Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, July 17, 1976 Bird flies past Oakland, 1-0 DETROIT (4)_ - Willie Hor- FIDRYCH, the 21 - year old vious start was a 1-0 loss to ton singled in a run in the bot- rookie right hander who was Kansas City. tom of the 11th inning Friday the starter and loser for the Fidrych mobbed Horton after night off Rollie Fingers to give American League in the All- the game and later re-emerged Mark Fidrych his 10th victory St'r game, raised his record to from the club house when- as the Detroit Tigers edged the 10-2 and completed the 11th as has become the tradition- Oakland A's 1-0. game in 12 starts. the crowd refused to leave and It was the seventh consecu- He went into the game lead- chanted "We want Bird!" tive extra inning victory for ing the league with a 1.78 earn- RON LEFLORE opened the Detroit. ed run average. His last pre- Tiger 11th with an infield sin- gle, beating out a grounder to short on a play that started a heated argument with the first base umpire. Tom Veryzer fol- lowed with a sacrifice. Rusty Staub was walked intentionally and designated hitter Horton singled. The crowd of 45,905 brings the total for the past four games that Fidrych has pitched at home to 196,000. Both Fidrych and Oakland starter Mike Torrez faced the minimum number of batters through six innings. In that span, the A's put two runners on base, both in the first inn- ing, but Bill North was caught stealing after a single and Billy Williams was erased on a dou- ble play after walking. TORREZ retired the first six Tigers before Aurelio Rodriguez onened the third with a double but was out at third trying to stretch it into a riple. Torrez then retired the next eight Ti- gers. It was a typical Fidrych game: a pitching duel, a near capacity crowd, chants of "Go Bird! Go!" and continual pan- demonium at every good Tiger play. The colorful Fidrych was at his usual best with his mound antics, including smoothing out the dirt on his hands and knees, motioning toward the plate with directional signals and talking to the ball. ONE of his antics drew the ire of batter Claudell Washing- ton. While Washington stood out of the batter's box, Fidrych got tired of waiting and squat- ted down. He remained squat- ted until Washington got back up to the plate and then "The Bird" gave him an inside pitch. Washington dropped his bat and walked angrily toward the mound before catcher Bruce Kimm intercepted him. Both benches cleared and there seemed to be some harsh words spoken. Umpires quickly cleared the field. / ~pv't4~'(the, tvii4 Lakers talk to Tark LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles takers of the National Basketball Association have confirmed that they have discussed the possibility of Coach Jerry Tarkanian of Nevada-Las Vegas taking over the Laker coaching slot. But Lakers' general manager Pete Newell and Tarkanian both said no offer had been made to the successful college coach. "Yes, we've made contact with Jerry, but no offer has been made," Newell said. Although the Lakers are still looking for a new coach, owner Jack Kent Cooke says last year's coach, Bill Sharman, who has already accepted an executive post with the Lakers, is still being considered for coach. Cooke has also met with Louisville Coach Denny Crum. -AP Maids in a pinch MONTREAL - Some chambermaids at Olympic Village are finding their summer jobs have the traditional hazards. At least one was assigned to another floor after she complained of passes from athletes. Robert Bouchard, the maids' supervisor, said the Czech, Hungarian, Spanish and French athletes have been too circum- spect to make any passes, but "the real flirts are the Africans. "Their methods are, shall we say, direct. They tend to act first and talk later. And they don't mind grabbing the seat of a girl's pants when they can." -AF Mark "The Bird" Fidrych is giving instructions again, but not to the ball this time. He is tell- ing Oakland batter Claudell Washington to quit stalling. Fidrych tallied his 10th victory when the Detroit Tigers edged out the A's 1-0 in 11 innings. Major League Standngs ABC Olympic coverage kicks off this afternoon AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct. GB New York 53 31 .631 - Baltimore 42 42 .500 11 Detroit 40 41 .4941 t'. Boston 41 43 .488 1 Clevelsnd 39 42 .481 1?. Miuwaukee 34 46 .425 17 West Kansas City 56 32 636 - Texas 44 41 .51 9!ยข Oakland 44 43 .506 100.; Minnesota ,40 45 .471 13'S Chicago 49 45 .464 14 California 35 54 .393 20!4 Yesterday's Games Kansas City 5-2, Boston 1-1 Baltimore 5, California 4 Detroit 1. Oakland 0, 11 innings Cleveland 7, Minnesota Chicago 5, Milwaukee 2 New York 3. Texas 0 Today's Gooses California (Tanana 10-6) at Balti- more (May 6-6), n Oakland (Norris 2-2) at Detroit (Ruhle 5-5), n Boston (Tiant 10-6) at Kansas City (Hassler 0-6), a Milwaukee (Colborn 5-10) at Chicago (Gossage 5-7), n Cleveland (Wats 2-4) at 111inne- anta (Goltar 7-6), a New York (Ellis 10-4) at Texas (Prry 9-7). 9:05 n NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L et. G Philadelphia 57 25 .695 - Pittsburgh 48 35 .578 95 New york 47 43 .522 14 St. Louis 37 46 .446 201: Chicago 36 49 .424 224 3 Montreal 26 53 .329 2% West Cincinnati 54 34 .604 - Los Angeles 40 39 .552 5% san Diego 43 45 .489 11 Houston 43 45 .489 11 Atlanta 40 47 460 135. San Francisco 35 53 .398 19 Late games not included yesterday's Games Houston 4, New York 3 Pittsburgh 7, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 4, Montreal 3, 10 innings St. Louis at San Diego Chicago at Los Angeles Philadelphia at San Francisco Today's Gooses Atlanta (Euthven 10-8) at Pitts- burgh tKison 7-4) St. Louis (Denny 4-4) at San Diego (Friesleben 6-5) Houston (Andujar 5-5) at New York (Seaver 9-5) Philadelphia (Underwood 5-1) at San Francisco (Montefusco 7-8) Montreal (Fryman 8-6) at Cincin- nati (Zacry 7-3), n Chicago (Stone 1-1) at Los An- geles (Rhoden 8-0), a MONTREAL () - ABC-TV's coverage of the 21st Olympic Games will begin with 10 hours of viewing this weekend, highlighted by scenes from the opening ceremonies today and several hours of live competition tomorrow. Viewing hours, in Eastern Daylight Time, will be 2:30-5 p.m. and 8:30-11 p.m. Saturday and 3-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. The coverage will begin with a live presenta- tion of today's colorful opening pageantry. TONIGHT'S telecast will include highlights from the opening ceremonies plus filmed looks at memorable performances in past Games. In ad- dition, the network will show interviews with athletes and offer glimpses at life in the Olympic Village, particularly the strict security precau- tions. The events to be telecast Sunday won't be selected until shortly before air time because so much of the coverage will be live. However, among the top events of the day are men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's swim- min, U.S. basketball and boxing. Among the gymnastic competitors will be Nadia Comeneci, the spectacular Rumanian who will be aiming for the women's individual gold medal. SWIMMING competition includes finals in the men's 200-meter butterfly and the women's med- ley relay. World record-holder Roger Pyttel of East Germany is the favorite in the butterfly event. The Americans who have qualified for that event are Mike Bruner, Stockton, Calif; Billy Forrester, Birmingham, Ala., and Steve Gregg, Wilmington, Del. The women's medley relay race will feature the awesome East German squad, The basketball action will have the United States facing Italy in a preliminary game. The boxing is first-round action.