Strike
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - For a
decade, Sparky Anderson has watched
the game he loves as a manager. With
major league players on strike, he says
he's seeing the game from a different
point of view.
"I never realized until the strike that
I was a baseball fan," said Anderson,
manager of the Detroit Tigers. "When I
leave the park in Detroit, I'll always
turn on a baseball game and listen to it
during the 40-minute drive home.
WITHOUT A major league baseball
game to attend because of the players'
strike over free agent compensation,
the former Cincinnati Reds manager
said he's learning the game's impor-
tance to other baseball fans.
"Now I see where the fan really plans
his day around the game," Anderson
said. "To me, it kind of takes him

The Michigan Dail
through the week.
"When you're in your own little world
and traveling, you don't think about the
other people. There are so many people
being touched by this, people who are
out of work." Anderson said he's not
unaffected by the strike.
"I'VE HAD headaches because of it,"
Anderson said. "Shoot, I never had
headaches. Upset stomachs, sure, but
not headaches.
"I took 10 aspirin in three days.' I
never do that."
Perhaps the headaches will disap-
pear when the strike is settled. But An-
derson said he believes the strike will
leave an indelible impression.
"I hope when the strike is settled, all
will be forgotten," he said. "But I don't
think this will ever be forgotten in spor-
ts history by everybody."

Anderson
... misses the game


SPOR TS OF THE DAILY:

Rams
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Los
Angeles Rams announced yesterday
that they have signed fourth round
draft choice, George Lilja of Michigan.
Although the terms of the pact were not
divulged, the Rams said the 6-foot-4
linesman who weighs 250 pounds, had
signed a series of one-year contracts
covering threeyears.
Another former Michigan gridder,
defensive back Gerald Diggs, was one
of four free agents signed to a contract
by the Chicago Bears.
Ford criticized
FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) - The head
of the Greater Milwaukee Open has
blasted former President Gerald R.
Ford and the U.S. Golf Association for
staging rival tournaments this weel,
"I'm disappointed," GMO President
Gordon Kress said yesterday on the eve

sign ex-'M'
The USGA, meanwhile, will play its once her
Seniors Tournament this week in Bir- King to
mingham, Michigan. , from a N
Ford's pro-am and the USGA Seniors Super
were not in direct competition with the said he
Greater Milwaukee Open in 1980. law to
Ford's event was one week earlier and Marilyn
the Seniors two weeks earlier. on thel
"FOR THE good of American golf, case, ar
Ford should have his tournament op- does not
posite the British Open next week," of unm
Kress said. propert)
"And you know who's playing in the "THE
USGA Seniors?" Kress asked a writer. the Mar
"Miller Barber. Arnold Palmer, Gene law and
Littler. Don January. We had half of of theI
those guys here last year." denying
Despite another $50,000 added to the case.
purse, the Greater Milwaukee Open has Barne
one of its poorest fields in the 14th worked
season at Tuckaway. claims t
loversa
76er Es old Malibu k
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The rest of h
Philadelphia 76ers of the National KIng,
Basketball Association have been sold affair b
to the owner of a nutrition company. emphat
The announcement of the sale of the support
team by owner F. Eugene Dixon is ex- Barne
pected to be made at a news conference the resu
today. the beac
The new owner reportedly is Harold since 19
Katz, 44, of suburban Huntingdon Larry,i
Valley, Pa. Katz owns and operates ts.
Nutri-Systems, Inc., which markets
diet plans and reportedly earns $45
million annually, according to sources
familiar with the team.
King palimony suit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge
refused yesterday to throw out a
"palimony" lawsuit against tennis star
Billie Jean King by a woman who was
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r lover, but cleared the way for
seek eviction of the woman
Malibu beach house.
'ior Court Judge Leon Savitch
believed there was sufficient
support the lawsuit filed by
Barnett. He based his decision
landmark Marvin vs. Marvin
rd said he believes that case
t specify the question of the sex
arried partners who sue for
;y righta.
y RE HAVE been comments that
rvin decision turns on contract
not' consideration of the sexes
partners," the judge said in
a motion to dismiss the entire
tt, 33, a former hairdresser who
as King's personal assistait,
hat she and the tennis star were
and that King promised her a
beach house and support for the
er life.
37, concedes there was a love
ut says it is long over and denies
ically that she ever promised to
Barnett.
tt, who is now a paraplegic as
lt of a fall, has refused to leave
ch house which she has occupied
74 with King and her husband,
making the mortgage paymen-

The Kings have been trying to evict
Barnett since early May, just after she
filed her lawsuit.
Ovett wins
MILAN, Italy (AP) - Steve Ovett of
Britain won the 1,500-meter race of the
Milan track meet yesterday in three
minutes, 31.95 seconds, a half-second
off his own world record.
Running in a slight drizzle, Ovett had
a strong start and was doing better than
his world-record time after 800 meters.
Teammate Tom Binns led the pace
through the 800 meters in 1:52.68 before
dropping out.
OVETT HAD clocked 1:53.08 in
Coblenz last year on the way to his
3:31.42 world mark.
When Binns stopped, John Walker of
New Zealand took the lead but the pace
slumped between the 800 and 1,200
meters, when Ovett started his winning
kick and came around the final bend to
hit the finish line alone.
Ironically, Ovett's time in Milan
matched the time clocked in Stockholm
Tuesday night by his archrival and
fellow Briton, Sebastian Coe, who was
also making a try at the world record.

Ford
... draws criticism
of the $250,000 Professional Golfers'
Association Tour event at Tuckaway
Country Club.
JACK NICKLAUS led a field of big
names that played for $130,000 in Ford's
two-day pro-amateur Monday and
Tuesday at Vail, Colorado.
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