Press Journal from Vero Beach, Florida • 21

iXBUIlulilAl Some Sonics Are Sore were not involved The three highest rated Super Bowls XII XIII and XIV all involved Pittsburgh or Dallas from to five said Sonics spokesman Jim Bennett James Donaldson a rookie backup center has been on the Sonics' in jured list with a twisted knee but eligible to come off the list until after Wednesday game between the Sonics and Milwaukee The Oakland Tribune reported in editions that most of the cheerleaders except the with Raider were forced off the plane as it was preparing to depart for Oakland Bucs have one of the best groups of linebackers in the Tippett said think I can be of assistance in special teams work as well anxious to begin my assignment with a developing young NL team like the His pro experience was as defen sive coordinator with the now defunct Jacksonville Sharks of the World ootball League in 1174 and pm EST very early in the game the telecast had its highest rating a 460 But the game became one sided and never was able to build its ratings It dropped to a 433 from 7:30 8 approximately halftime when popular was the com petition rom 9 9:30 it went down to a 437 and slipped to 349 In the next half hour Many viewers turned off when the game was over The post game show had a 262 rating and a 38 share Compared to other shows the Super Bowl is a ratings bonanza But when compared to other Super Bowls this one ranked only fourth The fact that Oakland took a quick 14 0 lead and dominated throughout could be one reason One other possible explanation is that Pittsburgh and Dallas two The Bucs announced the hiring of the 18 year veteran of collegiate and professional coaching Tippett has coached at seven major colleges beginning with Tulane in 1963 week but trying not to put pressure on said Daniel who spent the last three weeks of 1980 at home in Charleston SC anddidn't touch a club" until coming to lorida for practice at the beginning of the new year just going to try and keep cool and she said Daniel who in her last 18 starts of 1980 finished in the top five 17 times said she again will play 25 to 27 of the 40 tournaments In 1981 The LPGA schedule carries record prize money this year of 358 million with tour naments spread among 22 states Canada and Japan all laughed at said one Raiderette who was not treated us like we part of the organization They could have asked us off professionally not going back Neither are some of the others through being a SEATTLE (AP) Dennis Awtrey reserve center for the Seattle SuperSonics entered' Swedish Hospital with back spasms the National Basketball Association elub announced Awtrey an 11 year professional from Santa Clara will be in traction Super Bowl XV Went Downhill ast NEW YORK (AP) Super Bowl minutes revealed that from 6:30 7 iv me Oakland 27 10 vic tory over the Philadelphia Eagles averaged a 444 rating for the four hour telecast on NBC and became the 15th highest rated show of all time according to Nielsen figures released Wednesday The rating which measures the percentage of all TV households that watch a single program put game in a tie with Super Bowl XI between Oakland and Minnesota for fourth place among the National ootball League 'championship games Super Bowl XV averaged a 63 share which measures the percent of TV homes tuned in to a single program against all households watching TV during that time period Last Super Bowl (Pitt sburghLos Angeles on CBS) had a 463 rating and a 67 share The all teams with wide national followings time super jbowi record or a 472 rating was achieved by Dallas Denver Super Bowl XII on CBS breakdown every 30 St Louis Cardinals the Kansas City Times reported Wednesday The offer was made by Cardinal Manager Whitey Herzog i I talked to Whitey over the winter He was concerned about his pitching So it came up that he asked me if be interested in giving it a shot with his Busby told The Times The 31 year old right hander was released last August by the American League Champion Kansas City Royals after 10 years with the organization The newspaper said he is expected to sign a contract with the National League Cardinals this week reuniting him with Herzog who foriherly managed the Royals Busby had a 70 54 record with the Royals and holds the club record for most victories in a season 22 in 1974 He also hurled two no hitters one against Detroit in 1973 and the othgr against Milwaukee in 1974 Highway Commission agreed on the design for the monument said William Tutt chairman of the local citizens' committee for the project The monument includes a series of panels with the USOC shield and Pikes Peak this summer the flame bronzirplaques containing theuames will be constructed and maintained and Olympic events of more than by the USOC City and county of 1000 US gold medalists Beth Daniel Keeping Cool DEERIELD BEACH (AP) Beth Daniel rookie of the year in 1979 and player of the year in 1980 said Wednesday anxious to begin her quest to remain on top as the Ladies Professional Golf Association opens its 1981 tour with the 3100000 Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek Winner of a record 3231000 last year in her second full season on tour Daniel will head a top field today that includes Nancy Lopez Melton Janie Blalock Amy Alcott Donna Caponi Young and virtually every other LPGA tour regular definitely want to start well this Olympic lame To Top Pikes Peak COLORADO SPRINGS Colo (AP) ficials US orest Service The United States Olympic Com representatives and the Pikes Peak mittee will construct an Olympic lame monument at the summit of Pikes Peak to honor the USOC and amateur sports in the United States officiials said Tuesday Scheduled forcompletion atop New England Gulls'Grounded MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Board left the troubled league with eight of Governors for the Pro teams The revocation took affect' Basketball League upheld a prior immediately with all of the decision by Commissioner Sherwin players able to join any other team ischer to revoke the franchise of the The Gulls had a 2 10 record worst in New England Gulls the league at the time their franchise The unanimous vote of 84) was revoked Tippett To Coach Buc 'Backers TAMPA (AP) UCLA linebacker coach Howard Tippett is the newest addition to the Tampa Bay Buc caneers and is to begin working with special teams and linebackers Busby Trying or Comeback KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) or His promising career beganto mer Kansas City Royals pitcher Steve decline in 1976 when he underwent Busby has been invited to spring surgery to repair a torn rotator cull in training as a non roster player by the his right shoulder He later un Ct a 1 aerwent two anee operations comeback attempts came closest to success in 1979 when he posted a 6 6 record and a 364 ERA for the Royals last season shuffling between the Royals and the Triple A affiliate in Omaha He had a 3 2 record and a 247 ERA at Omaha in the American Association but he was 1 3 with a 617 ERA against American League clubs Busby will be joining four pitchers coming off serious injuries in the Cardinals camp including John ulgham rotator cuff Mark LttteU elbow operation Silvio Martinez back injury and Bob Sykes cir culatory problems say our starter goes five innings Now too soon to bring in (reliever Bruce) said Joe McDonald one of aides where we could use an ef fective Busby But everything is based upon his coming Raiderettes Reported Miffed OAKLAND Calif (AP) It rained on the Oakland parade but nothing could dampen the spirits of the team that beat the odds and the Philadelphia Eagles to claim the world throne Nothing including a controversy involving the cheerleaders Several of the cheerleaders the Raiderettes said they would not attend the festivities because of an incident Monday at the New Orleans airport However it be determined whether any actually boycotted the parade Thurs Jan 291981 Veto Beach la' PRESS JOXRhai 3B' Sad Cowboy Watson Heading Mi Mt GAINESVILLE (AP) Norm Sloan returned to lorida to find a basketball program 'mired in mediocrity but midway through his first season the national championship winning coach sees reason for hope that the barren trophy case will soon begin filling The fourth winningest active coach in the country took over a team that had been one of the worst in school history and virtually started from scratch this season His team which starts four freshmen has ranged from very bad (a 102 48 shellacking by Kentucky last week) to very good (a 97 91 upset of Alabama three days later) but owns a 9 7 record And Sloan is pleased about other factors too moved our crowds up here to where now drawing over 8000 "We've moved our crowds up here to where we're now drawing over 8000 I'm looking to next year where we're going to be drawing over 10000 a game and the third year you won't be able to get a seat in our building" Norm Sloan ive year old Chase Deadman stands at the gate of the stable where he kept his Shetland pony before thieves stole it two weeks ago Chase said wish had been ugly so nobody would have taken A new rash of horse thefts has gotten horse owners around Dallas so worked up that some are arming themselves with guns and some horsemen fear the owners will end up shooting each other (AP Photo) Sloan Boosts Gator looking to next year where going to be drawing over 10000 a game and the third year you be able to get a seat in our said Sloan who coached the Gators from 1960 66 before leaving for North Carolina State He guided the lorida program into respectability during his first tenure in Gainesville but left town when it became apparent that the university was unwilling to make a to basketball More specifically Sloan wanted a new coliseum for the Gators and when the administration failed to move on his request he left for NC Sjite He said he always harbored a desire to return but give it serious consideration until plans for a new arena became a reality nearly 5 years after he left The Gators who were 85 63 during Cagers exception of Tennessee Vanderbilt and be said was a program where the head basketball coach was an assistant football coach I guess of all the sports it was the one the schools were trying the least in When I say trying I mean for national Still Sloan said in 1960 he did enter a situation where he had solid student athletes and the prospect for the future was not as bleak as one might have imagined was just a lack of a complete The second time around was different' however This he said the program was in not blaming anybody I want to heap any coals on Sloan said was a combination of things It was really a terrible situation and you just needed to start from scratch and what we elected to Assured of the he needed from the university Sloan sought the same from the players He compiled profiles of returnees from Lotz's final team and set up personal interviews with them Only three players were told they could return while several others were turned away because of "academic athletic or personal" reasons But Sloan rejects notions that he saying the pink slips issued were a agreement type thing in most every difficult for some people to un derstand A lot of people think this cold blooded' hard individual came in and just threw people away and that the way it said Sloan did not take scholarship never taken a scholarship in my life I nMB KI VBT i six seasons enjoyed continued success in the immediate years which followed reign at the Southeastern Conference school But the program which has never won an SEC championship hit hard times by 1970 and managed only three winning seasons through the following decade Basketball hit bottom in John Lotz's final two years as coach and desperate school officials convinced Sloan to return It was a difficult situation to come back to Sloan said but his decision to return was made a lot easier by the anticipation of opening this season in the new 312 million 12000 seat O'Connell Center lack ot it is the only reason we evfcr left and because of It is theonly'the reason we came said Sloan Sloan wonders what the lorida program would be like now if that commitment would have been made when he became the Gators first full time basketball coach in 1960 exactly in shambles back then It was kind of like most of the other programs in the conference with the I did tell some you have the right to come back and be on scholarship and go to school but I will not accept you out for the team some cases I said I wanted to hear what this individual has to say and when I listened sometimes they said want to come ine that took care of said Sloan they said like to stay' but you could just tell by the tone of voice and the comments they made that no way ever going to change their at titude to the point that it would be a healthy positive one as far as our program was There are six freshmen on Io nian squad with Vernon Delaney Ronnie Williams Tim Strawbridge and Mike Moses all starting Sloan said he is pleased with the progress and feels his freshmen provide a fine nucleus to build on Next season he hopes to add center a power forward a swing man and another And then he expects to fill up the O'Connell Center and make a grab for that SEC trophy Wills Is Counting On 'Preparation' SEATTLE (AP) Maury Wills says counting on not the money of millionaire George Argyros to bring respectability to the much maligned Seattle Mariners next season At 59 103 the Mariners had the worst record in major league baseball last season as they finished last in the American League West know going to be disappointed if we play at least 500 Wills told the weeklv meeting of the Piiffgaf Sniind firwirtswritprs and i Broadcasters Association Tuesday! The American League will mt im Chicago this week and is expected to approve the sale of the Mariners to Argyros a wealthy Southern California real estate developer The sale of the franchise to Argyros for a reported $13 million was announced Jan14 In talking about preparation for the 1981 season Wills took an indirect slap at former Mariners Manager Darrell Johnson Wills took over as the Seattle skipper Aug 4 after Johnson the original manager was fired Johnson will be third base coach of the Texas Rangers next season question my enthusiasm about the team and I blame you a Wills said "Because when you lose 103 games how in the world can a man come up and say we might go all the quite a step but we can do it We have a mental approach that we have before Preparation is what all about Crosby Pro Am PEBBLE BEACH Calif (AP) Tom Watson is the last of golf's major figures to open his season kicking off his 1981 campaign this week in the Bing Crosby National Pro Am The others started earlier And they came out ready to play Their breaks were shorter and their off season practice time longer and more intense And with good reason The pressure exerted by the talent and depth of the new crop of stars no longer affords them some of the luxuries they once enjoyed "At one said Ray loyd could come out to the west and kind of play yourself and your game into shape and hope to be ready by the time you got to lorida do that any more The competition out here now is such that you have to be ready to go when you first tee it up or all these young players are going to go right by you going to be missing the cuts and not playing enough to get your game sharp You be sharp by the time you get to lorida and if you're not careful your whole season can be He alone in his concern Many of the game's established stars list their goals for the year in ascending order And the first goal for almost all of them even players of the stature of Ben Crenshaw and John Mahaffey and Tom Kite and Bruce Lietzke list their primary aim as "making the top It sometimes comes as something of a shock These are players who win titles with some frequency who rank at the top of the profession who would seem to be concerned with more lofty goals But aware of the competition the hordes of youthful talented eager young men who are coming into the game and in some cases taking the money and titles once considered the exclusive province of the more established performers And golf's pecking order is heavily weighted to current performance entirely possible that should a player such as Lon Hinkle or JC Snead or Bill Rogers suffer an injury or simply have an off season he could find himself back in the list of the Monday qualifiers the fringe players who face their biggest challenge simply in gaining a spot in the tournament field Even those front line players who have not yet won a major championship are not assured of a continued exemption from qualifying They must earn it ever year by winning enough money to place them on the coveted list of the top 60 Last to gain an exemption for 1981 it took $67164 This year it probably will go to about $70000 "That's always your first goal lock up the top said Crenshaw course you figure you're going to make it without too much trouble but you never know until you do it never really comfortable until you do competition is getting tougher all the time not just to win a tournament but to finish in the top 10 first part of the year can be awfully important If you come out of the west playing well it sets up your whole season with the competition we have now if you come out of the west with nothing to show for it you can be in Dick Vermeil Wants Eagles Remembered PHILADELPHIA (AP) Coach Dick Vermeil saw the grim look of a loser as early as halftime on the faces of his Philadelphia Eagles whose Super Bowl dreams were crushed by the Oakland Raiders halftime there was just an eerie feeling an eerie quiet said Vermeil who led theEagtesto their 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