The Michigan D ily-Friday. Aiugust 1 , 1980-Page'19 ,. . .. .; . .. .,,. .... ; . .,.:}}t . .. . .:"", vt:. v {{.::{;"{{S p o r ts: :" 'i:}T.,:x }{};{tc,,.:v }:Y': tr " {t}.} ,y.SPO' .;,.?.R :TS.. nO;F }a ':r ,~ iTHE D :r - :". a IL. Yx.k}. ":: { '.. .;: S u r g e r y s .$" 2:-..;.';::: :.}. " :.av er"s. :.:: .:"":.";}. .k. .}:": .R, .ics.. }: :",.h a rd"t<':,,.?:": HOUSTON (AP)-Houston Astros pitcher J. R. Richard remained in good and stable condition yesterday after emergency surgery for removal of a neck blood clot surgeons said threatened his life. There was no official word but Astros officials hinted last year's major league strikeout king may be lost the remain- der of the season to the National League's Western Division leaders. There was no elaboration from Tal Smith, general manager, who had said Wednesday night in Philadelphia he expects no residual effects from the surgery although it is doubtful the right- hander will pitch again this season. Richard, the National League's ear- ned run average leader last season at 2.71, had compiled a 1.89 average before several weeks of complaining of a "dead arm" led to his being placed onthe disabled list July 16. Richard pitched the first two innings in the All-Star game in Los Angeles on July 8 but his arm complaints and his leaving the mound early in 10 of his 17 starts this season had promptedl con- troversy and criticism among team- mates and fans. But tests last week at Methodist Hospital detected an arterial cir- culation impairment in the right shoulder area. Surgery was not in- dicated and all appeared to be going well until Richard collapsed Wed- nesday while' working out in the Astrodome. Further tests detected the clot and the 90-minute operate began about 12 hours after an ambulance rushed him back to Methodist. Hospital bulletins merely said surgery to correct a bloeked neck ar- tery had been successful but one doctor who refused to be identified by name said there was worry for a while about Richard's life. "It was definitely more serious than a circulation problem in the shoulder," he said. Although having pitched only 17% in- nings since June 17, Richard holds a 10- 4 season record with 119 strikeouts in 113% innings. His 313 strikeouts with an 18-13 record last year followed 303 and an 18-11 mark in 1978. His best record of 20-15 was in 1976 when he had 214 strikeouts. Richard's teammates moved yester- day from Philadelphia to New York for a weekend series with the Mets. "When you take the best right-hander in baseball out of your starting rotation it has to hurt but we have a good staff and must now take up the slack," said pitcher Joe Niekro. Joe Morgan, veteran second baseman, said a team can't make up the loss of one of the best pitchers in the majors. "We'll just have to play a little bet- ter," Morgan said. "Other guys will have to pick him up, that's all, and we've been doing that since he has been out." Chester walking out SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - All-Pro tight end Raymond Cester has left the Oakland Raiders training camp to have an often-injured knee examined and to consider retirement from football, team members say. Coach Tom Flores said Wednesday night that Chester's departure was a surprise to him. "He said he wasn't having any business problems and no problems at home," Flores said. "He just didn't feel like he belonged in camp. He didn't know if he wanted to continue to play." Chester left camp Tuesday night and teammate Mark van Heghen said Chester told him he was retiring. "Maybe after he has his knee checked, he will decide to come back," Flores said. "He said he-didn't want to be traded and he isn't having contract problems. It was just that he didn't want to hold the young players back and he wasn't sure he wanted to be here anymore." Chester became a starter last year when Dave Casper held out thruogh training camp. Because of injuries, the Raiders went with a double tight-end of- fense once Casper returned. Both players were chosen All-Pro, the first two tight ends from the same team have ever been selected. In addition to Casper, the Raiders also have two other tight ends, Derrick Ramsey and Todd Christensen. Flores said that Chester was to have his knee "flushed out" this week, a procedure he has undergone several times before. "Maybe after he has had his knee checked, he will decide to come back," the coach said. "I only hope he says ina day or two 'Why did Iever do that?' " Diekei- holding (Out BALTIMORE (AP) - Contract negotiations between the Baltimore Colts and Curtis Dickey, the National Football League team's No. 1 draft choice, have gone into sudden-death overtime. Dick Szymanski, general manager of the Colts, announced yesterday that Dickey's agent, Jerry Argovitz, had rejected a $1.2 million offer, "and in- formed us that he will not let Curtis Dickey play football this season." Argovitz, in a telephone interview with sports writer Jim Miller of the Baltimore Evening Sun, contended Baltimore's offer was actually for less than $900,000. "It's preposterous," Argovitz said. "Detroit paid Billy Sims more to sign his- name than Curtis Dickey's entire contract." Argovitz said the Colts' offer covered five years and was less than Cleveland paid Charles White, the Heisman Trophy winner from Southern Califor- nia who was chosen near the end of the draft's first round. Dickey, a world-class sprinter from Texas A&M, was the fifth player selec- ted in the draft. The Colts originally planned to use Dickey at both running back and wide receiver. But Argovitz said Szymanski told him it was now too late to train Dickey asa receiver, and that he would not beat out Joe Washington for the No. 1 running back position. Argovitz said he offered to bring Dickey to Baltimore for a meeting with Szymanski and Baltimore owner Robert Irsay, in an effort to hammer out a four-year contract. SCORES TexasS. Saltimore4 KansasCit y13. Bostna3 Deiroi 15, Calilornia 6 BENGALS END LOSING STREAK AT 4: Tigers roar by Angels, 15-6 DETROIT (AP)-Lou Whitaker drove in four runs with a double and sacrifice fly and Steve Kemp knocked in three with a triple and a homer last night to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 15-6 romp over the California Angels. The Tigers, who snapped a four game losing streak, erupted for seven runs in the first inning, when Don Aase, 5-13, failed to retire a batter. Richie Hebner drove in the first two with a single. Champ Summers and Al Cowens had RBI singles and Whitaker capped the outburst with a three-run double. Detroit scored in every inning but the second and seventh against four. California pitchers. Cowens had four hits and Summers and Alan Trammell added three apiece for the Tigers. Milt Wilcox, 11-6, went the first five innings for Detroit to post his third straight triumph, despite yielding five California runs, including consecutive homers by Carney Lansford and Don Baylor in the fifth. Dave Rozema pit- ched the last four innings to earn his second save. Rangers 7, Orioles 4 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)I-Mickey Rivers, Al Oliver and Jim Sundberg collected three hits apiece and the Texas Rangers ended Steve Stone's winning streak at 14 games last night, beating the Baltimore Orioles, 7-4. Ferguson Jenkins, 9-9, scattered eight hits, struck out seven and walked five before getting last-out relief from Danny Darwin following Ken Singleton's two-run single in the ninth. Before leaving in the fourth, Stone, 16-4, was raked for eight hits, half of them iiiTexas' four-run first inning. Stone's 14 consecutive victories, dating back to May 5, was the longeset in the majors since 1974. He. was two games short of the American League record set in 1912 by both Walter John- son and Joe Wood, and equaled by Lefty Grove in 1931 and Schoolboy Rowe in 1934. Earth quake! 'r It was Reggie Jackson's powerful swing this time and not an earthquake which left Jackson shaken. A Henry Hoosman pitch Wednesday night helped Jackson to spin himself into the ground.