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Mama Salmon's advice keeps paying off

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - After his first try at football, Lee Roy Selmon was ready to quit. The sweat pants didn’t fit and the calisthentics seemed too hard for the pudgy Oklahoma farmboy. "I went home and cried on Mama’s shoulders and told her I didn’t like the sport anymore. I wanted to quit. She listened. She was sympathetic. But she told me to keep trying.”

Haslett made Bills forget what's his name

NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Haslett, who stepped in as a starting linebacker with the Buffalo Bills when Tom Cousineau trotted off to Canada, was named today the National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year by The Associated Press. Haslett, an inside linebacker in the Bills’ 3-4 defense, was named on 25 of the 84 ballots cast by a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters, three from each NFL city. “I’m really happy. This is a great Christmas present,” said Haslett. “I owe a real debt of gratitude to my linebacker coach, Tom Catlin, and all of my defensive teammates.” Linebacker Jerry Robinson of the Philadelphia Eagles received 17 votes and defensive tackle Dan Hampton of the Chicago Bears received 16 as Haslett’s closest challengers. “We’re delighted to learn of Jim’s selection,” said Coach Chuck Knox of the Bills, who drafted Haslett out of Indiana (Pa.) University in the second round. “Jim made the transition from small college to professional football with amazing speed. “His emergence as the NFL’s top defensive rookie is a credit to the energy and hard work he was willing to devote from the opening day of training camp to the final game of the season.” Haslett, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound native and resident of Pitts-

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It was 12 years ago when Selmon, then 6-feet tall, 170 pounds, reported to Eufala Junior High School for football practice. He gave it another try, and he hasn’t stopped trying since. Today, Selmon is the National Football League’s defensive player of the year in a poll by The Associated Press. He was the runaway choice of 84 sports writers and broadcasters

burgh, stepped into an unusually difficult situation. The Bills’ No.l choice and the NFL’s was Cousineau, an AllAmerican linebacker out of Ohio State, and he got all the publicity, especially after he scorned Buffalo’s contract and accepted one from the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. “If Jim had been at Ohio State for four years, it would have been very interesting to see who the first player picked was,” said Norm Pollom, the Bills’ director of college scouting. Even after Cousineau left, it was his name not Haslett’s that was on the fans’ minds in Buffalo. Haslett clearly resented being thought of as merely a fill-in for the departed Cousineau and refused to discuss it. It is, of course, pure speculation as to how Cousineau might have done but Haslett did just fine. He was second on the Bills GRIDIRON TACT CINCINNATI (AP) - A mu-tual-admiration society developed quickly when the Cincinnati Bengals drafted quarterback Jack Thompson of Washington State and brought him to Cincinnati to meet the firststring signal-caller of the Bengals, Ken Anderson. “Anderson has been one of my idols,” Thompson said. “He is a great percentage passer.” That caused Anderson to laughingly reply, “I always knew Thompson was a smart voting man.”

Chicago could be better for game

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Playing the opening round of the National Football Conference playoffs at home hasn’t turned out to be quite the advantage the Philadelphia Eagles thought it would he. As workers cleared four inches of snow from the frozen artificial turf at Veteran’s Stadium Thursday, the Eagles pulled on long johns for their first outdoor practice of the week. Philadelphia, 11-5, hosts the Chicago Bears, 10-6, Sunday, and the snow and delay of Chicago game films didn’t do much for Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil’s humor. “It’ll have to do,” Vermeil said of the field after kicking a few icicles. “We’ll have to make some adjustments,” said Eagles running back Wilbert Montgomery. “It’s the only way to get a chance to play in some nice weather.” If the Eagles defeat the Bears in the wild card matchup, they travel to Tampa Bay for the

three in each league city who gave him 38 first-place votes. The 6-foot-3, 255-pound defensive end, Tampa’s initial collegiate draft choice in 1976, was the foundation of the NFL’s topranked defease this season. The Bucs allowed the fewest points in the league and won the NFC Central Division title. Selmon had a career-high 117 tackles, led the Bucs with 11 quarterback sacks, recovered

in tackles with 124, 75 of them solo. He had two pass interceptions, both of them in New England, with the second one in overtime paving the way to the Bills’ 16-13 victory. Haslett also recovered two fumbles and forced two others. “Jim is an intense young man who should continue to develop as a defensive football player,” Knox said. “He adapted quickly to his duties in our new 3-4 defense and showed a savvy and maturity unusual for a fir-st-year player. This is something he has worked hard at to achieve. I’m pleased to see him receive such well-deserved recognition." Other defensive rookies who received more than one vote were tackle Jesse Baker and safety Vernon Perry of Houston, linebackers Rich Wingo of Green Bay and Stan Blinka of the New York Jets and Seattle tackle Manu Tuiasosopo.

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next round against the NFC Central champion Buccaneers. “It’s going to be a new experience for all our guys,” Montgomery said of the cold. “Chicago’s played many times in this kind of weather. “It’s going to be a new experience just playing them,” he added. The Eagles haven’t played the Bears since 1975, haven’t beaten them since 1961 and have only two wins and a tie in the 21 -game series against Chicago stretching back to 1933. But despite the snow, the unknowas and the series record, the players were anything but tight as they prepared for the first postseason game in Philadelphia since the Eagles won the championship in 1960. “We’re not going to the dogs,” said right iaside linebacker Frank LeMaster, who nonetheless was holding two puppies. LeMaster raises Golden Re-

two fumbles returning one 29 yards for a touchdown caused three other fumbles and blocked three kicks. As awesome as he is on the field, he’s docile and modest out of uniform. * “My getting the honors is the direct result of what we did together,” he said. “And I’m happy to be part of it. I think it’s a tribute to the team more than it is to me. That’s where it all starts. “I can’t say it was like a dream come true because I never dreamed of it.” Veteran line Coach Abe Gibron says: “He’s one of the greatest defensive ends to ever play the game. The word super-

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trievers, and the two puppies were going to fellow linebackers Reggie Wilkes and Jerry Robinson. A third puppy was going to barefoot place-kicker Tony Franklin. “I don’t want to get too excited,” said veteran defeasive end Claude Humphrey. “Getting all fired up all week long seems to backfire, especially for me,” he said, referring to the Eagles’ loss to the Dallas Cowboys two weeks ago. Emotion was a big factor for Chicago in reaching the playoffs. With the Eagles expecting to play the laser of the divisional showdown between the Cowboys and Washington Redskins last Sunday, the Bears closed out the regular season with a 426 win over St. Louis. The Redskins fell 35-34 to the Cowboys and were shut out of the playoffs because the Bears had made up a 33-point differential in their rout of St. Louis.

star is overworked, but at his position he has no peers.” In off hours, Selmon is running, working out or studying his play book. He’s worked hard to get to the top. On Saturday before a game, he says, he spends his time getting mentally prepared. “You seldom have to raise your voice to Lee Roy,” says Gibron. “That’s because he seldom makes a mistake. He has natural speed, agility, balance and quickness. He knows how to use his leverage when he has to get under somebody.” Second in voting, with 10 votes was Mike Reinfeldt. Houston’s free safety, followed by middle linebacker Jack Lambert of the Sleelers.

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