Page 14-Tuesday, July 7, 1981-The Michigan Daily
SPORTS OF THE DAILY
Mason's trial nears second week

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former
University of Arizona head football
Coach Tony Mason faces more
questions today as his trial on fraud,
theft and conspiracy charges begins its
12th day in Pima County Superior
Court.
Mason, a former Michigan assistant
football coach, who still was on the
stand last week when the trial broke for
the July 4 holiday, is accused along with
six former Arizona assistant coaches of
defrauding the university of more than
$13,000 by filing travel vouchers for
trips allegedly never taken. Mason's
trial is being conducted separately
from that of the assistant coaches,
which remains pending.
THE 15-COUNT indictment against
Mason accuses him of bilking the school
of about $2,400.
During defense testimony last week,
Mason portrayed himself to the jury as
a man wronged despite saving his em-
ployer vast sumsof money.
Mason admitted on the stand to
having submitted travel vouchers for
trips never taken but said he did so in
the belief that he was not acting im-
properly.
MASON MAINTAINED he never in-
tended to defraud or deceive the
university.
During more than three hours of
testimony, Mason said he lost $18,400 of
his own money as nonreimbursible ex-
penses during his 3.3 years as head
coach at Arizona.
Mason also testified he helped save
the university over $230,000 in travel
money through the help of team suppor-
ters.
THE DEFENSE has tried to show
that Mason was given a mandate to do
whatever was necessary to win. The
defense presentation has included
testimony and evidence reflecting the
nature of college football and the dif-
ficulties of recruiting.
Prosecutor Lindsay E. Brew, an
assistant state attorney general, has
frequently admonished the jurors that
"college football is not on trial here."
The centerpiece of the prosecution's
case has been the testimony of former
American Airlines employee Michael
E. Hoffman, who has described Mason
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as the originator of a ticket-voucher
scheme.
Miller testifies
NEW YORK (AP) - Marvin Miller,
executive director of the Major League
Players Association, testified yester-
day that requiring professional com-
pensation for the loss of top-ranking
free agents would drastically affect a
player's bargaining power.
Miller spent more than two hours,
testifying before an administrative law
judge in a National Labor Relations
Board proceeding.
THE NLRB hearing, postponed three
times since its original date of June 15,
was called to examine charges of unfair
bargaining by management in dealings
with the union.
The union has asked that the 26 club
owners be required to open their
books following various statements of
financial difficulties attributed to some
team owners as well as Commissioner
Bowie Kuhn.
Melvin Welles, senior administrative
law judge, presided at Monday's
hearing.
THE MORNING session was oc-
cupied by opening statements for the
two sides with attorney George Cohen
representing the players and Louis
Hoynes, the National League attorney,
speaking for management.
Miller took the stand after a lunch
break and, under examination by
NLRB attorney Mary Schuette, traced
the history of the union's relations with
management which has led up to the
current strike, now 25 days old.
At the heart of Miller's testimony was
the argument that professional player
compensation - the sole issue in the
current strike - "would damage
greatly the bargaining power of each
and every player for whom it would be
required."
"WHEN A club has to give up one of
its assets in order to sign a free agent,
clearly that has to-be a negative impact
on that player," Miller said.
After Schuette completed her
examination for the NLRB, attorney
David Silberman, representing the
players association, continued the
questioning.
Silberman frequently clashed with
Hoynes, who often objected to the
questioning and interrupted the
players' attorney.
"I DO NOT understand your
question." Hoynes told Silberman. "If
you ask your question clearly, I'll give'
you the same courtesy when it's my
turn."
Silberman went over several cases of
free agents and the course of the draft
with Miller, attempting to show that
under the current system of an open
draft, teams react to the selections of
other teams.

Ryder Cup team formed
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) - Jack
Nicklaus, Bill Rogers and Howard
Twitty earned the final three berths for
the 12-member U.S. Ryder Cup team
that will play against the top 12 British
pros in the biennial competition in Sep-
tember.
The three touring pros earned the
positions with their performance over
the weekend in the Western Open Golf
Tournament. Rogers finished tied for
fifth, Nicklaus was tied for seventh and
Twitty was far back in the field.
THE WESTERN Open was the final
chance for the pros to earn points that
determine the golfers who make the
team.
Already named to the team were Tom
Kite, Tom Watson, Ray Floyd, Bruce
Lietzke, Hale Irwin, Lee Trevino, Jerry
Pate, Ben Crenshaw and Johnny Miller.
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Nicklaus, Twitty and Rogers were
tied with Lon Hinkle and Curtis Strange
going into the weekend tournament at
Butler National Golf Club. Hinkle's
bogey on 17 cost him a berth. Strange
never challenged.

NICKLAUS, WHO made the team in
1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977, said the
tournament means more in prestige
than anything else.
"It's far more important for the guys
to make the team than to actually play
in it," Nicklaus said.
The Ryder Cup competition is
scheduled for Sept. 18-20 at the Walton
Head Golf Club in Surrey, England.
Seeds advance in Swiss open
GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Third-
seeded Wojtek Fibak of Poland, fourth-
seeded Pascal Prtes of France and
eighth-seeded Brazilian Carlos Kir-
mayr won their opening-round matches
in the $174,500 Swiss Open tennis Tour-
nament yesterday,-
Fibak defeated South Africa's Ray
Moore 6-3, 6-2 and Kirmayr beat
veteran Tom Okker of the Netherlands
6-2, 6-0 in two routine matches whose
outcome never was in doubt. Portes,
however, was hard-pressed to outlast
American Tony Giammalva 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.

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Club Sports Roundup
SAILING
"I'm just trying to forget it," said sailing coach Kirk Nims of his team's
performance in the Intercollegiate National Team Racing Championships,
held at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 14-15.
It is understandable why Nims does not speak on these championships
with much enthusiasm, as Michigan came in 11th place out of 11 teams.
During these championships, two teams went out on the water at a time
with three boats apiece. The winner is the team whose three boats ac-
cumulate less points than their opponent's three boats. Michigan's head-to-
head record against the other ten teams was 1-9, its sole victory coming
during its ninth race against ninth-place Ohio Wesleyan.
The Wolverine's skippers were Doug Wefer, Harry Levinson and Scott
Ferguson. The crews were made up of Joanne Kure, Sarah Crane and Ellen
Brody. All six had participated in the Intercollegiate Dinghy National
Championships, prior to this meet, in which Michigan finished eighth out of
14 teams.
Going into the meet, Nims felt that a fifth or sixth place finish was within
reason. But such a finish did not occur for a number of reasons.
"They just gave up," said Nims. "They just beat themselves. They
weren't motivated. They weren't mean enough. It's not that they didn't have
the skill. They just didn't concentrate. Now granted, the people they were
going against were tough."
Final results
Record
1. Long Beach State...................................................9-1
2. Tulane-.............................................................8-2
3. Navy...............................................................7-3
4. Kings Point.........................................................7-3
5. Tufts--e-s.......................................................47-3
6. USC-----------------------------------------------.........---
7. Rhode Island-------------------------------------..........4-6
8. Washington........................................................3-7
9. Ohio Wesleyan......................................................2-8
10. Charleston..........................................................2-8
11. MICHIGAN.........................................................1-9
There was one bright spot for Michigan as Wefer, a sophomore, earned
All-America status for the second time. According to Nims, Ferguson would
have been an honorable mention All-American if he had sailed well.
With the season now over for Michigan, Wefer will perform as part of a
U.S. team comprised of the best U.S. intercollegiate sailors against squads
from British universities.
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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