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62 THE BOSTON GLOBE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986 BU Schuman keeps job V' 1 their season by hosting Delaware State. "1 think Jimmy might have had an advantage over me," said Manclni, "especially with the way he finished out last season. So, I think coach Stetson is right in sticking with him." Last season Schuman completed 112 of 199 passes for 1,367 yards and seven touchdowns. Those numbers carried plenty of weight with Stetson. "I guess if you had to ask why, I would say that was it," said Stetson.

"Both had a very good camp, but I had more of a chance to take a good look at Schuman. In our last intrasquad scrimmage a week ago, he was able to take the first team offense and drive down the field against the first team cini, a 6-foot-3-inch, 220-pound Junior who passed for 796 yards last season. "1 know that it was a tough decision for coach Stetson to make, but I kind of suspected it when he told me after the spring that (Schuman) was No. 1." Schuman realizes that his status could change with one bad outing. "I was told that it was basically going to be a decision on how we played on a week-to-week basis," said Schuman, a 6-1.

194-pound junior. "So, I'll have to take one game at a time, but if one of us is struggling, thei the other can come in. I think it's for the best because, whenever one is playing better, then that person should get to start." That person will be Schuman Saturday when the Terriers open By Michael Vega Contributing Reporter When Steve Stetson selected Jim Schuman to be Boston University's starting quarterback, the news didn't come as much of a surprise to incumbent Pat Man-ctni. Ever since Mancint, BU's starting quarterback last year, suffered a season-ending injury (punctured lung) against UMass, he knew he was going to have a tough time getting his Job back. Schuman passed for more than 1,000 yards in BU's final four games, capping the season with a record-setting 395-yard, four-touchdown effort in a losing cause against Colgate.

"I'd be lying if 1 told you that I wasn't disappointed," said Man- Stetson was obviously pleased with what he saw. but he knows that If Schuman should falter during the course of the season, "we have a good reliever waiting in the bullpen." "We feel that we will be able to interchange the quarterbacks if the situation dictates that," he said. "And if one of them is off that particular day, I feel confident that we can make a change and maintain a good level of productivity." But Manclni, who claims to be "one step and one play away from coming In," will have to get accustomed to his new role as a reliever after having been BU's starter for the past two years. "I think it will be a hard thing to get used to," he said, "But I JIM SCHUMAN "One game at a time" don't think it's going to be a situation where I won't ever be able to get back on the field." Cousineau is waived Jefferson released by Oilers; Cryder signs vith Seahawks i i i At- tin ROUNDUP ize 1 was the oldest player on the team. That might have had something to do with it when you consider what's been going on around here." The Seattle Seahawks reached a contract agreement with- holdout offensive tackle Bob Cryder and traded safety John Harris to the Minnesota Vikings for an un disclosed 1987 draft choice.

Terms of the contract agreement with Cryder, a former Patri-. ot, were-not disclosed. The Seahawks also released running back Rick Parros, offensive guard Jon Borchardt and center Will Grant. Cryder Is entering his ninth pro season. He started all 15 games in which he played last season.

The Rams placed quarterback Dieter Brock (knee) on injured reserve, sidelining him for at least the first four games. Steve Bart-kowskl will start at quarterback In the team's opener. The Rams also acquired linebacker Steve Bu-sick, who had started 44 consecutive games for Denver, for two undisclosed draft choices. Buslck, who was beaten out by Rickey Hunley for the startingjob at Denver, will help fill a void left by an Injury to Jim. Collins Detroit coach Darryl Rogers announced that Eric Hippie had beaten out Joe Ferguson at quarterback for the second year In a row Wayne Wilson, who led the New Orleans Saints in rushing last year with 645 yards, was acquired by Minnesota for wide receiver Mike Jones Jim Zorn, a for mer 10-year NFL veteran with Seattle, Green Bay and Dallas, has hooked up with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

The team was scrambling to find a replacement for injured quarterback Tom Clements. The Jets placed first-round draft pick Mike Haight on injured reserve, leaving the team with none of its 11 choices from last April's draft on the active roster. Haight, an offensive tackle from Iowa, is suffering from a hyperex-tended knee and had played In Just one preseason game The Giants signed veteran placekicker Bob Thomas, cut last week, to replace the injured AH Haji-Shiekh. Wide receiver. Bill Brooks of Boston University has made the Colts.

He was a fourth-round draft choice. The Colts placed wide receiver Robbie Martin on injured reserve and James- Harbour, a wide reclever cut Monday, was resigned Buffalo signed linebacker George Cum'by, released earlier this year by Green Bay. Miami defensive end Doug Betters ended his 39-day holdout, but said the contract he signed left him disappointed. The Dolphins also placed defensive back Glenn Blackwood on Injured reserve with a severe thigh Injury and recalled his brother Lyle. The elder Blackwood, a 13-year NFL veteran, had been waived by the Dolphins Monday San Diego claimed defensive lineman Dee Hardison on waivers from the New York Giants and cornerback David Martin was reclaimed after being cut Monday.

From Wire Services Tom Couslneau, the top pick in the National Football League draft seven years ago. was waived by the Cleveland Browns yesterday as teams continued the countdown to opening day by reshuffling their rosters. The waiving of Couslneau followed unsuccesful efforts to trade him and his contract. Couslneau lost his starting Job at inside linebacker to Anthony Griggs, obtained in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles. Former US Football League player Mike Johnson will be Griggs' backup.

"I have no doubt Tom will play in the NFL and probably start," coach Marty Schottenheimer said. Just had too many quality players at the position." Couslneau was taken by the Buffalo Bills with the first choice in the 1979 draft but opted to play in Canada. He returned two years later and signed with Cleveland. The move means that linebacker Joe Costello of Central Connecticut State appears to have made the Browns. The Houston Oilers cut veteran wide receiver John Jefferson and resigned defensive end Lynn Mad-sen, a player they had cut on Monday, to reach the 45-player limit.

Jefferson, 30, was the oldest player on the Oiler roster and had caught only one pass in four preseason games. "It was a lot of time put In," Jefferson said. "You have to real- SPORT LOG Baseball: Bursitis sidelines Brett Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett has bursitis in his right shoulder and may be sidelined for two weeks. Brett, who has not played since Friday night, was examined in Los Angeles by Dr. Frank Jobe Tim Raines and Andre Dawson will probably have to wait until after the season before the Montreal Expos start talking about contracts with them again.

Both Dawson, 32, and Raines, 26. are In the option years of their contracts and become eligible for free agency at the end of the season. Raines is reportedly seeking a five-year contract worth $2 million. Dawson apparently wants more than a one-year contract with a raise from the reported $1.2 million a year he earns Reliever Bob Stoddard was recalled from the San Diego Padres' farm club in Las Vegas to help a pitching staff depleted by injuries and the suspension of Rich (Goose) Gossage. Colleges: Players cleared of charges-.

A Pickens (S.C.) County grand Jury decided there was insufficient evidence to indict four present and former Clemson University football players on charges they sexually assaulted the mother of another player June 20. The grand jury also found there was no impropriety or criminal wrongdoing by Clemson city police or the Clemson office during their involvement in the investigation. Cleared were Kenny Flowers and A.J. Johnson and former players Duke Holloman and Craig Crawford Anthony Pendleton, one of the nation's top prep basketball players last year while at Northwestern High in Flint, has enrolled at the University of Southern California. Pendleton, a 6-foot-4-lnch guard, is ineligible for the 1986-87 season because he failed to meet the requirements of the NCAA's Proposition 48 Alabama football coach Ray Greene said he has dismissed two players from the team and suspended 18 others, including seven projected starters, for the Bulldogs' opener Saturday against Mississippi Valley State.

Senior linebacker Marshall Pink-ney and junior running back Wellington McLain were dismissed as a result of breaking rules Marist basketball players Carlton Wade and Tim Beck-with have been suspended indefinitely from the team while criminal charges of using a stolen credit card are heard in the courts Drake women's tennis coach Mark Wesselink announced he is resigning to take an assistant coaching job at Harvard Sean, Coady, who captained the 1980-81 University of New Hampshire hockey team, has joined the staff as a part-time assistant coach this season The University of Connecticut field hockey team, the defending NCAA national champion, has received the unanimous No. 1 ranking in the National Division 1 Top 20 preseason Miscellany: Benoit sculpture found A life-size bronze sculpture of Olympic gold medalist Joan Ben-oit was found in a wooded area nearly 12 hours after It was reported stolen from its pedestal In front of the Cape Elizabeth', Maine, library. The 300-pound statue received some damage, but it doesn't appear Irreparable, according to town authorities Georgi Glouchkov, the first Eastern European to play in the National Basketball Association, has apparently complied with the Phoenix Suns' request to play. In an Italian league next season Defenseman Charlie Bourgeois has signed a multiyear contract with the St. Louis Blues The New York Islanders signed Tom Weiss and Stuart Burnle, both rookie free-agent right wings.

Weiss scored 46 goals and added 42 assists in 124 games with the University of Denver. Burnie seta Western Michigan single-season record by scoring 43 goals Center Greg Adams has signed a multiyear contract with the New Jersey Devils Prince Charles Williams and James Salerno will fight Sept. 20 in Indianapolis for the US Boxing Association light heavyweight championship. The 12-round bout has been added to a card featuring Marvin Johnson's defense of his WBA light heavyweight crown against South African Jean-Marie Emebe in a 15-rounder Fox1 boro Raceway will be closed until Sept. 9, allowing the harness track to resurface the track and do cleanup work in the grandstand and clubhouse areas.

1 Compiled by Paul Harber Globe file photo Boston College coaches are eager to see what talented Bill Thompson can do at defensive end this season. Painful growth nears fruition EC's Thompson healthy and wise By lan Thomsen Globe Staff Bill Thompson lived the Bill Cosby Show life. His father was a dentist, his mother a federal Judge in New Jersey. The deepest casting variation was Bill Thompson himself: 6 feet 2 Inches and 215 pounds, he was the strongest, fastest athlete in his prep school conference. He was not a believable character.

"I was just bigger than everyone else," he said. "Our technique In prep ball came down to just shedding the blockers and tackling the man with the ball. The division I played in, that was all I really needed. "It wasn't nearly as sophisticated as college ball," he said. "We didn't have a game plan.

We just came and played ball." He was some comic-book character dropped from the sky and into the Pennington (N.J.) School locker room. He was the football team's MVP as a linebacker, the basketball team's leading scorer as a forward, the track team's fastest human at 10.8 seconds in the 100 meters. College football recruiters wrote and called and visited, all pleading that Bill Thompson please, please, accept a free offer to attend their school for four to five years. They stepped off their chartered Ninas, Pintas and Santa Marias, hoping to lure him out of Trenton with their bowl games and cheerleaders and boosters. And standing at the door of the Thompson home, waiting for each recruiter, was Bill's mother.

"Boy, would she have some tough questions," remembered Boston College coach Jack Bick-nell. It became clear that a successful Thompson recruiting trip would consist of more than a good frat party, and that he was looking for more than his name in the media guide. "He is very Intelligent, and we really had to sell the academics," Bicknell said. "It was all academics. They couldn't have cared less about what kind of football team we were going to have." Institutions of higher learning deemed unsuitable by the Thompsons (i.e.

the current Top 20?) were lopped off In bunches. The few surviving schools were scattered along the eastern seaboard. Thompson made the final decision. "I wanted to stay close to home," he said. "I wanted to attend a college where my parents could see me play.

The education at Boston College seemed good, and the coaches coach (Pete) Carmlchael, who recruited me. and (defensive ends coach) Kevin Lempa seemed like and turned out to be good people." He signed the national letter of Intent In 1984 which, on the Thompson calendar, is approaching 12,000 years ago. His education has consisted of steady weightlifting and its attendant pain, 15 pounds of necessary muscle gain never had to lift weights one freshman year on the scout squad trying to get aroundout from underneath 270-pound tackle Shawn Regent, one sophomore case of badly-sprained ankle, and who-knows-how-many loads of sweaty laundry. He enters his Junior season a starter at defensive end for the second straight year. He is still learning to play while wearing his mandatory ankle brace, but figures to lose little from his 4.58-seconds time In the 40-yard dash.

"I look for him to have a great year." Lempa said. "He has unlimited potential. Unlimited. This is an Important year for his development, and for our defense. We have a lot to prove.

We have given up too many points, too many yards. I really think our kids want to prove they're much better than they've been in the past." If so, they will be depending heavily upon someone who has In two years gone from (a) snubbing Joe Paterno, to (b) learning what it's like to get shoved back, to (c) rehabilitating from a first injury. "And then my parents come up for the games," Thompson said, "and every time, the first thing they still ask me is how I'm doing with the books." Sims on injured lisl Blackout looms for Game No. 1 Sunday's Patriots-Colts game probably will not be seen on Channel 4 or 10. There are approximately 19,000 unsold tickets for the game at Sullivan Stadium that would have to be purchased by 4 p.m.

tomorrow in order to lift the TV curtain. -JACK CRAIG MBTA provides Patriots train MBTA general manager James F. O'Leary announced yesterday that the MBTA will provide rail service to Sullivan Stadium for Patriots games. Trains leave South Station at 11:15 a.m. with stops in Readville at 11:25 and Norwood at 11:40, arriving in Foxborough at 12:15 p.m.

The return trip begins 25 minutes after the game. Round-trip tickets cost $4.50 and are sold daily at North and South Stations or on the train. Zone 5 commuter rail monthly passes also will be accepted and passholders may travel with a guest PATRIOTS Continued from Page 61 Despite the success of player personnel director Dick Steinberg's manuverings however. Berry refused to admit such things had gone on. "Our final roster is at 45," Berry said.

"We released Tom Toth and put Reggie Dupard. Clayton Weishuhn. Kenneth Sims and Rod McSwain on injured reserve." When pressed for details on how he arrived at that roster, Berry snapped, "We have arrived at our 45-man roster. I just gave you the numbers (by position)." Berry then read the roster, player by player, position by position, off the same sheet that had been handed out to the media. However, minutes later Berry said that Sims, McSwain and Weishuhn all were eligible to come off the reserve list without being waived, which meant each had to have been on the 45-man roster that was sent to the NFL office in New York by noon Monday.

If they were, then Morriss, Scott and Owens were not. "They have to be out for the first four games, but bringing them back is all free moves (no waivers required on them)," Berry said. Those being the facts, Berry was again asked to elaborate on how that was possible without first having waived the players named in yesterday's Globe. "We have four players on injured reserve and we have waived Tom Toth," Berry responded again. "We've arrived at our 45-' man squad.

Three quarterbacks, four running backs The only problem in all this is that the Patriots are temporarily left with only three healthy running backs Craigames, Tony Collins and Mosi Tatupu. The other back off the waiver list or of placing Weathers on injured re-' serve. "It would be better if Robert was at full speed, but we don't think he's too far away," Berry explained. "We feel like Robert is much closer to being back then you might expect." He is not close enough to play Sunday when the season opens against the Indianapolis Colts. However, tight end Greg Hawthorne, hurting with sore ribs, could fill in at running back (his former position) in an emergency.

Thus the roster of the defending AFC champions Is set. at least for the moment, with four rookies (Mike Ruth, Vencie Glenn, Greg Baty and Brent Williams) and five new faces (add Scott to the list). According to Berry that was not a surprising number, but he has not yet decided If it Is as good a team as the little number he led to Super Bowl XX a year ago. "I haven't thought about that, to tell you the truth," Berry said. "I felt this was a very strong, very solid football team coming back." Over the next four months the NFL will learn just how strong.

Berry said although he had decided on the starting lineups for Sunday's opener, he was not yet ready to announce them. To a degree, the starters will be dictated as much by the medical staff as the coaching staff. Defensive end Garin Veris is listed as doubtful with a sprained arch, so there may be a chance that rookie Brent Williams, a seventh-round draft choice who has played like gang-busters all summer, will get his chance The offensive line is also battered, with Steve Moore (elbow) and Paul Fairchild (hip) both listed as questionable (50-50 chance of playing). Ml COUNTRY CLUB Pisy on of Cp Cod's Mwit ft most intrttng OOCF COURSES 477-4412 Hong Run ttlS'rSSanSJS ft oft rotary 4 lottow signs. Wt mt you to ww the be Co64vub mJm Cap Cat today Mod from fourth back, Robert Weathers; remains sidelined because of a broken nose and injured ankle sustained in a car accident a week ago.

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