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CHAMPAIGN (AP) - Illinois quarterback Dave
Wilson says he won't make a decision on his football
career until after a federal judge decides Wilson's
lawsuit against the Big Ten.
A hearing is set for June 24 in Peoria.
THE FORMER California junior college quarter-
back who rewrote passing records for the Illini also
said Monday he had decided not to attend summer
school, which adds weight to speculation that he does,
not expect to be playing for Illinois next fall.
Wilson said last week he was on the brink of
deciding whether to drop his suit against the Big Ten
for another year of eligibility, enter the National
Football League supplemental draft, or play in
Canada.
Robert Auler, Wilson's attorney, said he met with
Wilson on Friday and persuaded him to pursue the
lawsuit through the June 24 hearing.
"IT'S OUR LAST gasp," Auler said. "If it works,
fine. It can't hurt to try."
The upcoming decision on Wilson's future was
prompted by a realization that a last-minute personal
appeal to Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke had
produced little result, sources said.
Wilson met with Duke and with an Illinois faculty
representative and later said his hopes of reaching an
out-of-court settlement with the conference are
"dwindling."
MEANWHILE, WILSON said Calgary, the
Canadian Football League team that holds his rights,
is interested in him.
Jack Gotta, Calgary general manager, confirmed
that, saying the team would like to decide on Wilson
by July 4, when the team's regular season starts.
NFL strike?
BEREA, Ohio (AP) - There's a good chance that
National Football League players could go on strike
next year when their current contract is up, accor-
ding to Henry Sheppard of the Cleveland Browns.
Sheppard is one of the Browns' two representatives
to the NFL Players Association. The starting left
guard, currently on the disabled list, spoke about the
prospects of a football strike in light of the current
baseball players' walkout while he was at team
workouts in Berea on Monday.
"OUR CASE-IS not the same as in baseball," he
explained. "What the (baseball) owners are really
asking in the compensation issue is for the players
association to give back something they (the players)
already have won. The owners want to be protected
against themselves, is what it amounts to.
"We, the football players association, can learn a
lot from the baseball players," Sheppard said. "The
baseball players are a much more cohesive union
than we are, and we should follow their example of
sticking together.
"But we are not looking for the same thing. We're
not that concerned about free agency. What we want
is a fair share - at least 55 percent - of the teams'
gross profits."
WHEN ASKED ABOUT the possibility of a strike
by the football players, Sheppard said: "I can't speak
for everybody, but in my mind I felt we'd have to go
out (on strike) even before the baseball players did.
"It's not that we want a strike. It's just that it might
be the only way for us to get a fair share of the profits
being made in football."
Mandlikova upset
EASTBOURNE, England (AP) - Kim Sands, a 24-
year-old American, downed French Open champion
Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia 0-6, 6-0, 6-3
yesterday in a major upset at the $125,000 BMW grass
courts women's tennis tournament.
The American, who is ranked No. 78 in the world
and had to prequalify for the tournament, said it was
the finest win of her career.
MANDLIKOVA WAS THE center of a controversy
after being seeded No. 2 for next week's Wimbledon.
But she said it had nothing to do with her defeat.
Several top women players objected to her seeding
place. In fact, the Women's Tennis Association
yesterday made an official nrotest over what it
described as "the arbitrary changing of seeds" for
next week's All-England Championships at Wim-
bledon.
"It is imperative to point out that the placing of
Mandlikova as No. 2 seed is contrary to the tradition
of seedings during past years," said a WTA
statement.
Sands, one of the impressive young black
Americans on the women's tour, won nine straight
games after losing the first set 6-0 in 19 minutes.
Mandlikova, 19, appeared to lose concentration in the
second set, but said after the match she was troubled
by a back injury.
SANDS, FROM MIAMI, was sponsored earlier in
her career by former world heavyweight boxing
champion Leon Spinks.
She showed her own fighting qualities in the last
two sets, hitting some excellent deep forehands.
"Hana was on top of me in the first set, and I was
very nervous," said Sands, a University of Miami
graduate.
"IN THE SECOND set she seemed to let up on her
serve, and I took advantage by coming in. Then I just
tried to hold my concentration, and the gods were
with me."
Mandlikova refused to blame her defeat on the con-
troversy surrounding her Wimbledon seeding.
"It didn't worry me at all," Mandlikova said. "I
just didn't play as well as I can."
SANDS WAS JOINED in the last 16 in this major
pre-Wimbledon warm-up event for women by another
black American, Rene Blount, from Carrolton,
Texas.
Andrea Jaeger, 15, the No. 3 seed, defeated Lesley
Charles of Britain 6-4, 6-2.
Defending champion Tracy Austin and second-
seeded Martina Navratilova scored clearcut vic-
tories to move into the round of 16.
Austin continued her comeback after a back injury
with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Anne Hobbs. Navratilova
was never extended in defeating young American
Susan Mascarin 6-1, 6-1.
Muhammad, Spinks to fight
NEW YORK (AP) - Eddie Mustafa
Muhammad will defend the World
Boxing Association light-heavyweight
championship against Michael Spinks
July 18, promoter Butch Lewis announ-
ced yesterday.
Spinks is the brother of former
heavyweight champion Leon Spinks,
who was stopped in three rounds last
Friday in a bid for Larry Holmes'
World Boxing Council title.
Minors for Yankee manager
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York
Yankees yesterday assigned Manager
Gene Michael and the coaching staff to
work with the team's minor league
system during the major league
baseball players' strike.
The Yankees also have reassigned
their major league scouts to minor
league clubs for the duration of the
strike.
Michael will be in Columbus, Ohio,
where he will work with the Yankees'
top prospects on the Class AAA club.
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DAVE WILSON (NUMBER 18) of Illinois is currently embroiled in a court battle against the Big Ten in an attempt to
regain his playing status for next season. If Wilson should lose his case, he will attempt to play professional football.