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Elisa Sosa of the Oakland A’s leads the American League with 42 points in the Rolaids’ Relief Man award competition, while a three-way tie exists among National League bullpen artists.The N.L’s Rollie Fingers of the San Diego Padres, Bruce Sutter of the Chicago Cubs and Doug Bair of the Cincinnati Reds each have 45 points in the competition which awards two points for every relief win and save and subtracts a point for each loss.Cincinnati has a commanding lead of 110the team award.Stable burnsENGL1SHTOWN, N.J. | (UPI) — A suspicious L blaze in a racing stable ^owned by renowned ^harness racing driver Herve Filion killed two f men and 40 horses ^ Saturday morning. ^NO. 1 IMPORT TRUCKFor 19 YearsDATSUNRuns On Reg. GasCACHE VALLEY DATSUN975 N. Main, Logan 7 53 3142iCmWilliams has a chance to become the first established black quarterback in the pro game (James Harris and Joe Gilliam had shots but never solidified their spots). He also must face the painful experience of learning while on his back. His Tampa supporting cast is as weak as an old teabag.The education of a quarterback was a logical thesis for exploration at the recent Dewar’s Celebrity Tennis tournament here because gathered among the prime athletic beef were six aged slabs of the species.The question put before them was this: Would you rather be in position of Williams as a rookie, being thrown immediately into the cauldron and learning under fire, or is it preferable to be in the boots of Cavanaugh and Benjamin, who are on established teams playing behind tested quarterbacks — Steve Grogan at New England, Bob Griese in Miami — and probably will have a couple or three years before they’re thrown into ac-tion?“I’d rather be in Williams’position, said Jim Hart, who was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent in 1966 and still leads that club. “The only way to do it is to play. It’s not true that quarterbacks have to wait. Bert Jones played right away at Baltimore. It used to be they said it took five years to learn the job.“Well, the majority of quarterbacks today are fairly young. They don’t want to sit around, waiting. On our club last year, Steve Pisarkiewicz (the Cards’ No. 1 pick in 77) didn’t play a dime.”In fact, the Cardinals were severely criticized for wasting that top draft pick when they desperately neededcomfortable at quarterback, didnt recognize what was happening out there, until after my second year.“Of course, the way I play, the chances I take running, it’s a good thing to have another guy, like Matt Cavanaugh. But I think it takes time to learn.”Bob Avellini, who was a sixth-round draft choice in 1975, like Grogan, preferred an immediate chance to play, however. He got it with the Chicago Bears because they had only Bobby Douglas, an erratic left-hander who was released after one game.“Teams don’t draft quarterbacks No. 1,” Avellini said, “because they now want their top choices to be someone who can step right into the lineup and help out right now. St. Louis took Pisarkiewicz last year, and it probably was a mistake.”James Harris, an eighth-round draft choice by Buffalo after he graduated from Grambling in 1969 — he still feels he was held back because he came from a black school - put in a plug for Williams as a quarterback who can break the color line.“I’m knowing Doug Williams a long time, he said. “I don’t think I’ve seen a better prospect in years. The biggest thing for him is the work he’s gonna have to put in to adjust to the pro game. But, personally, I would take the Williams situation for going into pro ball over sitting around. You’re playing with a team you have a chance to grow with.“I don’t think it takes five years to learn to be a pro quarterback. Guys like Terry Bradshaw and Bert Jones played early.”Dance toLIVE MUSICEvery Weds., Fri., and SaturdayNO COVER CHARGEEvery Weds., Fri., and Sat. Happy Hour 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.HAWNS LOUNGEIn Hyrum
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The Herald Journal
Logan, Utah, US
Sun, Aug 06, 1978
Page 17
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