European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 28, 1994 sports the stars and stripes winning was easier age 37 by David Droschak Chapel Hill  a Jack Nicklaus thinks being the greatest player in Golf in his heyday was a lot easier than being no. 1 now. When i was there As the no. 1 player always had one or two Guys challenging me said Nicklaus the Only golfer to win a Urga event in five decades. There s 10 or 15 Guys now All challenging for the top spot All Over the world. For that one Guy to be dominant is a Littlemore difficult Nicklaus who has won 70 pea tour titles attended a ceremony thursday at the governor s club. He said today s to pros like Nick Price and Greg Norman face More outside pressure than he did As Well As intense Media scrutiny. Of course the Golden Bear thrived on the pressure As evidenced by his 20 Victo Ries in major championships a record that May never be approached. It never really bothered me Nick Laus said. I be always been upset when i Haven t been no. 1. That s what i upset about right now. I like walking into a tournament and have everybody say he s the Guy who is going to win and have everybody scared of you. That s what i  Media coverage also has changed since his prime. If i wanted to go raise hell someplace could probably go raise hell someplace without having it end up in every newspaper in the country Nicklaus said. Now a Guy walks across the Street and he trips off a curb and All of the sudden it s in every newspaper in the country Nicklaus 54, said he Seldom read newspaper in those Days. I did t want to read what i shot he said. I really did t want to read if i bogeyed the 12th Hole with a dumb shot Ornot. I did t think it was a dumb shot. I think today Guys Are Reading More news papers. If a Guy is real smart he does t read any newspapers and just goes about his Timber wolves give Marsha 11 a bund in Jack Nicklaus. More Competition now  Nicklaus is one month into an exercise program aimed at strengthening his legs and Abdomen and gaining hip  said he s hoping to regain some of the abilities that helped make him Golf Golden boy of the 1960s and 70s. I Don t know what my future is i Loveto play Golf he said when asked about his schedule for next season. But i like to play Golf like Jack Nicklaus. If i can t play like him i Don t want to be somebody else. The last couple of years i be really driven the Ball poorly. I be been Short and crooked rather than Long an straight and that s not a very Good combination. Most of the Guys on the senior Bourdon t hit the Ball that Short added Nick Laus who won the tour s opening event i january. I went from being the longest to one of the Shorter hitters on the tour. If i can get it Back into reasonable distance then i think i can compete. I Don t want to just go out and play adjust be a  Minneapolis a  coach Bill Blair is ready to Reward top draft pick Donyell marshal now that it s certain Marshall will arrive on time at training Camp. Marshall agreed to terms monday on Anine year $42.6 million contract making him the wolves first no. 1 pick since Elton Spencer in j990 to sign before the team opens training Camp. This year Camp opens oct. 6 at St. Cloud state. Donyell just moved up in playing time Blair said. It s hard to play when you re not  Marshall a former Star at Connecticut will earn $2.15 million in his Rookie sea son. He could earn As much As $7.3 Mil lion in his ninth season based on the maximum 30 percent yearly increases Al Lowed under Aba salary Cap rules. He will average close to $4.7 million Over the nine years. League sources said Marshall s con tract does not include an option out clause which would have allowed him to become an unrestricted free agent after a certain year. An opt out clause was on of the major stumbling blocks in last year s contract talks with Isaiah rider. Rider who missed All of training Campana the first six exhibition games eventually got an opt out clause which take effect after the sixth year of his seven year $25.5 million deaf. League sources also said the first eight years of Marshall s contract Are Guaran teed and that the wolves have an option on the ninth. Marshall will receive some up front Money As a signing Bonus but wolves officials and Marshall s agents declined to be specific. We re where we want to be said Tony Dutt one of Marshall s agents. All i la say is that the Deal is substantial in years and Money general manager Jack Mccloskey said. The wolves were Able to offer mar shall Chuck person s salary Slot of $2.15 million for the 1994-95 season. Person left the wolves after last season to sign with san Antonio As a free agent. The Slot enabled the wolves to open negotiations with a competitive first year salary for Marshall and eliminate some of the stalemate that have stalled previous Donyell Marshall. Gets $42.6 million contract talks for wolves rookies. Putt and co agent James Bryant said the negotiations would have been much More difficult without person s available Slot. We really needed All of it to get ingoing Dutt said. Dutt and Bryant wanted a nine year Deal to enable Marshall the no. 4 pick Overall in the draft to have a higher salary average than Dallas Jamal Mashburn last years no. 4 pick. Mashburn s eight year $33.1 million Deal gives him an average of $4.1 million. Marshall a 6-foot-9 Forward led the big East conference in scoring last sea son 462 Points. He averaged 25.1points, 8.8 rebounds and set a school re Cord with 111 blocked shots. Marshall who turned 21 on May 18,left Connecticut after his Junior year. Wolves officials Hope he develops into the legitimate Small Forward the club has lacked in recent years. This is a big plus for our organization to have this done Blair said. Donyell gets an Opportunity to learn All the ramifications of being in the  s. Zeer 223 Yarck Shorf of career record in Sec Tuscaloosa Ala. A Alabama coach Gene Stallings is looking Forward to throwing up a line of defense against air Zeier. Georgia and its Star quarterback Eric Zeier travel to Tuscaloosa this saturday night hopi Rig to make the Lith ranked Crimson tide an unwilling partner in a piece of Southeastern Confer ence history. Zeier the sex Heidelberg stars and stripes All Europe performer has thrown for 9,064 Yards leaving him Only 51 shy of leu s Tom Hodson for second on the career list and 223 from the career conference Mark set by Florida s Shane Matthews Well within reach for a quarterback who s aver aging 326.8 Yards per game this season. It s sort of fun preparing for that kind of team Stallings said monday. I really sort of like that to Tell you the  Stallings would t say where he places Zeier among the outstanding quarterbacks Alabama has faced Over the past five years like Matthews and Tennessee s Heath Shuler. He said he considers Zeier a Heisman trophy candidate. Bills m iss main Attra Chi on Buffalo . A the festivities went on a scheduled even though the main attraction was t there. . Simpson the greatest player in Buffalo Bill history could t make the team s 35th anniversary party this weekend. Simpson is in los Angeles where on monday lawyer were selecting a jury to decide if he killed his sex wife and her Friend. Back in Buffalo where Simpson earned the credentials that would make him the most famous person Ever to be charged with murder he was missed. He s not Here but he s on everybody s mind for Mer Buffalo cornerback Tony Greene said while sign ing autographs. And they re wishing the Best for  More than 80 former Bills players and their families returned to Buffalo this weekend to help the team commemorate its creation with parties and Golf Auto graphs and speeches. It was pure reunion stuff catch ing up on old times with the old gang. You see someone you Haven t seen in a Long time Greene said and you say hey How Are you doing and this that and the other. What have you been doing and this that and the other. And you say did you hear about the juice ? and hell say yeah and it stops right  it was in 1960 that Ralph Wilson then a minority owner of the Detroit Lions and seven others members of the foolish club created the american football league. It has been a Long trip from there to the current Bills team which is working on a Streak of four consecutive of championships. And Simpson is a big part of it. He is the team s Only Hall of Famer and he holds every Rushing record in the Bills Book. In conjunction with the anniversary the Bills surveyed members of the Media on the 35 most memorable plays in the team s history. Simpson is the Star in five of them More than anyone else. It s certainly a strange feeling not to have him Here former Bills tight end Paul Seymour said. Still there has t been much talk about  it first happened there was Seymour said. But there s Only so much you can say about it. An there s not much you can do about it except to express our support and love. As a Bills tight end from 1973-77, Seymour spent his entire career Here As Simpson s teammate. He said he has tried to watch Simpson s court hearings to stay updated. It s sad. You re sad and also shocked that that s the Guy you knew and loved. It s kind of shocking to see the Guy m that predicament. It s a lot of feelings mostly  Only Wilson and Trainer de Abramowski remain from the 1960 club. They along with two reporters were honoured before monday night s 27-20 Victory Over the Denver Broncos. Other former Bills were invited onto the Field for the pregame ceremony. Wilson also took out a full Page advertisement inthe Buffalo news monday thanking the 290 season ticket holders who have been with the team since the beginning. The reunion weekend featured a Golf Outing a tailgate party before the game and a dinner and cocktail party on saturday night