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Baseball talks are
finally moving
NEW YORK (UPI) - proposal to impose a salary cap or
Negotiators for major league the players' demand that owners
baseball's owners and players contribute $60 million - one-third
made slight progress by hacking of national television revenues -
away at "non-economic" issues to the players' pension and benefit
yesterday but have yet to take plan.
their cuts at resolving the major "I THOUGHT he agreed on the
differences that could force a non-economic issues," MacPhail
strike in 10days. said. "It was a very good meeting.
"The major issues are still before I gave them a new multi-issue
us' said Lee MacPhail, the proposal. I think we counted like 22
owners' chief negotiator. "What issues we agreed upon.
we are trying to do is take care of: "Now we've got another 20 or so
the other issues. This way, when to go that would pretty much clear
we resolve the major ones, we can the deck for the major issues."
have a total agreement before MacPhail added the arbitration
Aug. 6 (the strike deadline)." issue was brought up yesterday but
THE SMALL progress came in a was not part of the multi-issue
two-hour session, one day after the package. Some of the minor issues
two sides clashed over a salary ar- thought to be agreed on involve
bitration concession sought by spring training, agents' roles,
management. scheduling, licensing, option
"Without passing up the fact that clauses and waiver rules.
the matters discussed did not ad- FEHR SAID the players' would
dress the central issues, and that's review the owners' package and
still on hold, we do recognize the report back to them at the next
owners' attempt to make a con- meeting, scheduled for tomorrow
structive effort," said Donald night in New York. There will be no
Fehr, acting executive director of meeting today or tomorrow after-
the Players Association. noon, due in part to the Hall of
"We do thinkon these issues they Fame ceremonies tomorrow.
have advanced the ball Despite limited progress, Fehr
somewhat." acknowledged there is still a long
MARVIN MILLER,- who way to go toward averting a strike.
represented the players during the "As compared to yesterday or
1981 strike and sat in on the day before there hasn't been
negotiations yesterday as Fehr's any significant changes," he said.
"consultant," said prospects for a "The major issues still haven't
walkout don't look as bleak as they been addressed. In fact, we've
did the last time. been waiting for a management
"I recall at this point in 1981 proposal since last December and
when I was asked if there was we still don't have it."
going to be a strike. I said, 'I'm Said MacPhail: "We're working
sure of it,' " Miller said. "I would on the major issues away from the
not answer the same way this table. It doesn't make sense to
time." come to the table time and time
Prominent issues yet to be again and make the same
discussed include the owners' arguments."
Wolverines in the 'Bigs'
Butch Woolfolk now rambles for the Houston Oilers.
With the exception of football players, there isn't
much of a future in pro sports for Michigan athletes.Of
the 33 former Wolverines in the "Big Leagues," only 12
of them are not in the NFL.
The NHL has six ex-Michigan players and the NBA
has just four.
The biggest dearth of Wolverines, though, is in Major
League Baseball. With California Angel pitcher Geoff '
Zahn on the disabled list most of the season and reliever
Steve Howe recently released by the Los Angeles
Dodgers, only two of the current 650 Major League
players played at Michigan.
Here is a complete list of former Wolverines who have
made it to the "Big Leagues" - it includes the teams
they now play for and their last year at Michigan.
NFL
John Anderson ......Green Bay .........'77
Dwight Hicks .......San Francisco .....'77
Mike Kenn .......... Atlanta..........'77
Jon Giesler ........ Miami .............'78
Harlan Huckleby .... Green Bay .........'78
Chris Godfrey .......N. Y..Giants:......'79
Curtis Greer ........ St. Louis.........'79
Mike Harden .......Denver ............'79
Doug Marsh .........St. Louis.........'79
Ron Simpkins ....... Cincinnati .........'79
Mel Owens .......... L.A. Rams .........'80
Kurt Becker ........ Chicago ..........'81
Stanley Edwards .... Houston ...........'81
Bubba Paris ........ San Francisco .....'81
Butch Woolfolk ...... Houston.........'81
Keith Bostic ......... Houston ..........'82
Ali Haji-Shiek ....... N. Y. Giants .......'82
Rich Strenger ....... Detroit ............'82
Robert Thompson ... Tampa Bay ........'82
Evan Cooper ........ Philadelphia .......'83
Stefan Humphries ... Chicago ...........'83
NBA
Rickey Green .......Utah ..............'76
Phil Hubbard .......Cleveland .........'79
Mike McGee ........ Los Angeles .......'81
Tim McCormick .... Seattle..........'84
NHL
Dave Shand .........Washington........'74
Pat Hughes .........Edmonton .........'76
Murray Eaves ......Winnipeg ..........'80
John Blum ..........Boston ............'81
Steve Richmond .....N.Y. Rangers ......'82
Dave Richter .....Minnesota .........'82
Major Leagues
Lary Sorenson ....... Chi. Cubs .........'76
Steve Ontiveros ...... Oakland.........'82
Center Tim McCormick is the latest Wolverine to make
it to the NBA.
Frog leaps to victory, gets big bucks 4
MORRISONVILLE, Ill. (UPI) - jumping contest are invited to a party finished in the money other times for
Penny Pavolka ignored the common she's throwing with the $496 she won. career earnings of at least $1,577.
wisdom that frogs should be caught "I promised everybody I'd have a Folkerts finished second this year
the night before a frog-jumping con- big party," she said after her and won $297.60 with a jump of 17 feet,
test. bullfrog jumped 17 feet, 11 inches
Pavolka, 23, a guard at the Graham yesterday. 10 inches, just one inch behind
Correctional Center, watched last "THEY ALWAYS say to catch them Pavolka's winner.
year's frog-jumping contest and the night before, but I caught them The frog-jumping contest began in
decided to enter this year. Sunday. I just kept him in that five- 1972 - appropriately enough, at a
"Hell, I'm going to try it," she gallon bucket for five days," she said. local bar. A bunch of the guys were E
recalls thinking then. The leading money winner on the whooping it up when one began
She did. And the friends who frog-jumpinig tour is Mark Folkerts singing "an old hillbilly song" about
laughed at the idea of entering what of Nokomis. The 17-year-old has taken frog-jumping, said Dave Weitekamp,
was billed as the world's largest frog- first place three times and has one of the organizers.