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Show Page 8—-THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, June 17, 1981 trike Proves That Baseball Is Still National Pastime By MILTON RICHMAN UPISports Writer NEW YORK(UPI) — I was coming to work this morning crossing one of the city’s busierintersections and aside from the noisy din of the traffic, I suddenly heard some softer sounds that mademelisten little closer Twowell dressed men in their 50's, obviously on the way to their own offices where theycould've beeninvestment brokers corporation lawyers or advertising executives. were playing a game between themselvesthat some of us did as kids. Oneof the men would comeup with the nameof a bygone baseball player and the other wouldtry to identify him bycalling out his position and the team with which he played The two men tried to stump one another as they walked along the special super-save one ot the men said. “Roberto Estalella.”’ The second man thought a moment and then correctly identified him as the one-time Cuban outfielder who played for the Washington Senators. St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia A's. Listening to them it was clear that both had fairly deep roots in baseball had grownup following the game and missed it considerably now becauseof the strike. The two men are far from being alone. Part of the extent to which baseball is being missed all over the country can be measured by the number of newspapers that have taken to publishing stories of gameslong past. by the way some radio stations have begun re- creating such contests and by the way at least one TV network, KSPN, is carrying games in the three top minor crowded sidewalk. They came up with leagues — The International League. a variety of namesfrom differenteras American Association and Pacific Stan Hack . Joe Kuhel Gee Gee Coast League — in the absence of maWalker Harry Agganis Rudy jor league competition If this strike now approaching a Regalado . Ferris Fain. and Pete week old has shownnothingelse,it has Whisenant. “Now I'm gonna give you my proven quite conclusively, despite Sports Scoreboard Wimbledon Draw LONDON (UPI) — The draw for the Wimbledon Elisabeth Ekblom, Sweden, vs. (7) Pam Shriver, Tennis Championships made Tuesday. (Seeded Lutherville Md (8) Virginia Ruzici, Romania, vs. Kathleen players in brackets) Men's Singles Cummings Richmond, Va., Stacey Margolin, (1) Bjorn Borg Sweden vs. Peter Rennert, Los Beverley Hills, Calif, vs, Nina Bohm, Sweden; Angeles, Mel Purcell, Murray, Ky.. vs qualifier Heidi Eisterlehner West Germany, bye; Claudia Ferdy Taygan Framingham’ Mass. vs. Nick Casabianca, Argentina, vs. Hana Strachonova Saviano, Los Altos Hills, Calif. John Hayes, Cos Czechoslovakia; Sherry Acker Kalamazoo. Mich.,. Cob, Conn, vs. Rofl Gehring West Germany; Vic: bye: K. Jones, US. vs. qualifier; (12) Kathy tor Amaya, Ann Arbor Mich., vs. Peter Feigl, Jordan, King of Prussia, Pa. bye; (13) Bettina Austria; Buster Mottram Britain vs. Robin Bunge, U.S., bye, Sue Barker, Britain vs. MarDrysdale, Britain; Kevin Curren South Africa. vs. jorie Blackwood, Canada; ‘Betsy Nagelsen, qualifier ; (16) Vitas Lerulaitis King's Point, N.Y. Winnetka, Ill. vs. Isabelle Villiger, Switzerland: vs qualifier; (12) Peter McNamara, Australia, vs Elizabeth Sayers Australia. bye, Bet! Heinz Guenthardt, Switzerland; Jim Norton, Fairfield, Conn., ys. Sharon Walsh, Delaney, Dallas, vs. Sherwood Stewart Novato, Calif., Sue Mascarin, Grosse Pointe ; Angel Gimenez, Spain vs. qualitier; Shores, Mich., bye; Joyce Portman, U.S., vs. (4) Sammy Giammalva Houston vs. Andrew Pat- Martina Navratilova, Dallas. tison, South Africa, Tim Gullikson Onalaska (6) Wendy Turnbull, Australia vs Dianne Wis. vs. Gianluca Rinaldi Italy; Peter Fleming Desfor, Long Beach Calif.; Debbie Jevans. BriChatham, N.J. vs. Steve Docherty. Miami, Fla; tain, bye; Duk Hee Lee South Korea, bye, Ros Qualifier vs. Jeff Borowiak, Berkeley. Calif. vs. Fairbank, South Africa, vs. Candy Reynolds, qualifier; Butch Walts. Atherton, Calif., vs. (7) Knoxville. Tenn,; Eva Pfaff, West Germany. vs Brian Gottfried, Bonaventura, Fla. Diane Freeman, Australia; Renata (3) Jimmy Connors, Miami. Fla. vs. Dick Tomanova’ Czechoslovakia bye; Laura DuPont Stockton, Dallas; Chris Lewis New Zealand, vs. Mathews. N.C., bye; Pam Teeguarden. Los qualifier; Tomas Smid. Czechoslovakia vs. Pat Angeles, vs. (16) JoAnne Russell, Washington uPre, Anniston, Ala.; Tony Giammalva, D.C.; (9) Sylvia Hanika West Germany. vs. Mary Houston, vs. Jonathan Smith. Britain; Eddie Lou Piatek, Munster, Ind.; Lindsay Morse Costa Edwards, South Africa vs. qualifier; Brad Mesa, Calif. bye; Iris Riedel-Kuhn, West GerDrewett, Australia, vs Marcos Hocevar, Brazil; many. vs, Anne Hobbs Britain, Virginia Wade Shlomo Glickstein, Israel, vs. qualifier; Matt Britain, bye; Andrea Buchanan, Los Angeles, bye: Doyle, Menlo Park, Calif. vs. (14) Wojtek Fibak, Barbara Hallquist Arcadia Calif. vs. Elly VesPoland, (9) Jose Luis Clerc Argentina, vs. sies, Netherlands, Anne Smith Dallas, bye; Corinqualifier; John Lloyd, Britain vs. Phil Dent, ne Vanier, France, vs. (2) Hana Mandlikova Australia; Pascal Portes, France. vs. qualifier: Czechoslovakia Paul Kronk, Australia, vs. Billy Martin, Palos Men's Doubles Verdes, Calif.; Robert van't Hof Downey. Calif (1) Peter Fleming and John McEnroe, U.S., vs. vs. Klaus Eberhard, West Germany; Tom Okker. Steve Docherty, and H. Fritz U.S.; John Netherlands vs Tim Wilkison Shelby N.C.; ViFitzGerald, and W. Pascoe, Austrelia, vs. (10) Viejay Amritraj, India vs. Jan Kodes Czechos- tor Amaya, and HankPfister. U.S. ; (16) Frew Mclovakia; Roland Stadler Switzerland vs, (6) Brian Millan South Africa, and Buster Mottram, BriTeacher, Beverley Hills. Calif and Onny tain, vs. Jan Kod es, Ci (8) Roscoe Tanner Kaiwah Island. S.C., vs Parun, New Zealand, Tony Lloyd, and John Bruce Manson, Fort Worth, Texas; Carlos Ki Lloyd, Britain vs. (6) Marty Riessen, and mayr, Brazil, vs. Mark Cox, Britain, Sherwood Stewart, U.S. (4) Sandy Mayer and Stefanki, U.S., vs. qualifier; Rod Frawley Gene Mayer, U.S., vs. Tom Gullikson, and Dennis Australia, vs Thierry Tulasne France, John Ralston, U.S.; Brad Drewett Australia. and Larry Austin, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif, vs. Vince Stefanki, U.S., vs. (11) Tom Gullikson. U.S., and van Patten, rman Oaks Calif; John AlexBernie Mitton, South Africa; (13) Pavel Slozil, and ander. Ausiralia, vs Ptister. Los Altos Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia,vs. Eric Fromm, Calif; John FitzGerald, Australia, vs. qualifier; and L. Leeds, U.S.; David Carter and Paul Kronk, Bill Scanlon, Dallas, vs. (11) Vietor Pecci Australia, vs. (8) Brian Gottfried. U.S., and Raul Paraguay: (10) Guillermo Vilas, Argentina vs. Ramirez, Mexico; (7) Bruce Manson and Brian Mark Edmondson, Australia; Richard Lewis Bri- Teacher, U.S. vs. Uli Marten and Wolfgang Popp tain, vs Fritz Buehning. Short Hills. NJ. Steve West Germany; Qualifiers vs, (15) C. Edwards Krulevitz, Baltimore, Md, vs. Hans Simonsson J lie Edwards, South Africa; (14) Sweden; llie Nastase Romania, vs. Sandy Mayer Andrew Pattison, South Africa and Butch Walts, Mendham, N.J.; Andrew Jarrett. Britain, vs. John US., vs. qualifiers; Klaus Eberhard and Hartmut Sadri, Charlotte. N.C.; Christophe Roger- Kirchhuebel, West Germany. vs. (3) Bob Kytz, and Vasselin, France, vs -Maeso, Spain; Stan Smith, U.S.; (5) Heinz Guenthardt Tim Mayotte, Springfield, Md. vs. Bemie Mitton, Switzerland, and Balazs Taroczy, vs. Carlos KirSouth Africa, (4) Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia vs mayr, and Cassio Motta Brazil; M. Estep US qualifier. and Jay Gunnarsson, Sweden vs (12) Fritz Buehn(5) Gene Mayer Woodmere, N.Y., vs. Johan ing and Ferdi Taygan, US.; (9) Kevin Curren Kriek, South Africa; Ramesh Krishnan, India. vs SouthAfrica, and Steve Denton, US., vs. Markus qualifier; Russell Simpson, New Zealand, vs Guenthardt. ‘Switzerland, and V. Sisson, PhilipAdciazo Panatta, Italy: Jaime Fillol, Chile vs pines, Syd Ball and Cliff Letcher, Australia, vs. Mller: Pavel Slozil Czechoslovakia vs. Paul (2) Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee McNamee, Australia, Francisco Gonzales. Australia. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, vs. Christophe Kreyss, Women's Doubles France; Eric Fromm, Glen Head, N.Y., vs. (13) (1) Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith, U.S.. bye: Yannick Noah, France; (5) Balazs ‘Taroczy. (11) Chris Evert Lloyd, U.S., and Virginia Wade Hungary, vs. Anders Jarryd. Sweden; Rod Britain, vs. qualifier; Lea Antonpolis, and K Hightower, US., vs. Rick Meyer Great’ Neck Jones, U.S., vs. (5) Candy Reynolds and Paula N.Y. Haroon Ishmail, Zimbabwe. vs. Stan Smith Smith US; (3) Rosie Casals U.S., and Wendy Sea Pines, S.C; Rick Fagel. Portland. Ore., vs ‘Turnbull, Australia, vs. Duk Hee Lee, South Ross Case, Australia, David Carter Australia. vs. Korea, and Joyce Portman US.; Glynis Coles, Bob Lutz, San Clemente, Calif.; Fernando Maynet- Britain, and Yvonne Verma; to, Peru, vs. John Feaver, Britain; Ray Moore (10) Sylvia Hanika West Germany, and Andrea South Africa, vs, Raul Ramirez. Mexico; Tom Gul- Jaeger. U.S.; Sandy Collins, US., and Hana likson, Palm Coast. Fla. vs. (2) John McEnroe Strachonova. Czchosiovakia, vs. (7) Ros Fairbank New York. and Tanya Harfo ith Africa; (8) Hana (1) Chris Evert Lloyd Fort Lauderdale, Fla., vs Mandlikova, Czechoslovakia and Betty Stove, qualifier; Yvonne Vermaak. South Africa, bye: Netherlands vs. Susan Mascarin, and Kathy Susy Jaeger, Lincolnshire, Ill., vs. Kim Sands, Rinaldi, US.: (9) JoAnne Russell, U.S.. and Miami, Fla.; Lele Forood, Fort Lauderdale, Fla Virginia Ruzici, Romania vs. Joe Durie, and Debbye: Kathy Rinaldi, Jensen Beach,Fla. vs. Sue bie Jevans. Britain; Lesley Charles and Anthea Rollinson, South Africa: Lesley Charles. Britain Cooper. Britain. vs. (4) Sue Barker, Britain and vs. Petra Delhees, Switzerland; (11) Dianne Ann Kiyomura, U.S.: (6) Barbara Potter, and Fromholtz, Australia bye; (60) Mima Jausovec, sharon Walsh, U.S., vs. Christianne Jolissaint. Yugoslavia, vs. Peanut Louie, San Francisco: Wwitzerland and Marcella Mesker, Netherlands Renee Blount, St. Louis, bye: Tanya Harford, Peanut Louie and P. Johnson U.S. vs. (12) Mary South Africa, vs. Anne White Charleston. W. Va. Lou Piatek and Wendy White, U.S.: Qualifiers vs Leslie Allen, New York. vs. Anthea Cooper (2) Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver U.S Britain. Maria Pinterova, Czechoslovakia, bye: Mixed Doubles Betty Stove, Netherlands, bye; Nerida Gregory (1) John Austin and Tracy Austin, U.S., vs. Steve Australia, vs. (5) Andrea Jaeger, Lincolnshire, Ii (3) Tracy Austin. Rolling Hills Estates, Calif Krulevitz, U.S., and Lucia Romanov Romania; vs Iva Budarova, Czechoslovakia, Lea An: (8) Brian Teacher and Terry Holladay, U.S., bye; tonopolis, Glendora’ Calif., bye; Ivanna Madruga (3) Marty Riessen U.S., and Wendy Turnbull, Argentina, vs Susan Leo,’ Australia; Sue Saliba, Australia, vs. C, Skakle, and K. Jones. U.S.; Eric Australia, bye: Sandy Collins, Odessa, Texas. vs Fromm and Diane Desfor U.S., vs. (6) Steve Rosie Casals Beverley Hills, Calif.; Ann Denton and Anee Smith U.S.; (5) Mark EdKiyomura, San Mateo, Calif, vs Claudia ‘Kobde mondson and Dianne Fromholtz Australia vs. M. West Germany; (14) Barbara Potter, Woodbury Bates and Jo Durie. Britain; (4) Tlie Nastase. Conn., bye; (15) Regina Marsikova Czechoslovakia. vs Lucia Romanov Romania, Jo Durie. Britain, oye; Pam Casale Fairfield, NJ vs. Kate Brasher, Britain; Wendy White, Atlanta bye; Paula Smith, Tulsa, Okla., bye; Glynis Coles Britain, vs. Terry Holladay, Del Mar, Calif Percentage of sub-par holes 1. Tom Watsor 2 29. 2. Bruce Lietzke 226. 3 Jerry Pate 219.4 Ray Floyd 216. 5. Johnny Miller 211, 6, Andy Bean 20. 7 Ben Crenshaw 203 8 (tie) Bamey Thompson and Tom Kite 202. 10 (tie) 10 Gil Morgan and Jack Nicklaus 199, Eagles — 1 Bruce Lietzke 9. 2 (tie) Leonard Thompson, Bobby Clampett and Bruce Douglass 8 5 (tie). Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Walzel, Mark Hayes and Keith Fergus 7. 9 (tie) Bill Kratzert. Jim Simons and George Archer 6. G 0. 10, Bruce Dougiass 268.8. 1 Bruce Lietzke 251. 2, Ray Floyd 244 Percentage in fairway Calvin Peete 796. 2 3, Mark O'Mears 289. 4 Jerry Pate 290.5 Ben Mike Reid 766.3 Larry Nelson 783.4 (tie) Bill Crensahw 229. 6, Larry Nelson 228.7 (tie). Tom: Rogers and Jack Renner 742. 6, Tom Kite 7M. 7, son and Mark Lye 226, 9 Dave Eichelberger John Mahaffey.728. 8, Bruce Devlin 723. 9 Bob 10 (tie) Tom Kite Jay Haas and Vance Murphy 720, 10, Hubert Green 718 Heatner 212. Greens In Regulation 1, Johnny Miller 722 2 Bruce Lietzke 719. 3 Jack Nicklaus .718. 4, Scott Watkins 706. 5, Torr Kite 705.6, Andy Bean 698 7, Calvin Peete 697. 4 Bob Murphy 696. 9 (tie) Bill Rogers and Keith Fergus 693. Putting 1, Tom Watson 28.96. 2, Alan Tapie 28.59. 3, Tom: my Aaron 28.74, 4, Bud Allin 28.87. §, Ray 28.94. 6, Barney Thompson 29.00. 7 (tie). Frank Conner and Morris Hatalsky 29,02, 9, Mike Morley 2.07. 10, Gary McCord 29.11 moneyis at the root of it all — and ‘This contract binds only one party. ner signed Dave Winfield as a free make no mistake that it is — merely you, the player, and not the club,so it agent? After they had agreed on terms, diminishes all parties concerned. actually isn’t valid.” Steinbrenner took another look at the The present stalemate between the contract, felt he had given up too much All baseball contracts were written and so informed Winfield’s agent, Al players and the owners reminds meof nothing so muchas a pairofbelligerent that wayfor years and thereis no ques- Frohman. No sweat. Frohman assured rams with locked horns. Here you have tion in my mind whatsoever that the him, something could be worked out. a perfect example of unremitting in- players were exploited terribly by the And part of the moneythat already had transigence with innocent fans being owners because theyeither played for been agreed upon was given back to victimized by a contest nobody would those they were under contract to or Steinbrenner. Since he's paid by the players, Miller paya nickel to watch. The players and nobodyelse. By the same token, I think the naturally alwaysseestheir side, which owners don't seem to care. They've brought in a Federal players have gottenout of line now with is what he’s doing now regardingtheisEven some womenareexpressing a mediator, a Federal judge and the someof their demands. Manyo! them sue of compensation for a freeagent. sense of deprivation which shouldn't National Labor Relations Board and admit the salary structure is lopsided What aboutthe otherside, though? A be considered that unusualsince their still they can’t agree. They eventried and they automatically blame that on club like the San Diego Padres had a attendanceatball parks has increased to get President Reaganto intercede the owners, but they are the ones substantial investment in Winfield. appreciably in the past 20 years and but he was too smart to get involved. demanding and accepting all the First, they gave him a signing bonusof from talking with players and owners He declined. money $70 000 and then because they were a since the strike began last Friday. I One of the arguments the players and last-place club in desperate need of knowthey both miss the daily competiI find it hard to get particularly Marvin Miller frequently use is they talent. they gave him an opportunity to tion also. worked up for either side. EverytimeI can never give anything back because jumpright from college to the majors Baseballis not so much a business or think the players are out ofline. I that isn't the way it's done in negotia- with them. a sport asit is a trust. andthefailure of remember receiving my first profes- tions between labor and management Counting his salary during his seven both sides to resolve their differences sional baseball contract, a minor Who says they can't give anything years with them, along with other exbefore a strike even resulted, it seems league one, and how my aunt, a back? Where is it cast in stone? If penses. the Padres’ investmentin Winto me, was an arch betrayal of that lawyer, took onelook at it and assured someone gives me too muchchange.I field cameclose to $2 million. Aren't trust. Why should so many be cheated me it wasn’t even legal give it back and thought everybody else they entitled to something back for out of so much enjoyment becauseof so ‘For a contract to be legal, it has to did. too their investment when the Yankees get few? The fact that something like be binding on both parties,"’ she said. Remember when George Steinbren- him asa free agent? Sand-Saves 1, Tom Watson 626. 2, Ben Crenshaw 610 3 Ray Playd lo St? 6, 600. 4. Fred Couples 58. 5 Gibby Gilbert David Edwards ‘$75.7, Pat Lindsey 65:8, ip Dunaway .580. 9 George Archer 858. 10, or ZCMI Auto/B.FGoodrich ag WAREH ema CLEAN- UP We Have ManyTires That Must Be Sold. ..Some Blems, Discountinued & Overstocked Items. Tires Shown Are Only A Sample Of Those Available TheAdvantageTA Tough, wide radial TAtires DesignedForTheDriver ThatDemands The MostFrom His Tires. All Sizes for vans and performancecars 70-60-50 Series Example: SAVE ‘| P235/50R13 “Blem”’ (CR50x13) 35% 39 OFF Manufacturers Suggested Trade-In Price Belted CLM™ in polyesterfiberglass Other Sizes Available At Comparable Savings Our Best Steel Radial ean Example P155/80B13 P185/80R 13 “Blem” “44 *29 Wheel Alignment *13% Special $4.00 Plus $1.91 FET. Other Sizes Available Other Sizes Available at Comparable Savings Romania, and Hana Mandlikova Czechoslovakia. bye, (7) Kevin Curren and Tanya Harford South Africa, vs. Colin Dowdesdwell and Christianne Jolissaint, Switzerland; Andrew Jarrett and Debbie Jevans Britain vs (2) Frew McMillan, South Africa, and Betty Stove Netherlands. PGAStatistics Scoring 1, RayFloyd 69.98. 2. Tom Kite 70.03. 3. Bruce Lietzke 70.13, 4. Tom Watson 70.15. 5 JohnnyMiller 70,25, 6, Lee Trevino 70.6. 7, Jerry Pate 70.63, 8, Andy Bean 70,64, 9, Curtis Strange 70.80. 10, Jack Nicklaus 70.82 Driving Distance 1 (tie), Dan Pohl and Fred Couples 275.9. 8 Fur zyZoeller 273.7. 4, Tom Purtzer 2735. 5 Dana Quigley 272. 1.6 TommyValentine 271.8, 7. Dave Eichelberger 270.3. 8 Lon Hinkle 269.4. 9. Charlie periodic argument from other quarters that baseballstill is and very likely always wasthefirst gameof the land. As such thestrike is creating an unimaginable void “I’m going crazy,”’ one suburbanite confessed to me. ‘I couldn't take my kids to the ballgame last weekend, | can't get the games on radio or TV whenI go home from workevery night and I missthe boxscoresin the paper. 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Sports Transactions Cullum to @ series of one-year contracts through 1983 and also announced the signing of rookie Houston — Signetignround eighth-round di draft ft pick pick Willi Willie safety Brad Chace. a free agent from Colorado. Tullis, wide receiver, quarterback and defensive and the release of running back Tali Ena and wide back from Troy State fer beed St. Louis Signed free-agent kickers Dave Cap- receiver Jessie Green. pelen of Florida State and Raberto Sroka of College Arizona State. tat Seattle — Signed veteran whde recetver Sam MecOregon — Named Richard Bayathletic director BFGoodrich Provo Center 423 W. 1230 No. Provo, 373-6715 HOURS: Mon-Fri 8-5:30 Sat. 8-2 Zi © MI Auto Center 1195 So. State, ra Mell Orem, 224-159 HOURS: Mon-Friday 9-6 Sat, 8-4 |