rich), "March 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Fridy, arch24,1972THEMICIGAND~iY Pae Eeve }'".4 ::.f: * l: tokens Seminoles near pinnacle, Subwa y Bob Anclrews _ _ _ _ y. Major League salaries . . . the sky's the limit MAJOR LEAGUE baseball is rapidly becoming an exaggerated capitalistic system 'Unfortunately this development is destroying much of the enjoyment originally intended for the participants and fans when the game was created. The number of players inking contracts for $100,000-plus is rising steadily (now 20) with many more earning respectable salaries in ex- cess of $30,000. Regardless of the many arguments made in support of the enormous boom of ball club payrolls, there is no reason why people should be paid so highly no matter what the occupation. The men in the front office have made no effort to stem this ominous trend. They have justified generous dispensing of greenbacks by insisting that the stars of the game act as "drawing cards" to lure fans into the ball parks. However, by paying the players more, the clubs have been forced to increase prices of the tickets to balance the budget. Though this deprives many of the less wealthy fans from enjoying the game as they used to, there are still enough fans willing to accept the greater admittance fee to allow the management to get away with it. But there is an imminent danger that this cycle will repeat again and again up to the point where the game prices will soar too high for most people. This, for all intents and pur- poses, would deal a severe blow to the future of professional baseball in this country. The GMs would be forced to pay the inflated salaries while suffering enormous financial losses at the gate at the same time. In addition to the damage this trend would cause to the attendance of the game, the general quality of competence on the field might be hindered. There was a time, and not too long ago, when raises in salary were awarded only for a decided improvement in the overall quality in a player's game, while cuts in pay were common. Today, however, players are receiving raises for sea- sons which were more closely described as mediocre than super. Furthermore, there are clubs which rarely cut player wages, leaving them at their present level if their per- forma ice was unsatisfactory. A case in point is the New York Mets organization. Bud Harrelson, an all-star shortstop, although rated one of the finest fielders in the business, continually displayed his inade- quacies with the bat. By far, this is not the criteria for a per- formance that merited a raise. Nevertheless, Bob Scheffing, the Met's GM, augmented Harrelson's already hefty salary of $40,000 by ten grand. Salaries in the ballpark of Harrelson's are more than rea- sonable for anyone playing the game. There is no question that a player can easily support himself and his family with such an income. Some may argue that there is justification for the high earnings saying the savings will come in handy after he retires from the game because employment possibilities sharply le- crease. However, I feel the game shouldn't assume any respon- sibility for the welfare of a player after he has departed from the scene except in the capacity of a pension fund- which at the present time is another heated issue which may result in a players' strike. No one forces a person to enter professional baseball. Consequently, the burden of finding suitable work after retiring should fall on the shoulders of the player. Nevertheless, the management is taking very good care of the players, who want even more, the more they get. Frank Robinson, when traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers during the off-season, was offered the same $130,000 contract the Balti- more Orioles signed him for the year before. Amazingly, Robinson's reaction to this proposal was, "I'm not angry, but shocked that the Dodgers did not offer me the $10,000 raise the Orioles would have given me if I had stayed with the club." Very soon afterwards, Robinson inked for what he wanted. This statement by Robinson is very indicative of what has transpired in the players' attitudes toward the game. The only motivation to achieve excellence has become the dol- lar sign. There was a time when $100,000 or more recently, $200,- 000 were considered only dream salaries. But with the way things are progressing, we might live to see the half-a-million dollar player. Professional League Standings By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES- Underdo g Florida State built a 23-point lead early in the second half and then1 stood off a North Carolina rally{ to beat the Tar Heels 79-75 in the first semi-final game last night of the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association basketball tour- nament.j With Ron 'King and Reggie Royals leading the way, the Sem- inoles from Florida grabbed a, 45- 32 halftime lead and built it tof 59-36 with thensecond half lessE than seven minutes old, More sports, Page 9 The Tar Heels, ranked No. 21 behind UCLA in the Associated Press poll, rallied behind some outstanding shooting by Dennis Wuycik and cut the lead to just three points with five seconds left, before Greg Samuel of FSU dropped in a free throw. King led the Seminoles' scoring with 22 points while Royals, out part of the game after collecting four fouls, scored 18. Bob McAdoo, the 6-foot-9 Northx Carolina center, scored 24 but ; fouled out of the game with 9:48 f left.-f That didn't stop the Tar Heels' rally, however, as they continued to chip away. Florida State, ranked No. 10 inr the poll, showed speed from its two little guards to go along with theheight of Royals, at 6-10, and Larry McCray at 6-11._ dailya sports NIGHT EDITOR: FRANK LONGOj Samuel, 5-8, started and sur- prised the Tar Heels with sev- eral steals. Otto Petty, 5-7, took over midway in the first half and showed the same quick hands as did his predecessor' Favored North Carolina took an early lead at 15-11 before Row- land Garrett hit two field goals and a free throw to send Florida State into a lead the Seminoles; never relinquished. Wooden, Walton waltz LOS ANGELES - All-America sophomore Bill Walton poured in 33 Points last night to lead UCLA to a 96-77 semi-final victory over Louisville and propel the Bruins into the championship rg a m e against Florida State tomorrow. The Bruins, who will be seeking their sixth consecutive title, never trailed in ousting the fourth ranked Cardinals, who finished the season at 26-4. Larry Farmer, another sopho- more, added 17 points, all in the second half for UCLA's 29th ~r~5 straight win of the season. Louisville barely outscored Wal- ton in the first half as the sopho- more tallied 24 of UCLA's 39 points to give the Bruins: a 39-31 half- time edge. Walton tallied eight field goals, mostly on rebounded shots, and eight free throws in the first half as he' roamed at will under the Louisville basket. Louisville stayed close in the first eight minutes, trailing only 12-10, before Walton led UCLA to a 22-13 spurt over the next 12 minutes that built the Bruin lead to 11 points. Walton scored 13 of UCLA's points in the drive and was in- strumental in keeping the Cardi- nals from getting inside for the easy shot. SCORES EXHIBITION BASEBALL Milwaukee 8, Califirnia 7 Chicago (N) 8, Cleveland 3 San Diego 8, Oakland 3 Minnesota 10, Detroit 8 New York (N) 8, Philadelphia 3 New York (A) 13, Boston 7 Baltimore 11, St. Louis 0 Houston 7, Montreal 1 Cincinnati 4, Kansas City 2 Texas 7, Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 11, Los Angeles 6 NCAA Semi-final UCLA 96, Louisville 77 Florida State 79, North Carolina 75 ABA Floridians 126, Pittsburgh 115 Utah 137, Memphis 117 NIT Semi-Finals Maryland 91, Jacksonville 77 Niagara 69, St. John's 67 NIT TOURNEY Terps reach finals -Associated Press Who's he looking at? Richie Zisk, destined to take the place of Roberto Clemente as the Pittsburgh Pirates' next superstar, watches as his face is permanently engraved with baseball stitches in Pittsburgh's exhibition baseball game yesterday. LEAD NCA A'S: Hoosier mermen st By CHUCK BLOOM The Big Ten captured five out Ray Bussard su Special To The Daily of the first six spots in the one- ond string butt( WEST POINT, N.Y. - In the meter diving. Ohio State's Todd Trembley, thus most American of all American Smith won the event with an in- see's chances o. universities, two Indiana swim- credibly high score of 503.25. This nals. mers set American records while score included a perfect final dive Tonight's acti the Hoosiers took a commanding in which Smith received two tens, Isaac going i lead in yesterday's NCAA swim- an award rarely given out, breaststroke, an ming and diving championships. Minnesota's Craig Lincoln was ing for a recor John Kinsella. dubbed by the second and Buckeye Tim Moore yard butterfly c: press "the Machine," broke hisy was third. Indiana's Gary James own record t the 500-yard free- took fifth while Ohio State's Steve Michigan's ch style. Not to be outdone, team- ; Skilken came in sixth, giving Ohio in the top ten mate Gary Hall broke his own State three out of the top six d With f record in the 200-yard individual spots and all of their meet points. a it u ac medley. a little luck in Indiana obtained a 17-point lead The only'action seen by Michi- verines could cli over second place Southern Cal- gan swimmers came in the 400- ifornia. UCLA is third with 64 yard medley relay. The Wolverines points, followed by Tennessee. finished sixth with a time of Stanford, and Ohio State. Michi- 3:25.36, breaking the old varsity gan is ninth. record of 3:27.6. Kinsella swam the 500 in the Favored Indiana finished third record time of 4:24.49, breaking as the SC Trojans caught the his old mark by 2.5 seconds. The Hoosiers with 50 yards to go and overflow crowd in the Army came up with the upset win. Olympic Pool roared its approval Southern Methodist was second with each and every tremendous and Indiana came in third, turn that Kinsella hit. The Illi-! nois native received a two minute: In the consolations, Michigan standing ovation when he received State finished 12th in a heat his award.| which was won by a mismanaged In the very next event. blond Tennessee team. The Volunteers' Gary Hall beat his old mark by :7 second. He far outdistanced Steve Furniss of USC. In what was expected to be the race of the meet the 50-yard free-1t style turned out to be a slight dis- appointment. No twenty second barrier was broken, nor any record set. Dave Edgar, superhuman from LEV I'S Tennessee. won his third straight NCAA title in a relatively slow, clocking of :20.44. Teammate John Trembley, who had tied Edgar's r o d r American record in the prelimin-;y aries, came in a close, close sec- ond. If it weren't for the brand new Omega timers, the decision Bells would still be in doubt. Mark Spitz of Indiana finished a flat third.m Bronco HeadI Mac Speedie was the third head I coach for the Denver Broncos.. Swinging Bird Art Shamsky, of the St. Louis Cardinals, is co-owner along with! Phil Linz, of two New York dis- State Steet at Liberty cotheques, the Marshmellow and the Dubbles. ALL UP-COMING FILMS PRESENTED BY THE BLACK FILM SOCIETY WILL BE SHOWN AT THE ARCHITECTURE AUDITORIUM By The AssociateA Press NEW YORK - Tom McMillen and Len Elmore combined for 48 points as Maryland crushed Jack- sonville 91-77 and advanced to the finals of the 35th National Invi- tational Basketball Tournament last night: The Terps, who have a history of blowing leads, this year almost lost one here as Jacksonville trim- med a 50-42 Maryland lead to 50- 49 with 10 minutes left in the game. Then McMillen, who scored 25 points and Elmore, who threw in 23, teamed for eight straight points to give Maryland a safe 60-49 advantage. LeonBenbow threatened Mary- land late in the game by scoring 10 straight points for the Dol- phins, but once again it was Mc- Millen and Elmore who delivered crucial field goals to stymie any hopes of a Jacksonville comeback. Harold Fox led the Dolphins with 26 points. Benbow added 18 more for Jacksonville, whose re- cord now is 19-8. Maryland's re- cord is 26-5. Niagara rises NEW YORK - Little Al Wil- liams delivered two free throws with five seconds left as Niagara beat St. John's of New York, the sentimental favorite, 69-67 Thurs- day night and joined Maryland in the finals of the 35th National Invitation Basketball tournament. The 5-foot-9 Williams bailed out Niagara after St. John's ral- lied from a 12-point halftime de- fiict to tie the game at 67 with 46 seconds left to play. Bill Schaeffer, who scored 23 points for the Redmen, brought the partisan crowd of 17,896 to its feet with two free throws, ty- ing the game in the last minute. Then Niagara took the ball, downcourt and held it for 40 sec- onds before Williams drove in for a shot and was fouled. St. John's had time for one more shot and Mike Keilty missed a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer. STUDENT SEATS ON LSA POLICY BOARD The Executive Council of the LSA Student Govern- ment is accepting petitions for interviews for the 10 student seats on the Joint Student-Faculty Pol- icy Board. This board has the power to place pro- posals before the faculty at their meetings. If you are interested sign up at room 3-M, Michigan Un- ion from 2-5 weekdays, or call 763-4799. 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