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4ili & *W& H Kjy A Royals'Hal McCrae 4 Black College All Tearing Up Junio Bu Barru f.onnpr ??o> :? ? j j ? >vtn ail UjJlltJIl Special To The Chronicle for another year ? that McRae signed back in 1976. The telephone crackled McRae s^id he thought the wtfh?hhe?sound??1-hr!?detrl?\sas a sweet one:?If McRae's?vnice,?arrd?n?would be worth rnoie ilian listener could almost pic- $1 million for the five years. ture the Kansas C.itv Howevci, ii iiirtuded no inRoyals' star resting in an flat ion adjustments or easy chair, grinning like a deferred payments. Why, Cheshire cat. Dave \\ infield's agent proIt has been that kind of bably made as much as year for McRae, a former McRae did last year. ? star at Florida A&M and "The?guys that make one of the-best players to $800,000 or $900,000 a year ever come out of black col- don't bother me," McRae lege baseball.-HeJs batting says. "They pretty much .312, 13th best in the earn their money; they sell American League and leads tickets. But what bothers the league in runs batted in me is the $300,000 and with 91. He also has 17 $400,000 players. 1 feel like homers. I do as much or more for Pretty impressive numbers my ball club as they do for for a $225,000-a year theirs. designated hitter. "All this lias got to be an Yes. in this dav of million- inrrnt i vr> for mr> Thr>rr? dollar-a-year contracts, somethings I have not liked 36-year-old Hal McRac about my situation here, works for peanuts. Has it but this is the year that I made him bitter? Yes and have the chance to work no. everything out. I've got to On more than one occa- put some good numbers on sion, he has publicly asked the board tnis year. I nLS is to be traded, wishing to be my last chance." sent to a team that would McRac isn't kidding when reward FSTm more hand- he says this could be his last ~ somely for his services. time around. Nobody wants Each time, the Royals said an aging designated hitter no. who can no longer hit. That Last year, McRac asked is why McRae must eonfor his contract to be tinue his torrid play, renegotiated. "Hey, 1 don't know how No dice, said the Royals. to do anything except play So now McRac has baseball," McRae said. "If <;wallnwf?H thf hnrrl i ~ i? - - 1 1 t. i v.4 1V.N.I- I can lld\t tl I C ci 1 gUUU ings. Next season he \sill be season, I could get a two 2l free agent. This is the last . .year contract which is jiua year of a regre* table five- about how long I'd \sant to Howard Staff Makei Howard football Coach Taylor, a native of Floyd Keith has made three Washington, D.C., came to personnel changes in Howard from Virginia preparation for the 1982 Union University, where he season. served two years as offenJoe Taylor, who joined the si\e coordinator. Bison staff in March as run- Assuming the offensive ning backs coach, has been back field slot will be elevated to the position ot recently-hired Bob Owens, defensive coordinator. He a veteran of 12 years of replaces Carl Angelo, who coaching in college and high left to assume a similar school athletics. His position at Southern Illinois coaching background inUniversity at Carbondale. eludes three 'years at . " " " i / 9 Faces And Place Back On Track: Left, Georgia running bac Herschel Walker, shown here practicing durln the 1981 National Sports Festival, has ove come recent bouts with a virus to resume worl ing out with the nationally ranked Bulldogi Back On The Field: Center, New Orleans' Saint Ask Barry There'll Be No P Q I'rl litrp tn know what will happpn if the pro foothc players go on strike this fall? ? Mary Simmons, Detroi A. The answer is pretty obvious ? there will be no pi football. A strike for the entire season seems high unlikely, however. Already, the players are showing sigi of wavering off their strike position. And if they wei reallv serious, the nlavpr*; wnnlH nnt pvpn ho in troinir r - y J J W. w ?? V * VII V/V III I I (411111 camp now. There is a possibility, however, that tl players could stage some kind of wildcat strike after tl ^reasoTrbegins7 perhaps afrenlre~itttra fiall game. "Tin -will have received a pay check by then and would bett be able to sustain j^brief walkout. My., gut- feelin howev^TTlsThaTlhere will be no strike. imnus >r Circuit Then McRae, his wife . Johncynca and his three / //<* is/ kids can?move?back to / bradenton, Ha., where ihey live in the off-season. It is lCjUi just a ronpie of HoiTrs from" Avon Park, Fla., where McRae learned to swing a about those days, except to say he was one of 10 kids? six boys and four girls. His mBBDH father, Willie, coached bat into McRae's hands at Thirteen years later, Sl. McRae was swinging his bat . for Florida A&M, a natural pi55/ choice, because black ball Sffir!fy{Cry2L?-?players were going to black jfrlQoyffiyy 1 schools in 1963, what with ~~ P155 integration still a few years Ej&<Sj004l?" PfialnTlTTil P165 away. . McRae remembered at pi7? 1 AMU as a dazzling short- ? stop, a guy who could go to lEPMMBWPBl his left or right with equal ease. Folks also tell of how great pi? a hitter he was. There is the ^ ^ story of how McRae drove ?"c game, against ' Fori Valley State. Lube A Oil Cnl "He had the quickest bat I + have ever seen," sa?t >fj ygfS#-' See Page 28 p /"7l/Jil/>rl? Most U S cars many irr * Changes pnrf|Qnj c, ? ? > Please call tor an appon land State and one year * . Diesel oil capacity and ^ ~ ** 1 L - >- mav result in extra char ai VvMcgun, wucic nc cuacncd the receivers last season. STORE M Also joining the Bison this - < At a'rt ,of fall is Tom Seward, former onw^Gocxivea team captain of the 1978 i -1 NCAA Division II Cham- gc^Wl* ' *0'"' pions, Eastern Illinois. Seward will coach, the I DOW/NT defensive line, the same GOODYEAR SER responsibility he held last | ^, u/ AtV, c. H V7V/ I ? * . " Ill ijI . Wp season at the University of J^722-81 XT * . fc , ' I # / IS _ A " feL Jr- w ' k./A k star runner George Rogers, (38), shown here beig ing congratulated by the 49ersv Dwight Hicks r- 'after winning the 1981 NFL rushing title, is back in the Saints fold, trying to concentrate on foots. ball rather than his admission earlier this sumis mer of drug use. Hurdling Back: Right, record>JFL Strike This S< ill Q. Can voirrptt~mr if there cr ftny-WQfif-univmiti+s7 t. who are searching for sports information directors? ? "o Name withheld by reauest. Birmingham. Ala - U ? - -- -ly A. The only one I know of is Texas Southern in is re Houston. But if you're interested, you better apply soon. le Q Can you tell me how much Moses Malone and Elvin ie Hayes of the Houston Rockets make? ? Anonymous 'y?A.- Both-will-be- playing under new contractsthis-year, er Malone is expected to sign a four-year deal that will pay gr? him about $1.4 million-a year and^make him the highestpaid player in pro sports. Hayes, in the twilight of his pi tfSfSPECI a diial *34 k H| tm Viva Radial Black wall f m m Size P155/80R13.plus $1 MiM BLACKWALLS FOR IMPORTS ,e I I SALE I Plus FET. [? 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FULL M0 ges lN.GEB fOB # GOO O^ AUTO SERVICE OWN STORE 7:30-6:00 Daily Sat ?*? 0 The Chronicle, Thursday, August 19, 1982-Page 17 1 \/f. setting hurdler Renaldo Nehemiah, is by the way, now a 49er and will focus his attention on catching passes and hurdling defensive backs instead of inanimate objects that don't hit back (UPI Photos). ?ason _ a npw rwn-vpai1 pat'l iIimi will pn> liim about $350,000 a season. Q. What is wrong with Joe Cribbs of the Buffalo Bills? ? Jerry Anderson, Dallas, Texas. A. Money. Cribbs, one'of the best running backs in the league, made about $130,000 last year. This season, he's holding out for a new contract. He wants about $400,000 a season, but the stingy Bills may not give it to him. (Got a sports question? Just write "Ask Barry, " P.O. Box 486, Tallahassee, Fla.32302. Questions witt b'e answered in this spacg ) ACULAR! r THREE DAYS! IE ENDS SATURDAY HPS or Imports Viva Radial White wall for 44 FET Small American Cars 3?3jft ' ? 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Polyglas sizes nil qai c 70 If it doesn t say */,w * Goodyear, it can t NOW THRU 93 be Polyglas' SATURDAY J (Brake Service ^iih ;^v% s?U;~ ?<^^' ^Sgg|/ ?H DISC OR DRUM Includes install new front grease seals pac* ''ont vvneei W B?ann^-insoe?li^j/dr3uiic system add fluid 'oad test 2-Wheel Front Disc lnstaiTn?w-+rom-&fAKiLea^^ front rotors inspect calipers VI?mM OR 4-Wheel Drum install new pra.^e lining ,ind resurface an four drums A Warranted 12 months or 12 000 miles whichever comes first ? **MMm ^ Mm MD*L*m r ^5^ zSSr Am . ?ho?.Compo?vChor9?50t i.900n*m3' *p NORTHSIDE LHH GOODYEAR SERVICE STORE Open 7;30-6:00 Daily3500 Patterson Ave.I Sat 7:30-5:00 724-7464 | .. , / - . )
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