The Michigan Daily--Tuesday, July 28, 1981-Page ii Miller outlines owners' proposal at informal players' gathering f CHICAGO (AP)-Some 50 major league players, including representatives of each of the striking 26 clubs, gathered last night to hear a status report from Marvin Miller, executive director of their union. No vote was scheduled to be taken, however.Miller outlined the last proposal received from management in the 46-day-old strike which has can- celed 552 games, more than 25 percent of the regular schedule. BESIDES THE player reps from each club, a num- ber of other players sat in on the meeting. Team- mates Kent Tekulve and Bill Madlock of the Pit- tsburgh Pirates arrived together and said they had come to the meeting simply to get a first-hand report on what was happening. Many members of both the Chicago Cubs and White Sox arrived at the O'Hare Hilton, where the meeting was held. Among them were Tony Bernazard, Ross Baumgarten and Ed Farmer of the White Sox and Ivan DeJesus and Bill Caudill of the Cubs. At least one player, Baltimore player rep Mark Belanger, tried to inject a little humor in the strike situation. AS BELANGER entered the room, he wore a hand- lettered sign across his shirt. It read: "Trust Me-Ray Grebey." Belanger, who has sat in on many of the negotiating sessions with the management bargaining team, grinned broadly when someone pointed at the sign he was wearing and asked him, referring to Grebey, "Do you?" Outside the meeting room, two fans held picket signs of their own. One read, "Baseball in 1981-Who Won?" Another said, "Don't Strike Out the Fans." THEY WERE joined by a Chicago Cubs follower who added another message. It read, "No Lights in Wrigley Field." Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, is the only major league stadium without lights, and the recent sale of the ballclub to the Chicago Tribune Co. has raised speculation that lights might be installed. The sale came a few days after the strike began on June 12, and there have been no major league games, day or night, in Chicago or any other major league city since then. Four days of intensive negotiations in Washington, D.C., ended in failure last Thursday with Miller declaring that the chances for the season to be resumed were "very bad." HIS PESSIMISTIC outlook was exactly the op- posite of that expressed by Grebey, chief negotiator for the club owners, who had said the two sides "were as close as they've ever been" to a settlement. Miller said he would present the latest management proposals for free agent compensation to the players association board, but made it clear that the player reps would not vote on the plan. The owners last bid to end the strike on Thursday in- volved a compensation proposal still requiring clubs signing free agents to directly surrender replacement players. The players association has proposed a pool arrangement to supply compensation for teams losing free agents, but that plan has been rejected by management. 1968 - Year of the Tiger It doesn't matter if you side with the players or the owners in the current baseball strike, there is one thing that everyone agrees on-it is an unfortunate situation. So in order to partially relieve the misery of any baseball junkies going through withdrawal, throughout the duration of the strike the Daily is providing a look back to a more pleasant time-1968. There was no free agent compensation, no NLRB, no court injunctions-and no strike. And for those of you who don't remember, in 1968 the Tigers were winners, World Series winners, in fact. Each day the Daily relates the results of the previous evening's Tiger game-minus 13 years. July 27-Tigers 9, Orioles 0 BALTIMORE (AP) - Denny McLain, bidding to become the major league's first 30-game winner since 1934, posted his 20th victory with a three-hitter last night, as the Detroit Tigers crushed the Baltimore Orioles, 9-0. Willie Horton smashed two homers and Dick McAuliffe, Don Wert, and Al Kaline hit one each behind the 24-year-old righthander, who reached the 20-triumph milestone on one of the earliest dates in baseball history. The victory boosted Detroit's American League lead to 7 games over the second-place Orioles. McLain, who has lost only three times, did not allow a runner past second base as he moved 11 days ahead of Dizzy Dean's pace. Dean compiled a 30-7 record in 1934, but didn't win No. 20 until August 7. McLain gave up a double to Frank Robinson in the first inning and a walk in the second, but then retired 15 straight hitters before Brooks Robinson singled with two out in the seventh. McLain struck out seven and walked two. The Tigers jumped on loser Tom Phoebus, 10-10, for a run in the third on a walk and singles by McLain and McAuliffe. Then they switched to power, with Horton, Kaline, and McAuliffe blasting their homers later in the contest. Elsewhere in the American League, the Boston Red Sox were downed by the Washington Senators, 5-4, as the Senators drove starting pitcher Gary Bell off the mound with a four-run first inning. Detroit AB R H RBI McAuliffe,2b. 4 1 2 2 Northrupf ....... 5 1 1 0 Kaline,rf.............. 4 1 1 2 Cash, lb ............... 5 2 4 0 Horton, W., if .......... 5 2 3 4 Freehan, c ............ 3 0 1 0 Wet,3b .......... 3 1 1 1 Oyler..... 4 0 0 McLain, p ............. 4 0 2 0 TOTALS ............ 39 9 15 9 Baltimore AB R H RBI Buford, of ............. 4 0 0 0 Beangerss. 2 0 0 0 Valenieph..... 1 0 0 0 Brabender, p .......... 5 00 0 0 Morris, p .............. 0 0 0 0 Hendricks, ph ......... 1 0 0 0 RobinsonF.,rf. 3 0 1 0 Powellb ........ 4 0 0 0 Robinson,B., 3b ....... 4 0 1 0 Johnson, D., 2b ........ 3 0 0 0 Blefary,If ............. 2 0 0 0 Etchebarren, c . 3 0 0 0 Phoebus, p ..... 1 0 0 0 watt, p.. .. 0 0 0 0 May,D., cf ............. 2 0 1 0 TOTALS ............ 30 0 3 0 Detroit ............. 001 201 0149 Baltimore .......... . 000 000 000--0 E-Brabeoder. OP-Baltimore 3. LOB-Detroit 8. Baltimore 5. 2B--Robinson, F.. Cash 2. HR-Horton, W., 2 (25), McAuliffe (12). Wert (10), Kaline (6). SB-Kaline, Blefary. IP H R ER BB SO McLaino(W, 20-3) ...9 3 0 0 2 7 Phoebus (L, 10-10) ..... 3 5 3 3 2 3 O'Donoghue ...........1i 33 0 0 1 0 W att .................. 1, 1 1 0 2 Brabender ............ 2 5 4 3 0 4 Morris........ . 1 1 1 0 0 HBP-Morris (Freehan). WP-Morris. A-45,729. OUTSPOKEN New York Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson stops to talk with reporters yesterday on his way to an informal meeting of major league baseball players at a hotel in Chicago's O'Hare airport. The informational meeting was called by Marvin Miller, executive director of the Major League Players Association. CONTACT LENSES Soft contact lenses $169 Daily extended wear lenses $235 Extended wear lenses $350 Hard contact lenses -2 pair $150 Includes ail professional fees Dr. Paul Uslan, Optometrist 545 Church Street 769-1222 by appointment cs NEW! Quat Fdice 193 Rnnig < r B" nGarden-fresh,all-yu-can-eat fll-yuou-canan-Re 2" "--- SALAD BAR! 66:2 "18U) B i a. t Mf t A t; }i'