Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY wednesdoy, July 13, 1977 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, July 13, 1977 BIRD WOUNDED? Crawford stifles Jays, 2-1 By DON MacLACHLAN Special To The Daily DETROIT-is there a doctor in the house? It is becoming a regular oc- curence for Detroit Tiger man- ager Ralph Houk to trot to the mound in the first inning. Not only like two nights ago, to settle down pitcher Dave Roberts, but more frequently to yank his starting hurler due to a sore shoulder. And last night's 2-1 Tiger victory, their third straight, was no exception. Mark Fidrych was preparing to toss, a full count pitch to Toronto's Ron Fairly in the first when Houk surprised the 25,007 Bird watchers and jogged out to the hill. Sure enough, just like with Dave Rozema two weeks ago, Houk signaled to the bullpen for Jim Crawford. Much to the dis- may of the fans, Fidrych left the game trailing 1-0 after yielding an unearned run, complaining of a pain in his right shoulder. Steve Staggs opened the game with a sinking liner to center off Fidrych. The ball dropped in front of the charging Ron Le- Flore and rolled past him, al- th ai lowing Staggs to go into third standing up. Al Woods then jumped on Fidrych's first serving, and lifted a sacrifice fly to center, giving the Blue Jays their only run. Shortly afterwards, Fidrych exited to receive treatment in the clubhouse, and Crawford took over. However, the best cure for Houk and the Tigers seemed to be the expansion Blue Jays, and not cold ice for the shoulder. With the victory last night, the Tigers won their fifth straight home game from To- ronto, and the Bengals can't wait until the Blue Jays return July 24. Just like Toronto, the Tigers scored all their runs in the first stanza. Detroit got Fidrych off the hook in the bottom of the first when three straight singles pro- duced the tying run. LeFlore led off with a single- the fifth straight contest he has opened with a safety-extending his hitting streak to seven games. LeFlore trotted to second on a wild pitch by Toronto starter Jesse Jefferson. The next bat- ter, Tito Fuentes, laid down a perfect bunt which he beat out for a hit, sending LeFlore to third. Rusty Staub followed with a single to rright, which easily scored LeFlore, tying the game at 1-1. After a Steve Kemp ground- er forced Staub at second, Jason Thompson sent leftfield- er Woods to the warning track with a towering fly ball. Fuen- tes tagged and tallied on the sacrifice fly-Thompson's 58th RBI of the year-giving Craw- ford a 2-1 lead, which he pro- tected the rest of the way. Jefferson pitched well after that but was outdueled by Craw- ford, who picked up his third win, all in relief, against two defeats. The Tiger southpaw was spec- tacular, hurling eight and one- third innings of scoreless ball, while yielding only four hits. Crawford struck out six while walking three and was only s e r i o u s 1 y threatened in the fourth. But Crawford fanned Ron Fairly and got Doug Rader to bounce into a doubleplay af- ter surrendering two singles to open the inning. Detroit fans came to see a Tiger win along with a bril- liant pitching performance, and they got both. After the final out, the partisans chant- ed "We want Bird" and erupted when a Blue-clad fig- ure charged out of the Tiger dugout. But the player was Crawford - and not Fidrych - heading to the Toronto clubhouse for an in- terview. The applause con- tinued-and after the way he pitched last night, Crawford deserved every bit of it. Ep---- orEe o By The Associated Press Pirate Parker wants out, PITTSBURGH - National League batting leader Dave Parker has told the Pittsburgh Pirates he wants to be traded. "I'm not happy in Pittsburgh," the 26-year-old right fielder said in Montreal, where the Pirates were engaged in a three-game series against the Expos. "I don't want to be playing there next year." Parker's comments were reported in yesterday's editions of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Press. Parker, batting .341, would not go into detail concerning his reasons for wanting to leave the club. "It's a problem between me and the front office," he said. "If it can be eliminated, I'll stay." Parker signed a three-year contract with the Pirates last winter. He reportedly will receive $200,000 per year for the next three years. Parker was drafted by the Pirates on the 14th round in 1970 and came to the majors in 1973. He has hit over .300 each of the past two seasons. Pirates Manager Chuck Tanner said he was surprised by Parker's statements. "It's the first time I've ever heard about it," said Tanner. "The way he plays, he's not unhappy, I'll tell you that." Tanner, in his first year as manager of the Pirates, added he was not worried about Parker's professed unhappiness. "All I know is that when they are out there, they play hard," Tanner said of Parker and the rest of the Pirates. Wilkes a Laker today? LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers called what they termed a "major" news conference for 2 p.m. EDT today which brought speculation they may have signed star National Basket- ball Association forward Jamaal Wilkes. There was no confirmation, but Wilkes, who was an All- American at UCLA, has played out his option with the Golden State Warriors and is free to make his own deal. The Lakers needs a solid forward and Wilkes would fill the bill. Owner Jack Kent Cooke called the news conference, but would not hint what would be announced. Wilkes was the No. 1 draft choice of the Warriors in 1974 and has been a starter since reporting as a rookie. Rupp plugs Lexington site ST. LOUIS - Adolph Rupp, former University of Kentucky basketball coach, has told the National Collegiate Athletic Asso- ciation's basketball committee -he would consider as a personal honor the selection of his hometown to host the 1982 NCAA finals. The 75-year-old Rupp, who has wbn more games than any college basketball coach in history, offered a sentimental plea to the committee Monday as it began a week of meetings to decide where its 1982 tournament will be played. "I'd consider it a great honor personally if you would come to Lexington - after all, the arena is named for me. I'd be de- lighted if I could read in the paper one morning this week that Pistons, Lanier close on new pact ny The Associated Press ed by reports last week that two of the Pis- DETROIT - The Detroit Pistons hope to tons wanted to be traded. reach an agreement soon on a new, long-term Kaufman said he has talked with the play contract with star center Bob Lanier. ers involved, Ralph Simpson and Marvn- "We made a proposal last week on a multi- Barnes, and both made a commitment to year contract. We're not far apart and hope play in Detroit. to reach an agreement before the end of summer," Pistons' General Manager Bob "THE STORY caught me totally off guard, Kauffman said. Kauffman said. "I had talked with both play- LANIER, WHO WILL be 29 this summer, era last week and they said they had not has said he plans to play at least five more changed their positions. Both Simp and Mar- years in the National Basketball Association. vin (currently in a Rhode Island prison) have "We want very much for Bob to finish his both made a commitment to the team and career in Detroit, not only because he's a fine themselves." player, but also because he's a valuable as- The report quoted player agent Rick Stan set to the community," Kauffman said. czyk as saying both players were "disenchant Meanwhile, Kauffman said he was disturb- ed" With the Piston organization. Dorsett eyes bgrookie season t--- 4 w yM ME ME E By The Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Tony Dorsett, the highly prized rookie running back from the University of Pittsburgh, says he is ready to start producing some dividends on the approxi- mately $1.2 million paid him by the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. Dorsett, who joined other rookies and a group of veter- ans in the first week of train- ing here, says if he starts with the Cowboys, he could possibly gain 1,500 yards in rushing in his first year. The single-season rushing rec- ord for an NFL rookie is 1,105 yards, held by John Brocking- ton of Green Bay. Dorsett, last year's Heisman Trophy winner, says he does not see a similarity in his situation and that of 0. J. Simpson, who did not set any records in his first year. "I think O.J. was in a dif- ferent situation," Dorsett said. "1 was fortunate enough to be drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, No. 1, I have to learn an in- tricate system. If I do that, and SCO RES LatetBaweball AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 2, Toronto I Cleveland 7, Boston 1 Kansas City 8, Chicago 3 Texas 4, Baltimore 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE stay healthy, with the personnel Dorsett added, "Some people the Cowboys have I don't see believe I am a superman, that any reason why I shouldn't have it's going to be a one-man a successful first year.". show. I'm supposed to take When asked to define a suc- cessful year, he said: "To them to the Super Howl which have a good year, a running I can't do by myself. Of course, back considers 1,000 yards. I am going to have big expec- But I feel like if I'm starting tations because I am a compet- by opening game I'm hoping itor. I like to compete and be to surpass 1,500." one of best at what I do.' Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East w L Pet. GO Boston 48 35 .578 - Battimore - 49 37 .570 % New York 48 38 .558 1 Cleveland 39 42 A81 8 Mtiwaukee 39 45 .44 4 1 Detroit 38 40 .452 0?l, Toronto 31 53 .369 17 West Chicago 50 33 .602 - Minnesota 47 39 .547 4 , Kansas City 45 38 .542 5 Texas 42 41 .500 8 Calitornia 40 42 .488 9, Oakland 30 45 .429 14'I seattle 37 52 .416 16 Late names not included Today's Games Toronto (Lemanczyk, 7-7 and Vuckovich (4-7) at Chicago (wood, 3-2 and Knapp, 7-4), 2, t-n. nos"on (Jenkins, 7-6)at Cleve- land (Garland, 6-9), n. ,altimore (Palmer, 10-8) at Texas (Ellis, 5-7),,a. Detroit (Arroyo, 5-7) at Kansas City (Colborn, 10-9), n. New York (Hunter, 5-3) at Mil- waukee (Slaton, 6-8), n. Seattle (Abbott, 4-7) at Oakland (Langford,. 7-7), a. Mtinesota (Goltz, 9-6) at cali- fornia (Hartzell, 3-6), n. NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pt. G Chicago 52 31 .020 - Philadelphia 47 36 .566 5 Pittsburgh 40 54 Mi St. Louis 40 40 .535 07' Montreal 39 45 .64 1S New York 33 51 .393 1 west Los Angeles 56 30 .651 - Cincinnati 46 30 .554 -81 San Prancisco 40 48 .455 50 Houston" 39 40 ,4458t? san Diego 38 52 .40000 Late games not incled Today's Games Pittsburgh (Candelaria, 8-3) at Montreal (Twitchell, 2-5), an at St; Louis (Rtasmussen, 61)A Philadelphia (Christensen,0-5). n Chicago (Burris, 9-8) at Nw York (Koosman, 6-10), Atlanta (Niekro, 8-1 at Ci ' nati (Capilla, 2-0), n. atoso Los Angeles (Hooton, 8-3) a Son (Bannister, 4-7), a. S an Frane isco ( I , i-i) , - 8 At Ian Diego (Griffin, 5-7), a.