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The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, June 16, 1981 -Page 15
SEVERAL OWNERS MEET KUHN INFORMALLY
Baseball meetings resume today
NEW YORK (AP) - After three days Yankees are expected to be joined by at 2 p.m. session. Representatives of the bargaining. If the strike lasts beyond
without negotiations, talks between the least one and possibly two other club striking union and management's nine days, it could affect the major
striking Major League Players owners to talk with Kuhn and try to get Player Relations Committee last met league service credits of the players.
Association and management were set some movement started toward set- for just 30 minutes Friday morning, the Baseball rules define a full major
to-resume this afternoon as the major tling the walkout which has interrupted day the first mid-season strike in league season as 172 days, although in
league baseball walkout entered its-fif- the season. baseball history began. calendar days, the season lasts 181
th day. John McMullen of the Houston Astros MARVIN MILLER, executive direc- days. Service time credited is impor-
But mgore significant conversations and Peter O'Malley of the Los Angeles tor of the union, did not attend that tant because it is used to compute free
may be taking place across town from Dodgers joined Steinbrenner and bargaining session, choosing instead to agency and salary arbitration rights. A
the formal negotiations with a commit- Williams in helping to break a log-jam send a committee of players to player must be credited with six full
tee of some of baseball's newer owners when a strike seemed imminent last represent the union. Miller removed seasons of major league service to
set to discuss the strike situation with year. Eddie Chiles of the Texas himself from the talks because some become a free agent, and- two full
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. Rangers also has spoken out on the management representatives have said seasons to file for salary arbitration.
EDWARD BENNETT Williams, the matter. that he is a roadblock to any settlement. CLUB OWNERS currently ar
prominent Washington attorney who Meanwhile, federal mediator Ken- It was not clear whether he .would sharing in a mutual assistance fund set
owns the Baltimore Orioles, and neth Moffett hassummoned both sides return to the bargaining table-today. up over a year agolo handle the con-
George Steinbrenner of the New York back to the bargaining table today for a Representing the players at Friday's . tingency of a strike: The fund pays
session was a committee of 10 players a per Tnele d a ys
- Bob Boone of the Philadelphia about $100,000 per canceled gamewith
Phillies, Don Sutton, Joe Niekro and shares going to both home and visiting
Bob Knepper of the Houston Astros'- teams, just as they would be allocated
Phil Niekro'of the Atlanta Braves, Bill were games being played. Through
Paul Moskau ,nd yesterday,51 games had been called off
Foster of the Cincinnati Reds and John National League and 27 in the
Stearns and Rusty Staub of the New American League.
York Mets.
8-- /Boone, Steve Rogers of the Montreal After 153 games are canceled,
SAILING Expos and Mark Belanger of the management has a $50 million insuran-
As thejast of the results trickle in, it is becoming apparent that it has not Baltimore Orioles will be at today's ce policy which takes effect. The
been a bad spring for Michigan athletic teams. The tennis team participated negotiations along with other players, policy's premium cost $2 million and
in the NCAA Championships, the Wolverine baseball team advanced to the according to Donald Fehr, chief counsel was cited prominently in the case
College World Series, and thetrack team won the Big Ten outdoor meet. - for the union. presented by baseball before Federal
However, the list of warm-weather achievements does not end with those "THIS MATTER has to be settled at Judge Henry Werker two weeks ago.
of these three squads. Michigan features another team, albeit a more ob- the bargaining table," said Ray It was Judge Werker's decision to
scure unit than the aforementionedtrio, that did itself proud toward its Grebey, chief management negotiator. deny a National Labor Relations Board
season's end. "We'll be there, regardless of who the petition for an injunction which would
The addition is the Michigan sailing club, which participated in the Inter- union sends." have rescinded for one year baseball's
collegiate Dinghy National Championships held'at the United States Naval There are some important calendar free agent compensation plan which
Academy. Though fhe Wolverines did not challenge for national honors, they considerations involved in the triggered the strike.
did turn ina respectable performance, placing eighth out of 14 teams.
The squad's middle-of-the-pack finish came as no surprise to coach Kirk
Nimms. "I knew that we probably wouldn't make it to the top five," he said.
"All those people are really good."
Nonetheless, Nimms felt that his squad could easily have fared better. For
starters, Harry Levinson was charged with committing a foul around one of
the marks. The Michigan squad balked at the call, but lost its subsequent
protest. Nimms believed that the Wolverines might have beaten seventh-
place Kings Point, which finished 29 points ahead.
"If we really had our act together, we might have caught Kings Point,"
said Nimms. "We lost it on the last day."
The structure for the meet dictated that one set of boats be in the water at
a time in the two-division regatta, with each division holding 14 races. The
Michigan 'A' team consisted of Doug Wefer as skipper, while Joanne Kure
and Sarah Crane alternated as his crew. Levinsdn (skipper) and Kure
(crew) manned the 'B' boat, until the seventh race when Nimms replaced
them with Scott Ferguson (skipper) and Ellen Brody (crew).
The conditions for the races were almost perfect-the same, however,
could not be said of all of the meet's performers. "It was an excellent regat-
ta; it lasted three days under perfect conditions," said Nimms. "(But)
people that'are really excellent sailors just weren't doing what they're
capable of."
The National Championship went to Tufts, which finished with 124 points,
enough to beat second-place Yale, with 149.
Final results Points
1. Tufts ... ...... ..... .... . . .... .. ................... 124
2. Yale .................................................. 149
3. Tulane .......... ............................. . 155
4: Navy ................................................... 165
5. Boston U .............................................. 176
6. Long Beach St ......................................... 188
7. Kings Point (N.Y.) ..... ............................... 195
8. M ICHIGAN ............................................ 224
9. St. M ary's .............................................. 227
10. Stanford . ........... ,.... .. .......... .............. .. 259
11. M iam i of Ohio....................................... ... 260
12. Charleston (S.C.)........................... 265
13. W ashington ............. ............................. 275
14. Ohio Wesleyan...................................... 282
Michigan is currently competing in the Intercollegiate Racing Champion-
ships, also taking place at the U.S. Naval Academy. The championships
started on Sunday and will last three to four days, during which over 100
races will be run. In these events, three boats from each team are in the
water at one time. I
Fourteen squads are competing, although not the same 14 which competed
in the Intercollegiate Dinghy National Championships.
The Club Sports Roundup relates briefly the activities of Michigan
club sports teams during the previous week. This week's information
was compiled by Daily sports writer Ron Pollack.
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