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Page 10 -The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 6, 1987
Edwards back in
business in NFL
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SPORTS OF THE DAILY
races to win at Notre Dame
By STEVEN GINNS
Stanley Edwards is a businessman
who will not let a picket line stand
in his way.
The former Wolverine running
back is working for the replacement
Detroit Lions. The squad consists of
free agents, castoffs, and former
players filling in for the striking
members of the National Football
League Players Association.
The replacement players have
been labeled "scabs" by the striking
players and their union supporters.
The characterization does not bother
Edwards.
"I do not consider myself a scab,
since I have played in the NFL
before." he said. "I have not given it
a second thought."
EDWARDS, a five-year NFL
veteran, is aware that the strike will
eventually be settled. He is not
concerned by threats made b y
striking players, who have suggested
that they will get back at players
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who have crossed the picket lines.
"That would be very stupid," he
said. "It is the job of the referees to
stop violence during the game.
Players will be penalized for being
rough and penalties can cost
games."
Unlike other teams, no Lion has
crossed the picket and no incidents
have occurred between the striking
and non-striking players. Edwards
has not even talked to any of the
striking Lions, despite having spent
training camp with them. He has no
fears that he will be the target of
violence, even if he is fortunate
enough to play once the strike is
settled.
THE "B Team" players have
been given "the opportunity of a
lifetime," according to Edwards.
"Just because the union is mad at
management is no reason why
players should refuse the chance to
make a living," he said.
Ever since his freshmen year at
Kettering High in Detroit, Edwards'
business has been football. After
graduating high school in 1977, he
came to the University of Michigan.
As a Wolverine, Edwards made a
name for himself by gaining 2,206
career rushing yards. After his
By JENNIFER SAARI
Conditions were miserable for the
men's cross country team this
weekend. Yet, the Wolverines, who
traveled to South Bend for the Notre
Dame Invitational, outran their 16
competitors for a comfortable first-
place finish.
The Wolverines won with 64
points, which means that the sum of
the placements of their top five
runners, or "scorers," equalled 64.
The object of the meet is to score
the least possible number of points,
15. One point is awarded for first,
two for second, etc.
Edwards
... back with Lions
collegiate career ended in 1981,
Edwards played with the Houston
Oilers, who drafted him in the third
round.
As an Oiler, Edwards appeared in
53 games, gaining 464 rushing
yards. He also caughta45 passes for
354 yards. However, after the 1986
season ended, he was not offered a
contract and became a free agent. He
entered training camp with the
Detroit Lions and was back in
business again. But that venture was
short-lived as he was cut on the last
day of training camp.
Despite that disappointment, Ed-
wards remained optimistic and
prepared for the upcoming season as
a fan. "I consider myself a player
first and a fan second" said Edwards.
He was looking forward to sitting on
the couch with a remote control and
watching the games, just like every
other fan. But since the players
decided to walk the picket lines, he
went back to work.
The Detroit Lions contacted
Edwards and offered to put him back
in business. Edwards wanted to play
this year and took the Lions up on
their offer. Just like every other
running back, Edwards goal is to
lead the NFL in rushing. "That is
something that's been in the back of
my mind." Edwards said. "If I can
play in three games, maybe I will
lead the league in rushing."
trailed by eight seconds, finishing in
24:18.
Only 19 seconds behind Scherer
was Wolverine sophomore Brad
Barquist, who ran to an impressive
fourth-place finish. Barquist has been
an aggressive member of the
Wolverine team, who has shown
steady improvement.
David McKay, a first-year med-
school transfer, and Ryan Robinson,
also a transfer student, proved to be
valuable additions to the men's
team, placing 16th and 19th
respectively.
Michigan's only senior, Joe
Schmidt, who placed 23rd, ran a
"much improved race," according to
Michigan head coach Ron Warhurst.
"I expect and am seeing a -lot of
improvement in Schmidt's race."
"This was a good meet for us,"
said Warhurst. "For the first time
this year, everyone ran together."
Michigan's top five men crossed the
finish line within less than one
minute of each other.
"Last week (at Eastern Michigan)
we ran tired. We had trained hard all
week and didn't do as well. I
generally like to get two weeks of
training in before the first meet.
This year we only had time for one.
"After this weekend's meet, I'm
very pleased to see how well things
came together."
Warhurst is looking forward to
the Indiana Invitational in
Bloomington this weekend. Indiana,
Illinois, and Purdue will be
Michigan's top challengers.
Women golfers finish
sixth
If you thought it was cold at the
football game Saturday, imagine
having to play 54 holes of golf in
that weather. That's the task the
women's golf team had to face last
Saturday in East Lansing.
The team finishes in sixth place
out of nine teams in the Michigan
State Invitational Golf Tournament.
Ohio State won the championship.
In the wind, rain, cold of Friday and
Saturday, the team shot a total score
of 1,046, for a 87.2 stroke per round
average.
The tournament consisted of three
18-hole rounds on Michigan State's
Forest Akers Golf Course, with 36
holes on Friday and 18 holes on
Saturday.
Michigan was led by senior
Donna Greenbury, who shot a three-
round total of 250, including a final
round of 78. "I don't know how she
shot 78, considering the horrible
weather conditions," said Michigan
coach Sue LeClair of Greenbury's
final-round performance. "It was
Women
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lose
The women's soccer club lost a
road game to Purdue 2-1 on Sunday.
Wolverine Amy Colligan's goal tied
the score, but Purdue put the game
out of reach with a breakaway goal
with about 10 minutes left to go.
Outside fullback Baba Laporte starred
defensively for Michigan.
It was the second straight loss for
the club, which was defeated 2-0 by
Michigan State last week. The
team's next match is at Western
Michigan on Thursday.
-SCOTT SHAFFER
about 36 degrees, cold and rainy,
with very strong winds. It was not
good golfing weather."
-JEFF ROTH
GRIllE PICKS
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Barquist
... strong race
Twenty points separated
Michigan from its closest
competitor, Edinboro, which scored
84 points. Notre Dame followed
with 109.
John Scherer led the Wolverines
with a solid first-place finish.
Scherer covered the five-mile course,
despite the wind, rain, and 42-degree
weather, in 24:10. From the start of
his running career at Michigan,
Scherer has consistently been an
outstanding member of the team.
Last year, as a sophomore, Scherer
earned All-American honors, placing
23rd at the NCAA Cross Country
Championships, and again at the
NCAA Outdoor Track and Field
Championships, this past June in
the 10,000 meter race, where he
placed tenth.
Scherer's closest competitor was
Notre Dame's Jim Garret, who
The significance of the 1988
presidential campaign on the history
of American politics is already
brutally obvious. The manner in the
press looks into the personal lives of
the candidates has correctly been
questioned.
On Sunday night at the Power
Center, Gary Hart came to Ann
Arbor under the guise of financing
his fallen campaign. But at a local
bar after the speech, Hart, in the
company of several blonde co-eds,
opened up after a few beers.
"The press had no right to pry
into my personal life," Hart said,
pushing a woman from his lap. "My
Griddes picks a matter of concern for
me, my wife, and my family.
Whether I take trips to Bimini to
speak to Guido for the latest scoop
on the Slippery Rock game is
nobody's business."
Hart dropped off his picks at the
Daily, 420 Maynard, second floor,
after picking up his $10,000 check
for the speech. He did not pick up a
$10 Domino's pizza gift certificate,
though. Slippery Rock lost.
1. MICHIGAN at Michigan
State (pick total points)
2. Indiana at Ohio State
3. Minnesota at Northwestern
4. Iowa at Wisconsin
5. Illinois at Purdue 4
6. Oklahoma vs. Texas
7. Notre Dame at Pitt
8. Maryland at Miami, Fla.
9. LSU at Georgia
10. Arizona St. at Wash'ton
11., Virginia at Clemson
12. Arkansas at Texas Tech
13. Wyoming at BYU
14. Mississippi at Kentucky
15. Air Force at Navy
16. USC at Oregon
17. Stanford at Wash'ton St.
18. Virg. Tech at S. Carolina
19. Columbia at Princeton
20. SLIPPERY ROCK at
Lock Haven
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