Talley at End Decisively Shows Buffalo a Winner With Him

When linebacker Darryl Talley left the Buffalo Bills as a free agent recently after 12 seasons, he put a display ad in the Buffalo News.

He said it had been a privilege to live in the city and play on four Super Bowl teams.

He concluded: “Where will we ever find neighbors like this again?”

Of the Bills, he said, “To the Buffalo Bill organization and to my teammates, what can I say? You were simply the best. On behalf of my family, thanks for the memories. It was my honor.”

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Trivia time: What was significant about Lou Gehrig’s $23,000 Yankee salary in 1933?

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Wide of the mark: Newsday’s Marty Noble, on a comment that Manager Dallas Green of the New York Mets has exceptional patience:

“Talking about Dallas Green’s patience is like talking about Dolly Parton’s elbows.

“It’s not what he’s known for. [He has] built a reputation on intolerance, a demanding nature and an ability to shatter crystal at 20 paces.”

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A second 10: Upon learning that Hollywood Park has scheduled its Bo Derek Stakes for June 2, trainer Bobby Frankel wondered the other day if he ought to enter his mare, Possibly Perfect.

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Otherwise, good job: In a recent analysis of the Kentucky Derby, Washington Post writer Andrew Beyer was praising some of the jockeys in the recent race . . . until he got to Julie Krone’s ride.

Beyer: “The exception to these excellent efforts was Krone, whose exhibition on Suave Prospect was a professional disgrace.

“After finding herself in perfect position near the rail on the backstretch, she needlessly bailed out and steered her mount nine-wide--well out of harm’s way.

“Having suffered several injuries in spills, she has become cautious and tentative in her day-to-day riding, but it was a shock to see her ride so pitifully in a race of this magnitude.”

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Take that! Steve Jacobson of Newsday suggests baseball fans show their contempt for the player strike by not buying officially licensed T-shirts or caps for a month . . . and by bringing their own food to the games.

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Trivia answer: It represented a $2,000 cut. It was a “Depression cut,” the Yankees told him. Gehrig had hit 32 home runs and driven in 139 runs in 1932.

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Quotebook: Tara VanDerveer, on coaching the U.S. women’s basketball team: “When you’re representing your country, it’s not something you want to mess up.”