SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y , agic' By The Associated Press' LOS ANGELES - Rookie guard Earvin Johnson, sidelined because of a sprained right knee, will return to ac- tion this Friday night when the Lakers face Kansas City, the National Basket- ball Association team announced yesterday. Johnson was injured in the third quarter of last Wednesday night's game, in Seattle and has missed the Lakers' last two games. The injury was first believed to be serious enough to keep the former Michigan State All- American out of action for six weeks, but was later diagnosed as only a sprain. The Lakers said that Johnson will practice for the first time since his in- jury on Tuesday, at the Forum in suburban Inglewood. Johnson averaged 20.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists in the Lakers' -first t ree games. Los Angeles now has a 3-2 record. Los Angeles faces the Utah Jazz at to return Friday the ForumTuesday night. In addition to Johnson, the Lakers will be without starting forward Spencer Haywood, who has a hip pointer. Haywood, who didn't play in the Lakers' 106-97 victory over Seattle Sun- day night, is also expected to return to action Friday night. O}regon .St. coac'h ra11edel CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University football coach Craig Fertig was fired yesterday, effective at the end of the season. Fertig and Oregon State University President Robert MacVicar said in a joint statement that Fertig will be relieved of coaching duties and will ac- cept reassignment at his current salary for the rest of his contract that runs through the end of 1981. The duties were not specified. "Mr. Fertig agreed that he would assist in all possible ways in the tran- sition to the new coach who hopefully will be named before the end of November," the statement said. Fertig; former star quarterback at University of Southern California, became Oregon State coach in Decem- ber 1975. His teams have won seven, lost 33 and tied one. (;lavborn Itron It appeal NEW YORK - New England Patriot defensive back Raymond Clayborn, fined $2,000 by Commissioner Pete Rozelle as a result of his altercations with sports writers, has withdrawn his request for an appeal, the National Football League confirmed yesterday. Clayborn threatened Bruce Lowitt, an Associated Press sports writer, after the Patriots' loss to Pittsburgh in the teams' Monday night season opener. The following Sunday, after the Patriots beat the New York Jets 6-3, Clayborn threatened and poked Boston Globe sports writer Will McDonough in the eye, and the two scuffled briefly. Homecoming l9?9 SPORi~TS E[rNl Tflq i GYMNASTICS KOREAN NATIONAL TEAM. Oct. 28 (men & women VOLLEYBALL at Big Ten Tournament.Oct. 25-26 MEN'S C'ROSS COUNTRY at Central Collegiate ('ha mpionships, Oct. 27 F"IELDHOCKEY at Central Michigan. Oct.21 BOWLING GREEN, Oct. 24 NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Oct. 26 WOMEN'S (ROSS ('OUNTRY at Michigan State Invitational, Oct. 27 FOOTBALL INDIANA, Oct.K27 hOCKEY Minnesota-D~uluth, Oct. 26-27 The Michigan Doily-Tuesday, October 23, 1979-Page 11 STEVE'S LUNCH * We Serve Breakfast All Day * * * Try our Famous 3 Egg Omelette * with your choice of fresh bean sprouts, mushrooms, " green peppers, onion, ham, bacon, and cheese. See Us Aso For LunchT& Dinner Menus STUES.-FRI . 8-7, SAT.-SUN. 9-7 * 1313 S. University 769-2288 i NEFF IS. ENOUGH- By Billy Neff HELD OVER By Popular Demand- -THREE DAYS ONLY SENIOR PORTRAITS ARE CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY OCT. 24 CALL 764-0561 FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT I Scent of roses .. . . Bo smells it Tp HEIR FRAGRANCE IS in the air and Bo Schembechler smells them. ' You know what he smells as well as I do-Blue roses again. In the Michigan-locker room after the Illinois game, played in Cham- paign, Bo, as usual, wanted to know the scores of some other games. But he * broke with tradition and desired to learn the score of the USC game. In ad- ,dition, he asked who would go to the Rose Bowl if Stanford won the remain- ,. der of their games. You see, Stanford had tied USC the previous week. The answer was given by a Big Ten official, who remarked that USC *