Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'iunrfrnAril 4.' 1976 ------------------------ -------- I ---- I . Yf pv 11 , I I I I..) EXPRESS MIXED EMOTIONS A's, Birss vr ised bswitch By The Associated Press BALTIMORE -atOakland A'sj owner Charles 0. Finley was not dealing from strength when he traded two of his disgruntled superstars - slugging outfielder Reggie Jackson and pitcher Ken Haltzman - but he still thinks the blockbuster deal with the Baltimore Orioles was a great they were asking, they were in the driver's seat. Jackson, was reportedly ask- ing for a three-year contract for about $200,000 a year. Holtzman also wanted a three- year contract totaling $460,- 000 compared with the $93,000 he earned last year. J a c k s o n, especially and integral part of the deal was Mitchell, a 25-year-old right- hander. "Since December, at the win- ter meetings, our No. 1 priorityI has been Reggie Jackson," Pe- ters said. Although Orioles General Manager hank Peters and Manager Earl Weaver would- n't reveal the details of more than four months of delicateI talks with the A's, both men said they had second thoughts about letting Mitchell go in the deal. The hard-thrower was 3-0 last year with Baltimore after hav- ing been called up in June from the Rochester farm club. I Baltimore catcher Dave Dun- can said he had no doubts Mit- chell was the player who tipped the scales. "Everyone says Baltimore got the best deal," Duncan said. "But I think Paul Mit- chell is the key to the trade. Depending how well he turns out will determine who got the better deal." Mitchell, h i m s e1 f, paced around the Orioles' training camp in Miami after hearing the news saying, "I can't be- lieve it." vi, y v 1 , UA one for his team. Holtzman were not overly happy' "I think under the circum- with the trade. Jackson, in fact, stances, it will turn out to be might balk at moving from the one of the best trades we ever A's to the Orioles. made," Finley said Friday after While Jackson was declining trading Jackson, Holtzman and comment, his agent and busi- minor league pitcher Bill Van ;ness partner, Gary Waller, said, Bommel to Baltimore for pitcher "I've never seen Reggie more Mike Torrez, rookie right-hander reflective in his life. He has Paul Mitchell and outfielder to give it a lot of thought." Don Baylor. "It isn't necessarily true that The circumstances Finley he will be going," Waller added. was talking about were that But Holtzman said, "As Jackson and Holtzman were much as I hate to leave Oak- two of his unsigned star play- land, this might be my one ers, who would become free chance to get some security in agents if the A's did not sign the game. I'm glad more for them for the 1976 season. financial reasons." If Finley didn't sign them, Baylor, 27, who hit .282 with they could sign for the 1977 25 homers last season, took the: season with any club in baseball trade very hard. The muscular even making potential big deals outfielder had been in the Ori-' with the expansion franchises, oles' organization for 10 years, and the A's would get nothing including five in Baltimore. in return. "What can I say? I'm shock- Consequently, Finley went to ed,' he said. "The guys here the market place and all the have been like brothers to me. other dealers knew he was not Bret dewstBbyGih, dealing with the best hand. ThereeertBoy c other clubs knew, since Finley; B~tirnore's veteran second base- , 'n m1 went. apparently wasn't going towpay To rk Jackson and Holtzman what Torrez, 29, took the news Court rules out Kapp lawsuit; By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Joe Kapp went for millions and came out with nothing in his legal battle against the National Football, League. "I'm disappointed, of course, and hope it doesn't hurt the players over-all," said the for- mer quarterback. nied damage claim contract contained illegal provi- the top," said William Willis, an sions. attorney for the Patriots. Sweigert told the jury in final Kapp was voted most valuable instructions Thursday t h a t player on the Vikings' 1970 Kapp's counsel had to show the Super Bowl team but refused quarterback sustained damages a trophy by saying, "There is because of the violations. no most valuable Viking. It's Kapp was the highest paid 40 for 60," which he explained player in the NFL when he left, meant 40 players pulling togeth- and his attorneys claimed dam- er for 60 minutes. AP Photo Holding an'' PAUL SIMON of Penn State performs on the parallel bars during the final competition of the NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Philadelphia yesterday. Penn State captured the team competition title. YANKEES DROP CLAIMS: calmly. He made a plane res- erva~tion, asked for an Oak- landrsess guide and took his wife ot to diner to celebrate hiv birthday. The key for the Orioles was! Vbnson, while Finley said an Mith freed again I SCORES I By The Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla - The New York Yankees with- drew their claim to free-agent pitcher Andy Messersmith Sa- turday, saying the "wearing of the Yankee uniform is not some- thing which anyone will be al- lowed to take lightly." Thus Messersmith, the first free agent under Peter Seitz' landmark arbitration decision, remains a free agent, free to deal with all 24 clubs-even the Yankees if he wished. "THE MESSERSMITH matter is closed as far as the Yankees are concerned and I' notified the commissioner of that this afternoon," said George Stein- brenner, general partner of the Yankees. "Someday, Andy may feel en- tirely different about represent- ing the New York Yankees and, if that day should come, we would certainly be willing to meet to pursue that possibility." Steinbrenner said the Yan- kees were convinced that they had dealt with Messersmith and his agent "both morally and legally." MESSERSMITH, the winning- est pitcher in the National League the past two years while hurling for the LostAngeles Dodgers, has steadfastly main- tain he never lost free-agent status. The Yankees claimed, how- ever, that Herb Osmond, Mes- sersmith's agent, had entered into a written agreement with them last Sunday morning. Osmond and Messersmith say that agreement was not a bind- ing contract on the star right- hander. It was without his sig- nature and Osmond never had | ' authority to bind Messersmith them," Miller said, "because, Messersmith had charged the to a contract anyway. neither the commissioner nor items in the written agrea3nent anybody else could sustain the that Osmond signed were dif- "I DON'T have power of at- claim. The claim was phony." ferent from the terms in the torney," Osmond said Thursday Steinbrenner felt confident of uniform contract Osmond wrs while in New York to appear be- a favorable decision from Kuhn, later presented. fore, in a hearing, Commissioner saying, "I think had we been Steinbrenner left the door Bowie Kuhn. able to sit down head-to-head, stlybajar wen ased wha Kuhn had been expected to this matter probably could have slightly ajar when asked what make a decision Saturday-but been resolved." would happen if Messersmith the Yankees made one of their When asked why he hadn't now came to him and asked to own instead. talked to Messersmith to clear start from scratch. Steinbrenner said the Yanxees everything up, Steinbrenner "If he came to me and said had been determined to proceed said, "because of the way his he really wanted to be a Yan- in the Messersmith hearings be- agent reacted. My' people tried kee, I'd be glad to have him. cause it was "imperative that to talk with Osmond and he We took ourselves off the hook certain facts be set straight." wasn't about to discuss any-' and we took the young man off thing." the hook."! NBA Milwaukee 115. Atlanta 106 K rsas City 104, Cleveland 101 Chicago 97, Detroit 93, OT NUL ?Mlontreal 6, Detroit 3 Boston 4, Toronto 2 Philadelphia 5, Buffalo 2 Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Islanders 10, N.Y. Rangers 2 Chicago 3, St. Louis 3, tie Exhibition Baseball Detroit 6. Boston 4 Kansas~ City 14, Chicago A0) Milwaukee 14, San Francisco 7 Oakland 7, Cleveland 0 Cincinnati 13, New York N 7 San Diego 7, Chicago N 2 T,xs 8. Montreal 7 Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 3, tie New York A 2-1, Baltimore 1-6 A U.S. DISTRICT Court jury ages to him amounted to possi- Patriots President Billy Sulli- determined that Kapp suffered bly as much as $11.8 million. no damages and that the New1 van said, "I've been praying England Patriots had n o t "IT'S NO LONGER '40 for very hard the last few weeks. breached a contract with him. 60.' It's old No. 1 at the cash But I also truly feel justice was "I'm very sorry for Joe," NFL register. He wants his right off served." Commissioner Pete Rozelle said in New York. "It's a possible turning point for settling these matterst e collective bargaining rather than in court," added Rozelle. Kapp, contended he was forc- ed out of football in 1971 after he refused to sign an NFL stan- dard player contract with the Patriots. Eary electrodes BUT THE NFL lawyers argu- ed that Kapp and his manager DALLAS-The Dallas Cowboys are putting away their pain- John Cook devised a "game killers and sleeping pills-at least temporarily-in favor of special elan" to sue the NFL when the electronic earclips. Patriots asked the quarterback Last yearitheNational Football League team tested medical to sign the standard contract. equipment that attempts to ease tension, anxiey and pain by Kan' joined the Patriots in sending electronic impulses to the nervous system through nerve 1970, leaving the Minnesota Vi- stimulation points on the ears. kings after a bitter contract Ken Locker, the Cowboys' assistant trainer, said the disnute, and played under a devices offer an alternative to drugs and has some advant- memo agreement calling for ages over them. $600,000 for three seasons. "A back injury makes it hard to sleep, so a 'player might Rozelle ordered Kapp out of take a muscle relaxor or a pain killer. . . . If we can use some the Patriots' training camp in dev ce and get similar results-sleep and relaxation-as we do 9ollecte roinds ae thentwith drugs, then we are accomplishing it through a better means collhoctive bargaining agreement rugtme then in force required all play- of treatment." ers to sign standard contracts. The Cowboys used three devices-cerebral electrostimulation It was Cook's contention that (CES) for anxiety, tension and insomina; transcutaneous nerve the memo agreement was a le- stimulation (TNS) for pain; and biofeedback training (BFT) gal contract and that the NFL for tension. The TNS device sets up a "pain block" of electrical im- pulses emitted at a rate of 10 per second through a battery- operated device. A padded ear clip is dampened and attached to a reflex point on the ear that corresponds to the pain area. "We're actually overloading the nerve and jamming the pain '4 signal so it doesn't get through," said Harry Bowers, operation manager for Neuro Systems, which manufactures the devices. "It would depend on the type of pain and the person to determine how long the treatment is effective." 17. The Hawks were playing The CES device uses electrodes that are placed behind each without high scorer John Drew, ear to stimulate the hypothalamus section of the brain, "to who injured his knee in a game help it operate more normally," Bowers said. Friday night. Not all the Cowboys who tried the equipment had good ** results, but nine of the 15 who used it regularly reported good Cavs crumble to excellent results in fighting a range of ailments. OMAHA-Rookie forward Bill ,If you can treat an individual without poisoning the body," Robinzine, playing despite five Locker added, "it's 100 per cent better. It's a big step towards personal fouls for the last seven good sports medicine." -AP r HE SAID one of those facts was allegations that the Yan- kees did not always act in good faith. He also denied that the, Yankees plied Osmond with drinks in order to persuade him to sign an agreement for Lis client. "This alleged statement was totally false and was damag-j ing," Steinbrenner said. "Mr. Osmond's own testimony under oath stated that, in the seven hours he was with Yankee per-' sonnel in negotiations that day (March 27), that he only had a total of 21 bottles of bear," Steinbrenner said. He also felt that it must be brought to the attention of all: parties that there are many dif- ficulties which must be recog- nized in contract negotiations between agents representing ball players and ball clubs." IN NEW YORK, Marvin Mil- ler, executive director of the Players Association, said Stein- brenner beat the commissioner to the punch because he knew the Yankees' claim was going to go down for the count. "I don't think it was wise of: H AWKS LOSE 13TH STRAICHT alls edge by iestom By The Associated Press CHICAGO - The hot outside' shooting of Jack Marin and Mickey Johnson paced the Chi- cago Bulls to a 97-93 overtime victory over the Detroit Pistons in a National Basketball Asso- ciation contest last night. The w i n ended Chicago's eight-game losing streak and snapped Detroit's seven-game winning streak. The loss, cou- pled with Milwaukee's victory, dropped the Pistons 2/2 games behind the first-place Bucks in'! the NBA's Midwest Division. Johnson collected 19 of his 28 points in the first half to keep the lackluster Bulls close. The' Pistons led by five at inter- mission. MARIN THEN scored all 29 of his points in the second half, including six in the overtime period, to spark the Bulls to victory. Guard Bobby Wilson chipped in 18 points for the Bulls, most- ly from outside. The Pistons played without leading scorer Bob Lanier and the Bulls without top scorer' Bob Love and reserve guard Leon Benbow. Lanier suffered a cervical spine injury in Fri- day night's game at New Or- leans. Love was out with a minor injury and Benbow has the flu. SECOND - YEAR guard Eric Money led the Pistons with 21 points, forward Curtis Rowe added 17 and veteran guard' Archie Clark 16. Chicago led 85-83 when Rowe, sank two free throws with nine seconds left in the game. The Bulls then set up Wilson for a 20-footer, but it rolled off the rim to force the overtime. Marn scored half of the Bulls 12 overtime points, including four free throws, for the victory. * * * Bucs win ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks lost their 13th straight National BasketballAssociation game last night as the Milwau- kee Bucks took a 115-106 deci- sion behind the hot shooting of Bob Dandridge. The Bucks ran off eight pointsr in a row near the end of the third period to take a three- point lead and never trailed again. DANDRIDGE led the way with 34 points while Elmore Smith and Brian Winters each had 17 for Milwaukee. Lou Hudson led Atlanta with 21 points and Dwight Jones had minutes, scored nine points in that time tobhelp theKansas City Kings beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-101 in a National Basketball Association game last night. THE CLINCHING b u c k et came with 1:30 left. Nate Archi bald drove inside, his layup bounced off the rim and Robin- zine stuffed the follow shot through for a 102-97 cushing. Cleveland dropped one-half game behind first-place Wash ington in the Central Division. Detroit rallies over Red Sox; Athletics anniilate Indians By The Associated Press WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-Willie Horton homered in the third inning, then drove in the tie- breaking run in the seventh with a sacrifice fly yesterday that gave the Detroit Tigers a 6-4 exhibition baseball victoryj over the Boston Red Sox. Horton's second homer of thej spring came after the Tigers capitalized on Boston starter Luis Tiant's wildness for three runs in the second inning. E Carlton Fisk, who had four consecutive hits in the game, belted a three-run homer off Detroit starter Ray Bare to tie the score 4-4 in the sixth. The Boston slugger also had two doubles and a single. Detroit got the tie-breaking run off Diego Segui when Ron LeFlore beat out an infield, hit, took second on a sacrifice, stole third and scored on Horton's fly to deep center.The Tigers picked up an unearned run in the~ ninth. He singled and walked in two DH appearances. Bahnsen blanked the Indians on six hits until he was re- placed with two outs in the eighth by Todd. Dennis Eckersley retired the first six A's batters, striking out four of them, but was tagged for consecutive hits by Phil Garner, Ken McMullen, Rob Picciolio and Billy North and two runs in the third inning. North drove in two runs on three sngles, while Picciolio, Garner, Sal Bando and Billyj Williams each had two hits. Bando tripled in the eighth in- ning when the A's scored three times a g a i n s t reliever Don Hood. * *1 * Reds romp ST. PETERSBURG - Pinch- hitter Terry Crowley's game- tying homer triggered Cincin- Merv Rettenmund and Plum- mer driving in the runs. The M e t s, dropping their ninth game in 11, had taken a 7-6 lead with five runs off Will McEnaney in the eighth inning on singles by Felix Millan, Ed Kranepool, Joe Torre and Hei- demann and Benny Ayala's double. * * * Pirutes pOunce BRADENTON, Fla. - DaveG Parker drove in three runs with a homer and a single to help the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 yes- terday in exhibition baseball. Parker singled home a run in the first inning, then added a two-run homer in the third that gave Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead against starter Bob Forsch. St. Louis pulled to a 3-3 tie before Pirates shortstop Craig Reynolds bounced a two-run, bases-loaded double down the . t Young Kimballs shine 1 CLEVELAND-Michigan's diving coach Dick Kimball has a vested interest in both the men and women's 10-meter platform finals today, but it has nothing to do with coaching. t Kimball's 12-year-old son and 15-year-old ' daughter are, respectively, the youngest divers in each of the categories to - qualify for the final event in the Amateur Athletic Union Senior t Indoor National Diving Championships at Cleveland State Uni- versity. f The three days of action will culminate with 12 men and - 12 women each getting three dives from the high tower. The male qualifiers dived seven times and the women five times in Friday's preliminary round of the 10-meter. Vicki and Bruce Kimball each were well off the pace in the competition, yet were good enough to qualify easily for the finals. While defending champion Carrie Irish, herself a lass of only 19 from New Canaan, Conn., was leading the women qualifiers into the finals with 210.69 points, Miss Kimball was capturing a ninth place with 182.97. Meanwhile, brother Bruce was soaring into a qualifying spot himself with a score of 299.31 and a tenth place finish. "Bruce jumped off the tower when he was four years old and just by being around the other tower divers I train has made him never develop the fear most kids have," Kimball said. The diving coach is a former National AAU tower champion. -AP Hill joins Redskins WASHINGTON-Running back Calvin Hill, who played six years with the Dallas Cowboys before defecting to Hawaii of the World Football League, has signed a multi-year contract with the Washington Redskins, it was announced yesterday. Hill, 29, told newsmen that he had contacted several teams before signing with the Redskins but that "I was impressed with 3 the positive things here." Coach George Allen said that Hill would be used as both a halfback and a fullback and then would be placed in one position. "He's a better tailback," said Allen. "We want him in the lineup." Asked what the signing of Hill means in relationship to Mike Thomas, the NFL's Rookie of the Year last season, Allen said: "This means more flexibility. One of the things that makes a team stronger is competition at every position." .... _ , a . . ., ..... _ .