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DALLAS — Those two old
quarterbacks who used to run
the offense at South River, N
High School will be on the same
field again next Saturday. And
as usual, one of them will throw
a lot more passes than the other.
But Drew Pearson has been
busier than normal in the pas
sing department this year and,
as the Green Bay Packers disco
vered last Sunday, he is still cap
able of throwing the bomb.
After Joe Theismann
finished up his quarterbacking
duties at South River High in the
1960’s, Pearson replaced him.
Theismann, of course, re
mained a quarterback at Notre
Dame and is now with the
Washington Redskins. Pearson
was converted to a wide receiver
at Tulsa University.
Periodically, however, Dallas
coach Tom Landry hauls Pear
son’s arm out of moth balls and
asks him to fling one downfield.
He has done so seven times dur-
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ing his 10-year NFL career and
all seven passes have wound up
in somebody’s hands.
Six of those passes have been
completed to teammates, four
for touchdowns. The other was
an interception and that came in
RFK Stadium last month.
The Cowboys return to
Washington next Saturday for
the NFC championship game
and although it would be unlike
ly that Pearson would throw a
pass on two successive
weekends, nothing from Landry
would be too surprising at this
time of year.
Besides, there are other peo
ple on the Cowboys that would
like to get into the passing act.
“Drew always thinks he’s a
quarterback,” said flanker Tony
Hill, who caught Pearson’s 49-
yard fourth quarter pass against
the Packers that led to the game-
clinching touchdown in a 37-26
decision.
“I think I am a quarterback,
too. I’ve been trying to get them
(the coaches) to let me throw
that pass for years. There are
about 25 other guys on this team
who think they are quarter
backs.”
The first four passes of Pear
son’s career went for touch
downs — one each in 1974 and
1976 and two in 1981.
There have been three Pear
son passes this season, an early
25-yard completion, the 49-
yarder to Hill last Sunday and
the interception in Washington.
“That was the first intercep
tion I’ve had in 12 years (dating
back to his college days),” said
Pearson. “But because we threw
it against Washington this year
and probably wouldn’t throw it
against them again, Coach
Landry put it in the game plan
for Green Bay.
“I had an option on the play
in Washington and got fouled
up. I thought Tony was going to
break off short, but he went long
and I threw it short (which re
sulted in the interception by
Vernon Dean).”
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United Press International
HOUSTON — Tennis’ lead
ing lady Martina Navratilova
tackles one of the toughest tasks
of her life today.
She speaks before Bell Sys
tem sales people in Hershey, Pa.,
and she’s nervous about it. It’s a
first for the 26-year-old athlete.
Previously, she turned down all
such invitations despite their
lucrativeness.
She’s doing it as she begins a
four-week vacation from the
tennis court.
“I’m supposed to talk about
teamwork,” she told reporters
Sunday. “Got any ideas?”
More than likely she won’t
need help. Navratilova always
has had plenty to say, and more
and more the ex-
Czechoslovakian who defected
to this country is becoming more
affable and less defensive about
her personal life.
Addressing 5,000 spectators
following a routine tournament
final win in the Virginia Slims of
Houston final, Navratilova used
her short time with a mic
rophone to praise a beaten Syl
via Hanika of West Germany.
“Sylvia has had a fine two
weeks. I’m glad to see her back
and giving me trouble,” she said.
There are other changes for
Navratilova. She used to play ev
ery tournament and suffer from
burn out in the majors.
Not so any more. Over the
next four weeks, she is skipping
the Avon Cup in Marco Island,
Fla., the Murjani Cup in Palm
Beach Gardens, Fla., and the
Kansas City Championships
during. That’s good news for
the other women pros who
appear psyched out in her pre
sence.
She will concentrate this year
on winning major champion
ships like the U.S. Open instead
of the weekly tournaments that
are rich but less and less satis
fying to her.
If there is one thing Chris
Evert has over Navratilova, the
undisputed No. 1 women’s play
er in the world, it is major titles.
“Fm way behind Chris (in ma
jor titles). It’s not even close,"
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UT’s Worthington quit
Weltlich cites ‘pressure
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AUSTIN — University of
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is in his best interest to continue
his education elsewhere.”
“Jack has been an integral
part of our program and,
although we hate to see him
leave, we wish him well.”
Texas is 0-3 in the Southwest
Conference and 5-9 on the
season.
Worthington had been the
only returning starter on this
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