass, "especially when you have people who constantly wanted to find out what made him tick. He was intriguing, intelligent. He attracted a lot of people, both good and bad.

He had to find out who he was before he could separate the good from the bad. And when he found out who he was, he learned it was all good." As it turned out, the trade to Los Angeles allowed Lofton to learn that. think the changes have made me fresh, moving from team to team," added Lofton, who has kept in shape by working with a track coach in Los Angeles in the offseason and still thinks he has a few good years left to play in the NFL. "It's been Reality gives ex-Packer Derby a cold slap aval law Mil 11 3 a i in 2 National Football League. Yeah, right.

See Mark Bavaro. "I've been playing football for half my life, 14 years, and my body has taken a beating," Derby said. "I just didn't want to go through it anymore." So he left. But on his way to Sussex, where he and wife, Can-dice, are now calling home, he couldn't get Green Bay out of his rear-view mirror. Still can't.

"I miss the competition," he said, "and the fun I had with the guys. Since I've been gone, I've realized that. But I made up my mind and I have to stick with my TV TODAY 6:30 p.m. Baseball Chicago White Sox at NY Yankees. WGN.

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Baseball Baltimore at Milwaukee. WIBA-AM1 31 0. Continued from Page IB Shoot 'em up, ride 'em out. "I've done it that way before and I didn't want to do it again," Derby said. "The cortisone would relieve the Inflammation and the soreness but what was left of my ankles would wear out faster.

I'm Just at the point where I would rather be able to play golf and enjoy my life when I'm 50 than to hobble around." Of course, this attitude runs counter to the You-Owe-It-To-Us-To-Play-With-Pain creed of the decision." The irony is that his ankles haven't gotten any better. "Actually, they've been getting a little worse," he said. "They've been so sore I can't even jog. I'm going to see another doctor. I'm a little scared.

It may require more surgery." Derby is working for selling long distance phone ser-ice. He is considering several other job possibilities. He's also planning on returning to school to get his degree in consumer science. He's eight credits short. Life after football? Not to worry.

Derby is not intimidated because he was a long shot to make a career out of it in the first place. So he began preparing for his future two years ago after he was cut twice by the Saints. "That was like getting slapped in the face with reality," he said. Derby has not watched either one of Green Bay's two preseason games on TV. But he has been following the team in the papers and last week he visited with center James Campen, a' good friend.

He has been trying to get in touch with Tony Manda-rich and a few other ex-teammates. He'd just like to talk. Maybe he'll get the chance after Saturday's preseason game between the Packers and the Buffalo Bills at Camp Randall. He's thinking about driving over. "But it might be too tough to watch," he said.

"I don't know, maybe I still will run over there (Madison). Things are going good now. I've been happy the last couple of weeks. I've got a great wife and I'm really looking forward to the rest of my life." Another slap of reality. Brewers dump Muskies MIDWEST LEAGUE BELOIT Mike Farrell and Pat Miller combined to pitch a six-hitter and lead the Beloit Brewers to a 4-1 Midwest League baseball victory over the Madison Muskies Thursday night.

The Muskies had a chance to break the game open in the fifth when Izlay Molina, Brent Hend-ley and Greg Reid all singled with nobody out. But Ferrell struck out Bill Picketts, Lee Sam-mons and Ernie Young to protect a 1-0 lead. The loss was the Muskies' fifth in their last seven games, but they remained a game behind the Rockford Expos in the Northern Division race. Waterloo defeated Rockford, 4-1, Thursday. 1 fcELorr rlH 0 0 0 0 0 0 ii i 500 REBATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 MADISON Sommons cf Young If arisen 2b Lanfranco 3b Hnry lb Molina Hendtoy dh Rold rf Picket IS Totals iaLARSON Dlggs 3b Singleton cf Smith dh Benlamln rf Harris lb Albert If Flares Solazar ss Powell 2b Totals 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 4 0 3 BUDWEISER jgV C0RNFEST A Bud.

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