Wilcox
From The Associated Press
Milt Wilcox doesn't remember the lit-
tle girl's name. He just remembers the
way she looked, lying in the hospital, 90
percent of her body burned, her chest
heaving as she gasped, struggling for
every breath.
"She was 7, maybe 8 years old," said
Wilcox. "She had been playing with
matches and her shirt had caught on
fire. She was in pretty bad shape."
WILCOX, who does charity work for
hospitals in the Detroit area during the
off-season, was visiting the burn center
at Children's Hospital of Michigan
when that little girl came into his life
two winters ago.
"She didn't know me, except that I
was a Detroit Tiger, a ballplayer. Her
eyes lit up when I came into the room.
She had seen baseball on television and
it didn't matter who I was, just that I
was a ballplayer who had come to visit
her."
The pitcher was touched by the ex-
perience and out of it has grown the
Wilcox Fund for Children, a unique plan
which he hopes will help raise impor-
tant funds for two charities-New
York's Baby Hospital at Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center and
Children's Hospital of Michigan, where
he first met that little girl.
THE IDEA is for major league pit-
chers to donate a minimum of $1 for
every strikeout they record. Wilcox's
Tiger teammates have joined him in
the effort and he hopes by next year to
have pitchers on other teams doing it
too.
"Eventually, we want to have hitters
in on it, too," said Wilcox. "You know, a
dollar is not that much. For me, I strike
out maybe 100 or 110 batters a year. For
a guy like Nolan Ryan, it's maybe 200 or
250. That's not a lot and it's for a good
cause. I'd like to see the clubs get in-
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becomes ace or charity
volved and match the players' con-
tributions. And maybe even the fans,
pledging anything, a dime to a dollar to
back their favorite player."
The major charities like the Heart
Fund and the American Cancer Society
get widespread publicity and support.
Wilcox is interested in helping the ones
you don't hear about. "The children's
hospitals get forgotten," he said.
THE TIGERS, however, remember
the kids. Besides Wilcox's idea, there is
the club's fine fund, administered by
Manager Sparky Anderson.
When Anderson hit pitcher Dave
Rozema and shortstop Alan Trammell
in their wallets for some early season
shenanigans, the players were told they
would be required to host hot dog and
ice cream parties for area kids.
"That's the way Sparky is and it rubs
off," said Wilcox. "He does an awful lot
of charity work and it carried over on
me. I thought, if he can do it, I can,
too."
Wilcox and Anderson go back a long
way together. Sparky was manager of
the Cincinnati Reds in 1970 when Wilcox
came up at the age of 20. Anderson
arrived in Detroit in 1979, two years af-
ter Wilcox got there.
"When you're younger, you sit back
and think everything is revolving
around you," the pitcher said. "When
you get older, you realize there's more
to it than that.
Like kids in hospitals.
DETROIT TIGERS' pitcher Mil Wilcox joins two six-year-old patients, Keith O'Hare and Allison Sommers at New
York's Presbyterian Hospital Tuesday. Wilcox has helped establish a unique fund to help both Presbyterian and
Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Yanks down Bengals
By SARAH SHERBER
Special to the Daily
NEW YORK - The Yankees rallied
in the bottom of the seventh to defeat
the Tigers, 8-7.
It was pinch-hitter Bobby Mercer's
three run homer which lifted the
Yankees from behind and captured the
series from New York.
Willie Randolph led off for the Yankees
with a base hit, After Ken Murphy and
Jerry Mumphrey grounded out, Oscar
Gamble singled scoring Randolph.
Gamble attempted to stretch his hit but
was thrown out at second.
THE YANKEES added to their lead
in the second with two outs already
posted. Rick Cerone advanced to first
after hitting a fielders choice. Then
Dave Collins doubled to advance the
catcher. Buck Dent, who prior to the
game had been batting at .136 stepped
to the plate. With two strikes on the
count, the shortstop connected for a
single scoring both Cerone and Collins.
He then attempted to go for extra bases
but was thrown out.
Detroit captured the lead in the four-
th after rain delayed the game for 41
minutes. Mike Ivie had a ground rule
double and scored after Enos Cabell
singled. John Wockenfuss then hit his
third homer of the season to put the
Tigers ahead 4-3. .
The Tigers came out strong in the fif-
th after Lou Whitaker doubled and
Brookens singled before Larry Herndon
drove the pair home with a triple. DH
Jerry Turner scored Herndon before
the side retired.
Expos 5, Cubs 3
CHICAGO (AP) - Warren Cromartie
and Tim Raines each drilled three hits
and knocked in a run apiece to lead Bill
Gullickson and the Montreal Expos to a
5-3 victory yesterday over the Chicago
Cubs.
Gullickson, 8-8, scattered eight hits,
struck out seven and walked one in
81/3 innings before Jeff Reardon took
over. Reardon gave up Jody Davis' run-
scoring double and RBI singles by
Larry Bowa and Bob Molinaro.
THE EXPOS opened the scoring
against Dickie Noles, 6-9, in the second
inning when Cromartie singled to cen-
ter with one out and scored on Tim
Wallach's double.
Montreal made it 2-0 in the fourth
when Wallach reached base on a
fielder's choice, moved to second on a
walk to Chris Speier and scored on a
single to left by Mike Gates.
In the fifth, Al Oliver doubled to cen-
ter with two outs and scored on
Cromartie's single to left-center. In the
sixth, Gates singled and moved to third
on a single to left by Raines. Gates then
came home on a balk by Noles. Mon-
treal scored its final run in the eighth on
an RBI single by Raines.
Mariners 6, Twins 2
SEATTLE (AP) - Richie Zisk belted
with a two-run homer and a double, ex-
tending his hitting streak to 15 games
yesterday afternoon and leading the
Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 victory over
the Minnesota Twins.
Zisk opened the second inning with a
double to right off loser Robby Castillo,
5-8. He went to third on a single by Al
Cowens and scored on Rick Sweet's
broken-bat single to left. Gary Gray
followed with a double to score Cowens
for a 2-0 lead.
WITH ONE out in the third, Bruce
Bochte walked and Zisk followed with
ahomer into the right-field seats, his
13th of the year, for a 4-1 lead.
The Twins scored an unearned run in
the third off Gaylord Perry, 7-8. With
one out, John Castino reached base on a
throwing error by shortstop Todd Cruz.
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Castino moved to second on a passed
ball, and after Sal Butera walked, Bob-
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Castino moved to third. He then scored
on a single by Ron Washington.
The Twins picked up another run in
the fourth on Gary Ward's 16th homer.
Seattle made it 5-2 in the seventh
when Todd Cruz led off with a double,
moved to third on Julio Cruz' sacrifice
bunt and scored when Cantillo, attem-
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