Page 12-Wednesday, June 13, 1979-The Michigan Daily Moss axed Anderson replaces rookie skipper DETROIT (UPI) - Sparky Ander- that things did not work out with Les, Anderson's capabilities is available at a for tomorrow's home game against son, baseball's most available who earned his chance to manage in the time when a change is necessary." Seattle. Third base coach Dick manager, was hired yesterday to take major leagues. Anderson has agreed to a five-year Tracewski will run the club in the in- over as skipper of the Detroit Tigers - contract for a reported $125,000 a year. terim. 198 days after his abrupt dismissal by "BUT I AM glad that a man of Sparky He will take charge of the team in time The move caught the baseball world the Cincinnati Reds - for an es- totally by surprise. Campbell had given timated $125,000 a year. no indication he was dissatisfied with Anderson, 45, who led the Reds to five Moss and in the market for a new division titles, four pennants and two manager. World Series' crowns, succeeds Les ANDERSON HAS been eager to get Moss, who was unceremoniously fired back into the game since he was fired less than halfway through his first by the Reds after nine years last Nov. season as a major league manager._27 in another shocker. TIGER PRESIDENT and General He had been mentioned prominently Manager Jim Campbell said he was as a top candidate for a number of "not satisfied with the progress" of the y:managerial posts in 1980, but the club under Moss, 54, who had managed Tigers' apparently were the first team a number of Tiger farm clubs before he to offer immediate employment. succeeded Ralph Houk at the helm in No immediate changes were planned Detroit. His big league career ended af- in the coaching staff. ter just 53 games.%2 Anderson's 865-585 record as Detroit, the fifth place team in the manager in Cincinnati included five American League East with a 27-26 division titles, National League pen- record, had won 11 of its last 16 games. nants in 1970, 1972, 1975 and 1976 and "This change is dictated by the cir- World Series championships in 1975 and cumstances," Campbell said. "I regret I ( MOSS Sp rt V Afld'r'ofl 1976. UNDERWOOD WINS HOME DEBUT: Tigers rout A's, 9-2 Ex-Reds don't hold a grudge with Sparky By LIZ MAC Special to The Daily DETROIT-The Oakland A's seemed to represent everything that is bad in baseball. The Tigers, led by the pitching of Pat Underwood and aided by a number of Oakland miscues, cruised to a 9-2 vic- tory last night under the guidance of in- terim manager Dick Tracewski. UNDERWOOD, 2-0, was masterful throughout, allowing six hits and striking out eight in his Tiger Stadium debut. Staub opened the scoring in the second inning with a solo home run which glazed the facing of the upper deck in right field. But the fifth inning proved to be star- ter Craig Minetto's (1-2) downfall as the game took a circus-like atmosphere in a barrage of Tiger runs. JERRY MORALES started the in- ning by tagging the first pitch into the seats in left field. Two juggling acts by the A's and only two Detroit hits later, the Tigers had scored four more runs to make it 6-0. In the top of the sixth the A's scored two runs on a double by left fielder Larry Murray. EVEN AFTER this, the humiliation wasn't over for the Oakland squad. In the bottomof the sixth inning, Alan Trammell blooped a single to center. Second baseman Lou Whitaker drew a walk, and Steve Kemp churned out an infield single to load the bases with two outs. Staub again provided the power. He stroked a double which scored Tram- mell and Whitaker increasing the margin to 8-2. THE TIGERS added their last run in the eighth. Trammell anid Ron Leflore led off with singles, Whitaker's ground ball forced Leflore at second and allowed Trammell to move to third. Af- ter Kemp struck out swinging, Oakland catcher Jim Essiga tried to nail Whitaker who st iepeond and that enabled Trammell Itame. - Kemp, the third Ietng hitter in the Amgerican League,.8fied three of the Tigers ten hits. The Seattle Mariners come to town next, with Milt Wilcox (4-4) going again- st Mike Parrott (4-1) tonight. Steve Kemp BILLBOARD The Co-Recreation Spring Tennis Tournament will be held this Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17, at the Palmer Field Courts adjacent to the CCRB. Playing time will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each team (one woman and one man) must supply its own racquets and one new can of USTA approved balls. Entries must be submitted to the In- tramural Sports Building office before 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 15. The office will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 pm. each day until then. For more in- formation stop in at the IMSB office or contact Rochelle Bast at 763-3562. SCORES Amrcan League Detro i9, Oakland 2 New York4. 14 +usa NattwtLeague - ewidrepha 4,IfeuattIn0 New York 1.nclepati 6 By JAMIE TURNER Special To The Daily DETROIT - If Jim Campbell hoped that today's announcement of a new Tiger manager would be shock therapy to the Tigers, he got half his wish: the Tigers are thoroughly shocked. The imminent arrival of George "Sparky" Anderson caught most of the players as they were preparing to arrive at the stadium last night. Not surprisingly, most were hesitant about voicing comments on the move, other than to say they thought Anderson was a good manager. Les Moss had only managed the Tigers for 53 games into his rookie season before suddenly receiving the ax. Moss was canned for his inability to improve those players he had coached in the Tiger farm system. This was thought to be his main qualification for the post, but Tiger brass obviously weren't satisfied. Campbell said he was "not satisfied with the progress of the Tigers under Moss." Now the task of molding a winner out of Detroit's promising youth falls on the 45-year-old Anderson. In 1970 the Cin- cinnati Reds hired Sparky with an equally young squad, and he led them into the World Series four times. Baltimore and Oakland beat Cinci' in 1970 and '72 while the Reds won the '75 and '76 classics over Boston and New York. Two Tigers have played for Ander- son, both Champ Summers and Jack Billingham commented before last night's game. "I think he willbe good for the team," said Summers, who spent six 'rustratifng years in the minors waiting o crack into the big time. "f didn't play much there because they had such a super team. But I think he will help us and I think I can play for him." Billingham had the most to say about the change. The Tigers acquired the veteran after Anderson had banished the righthander to the bullpen midway through the season two years ago. "I can't say anything bad about him, everyone knows we had some differen- ces, but I was always able to go into his office and talk to him about it," said Billingham. "I left on bad terms there because I thought they had given up on me," he continued. "They had some veterans there, like (Bill) Bonham and they bad just acquired (Tom) Seaver so there was no room there for me. They also had some young players whose options had run out, so there was no room there either. "The day I was traded, he came up to me and wished me the best of luck. I saw him just last week while we were in California and he told me he had something lined up and it wasn't New York," Billingham added. Billingham was happy to see Ander- son coming to Detroit, being a manager able todo a good jobevery day. "I think Sparky is a good man. He can com- municate well with different players. A manager has to manage off the field as well as on the field," Dick Tracewski handled the managerial chores last night and will do so again tonight for the opener of the Tigers two-game set with Seattle. An- derson is due to arrive tomorrow with his five year contract. At that time, Dotroit find will find out how much world se ies manager can help a fifth place tean.