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Tiger homers
Saturday, July 17, 1982
The Michigan Daily
rip Twil
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Detroit
Tigers used the six-hit pitching of Jack
Morris and Dave Tobik and home runs
by Lance Parrish, Tom Brookens and
Lou Whitaker to defeat the Minnesota
Twins 6-2 last night for their fourth con-
secutive triumph.
Morris, 11-9, settled down after a
shaky first inning, while Minnesota
rookie Frank Viola, 3-1, took his first
major league loss.
THE TWINS took a 2-0 lead in the fir-
st inning. Ron Washington singled to
start the inning and went to third on
Tom Brunansky's ground-rule double.
Kent Hrbek was walked intentionalley
to load the bases and Dave Engle
doubled home two runs.
The Tigers came back with five runs
in the second. Parrish led off with his
15th homer and two outs later, John
hWockenfuss doubled and Brookens hit
his sixth homer.
The Twins should have gotten out of
the inning without further damage ex-
cept for some bizarre plays. Alan
Trammell struck out, but reached first
on a wild pitch. Whitaker followed with
is, 6-3
a long drive to right which Brunansky
kept from being a homer by knocking
the ball back onto the playing field for a
triple, scoring Trammell.
THE RELAY trapped Whitaker off
third, but catcher Tim Laudner's throw
hit him on the back of the helmet and
caromed away, allowing Whitaker to
score Detroit's fifth run of the inning.
Gibson out, Wilson in
DETROIT (UPI)- Detroit Tigers'
outfielder Kirk Gibson has been put on
the disabled list and outfielder Glenn
Wilson has been recalled from the
club's Evansville, Ind., farm club, -the
team said yesterday.
A spokesman for the Tigers said Gib-
son was placed on the disabled list ef-
fective July 10, two days after he last
played, for a minimum of 15 days
because of a left wrist injury.
Wilson, who is expected to report for
the Tigers game with the Minnesota
Twins today, was hitting .228 with 10
home runs and 29 RBI at the time of his
recall.
TIGER MANAGER SPARKY Anderson sits alone in the tunnel leading to
the Detroit dugout last night after he was ejected from last night's game at
the Minneapolis Metrodome. The Tigers beat the Twins anyway, 6-3.
Reliford
leaps,
opponent
weeps
By RON POLLACK
Richard Rellford is a player who makes his presence felt
on the basketball court.
He excelled in every phase of the game last night in the
Sandy Sanders Summer Basketball League at Pioneer High
School. Rellford led the Brewer's Gulf team to a 92-86 victory
over Roundhouse Pizza by pouring in 29 points and blocking
three shots. He also thrilled the crowd with a number of
ferocious-looking, and equally acrobatic, dunks. ,
RELLFORD, WHO won dunking contests at two basketball
camps last summer, said that his ability to slam it home can
have a drastic effect on a game.
"A lot ot times it motivates the team and everyone is ready
to play after that," he said. "Sometimes it intimidates other
players."
And if opposing coaches and players don't already have
reason enough to worry, Rellford said he expects to improve
his ability to get off the ground.
"RIGHT NOW I weigh 225," he said. "When I came to town
(for the summer) I was at 235. If I get to 220 or 215 I'll excell.
More than likely, it will make me quicker. And the quicker I
am, the higher I'll be able to jump."
Particularly impressive last night was the ability of
Wolverine guard Eric Turner and Rellford to hook up on
alley-oop passes.
"Eric has helped me a lot, because he has something in
him that really motivates players," said Rellford. "I love
playing with Eric, because he always has the ball there on
time. Because of that, I always want to run harder to get into
position for a pass."
SUMMER LEAGUE NOTES - This coming Thursday
and Friday, Detroit Piston first round draft choice Cliff
Levingston, Campy and Walker D. Russell, Greg Kelser and
Alan Hardy will play at Pioneer High. Darryl Dawkins will
play on Monday and Thursday.
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Butch, Bubba sign NFL contracts
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By The Associated Press
Butch Woolfolk and Bubba Paris,
mainstays of the 1981 Michigan football
team, both signed professional contrac-
ts Thursday.
Woolfolk, the all-time Michigan
rushing leader, inked a National Foot-
ball League contract with the New York
Giants. Paris signed with the world
champion San Francisco 49ers, who
announced he would start at left tackle.
A FIRST-ROUND draft choice,
Woolfolk signed a contract only hours
before a labor impasse would have left
his status for training camp in doubt.
The agreement between the league
and the NFL Players Association ex-
pired Thursday night at midnight in a
dispute that may eventually lead to a
walkout by the league's players. The
association, however, has also insisted
that unsigned rookies would not be
allowed to continue negotiating with
teams, leaving their status confused.
"The deadline actually helped us,"
said Gene Burrough, who with Jerry
Argovitz, represented Woolfolk in the
negotiations. 'We were concerned
about not having jobs and the team was
concerned about not having rookies in
camp. The players who had the patien-
ce to wait got better deals, I think.
BURROUGH said there had been
much movement during the last 24
hours of negotiations.
The contract, which Woolfolk would
not discuss in detail, means that the 6-1,
207-pound speedster will report to the
Giants' training camp. It opens next
Friday at Pace University in Pleasan-
tville, N.Y.
Paris signed a series of four one-year
contracts in Los Angeles early Thur-
sday morning. Terms were not
disclosed.
The 6-6, 295-pound tackle was picked
by San Francisco in the second round of
the draft..
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Paris
.. . joins world champions
Woolfolk
... signs Giant contract