Notes on a Scorecard - Sept. 22, 1994

I wish Scott Davis had the work ethic of Al Davis. . . .

On Sunday, the Raiders will try to beat the San Diego Chargers at the Coliseum for the first time since 1990. . . .

If you believe in the theory that, all other things being nearly equal, the team that needs the victory the most usually wins, then the advantage goes to the Raiders. . . .

A loss would leave the Raiders 1-3 and facing the possibility of having to go 9-3 the remainder of the season to reach the playoffs. . . .

A loss would leave the Chargers 3-1. . . .

Stan Humphries is the only starting quarterback in the NFL who hasn’t thrown an interception this season. . . .

If Ram Coach Chuck Knox thinks Tommy Maddox is doing so well in practice--”he has picked up the knowledge of the offense very, very well”--he ought to give him some playing time against the Chiefs on Sunday at Kansas City. . . .

The five new head coaches in the NFL were asked to name a current or former player who would make a great coach. Pete Carroll of the New York Jets, June Jones of Atlanta and Norv Turner of Washington all selected Ronnie Lott. . . .

Is it possible that the Dallas Cowboys, who looked so lousy against the Detroit Lions on Monday night, miss Jimmy Johnson? . . .

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Washington State, which plays UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl, began the season with 50 players from California. That was nine more than from Washington. . . .

One of the Californians, quarterback Chad Davis from Mesa High in San Diego, is a transfer who spent his redshirt freshman season at Oklahoma. . . .

It seems to me that UCLA once had a quarterback transfer from Oklahoma named Troy Aikman. . . .

Baylor is one of four Southwest Conference schools that will enter the Big Eight and form the Big 12 in 1996. . . .

The Trojans should be sorry to see the breakup of the SWC. With games against Baylor on Saturday night at the Coliseum and Houston next year, USC is 18-4-1 against conference members. . . .

The Arizona-Stanford game that will be shown locally by ABC at 12:30 p.m. Saturday should be entertaining, but I would prefer watching Michigan-Colorado. That is a pay-per-view option. . . .

Hugh Rodham, the late father of Hillary Rodham Clinton, lettered for the Penn State football team in 1934. . . .

Best prep matchup in the Southland Friday will be Hart, ranked seventh in The Times poll, against Westlake, ranked fourth, at 7:30 p.m. at Newbury Park High. . . .

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A first-round draft choice is a steep price for the Lakers to pay the Phoenix Suns for Cedric Ceballos, but the team needs to do something to create interest, and Ceballos is an exciting and productive small forward. . . .

Keith Smart, 30, who has signed a free-agent contract with the Clippers, made the winning basket for Indiana against Syracuse in the 1987 NCAA championship game at the Superdome in New Orleans. . . .

On his first full day on the job Tuesday, new Cal State Fullerton Athletic Director John Easterbrook had unexpected duties--taking phone calls about the basketball coaching job that became open the day before when Brad Holland left for the University of San Diego. . . .

Mack Calvin is coach of the expansion Mexico City franchise in the Continental Basketball Assn. . . .

One of the best fight cards in years, the one Saturday in Las Vegas that included Julio Cesar Chavez’s eighth-round victory over Meldrick Taylor, will be replayed by Showtime at 9:30 tonight and 1:35 p.m. Saturday. . . .

Funny, but I haven’t heard much talk this week about the long-awaited bout between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and Oliver McCall on Saturday night in London. . . .

XTRA talk show co-hosts Steve Hartman and Chet Forte have selected the paying sports fan as the least influential sports figure of the last 40 years. . . .

In 1967, Keith Jackson did the sports on KTLA’s 4 p.m. news show and Dick Enberg did the sports on the 10 p.m. show. Their producer was Jim Perry, who is now with NFL Properties. I wonder whatever became of Jackson and Enberg. . . .

Butch Hobson should be furious about being fired by the Boston Red Sox. I mean, when is the last time they lost a game?