q SPORTS Page 16 Friday, July 13, 1984 Tigers subdued MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota left-hander Frank Viola ought to have more children. Viola has won six straight starts, including yesterday's 4-2 victory over the slumping Detroit Tigers. He gave up just one run on five hits over eight innings to win his fifth consecutive game since the birth last month of Frank John III. Blue Jays fall; Orioles win first game of a doubleheader. See page 15 for all the baseball scores. "I HOPE he has about 10 more kids," said Twins Manager Billy Gardner. Viola, 10-7, allowed only a solo homer to Barbaro Garbey, his third, in the six- th inning before pulling himself from the lineup with a stiff shoulder after the eighth. He is not expected to miss a start. Viola struck out five and walked one and retired 12 straight Tigers between the first and fifth innings. "MAYBE I ought to be a daddy more often," Viola said. "Maybe it's the added responsibility or maybe it's just that I'm not sleeping at night so I walk Lance Parrish gets back to second safely after rou out there and don't know what I'm yesterday's 4-2 Tiger loss to Minnesota. doing." double keying the rally. Minnesota "We haven't Ron Davis pitched the ninth, allowing added an unearned run in the eighth month," Manag a run on a leadoff walk to Chet Lemon when Dave Engle had a one-out single said. "We're g and two-out singles by Kirk Gibson and and later scored on Tom Brunansky's enough wins to w pinch hitter Johnny Grubb, to get his single. in the high 9os, 17th save. AMERICAN League East-leading scoring more ru The Twins scored three runs with two Detroit is now 22-23 since its torrid 35-5 better, we're in tr outs in the seventh, with Gary Gaetti's start. The Twins wer The Michigan Daily by Twins 0 4 0 nding the base on Chet Lemon's sixth inning single during played well the last comeback in the bottom of the seventh. playe wel thelast Randy Bush started the inning with a ger Sparky Anderson double off Dan Petry, 11-4. Brunanky oing to have to have struck out and Tim Teufel flied out, but in this thing, probably then Gaetti doubled and Houston and if we don't start Jimenez and Kirby Puckett followed ins early and pitching with RBI singles. rouble." Minnesota has won 11 of its last 16 e trailing 1-0 before the games. Colleges align for TV contracts 6 From staff and wire reports It may seem like an unlikely marriage, but the Big Ten and Pac Ten conferences have announced they will join together and negotiate a single con- tract for the telecasts of their football games. The College Football Association, a group of schools con- sisting of major football powers, will negotiate another contract, separate from the Big Ten-Pac Ten pact, it was announced yesterday. The announcement of the Big Ten- Pac Ten merger came on Wednesday. The Supreme Court two weeks ago struck down two existing NCAA packages sold to CBS, ABC and ESPN for almost $275 million, saying they were in violation of federal antitrust laws. On Tuesday, college football's major schools turned down a last ditch proposal by the NCAA for a TV package that would have been based on volun- tary cooperation. No television contracts have been signed yet by either the CFA or the Big Ten-Pac Ten coalition. In all probability each group would sign with a different network. Under the current ""preme Court ruling, however, every school may negotiate its own deal, local or otherwise. Both the CFA and the Big Ten-Pac Ten are hurriedly solidifying and broadening their membership, as well as negotiating with the networks. WAYNE DUKE, the Big Ten com- missioner, had said his coalition was talking with several Eastern and Southern independents in an attempt to widen its base. Duke did not provide names of those schools. Chuck Neinas, executive director of the CFA, said each of his members had each filed a commitment form to be part of the organization's plan. Neinas said "filed a commitment form" means the schools are bound. All 63 members of the CFA agreed yesterday to join together forea television package in 1984, officials said. THE CFA membership consists of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 8 Conference,the Southeastern Con- ference, the Southwest Conference, the Western Athletic Conference and 19 major independents. "Naturally, we are pleased with the unanimous vote," Neinas said from the CFA's headquarters in Denver. "The CFA Television Committee will commence discussions with all in- terested television entities at the earliest possible date," Neinas added. HE SAID THE basic CFA television plan provides for a national marketing effort in two times period on each date-offering those to national net- works and national cable-as well as an open period for conference and in- stitutional telecasts in the afternoon, which would be used for local and regional broadcasts. Representatives from schools belonging to the CFA voiced support for the organization. "We're committing to the CFA. It's the only choice we have," said Dr. Ed Bozik, the athletic director at the University of Pittsburgh. Joe Kearney, commissioner of the nine member WAC, said his schools had "only one choice." Canham: CFA By PAUL HELGREN The Big Ten and Pac Ten con- ferences might still join the College Football Association if the move does not violate federal anti-trust regulations, Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham said yester- day. The Supreme Court recently upheld a ruling that said the NCAA violated anti-trust laws with its monopoly of the telecasts of college football games. The decision left schools free to join alternative organizations or negotiate contracts on their own. NEARLY ALL of the major football schools joined the CFA, with the ex- ception of the Big Ten and Pac Ten, which formed their own coalition. If these conferences would join the for BigTen? CFA, virtually all college football powers would negotiate one television deal. This, according to Canham, would risk being taken to court under the same ruling that benched the NCAA TV plan. "That was the first thing that prevented us from joining the CFA. Is it legal?" Canham said in a telephone interview last night. "If the Big Ten and Pac Ten joined the CFA you'd have another monopoly like the NCAA was." Canham added that the Big Ten- Pac Ten coalition would make a final move after discussing the situation with legal advisors and with network executives in New York next week. Canham is expec- ted to meet with the networks next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 6 6 I