Page6T4-Wednesday, June 17, 1981-The Michigan DOily SPORTS OF THE DAILY Wilson puts pro ootball on hold q 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. If your spouse drinks too much and you do not, and you v ;,t to help your spouse chcage his or her drinking, please call the MARITAL TREATMENT PROJECT to see if you qualify to receive free professional counseling as a participant in a treatment research project. -Call 764-8342 weekdays between 4 AP Photo 10 and 3. 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.