ritida, July 15, 1977 TH-E MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven rnu yg .A- TIGER THOMPSON AN ALL-STAR Martin completes AL squad NEW YORK (kI)-California's Frank Tanana and Detroit's Mark 'The Bird" Fidrych, both injured and both unavailable for the All-Star Game, nevertheless were named to the American League team yesterday by Man- ager Billy Martin of the New york Yankees. IN ADDITION to Tanana, tied for the AL lead in victories with teammate Nolan Ryan at 12 and the colorful Fidrych, the start- er in last year's game, Martin chose six pitchers. Two others are starters-Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles and Vida Blue of the Oakland A's-and four are relievers- Bill Campbell of the Boston Red Sox, Jim Kern of the Cleveland IndiansDave LaRoche of Cali- fornia and Sparky Lyle of the Yankees. With Tanana and Fidrych both sidelined, Martin chose two replacements, for the American League team that will face the National League in the '48th mid-season game Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. MARTIN SELECTED T i g e r first baseman Jason Thompson to substitute for Fidrych and named fireballer Nolan Ryan of the California Angels to sub- stitute for his teammate Tanana. The left-handed Tanana, 12-6, with a 2.15 earned run average, has an inflamed triceps tendon, the result of what he claims is overwork. He has been advised not to pitch until July 21, two days after the All-Star game. Fidrych, a right-hander with a 6-4 record and a-2.89 ERA after a late start because of a torn cartilage in his left knee, suffered during spring training now has a muscle pull in his right shoulder, also the result of overwork. And Detroit Manager Ralph Houk has said that Fid- rych would not pitch until after the All-Star Game. AFTER TANANA, the win- ningest pitcher on the AL team is Palmer. The veteran right- hander has a 14-8 record with a 3.19 ERA. The left-hdnded Blue, the only AL pitcher with a victory in All-Star competition-he was the winner in 1971-has a 711 rec- ord this season with a 3.96 earn- ed run average. Campbell, chosen to the All- Star team for the first time, is 8-5 with a 2.47 ERA and a league-leading 16 saves. Kern, like Campbell a right-hander- and a newcomer "to All-Star competition, is 3-4 with a 2.39 ERA and 12 saves. LYLE, A left-hander, has the best ERA on the squad, 1.71, along with a 7-3 record and 14 saves. However, he also has complained of a tired arm re- cently. LaRoche, also a southpaw, is 6-2 with a 3.81 ERA and nine saves. Despite the loss of Tanana and Fidrych, Martin said he was pleased with his pitching staff. "I want an American League win and I'm going to play to win this game," he said. MARTIN ALSO selected three more Boston players for his squad, giving the Red Sox a total of seven players on the 1977 team. That's the most players from one club for an AL All-Star squad since seven members of the Cleveland Indians were se- lected for the 1952 game. Martin picked Red Sox first baseman George Scott and out- fielders Fred Lynn and Jim Rice to join teammates Carl Yastrzemski, Rick Burleson and Carlton Fisk, voted as starters, and Bill Campbell. MARTIN P I C K E D catcher Thurman M u n s o n and third baseman Graig Nettles from his own club to go with elected starters Willie Randolph and Reggie Jackson and Lyle to give the Y a n k e es five All-Star players. Other additions made yester- day by Martin included outfield- er Ken Singleton of the Balti- more Orioles, second baseman Don Money of the Milwaukee Brewers, catcher Butch Wyne- gar and outfielder Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins, outfielder Ruppert Jones of the Seattle Mariners, shortstop Bert Cam- paneris of the Texas Rangers and first baseman Ron Fairly of the Toronto Blue Jays. o(the )saiI, By The Associated Press Skins sign Allen WVASlIINGTON-George Allen will be coach and general man- iger of the Washington Redskins for at least four more seasons under a contract signed yesterday-a pact described by his boss a one of the best in the National Football League. Redskins President Edward Bennett Williams said Allen had agreed to terms on a four-year extension of his current seven-year pact, which expires after the 1977 season, "at a very substantially increased salary." Williatas also described as inaccurate a published report pling Allen's new salary at approximately $250,000 a year, or d snie lis current pay. I think George Allen deserves one of the best contract in coaching and I think he has that," Williams told a news confer- ence. "I don't know if it is the best, the second best or the third best, but it is among the best and he deserves that." Play ball, Elliott! BAITIMORE-Ex-Michigan outfielder Elliott Maddox, who has been undergoing therapy since March following his second knee operation, was reinstated yesterday to the active roster of the Baltimore Orioles. To make room for Maddox on their 25-man roster, the Orioles sold the contract of ex-Detroit Tiger Fred Holdsworth to the Montreal Expos for an undisclosed amount of cash and a player to be named later. The 28-year-old Maddox, who was activated for last night's game in Texas against the Rangers, was acquired from the New York Yankees last January, along with minor league outfielder Rich Bladt, in exchange for center fielder Paul Blair. After batting .303 in 1974, when he replaced Bobby Murcer in center field for the Yankees, Maddox was hitting .307 in 1975 when he injured his right knee and was sidelined the remainder of the year. a Jones back soon? SAN DIEGO-Randy Jones porbably can pitch again in three to eight weeks, the San Diego Padres' team physician said yester- day. Dr Paul Bauer said the motor nerve has healed in Jones' pitch- ing arm is which the left bicep muscle had strophied following an injury last year. "The nerve is almost completely normal, but his arm still isn't strong enough to pitch," Bauer said after new tests on the left-handed hurler who won the Cy Young Award in 1976. "Now it's just a matter of strength and endurance. There's no danger as long as he doesn't continue to pitch when he's tired." In trying to resume pitching this year, Jones compiled a 4-7 record before being put on the disabled list. Jersey Joe ready to go VERO BEACH, Fla.-Joe Gilliam said yesterday he had conquered the drug habit that threatened to wreck his National Football League career, and that now he's ready to win a quarter- back's job with the New Orleans Saints. Gilliam, smiling ruefully, called his year of addiction to heroin "a gigantic learning experience." Gilliam, who started for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1975, re- ported a day early for preseason training camp with the Saints here. At a small press conference, he said he is physically and mentally bigger than he was before his bout with narcotics. GilaaM said he used drugs from late in the 1975 football sewn through 1976. He said he spent 5% months in a Virginia rehabilitation center and now is cured. "It was tough," he said. 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