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5fU Perry packs and leaves Padres Professional quarterbacks say new NFL rules are for sissies THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1979 United Press International SAN DIEGO — Gaylord Perry, baseball's winningest active pitcher, Tuesday announced he was im mediately quitting the San Diego Padres and planned to retire unless (lie club could work out a trade for , preferrably with the Texas Hangers where he played three sea ms. “If nothing can be worked out, ihenthis is my last day in uniform,” Perry told a news conference at San Diego Stadium. Perry, who turns 41 in two weeks, said he was returning to his farm in Williams ton, N.C., to await word on whether a tnlde could be worked tand to be closer to his family. I need to get back closer to home supervise the family,” he said. They (his four children, age 12 to are at the ages now where they need a father’s supervision. My wife has been carrying the burden all ihese years. T've had a great career. I think I've done my part.” Perry, who won the Cy Young Award in his first year with the Padres in 1978 with a 21-11 record, has a contract with San Diego through the 1980 season, worth $220,000. The greying right-hander said he has talked the situation over with club President Ballard Smith and "has no ill feelings.” "After the game today (Tuesday), my family and I will be driving back to North Carolina. I would like to get back to Texas.” Perry, a 17-year veteran, came to the Padres in a 1978 trade that sent reliever Dan Tomlin and $100,000 to the Texas Rangers. He played three seasons with the Rangers, after four seasons with the Cleve land Indians and 11 years with the San Francisco Giants. Perry, just 21 victories shy of 300 career wins, enjoyed his finest year in 1972 when he won the AL Cy Young Award with Cleveland with a 24-16 record and 1.92 ERA. "I’ve told him we ll do what we can, but Tm also trying to run a business here,” said Smith, who added that Padres’ general manager Bob Fontaine and Texas owner Brad Corbett already have discussed put ting together a deal involving Perry but the Rangers were not offering a fair value for him. The Padres don’t yet have Na tional League waivers on Perry, so no trade to an American League team could take place before Wed nesday. “I Have no ill feelings toward the Padres,” Perry said. “I made my de cision 10 days ago and I notified Bal lard Smith at the time, thinking this would give them sufficient time to make a deal for me. “I believe at the time that the or ganization didn’t believe me. Obvi ously they didn’t make a deal so I am driving home after the game today with my family. T’ve enjoyed every minute of my two years in San Diego and I THINK I helped this club. I wish I could have done more. ” Asked about missing the 300- victory mark. Perry said: “I still feel I can reach that in a couple of years if San Diego gives me that chance. My career is in their hands. In my two years here I’ve done no injus tice to them and I hope they give me the same consideration.” Perry said he would consider playing for several clubs, other than the Rangers, that were close to his home but did not identify them. “But I would not go to the New York clubs,” he said. “There are too many people in that town. I like Billy Martin of the Yankees very much so it’s nothing personal.” Perry said he stands to lose $25,000 for the remainder of 1979 under his present contract, as well as $220,000 for 1980 if no trade can be worked out and he retires. “If I can’t be traded I will retire,” he said. “Some day I would want to be in a front office job. I think I could possibly get a front office job there (Texas). I certainly would in quire about it.” Perry has been critical of Padres’ management in recent weeks, ac cusing CM Fontaine and other front office executives of being “scared” of owner Ray Kroc. w \ United Press International NEW YORK — The first general eaction among pro football quar- erbacks to the new rule designed to mtect them has been about the ame as the one that was expressed ly the majority of big league laseball players the first time they fere ordered to wear helmets. They tried hitting with the plastic atacouple of times and then when bey were asked what they thought, hey said to helmet it. Most of the quarterbacks don’t eemtocare much for the recently istablished rule that calls for a 15- ard penalty against anyone using iven the minimum unnecessary oughness against them. More than bat, it calls for a quick whistle as non as any quarterback is in the fasp of his opponent, and basically, that this means, is you won’t see |uarterbacks getting their brains (rambled or being drilled into the pound so much anymore by enemy adders. That’s the plus factor. On the minus side, particularly or the fans watching, is that the |uick whistle.will tend to eliminate nany of those Hairbreath Harry es- apes by trapped quarterbacks. ? ans rather enjoy and relate to the atand-mouse aspect of a defense- ess quarterback somehow squirm- out of the grasp of three huge nonsters bearing down on him. Tex Schramm of the Dallas Cow- »ys, Don Shula of the Miami Dol- ihins, Paul Brown of the Cincinnati lengals and Peter Hadhazy of the leveland Browns make up the <FL's Competition Committee and ire the ones primarily responsible or the new rule, which really was mg overdue. “What we are looking for is a true nterpretation of the word ‘unneces sary’ as it pertains to unnecessary roughness,” explains the Cowboys’ president and general manager. “We do not think it is necessary to drill a quarterback into the ground. The officials are being instructed to blow a quicker whistle once a quar terback is in the grasp of an oppo nent. Looking over the films, we saw a number of quarterbacks are injured when hit with the crown of an opposing player’s helmet. With the new rule, you cannot hit the quarterback with the crown of your helmet. Schramm realizes the fans aren’t going to be too happy with the the new rule. “There are going to be some frus trating moments,” he says. “There will be some times when maybe a strong guy like (Terry) Bradshaw will be in a tackler’s grasp and the whistle will be blown while he’s still standing up, but he’ll throw the ball and it’ll be completed to one of his receivers. The play will be called back and there will be some con troversy but we feel that overall the rule will be beneficial.” Among the quarterbacks who aren’t in love with the new rule is Schramm’s own Roger Staubach, who upon hearing of it, acidly in quired: “Are you sure I shouldn’t wear a little red flag on my hip.” “The more you talk to quarter backs about coming up with some way to protect them, the more they object,” Schramm says. “They’re not looking for protection. They think it’s going to restrict their free dom. They’re always afraid any rule, no matter what it is, is going to im pede them. They don’t like the quick whistle because they want to be able to wiggle out and make the big play.” This past weekend, which was the PIANO INSTRUCTION Limited new-student registration: Sept. 6 thru’ 14 call mornings, 822-6856 SARAH WATTS T eacher-perf ormer I - Piano degree, Baylor University; graduate study; two years’ university leaching experience. Bryan studio over twenty years. m — THERE ARE THREE MEN YOU SHOULD KNOW... JERRY H. BIRDWELL CLU R. J. BIRDWELL They are a team that offers you the best in professional client protection and service. They provide the knowledge that comes from experience and the excellent service that comes from their personal interest in you. They are specialists in Optional Retirement, Tax Sheltered Annuities and Life In surance Planning. Get to know them. You’ll be glad you did. mS, ?. v-,r : Bryan, Texas 822-1559 .talfRPsnn sianoarn first one of the regular season, the new rule could be called a success in one regard. 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