Seahawks -- Team OK; Photographer Injured

KIRKLAND - Here's how much Seahawk luck has changed:

On this date last year, seven players (including two quarterbacks) were unable to play because of injuries.

Today, only two players are on injured reserve and the team photographer is more seriously injured than any player on the active roster.

Corky Trewin, club photographer since 1979, suffered a severely sprained ankle last Sunday when he stepped in a hole while playing golf on the bye date.

"I had a hand-held TV with me and I had watched Dan Marino and Steve Emtman get hauled off with serious injuries," said Trewin. "Then two holes later, I stepped in this stupid hole."

Seahawk trainers are working with Trewin daily and yesterday he was off crutches. He listed himself as "probable" for Sunday's game in Detroit.

"Let's hope Corky stays the worst hurt," joked receivers coach Bob Bratkowski.

NOTES

-- The Seahawks and Detroit have plenty of statistical similarities.

Not only are both teams 3-2, they are succeeding more on the ground than in the air and are better at stopping the run than the pass.

Seattle ranks 18th in the NFL in average yards gained (289) and Detroit is 19th (282.6).

The Seahawks are eighth in rushing (121.2) and 23rd in passing (167.8). The Lions, with Barry Sanders, are fifth in rushing (131.4) and 27th in passing (151.2).

On defense, the Lions rank 10th overall (allowing 290.8) and the Seahawks rank 12th (295.2).

The Lions are 11th against the run (92.2) and 12th against the pass (198.6). The Seahawks are sixth against the rush (83.6) and 19th against the pass (211.6).

-- Here's how the Hawks get paid: Each week during the regular season (16 games and two bye weeks) they earn 1/18th of their annual base salary. Payday is every other week.

During training camp, all veterans get $600 a week and the figure increases to $800 when preseason games begin. Rookies make $500 a week during the entire camp and preseason.

-- The Seahawks' 15 sacks this season have raised $36,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County.

More than 20 businesses have pledged to donate $100 to the organization for every Seahawk sack.

Each player making a sack gets a sack of cookies. Michael Sinclair, who had three sacks against San Diego, got three bags of cookies but most of them were stolen and consumed by hungry older teammates.

-- The Seattle Children's Home ticket-exchange program is operating again this year after raising $30,000 for the mental-health facility last year.

Here's how it works: Anyone holding a ticket to a home game he or she can't attend can mail it to the Home and receive a tax receipt for the full face value.

Fans wanting tickets (and many donated tickets are excellent seats) can call 284-4366 and order with most major credit cards. Tickets are then picked up at a booth in FX McCrory's restaurant across from the Kingdome before kickoff.

Carolyn Anderson, who handles the program for the Home, said the SuperSonics have agreed to an identical ticket-exchange program for this season.