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Dave Pa oy DtcK Ctwstoy Altho qkmcmi st?H writer Parker His bat is faster than a speeding far fete bullet. His arm is more powerful he wei than a locomotive. His speed recently enables him to steal bases in a Pirates single bound. And his menacing are not presence sends opposing National Parker' League, NL. general mnnncr^rc _ , w ..?w.0va w AVI II* V/ scurrying around searching for kryptonite. "It i thing," He does not wear the red and i was blue of Superman, but rather the 1979 baj black and gold of the Pittsburgh I'm goii Pirates. more yi Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's tract ov< Dave Parker, right fielder of the Parke Pirates and this Dast vear's NT. tront most valuable player. instead : :&<&< :K:^^JaSt^^lS^f:i: : raMHBHBBBCSafe. ' k r v' lite .i'siSi-V Bin na?a Badk a^u vv i win THE BIG I GOOD FOOD - AN Serving Breakfast 7-10 Buffet 11:00-2:30 & ! Salad Bar 11:00-9:0 Variety of Delicious S on n? e vviTw mi i/u^ - L .FEATURING THE DOWNS JJh J Happy Hoi M 625 (Dai rkeripow ugh a comparison between hard." "When I go out thand Superman seems a bit what I consider autom hed, Parker gets paid as if and do whatever necessj e Superman. Parker, 27, a game. I really can't go 7 signed a contract with the field," he said. "Everyi and though exact figures takes place out there t known, estimates place taneous, it's really be s salary around $5 million control." years. Parker starred in neans security for one football and basketbal Parker said. "That's what cinatti quarter Tech hi conlrinrf ? ? 41?- 1 kjvvmi 6, a^i uuciim^ uie ana displayed his tale >eball season knowing that catcher to most of the ] lg to be in Pittsburgh five before his senior year, ears and not have a coner my head." A baseball career r discounts the big con- certain until he injured a 11 slow down his play but football game and sent ir make him play "twice as scouts packing. Ext k|V\ 1 appearing in just 54 gam 1974 he tore a hamst sSPr missed two months of U P^x immrm His first full season, 197 HH^K; batted .308, hit 25 homo 101 ^^ns ^tt0^ a %g^, In 1978, Parker won h BIRD I pr | r YTimE :30 5:00-9:00 i andwiches CRMS verydaij ITAIRS PLAZA NEEDE )( 2-7 Co n St. j Tubs. er, spea ere I'm on triple crown. That's what I wo tatic pilot like to do, win the triple crown." ary to win out on the Parker said playing in I thing that sburgh has made it more diffi is SDon- to net recognition in enmrwrisn yond my bigger cities. "I think the sec batting title has kind of. made baseball public aware of who D baseball, Parker is. But," Parker contini 1 at Cin- "It would have been much ea gh school for me to be known on a house] ;nts as a basis if I did play in New Yorl NL scouts Los Angeles. ArPOrHinCJ fn PQrlfflr flirt _ ...p vvf A M & IW1 y tll^ seemed contracts and free-agentry will knee in a hurt baseball. "If you are speal lost of the of outpricing the market, I d ;ept the think that you can outprice ker in the market with some of the h aft. salaries," he explained. "The g that are making the kind of mo ly in 1973, that is out there now, the $800, les, and in the $500,000, the million dollai .ring and year thing, it's an elite group th le season, getting this money. Frankly, 5 Parkpt* ? * " c.an Couni tnem on one hand at runs; had present time, speaking of a Car won the a Kose, a Rice and myself. Parker felt I was "As far as free agentry, I tl the players are finally getting tl jss in 1976 just right. A lot of players home 90 hemmed up in organizations I won the are not real good organizations I average they are stuck there. With the I s, doubles agent draft, it's kind of maintai a little better place for lis second ballplayers," referring to plaj . 1 : 1 ' 1 1 ' ng .00-4, ueing auie 10 cnange teams ur league in certain conditions," Parker ad( runs and What of the Phillies, the team the 1979 Pirates have finished second to for the last three seasons and the addil "I would of Pete Hose? In a word, Parke season. confident. ' season I "Philadelphia doesn't have w ining the I consider that aggressive dri 5RLESMEI : FOR SUMMER I mm by 314 Rumi & THupb. 1 - 4 p.i d, talent uM that determination," he said. "I think Rose will feature that for il v AL- i? * ~ ? - umn. i uuiiK ne is going 10 reneci a >itt- lot to the ball club. You get good cult performances out of some of their n to players and you're going to get ond even better performances because the of a Pete Rose's attitude." ave S Radio Broadcasts big I not ting on't the The USC women's basketball trge team will participate in the [uys Association of Intercollegiat ,ney Athletics for Women regional 000, play-offs at Knoxville, Tenn., this *s a week. at's you The Lady Gamecocks will face the Kentucky state champion ew, Morehead State in the first round. - ' If they advance to the semi-finals, a possible opponent is Clemson. USC defeated the Tigers this past link weekend in the state championship heir game. get that WUSC-FM will be handling the and play-by-play coverage of all Free Carolina games in the tournament, ned The first broadcast will begin at the 1:55 p.m. Thursday with the USC'ers Morehead State game. There will ider also be a broadcast on Friday ied. beginning at 6:55. the The finals are scheduled for the Saturday at 9 p.m., and air time is lion set for 8:55 if the Lady Gamecocks r is are still in the tournament. WUSC sports director Howard Cornfield hat will be doing the play-by-play along ve, with Greg Davie. ) j iRTISING M & FRLL '79 >11 Houit m. to apply. |