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Decatur, Illinois, Thursday, July 24, 1988 PageC6 Sports Gault wants more testing cause of the impact on little kids' lives. Drugs have killed too many people," Gault said. As the Super Bowl champions worked out this week, Coach Mike Ditka continued to downplay his feud with former defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan who quit to become head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. But Ditka admitted that relations among Bears coaches have improved with the addition of new defensive coordinator Vince Tobin. "We don't have any problems at all this year," Ditka said.

"At least it doesn't appear that way to Kevin Butler may be the happiest player at camp because he's the -only placekicker and is guaranteed a spot on the team's roster. But his days are lonely. He runs -hills by himself, jumps rope and lifts weights. Butler led the NFL in scoring last year as a rookie with 144 points. He converted 28 of 29 field goals inside the 40-yard line.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (AP) -Chicago Bears' receiver Willie Gault, citing football players' responsibility as role models for young athletes, says the National Football League's new drug abuse policy is too weak. Gault says he believes every player should be tested two to three times a year. "If anyone is caught, he should be kicked out for at least a year," Gault said. "A second positive test and he shoud be kicked out for good under any circumstances, no exceptions." NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle has proposed two random tests for players.

One positive test would result in medical care. A second would mean a minimum 30-day ban. and a third could end in a permanent ban The NFL Players Association is challenging Rozelle's proposal, and several Bears have announced their opposition to the new drug policy. But Gault says the rules should be toughened. "Something has to be done, bell" i i.u 1 rS site ''-2k iS?" 1 llfilliti AP LaserPhoto This was the brawl game at Riverfront when the Mets tangled with Cincinnati.

Baseball teams fight to the finish In Memory Of PHILLIP R. DUKE The Offices Of Park 101 Development Co. Will Be Closed All Day FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1986 Lawyers present final pitch NEW YORK (AP) The National Football League's lawyer charged the United States Football League had tossed about a series of baseless charges in hopes of making some of them stick. The USFL's lawyer claimed his client was the victim of merciless NFL "pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure" and urged the jury to "nail them." And so tbe court battle between the two pro football leagues moved another step closer to decision Wednesday The day was devoted to closing statements in the USFLs $1.69 billion antitrust suit, which has dragged on over 11 weeks before Judge Peter K. Leisure and a jury of six non-football fans five of them women.

Leisure will charge the jury Thursday. What the. jury heard Wednesday were two totally conflicting versions of all it had heard from 39 witnesses in testimony that took more than 6.500 pages of transcript. NFL lawyer Frank Rothman went first, taking two hours and 23 minutes to say the USFL had done nothing but throw out a series of unrelated charges in hopes of making an impression. 'It was a scattergun approach throw everything up on the ceiling and hope some of it will Rothman said.

Of what the younger league described as its principal smoking gun," a presentation on how to combat the USFL given to 65 NFL executives by a Harvard Business School professor. Rothman said. They're trying to make a Tup-perware party look like a terrorist conspiracy." Conspiracy, in fact, was a word used over and over by USFL lawyer Harvey Myerson, who spent three hours in the afternoon making his case He also kept repeating "pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure." four words he kept repeating along with "Kafka. Kafka, Kafka. Kafka." a reference to the Czech writer Franz Kafka who wrote that "black is white and white is black." Drug arguments begin: At Washington, opening arguments before a neutral arbitrator began here Wednesday in the dispute over Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle's plan to randomly test players as part of a sweeping new drug program for the league.

Lawyers for the Natioinal Football League, the NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association are all scheduled to present their point of view in the closed hearing before Philadelphia arbitrator Richard R. Kasher. Opening arguments will continue Thursday and then move to New York next week, with no ruling expected until September Earlier this month, Rozelle announced a $1 million program that calls for each player to submit to two random regular-season urinalysis tests for cocaine, marijuana, opiate, amphetamine and alcohol use Gives "Peace of Mind" On Your Vacation 0- ONLY $Q95 tfF Includes Parts, Labor, Tax (4 CYLINDER TUNE-UP) NEW YORK (AP) It was fight night in the National League, with separate cards at Cincinnati and St. Louis. In both cases, the decisions on possible penalties resulting from Tuesday night's fisticuffs were put off until at least until later this week, when a decision also may be forthcoming on protests lodged by each manager in the New York Mets-Reds game.

Protests on the game in Cincinnati, lodged with the umpires during the game, had not yet been registered in the league office Wednesday morning, said spokeswoman Katy Feeney. She said both clubs have 24 hours to lodge their complaints and Feeney said if that happened a decision would most likely come by Friday. Feeney said that no suspensions had been levied against any of the four people thrown out of the Mets game or any of the three tossed from the Giants-Cardinals game in St. Louis. A bench clearing brawl broke out in Cincinnati when Eric Davis and Mets' third baseman Ray Knight confronted each other after Davis slid into third on a steal.

Knight, Davis, New York outfielder KeVin Mitchell and Reds' pitcher Mario Soto were tossed after the altercation. Mets' outfielder Darryl Strawberry and Reds' Coach Billy DeMars were ejected earlier for disputing umpires' calls. St. Louis Manager Whitey Herzog, San Francisco Manager Roger Craig and Giants' third baseman Chris Brown were ejected after San Francisco pitcher Frank Williams knocked down Vince Coleman with an inside pitch and then hit the Cardinals' outfielder on the leg with the next pitch-But it was the Mets-Cincy game that was particularly weird. "The strangest game I've ever been involved in," said Mets Manager -Dave Johnson.

With three of his players ejected, Johnson found himself alternating left-handed reliefer Jesse Orosco and right-hander Roger McDowell as pitchers and outfielders. "Certainly it was against all odds for us -to win. With two pitchers in the lineup, we didn't have much of a chance." But his pitchers proved adept at their improvised roles, combining for five shutout innings while showing a little defensive flair to deal the Reds a numbing defeat. McDowell got the first two outs of the 11th, then traded places with Orosco. who faced the left-handed Max Venable.

Pete Rose filed his own protest when Orosco was allowed to warm up after coming in from right field. "I think that if a player is in the game and comes in to pitch, he goes without a warmup," Rose said after studying the rule book in the dugout. Doug Harvey, chief of the umpiring crew, disagreed. off the top of my head, can't think of any time that a pitcher can't come back to the ballgame and throw some preparatory pitches," Harvey said. The pitchers were enjoying their new surroundings.

Neither had played outfield in a big-league game. "I got a big smile on my face," said McDowell, who ended up with the win. "He (Johnson) came up to me and said, 'You're going to the I said, I came in, got my glove and the rest is history. "It was fun. It was-fantastic.

It's what a pitcher dreams of." When Parker came to bat against Orosco in the 12th, Johnson had McDowell switch positions with left fielder Mookie Wilson. Orosco got to make a putout, catching Tony Perez's liner in right field in the 13th inning. Orosco was having such fun, he says he was disappointed that the game had to end. "I hoped the game would last 20 innings. We were having a lot of fun," he said.

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comes, because he's not going to know what to do." Dowhower said after workouts at Anderson College. "The longer he waits, the less he's going to be ahlo tn holn use Hogeboom in an intrasquad scrimmage Friday. Two of Hogeboom's receivers, tight ends Mark Boyer and Tim Sherwin, also developed injuries. Sherwin has a bruised leg and Boyer a shoulder sprain. They were not expected be sidelined long.

Two players left camp Tuesday. They were free agent defensive back Eric Truitt from Mississippi and free agent linebacker Ed Martin of Indiana State. Skins' top pick reports: At Carlisle, the Washington Redskins' top draft choice, Markus Koch, reported to training camp Wednesday but arrived too late to participate in the team's morning practice. Koch, a defensive lineman from Boise State, signed a contract late Tuesday worth a reported 5700.000 over three years. He has already missed three days of two-a-day practices, but is expected suit up for the first time this morning.

With the signing of Koch. Redskins General Manager Bobby Beathard now has only one draft choice left unsigned, wide receiver Walter Murray of the University of Hawaii. Seahawks sign No. 1 pick: At Seattle, fullback John L. Williams, the Seattle Seahawks' 1986 first-round draft choice, agreed to terms Wednesday for a four-year contract, says Mike McCor-mack.

Seahawks' president and general manager. Williams, 5-11, 225 pounds, was the 15th player taken in the draft in April. He and one of his agents. Larry Cain, had visited the Seahawks' training camp in Kirkland on Tuesday but left after they failed to get a satisfactory offer Morris ends holdout: At Piea-santville, N.Y., leading rusher Joe Morris has ended a two-day holdout and returned to the New York Giants training camp, but the All-Pro back will not compete in contact drills until he reaches a new contract agreement. Morris walked into the Giants training camp at Pace University around dinner time Tuesday.

He refused to answer questions. Morris has been absent since camp opened Monday because of a contract dispute. The former Syracuse running back gained a club-record 1.336 yards last season and scored 21 touchdowns. However, he is unhappy with his pay he earned $143,000 last season and about $70,000 in bonuses. Currently in the option year of his contract.

Morris is looking to make about this year with a large signing bonus. On the advice of his agent Tom Toner, Morris will not participate in contact drills during practice. Tuesday he would trade for an experienced quarterback by the weekend. Gary Hogeboom, obtained from the Dallas Cowboys in the off-season, is the starter at the position. The only other quarterbacks on the Colts' roster are Blair Kiel and Matt Kofler, who both saw limited action last year.

'We have to start thinking about it, and looking around to see what's available in case it doesn't work out," Dowhower said of the possibility Trudeau won't play. "It's not out of the realm of possibility that we'll be looking for a veteran soon, but I don't want to put a timetable on it now. We'll have to see how the young guys do first." he added, referring to Kiel and Kofler. Hogeboom, meanwhile, did not throw Tuesday because of a slight groin pull. "That happens to quarterbacks sometimes because they're dropping back so much," Dowhower said, "so we thought we'd give him a rest to keep it from developing into something serious.

There's not a lot new we're putting in anyway." Dowhower said he did not plan to HMD Jack Trudeau us 'He literally has no idea what's he missing," Dowhower added. Trudeau's agent, Greg Lustig. and Colts Owner Robert Irsay are not close to agreeing on terms for the Illinois product. Irsay has said Trudeau has "no chance at all" of ever playing for the Colts and added Sims leaves on positive note CORRECTION In our ad that ran July 23, we advertised a Sue Scheewe Method of Painting Program with 5 classes to be held on Friday, July 25. This is incorrect.

The classes are to Thomas said Sims should be looked upon as one of the all-time greats in Detroit sports. "I don't think anyone has made a bigger impact on this town in sports than he did," Thomas said. "He was magic. I'm trying to describe the kind of class guy he was, but I'm at a loss for words to do it." It was an unemotional end for Sims, who didn't mention the word "retire" to reporters. "I've already been through all the crying," said Sims.

"If you'd have got to me in '85, you might have seen some of that." played since Oct. 21, 1984. when he damaged ligaments in his right knee in a game at Minnesota. "I'm still looking for the guy who hit me," Sims joked. "I thought I just strained the knee.

I wanted back on the field, but the doctors examined me for 10 minutes and said I'd better not." Sims, the 1978 Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma, was Detroit's No. 1 pick in the 1980 draft. In fewer than five seasons, he broke ten team records, including most career rushing yards. Lions General Manager Russ ROCHESTER. Mich.

(AP -Billy Sims, the Detroit Lions' all-time leading rusher in just five seasons, gave up efforts to return from a 1984 knee injury and ended his National Football League career Wednesday "I'm fortunate to go out with my health," the Heisman Trophy winner said. "I think I'm going out on a good note," Sims told reporters gathered at Oakland University, site of the Lions' training camp. "I wish I could have finished out my contract, but life goes on. I'm moving up to another pedestal." The 30-year-old Sims hadn't be held Thursday, September 25. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers.

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