Page 8/The Battalion/Thursday, July 28, 1988
Pokes harness vet talent
Dallas fullback may finally run ball
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.
(AP) — Timmy Newsome has a
standard one-liner about his job
with the Dallas Cowboys.
“My job is to do two things:
block and keep Herschel Walker
out of the boxing ring against
Mike Tyson,” Newsome said, a
big smile spreading across his
face. “We’ve got to keep Herschel
away from Big Mike.”
Newsome, as usual, is the for
gotten fullback. But he battles it
with an All-Pro sense of humor.
Need somebody to lead inter
ference? That’s your job, News
ome, and please try not to get
killed by the defensive tackles and
the linebackers.
Need someone to slip over the
middle for a little short pass?
That’s your job, Newsome, and
please don’t let the linebackers
and safeties take your head off.
“I did it seven years for Tony
Dorsett and I guess I can do it
seven more years for Herschel,”
Newsome said.
But, wait a second. The Cow
boys’ braintrust has another idea.
Newsome, would you like to actu
ally be a part of the offense by
carrying the ball 10 times a game?
“It could happen and I’m ex
cited about it,” Newsome said.
“We are going to be more run-
oriented than we have ever been
and we know the other teams are
going to gang up on Herschel.
They have to, so it will open up
things for me.
“I think in the last few years
I’ve averaged carrying the ball
one or two times per game —just
enough to get my name called on
national television,” he said.
Eight years into his NFL career
Newsome has carried only 308
times for 1,145 yards.
“I’ve been a thousand yard
man, for my career,” Newsome
quipped.
Newsome has more career
yards receiving, 1,770, than he
does rushing.
“My job is to number one,
block, number two catch, and
number three, run,” he said. “I
feel I do all three equally well.
“All it calls for is power, quick
ness and a sense of knowing the
offense,” said the former sixth
round draft pick from Winston-
Salem State. “I think I have it all.”
Newsome has it all, that is, until
he turns around and looks at the
person behind him.
“You know, it just amazes me
how a guy 225 pounds can run as
fast as Herschel can,” Newsome
said.“He is a dangerous person.
“With Herschel you have to
take your man in a hurry because
the train is running up your
back.”
However, also on the drawing
board is an offense that will see
Walker blocking for Newsome.
“Now, isn’t that a wonderful
thought?” Newsome said.
Noonan learning to control power
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.
(AP) — Danny Noonan is still just
a kid in terms of NFL longevity
but his massive arms, chest, and
legs suggest he’s capable of King
Kong-like action.
He’s already found it difficult
to harness his 270-pounds of en
ergy in training camp.
Recently, Noonan became un
happy with 331-pound offensive
guard Nate Newton. Noonan
ripped Newton’s helmet off and
began beating him with it.
Newton got 10 stiches and
Noonan a $2,000 fine.
Off the football field, Noonan
is in the soft-spoken mold of
Randy White.
Noonan inherited White’s
right defensive tackle post last
year after the nine-time Pro Bowl
star developed neck problems.
“I keep pushing myself hard
because I don’t want to let any
body down,” Noonan said. “I
have a lot of pressure on me.”
“Noonan will be awesome once
he gets some inside moves,” said
Cowboys’ scout John Wooten.
“You have to have more than
power in the NFL because the
man blocking you will be just as
big.”
In fact, one of the reasons for
the Fight with Newton was Noo
nan’s frustration in dealing with
Newton’s tenacious blocking.
Asked if had shaken hands
with Newton after the helmet in
cident, Noonan smiled and said
“Not yet but I’m sure we will.”
Rangers’ owner wants
new Metroplex stadium
ARLINGTON (AP) — If the Texas Rangers stay in
Texas, they should do it in style in a new stadium, says
team owner Eddie Chiles.
Chiles, beset by a decline in his personal fortune, re
portedly is negotiating with a Tampa, Fla., group that
wants to bring a baseball team to that city, but he said
Tuesday a sale is not imminent.
Unlike previous negotiations, Chiles said he cannot
guarantee that sale terms will include a stipulation pro
hibiting the team being moved outside the area.
“I will do everything in my power and will use all my
influence to insure that the Texas Rangers remain in
the Metroplex, if and when I decide to sell this fran
chise,” Chiles said Wednesday. “This is where the Texas
Rangers belong.”
The Rangers’ home field, Arlington Stadium, is a
“real bad financial handicap” because of its size and lay
out, Chiles said.
The Rangers have set attendance records in each of
the past two years, but team officials complain the stadi
um’s high percentage of cheap outfield seats cuts into
their revenue potential.
Team president Mike Stone said 56 percent of Texas
fans have shown a preference for field-box seating, but
box seats account for only 22 percent of the seating in
the stadium.
“People come in and sit in the outfield because they
can’t get the seats they want,” Stone said.
The stadium, built in 1965 for the Texas League’s
Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs, has been expanded several
times to accommodate the major league teamamhi
seats 43.508
Tampa Bay Baseball Group President FrankMoi
said the group has not entered into a serious stage
negotiations for the Rangers.
The group has also had discussions with owners
the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners, he said
Arlington Stadium sits on 120 acres of land on Im
state 30 halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth in if
lington, the third-largest city in the metropolitanarti|
“If I could afford to keep the team, and I knei
could live forever, I would move it to some otherloi
tion within a 10-mile radius of where it is nowandU
a stadium and more parking lots on a site where peo'|B» use
could get to it more easily, and sell off this land," Q jgy, g
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“Anybody who studies this situation will arnveat!:M e
same conclusion. I think anyone who purchases[
team ought to be considering that plan.”
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Arlington Mayor Richard Greene said the city vp.W nls
work to keep the Rangers there. K vel
“The Rangers don’t need to leave Arlington toiB er
complish their goal of a new stadium,” Greene saMp 0; .
“We are aware of the Rangers’ future need of a iijfc ve |
dium. We are addressing those needs with the Rangdijflj'hj
Dallas’ director of planning and development, Mlj|A us(
Norwood, said city officials are not actively wooingtwK te€
Rangers, but added, “If Mr. Chiles is looking for a nr, i 0 ) n
address, we can find some land. There’s plentynfW^ c
available.”
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Manley suspended for men
NEW YORK (AP) — Dexter Man-
ley of the Washington Redskins was
suspended for 30 days by Pete Ro-
zelle Wednesday for violating the
NFL’s substance abuse act.
While the league didn’t character
ize the move as a suspension, a
league spokesman said Manley had
been notified that he had involun
tarily been placed on the team’s non
football injury list for 30 days.
“I have instructed Dexter Manley
to remain out of the Redskins’ train
ing camp until Aug. 26,” Rozelle said
in an issued statement. That would
make Manley eligible to play in the
Super Bowl champions’ regular-sea-
son opener Sept. 5 against the New
York Giants.
Manley, who in 1987 underwent
treatment for alcohol abuse at the
Hazelden Institute in Minnesota,
met with Rozelle last Friday after re
ports that an illegal substance turned
up in a drug test.
Both Coach Joe Gibbs and general
manager Bobby Beathard of the
Redskins professed ignorance of
whether Manley was undergoing
treatment, although Gibbs said:
“I feel good about the fact that
Dexter is in good hands. There are
people working with him to help
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him with his problem.” HCoi
Manley’s attorney, Bob Wortovn
said that his client was not undti2 an
going any new treatment. InstaBien
Woolf said, he was continuing’sessio
Hazelden aftercare. IPl^ 1
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“We’re glad it’s over,” W'oolfii this b
“We plan to abide by the comrjlt’s a
sioner’s decision and were giil
Dexter will not have to miss #
games.”
The 30-year-old Manley, anil
Pro two years ago when hewassej
ond in the NFL in sacks with 18,
credited with just 8Vs last seaso!|
the 12 non-strike games he played!
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