Page 10-- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 8, 1983 NE + F Ni , ii JAE OND 2:INDIVIUAL HERS THURS., 7:15, 9:40 FRI.,0b:50 GITCRIIAErO NSL Reds sign Parker; Texas acquires Ward DEBRA WINGER SHIRLEY MacLAINE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-The Cin- cinnati Reds signed free agent out- fielder Dave Parker, a two-time National League batting champion, yesterday. Parker, the National League's most valuable player in 1978 when he batted .334 for Pittsburgh, is the second veteran slugger the Reds have acquired at baseball's winter meetings. Cincin- nati obtained 41 year-old Tony Perez from Philadelphia on Monday. PARKER WILL receive an estimated $800,000 for each of the reported two years in his contract with the Reds. In other baseball news, the Texas Rangers traded pitchers Mike Smithson and John Butcher and a minor leaguer to the Minnesota Twins for outfielder Gary Ward. The trade added two young pitchers to the Twins' staff, which was bolstered by the recent signing of relief ace Ron Davis to a five-year contract. TEXAS ACQUIRED a player who hit 19 homers and drove in 88 runs in Ward, Minnesota's only All-Star in 1983, when he also led American League out- fielders in assists. Another American league deal saw the Cleveland Indians send slugging out-fielder Gorman Thomas and in- fielder Jack Perconte to the Seattle Mariners for second baseman Tony Bernazard. Thomas played the first 46 games of the season with Milwaukee before being traded to the Indians for center fielder Rick Manning. He hit .183 with five homers before going to the Indians, with whom he hit .221 with 17 homers and 51 RBI. He finished the season with 69 RBI. Bernazard was likewise traded during the season, from the Chicago White Sox to the Mariners. Back spasms bench ET By PAUL HELGREN practice a few days before the Eric Turner will not see action in season opener against Toledo. He sat Saturday's basketball game against out practice the next day, but retur- Dayton because of back spasms, ned to the lineup and played every coach Bill Frieder said yesterday. game until finally the pain forced "Turner will definitely not play him to the sidelines against Georgia. Saturday," the fourth-year coach Neither Turner nor Frieder is sure said. "He might not even play next when he will return to the lineup. Saturday (Dec. 17 vs. Detroit). I "It's up to me," Turner said. don't know." "When I feel I'm ready to play, then BACK SCANS taken at University I'll play." Hospital yesterday indicated by TURNER added that the season elimination that muscle spasms in has been a painful one so far because Turner's lower back were the cause of the injury. of his discomfort. The tests, "I was playing with pain every checking for damage to the back- day," he said. "I was getting treat- bone, were negative. ment from the trainer (Dan Minert) Although the junior guard's back and taking muscle relaxants for it. problems first came to light after he And I wore a back-brace underneath sat out much of last Monday's 76-70 my jersey every game. But it was win over Georgia, the ailment has never a major problem untilTurner troubled him since pre-season. Tur- Georgia. Then I knew it was too could miss two games ner first injured his back during much. (PG) Future 4 M' Olympians? THURS. 7:00, 9:30 FRI. 1:00, 7:00, 9:30 Kamieniecki, Larkin make first cut for baseball team Stop By The Emblem Shop TO PiCk Up Vwi @M I eI .a .;... i YUU FLa min Holiday Gifts! A Full Line of Michigan Sportswear, Glassware & Gifts. Ground Floor iUL By JIM DWORMAN with AP reports Two Michigan baseball players were delighted to discover yesterday that they had survived the first cut of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team. Scott Kamieniecki and Barry Larkin, Wolverine sophomores, are among the final 44 players competing for 25 spots on the national team. "WOW!" EXCLAIMED Kamieniecki when told the news. I'm pretty ex- cited. I really had no idea." The news surprised Larkin, too. "Are you sure about that?" he said. "I haven't heard anything yet." THE OLYMPIC team's 44 players were announced yesterday in Nash- ville, Tenn. during professional baseball's annual winter meetings. The players were chosen from a group of 76 who participated in a national tryout in Louisville Oct. 22-23. Head coach Rod Dedeaux, coach at Southern Cal, and his staff must pick the 25-man roster by June 1, 1984. Kamieniecki, a right-handed pitcher and former second-round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers, finished last summer's college season with a 5-1 UNION l ICI OMAN UNION Ro H3 record and a 2.84 ERA. The West Quad resident made the cut despite missing the national tryout. "MY ARM WASN'T 100 percent then," Kamieniecki said. "I didn't go because I wouldn't have been able to show much. I was weak from throwing so much in the fall." Larkin, Michigan's shortstop and a former second-round draftee of the Cincinnati Reds, batted .352 last year with five home runs and 53 runs scored. The Cincinnati native said he left the earlier tryout thinking that he'd make the team. "I did pretty well down there (in Louisville)," he said. "I felt confident about making it and I still do feel con- fident about it." KAMIENIECKI and Larkin both said that their chances of making the final cut depend on their performances this spring. "I've heard my chances are pretty good," said Kamieniecki. "I guess I have the ability. I just have to show it." Besides the Michigan duo, the current Olympic team roster contains the sons of two former major league ballplayers. Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., whose father pitched for the New York Yankees, and Jim Fregosi, Jr., son of the ex-California Angels shortstop and manager, both survived the cut. Two Wolverine opponents from last spring also made the squad. Outfielder Oddibe McDowell of Arizona State and second baseman William Bates of Texas were among the 44 players an- nounced yesterday by the U.S. Baseball Federation and the General Electric Major Appliance Business Group, a sponsor of the team. \ t They span the miles and the years - and show you've remembered. Creative excellence is an American tradition. Doily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Barry Larkin puts the tag on Indiana's Bucky Autry in a game last Spring. Larkin and teammate Scott Kamieniecki both survived the first cut for the U.S. Olympic baseball team. I *.. .o~ o .0: :: ..:.* : -:- -i -:: ~ : - 0 0 - .::.:.:.*:.:.:. ::.:.:.:.*:.:.:- . I . . .0:00.,:. :0 0. .*. valid after 2pm .-.-lnie anwc : * :. while supplies last....-.-- -.', offer e.xpires -.--0 -.0 .---0.0...-000-.-..-.-.- -, ::. /2-/5 -83 0.-.0.. 0.-.-.-.-...00..-.0 0. ,------..... 0 :... ......... 0' '0 __ i F ***l ********** -....-"." . . 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THE INTERPRETATION was sought initially by the Metro Conferen- ce, headquartered in Atlanta, but Yeager said the NCAA received a similar letter from Southern Mississip- pi. Yeager said either the conference or the university could ask for a ruling by the NCAA Council on the interpretation, but Athletic.Director Roland Dale sai yesterday he planned no further action Iiiii 322 SOUTH STATE STREE T ANN ARBOR I- I 'I All Brands Importers Inc., New York. Sole U.S. Importer C. D . i I f Stanley H. Kaplan The Smart MOVE' af S'- S u i 6-4m 4