PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : RAIDERS : An Unsettled Camp Comes to a Close

The bags were piled up, the trucks were loaded up and the players were fired up.

After nearly six weeks of training camp, the Raiders left Oxnard Thursday and moved back to their regular-season headquarters in El Segundo.

The best part for the players? No more two-a-day workouts.

“I think we’ve had enough,” Raider Coach Art Shell said. “We’ve probably had more (two-a-days) than anyone in the National Football League. We were the first ones (among all the teams) in camp. It’s time for the body to come back.”

Aside from the sluggish running game, Shell said he was pleased with the Raiders’ performance during their stay in Oxnard.

But it certainly wasn’t an ideal six weeks. The team began with seven players missing because of pay disputes. Four--running back Marcus Allen, receiver Tim Brown, and cornerbacks Terry McDaniel and Lionel Washington--eventually showed.

Three others--defensive ends Greg Townsend and Scott Davis, and linebacker Winston Moss--are still missing.

As if that hasn’t caused enough havoc with the defense, defensive tackle Chester McGlockton, the team’s No. 1 draft choice, sprained his foot in the Raiders’ first exhibition game two weeks ago and has not practiced since.

Then there was the case of Elvis Patterson. The defensive back-special teams captain spent 10 days of camp on suspension for body-slamming a coach to the ground in the midst of a heated argument.

But all that was forgotten when the players headed east on the Ventura Freeway, Oxnard in their rear-view mirrors and the regular season just a little over two weeks ahead.