Page Eight
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, April 6, 1972
Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 6, 1972
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G ro sch e n o p e r By The Associated Press with Marvin Miller, executive di-
What happens every spring rector of the Major League Base-
didn't happen yesterday and it ball Players Association. The time
won't happen today either. and location were not immediately
For the first time in baseball's disclosed.
103-year history, a general strike Despite this meeting, however,
" by the players delayed the start of prospects for an early settlement
the season, forcing postponement in the pension dispute between
of yesterday's traditional opener players and owners appeared
..at Cincinnati, bleak even though heavy losses
.. r7rAnd as the day wore on, today's are anticipated on both sides.
eight-game schedule crumbled as If the strike lasts through the
T E5f s nwell - along with one Friday weekend, for example, an edu-
contest, Philadelphia's game at St. cated guess places the loss to the
Louis.24 major league clubs at about
Tickefs available at Box Office daily 9-4 and Major league club owners are $2.5 million.
6-8 on nights of performance. unanimous in rejecting what For the average player - one
amounts to a demand by the Ma- earning about $22,500 - the
Presented by the U-M Dept. of jor League Baseball Players As- strike will cost him about $140 a
Germanic Languages and Literature sociation for a 17 per cent increase game in salary. And for the game's
GermnicLanuags an Lieraurein pension benefits, Francis L. highest paid star, Atlanta's Hank
Dale, president of the Cincinnati Aaron, it'll mean a loss of about
____ -Reds, said Wednesday.a $1,250 a game.
No formal negotiating sessions Vice President Paul Richards
Jl T hedfwere announced for today, al- of the Braves, one of the last
O though John Gaherin, the owners' teams to announce postponement
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of today's game, suggested there
might not be any baseball "for a
long, long time."
Richards, in Chicago, where the
owners met Tuesday, blasted Mil-
ler, saying the owners aren't
against the players but are "fed
up" with Miller.
"Unless the players take a stand
now," Richards said, "there isn't
going to be any baseball for a
long, long time." The owners, he
said, "simply aren't going to let
'Marvin Miller run over them any
more."
And the players, he continued,
should end the strike "for their
own good. If they don't it's the
players who are going to pay the
price."
InBaltimore, meanwhile, Miller
met yesterday with 18 members of
the Orioles, then accused team
manager Earl Weaver with trying
to illegally break the strike.
Weaver had said earlier that
he had polled his players and that
all but, five of the 21 had ben
willing to defy the ban and open
the season on schedule.
Further, Weaver said, a poll by
him showed that, of those 21
players, 16 had been willing to
rlay an exhibition game scheduled
for last Saturday. "If you call that
a strike." he said. "then please ex-
plain what a strike is to me."
Miller, followinL his meeting
with the Oriole players at the
suburban home of third baseman
Brooks Robinson, said of Weav-
er:
"There's a fine point in labor
laws and he's L'one wsy over-
board. His attemntC to break the
strike have been as a representa-
tive of management - which has
nothing to do with being a field
manager.
"Weaver is entitled to give his
opinion and talk to the players,"
Miller said, "but when he exer-
cises coercion and make threats,
direct and implied, that's differ-
ent . . . Pressure is a funny thing.
If a boss says something to you,
it carries a much different mean-
ing than if a stranger says the
same thing."
And Robinson, the Orioles'
player representative, disputed
Weaver's version of the preseason
poll.
"Actually," the third baseman
said, "the vote was 16-4 that we
would be willing to play the ex-
hibition game but only if the own-
ers wouldagree to accept figures
of the actuaries on the amount of
surplus already existing in the
pension fund."
And after the meeting with
Miller, Robinson added: "We are.
more unified now than ever be-
fore."
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GRAY-HAIRED Marvin Miller, Major League Baseball Player
Association Director, discusses aspects of Baltimore manager
Earl Weaver's alleged strike breaking violations with Oriole play-
ers, yesterday.
THE AUGUSTA FOLLIES:
Nicklaus opens Grand Slam. bid
By The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The im-
mense figure of Jack Nicklaus,
always the man to beat and
doubly dangerous here, cast a
giant shadow over an elite field
gathered for the 1972 Masters
championship as the Golden
Bear sought the first leg on a
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the PGA, the British and Amer-
ican Open championship.
"To do it," Nicklaus said,
"you have to win the first one."
This is it, and the one-time
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lar - came to the famed Au-
gusta National Golf Club
Course armed with grim deter-
mination, a fascination for the
major titles and the most im-
pressive set of credentials ever
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son.
Still, the big blond with the
massive legs and overpowering
game must share the spotlight-
at least in the early stages-
with a variety of challengers.
Foremost among them is the
squat and swarthy Lee Trevino,
the super Mex who stunned the
golfing world with his unprece-
dented blitz of the American,
Canadian and British Opens last
year. Trevino is making a re-
turn to Augusta after a two-year
boycott of the tournament he
once vowed he'd never play in
again.
And there's tough little Gary
Player of South Africa, at the
top of his precision game and
heading one of the strongest
foreign threats in a decade.
And 42-year-old Arnold Pal-
mer, seeking a return to glory in
the tournament only he has won
four times.
And a youth movement in
Grier Jones, Lanny Wadkins,
Jerry Heard and Johnny Miller.
But it's Nicklaus and his
search for the sweep that oc-
cupies most of the attention.
Nicklaus himself admits it's a
long shot.
"I think my chances of win-
ning any one of the four would
be very good," he said. "But
the odds on winning all four
would be very long."
He came to Augusta almost a
week early to hone his awe-
some talents. And he brought
with him a record of two vic-
tories and two second place fin-
ishes this season and $109,473
In winnings, making him the
first man ever to go into the
Thursday, April 6,
1972-8 p.m.
Masters with more than $100,000
in earnings.
He's moved past Palmer and
into first place on the all-time
money list.
And he's due. He's won this
title three times and finished
second twice. But his last tri-
umph on this layout, brightened
by the flowering dogwood and
azalea, was five years ago.
Among the other major con-
tenders would be placid Billy
Casper, Tony Jacklin of Eng-
land, Australian Bruce Cramp-
ton and Archer. Jacklin won
three weeks ago.
Playoffs
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in NBA,
From Wire Service Reports
While the Western Division
play-offs are just beginning to
gather steam, those of the East-
ern Division of the National Bas-
ketball Association should con-
tinue their torrid pace in tonight's
action.
The Golden State Warriors, one
game from elimination, will take
on the World Championship Mil-
waukee Bucks after giving their
all in their finest performance of
the year. Defensively they were
superb, holding Superstars Ka-
reem Jabbar and Oscar Robertson
to a collective 26 points.
The odds are against -them,
however. Jabbar and company are
aching to smash the Lakers, who
whipped the injury riddled Chi-
cago Bulls in four straight games.
In the East, where basketball
games have only been won in
hometown picnics, the Baltimore
Bullets travel to Madison Square
Garden to shoot against the
Knickerbockers. A surprisingly in-
ept performance by Earl Monroe
and do or die tactics by former
Gopher great Archie Clark wrap-
ped the game up for the Bullets.
Tonight's, contest, being played
to the screaming delight of the
drunken Bronx residents, requires
a strong performance by an over-
taxed Jerry Lucas underneath if
the Knicks are going to keep the
Bullets from running away with
the series.
Atlanta, which was severely dis-
counted before the series, will play
the Celtics in Boston, hoping to
take a 3-2 advantage.
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