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From A stdff and wire reports SAN DIEGO Quarterback Dan Fouts, with a base salary of $283,750 in 1982, was the highest-paid member of the San Diego Chargers, but ranks 16th among quarterbacks in the National Football League, a survey shows. The complete list of NFL players salaries have been mailed to members of the NFL Players Association by Ed Garvey, executive director of the players union. The report, the first undertaken by the NFLPA, indicates that 1,630 NFL players were contracted in 1982 for $147,371,560. Because the season was shortened from the regular 16 games to nine games by the 57-day players' strike, teams only paid 916 of that figure, or about $90 million. Farther down the list was prolific wide receiver Wes Chandler, who received $105,000 in 1982.

The Chargers earned an average salary of $100,880, sixth highest in the 28-team league, according to the NFLPA report Other Charger salaries listed in the report include place-kicker Rolf Benirschke backup quarterback Ed Luther $140,000, center Don Macek guard Ed White $165,000, guard Doug Wilk-erson tackle Billy Shields $115,000, tackle Russ Washington $170,000, defensive tackle Louie Kelcher, whose contract is known to contain extensive deferred payments, $100,000, defensive tackle Gary Johnson $110,000, special team standout Hank Bauer defensive back Miles McPherson linebacker Ray Preston $60,000 The union estimates the total revenue of a typical NFL team to be $23 a season. The leagues total income then would be $650 million. According to the unions figures, teams spent only 23 percent of their income on players salaries. "The survey is as accurate as possible, writes Garvey in a letter to the players. "We have the contracts, but not the signing bonus or performance bonus information for many players, so we opted to report base salary only.

Fouts, the NFLs passing yardage leader the past four years, made less than half the $600,000 base salary paid in 1982 to New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, the leagues highest-paid player. Fouts, however, was in the final year of a five-year contract he signed in 1977. And it is believed his performance bonuses greatly increased his base pay figure. After Manning, Ken Stabler, also of the Saints, was next on the salary list at $450,000 a year. Joe Ferguson of the Buffalo Bills was third at $440,000 and Steve Bartkowski of Atlanta at $410,000.

The second highest-paid member of the Chargers was running back Chuck Muncie, whose salary was listed at $250,000. It is the same as Houstons Earl Campbell and St. Louis Otis Anderson, but behind the $350,000 received by Dallas Tony Dorsett and Pittsburghs Franco Harris. All-Pro tight end Kellen Winslow and safety Tim Fox shared third place on the Chargers salary list at $210,000 a year. Here com the PadiresI The Force is with Sockers The San Diego Padres open their exhibition schedule today against San Francisco at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma To help kick off what promises to be an exciting season of Padres baseball, the Times Advocate today be gins a monthlong special feature baseball cards featuring photos, statistics and little known facts about your favorite Padres We begin today w.th Manager Dick Williams and infielder Tim Flannery We'll publish two cards Monday through Thursday up until the home opener against San Francisco on April 12 a A I i i 1 4 I By Bob Gaines Special to The Times Advocate SAN DIEGO The Cleveland Force was the last team the San Diego Sockers wanted to play Wednesday evenmg.

With Julie Veee serving a one-game league suspension, the Sockers were without their hottest player. By league rule, a player must sit out one game after accumulating 20 penalty minutes. Furthermore, the powerful Force, battlmg for the lead in the MISLs Eastern Division, entered the game with an amazing 17-2 record against Western foes. Cleveland had dominated San Diego this season, winning each of three previous meetings. But, set aside the worry.

The Sockers broke the monopoly held by the Force to pull out a 4-3 victory before 6,084 fans Wednesday at the Sports Arena. San Diego, now 21-14 and winners of seven of their last nine games, remains a half game ahead of Kansas City for the top spot in the West. Cleveland, 21-13, is second in the East. "If were going to win the championship, we dont want a scar on our record, said Sockers Coach Ron Newman. "Nobody can say, Hey, they didnt beat us.

This was an important win. San Diego took the early lead behind the skills of two crafty veterans. Jean Willnch drew the defense to the middle before laymg a quick pass outside to Kaz Deyna. Reversing his field to the left, Deyna faked goalie Radmilo Ivancevic into an early commitment with a delayed shot. As Ivancevic went down on what appeared would be the shot, Deyna soft-touched the ball into the corner of the net.

San Diego was in control until the Force suddenly caught the defense chasing. Unguarded in front of the goal, Trevor Dawkins drove in the equalizer. Please see Sockers, page D2 Lakers gang up on Clippers INGLEWOOD (AP) Los Angeles Coach Pat Riley says hes not upset that his Pacific Division leading team barely scraped by with a win over the basement-dwelling San Diego Clippers mostly because of a kid named Cummings. The Lakers went neck-and-neck against the out-manned Clippers for a come-from-behind 119-114 National Basketball Association win Wednesday. San Diego was playing without centers Bill Walton or Jerome Whitehead.

I commend them, Riley said after the game, "especially a kid named Cummings. He was spectacular. He is a great competitor. He had great desire. He kept coming up' with the big plays left and right.

He said the game was one of the best any team has played against the Lakers all year. Terry Cummings, the rookie out of DePaul, finished the game with a career-high 39 points, 18 rebounds and finished with 14 of 24 field goal attempts and 11 of 12 free throws. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and finished the game with 31 to lead the Lakers. The Clippers played evenly with the Lakers throughout much of the game and the Clippers led by four with 7:23 to go at 99-95. But reserves Michael Cooper and James Worthy combined for the next 12 Laker points to put the Lakers in front 107-102 with 4:36 remaining.

The Clippers fought back, but Abdul-Jabbar scored the Lakers next eight points to keep them ahead 115-110 with 1:26 left. Cummings then made two free throws and Lionel Hollins scored on a layup to bring the Clippers to within one point with 25 seconds remaining. But Norm Nixon hit two free throws for the Lakers and Hollins missed two three-point shots for San Diego in the final 24 seconds. Abdul-Jabbar made 13 of 15 shots from the floor and grabbed a team-high 8 rebounds. Laker guard Magic Johnson had 20 assists and Nixon added 12.

i I i Urn Flannery Dick Williams I i 1 Born September 29, 1957 in Tulsa, Okla Lives in Del Mar Married (Donna), no children Current status: In his second full season with the Padres after spending parts of 1980 and 1981 with the team Professional history: Tim became the Padres regular second baseman on May 20 last season after Juan Bonilla broke his wrist Tim finished the season with a 264 average after hitting a high water mark of 298 on June 23 Tim broke into pro ball in 1978 after he was drafted on the sixth round and signed with the Padres Was called up to the maior leagues in 1980 and was hitting 404 after his first 18 major league games In 1978, was named California's top first year professional baseball player by vote of the Los Angeles Anaheim baseball writers Backround: Played collegiately at Chapman College Interests: Playing the guitar '83 Outlook: Battling Luis Salazar and Lefebvre for starting spot at third base Will also backup Bonilla at second base Record: Won 1,126 games as a major league manager, lost 1,006 The victory total is sec ond only to Ralph Houk of the Red Sox among active major league managers Player history: Played with the Brooklyn Dodgers for all or parts of five seasons. He later played with the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City A's and Bos ton Red Sox in a major league career than stretched from 1951 to 1964 Was an infielder in his playing days As a player, Williams was traded for such noteables as Jim Busby, Larry Doby, Chico Carrasquel, Chuck Essegian and Carroll Hardy. '83 outlook: The Padre skipper has already gone on record as saying he thinks his team should be a contender in '83 If he proves correct, it would be a first in the team's 15 year history. Born May, 7, 1929 in St Louis, Missouri Lives in Tampa, Fla Married (Norma) with three children (Kathi, Ricky and Marc) Current status: In his second season as manager of the Padres after posting 81 81 mark in 1982. Manager history: Managed the Boston Red Sox for three seasons (1967 1969), winning the American League pennant in '67.

Piloted the Oakland A's during their glory days of 1971 73 Won three American League pennants and two World Championships as manager of the A's Was manager of the California Angels from 1974 76 and the Montreal Expos from 1977 to 1981. 1 VOS opened a month earlier than usual this year Normally the picturesque body of water doesn't open until April, which gives the lake time to clear up following the traditional winter rains. But the opening was moved up this year so the San Diego City Lakes could take in an extra estimated $25,000. Judging from the mile-long line outside the gate at 5 a.m. Wednesday, muddy water or no muddy water, fishermen will be there trying to land a bass worth mounting above their fireplace.

Even though the fishing wasn't worth mentioning in Field and Stream there were some incidents worth noting, most of which transpired in the wee hours immediately before opening. As the long awaited hour approached, the fishermen began getting jumpier than a hooked large-mouth bass. Some of the anglers had been camping out since 4 m. Tuesday, homesteading their spots in line so theyd get an early jump on the bass, not to mention the other fishermen. When some impatient types began passing them on Please see Norcross, page D2 Why the poor fishing? Its rude to answer a question with another question, but have you looked at Lake Hodges lately, or just about any other lake for that matter? On a morning when the surrounding mountains were a beautiful emerald green and the skies were a hazy but eye-catchy baby blue, Lake Hodges resembled a cup of coffee.

The recent rains which twice canceled Hodges' opening left their mark. "This is the worst opening weve had since Ive been here, said Jim Retherford, a ranger who was witnessing his third Hodges debut. "The water is so muddy I doubt if the fish can even seen bait. The visibility is terrible. For the die-hard fisherman, the news at Hodges could get worse before it gets better.

If another storm hits the Inland North County before the weekend, Saturday and Sundays fishing at Hodges could be canceled. Even if were spared further rain, Retherford estimated itll take at least two weeks for the lake to clear. Hodges veterans probably recall that the lake But even a novice can sense an unproductive morning. After covering seemingly every cove, waterfall and reed for 6 hours, my partner and I decided to retire, having been shutout, save for sunburns. We sensed we werent alone in our luck.

The basis for our hypothesis wasnt exactly a controlled experiment. Whenever we passed another boat, which was often when working from Highway 15 to the dam, wed ask our fellow anglers how theyd been doing. The standard reaction was one of palms lifted to the heavens, accompanied with a shrug of the shoulders, to which wed reply with another universally recognized sign thumbs turned down. It wasnt until we returned to the boat dock that we found out just how unproductive a morning it really was. By 12:40 p.m., all of one fish had been registered, a 3-pound bass.

Im happy to report the fishing did pick up slightly. By 5 p.m., all of 30 bass and 15 catfish had been reported. Seeing as how rangers estimated there were 700 fishermen combing Hodges, that figures out to one fish for every 15 anglers. Horcross The day they got away at Hodges When The Standells coined their popular hit "Love That Dirty Water, they obviously didnt have fishermen in mind, particularly those who braved beautiful weather Wednesday to attend the opening at Lake Hodges. Having been fishing all of four times the past two years, I dont pretend to be well versed when it comes to casting a line.

I wouldnt know a mealworm from a plastic worm if you introduced them to me..