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UXU jTimes Advocate I Business Thursday, February 27, 1986 mi First day with the new Boros feels like a perfect fit Donna CosenttnoThe Times-Advocate Steve Boros addresses the Padres on his first full day as the teams new manager. By John Shea Times-Advocate Sportswriter YUMA A few hundred people, mostly locals, crowd around the batting cages at the Padres spring training site here. Its a small gathering, but its the biggest of the spring for an obvious reason: The regulars are here. Included among the regulars is the manager, but youd never, know it. Steve Boros just blends in, as if hed been in charge all along.

He fits. There are few introductions. Few players go overboard to make an impression. Boros, hired from within the organization Tuesday, already knows everybody. Even the crowd doesnt pay much attention to Boros.

Most are preoccupied with the players. Boy, Kennedys looking good, said one woman. Is that Bevacqua out there? I thought he was gone, said one man. Its Feb. 26, 1986, the day Steve Boros makes his debut in the managers uniform that was previously worn by Dick Williams.

Williams, who resigned Monday, was No. 23. Boros dons No. 22. 4:30 a.m.: After four hours of sleep, Boros rises out of bed.

He scribbles some notes for a speech hell give his new players. He eats breakfast and scribbles some more notes. 7 a.m.: Boros arrives at the ballpark with a shadow. I shave only after the workouts, he says. He puts on his uniform for the first time.

He scribbles more notes. 8 a.m.: Boros meets individually with several of his players to discuss his philosophies and plans. 9 a.m.: Boros formally addresses the entire team in center-field on one of the diamonds. His speech, though consisting of a mornings worth of notes, sounds much like his press conference the night before. Boros says things such as, If you have problems, my door is open, and, Well emphasize base running this year.

Its unusual for a manager to address his team en masse around these parts. And its even more unusual that reporters are allowed to listen in. 9:15 a.m.: Boros turns over the platform to trainer Dick Dent, who leads the team in stretches and a mile run. Garry Templeton never finishes his mile. He has to go in and change his shoes.

9:40 a.m.: Boros tells half his players to report to Field 1 and the other half to Field 2, so that his assistants can break into smaller groups for work on fundamentals. 9:45 a.m.: Boros begins to wander from station to station. He allows a San Diego television crew to wrap a wireless microphone around his neck. Wonderful, said Boros. My first day, and Ill probably get electrocuted.

9:50 a.m.: Boros watches Sandy Alomar, the new first base coach, and Templeton give rookie Bip Roberts a few pointers on turning the double play. 9:55 a.m.: The San Diego TV sports announcer is waiting for some noise. He hasnt said a word since hes been on tape, the announcer says. 10 a.m.: Finally, Boros but its a private chat with Larry Bowa, the Padres Triple-A manager. 10:15 a.m.: Boros watches his first basemen field ground balls.

10:20 a.m.: Boros walks over Please see Boros, page D7 Garvey: Williams fried to hurt team have been very embarrassing. The fans should know that everything will turn out for the better. Each of the players interviewed today said they will not refer back to Williams late resignation should they fall into an early-sea-son slump. Its irrelevant, Garvey said. Now it all boils down to the players.

The manager is there just to manage and motivate. Garvey said he hopes his comments will conclude any more talk of Williams and switch it over to new Manager Steve Boros. Weve made a real quick transition with Steve Boros, Garvey said. We will overcome this. But now, this chapters done.

Its closed. this season. But I think he deliberately misled the media and fans in order to inflict the most harm on our team. Thats the way he does things. Leaving like this, at the beginning of spring training, was his way of trying to bum the players.

Garvey confirmed this morning that his statements were accurate, and that he made them to tell the fans what he believes were Williams reasons. Infielder Jerry Royster today said Garveys opinion on Williams may be accurate, but added that Williams late announcement wont hurt the team. Its probably true, but you wont see it have an effect on us, Royster said. Dicks always been By John Shea Times-Advocate Sportswriter YUMA Steve Garveys rare outburst criticizing former Padres Manager Dick Williams seems to have some truth to it, according to the first basemans teammates. Garvey was quoted in Wednesdays editions of the Los Angeles Daily News as saying that Williams resignation on the first day of spring training Monday, was an act intended to disrupt the Padres.

The more I think about the timing of his quitting the madder I get, Garvey was quoted as saying. Dick has known for a long time he wasnt going to manage Madison forward sinks Sundevils Glassfords 29 points spark cage upset an eye-for-an-eye guy. If he wanted to hurt us, the more power to him. We are intelligent people, and something like this wont hurt. He wouldve hurt us if he stayed.

Outfielder Tony Gwynn said that if Williams motive was to hurt the players, it backfired. If anything, it was a positive thing for us rather than a negative thing, Gwynn said today. Look around here. People are happier now. Its not like Garvey to speak out like that, but he doesnt say anything unless hes sure of it.

Those were my opinions, and they were based on a lot of thought and observations, Garvey said. The last four months San Pasquals Dawn Evans, 9, had Sockers rally, top Chicago Coach gets defensive about SP win By Donna Balancia Special to The Times-Advocate ESCONDIDO Bill Bullock has built a superior defense with his San Pasqual girls soccer players. It has supported the team through the first round of the 2A CIF playoffs. But what really put the Eagles on the defensive Wednesday was the war of words that followed their 2-0 victory over Our Lady of Peace in the first round playoff game. They had no great strategy, and they dont have great soccer players theyve got good athletes who are strong, said Coach Bill Latham of OLP.

We have an outstanding Soccer team. Tell that to the 17-3-1 Eagles, who last week clinched their third consecutive Avocado League title and finished with a league record 11-0-1. I think their first goal was just a result of nerves, said Latham qf the opening score, which resulted from a Christi Toler boot that rebounded off the OLP goalie to Lisa Klapka and into the net. It was a fast pace and I think it probably could have been a 0-0 tie. The second goal? I think that was the result of (OLPs) mental fatigue, concluded Latham.

Actually, it was the result of a corner kick at the right side of the goal, from Ronna Shedd to Toler, who headed it in from in front of the netto score with a little more than three minutes remaining. I dont know, but I think Bill should be praising the work of his goalie rather than knocking the other team, said Bullock of goalie Shannon Hogan, who had seven saves. I disagree with what he said about our team. We were seeded No. 1 in the CIF and it takes one coach from each league to determine 'the seeding.

Its a fact they seeded us No. 1. Today we missed a lot of opportunities to score. We laced a couple at their goalkeeper and she was pretty good. San Pasqual had nine attempts on goal in the first half and nine in the second, while OLP managed to get off seven attempts over the course of the game.

We have an AH-CIF-caliber forward with Lisa and that second goal thats something we work on in practice, said Bullock. If we get that five times a game and make it once, well, thats all you can ask for. Please see Eagles, page D2 By Terry Monahan Times-Advocate Sportswriter RANCHO PENASQUITOS When Peggy Brose arrived at the Mt. Carmel High School gym Wednesday night, the facility was not totally ready for use. As it turned out, neither were Broses Sundevils.

Mt. Carmel, seeded third in the 3A CIF Playoffs, was eliminated in the opening round when Madison pinned a 50-49 upset on the Sundevils. Lisa Glassford hit the deciding basket for the Warhawks, the runner-up in the City Eastern League. The 5-foot-7 senior forwards lone basket in the final period came with 2:19 left to play and pushed Madison in front for the last time as neither side scored again. Glassford wound up taking game-scoring honors with 29.

No other Warhawk was in double figures as Tuesha Weathers scored eight and Pam Schuster added seven. We did an awfully poor job on Glassford, said Brose. The third quarter was the key. That big turnaround really killed us. Mt.

Carmel held a 28-23 lead at halftime, but Glassfords 13 points ignited a 21-11 outburst to hand the visitors a 44-39 lead after three Joiner signs for 1 8th pro By Jay Posner Times-Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO Charlie Joiner, the National Football Leagues all-time leading pass catcher, will return to the Chargers next year for his 18th professional season. San Diego owner Alex Spanos announced Wednesday night that Joiner has signed a one-year contract for the same terms he received in 1985. Joiner reportedly earned $425,000 last year. Spanos made the announcement at a Hall of Champions banquet at the Town and Country Hotel, where Joiner was inducted into the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame. Joiner will be 39 in October, but Spanos said, Ill tell you what.

If a to 59 periods. Glassford played most of the fourth quarter with four fouls, but still managed to find an opening between three Sundevil defenders for the game-winning shot. The bucket wiped out a 49-48 Mt. Carmel lead gained on Tina Williams rebound basket with 2:40 to go. Lisa has played better, said Madison Coach RaNae' Seaman.

Her legs cramped up during the third quarter, and we kept trying to stretch them out. Shes dam good. We didnt get her the ball as often as I would have liked. That basket to win was great one, going between three people like that. The Warhawks, who are now 15-6, advance to Saturday nights semifinals against second-seeded Monte Vista, at Mira Mesa High School.

By losing, the Sundevils dipped 19-4 by failing to gain their third-straight win over Madison this season." We wanted this so badly, said Seaman, whose club lost a nine-point decision and dropped a 43-40 contest to Mt. Carmel this year. We havent played a game in a week. I guess the third time really is Please see Brose, page D2 contract season he keeps playing like he did. last season, Ill sign him until hes 50.

As the fourth-oldest player in the NFL last season, Joiner made receptions, raising his all-time record total to 716. He gained 932 yards (15.8 average) to give him 11,706 career yards receiving. He still needs 129 yards to surpass Don Maynards NFL record of 11,834 yards. The upcoming season will be Joiners 11th with the Chargers. He came to San Diego in a trade with Cincinnati for defensive end Coy Bacon on April 2, 1976.

Im just proud to have him back, Spanos said. Charlie Joiner personifies what we want in football today. 00 Manuel CemcerosThe Times Advocate several good scoring chances. go, with a 25-9 record, leads the Western Divisnn. The Sting led 2-0 at halftime with both goals scored in the first quarter only 30 seconds apart by Pat McGauley and Frank Klopas.

The Sting led 4-3 after three as Drago Dumovic and Gerry Gray tallied for the Sting and Quinn, Waad Hiermez and Perez for the Sockers. CHICAGO (AP) Led by Hugo Perez and Brian Quinn, the San Diego Sockers rallied for four goals in the final period to take a 7-4 decision over the Chicago Sting Wednesday night before a crowd of 5,467. The last place Sting had its losing streak extended to three games. Chicago is 14-19 in the Eastern Division, while San Die San Diego rallied with. four goals in the fourth quarter, two of them on an empty net, for their ninth consecutive victory against the Sting.

Jean Willrich, Hugo Perez, Brian Quinn and Raffaelle Ruotolo scored in succession. The Sockers return to the Sports Arena Friday night to play the Cleveland Force. Game time is 7:30 p.m..