The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, June 3, 1981-Page 15
SPORTS OF THE DAILY
Griese may not return to Dolphins

NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Griese, the
man who quarterbacked the Miami
Dolphins to three Super Bowl ap-
pearances and two National Football
} League championships, will probably
not return to the Dolphins this year, the
team's general manager said yester-
day.
J. Michael Robbie, also vice-
president of the Dolphins, said that-
Miami will gear its offense around
second-year quarterback David
Woodley and the possible return of
veteran Don Strock.
"We have greatly appreciated
everything that Bob has done for our
organization, but the bottom line is that
physically he more than likely cannot
play anymore," said Robbie in an in-
terview with ABC Radio Sports. "we
have watched the doctors reports
closely and they have not improved."
Griese was plagued with shoulder
problems most of 1981 and that, com-
bined with injuries to Strock, forced the
Dolphins to go with Woodley, a 1980
eighth round draft choice from
Louisiana State. Woodley led the team
to an 8-8 season and a third-place finish
in the AFC East last season.
Ongais moved to Cal.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-Danny
Ongais, injured when his Imterscope
racer hit the third-turn wall in the In-
dianapolis 500, was flown yesterday to
Laguana Beach, Calif., where he will be
treated by his private physician.

Ongais, surrounded by medical per- He was lifted from the ambulance mer Board of Governors meeting here,
sonnel, was taken to the Indianapolis and set on the ground briefly before is aimed at preventing future repeats of
International Airport by ambulance being carried aboard the airplane. the courtship of Virginia center Ralph
and transferred to a private airplane. "You have to be very careful with his Sampson by Boston a year ago and by
"IT WAS HIS preference. He wanted leg," Price explained. Detroit and Dallas this spring.
to go home," said Fred Price, a New NBA rule "Colleges claim our teams are trying
spokesman for Methodist Hospital. "He to entice players out," said Joe
wants to be treated by his own CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)-The Axelson, the NBA's Director of
physician. And once he can walk, I National Basketball Association adop- Operations.
imagine he'll want to be near his race ted a rule yesterday prohibiting its "This is an indication of our sincerity
cars." teams from contacting undergraduates that such a decision should be made
At Ongais' request, his departure was before they declare their intention to only by the players themselves. We
kept secret by officials at Methodist turn pro. don't want to appear to be the villains in
and the airport. The move, which came at the sum- this thing."
'84 GAME LEANING TAMPA'S WAY
Superdome bids for Super Bowl

DETROIT (AP) - Tampa, the only
city in the running for the 1984 Super
Bowl which has not hosted the National
Football League extravaganza at least
once, got a terrific boost yesterday
when two of the seven bidding cities
dropped out of the race.
With Dallas and Los Angeles electing
not to make presentations at the NFL
owners meetings, the field was
narrowed to Pontiac, Mich., Miami,
New Orleans, Tampa and Pasadena,
Calif.
MIAMI, AND particularly Dolphins
owner Joe Robbie, is said to be cool to
another Super Bowl. Pontiac is getting
set to host the first Super Bowl in a nor-
thern setting next January, while New

Orleans and Pasadena each have
hosted several Super Bowls.
That, coupled with the vigor of the
large and highly visible Tampa
delegation at the Plaza Hotel in
Detroit's Renaissance Center, appear
to give the Florida bay city a slight
edge going into today's formal 15-
minute presentations.
"We go back a long way with the
Tampa people," NFL Commissioner
Pete Rozelle said. "We go back all the
way to when they applied for their fran-
chise. They kept all their promises
then."
SINCE PONTIAC has yet to host its
first Super Bowl, its presentation for
the 1984 event is considered more a
courtesy than anything else.
"We want the owners to know we're
interested, that we're going to put on
the best Super Bowl ever and that we
want them to come back here," said
Bill McLaughlin, president of the
Metropolitan Detroit Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
However, the Motor City area's stock
plunged when several owners, who had

confirmed room reservations, were
turned away when it was discovered the
Plaza had been overbooked. Hotel
management blamed a computer
malfunction for Vie foulup.
"THE MANAGER told me they were
going to do it by hand for the Super
Bowl, so they won't be able to blame the
computer in January," Rozelle said
with a slight chuckle. "I think it's going
to work out fine."
The selection of the 1984 Super Bowl
site is the only major business
scheduled for the two-day meeting of
owners.
The remainder of their time was
filled hearing committee reports on
everything from finances to the basic
player agreement. At a morning
session yesterday, 27 of the 28 owners
heard a report on the Oakland Raiders'
suit against the league for refusing to
let the team move to Los Angeles. The
Raiders were not invited to that
session.

x -yVmpie coach to
lea-d Rangers in '81
NEW YORK (AP) - Herb Brooks, Placid. Patrick served as Brooks
who guided the 1980 United States assistant with the Olympic squad.
hockey team to a stunning gold medal PATRICK WAS hired by the Rangers
victory at the Lake Placid Olympics, as director of operations last summer.
has reached agreement to coach New He took over as interim coach of the
York Rangers next season, the National team on Nov. 22, 1980 when Fred Shero
Hockey League team announced resigned following the Rangers' slow
yesterday. start last season.
Brooks, 43, also led the University of Patrick was interested in signing
Minnesota to three NCAA titles in his Brooks to coach the Rangers almost
seven years as coach of the Gophers. from the time he took.over from Shero.
And it's this winning tradition that the Brooks was under contract to coach an
Rangers hope to capitalize on. amateur club in Davos, Switzerland
THE RANGERS have not won a and could not obtain his release and
Stanley Cup in 41 years. But they are Patrick was named coach for the rest of
hopeful Brooks can continue to work his the season in December.
magic behind their bench. Under Patrick, the Rangers wound
Brooks, who becomes the Rangers' up 13th overall but made a surprising
third coach in less than a year, was run into the Stanley Cup semifinals.
unavailable for comment. He is
scheduled to be in St. Paul, Minn.,
today to attend the eighth-graduation of
his 14-year-old son, Daniel.
A strict disciplinarian, Brooks
replaces Craig Patrick as coach.
Patrick handled both the general
manager and coaching duties for most
of last season. The move once again
unites the tandem that guided the
America's hockey fortunes at Lake
SCORES
American League
Milwaukee 5, Detroit 2
Boston 4, Cleveland 0
California 3, Toronto 0
Texas 5, Minnesota 3
National League
Pittsburgh 16, Chicago 3
Philadelphia 9, New York 7 Brooks
College World Series
South Carolina 12, Maine7 ... new Ranger coach