Ihursday, July 14; 197 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Bird's wing wounded; will miss All-Star game Page Eleven By The Associated Press DETROIT - Mark "The Bird" Fidrych won't e talking to any All-Star baseballs this year. what he calls a "tired arm" appears certain a keep him out of the All-Star Game, to be layed next Tuesday night in New York. THE COLORFUL Fidrych pitched to only four oronto batters in the opening inning at Tiger ltadiusn Tuesday night before he signaled that h was having arm troubles. Manager Ralph Houk, who took Fidrycl out tmmediately, said later the pitcher had "a light muscle pull on the side of the right shoulder in a place not usually too dangerous." Tigers team physician Dr. Clarence Living- son echoed the diagnosis. Fidrych's sudden departure from the game, hich the Tigers eventually won 2-1, appar- ntly ended his chances of pitching in the All- tar game. The pitchers are to be named today nd it had been expected the crowd-pleasing ird wssld be selected. HOUK SAID there was no chance his curly- aired 1ird would pitch until after the All-Star reak Fidrych said of his abbreviated appearance, I threw three or four pitches that hurt. They eere l list balls. I didn't throw any sliders." The youthful pitched told newsmen, "I was popping the ball pretty good when I was warm- ing up but in the game I threw three or four pitches that hurt. After that there was no way I was going to throw a fifth pitch with that pain. I thought if I were to go on pitching, I would hurt the team. "I don't work when I am sick and now I am sick. So reliever Jim Crawford did a great job and we won. I just need rest. I am not worried like with the knee injury." THERE WAS some talk he might stay behind here for more medical attention and possible X-rays, but he nixed that idea. He flew with the team to Kansas City right after the game. Newsmen orr the Tigers' charter plane report- ed Fidrych was not "as exuberant as usual" but did not appear downhearted by his second medical mishap of the season. He tore cartilage in his left knee March 21 during spring training in Florida and did not make his first regular season appearance until May 27. He dropped his first two outings, won six in a row and then lost two more to run his season's record to 6-4. He did not figure in the decision Tuesday night, the win going to Craw- ford. Fallen Angel CALIFORNIA ANGEL ace southpaw Frank Tanana, a graduate of Detroit's Catholic Central High School, will miss this year's All-Star game due to an arm inflammation. Tanana, with a 12-6 record and high marks in ERA and strikeout total, was ex- pected to be the starting pitcher in next Tuesday's classic. Lakers sign free-agent iles By The Associated Press up the regul LOS ANGELES - Jamaal the best won ilkes had a boyhood dream the NBA b ame true and the Los Angeles eventual cha akers filled an obvious need 4-0 in the pla yesterday when they signed the All - American forward to a Wilkes fowr osaid multiyear contractor aforward to pla Jabbar, and Wilkes, 24, had said he commented t wanted to play with the Lak- Laker owner ers, explaining, "As a kid, I would succeed watched Elgin Baylor and free agent. Jerry West and I've always f an been excited about the Lak. Wilkes' attot ers." Slaughter, said The 6 foot 6 star had Cooke wanted layed out his option with the between them Golden State Warriors. plained, "It w Terms of the contract were cial kind of tI ott divulged, but the acquisi- tract. Jamaal ion gives the Los Angeles club play with K tore power on the front line wanted to re s Wilkes joins another former play before JCLA All-American, center Ka- watched him I Sem Abul-Jabbar. Cooke, who West, who became coach of yesterday's n be Lakers for the 1976-77 sea- sent the stater lon, commented, "Jamaal will player comple help with our rebounding. I player to perf elt last year we were not a that Jamaal ood rebounding team and Kareem Abdul- lere was too much pressure on addition of Jat areem." son to believe Even so, the Lakers wound be one of the MORE YANKEE Martin to L By The Associated Press 1W YORK - New York Yankees Manager ily Martin has threatened to bar certain New ork sports writers from the team bus, plane d clubhouse, the New York Post reported yes- erday. ACCORDING TO the Post, Martin met with writers before Tuesday night's 5-2 Yankee cory over the Brewers in Milwaukee. "asagiong this ballclub is a tough enough job lhout picking up the newspapers aild reading hot1 the managers versus the owners and the ters versus the players and the players ver- is the manager," Martin was quoted as saying. i I've got 40 take a stand. If this type of tig continues, it leaves us no alternative. '1F YOU WRITE after hearing off-the-cuff emlmnt on the bus or plane, I'm going to have Limninate you from the bus, the plane and house,, Martin said. "Not everyone: just lar If iefa mp yo lyi tl the Ja ii ir te se ras hi art t tI be e me em Fec Wil J ma tb d4 x season with in the NBA for sometime to loss record in come." ore losing to Wilkes said several other pion Portland teamshad contacted his attor- offs. ney about the possibilities of he had looked his joining them, but other ing with Abdul- than that, there was no com- he latter had ment on the opposition faced at he hoped by the Lakers. ck Kent Cooke Wilkes commented, "I hope in landing the to take some of the pressure off Kareem. Even with three or four opponents on him, he is ey, F r e d still the best in the league. I the player and feel I can help with outside rnts to be kept shooting, movement and, re- elves, but ex- bounding." not the finan- Wilkes joins the Lakers with ng m this con- an NBA scoring average of 16.5 has wanted to points per game, and a rebound eem, and has average per game of 8.2. For nrn home and the past two seasons, he has he fans who been named one of the four fore, best defensive forwards in the did not attend NBA. . ws conference, In his rookies year of 1974-75, ent, "If ever a he broke into the Warriors' nented another starting lineup after only eight :tion, I believe games, finished the year as lkes does with Golden State's second leading abbar. With the scorer at 14.2, and was named aal, I have rea- Rookie of the Year as he he Lakers may helped his team win the NBA lominant forces title. CONTROVERSY an writers? The team, pre-season favorite to capture its second straight American League title, is in sec- ond place in the AL East Division. The team has been embroiled in various disputes involving sev- eral players, Martin, principal owner George Steinbrenner and club President Gabe Paul. In the latest incident, an unidentified player reportedly charged that Steinbrenner was dic- tating the starting lineup. Both Steinbrenner and Martin publicly denied the accusations, with Steinbrenner saying that outfielder - designated hitter Carlos ~May was the "unidentified player" while Martin implied it was catcher Thurman Munson. "I KNOW this is a strong stand to take," Mar- tin said of the threat to bar writers, "and I'm not saying I will. But the first thing is for the Yankees to win. "I know you guys have a job to do, but so do I. And your job hurts mine. I have to do seme- thing. "This stuff started in spring training and it's The compensation the Lak- ers must make to the War- riors was not discussed. Un- der NBA rules, if an agree- ment cannot be reached, a decision would be made by the league commissioner. Golden State Vice President Scotty Stirling, in Chicago for a meeting, said the Warriors would seek Abdul-Jabbar as' compensation. Citing terms of the NBA agreement that the Lakers have to make the Warriors "whole", Stirling said, "With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar they could. He is the only player Williams signs with Kn icks By The Associated Press WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. -Ray Williams, the New York Knicks'. first-round pick in the 1977 college draft, has signed with the NBA team. A playmaking guard from the University of Minnesota, Wil- liams set a single-season record at the Big Ten school with 130 assists in the 1975-76 season. This*past year, he handed out 166 assists. A graduate of Mount Vernon, N.Y., High School, Williams is a brother of Gus Williams, who played in all 82 games for the Golden State Warriors this past season. Welcome Students TO THE DASCOLA HAI RSTYLISTS ARBORLAND-971 -9975 MAPLE VIL-AG-761 -2733 E. LIBERTY--668 9329 E. 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