Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 6, 1972 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 6, 1972 STADIA Die Drei Owners reje 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 representative, said he would meet ------- ------ For The Student Body: LEVI'S Denim n Bells g..S , S " v , ,,t..y a 'T s" j., , F yt ; 1 8 5 r. , ;Tx.r, OLL,'7 L '' a' It~ EMPTY pct new deal 4i 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." #i 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 CHECKMATE State Street at Liberty I LUNCH-DISCUSSION THURSDAY, APRIL 6 12:00 NOON "THE CUBAN REVOLUTION TODAY" SPEAKERS: Sandra Levinson-Venceremos Brigade Nelson Valdes--Historian, University of New Mexico At: ECUMENICAL CAMPUS CENTER 921 CHURCH STREET Cost: 50c For reservations call 662-5529 SPONSORED BY: ECUMENICAL CAMPUS CENTER FOR BIG 'MUFFLER .VALUES. 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This is it, and the one-time fat boy - now trim and muscu- 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 offered at this stage of the sea- 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 resume 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. 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