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"MTV The Sacramento Bee Saturday January 22 1 983 got here is a last hurrah for 62 guys who never had a first Fantasy Island In A Baseball Camp Joe Hamelin Chicken Or Eaa? 1950s Schwab a retired dairyman threw the fourth inning of the campers He gave up a leadoff double to Jose Cardenal then retired Glenn Beckert on a grounder to third baseman Lou Weber 45 a Chicago publisher of consumer magazines Schwab got Billy Williams a mere 44-year-old to pop to second baseman Ignatius (Iggy) Grimaldi 46 a Chicago cop Iggy did a Mark Gastineau-like war dance after making the catch Up came the Hall of Famer Ernie Banks who next week turns 52 All week long Schwab had pondered the possibility of striking out Banks who in 19 years with the Cubs hit 512 homers and drove in 1636 runs It was Schwab against Banks: power against power Catcher Gene Marzelli 46 president of Interior Space Tech-nomics Inc of Palatine 111 called for a change-up And Schwab pulled the string Banks missed but Marzelli let the ball go through with Cardenal scoring Schwab who in 1947 had a tryout with the St Louis Browns shrugged off his mis-creance He came with a fastball that Banks swung right through strike two By Herb Michelson Bee Staff Writer SCOTTSDALE Ariz The Great Scorekeeper in the Sky broke his pencil here Friday It mattered not who won or lost or even how they played the game After all the contest matched the woebegone 1969 Chicago Cubs against 62 old men who paid $2195 each to wear a Cubby uniform and bat and pitch against their idols But in order for everybody to play before a paying crowd of some 3000 the game had to run 15 innings The Great Scorekeeper his box score looking like an inkblot left after the eighth If interested the Cubs won 28-6 The score though is of no import This was a game of vignettes of fated superstars of the man-on-the-street hugging a dream The game was the climax to a week-long Fantasy Islandlike venture of a big baseball camp an expensive interlude for men over 35 As somebody said at Scottsdale Stadium which is the spring training home of the San Francisco Giants got here is a last hurrah for 62 guys who never had a first Take for example Ken Schwab 55 of Peoria 111 who pitched competitively since his days in the Peoria Sunday Morning League in the early WHEN PEOPLE talk about building a stadium for Sacramento they assume they can go out and find a team or two a big assumption a dangerous one some skeptics suggest People in Birmingham and Memphis made the same sort of assumption years ago and built stadiums that serve largely as pit stops for migrating birds They are concrete monuments to the reach of a city exceeding its grasp Thus the chicken-and-egg argument: which comes first franchise or facility? Do you dare build a stadium without first getting teams? Do you dare bring in teams without a fit place to house them? Joe Serna the councilman who sometimes thinks it would be nice to be mayor has taken an interest That took some political courage to be the first to jump in At the same time I however he makes it clear he thinks the fran-' chises have to come first No politician wishes to erect a monument to his own ambition no playing it safe however A Chamber of Commerce committee I learned that much this week chances of getting a team without a stadium are absolutely the Sacramen-tans were told JACK TEELE said that and Teele should know He wears the title of assistant to the president in the front office He was one of a dozen San Diegans interviewed this week on the sports first finding junket and he left no doubt about how a city begins going big-league First you put up a stadium I And while doing that you press I flesh make your contacts build a political power base and finagle a franchise Unless moving dirt and pouring concrete no one will take you too seriously Dr Albert Anderson was a prime mover in the construction of San Jack Murphy Stadium He told the committee "You do not have a chance today without having a stadium With a stadium all things are possible Both football and baseball plan eventual expansion And the Chargers have reason to favor a National Football League franchise here costs us $90000 to fly our team to Teele told the committee could fly our team to the Bay area or Sacramento for $10000 With what we save we could pay a player for a AP Photo See CUBS Page C2 In Scottsdale Ariz to manage his Cubs again Leo Durocher greets Glenn Beckert Cowboys Renew Bitter Rivalry For Title Bee News Services WASHINGTON Painting his Washington Redskins in the colors of classic over-achievers Coach Joe Gibbs Friday said his team be at the top of our game in every to beat Dallas in the National Football Conference title game Gibbs who led the Redskins to an NFC-best 8-1 record during the regular season said Washington needs a maximum effort in (9:30 am Channels 5 10 12) matchup at RFK Stadium to earn its first Super Bowl berth in a decade us to beat Dallas we have to play the way we have in recent said Gibbs referring to a 31-7 victory over Detroit and a 21-7 triumph over Minnesota in preliminary National Football League playoffs overcome mistakes like Dallas can we have that kind of talent We have to struggle very hard to win turnover or not controlling the ball would be very disruptive for us We must keep a balance offensively and on defense we have to change things up mix and match using our personnel as best we Despite self-effacing remarks the Red skins are a confident bunch and they received a possible bonus Friday as the latest weather forecast called for a virtual 100 percent chance of snow during the game and a probable one or two inches on the field by game time with temperatures in the low 30s The Cowboys 6-3 during the regular season are two-point favorites primarily on the strength of their 24-10 triumph at RFK Dec 5 but Dallas has had problems in off-field and inclement weather conditions In the methodical victory over Washington their defense sacked Joe Theismann seven times "They caused some confusion in the blocking scheme the last time Joe held the ball too long on some other sacks and we had some breakdowns to account for some Gibbs said playing for the chance to go to the Super Bowl No 1 but playing Dallas makes it a bigger game These are the teams with the two best records This is the way it should be and the team that advances tomorrow deserves to go to the Super Bowl" See NFC Page C2 Dallas Cowboys Offense 88 Drew Pearson 179 67 Pat Donovan 255 68 Herb Scott 262 64 Tom Rafferty 253 65 Kurt Petersen 267 61 Jim Cooper RT 84 Doug Cosbie 232 80 Tony Hill 190 11 Danny White 185 33 ony Dorsett 192 20 Ron Springs 212 Defense 72 Ed Jones 266 60 Don Smerek LT 54 Randy White RT-268 79 Harvey Martin 264 58 Mike Hegman 232 53 Bob Breunig 235 59 Guy Brown 226 24 Everson Walls 205 32 Dennis Thurman 170 31 Benny Barnes 190 26 Mike Downs 182 Washington Redskins Offense 89 Alvin Garrett 178 66 Joe Jacoby 295 68 Russ Grimm 273 53 Jeff Bostic 252 63 Fred Bean 253 74 George Starke 260 85 Don Warren 242 87 Charley Brown 179 7Joe Theismann 198 88 Rick Walker 235 44 John Riggins 235 Dofense 76 Mat Mendenhall 255 65 Dave Butz 295 77 Darryl Grant RT-265 72 Dexter Manley 240 55 Mel Kaufman 280 52 Neal Olkiewicz 230 57 Rich Milot 237 45 Jeris White 188 32 Vernon Dean 178 23 Tony Peters 185 29 Mark Murphy 210 Bokamper Ready To Wrestle Jets BALLARD SMITH president of Padres was another who granted the committee an audience will have to realign geographically he said will be a natural when that But he said it only after the committee explained its presence and briefed him on the numbers even considered Sacramento was Smith admitted It speaks to this image within the state and around the country Few of those interviewed seemed aware Sacramento numbered 11 million people Informed that Sacramento was the No 21 media market bigger than San Diego in terms of the number of people within range of a television signal several of San corporate executives mumbled their surprise That was disconcerting These were high-powered types an plane flight away It makes you wonder about image among the street people in Lubbock Texas Committee members are aware the image so hot right here at home Bokamper the 6-foot-6 250-pound lineman out of San Jose State believe the world of pro wrestling is entirely phony Some of that lifting and heaving and Bokamper said refusing to elaborate as any sincere supporter of pro wrestling would do suppose there are a few ins and outs of the intricate parts but I could learn" As long as he was on the mat every night as long as he had the chance to utilize the arms that bench press more than 400 pounds and the legs that drive offensive linemen into the ground Bokamper could learn the details If he could acquire the nuances of linebacking after serving as a lineman through high school and college if he could become an All-Pro at the new position and then revert back to defensive lineman when the coach asked Bokamper also could absorb the inner rules of wrestling shows Not until this year his sixth in pro foot- ball has Bokamper started at his natural position As a lineman he led San Jose State to a 9-2 record in 1975 and was named outstanding defensive player in the East-West Shrine game The Dolphins noting his unusual combination of size and quickness selected him in the first round of the draft and immediately projected him as a linebacker Bokamper consented to the change and by 1979 became only the second Dolphin linebacker to earn Pro Bowl honors But his success prompted another change The Dolphins saw his 22l2 sacks in four seasons (1976 was spent on injured reserve) and decided Bokamper indeed was a lineman He belonged as close to the quarterback as possible See BOKAMPER Page C2 By Michele Himmelberg Bee Staff Writer MIAMI Fla Professional wrestling: the idea has lurked among Kim brain waves since he memorized his first football playbook But it crystallize until this 57-day vacation During the National Football League strike with plenty of hours to tune into his favorite televison show pro wrestling via cable TV Bokamper decided he would one day attempt the transition from football defender to wrestling pretender Uh make that wrestlerentertainer when talking to Bokamper the Miami Dolphin defensive end who faces the New York Jets in the American Football Conference title game Sunday afternoon 90 percent of the games last year I would go home and try to think about what I did and I do hardly Kim Bokamper muscle output has to be true competition he said have my ideas about how they do Nehemiah Ruled Out Of Millrose HAVE a small-town nice-place-to-live image of said Dick Sperbeck executive director of the Hornet Stingers Foundation short-sighted in our thinking have no doubts a stadium is do-able argue that with anybody gonna happen and gotta start somewhere and darnit better get going on the thing right The San Diegans time and again outlined the value of professional sports to their community Like it or not they said a city is measured by its major-league sports teams Few Americans could tell you where Jonas Salk conqueror of polio hangs his test tubes More could Identify the football team Dan Fouts quarterbacks The teams advertise their cities promote civic pride and bring in lots of money A Los Angeles mayor once said "Sports changed LA from a sprawling megalopolis to a unified Going big-league is a major-league effort though "I think you need the partnership of the city to make it work" Teele told the jeopardize the amateur status of resident foreign athletes Schmertz estimated that there may be as many as 100 foreign athletes entered for this Millrose Games He said that if rulings are confirmed by IAAF members the resident foreign athletes entered in the meet would either withdraw or compete at their peril Thus if the rulings of the IAAF president are confirmed the Millrose Games will reluctantly be compelled to reject the entry of Renaldo Nehemiah" Nehemiah a four-time Millrose winner holds the world record of 1293 seconds in the 110-meter high hurdles He also holds several Indoor records including the mark In the 60-yard high hurdles in which he was to have competed In the Millrose Games Nehemiah had applied for eligibility but was rejected last month by the IAAF council irt Helsinki Finland NEW YORK (AP) Renaldo Nehemiah world record-holder in the 110- meter high hurdles and a professional football player apparently will not be able to compete in the Millrose Games Jan 28 at Madison Square Garden meet director Howard Schmertz said Friday Schmertz said he was advised of a ruling by Primo Neblolo president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) on Friday that would prevent participation The US Olympic Committee ruled on Wednesday In Los Angeles that Nehemiah could compete as an amateur track athlete in domestic events In the United States and the Millrose Games had received and accepted an application by Nehemiah to participate However Schmertz said he was advised by Neblolo that the participation In the Games by resident foreign athletes who would risk their amateur status by participat ing at an event with Nehemiah precluded him from competing The USOC decision was contrary to a prior ruling of the IAAF council that Nehemiah a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League could not compete in amateur track meets Schmertz said Neblolo told him that the IAAF had requested confirmation from all its members of his rulings that: "One if one or more foreign athletes compete in an invitational meet that meet Is an International meet under IAAF rules and two foreign athletes residing in the US who compete for American clubs or colleges are considered to be foreign athletes and therefore compete under the jurisdiction of IAAF rules" Therefore Schmertz said that while the Millrose Games supported Nehemiah in his bid for amateur status as a track and field athlete his participation In the event co 4 JL Bee file photo See HAMELIN Page C4 i Renaldo Nehemiah.